this is bbc news. i'm nuala mcgovern, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. there has been widespread condemnation as missiles hit ukraine's odesa port hours after russia signed a deal with ukraine allowing grain to be exported to millions around the world. translation: no matter what russia promises, it will always find a way to break them. that may be through geopolitics or with weapons, sometimes through bloodshed. it has many ways to act. the world health organization declares the monkeypox outbreak is now a global health emergency. britain and france blame each other as holidaymakers and lorry drivers face long delays trying to cross the channel from dover. today our days of peace again.

—— begin. and the long wait is over for millions of lord of the rings fans, as a tv prequel to the epic drama is launched at comic—con in san diego. with fantasy, with anything with— with fantasy, with anything with a — with fantasy, with anything with a fandom, i don't think it really— with a fandom, i don't think it really exists until it is out there _ really exists until it is out there so _ really exists until it is out there. so it will be good to finally— there. so it will be good to finally give birth to this. hello and welcome to the prograamme. a landmark agreement to allow the export of grain from the ukrainian port of odesa has come under threat after the city was hit by a missile strike less than 2a hours after the deal was signed. russia had promised not to attack the port or any ships carrying grain out of it, but president zelensky said the strike showed that moscow would always find ways to avoid delivering on its agreements. there has been no direct response from the kremlin. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse sent this report from odesa.

in a war littered with broken promises, an especially devastating betrayal — two missiles launched from the black sea hitting odesa's port. two others were taken out by air defence systems. for coffee vendor sergei, there was only one thing to do. translation: i saw black smoke after the missiles hit, _ so i knew i had to run to a bomb shelter and hide. it was very scary because there was a big noise — unpleasant to the ears and eyes. now, the ukrainian soldiers here aren't letting us do too much filming because it could be used by the russians, but we're told that there was minimal damage to the port and that a number of people were in injured.

but rocket attacks happen frequently, and in the case of this one, it's the undermining of trust which is the most significant. less than a day ago, a deal was signed where russia agreed to allow millions of tonnes of grain to leave ukraine through the black sea. a first diplomatic breakthrough which could boost the country's damaged economy and help address a global food crisis now hanging in the balance. ukraine is one of russia's biggest sources of grain, and the pieces hanging on the balance. translation: this agreement doesn't mean anything to me. | how can turkey and the united nations sign an agreement with the country — and everyone knows this — that they will never follow? ukraine �*s leader today meeting a cross—party group of us

politicians, has become used to russia's predictable unpredictability. translation: no matter what russia promises, . it will always find a way to break them. that may be through geopolitics or with weapons, sometimes through bloodshed. it has many ways to act. his government says preparations for grain exports will continue, but this fragile operation brings real dangers with high stakes. and james waterhouse has been speaking to my colleague ben boulos with the latest from odesa. well, it's, ithink, hanging on a cliff edge, to be honest with you. from the ukrainian perspective, they are going to push on. but imagine being a crewmember on a vessel or one of the shipping companies that is actually going to have to carry out these deliveries. evenif carry out these deliveries. even if the port is left unscathed, they will have to travel along a route littered with mines through a russian naval blockade, which is expected to not open fire, before travelling on. and of course, on the other side of those journeys are tens of millions of people at risk of

starvation if they don't receive ukrainian grand. that's notwithstanding the benefits ukraine sets to receive through its economy, which has shrunk throughout the course of this invasion. so at the moment it's going ahead as planned, but it's just going ahead as planned, but it'sjust a reminder of going ahead as planned, but it's just a reminder of the risks and dangers and lack of trust, frankly, that's around it. ., , , trust, frankly, that's around it. . , , ., trust, frankly, that's around it. , ., ., trust, frankly, that's around it. ., ., ., it. there has been a great deal of confusion _ it. there has been a great deal of confusion in _ it. there has been a great deal of confusion in the _ it. there has been a great deal of confusion in the last - it. there has been a great deal of confusion in the last few - of confusion in the last few hours over whether russia has actually admitted to the attack. earlierwe actually admitted to the attack. earlier we were reporting the russian ministry of defence said they were behind the attack. that turned out to be old information. even the russian mp who spoke to us and said initially that russia had hit military targets retracted that information, saying it had been based on old sources. what has russia said about the attack? ' ~ . , has russia said about the attack? ' . ., , ., attack? officially nothing. there has _ attack? officially nothing. there has been _ attack? officially nothing. there has been no - attack? officially nothing. i there has been no comment attack? officially nothing. - there has been no comment from the kremlin about this attack, but they are being squarely blamed by the west. the us secretary of state, anthony

