this is bbc news. russian missiles hit the port of odesa — a day after ukraine and russia agreed to restart grain exports. a global emergency is declared by the world heath organisation — as the international monkeypox outbreak worsens. we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission about which we understand too little. officials in kent declare a major incident, as long queues form for a second day in dover. delays are also being reported by travellers heading for the eurotunnel in folkestone, with traffic crawling on approaching routes. rishi sunak and liz truss take to the campaign trail as the race to become the uk's next prime minister heats up.

i will deliver tax cuts but tax cuts you can believe in. i will make that happen. what i'm about is about cutting people's taxes, reversing the national insurance increased to put more money in people's pockets and making sure those who work hard and go out to work are rewarded. 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. 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 crucial. evgeny popov is a member of parliament for president putin's united russia party. he claims 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 ukrainian portsright now, right now. ukrainian cargo ships, civilian ships, are safe. the grain is safe and we are not going to do anything with that. well, earlier i spoke to ukraine's mp for odesa oleksiy honcharenko — and i started by asking him if he felt the grain

deal could be saved. it can be saved, because ukraine is ready to receive the ships, to put grain out and i tell you that it is notjust grain out and i tell you that it is not just a grain out and i tell you that it is notjust a signal. first of all, there were four missiles and two were intercepted by ukraine. so we don't know where these are supposed to lead. secondly, just think about what is going on now with the shipowners where their ships go to odesa, orthe shipowners where their ships go to odesa, or the insurance companies and what their crew, which is the most important, who should take that ships to odesa port and then from when they see this news on every tv channel in the world. that's definitely something purported to disrupt. he doesn't want, in reality, any supply of ukrainian grain to the world food market. he wants the rising of food prices to

cause social unrest because government changes. he wants people starving. he wants as much as possible, he wants millions of refugees seeking brad in europe and crossing the mediterranean. that is why put wants. he did. it is quite surprising that he did itjust in hours after signing come surprised even me because it's quite hard to surprise me with anything, especially after february 24. it is clear that it is his idea. truth? especially after february 24. it is clear that it is his idea.— clear that it is his idea. why do ou clear that it is his idea. why do you think _ clear that it is his idea. why do you think he — clear that it is his idea. why do you think he agreed _ clear that it is his idea. why do you think he agreed to - clear that it is his idea. why do you think he agreed to the - clear that it is his idea. why do | you think he agreed to the deal clear that it is his idea. why do i you think he agreed to the deal in the first place, then, as you suggest. he doesn't want to achieve the aims that were set out in it. three reasons, first military reasons. he was scared, he would be tested with his capacity to hold this blockade. he would fail. and he made a worship and the ships at the

grain, he could do nothing with it. he can attempt civilian ships, and it destroyed part of his ship, part of his fleet. and the greatest, and together with harpoons that were provided by the united kingdom, god save the queen and thank you for this, we can defend our cause. that is the first reason, the second is political pressure from global soft countries coming out trying to find some allies, and i think that is also a reason. and the third one, he will weapon eyes this corridor. he will weapon eyes this corridor. he will try to threaten it and use it as that branch. like he is exactly doing from the start of the first day. in doing from the start of the first da . , ., ., ., day. in terms of the grain that is bein: day. in terms of the grain that is being stored _ day. in terms of the grain that is being stored and _ day. in terms of the grain that is being stored and odesa. - day. in terms of the grain that is being stored and odesa. how i day. in terms of the grain that is i being stored and odesa. how long day. in terms of the grain that is - being stored and odesa. how long can it be storage therefore, and still be good enough and possible to export to the countries that so desperately needed? particularly desperately needed 7 particularly those desperately needed? particularly those in the middle east who are grappling with high food prices. for

the grappling with high food prices. fr?" the moment, it is not critical, but we have another critical line, the collection hasn't started any ukraine, and is 20 million tonnes are more 50—60,000,000 are coming, and that means that ukraine doesn't have enough capability and capacity to store this grain. so that is why it was so crucial and pushing the deal now. the head of the world health organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern — the highest level of alert the who can issue. dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus was speaking at a news conference in geneva. he said his scientific advisory committee had been divided on whether to declare an emergency — but he'd taken the decision based on the rapid spread of the virus. 16 thousand cases of the disease have been reported in more than 70 five countries, and five people have died. dr tedros says monkeypox represents a high risk in europe, with a clear risk of further international spread.

