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this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. our top stories... russia says a missile strike on the port of odesa on saturday targeted military installations — ukraine's president denounced the attack as �*barbaric�*. the two contenders to be britain's next prime minister — rishi sunak and liz truss — vow to toughen controls on migration into the uk after 48 hours of gridlock at britain's port of dover and the channel tunnel, travellers are warned to expect another challenging day. pope francis flies to canada for a visit described as a �*pilgrimage of penance�*.
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hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has admitted that its forces targeted the ukrainian port of odesa on saturday, a day after moscow and kyiv agreed to allow grain shipments to leave the port. russian foreign ministry spokeswoman maria zakharova says cruise missiles destroyed what she described as a ukrainian military boat. the attack on odesa did not appear to hit anything connected with the storage or shipment of grain. but ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, called the strike barbaric, saying it shows moscow cannot be trusted. from odesa, our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, sent this report. in a war littered with broken promises an especially devastating betrayal, two missiles launched from
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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. 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 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
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which could boost the country's damaged economy and help address a globalfood crisis now hanging in the balance. ukraine is one of the biggest producers of grain and the blockade has hit profits. 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.
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i spoke to james a short while ago and asked him what more we now know about saturday's strike. there was footage yesterday which the bbc has verified which showed a burning ship. all the signs showed that it did not look outwardly at least like a military target but of course it is very hard to establish that completely. what is interesting is the detail of this deal, if it was a military vessel technically russia would not be in breach of the significant deal which was signed yesterday because that compels both sides to leave ports and ships associated or involved in the transportation of grain, it involves leaving them alone. in a sense, military targets are still fair game. if it is another type of vessel, it brings in more questions over
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whether the deal has been violated a day after it was pretty much signed. the goals of the kremlin in launching this missile attack attack aren't clear, given that moscow has gains of its own in this agreement. it can also finally transport some grain and fertiliser which has struggled to date because of existing sanctions so it's not clear why moscow has done this other than to simply flex its muscles, to tell ukraine, nowhere in your country is safe or out of range from our long—range missiles. that message also goes to people work in ports like odesa and there is a horrible famine breaking out in east africa and rising prices across world. we need that grain and those people working at that port will be
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worried for their safety even more than before now. i think in terms of the bigger picture it is hard to understate the significance of this deal. it would have an impact, if this grain was released on the tenth of millions people at risk of starvation it would affect global food prices, the profit that ukrainian farmers can make from selling grain. it has far—reaching consequences for millions of people and then what about those who have to operate the ships or the shipping companies, this is going from the ukraine government, saying preparations will continue, we will push on with this deal, even if the port of odesa is left unscathed and those ships make it out across the clear black sea, they will go along a route that is littered with mines. ukraine has said it will not carry out any more de—mining.
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also those ships won't be allowed to have a naval escort, they will simply be accompanied by a minesweeping vessel to make their way through. if they make it through that, they will then have to make their way through a sizeable russian naval blockade where they have dominated the black sea since well before this invasion. there are a lot of ifs and buts but this deal as far as all parties are concerned is driven by necessity. that was james waterhouse speaking to me earlier and there is much more on that story on the bbc news website. the focus of the conservative leadership race — to elect the next british prime minister — is switching to immigration, with both candidates setting out measures to control the uk's borders. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, has proposed a ten—point plan — including a cap on refugee numbers, and witholding aid from countries which won't accept the return of asylum seekers whose claims have failed. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has told a newspaper she would increase the number of frontline border force staff by a fifth.
