this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. a day after ukraine and russia agreed to restart grain exports, russian missiles hit the port of odesa, which is crucial to the deal. long queues are forming for a second successive day at the british port of dover, after huge delays led to a dispute between french and british officials. rishi sunak takes to the campaign trail as the race to become the next leader of the uk conservatives heats up. we have national emergencies that must be dealt with and we have to tell the truth.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. this is bbc news. we start with breaking news. less than 2a hours after a grain supply deal was signed between russia and ukraine to guarantee the safe passage of cargo ships, the ukrainian port city of odesa has been hit by a missile attack. reports suggest several long—range missiles were fired by russia — some were shot down but explosions were heard and smoke was seen rising. this is the region where it was hoped millions of tonnes of grain would be exported in the coming days. our correspondent paul adams is in kyiv for us. paul, what more can you tell us about these reports of russian missiles hitting the port of odesa?

as you say, what is clear is a debtor has come under some kind of attack. anywhere between four and six missiles, from what we have seen it looks like a cruise missiles. —— odesa has come under some kind of attack. there are images so collating on social media which appear to show the impact of one of those in the port area and another video which appears to show two missiles being intercepted over the beachin missiles being intercepted over the beach in odesa. we must emphasise, we do not know who launched this attack. we can make assumptions, but we do not know for sure what has happened here, but all we do know is that odesa has come under attack and that odesa has come under attack and that ukraine and ukrainian officials assume that this obviously has come from russia. there is a statement here from a government official who says that it took less than 2a hours russia to launch a missile attack on odesa's port, breaking its promises

and undermining its commitments before the un and turkey under the istanbul agreement. before the un and turkey under the istanbulagreement. i before the un and turkey under the istanbul agreement. i should add, that yesterday two documents were signed, we have only so far is in the text of one of those documents signed by the un, turkey and ukraine. we do not know the precise wording of the other document which was signed by russia. there is an assumption that the two documents are broadly speaking the same, but i think people will be anxious perhaps to see the precise wording and to figure out if this doesn't turn out to have been a russian attack whether russia has violated the terms of that understanding within 24 terms of that understanding within 2a hours. —— does turn out. terms of that understanding within 24 hours. -- does turn out.- 24 hours. -- does turn out. thank ou ve 24 hours. -- does turn out. thank you very much _ 24 hours. -- does turn out. thank you very much for _ 24 hours. -- does turn out. thank you very much for that. _ 24 hours. -- does turn out. thank you very much for that. let's - 24 hours. -- does turn out. thank you very much for that. let's get i you very much for that. let's get some reaction to this. i'm joined now byjohn stawpert, a maritime security expert at the international chamber of shipping. thank you forjoining us. to be

honest, we lined up this interview with you now before this breaking news happened, before odesa seems to be reportedly coming under attack for is that we do not know the full details yet, but itjust emphasises how fragile this detail can be and how fragile this detail can be and how nervous people who work on these cargo ships and on these ports will be. , . , , cargo ships and on these ports will be. , ., , ,., , , cargo ships and on these ports will be. , , , be. yes, absolutely. it is a very concerning _ be. yes, absolutely. it is a very concerning development. - be. yes, absolutely. it is a very concerning development. we . be. yes, absolutely. it is a very i concerning development. we have be. yes, absolutely. it is a very - concerning development. we have seen previously in the conflict that seafarers have been victims of collateral damage due to strikes on a port and this emphasises the risk they face and i think emphasises our main concern, which is that any blue corridor has to have a security assured that he seafarers and that their safety is guaranteed by all their safety is guaranteed by all the parties and these are missile strikes put that in very stark relief. i strikes put that in very stark relief. ~' ., strikes put that in very stark relief. ~ ., , ., strikes put that in very stark relief. ~ ., ., strikes put that in very stark relief. ~' ., ., ., strikes put that in very stark relief. ~ ., ., ., ., relief. i know you are not from the insurance industry _ relief. i know you are not from the insurance industry but _ relief. i know you are not from the insurance industry but you - relief. i know you are not from the insurance industry but you will- relief. i know you are not from the l insurance industry but you will have

some understanding on it, presumably the ships, the cargo and those who work in the port side on the ships also need some kind of insurance cover. how easily will that be obtained when you have reports like this in the last few moments? i think it will complicate things immensely. there is already a declared war risk area where ships have to pay an additional premium to traverse those waters. obviously, north of 45 degrees closed at a merchant shipping at the moment, so these strikes will complicate the insurance and i think make it harder the ships to be insured to go through the blue corridor that was agreed yesterday, assuming they are functional after this strike. it is thousands _ functional after this strike. it is thousands of _ functional after this strike. it is thousands of miles _ functional after this strike. it is thousands of miles away, but there are millions of people in east africa relying on this grain just to survive over the next few months. the charity is trying to feed them right now are expressing concern at