blinken, has said this attack questions the very integrity of russia in this agreement and it undermines the work of turkey and the un who brought this deal together, as well as ukraine, in trying to fix this food crisis. russia has in the past launched long—range calibre missiles, very precise missiles, from the black sea, where it has total dominance, on targets across ukraine. so the aim of... even if it was true that moscow launched these missiles, which is the more likely scenario, it's not clear why they would carry out, because moscow has a stake in this grand deal as well. in a parallel agreement, they will be allowed to import or to export its own grain as well as products like fertiliser, which it has struggled to do so because of sanctions in terms of its ability to get ships. it's not clear what it is set to gain in terms of the agreement, but i think what we have seen throughout this conflict is russia flex its muscles to remind ukraine who

is in charge. muscles to remind ukraine who is in charge-— is in charge. and with that in mind, if this _ is in charge. and with that in mind, if this deal _ is in charge. and with that in mind, if this deal falls - is in charge. and with that inj mind, if this deal falls apart, it not only harms ukraine, it not only harms russia, but so many other countries, particularly those in the developing world, who rely on this grain, and where people are grappling with unavoidably high food prices. this are grappling with unavoidably high food prices.— high food prices. this is... when this _ high food prices. this is... when this deal— high food prices. this is... when this deal was - high food prices. this is... when this deal was struck| high food prices. this is... - when this deal was struck this week, then, it was seen as not just the first diplomatic breakthrough in this war, the first major one, really. we have had as exchanges, but this is far larger scale, far more significant. and it could well affect global markets, which have been disrupted by the supply of grain. it could affect the cost of living for so many countries where, because of the shortage of simply, because of the shortage of supply, demand has gone up and so have prices. as you saw there, it has affected the profits that ukrainian farmers can make. it's a war which has

affected the supply of energy, where western countries have tried to stem their reliance on russian natural gas and oil, which has had an effect on the price people pay as well. it is a war that has far—reaching consequences for so many people, and this grain deal was seen as a first real breakthrough where both ukraine and russia — albeit that they were saying we are not engaging with each other at the same table, it still involved ukraine and russia in an agreement for the benefit of the wider world, and that was the wider world, and that was the first. whether that will continue, there absolutely no guarantees i can give you right now, given what we have seen in the past months of this war. thanks very much to james waterhouse there. the head of the world health organization has declared the outbreak of monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. director—general dr tedros said monkeypox represents a high risk in europe, with a clear risk of further international spread.

he said 16,000 cases of the disease have been reported in more than 75 countries and five people have died. the bbc�*s celestina 0lulode reports. the scar on my nose was starting to pound. it was so painful, and without any opioids they were giving to me, i wasn't able to sleep. i wasn't able to do anything. i even told my consultants like, whatever you want to do, you have my full consent because i am feeling that i am going to die. haroun has fully recovered, but the global surge in cases has encouraged the world health organization to act. in short, we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations. i have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents

a public health emergency of international concern. first discovered in central africa, a key symptom of the virus is a rash which develops into blisters and finally scabs, but it doesn't spread easily. it requires close contact, mainly skin to skin, and exposure to blisters which contain the virus. it can spread through coughs and sneezes, but it is much harder to catch than covid. at this infectious diseases ward, they've treated dozens of patients, mainly gay and bisexual men. the virus, if you like, has seized an opportunity to get into a social network where people have shared characteristics. in this case, it's men who have sex with men. there is concern that if we see continued waves of infection through multiple populations, and then including people perhaps who've got weaker immune systems,

that that could help the virus evolve further. most cases are mild and clear up within a few weeks, but the who hopes today's announcement will help speed up the development of vaccines and limit the spread of the virus. celestina 0lulode, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news: a wildfire near yosemite national park in california is spreading quickly, threatening thousands of homes. central and north—eastern regions of the us are also sweltering under extreme heat, with temperatures of 38 celsius forecast in washington and dallas. human rights watch has urged the new president of sri lanka, ranil wickremesinghe, 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. the hungarian prime minister, viktor orban, has said that ukraine can't win against russia and has called on the us