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joining me now is our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. let's talk about rishi sunak and his ten point plan. when it comes to immigration, it's always tricky, legally, particularly. it immigration, it's always tricky, legally, particularly.— legally, particularly. it is. there's — legally, particularly. it is. there's things _ legally, particularly. it is. there's things that - legally, particularly. it is. there's things that you i legally, particularly. it is. l there's things that you can legally, particularly. it is. - there's things that you can talk about, plans you can put out but when it comes to enacting those proposals, as this government has discovered with the reminder plan, it is often easier said than done but rishi sunak is talking tough today. i will give you some examples of this ten point plan. he wants a narrower definition of who qualifies for asylum than is currently the case under the european convention of human rights. he once enhanced powers to detain and tag, to end the use of hotels to house migrants, withholding aid and going back to how easy this would be in practice, withholding aid from countries who
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do not cooperate on taking back failed asylum seekers. the one i think that will be really controversial, we will hear more about tomorrow evening in the bbc debate between the contestants is an annual cap on the number of refugees. but he wants parliament to take a lead on. rishi sunak clearly thinks that this is fruitful territory, that liz truss as foreign secretary as may be, he suspects, a little bit vulnerable on. but secretary as may be, he suspects, a little bit vulnerable on.— little bit vulnerable on. but liz truss has _ little bit vulnerable on. but liz truss has much _ little bit vulnerable on. but liz truss has much more - little bit vulnerable on. but lizi truss has much more support, little bit vulnerable on. but liz - truss has much more support, we believe, those who turn to go to the right of politics than rishi sunak and that is probably why he has come out with this plan but both candidates, very supportive of that reminder plan and liz truss is looking at other countries that failed asylum seekers could be sent to? ~ , . ., ., , , , to? we expect more on this issue from her in _ to? we expect more on this issue from her in the _ to? we expect more on this issue from her in the coming _ to? we expect more on this issue from her in the coming days - to? we expect more on this issue from her in the coming days but l to? we expect more on this issue i from her in the coming days but she has already put out communications today, an interview with the mail on
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sunday newspaper, she says she wants to look at other countries, to expand the reminder scheme to other african countries, you mentioned increasing the border for staff by 20%, strengthening the bill of rights so she thinks clearly this will play well with those conservative party members who will be voting some of them in the coming days, ballot papers already starting to go out. i think there a question about how far does what resonates with conservative party member and its resonate with the broader public and that is a calculation they will be trying to make.— and that is a calculation they will be trying to make. there will be a aeneral be trying to make. there will be a general election _ be trying to make. there will be a general election at _ be trying to make. there will be a general election at some - be trying to make. there will be a general election at some point. be trying to make. there will be a general election at some point in | general election at some point in the next two years and everything that these individuals represent represents what the conservative party government will look like going forward. it’s party government will look like going forward-— going forward. it's a really complicated _ going forward. it's a really complicated judgment - going forward. it's a really complicated judgment so l going forward. it's a really - complicated judgment so already they've had to try and guess and sort of tap into what conservative mps want, that's the first
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electorate and the second electorate is conservative party members are conservative party members do not just want to hear about the policies that they might agree with. they want a winner so that's another calculation they will be making. how will these policies and how will liz truss and rishi sunak individually, how will they go down with the electorate at the selection which you say is probablyjust a couple of years away. you say is probably 'ust a couple of years away.— years away. some of them are undecided _ years away. some of them are undecided as _ years away. some of them are undecided as we _ years away. some of them are undecided as we are _ years away. some of them are j undecided as we are beginning years away. some of them are i undecided as we are beginning to find out. tony, thank you for talking us through that. some breaking news. from the philippines. police in manila have reported that two people are dead, at least two more have been wounded in a shooting incident, it is understood to have happened at the university graduation in the capital manila. the police chief says a suspect is already in police custody and under interrogation. we will bring you more details on that development