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. damejenny harries is the chief executive of the uk health security agency. she explained what the uk is doing to combat the virus. well, forthe uk, the risk to individuals currently is no different today than it was yesterday following the who announcement, but of course, that doesn't mean that we are not being very proactive in our interventions to try to prevent any unnecessary transmissions of the virus, and we've got a number of different

programmes in place. obviously, the first one is to ensure that individuals know what to look for, and your newsreader has just gone through some of those signs and symptoms, but equally, we have also put in place a vaccination strategy here, firstly, high—risk contacts have been in exposed, but particularly now we are offering vaccination to individuals who are identified as likely to be at high risk. but we are hoping to do is prevent cases coming on board. you will remember when we cast our minds back to the early days of the covid—i9 pandemic. in a similar way, the symptoms with this are things like, we are told, a rash, fatigue, muscle aches. those are things that could quite easily be caused by other things, and in the same way that, you know, coughs and fever with covid—i9 could have been caused by something else.

people may want to do the responsible thing and check, but equally, not want to overburden health services that are already stretched. so how do we deal with that difficulty? yes, this is a common problem, because the early part of the viral illness is often very similar. so in this case, the people who are most at risk currently are those individuals who have been recognised as gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men, simply because that is a social network, a social sexual network where we seem to see most of the cases. so for those individuals particularly, if they see, if they feel unwell, particularly if they have a lesion anywhere, it mightjust be a single one, not a whole body rash, then we do ask them to contact nhs or to bring the sexual health

or to ring the sexual health services and do rain before coming in so that we reduce the risk of any onward transmission. at the moment, is there any geographic pattern as to where the uk cases are most focused? yes, there are, that is also part of the vaccination response. so whilst we want to reach out to all of those high risk individuals with vaccine programme in due course, we clearly want to manage the greatest risk in this outbreak, and what we have seen is the majority, around two thirds currently our london residence. we are seeing pockets and other areas as well in the southeast in manchester and liverpool, and obviously we will respond to those at the same time. we are in contact with all the sexual health services in all of those areas, but predominantly london, and that has persisted through the outbreak to date. given what people have been through over the last two and a half years with coded and we are still not out

——and a half years with covid and we are still not out of the woods with that yet, but people will have felt the restrictions on their lives, the trauma of the losses that many families have faced, the loss of loved ones to the virus. are we in danger of being on the cusp of something similar, or is it not quite in the same magnitude? i think this is very different. so obviously covid is a respiratory virus, this virus is predominantly a very close contact virus, and that is why it is spreading in the way that it is. i think one of the reasons that the director general at the who has gone out with this announcement today is because we do have tools to prevent the spreading, and there is a lot that we don't know about how it's transmitting currently. so we got a pretty good idea. it's not completely new virus, but it is showing some changes both in the genome and in the way it is transmitting. so by working globally,

internationally together, we can ensure we understand the benefits of the vaccinations that we have. we can better understand transmission, and i'm sure that research and the advice will change as we go through managing this outbreak. so it is a call to arms internationally, and the uk is working with and where the first to identify this group of monkeypox patients. robbie de santos is the director of communications and external affairs at stonewall, an organisation supporting the freedoms of lgbtq+ people. i asked him how do we protect at risk groups without stigmatising them. i think the first thing is just being really clear who that group of people are. i think even actually saying gay and bisexual men is a bit limited. we know that a number of

people who fall within that group may not identify as part of the lgbt youth community. so it is using words like men who have sex with men can be just a words like men who have sex with men can bejust a bit more words like men who have sex with men can be just a bit more expensive and really capture the kind of full span of people who are at this heightened level of risk. i think as welljust really emphasising that this is a nonjudgmental call. this is about understanding behaviours and ways of living that potentially puts people at higher levels of risk, but really making sure that there isn't an of moralising in any of the tone of any of those communications. so really, it is aboutjust making sure it is clear, sober and directed messaging that will really make sure that people don't feel that there is a stigma, and themselves coming forward about it. i think one of the other points is really about ensuring confidentiality as well. again, remembering that not everyone

who is at risk may be out to those around them, so reallyjust making sure that people know that they can get help, they don't need to get help from their gp, there are sexual health clinics and nhs iii help from their gp, there are sexual health clinics and nhs 111 where they can find out more information if they are worried that they themselves may be at risk. i if they are worried that they themselves may be at risk. i suppose that's an important _ themselves may be at risk. i suppose that's an important point, _ themselves may be at risk. i suppose that's an important point, how- that's an important point, how people that help, how people, if they fall into those categories and fear that they may have been in contact with someone who has had monkeypox or have symptoms that they think could be monkeypox, what is the best way for them to establish whether it is or not? the the best way for them to establish whether it is or not?— whether it is or not? the first port of call is to _ whether it is or not? the first port of call is to look _ whether it is or not? the first port of call is to look at _ whether it is or not? the first port of call is to look at the _ of call is to look at the nhs website, look at the list of symptoms and the ways in which people might be likely to get to monkeypox and think if that is sealed, and from there, it's about taking steps like calling nhs iii or visiting or calling up your local sexual health clinic to book an