to help bring the war there to to an end. mr orban said that the strategy of imposing sanctions had failed. 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 has been no information, only speculation, about the vaccination status of china's top politicians. it has been a day of more lengthy delays and frustration for thousands of people trying to cross the english channel. on what has been the busiest travel day of the year so far, some drivers had to wait five to six hours before reaching the uk port of dover or the eurotunnel terminal at folkestone. from dover, here is ramzan karmali. the queues on the motorway leading into dover. it's becoming a familiar sight. yesterday's chaos repeating

itself today, and for many holidaymakers 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 keep creeping forwards, and it's been 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 is 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. around 3,000 lorries also attempted 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 was confident that situation wouldn't be repeated to the same extent. 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 also began building up around neighbouring folkestone on the a20. that had a knock—on effect on eurotunnel services too. from leaving junction 12 of the motorway, it took us seven hours to get to the terminal, which is about two miles, i think. eurotunnel was adamant that some of the delays were beyond its control. when the channel tunnel. was built, no requirements for passport controls, - no requirements for customs controls on goods moving backwards and forwards l between the uk and france. and that's different now. so the introduction of controls has some effect on the speed | with which people will travel through the terminals. -

today was probably the port of dover's busiest day since the pandemic as thousands of families tried to travel abroad for the first time in three years. ramzan karmali, bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines: there has been widespread condemnation of a missile attack on the ukrainian city of odesa a day after russia signed a deal with ukraine to allow grain to be exported from the port. the head of the world health organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak to be an international public health emergency. the russian invasion of ukraine and the fact that grain is not leaving the ports is exacerbating the situation in the horn of africa region, where an unprecedented drought is pushing millions of people to the brink of starvation. the us development agency's administrator, samantha power, has called for more international support to deal with food insecurity there. speaking during a visit to turkana in northern kenya, she said the us alone cannot meet the demand of people in need of emergency aid.

our senior africa correspondent anne soy reports from turkana. a community devastated by drought. even their colourful adornment can barely hide their suffering. this is in northern kenya. four failed rain seasons and fears of a fifth have reduced even the most respected here to beggars, like this elder in the village. translation: i have many problems. - i lost all my livestock. that's all my wealth, to the drought. my children have had to drop out of school. things are so bad, my wife has been forced to produce charcoal and collect firewood for sale. these mothers have watched their children's health

deteriorate because of lack of food. they come to this clinic to get nutritional supplements. they told the us development agency's chief, samantha power. the packages run out, their children relapse. the mothers that we met with who had the acutely malnourished children, all of their livestock had been wiped out, decimated by this drought. so we're talking about a massive loss of livelihood and the risk of a massive loss of life. and that is why, again, the united states has come forward. we are providing $1.6 billion. the stakes really around mobilising individuals, the private sector, national governments and the broader donor community — the stakes are, as we have seen

here today, existential. part of that money funds food supply, but it is too little. here, many turned up hopeful of getting a meal for theirfamilies. if they could, these people would be very happy to go away with a bag of food, but it is not enough for everyone. all of them have been affected by drought, but only a small percentage, 15%, the most vulnerable, have been chosen by the community to receive relief food. what they take from here today won't last long. the world food program estimates that 50 million people in the horn of africa region could face starvation if they don't get urgent food aid, and soon. the two candidates battling it out to become the next british prime minister have taken their campaigns to the conservative party faithful, hoping to impress the voters who will ultimately decide who wins. here is our political correspondent iain watson.

it is 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've been very clear that not only do i think it's the wrong thing for the economy, i do also believe that 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. 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, so... 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 have faced the biggest economic crisis we have 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 low. 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. but tory members set to receive their ballot papers in just over a week expect both campaigns to put even more policy differences on display. 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. france beat the netherlands to secure a place in the women's euro 2022 semi—finals. the score at full—time was 0—0, and a penalty decided the game in extra time. france will play germany on wednesday. the winner of that game will take on either england or sweden in the final. 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. authorities say 48 people were arrested and at least 15 police officers were injured. here is a treat for fans of the lord of the rings. a new prequel to the epic drama has been made by amazon prime, and it has been billed as the most expensive tv show ever created. it was launched at comic—con in san diego, and our entertainment correspondent

lizo mzimba has also been looking at what else has been on offer at the festival. today, our days of peace begin. it has been billed as the most expensive tv series ever, with a pricetag rumoured to be in excess of $1 billion. how strange... add to that the expectation of a group of fans who grew up watching director peterjackson's trilogy. so... can you get something more pressured than this? there is a pressure, but that's also really exciting. i'm a lord of the rings fan, so i'm with them, and i'm really excited for them to see it. and also with fantasy, with anything with a fandom, i don't feel it really exists until it's out there, so i feel like we're about to finally