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when they come in. holidaymakers and hauliers are being warned to expect a third day of disruption around the port of dover and the channel tunnel. a major incident alert remains in place as officials work to clear a backlog of more than a thousand lorries stranded on nearby motorways. simon jones has the latest. working through the night at the port of dover, to try to clear the backlog of traffic. and there is a warning that for a third day, the summer getaway may end in gridlock. saturday saw little let—up in the long waits to cross the channel, with the roads around eurotunnel suffering too. as we approached, all the roads in all directions were just nose to tail, people out of their cars, playing games at the side of the road. so i think actually, the infrastructure around the port, around the tunnel, needs to be looked at. because it's not fair on the locals. the immediate challenge has been to get the 1,500 hgvs parked on the motorway on their way. we have lorries currently
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stacking on the m20 as part of operation brock, some of them have been there for several, several hours. and we need to now help them get through and across the channel. so we need to make sure that some priority's given to help get some freight across, but ultimately we now need to see some movement. the blame game continues. the british government said the french authorities had failed to mobilise enough border staff to check passports, and demanded action to resolve what it's calling a terrible situation. the french transport minister hit back, insisting france is not responsible for brexit and the extra checks that brings. but there are now growing calls from politicians in kent for new infrastructure, such as lorry parks, to get freight off the road when there's cross—channel disruption. what we've been pushing for, for quite a long time, is to say that these should be treated as projects of national significance, nationally significant infrastructure. because clearly it has, as we've been talking about, a horrible effect on people in kent, and a damaging effect. it's also significant from the point
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of view of the country as a whole. this is the artery through which so much of our trade goes. the department for transport says it's investing more than £30 million to improve lorry parking facilities in england, but for now, the warning is that the coming months are set to be challenging. it will still be very, very busy throughout the whole summer. we've got another busy weekend, next weekend, huge numbers of tourists crossing. we're back to pre—pandemic levels of tourists that are crossing the channel. in fact, in some places it's been even busier than it was three orfour years ago. so we are prepared for that, we have traffic management plans in place in kent to really deal with that. and this weekend, the major incident declared by the authorities remains in force. simonjones, bbc news, dover. and to talk more about the wider travel chaos on the uk's roads, jack cousens from the aa — who was in that report —
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joins me now. thank you forjoining us. how worried is the ay out what it is seeing happen in dover because it's notjust seeing happen in dover because it's not just the infrastructure there that's come into question, it's having a very big impact on the surrounding towns and villages in dover, isn't it? irate surrounding towns and villages in dover, isn't it?— surrounding towns and villages in dover, isn't it? we are concerned and i dover, isn't it? we are concerned and i think— dover, isn't it? we are concerned and i think across _ dover, isn't it? we are concerned and i think across this _ dover, isn't it? we are concerned and i think across this weekend . dover, isn't it? we are concerned l and i think across this weekend we really saw the start of it on friday, it increased yesterday and i think we will see improvements today and at the port of dover itself, the congestion levels there are actually reasonably minimal, sort of around 15-20 reasonably minimal, sort of around 15—20 minutes at worst. i think the real issue here and now uncertainty for the remainder of today is going to be the euro terminal atjunction ii to be the euro terminal atjunction ii a of the m 20, the eurotunnel terminal. and unfortunately, this is because of the fact we have had operation broke in place, we've been stacking lorries which is what it's
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meant to do but ultimately, those lorries that have been queueing are now meeting with the traffic that has been diverted onto the a 20 and they now meet at that one junction, junction 11 a, in order to get into the terminal. that backlog are still there and we really hope to see some significant improvements to try and alleviate that particular hotspot today. i alleviate that particular hotspot toda . ., ., ., ., ., , , today. i am going to ask a slightly controversial _ today. i am going to ask a slightly controversial question _ today. i am going to ask a slightly controversial question of - today. i am going to ask a slightly controversial question of your - controversial question of your organisation, we don't absolutely know the reason why this has happened, the blame game is still ongoing but i think at the centre of it, people have to get their passports checked since we let the european union. there weren't enough border staff in france, that seems to be the start of the problem but one wonders is a time to start ditching the car, is it time to start looking at other ways of getting to dover, getting on the eurotunnel train? may be picking up an electric car on the other side
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but with climate change becoming a big issue, is a time to think about the great british getaway not being on the motorways?— on the motorways? that's a fairly sensible question _ on the motorways? that's a fairly sensible question to _ on the motorways? that's a fairly sensible question to ask - on the motorways? that's a fairly sensible question to ask and - on the motorways? that's a fairly sensible question to ask and i - on the motorways? that's a fairly l sensible question to ask and i think we are starting to see people really thinking about their holiday intentions. as much as people are heading across the channel this weekend and will do throughout the summer holidays, a lot of drivers are looking closer to home and there is a multitude of reasons for that, one of which is the chaos that we see at the airports and the ports. but more so they are thinking do i want to go through that hassle and through the pandemic years, they discovered the great and glory of great britain and have changed their holiday habits and wanted to discover britain more and it's a very good boost for british tourism. wrapped into all of that is how on earth do we cover this great migration of people to travel. people will still feel drawn to the car because to a certain extent, they feel they have a little bit of