this plan even if it does work, will take a long time to get the grain to the people who need it most. there are some significant _ the people who need it most. ii” are some significant operational hurdles which will need to be overcome to get this grain out of odesa and the strikes this morning only make that more complicated. we do not know what the seaworthiness of the ships currently import is, we do not know whether ships will be allowed into those waters from outside. we estimate you would need about 400 ships to take the grain cargo that is currently ashore in ukraine to the markets where it is needed most. that said, there was optimism yesterday that if everybody guaranteed the blue corridors, then at the ships could start as two weeks from now, so it remains to be seen whether that is possible giving the developments this morning, but i would be hopeful that with commitments from all the parties involved, we could start to see

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big rush of families heading abroad. the port blamed delays of up to seven hours yesterday on a lack of french border officials. p&o ferries has tweeted that those booked to travel today should leave three to four hours to clear security checks due to heavy traffic at border control. there are also currently 3,000 lorries parked on the m20. that is the main motorway heading into the area. doug bannister is the ceo of the port of dover. he says the backlog of vehicles is begining to clear. after the terrible destruction from yesterday and all the impact it had on travellers and truck drivers and our local communities, i am very pleased that the french border police have turned up with a strong complement of officers to man the booths. we have had 12 in from the early hours and another four on the way. so processing time has improved, however, today was always going to be the busier day.

we have 10,000 tourist vehicles booked to go outbound today. yesterday we handled about 8,500. we do have quite a significant backlog of lorries, mainly on the m20. it will take them a while to get through, but we are processing vehicles fairly smoothly right now so we are trying to get everyone away as quickly as possible. more from our correspondent in dover, simonjones. well, it is another really busy day here at the port of dover. they are expecting 10,000 tourist vehicles to pass through, that is more than yesterday when there were huge problems. also expecting 3000 lorries, but the queues have been building. the current advice is to allow at least four hours to get through the traffic on the outskirts of dover and through the traffic at the port, but the port says that the french passport controls are being adequately staffed so far today. let's talk now to the mp for dover, natalie elphicke. another difficult day for anyone trying to get across the channel?

it is a really busy and difficult day again with those traffic queues across kent and here and dover. yesterday, the french let us down badly. it is good news they are manning those passport controls today, but the queues will still be considerable. the french are saying, at least some of them, that this is down to brexit, because now you have to have passports stamped as you leave the country, it is not free—flowing any more. well, we had queues here at dover before we left the eu and of course we have queues now and we have to get on top of these queues which keep happening around our county, and that means more investment in the roads, it means more investments here at the ports. the ports have expanded the number of passport control centres that they have for people to go through. yesterday was the simple fact a number of french workers did not turn up for the job. that has resulted in those dreadful queues, problems in dover and problems for holiday—makers. is this the new norm? is it going to be like this throughout the summer every holiday period ? well, the port of dover

is incredibly successful, it is the most successful port of its time, and of course kent and dover also growing and thriving economies, so it is really important we invest now in order to make the most of those opportunities we have. that means more border control facilities here, it means lorry parking facilities to take the lorries off the road, it means making sure we expand the a2 in particular and having additional border control facilities which we do not have now, so we do need to invest in order to grow. a major incident has been declared in kent. if you are sitting in those queues behind us in the heat, not knowing how long it is going to take, what difference is that going to make? yesterday i was asking for that major incident to be declared soon because the major incident means that the police are in control, it means there is a contingency, a national contingency situation, and they have the powers to do more. what we know yesterday is that it was very early that the french workers did not turn up and yet as we went through the day, those queues built and we saw a delayed response.

we have to make sure that the contingency is dealt with quicker when we have delays and that people are properly supported and that we do not get gridlock at dover again. ok, natalie elphicke, thank you very much forjoining us. well, in terms of yesterday's problems at french border control, the french authority are saying it was actually a problem at eurotunnel in the channel tunnel which meant some of their staff were delayed. eurotunnel hit back saying, "do not blame us, the chaos at dover was nothing to do with us." since then, a bit of reconciliation between britain and france, talk of working more closely than ever to try to resolve the disruption, but the reality is it is going to be a difficult weekend. simonjones reporting. i'm joined now by marion pettet who was stuck at the folkestone eurotunnel terminal yesterday but has luckily made it through. they are in france en route to your holiday, congratulations. glad to see you got there. what did you have