give birth to this. together we can survive this! the universe created byjrr tolkein has, of course, a timeless quality. the cast and crew behind this new story, set thousands of years before the events of the hobbit and lord of the rings, are hoping it will be equally appealing. the themes in tolkein are really universal. . it's about good versus evil, you know, and we can- all sort _ of get behind that. so i hope that it stands . the test of time, and that people — want to keep watching it. and hopefully people just have fun when they watch it. - of course, comic—con wouldn't be what it is without, well, comics. and earlier today in hall h, the equivalent of the pyramid stage here, matrix and john wick star keanu reeves took part in a huge event talking about his comic book series berserker.

i'm finally close to an answer. the story is about an immortal battling through the ages, launched in 2021, and a tv series on netflix is already in the works. i think it was special for all of us, in the sense that it was the first comic book to be in hall h. it was really oriented towards cinema previously, and television. so to be part of that kind of history and to feel the audience and the appreciation and the passion for what we've been a part of creating — really special. positive word—of—mouth spreading from events like this can give any project a huge boost, and that is what every tv series, comic book and movie here will be hoping for. this is certainly something you don't want to get caught a huge jellyfish bloom which 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. for the first time in 70 years, two jaguar cubs have been born in the wild in argentina. their mother, arami, was released with a gps tracking collar in 2021 and has now given birth. according to the rewilding foundation, there are fewer than 250 jaguars living in the wild in argentina, and it is hoped these cubs will help boost those numbers. a reminder of our top story: the united states has accused russia of worsening a global food crisis by carrying out a missile strike on the ukrainian port of odesa. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said moscow had breached friday's landmark agreement to resume grain exports from the black sea. the accord is supposed to allow

millions of tons of grain trapped in the country to leave black sea ports. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @bbcnuala. hello. with low pressure nearby, sunday's weather will bring many of the same weather contrast across the uk that we start to the week with. for many northern and western areas, it was quite blustery. there was some rain at times, whereas in south—east england and east anglia, it stayed stubbornly dry. it will be again during sunday. it will feel hotter in the sunshine. he is the area of low pressure, as it begins to move across us. closest to that, some of the heaviest downpours. we ended saturday with some flooded rain in parts of northern ireland, for example. this is how things are to begin with, and quite a warm, humid start to the day. quite misty, there will be some hill fog around. and we'll see some thicker clouds through wales, the midlands, and towards yorkshire,

with some rain particularly into wales, slowly easing later in the day. elsewhere, a few sunny spells, some patchy rain or showers, then another dose of heavy, possibly thundery rain moving into northern ireland during the afternoon and spreading towards scotland as the day comes to an end. as for temperatures, for many areas, it will be a touch warmer. eastern scotland, for example. but hotter in the sunshine towards the south—east. east anglia could reach 31 celsius. overnight into monday, we'll keep some heavy rain moving across scotland, perhaps with some rumbles of thunder. it will begin to turn largely dry as we go into monday morning. there'll still be a few showers around, though, and it will still be rather humid out there and quite warm as monday begins. a few sunny spells here and there on monday, but often a good deal of cloud around, and there'll be areas of showers moving from north to south on a freshening westerly northwesterly wind. some gales are quite possible into the northern isles, for example. now, for many it will be

turning cooler on monday, still into the mid 20s and east anglia and south—east england. low pressure moving away going into tuesday. it's about high pressure beginning to nudge its way in. there'll be a fair amount of cloud with this area of high pressure, and there will still be a few showers to be had, particularly towards northern and eastern areas, though most places will stay dry on tuesday. rather overcast at times, and temperatures are at or even a bit below normal for the time of year with that north—westerly breeze. now, from wednesday onwards, a couple of fine days, wednesday, thursday. friday brings a chance of rain again into scotland and northern ireland. by then, south—eastern parts are still dry and turning warmer again.

this is bbc news, the headlines. the united states has accused russia of worsening a global food crisis by carrying out a missile strike on the ukrainian port of odesa. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said moscow had breached friday's landmark agreement to resume grain exports from the black sea. the world health organisation has declared the outbreak of monkeypox to be an international public health emergency. the disease has now been found in seventy five countries — with most infections concentrated in europe, largely among men who had sex with multiple male partners. travellers heading to france from the uk have faced long waits near dover. a "major incident" was declared in kent as people queued for hours. british authorities

have accused the police in france of not staffing border posts adequately.