appointment for a test. in sexual health clinic to book an appointment for a test. in terms of rotectinu appointment for a test. in terms of protecting those — appointment for a test. in terms of protecting those who _ appointment for a test. in terms of protecting those who are _ appointment for a test. in terms of protecting those who are most - appointment for a test. in terms of protecting those who are most at l protecting those who are most at risk, what do you think it's the best way to make sure that where there are limited supplies of a vaccine that offers protection to get those to the people who need the most? 50 get those to the people who need the most? . ., get those to the people who need the most? ,, ., ,, get those to the people who need the most? ,, ., , ~ .., , most? so the nhs has artie come up with the criteria _ most? so the nhs has artie come up with the criteria for _ most? so the nhs has artie come up with the criteria for prioritising - with the criteria for prioritising this, and it's simply that they have created profiles, they are offering that vaccine on that prioritised basis. the first thing to say is if you get that call and you are in one of those priority risk groups, please press ahead and take the vaccine. it's safe, tried and tested, but beyond that, it is just about really making sure that the people who are in that risk group of people who are in that risk group of people who have multiple partners or have a new partner really take those steps and think about how best they

can protect themselves. it's really important people take responsibility. if you think that you have been in close contact with someone or you were told that you've been in close contact with someone, self—isolate, get tested and just really make sure that you look after yourself and other people. just briefl , yourself and other people. just briefly. do _ yourself and other people. just briefly. do you _ yourself and other people. just briefly, do you get the sense that people are taking this seriously because maker is there an gieen because maker is there an given -- an of fatigue _ because maker is there an given -- an of fatigue given _ because maker is there an given -- an of fatigue given that _ because maker is there an given -- an of fatigue given that we - because maker is there an given --| an of fatigue given that we bent her pandemic in the last couple of years and everyone feels that things are just starting to get back to something resembling normal. do you think there is a weariness of, oh my goodness, we'rejust about landed, with yet another potential widespread disease? we hearfrom gay and bisexual men, men who have sex with men who follow stonewall and support us is that they are very concerned. it is a bill of seriousness. they want to be hearing more information, they want to be signposted to advice. that is a significant group of people who are

very concerned and taking it seriously. however there are a lot of people out there who may not follow organisations like stonewall or other sexual health organisations. so what's really key is that public health england and other public health bodies are proactively investing in digital advertising and marketing to reach and targets people who are at higher risk. it's really important that we don'tjust rely on civil society organisations. we really got to go out and go to the places where people are getting information and organising their health, because that's how we get the message out to everyone. 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 5 to 6 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 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. 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 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. the two candidates battling it out to become prime minister, have taken their campaigns to the tory party faithful, hoping to impress the voters who'll ultimately decide who wins. speaking in margaret thatcher's birthplace of grantham, rishi sunak suggested liz truss' tax plans were �*immoral�* as they'd increase borrowing. however in kent, she said it was �*wrong' to take money from people, when the cost of living was rising. here's our political correspondent, iain watson.

it's more than 30 years since mrs thatcher was prime minister but today's leadership candidates have been blowing away the cobwebs and paying tribute to her. that's perhaps because she is still revered by many of the conservative party members who choose our next prime minister. rishi sunak even travelled to her birthplace of grantham to praise her financial responsibility and to attack his opponent's plans for immediate tax cuts. we have to tell the truth about tax. i will deliver more tax cuts but i will not put money back in your pockets knowing that rising inflation will only whip it straight back out. i have been very clear that not only do i think it is the wrong thing for the economy, i also believe it is immoral. and he pledged to set up a task force to clear nhs backlogs, paid for by the national insurance rise, which liz truss would reverse. rishi sunak and liz truss served in the same cabinet but with such

stark divisions emerging on the economy, it's sometimes difficult to believe they are in the same party. with tory members set to receive their ballot papers injust over a week, expect both campaigns to put even more policy differences on display. by the way, when mrs thatcher was in power, 364 economists wrote saying her ideas were bad and she went on and won three elections. touring kent today, liz truss suggested she was more in the tradition of mrs thatcher by being willing to ignore conventional wisdom to bring about big changes. i'm being very honest about the situation. we face the biggest economic crisis we've had for a generation and now is not the time for business as usual. now is the time for bold action to get the british economy going, to unleash all the talent we have in this country, to unleash the businesses to produce more and that is why i favour keeping our taxes are low. both candidates have been emphasising their closeness to mrs thatcher's ideas as well as their differences from each other.