to go through to get as far as you got? to go through to get as far as you not? . to go through to get as far as you iot? ., ., ., got? having travelled through eurotunnel — got? having travelled through eurotunnel before, _ got? having travelled through eurotunnel before, we - got? having travelled through eurotunnel before, we were i got? having travelled through - eurotunnel before, we were aware that the hour they normally advise you to get the is not enough time, so be allowed to hours and we joined the end of the slip road at half past eight, which was two hours before our train, and we finally got a train, this was yesterday, we finally got a train atjust before ten o'clock and there was no escalation to what was happening. —— two o'clock. the information panels were not accurate, they were not giving the same information as the tannoy is, and we still do not know why there were the queues at their worth. we knew there was a problem at that overt so we knew there was no point trying to get a ferry because we knew there were problems at dover, but there was just no information given out and hearing

the previous speaker talking about there not being enough people at passport control on the french side, we actually observed at the eurotunnel that there was one man dealing with two queues of traffic, so traffic was passing by the booth either side and one man was checking the passports, but of course it took half an hour between uk passport control and a french passport control and a french passport control and a french passport control and there is a distance of about 100 yards, but of course they have to stab everyone's passport, if it is six people in a car it is a six passports. —— stamp everyone's passport. we still do not know, as i say now, what on earth happened, so when we finally got on the train and we thought good, we are going now, and then they said we are not, there is an incident in the tunnel, so that delayed it for another half an hour. but as i say, it was the lack

of information. nobody saying anything about anything at all. the tannoy is worth saying what letters they wanted to join the queue and they wanted to join the queue and the information panels were saying different letters, so it was not terribly well designed or thought out is how they would deal with the numbers are people they had got there. , ., ., _, , there. they are of course, the authorities — there. they are of course, the authorities in _ there. they are of course, the authorities in dover _ there. they are of course, the authorities in dover are - there. they are of course, the l authorities in dover are blaming there. they are of course, the - authorities in dover are blaming the french for letting the side down by not bringing enough staff. how are you? it is a long time to be stuck in the car together! are you both 0k? ~ in the car together! are you both 0k? . ., , , ., ok? we are fine, but my daughter in law, son ok? we are fine, but my daughter in law. son and — ok? we are fine, but my daughter in law, son and their— ok? we are fine, but my daughter in law, son and their two _ ok? we are fine, but my daughter in law, son and their two children - law, son and their two children changed their ticket and it would be absolutely terrible for them. they were in the car from three o'clock

in the afternoon so they managed to get somewhere, they got through the tunnel and they found a hotel that would take them and fortunately at midnight they managed to get their children to bed, so me and my husband, we are ok, it is frustrating, it is annoying and other people must have had an awful lot worse than we did, the only thing i could say is at least it was not 40 degrees yesterday. yes. thing i could say is at least it was not 40 degrees yesterday. yes, count our luc not 40 degrees yesterday. yes, count your lucky stars _ not 40 degrees yesterday. yes, count your lucky stars. but _ not 40 degrees yesterday. yes, count your lucky stars. but driving _ not 40 degrees yesterday. yes, count your lucky stars. but driving past - your lucky stars. but driving past the operation — your lucky stars. but driving past the operation rock _ your lucky stars. but driving past the operation rock and - your lucky stars. but driving past the operation rock and are - your lucky stars. but driving past| the operation rock and are seeing those lorries first hand, i've seen it on the news but to see it and drive past them, it is a terrible sight to see, it really is. they support drivers and people stuck in those lorries queueing. me support drivers and people stuck in those lorries queueing.— those lorries queueing. we have to leave it there, _ those lorries queueing. we have to leave it there, but _ those lorries queueing. we have to leave it there, but we _ those lorries queueing. we have to leave it there, but we wish - those lorries queueing. we have to leave it there, but we wish you - those lorries queueing. we have to j leave it there, but we wish you and your family a lovely holiday. put it behind you, you deserve it. go and enjoy yourselves. behind you, you deserve it. go and enjoy yourselves-—

yes, some 3000 lorries we believe are now queueing and trying to get into dover and it is notjust holiday—makers. to listen to bbc local radio, check the bbc news website folk constant updates and the advices that pack food, water, toys for the kids to play with and be ready for a very long wait. we will of course keep you updated. here in the uk, the conservative leadership candidate rishi sunak has been speaking in grantham in lincolnshire this morning and promised to sort the economy by bringing inflation down. we had to tell the truth about the cost of living and that there is no answer to this problem other than to grip inflation and bring it down. rising inflation... applause rising inflation applause risin inflation , , applause risini inflation , , ., rising inflation is the enemy that makes everyone _