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control in terms of when they set off and if they choose to stop and go and explore somewhere. the other issues we are going to see is continuous rail strikes that are rolling, public transport, localised public transport with bus services is fairly limited... 50 public transport with bus services is fairly limited. . ._ public transport with bus services is fairly limited... so we need more s-rendin is fairly limited... so we need more spending and _ is fairly limited... so we need more spending and more _ is fairly limited... so we need more spending and more infrastructure. i is fairly limited... so we need more i spending and more infrastructure. we must leave it there but thank you so much forjoining us. the uk's health security chief says programmes are in place to prevent and treat monkeypox, after the outbreak was declared a global health emergency by the world health organisation. the classification is the highest alert that the who can issue, and follows a worldwide rise in cases. aisling mcveigh reports. 16,000 cases of monkeypox worldwide prompted the world health 0rganization to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. the strongest call to action the agency can make.
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and while the development could be seen as concerning, health officials in the uk have stressed the situation is not something people should unduly worry about. for the 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're not being very proactive in our interventions to try and prevent any unnecessary transmissions of the virus and we have got a number of different programmes in place. monkeypox is a viral disease from africa. the symptoms are a rash that develops into scabs. it requires close contact to spread, mainly skin to skin, and can also be spread through coughs and sneezes. currently, there are 2,208 confirmed cases in the uk. while anyone can get monkeypox, the majority of cases continue to be in gay and bisexual men. this week the nhs announced it was stepping up his
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it was stepping up its vaccination programme. the world health organization hopes labelling the outbreak a public health emergency will speed up the development of vaccines and limit the spread of the virus. a state of emergency has been declared in part of california as the largest active wildfire in the united states continues to spread rapidly near yosemite national park. firefighters have been unable to control the so—called 0ak fire, which started on friday. with the latest, here's mark lobel. it's an explosive combination with combustible results. californis'a fuel choked, highly flammable forests combined with drier conditions linked to climate change has now caused this oak fire, the biggest wildfire this season, in part resembling a cauldron or volcano. as the wildfire rages since first igniting over two weeks ago some of the world's oldest giant sequoia
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trees remain under threat. researchers say human—caused global warming has played a role in the continuation of this current drought on nevada's lake mead, the us's largest reservoir, a crucial water source for millions here. there is excessively hot weather in the cotton producing xinjiang region of china, long lasting and widespread heatwaves risk causing flashfloods and mudslides with some meteorologists blaming climate change as they warn of its consequences here. translation: when travelling into the mountains watch out i for snow and ice melting floods, also the high temperatures lasting for a long time which will have an impact on crops. in italy, the battle to contain wildfires continues as the country experiences its worst drought in 70 years. meanwhile, with another heatwave expected to last over a week,
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tourists and residents were told to leave a popular resort on the greek island of lesbos. hundreds were evacuated from hotels and houses as firefighting planes fought the blazes that stormed the beaches as well. wildfires reignite in the north—west of france as amongst the thousands of hectares damaged from similar fires in south—west france, a firefighter is able to fry an egg like this whilst the wider flames are brought under control after days of disruption. hundreds now able to return home, anxious to see what they left behind. translation: at last, _ it is good to have the garden back especially to the house which is in good condition. despite relief in this instance, these disruptions are likely to become more common as human
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induced climate change makes extreme temperatures and drought causing scenes like these. mark lobel, bbc news. pope francis is on his way to canada for a visit he's described as a pilgrimage of penance. he will personally apologise to indigenous survivors of abuse committed over decades at roman catholic—run schools. unmarked graves were discovered last year at some sites, where children were subjected to neglect, isolation and malnutrition as part of a policy of cultural assimilation. as he departed, the pope was in a wheelchair, after suffering from knee pain. gail maclellan reports. pontiff speaks in italian. as the pope embarks on what he calls his pilgrimage of penance, he knows the church has much to atone for in canada.