they go head to head in the bbc debate on monday, each hoping it will move them along the path to number 10. iain watson, bbc news. a review into racism in scottish cricket, due to be released on monday, is expected to say there's evidence of institutional racism within the game. our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie has more on this story. well, this review was commissioned ijy well, this review was commissioned by sports scotland last year, and it followed allegations of racism and discrimination, including claims from scotland's all—time leading wicket taker. it was carried out by the equality and diversity group plan for support, more than 200 people came forward to give evidence, and some of the details of those testimonies have been passed to police scotland. a cricket scotland spokesperson said that cricket scotland board is truly

sorry to everyone who has experienced racism in cricket in scotland will stop they said cricket should be a welcoming place for everyone and note somewhere that racism or any form of discrimination takes place. they said they were not in a position to comment any further on the independent reviews report as they won't see it until it is published publicly on monday. we understand they are expected to say there is evidence of institutional racism within the game of cricket in scotland. it's understood that sports scotland is extremely concerned by the reviews findings and they said that they will keep all options on the table including the withdrawal of funding to cricket scotland. a man's body has been found after a 21—year—old man went missing in water in essex on the uk's hottest ever day.

the discovery was made in jaywick this morning, by emergency services who were searching for a man last seen in the water close to clacton pier on tuesday. police said they are "liaising with international partners to contact the family of the 21—year—old", before formal identification can take place. human rights watch has urged the new president of sri lanka, ranil wick—reme—singhe, to order security forces to cease all use of force against anti—government protesters. the call came after hundreds of heavily armed soldiers stormed a section of the main protest site in colombo on friday and took control of the president's office. wick—reme—singhe became president just one day earlier. our south asia editor is in colombo for us. ,, ., ., for us. the sri lankan government did not exoect _ for us. the sri lankan government did not expect such _ for us. the sri lankan government did not expect such a _ for us. the sri lankan government did not expect such a strong - did not expect such a strong reaction from the international community at hundreds of heavily armed soldiers starting this place

yesterday morning, removing all the tenants and banners and the empty government protesters had put up and beat up many of these protesters. all these things are going on and the president's office isjust behind me and the soldiers also to control, this was stormed by huge crowds ten days ago following this public anger. now, the un human rights council's workgroup on sri lanka which also includes the uk, they came out with a strong statement saying peaceful protest, the right to hold peaceful protest should be respected, not only that, the senior diplomats at the us embassy, they all came out with a strong statement saying expressing their displeasure over what they described as a high—handed in terms of sending heavily armed soldiers on peaceful protesters. this place was a protest site about 48 hours ago,

now about 100 metres. it has been cleared. the protesters are still that the designated area outside, but all happening on the same day when prime minister is and the president took office. the action started in the evening, that's a disappointed many people inside the country as well as outside. wildfires are continuing to spread across europe, and severe weather warnings are being issued in america this weekend. parts of china are also set to experience searing temperatures.. mark lobel has this story. and still the heat blazes its path across europe, with nowhere to hide from spain to italy. translation: honestly, i feel the heat more - than in previous years. i am trying to cope as best i can. across france, the heartbreak that comes with discovering your corner of paradise is no more. translation: everything is destroyed. _

the equipment, the walls, there is nothing left. in slovenia... romania... portugal. translation: these are painful days. firefighters and the people are helpless. fatigue is taking over, but the adrenaline of saving what is ours is even greater and keeps us going. the effects of heat waves shown from the sky, pictured across parts of france and spain here, becoming more frequent, more intense, and longer lasting. igniting further fury at human induced climate change. translation: | believe . that the climate emergency is lethal, but even more lethal is ignorance and denial. away from europe, right across america, the heat is on. in arizona... i had multiple people compare

arizona to being like hell. it is no better in texas. this heat is crazy. i have seen a lot of people pass out with this heat. with water a sanctuary in new york, too. well, we are finding fountains around the city and jumping in the fountains to stay cool. with multiple heat warnings springing up across state lines as record highs are forecast to continue throughoutjuly. they are preparing for it in china, too. warnings of forest fires at a time of year big temperatures are expected here, but not like this. record highs predicted, too. demand on air conditioners expected to spell trouble for the national grid. mark lobel, bbc news.

a strike by more than 40—thousand rail workers is to go ahead on wednesday — after the two sides failed to reach the rmt union has confirmed the walkout will go ahead — it's over pay, working conditions and job security. knock—on effects are expected on thursday, and a separate walkout by train drivers is scheduled for next saturday. further strikes are expected in august. a nursing union is to ballot members on possible industrial action after most nhs workers in wales were offered a below—inflation pay rise. the royal college of nursing in wales says the pay offer would "do nothing" to fill vacancies or inspire young people to become nurses. doctors, consultants, gps and nurses in wales are being offered a pay rise between 4 and 5.5 per cent. you may have noticed that �*the papers' should be on about now.