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. the world health organisation, declares the monkeypox outbreak, is now a global health emergency. wildfires continue in north america — as authorites in china and europe try to combat scorching heat and soaring temperatures.

and — the long wait is over for millions of lord of the rings fans.as a tv pre—quel is launched at �*comic con�*. 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. earlier i spoke to brendan kearney — a retired us marine colonel. i began by asking him for �*his take' on the siuation in odesa. 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 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, imports 80% of its

wheat from ukraine. children would often get food that comes 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, again i think it is a very, very clear signal that the russians completely disregard the accepted norms of behaviour when it comes to conflict. war is bad. there is no doubt about that — for everybody concerned but to go ahead in civilian 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 from it. you and i probably can't come up with the reason why you would do something like this. the united 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 caught between, an american term, 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. 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.

earlier i spoke to doctor syra madad. she is an infectious disease epidemiologist at the harvard kennedy school and senior director of new york city hospitals. i asked her what the situation was like in new york. well, i think, when we look at the monkeypox epidemic the united states is number two of countries. 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? there was a period when you're able to contain the threat before it becomes widespread, and knowing that, with

monkeypox, we have the resources 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, 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 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 men who have sex 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. a major incident declaration remains in place at the uk port of dover and the eurotunnel terminal in folkestone where they're working to clear some of the backlog of freight traffic. another day of delays and disruption is expected for holidaymakers and hauliers. from dover, here's ramzan karmali. leading into dover. it's becoming a familiar sight. yesterday's chaos 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 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 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 it had on travellers and truck drivers in 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 have 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. it's 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 between the uk and france. 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 new this is 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. 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. a wildfire near yosemite national park is spreading quickly threatening thousands of homes. the california department of forestry and fire protection have described it as being "zero % under control" . central and north eastern regions of the us are also

sweltering under extreme heat. we can now speak to lisa dilling, a professor of environmental studies at the university of colorado boulde. she joins us now from colorado, in the usa. just give us an overview of the current situation you are facing. current situation you are facina. . . ., current situation you are facina. ~ ., current situation you are facin~.~ ., , facing. welcome of course, it is a pretty — facing. welcome of course, it is a pretty dire _ facing. welcome of course, it is a pretty dire situation - facing. welcome of course, it is a pretty dire situation for i is a pretty dire situation for many parts of the us. there have been heat advisories declared for multiple states and, as you mention, in california there are now wildfires breaking out that our very welcome as you mention, uncontained now. very hot, growing very quickly, which is not now unusual. unfortunately, for us, the summer season, we have had wildfires for several summers now going on and so

this is... and, of course, they have happened in the past but now they are, it is hotter and drier and climate change is exacerbating the climate china fires we are seeing.— fires we are seeing. they are incredible — fires we are seeing. they are incredible ferocious - fires we are seeing. they are incredible ferocious fires. - fires we are seeing. they are incredible ferocious fires. isl incredible ferocious fires. is there is an extreme, an anomaly? or is this now the unfortunate and worrying normal?— unfortunate and worrying normal? ~ , ., normal? well, these are... of course. _ normal? well, these are... of course. we — normal? well, these are... of course, we have _ normal? well, these are... of course, we have had - normal? well, these are... of course, we have had wildfires| course, we have had wildfires and heatwaves in the past but climate change are supercharging these fires and supercharging these fires and supercharging these fires and supercharging these heat waves. they are becoming longer, more intense, more frequent in fact, the season is expanding so we are seeing fires throughout, billy, the whole year now in places like california. used to be a fire season and now it is the whole year. in the same with heatwaves. we are getting more of the year that is going to be subject to heatwaves so it is the new abnormal, if you will. there is nothing normal

about it. it is a disaster. it is a really worrying situation but unfortunately, it is going to be happening for the lake the near future.— the near future. what is the sco -e the near future. what is the scape to — the near future. what is the scope to change _ the near future. what is the scope to change that - the near future. what is the scope to change that near l scope to change that near future, to alter the direction of travel we are currently stumbling towards? well, right. of course. _ stumbling towards? well, right. of course, probably _ stumbling towards? well, right. of course, probably talked - of course, probably talked about on the programme before, dealing with emissions, greenhouse gas emissions that are super fuelling these fires and heatwaves so that is, they, the number onejob and heatwaves so that is, they, the number one job for dealing with climate change. quickly we're realising, as we see more and more climate impacts coming more frequently and harder than you maybe thought they were coming it is to deal with them, to be doing climate adaptation so thinking ahead to what kinds of impacts every going to be seeing and trying to build resilience to those so how do

be prepared differently for wildfires and anticipate where they're going to be burning, how are going to be burning, trying to do mitigation ahead of time in virus or neighbourhood so that you try to become a little bit more fire adapted and as for heatwaves, and human health, there are many ways to think about coping with extreme temperatures in the way that we think about planning our cities and in the very near term providing killing centres and places where people can come to get killed off and thinking about our most vulnerable populations, people who are the poorest populations and elderly folks are shut—in and also those who work outside said thinking about those near—term actions as are too. thinking about those near-term actions as are too.— actions as are too. thank you so much _ actions as are too. thank you so much for— actions as are too. thank you so much for your _ actions as are too. thank you so much for your time. - 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 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 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. 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. wildfires in north america are threatening thousands of homes as authorities try to combat scorching heat and soaring temperatures. californian emergency services say a wildfire