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more than 150,000 indigenous children were taken from their homes and many subjected to abuse, rape, malnutrition and death at residential schools, 70% of which were run by the catholic church. last year, the remains were discovered of more than 215 children at a former residential school in british columbia and since then more have been found at other former schools around the country. church leaders say the visit to canada is not celebratory. he is deeply seized by the fact terrible things happened in the past, perpetrated in many cases by people who were representing the church so it's a horrible thing which has left him to use his words, feeling shame and indignation. the pope has already apologised for the harm caused by the schools but as he prepares to repeat those words on canadian soil, some think another apology will not bring about reconciliation.
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open up the secret archives so we can get the dailyjournals and i think that will help more with reconciliation than him saying sorry. that would be affirmative action to say, look, an apology, it doesn't really mean anything to me. what i want is affirmative action for them to open up the archives and let our researchers go in there. the theme of the visit is walking together. the indigenous community would like that walk to be in the direction of the truth. one of the world's most famous models, kate moss, has revealed how a photoshoot as a teenager opened her eyes to the dangers of the fashion industry. ms moss told the bbc�*s desert island discs that she was asked to take her bra off at a shoot when she was 15. the model said the experience had "sharpened her instinct" and that as a result she could "tell a wrong �*un a mile away".
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you can reach me on twitter — i'm @chrisrogersnews. for now, thank you for watching. hello. a real mix of weather prospects across the uk for sunday. heavy downpours in places, especially across the north and west, further south and east, some sunshine and heat with temperatures getting into the low 30s but it was a really wet night last night across northern ireland, more than 30 millimetres of rain falling in an hourin millimetres of rain falling in an hour in parts of co tyrone. the rain drifted north eastwards across scotland and we saw rain developing through the morning across lincolnshire and the midlands and wales. this band of rain may drift further north through the afternoon towards parts of merseyside, greater manchester and south yorkshire. sunshine and heavy showers for scotland and northern ireland, the
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wind easing in the far north—west, the showers becoming slow—moving but towards the south—east, we see lengthy spells of sunshine, temperatures are likely to climb to 30 or 31 degrees. heading through sunday night we see further showers and thunderstorms drifting through northern ireland, across scotland. staying quite wet in the far north—west of scotland, you'll wince developing across shortland, there will be showers elsewhere, there will be showers elsewhere, there will be showers elsewhere, there will be mist and mark and it will be a warm and muggy night, lows of 1a and 18 degrees. low pressure with us as we start the working week, setting to the north—east of the uk, brisk winds around the western flank and particularly in northern scotland where we maintained the risk of gales. a band of showery rain singing south across scotland and into northern england, could be accompanied by thunder and lightening some stop some showers elsewhere, large amounts of plant but there will be some sunny spells.
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remaining quite windy, the average wind speeds but they cost stronger especially in the far north but with the wind is coming from the north or north—west, it will be a cooler day especially in northern scotland, 1a or 15 degrees, 25 across parts of eastern england. deeper into the wee, low pressure swings north eastwards, high pressure building from the south—west meaning dry weather, places in the south—east that could do with some rain. not an awful lot of that in the forecast and after a relatively cool started the week, temperatures set to climb again as we move into thursday and friday.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: russia has admitted carrying out a missile strike on the port of 0desa on saturday, saying it targeted a military ship. ukraine's president has denounced the attack as �*barbaric�*. the two contenders to be britain's next prime minister — rishi sunak and liz truss — vow to toughen controls on migration into the uk. after 48 hours of gridlock at the port of dover and the channel tunnel, travellers are warned to expect another challenging day. pope francis flies to canada for a visit, where he'll offer a formal apology for harms done by catholic—run residential schools across the country.

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