this is bbc news. i'm gareth barlow. our top stories. there's 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. no matter what russia promises, they 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. it has many ways to act. the world health organisation, declares the monkeypox outbreak, is now a global health emergency. and — the long wait is over for millions of lord of the rings fans.as a tv pre—quel is launched at �*comic con�*.

with fantasy, with anything with the fund, does not really exist until it is out there so i feel like we are about to finally give birth to this. 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 and 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 is 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 and unpleasant to the ears. 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 signed where russia agreed to allow millions of tonnes of grain to leave ukraine through the black sea. a first diplomatic breakthrough which could reduce the country's damaged economy and help address a globalfood crisis now hanging in the balance. translation: this agreement doesn't mean anything to me. | how can turkey and the united nations signed 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 use 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. let's get more on this now. brendan kearney is a retired us marine colonel. his last assignment was as chief of staff for us marine corps forces in europe. thank you so much forjoining us here. i'm interested. what is your take on the situation in odesa. what you think is or isn't happening there?- isn't happening there? well, i think, obviously, _ isn't happening there? well, i think, obviously, the - isn't happening there? well, i| think, obviously, the russians are continuing to target, as they have for the past five months, civilian populations that pose no tactical value to anyone so other than being a port city, that is critical to the shipments of grain, it really is questionable utility as to why the russians are doing what they are doing. we

talk about this grain deal. to give some people some kind of context here, lebanon, crisis stricken lebanon, normally imports 80% of its wheat from ukraine. that would often come from ukraine here. all of these events happening around the world yet president putin, 2a hours after this deal assigned is happy to bomb the port. what does this tell is of the leadership in moscow? well, a . ain i leadership in moscow? well, again i think _ leadership in moscow? well, again i think it _ leadership in moscow? well, again i think it is _ leadership in moscow? well, again i think it is a _ leadership in moscow? well, again i think it is a very, - again i think it is a very, very clear signal that the russians complete the disregard of behaviour when it comes to conflict. war is back. there is no doubt about that for everybody concerned but the goal ahead in civilian populations and especially one thatis populations and especially one that is located in odesa which is in a critical logistical node for the supply of grain to

the rest of the world it borders on irrationality. there is no sense to be made on it. you and i probably can't come up you and i probably can't come up with the visa waiver do something like this. the united nations secretary-general - something like this. the united nations secretary-general said | nations secretary—general said that the deal that was signed alongside the turkish president was his greatest work as leader of the united nations. this seems to expose the weakness of the diplomacy at the moment. what can the world do to try to stop these egregious acts? well, i think the world and the un continues to be hot caught between, a rock and a hard spot. what can they do? the event has proved to be ineffective in these kinds of situation is due to the russians and chinese veto over any resolution that could increase a united nations response to this russian

aggression. and the turks would like to see the black sea return to a peaceful lake for them but there is not much the world can do unless you want to risk the chance of a much larger war and that would involve, of course, the united nations probably forces going into ukraine and putting a stop to this but i think that is to risky for the world's pallet right now. risky for the world's pallet right nova— risky for the world's pallet riahtnow. ., , , , right now. you can see plenty more details _ right now. you can see plenty more details on _ right now. you can see plenty more details on our _ right now. you can see plenty more details on our website. | you can see plenty more details on our website. the world health organisation, has declared the global outbreak of monkeypox, to be a public health emergency. 16,000 cases have so far been reported, in more than 75 countries and territories. five people have died. as celestina olulode reports, it's hoped the declaration will help governments develop strategies to combat the spread of monkeypox, and speed up the development of vaccines.

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 that, 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 have 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 olulode, bbc news. doctor syra madad is an infectious disease epidemiologist at the harvard kennedy school and senior director of new york city hospitals. she's in new york. thank you so much for your time. before we get onto the world health declaration there, what is the situation in your hospital is at the— hospital is at the well, i think, when _ hospital is at the well, i think, when we - hospital is at the well, i think, when we look- hospital is at the well, i think, when we look at| hospital is at the well, i i think, when we look at the monkeypox epidemic the united states is number two. new york in particular as their percent are here in the united states so they have nearly 1000 cases and we know that that is an undercount of many cases in our communities and so it is a very

unfortunate situation. it did not have to be this way. we could have avoided this epidemic but here we are, knowing we have the tools but we will need to act faster. didn't have to be this way, what you mean about that? result was a period when you're able to contain the threat before it becomes widespread and knowing that, with monkeypox, we have a resource and it's not like we're starting from square one, we should have been able to get ahead of this epidemic which would have been able to vaccinate a larger proportion of individuals, increase diagnostic testing at an earlier stage, diagnostic testing at an earlierstage, making diagnostic testing at an earlier stage, making sure we put the word out there so a lot of these things should have happened earlier but, you know, it is now hindsight, as we say and we are doing everything we can to deal with this epidemic. in practical terms, then, what does this announcement mean for people like yourselves and communities affected? you make the call from the world health organization is the right call.