rising inflation is the enemy that makes everyone poorer- rising inflation is the enemy that makes everyone poorer and - rising inflation is the enemy that makes everyone poorer and puts| rising inflation is the enemy that i makes everyone poorer and puts at risk your homes and your savings. and we have to tell the truth about tax. i will deliver more tax cuts. i have already made real progress as chancellor but i will not put money backin chancellor but i will not put money back in your pockets and knowing that a rising inflation will only whip it straight back out. so we will tell the truth, no matter the cost. because there can be no real change without, but real change is there, i swear it. we can be better, but it will only come with radicalism. we can grow our economy, creating more and betterjobs with higher wages and real progression if we actually get businesses investing full stops i am going to reform our tax system and make this best country in the world to invest. and it is notjust about big businesses,

this is about small businesses too. our high streets, they cannot grow if they cannot invest, and i will fix that. joining me now from team truss isjulian knight mp. liz truss of course is the other candidate hoping to be prime minister. good morning, thank you forjoining us. i want to start straightaway with the comments of rishi sunak that we will tell the truth no matter what. a channel 4 journalist asked him after his speech what he meant by that? does he mean liz truss cannot be trusted? what did you make of it? i he mean liz truss cannot be trusted? what did you make of it?— what did you make of it? i would certainly not _ what did you make of it? i would certainly not think _ what did you make of it? i would certainly not think rishi - what did you make of it? i would certainly not think rishi sunak. certainly not think rishi sunak would go there in that respect. i know both of these people have enormous respect for one another and i'm sure that was not what was intended. i think rishi has the cart before the horse so to speak. you cannot tax your way out of inflation

and the truth is we are in a situation now where we are not getting any great, if not negative growth in the economy, and the only way you maintain tax revenues is by boosting growth, and les's plans, which include a cut to corporation tax, which at the moment is higher than france's, just let that sink in, two years after brexit, is around the idea of growing the economy so that tax revenues will increase over time and then you can get the public services we all want. at a time when families are seeing a huge hike in prices forjust about everything, really struggling now, it is about trust though, isn't it? rishi sunak has, be it a short—term chakra could have been chancellor, but he is across the economy, he has a spreadsheet, where is liz truss getting her economic knowledge from? —— be it short—term time at being

chancellor. -- be it short-term time at being chancellor-— -- be it short-term time at being chancellor. her strategy has really excited businesses. _ chancellor. her strategy has really excited businesses. the _ chancellor. her strategy has really excited businesses. the chamberl chancellor. her strategy has really. excited businesses. the chamber of commerce per instance have said they support the idea of cutting taxes right now. rishi's plans were understandable before we had to be more in ukraine, because that has basically led to the inflation that we have got right now, along with dislocation of the economy through covid, but the truth is that businesses across the country and individuals are struggling, so her plan is to cut energy bills by £153 ijy plan is to cut energy bills by £153 by suspending the green levy, corporation tax at 19% which is a set is higher than france's, and getting rid of 2400 pieces of eu regulation which are a dead hand on our economy by the end of next year. those are three things which will free up our economy, allow us to grab it and then you will find the

tax revenues coming in which will provide the public services which we all need. we provide the public services which we all need. ~ ., ., ., all need. we will hear from liz a bit later today _ all need. we will hear from liz a bit later today and _ all need. we will hear from liz a bit later today and we _ all need. we will hear from liz a bit later today and we know- all need. we will hear from liz a bit later today and we know she | all need. we will hear from liz a - bit later today and we know she will be talking about getting rid of eu legislation. there are thousands of pieces of legislation though, it has been questioned about how you can actually do that. i been questioned about how you can actually do that.— actually do that. i was actually involved in _ actually do that. i was actually involved in the _ actually do that. i was actually involved in the process - actually do that. i was actually involved in the process of - involved in the process of legislating over at brexit and it was certainly a long process, it is a lot, but there are 2400, many of those things that work perfectly fine and we would not want to amend, but there are some, that's give you two examples, using drones for example to help with crop production, that itself could enable greater food production, that itself could enable greaterfood production in this country and domestically you produce food, you do not import as much because you do not have as much inflation, but there is that some madder stuff like the power of domestic vacuum cleaners, there are

some really bizarre ones which seem to be quite pretentious and just around one country in the eu and just to settle their special interests, so we will construct a regulatory regime which has bespoke for this country and if we do that, then we should be able to effectively free up businesses and individuals in order for them effectively free up businesses and individuals in orderfor them to produce more and then in the long term, that means better tax revenues and better public services. {liiq term, that means better tax revenues and better public services.— and better public services. 0k, many thanks for your— and better public services. 0k, many thanks for your time _ and better public services. 0k, many thanks for your time and _ and better public services. 0k, many thanks for your time and we - and better public services. 0k, many thanks for your time and we look - thanks for your time and we look forward to hearing from liz truss a bit later. we will bring you that live on bbc news. julian knight mp there who is supporting liz truss. let's just show you the situation in dover at the moment. if you cast your eyes on the centre of that motorway, i think that is the m20 that takes you towards the port of dover. you can see the long queue of

