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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. russia says it was targeting military facilities when a missile hit the port of odesa, a day after ukraine and russia agreed to restart grain exports by sea. the head of the world health organisation declares the monkeypox outbreak to be an international public health emergency. and officials in kent declare a major incident as long queues form for a second day in dover. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world.
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there's been widespread condemnation of a russian missile attack on the ukrainian port city of odesa only one day after moscow signed a deal with kyiv to enable the export of grain through odesa and other ports. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, said russia would always find ways not to keep its promises. these are pictures of the port after the attack. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, also condemned the missile strike, saying that full implementation of the grain deal made between russia, ukraine and turkey was imperative. the bbc europe regional editor paul moss has been following the latest developments. i russian mp was talking to bbc radio and said, we have attacked military infrastructure at odesa pot, destroying harpoon missiles there, no civilians injured or killed, he said. he said we didn't
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damage any grain storage facility. hot on what is going on. it sounds like they are saying they attacked the poor but they were going for weapons, not anything to do with exports. the point is that the agreement reached yesterday was quite explicit — you don't attack any cargo ship carrying grain and you don't attack the port those ships are coming from, so this would seem superficially to be completely in breach of that agreement. earlier i spoke to evgeny popov, member of parliament for president putin's united russia party. he insists russia is abiding by the grain deal. we are following every letter of the istanbul deal which my government have signed a few days ago. you can do with this ukrainian grey whatever you want and you can exported from ukraine in porch right now, right now. ukrainian cargo ships, civilian ships, are safe. —— ukrainian ports.
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the ukrainian grain is safe and we are not going to do anything with that. ., , ., are not going to do anything with that. . , ., , ., ., are not going to do anything with that. . ,, , ., ., , .,, that. can you understand that people are sa in: that. can you understand that people are saying russia _ that. can you understand that people are saying russia can't _ that. can you understand that people are saying russia can't be _ that. can you understand that people are saying russia can't be trusted - are saying russia can't be trusted because those missiles, i don't know how long they've been in that particular port of odesa, as you say. did it really have to happen this morning? also, you say you don't care what the western europe say, but do you care what the turkish president thinks? we didn't break any deal. _ turkish president thinks? we didn't break any deal. we _ turkish president thinks? we didn't break any deal. we are _ turkish president thinks? we didn't break any deal. we are following i break any deal. we are following every letter of that istanbul deal. again, you can do with ukrainian grain every single thing you want. the head of the world health organisation has declared the outbreak of monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. director general dr tedros said the emergency declaration would help speed up the development of vaccines and the implementation of measures
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to limit the spread of the virus. he made the annoucement at a conference in geneva. we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little and which meet the criteria in the international health regulations. for all of these reasons, i have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern. let's look at some of the day's other news. china has revealed for the first time that its most senior leaders including president xijinping have been vaccinated against covid—i9, using chinese—made vaccines. until now, there's been no information, only speculation, about the vaccination status of china's top politicians. one of argentina's biggest football clubs, independiente of buenos aires, has been forced to cancel a match on saturday following violent clashes between supporters and police.
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authorities say 48 people were arrested and at least 15 police officers were injured. it's been a day of more lengthy delays and frustration for thousands travellers, trying to cross the channel. on what's been the busiest travel day of the year so far, some drivers have had to wait five to six hours before reaching the port of dover, or the eurotunnel terminal at folkestone. from dover, here's ramzan karmali. the queues on the motorway leading into dover. it's becoming a familiar sight. yesterday's chaos seems to be repeating itself today, and for many holiday—makers trying to get away, this has become the worst possible start to their summer break. but most travellers knew they were going to face a long wait. i'm assuming at some point we're going to stop and sit in traffic
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for hours and hours and hours, but so far we've got... we keep creeping forwards and it's been fine. the police seem to be doing a good job and getting the tourists actually moving and stopping the lorries coming in on the a2, because they were all told to come in on the m20. and how long would this journey normally take you? about two hours, so we're now into four hours, but it's fine. cars and lorries continue to try to get through the border control here at dover. in fact, 8,500 tourist vehicles tried to make the crossing yesterday, and today that number's expected to be higher at 10,000, so officials are warning there will be delays, and it's feared that these types of delays could become commonplace throughout the summer. 3,000 lorries are also expected to make the crossing today. yesterday, the port of dover boss blamed the delays on french authorities for not providing enough staff to carry out passport checks, which are now compulsory since brexit. today, he's confident that situation won't be repeated.
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after the terrible disruption from yesterday and all the impact that it had on travellers and truck drivers and our local communities, i'm very pleased that police aux frontieres have turned up with a strong complement of officers to man the booths. we've had 12 in from the early hours of this morning, we've got another four on the way, and so the processing time through the port has improved. congestion has been building around neighbouring folkestone on the a20. that is having a knock—on effect on eurotunnel services, too. from leaving the junction 12 of the motorway, it took us seven hours to get to the terminal, which is about two miles, i think. the company is adamant that some of the delays are beyond its control. when the channel tunnel was built, there were no requirements for passport controls, no requirements for customs controls on goods moving backwards and forwards between the uk and france, and that is different now. so the introduction of controls has some effect on the speed with which people travel
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through the tunnel. today's likely to be the port of dover's busiest day since the pandemic, with thousands of families trying to travel abroad for the first time in three years. ramzan karmali, bbc news. now on bbc news, our world. a warning — this film contains images that some viewers might find disturbing. this is bucha.
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