it is actually a pandemic if you look atjust it is actually a pandemic if you look at just the epidemiological component of it and what this does is make sure that countries are aware that this is a high—risk situation, that they don't have cases the need to prepare for it. they are formulating and collaborating internationally and working on better, you know, therapeutics, making sure there are vaccines and sharing it equitably. that is really, really important and the last thing is we're not marginalising any community even though we know that many have ex with men are the main population here we want to make sure we're not stigmatising and working with these communities to make sure they are aware of the risks and have the resources that they need. if someone is concerned that they may be at risk or have symptoms what should they do? the? what should they do? they should contact _ what should they do? they should contact their - what should they do? they should contact their health j should contact their health care provider. in the united states there are certain places they can go to for free to get testing. if you have a new

onset of rash and think you have been exposed immune if you don't know you have been the symptoms of monkeypox call your health care provider and get tested. for a second day travellers heading from britain to france have faced long waits near dover and at the eurotunnel terminal in folkestone. a "major incident" was declared in kent as people queued for hours. the uk authorities have accused french police of not adequately staffing border posts. but french politicians have blamed the chaos on the extra border checks required since brexit. you are watching bbc news, the headlines: there's 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 organisation 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 is all my wealth,

to the drought. my children have had to drop out of school. i can't pay fees. things are so bad and my wife has been forced to 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 agencies chief, samantha power. the packages run outcome of 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 are talking about the massive loss of livelihood in the risk of the 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 relief food supply, but it is too little. here, many are hopeful to get a mealfor theirfamilies. if they could come of 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 on the a small percentage 15% for the most vulnerable and have been chosen by the community to receive relief food. what's they take from here today won't last long. the world food programme estimates that 50 million people in the horn of africa region could face starvation if they don't get urgent food.

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 wickremesingher, 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. the prime minister was speaking at an international conference

of conservatives, where he also told his audience that the west was trying to impose immigration on countries. hungarians, he said, were not a mixed race, and did not want to become one. china has revealed for the first time that its most senior leaders including president xijinping have been vaccinated against covid—19, using chinese—made vaccines. until now, there's been no information, only, about the vaccination status of china's top politicians. as climate change causes more extreme events around the world, australia has borne the brunt of many of them — from wildfires to floods. the stressed ecostystem there lacks time to recover from climate events. emma johnston, deputy vice—chancellor of research at the university of sydney co—authored a key report on australia's environment, and she joins us from sydney. we talked about a stressed

ecosystem. what are the symptoms you are facing? good morninu. symptoms you are facing? good morning. over— symptoms you are facing? good morning. over the _ symptoms you are facing? good morning. over the last - symptoms you are facing? good morning. over the last five - morning. over the last five years this independent report covers we've seen widespread impacts of climate change even down to antarctica. what seeing is an increase in frequency and intensity of extreme events such as floods, fires, storm and heat waves. and those events are actually causing about changes to ecosystems. what we see is an ecosystem that has not got time to recover even between events or storms and fires.— storms and fires. you'll salute to the cultural, _ storms and fires. you'll salute to the cultural, access - storms and fires. you'll salute | to the cultural, access impacts of these events. what you find there? , , , there? this is the first time our environment _ there? this is the first time our environment report - there? this is the first time our environment report hasj there? this is the first time - our environment report has been linked to human well—being and we defined well—being to not only be a health and living standards but also social cohesion and spiritual and cultural connection to country

and we find widespread impacts of climate change layering on top of existing pressures such as land clearing, invasive species and pollution foot of the consequences are very real for australian so many have been impacted by extreme events over the past five years. just to give you one example. when 2019, 2020 wildfires happen they were the most substantial synchronous magnifiers that we had a very experienced. now, directly impacted, with last 3a human lives of residents and firefighters and we lost more than 3000 properties but indirectly, we have major impacts from smoke exposure so approximately 80% of australians exposed to dangerous make during those fires and we estimate an additional 400 and 20 human deaths as a result. what we predict is that there will be

increasing impacts of environmental damage on human well—being over the next few decades. well-being over the next few decades. , ., ~ ., decades. interested to know, what degree _ decades. interested to know, what degree can _ decades. interested to know, what degree can be _ decades. interested to know, | what degree can be combined experience and wisdom of the past and here and now with the technology and data of the present and also the future. the good news is there is increasing availability of data about the environment and citizens are going to need access to real—time information about heat and smoke and all sorts of environmental conditions that directly impact them so they can make choices about what they do in the day. heat waves are the single biggest event killer in australia and we have direct presentations to emergency departments. they are increasing in frequency, and up to ten times more frequent so people have access to that they will be able to make better decisions but we also need really rapid implementation of new standards and innovative

designs into our environmental systems. so lifting standards for buildings so that they are actually cooler during the heatwave so that people have the opportunity to escape those really damaging waves of heat that can actually kill them directly. that can actually kill them directl . . ~ that can actually kill them directl. ., ~ thank you. france have beaten 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. here's 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's being billed as the most expensive tv show ever created. it was launched at �*comic con�* in san diego, and our entertainment correspondent lizo m—zimba 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 price tag rumoured to be in excess of $1 billion. 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, that is 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. with fantasy, with anything with a fandom, i don't feel it really exists until it is out there, so i feel like we are 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 hobbit and lord of the rings,

are hoping it will be equally appealing. the things in tolkein are really universal. it's about good versus evil, and we can all get behind that. i hope that it stands the test of time, and that people want to keep watching it. hopefully people just have fun when they watch it. of course, comic—con would not be what it is today without, well, comics. 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 am 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. 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 have 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. don't forget you'll find lots more on the stories we're covering on our website — just head to bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ gareth barlow hello. with low—pressure nearby, sunday �*s weather will bring many of the same whether 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 will 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. that is during the afternoon and spreading towards scotland. as for temperatures, for many areas, it will be a touch warmer. eastern scotland, for example, hotter in the sunshine towards the south—east. east anglia could reach 31 celsius. overnight into monday, we keep 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 will still be a few showers around 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 they will 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. 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 is about high—pressure beginning to nudge its way in. they will 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 through the black sea. the world health organization has declared the outbreak of monkeypox to be an international public health emergency. the disease has now been found in 75 countries, with most infections concentrated in europe, largely among men who had sex with multiple, male partners. france have beaten the netherlands to secure a place in the women's euro 2022 semi—finals. the full—time score was 0—0, with a penalty deciding the game in extra time. france will play

germany on wednesday.