mainly trucks and they have been parked now on a lane of the motorway, we believe there are some 3000 lorries wanting to take exports abroad or returning from bringing imports into the uk, they have been stuck there for maybe 24 hours at some of them, that is causing a massive backlog at the port of dover as well where thousands of families, some with children, are trying to head off on their summer holidays as well. and this is the busiest weekend for the summer getaway in the uk. canjust see how the weekend for the summer getaway in the uk. can just see how the m20 weekend for the summer getaway in the uk. canjust see how the m20 is now no longer a motorway, it is a car park. they are some 12 miles away from the port, some of those lorries, and they need to get access to food and water as well and what we are hearing is access to information about what is going on. the dover port authorities are

blaming this backlog on the french port authorities on the busiest weekend of the year. there was a plan agreed and in place but the french failed to deliver. that is the situation in dover. this is certainly something you do not want to get caught in. a huge jellyfish swarm engulfed this boat off the coast of israel. jellyfish migrate in summer months, but sea pollution and climate change are said to be the reason for their recent high concentration. that is an entire jellyfish, huge. now, before we go, take a look at this. this is the sky which confused residents in the australian town of mildura. there was lots of speculation about what it could be, with some people comparing it to a scene out of netflix's stranger things. it turned out to be light emanating from a cannabis farm

just outside the town — worth noting medical marijuana is legal in australia. bouncing off the cloud there. stranger things have been seen. you're watching bbc news, thank you for watching. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello, after the extraordinary record breaking heat we had to contend with early in the week the weekend brings more standard fare. rain at times, quite breezy, warm again towards the south—east corner but not nearly as hot as it was. low pressure is dominating the scene, drifting its way in from the west. frontal systems generating outbreaks of rain. the winds tending to pick up as we go through the next couple of days as well. through the afternoon, cloud and outbreaks of showery rain drifting eastwards across scotland, northern england, north wales, the north midlands. some showery rain for south wales and south—west of england. all the while the south—east

and east anglia will hold on to the sunshine and the highest temperatures as well, 26 or 27 degrees. northern ireland perhaps briefly a little bit brighter but as we head into the evening we will see a pulse of very heavy, thundery rain drifting through. it will work into the north—west of scotland at the same time a weather front sets up across parts of england and wales bringing some outbreaks of rain at times. staying mostly dry towards the south—east corner. a warm and muggy night, lows of 14 to 18 degrees. tomorrow, low pressure still with us to the west of the uk. close to the centre of the low heavy showers across northern ireland and scotland. the weather front bringing rain to parts of england and wales. to the south—east of that we will be tapping into some very warm, even hot airfor some. here is that weather front, northern england seing northern england seeing a decent amount of dry weather. northern ireland and scotland,

sunny spells and heavy, potentially thundery showers. and for many it will be quite windy. it stays mainly dry across the south—east corner and with some sunshine here 30 degrees is likely across parts of eastern england. even further north, 24 there for aberdeen and for newcastle. sunday evening will bring further showers or longer spells of rain. it does remain stubbornly dry across the south—east corner, where rain is really needed. now, low pressure is still close by into the start of the new week. high pressure will then build in from the west. we start the week with northerly winds, so actually in relative terms quite a cool start to the new week. the week ahead will bring some rain at times. for many though, it will be dry for much of the time. now on bbc news dateline

london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme bringing together leading british commentators with foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast from the dateline: london. this week british conservative mps completed their colleague cull in the hunt for their new leader and this country's next prime minister. have they also culled the economic consensus within which governments of left and right have operated for at least the last 20 years ? and as the world waits for vladimir putin to allow safe passage of ukraine's grain, why putin was himself kept waiting. in the studio are: ashis ray, indian writer and cricket commentator since the 1970s, michael goldfarb, actor turned journalist, foreign correspondent for pbs radio in the united states,

now host of the podcast the first rough draft of history, and steve richards began his career as a westminster correspondentjust as margaret thatcher was ending hers. his blog is called rock and rolls politics, his most recent book about the talented politicians who failed to make it to number ten. you could see attempts, attempts to move on from thatcherism. you know, theresa may talked about the good that government can do in the state can do. borisjohnson occasionally put the case for higher public

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