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into thursday and friday. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. russia admits it was responsible for a missile strike on the port of odesa on saturday targeting 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, authorites at britain's main port, dover, say they have cleared the backlog of travellers but delays continue at the channel tunnel. pope francis flies to canada for a visit described as a �*pilgrimage of penance�*.
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hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. russia has admitted that its forces targeted the ukrainian port of odesa on saturday, just 2a hours after moscow and kyiv had 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.
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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. 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
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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 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, this man says. 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,
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but this fragile operation brings real dangers with high stakes. 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
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are still fair game. if it is another type of vessel, it brings in more questions over whether the deal has been violated a day after it was pretty much signed. the goals of the kremlin in launching this missile attack aren't clear, given that moscow has gains of its own in this agreement. it can also finally transport its own grain and fertiliser which it has struggled to do because of existing sanctions, so it's not clear why moscow has done this other than to simply to 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 that work in ports like odesa and there is a horrible famine breaking out in east africa and rising prices across world.
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we need that grain and those people working at that port will be 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 tens 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 coming 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. also those ships won't be allowed
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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. our correspondent in ukraine. much more on that story on the bbc news website. the entire board of cricket scotland has resigned with immediate effect, after an independent review found evidence of institutional racism in the sport. a letter from directors of the sport's governing body in scotland was sent to the interim chief executive today. it's after allegations of racism and discrimination, which led to an investigation, the results of which are due to be published tomorrow. let's cross now to
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the bbc sports centre, where gavin ramjaun has more details. just put this into context for us, if you can. just put this into context for us, if you can-— just put this into context for us, if you can. absolutely, as you say, the findings _ if you can. absolutely, as you say, the findings of _ if you can. absolutely, as you say, the findings of this _ if you can. absolutely, as you say, the findings of this independent i the findings of this independent investigation due to be published tomorrow and it's expected to support those allegations of racism within the scottish game and that review was conducted after allegations made by scotland's all—time leading wicket taker majid haq who claimed the governing body in the country was institutionally racist and he was treated differently from his team—mates because of the colour of his skin and are prompted to sport scotland who look after the interests of the game in scotland to look at this review. this is some of the text from the directors this morning. it says the board have been totally committed to implementing the findings to the review in full to make the sport of cricket in scotland a truly welcoming and inclusive place. we are truly sorry
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and have apologised publicly to everyone who experienced racism or any form of discrimination in cricket in scotland. they believe the actions proposed to make the programmes effectively, or the actions to make the in line with what the board want to do on achievable within the timeframe proposed. cricket scotland have said it is sorry to anyone who has been racially abused while playing the sport ahead of the report to propel this tomorrow and they said they will work in partnership with the authorities in scotland to make sure the appropriate governance, leadership and support is in place. we await more news when that report is published and if there is any more fallout from this today. we have had problems of racism and discrimination in english cricket, we have problems in other sports particularly football. are these resignations a result of us becoming more open and accepting that racism
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no longer has a place in sport or is itjust still a problem? bier? no longer has a place in sport or is itjust still a problem?— itjust still a problem? very good auestion itjust still a problem? very good question and _ itjust still a problem? very good question and i — itjust still a problem? very good question and i think _ itjust still a problem? very good question and i think what - itjust still a problem? very good question and i think what you - itjust still a problem? very good i question and i think what you have seen from the yorkshire fallout, football for example, the gestures of taking the knee, there is a huge stand of solidarity to stamp out racism, it's been done in formula i as well. across sport there is a huge drive to kick racism out, a lot of it stemmed from the george floyd incident not so long ago so you have seen a huge wave of sports governing bodies as well as sport stars making their voices heard and you can see from what is happening today and what is happening and what has been happening over the last few months, authorities are taking this very seriously and be so at the euros last year, the english footballers who were racially abused in the final against italy, it's not acceptable and lots of other bodies need to come together to stamp this out and this is part of the process, it takes time, the reviews have to effectively indict people for action
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to take place. whether the timeframe is suitable or not, that is to be discussed but at the moment we await from the cricket scotland case here what the report will say and how they plan to deal with it but that is how it stands at the moment, from this independent investigation and the findings will be published tomorrow. what they are expected to support the allegations made by majid haq of racism and abuse within the scottish game.— the scottish game. gavan, thank you for takinu the scottish game. gavan, thank you for taking us — the scottish game. gavan, thank you for taking us through _ the scottish game. gavan, thank you for taking us through that. _ queues at the port of dover are expected to be reduced to just an hour today, after two days of gridlocked roads and lengthy waits as the summer getaway began after most schools broke up for the holidays. the port of dover authorities have issued a statement, saying operations have returned to normal. traffic was said to be "flowing normally" in contrast to scenes of bumper—to—bumper traffic which caused travel chaos for thousands in recent days. extra post—brexit border checks and french authorities' understaffing of checkpoints in dover have been blamed for the hold—ups.
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our correspondent simonjones gave us an update on how traffic is moving at dover. it's going to be another busy day. yesterday they handled more than 33,000 passengers, that shows you the desire of people to get away. today they expect another 6500 cars to pass through. look at the queues building up, waiting to get through passport control and to get through check—in. they are starting to grow. the good news in dover is that the local roads are moving normally this morning. it certainly was not the case on friday and into saturday. it's around folkestone that there are real problems at the eurotunnel terminal because people are having huge problems actually reaching the terminal in the first place. the reason for that is part of the m25 motorway has been shuttered to become a giant lorry park and it is currently being used to park around 600 lorries that have not been able
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to get across the channel. all other traffic as a result whether heading to dover or folkestone, or whether it wants to get around kent is being put onto local roads and the local roads are simply struggling to cope. we have been speaking to families and one family told us they arrived at folkestone about 9am yesterday, they finally got onto a train at 6am this morning and they had to sleep in their car. eurotunnel say once people get to the terminal, the trains are running and people are finding it difficult to get to the terminal in the first place and as a result the kent resilience forum is beginning to hand out food and drink to the people stuck in the queues. simon, do we have any more idea who is responsible, the british authorities of the french? what we can say for — authorities of the french? what we can say for certain _ authorities of the french? what we can say for certain is _ authorities of the french? what we can say for certain is the _ authorities of the french? what we can say for certain is the blame - can say for certain is the blame game is very much continuing this morning. the mp for dover natalie elphick has said she thinks the
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french authorities should apologise to the people of dover and holiday—makers who have been caught up holiday—makers who have been caught up in all this chaos. because the accusation on friday was that france simply did not have enough staff to work on the passport control here in dover and that has led to the backlog. the french have hit back and they say the infrastructure here around dover and in folkestone simply is not good enough, the poor is not big enough and there aren't enough booths for people to check in and have their passports stamped. in folkestone we are seeing the problem of the road is becoming completely clogged with so much traffic trying to get to the eurotunnel terminal. a lot of talk about who is to blame for this. lot of talk about who is to blame forthis. i lot of talk about who is to blame for this. i think behind—the—scenes probably a more conciliatory approach being taken between britain and france, it is in the interests of both countries to get the interests of both countries to get this well earlier i spoke to the head of roads policy at the aa who said they were more
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concerned now with delays at eurotunnel in folkestone. i think across this weekend we saw the kick—start of it on friday. it increased yesterday and i think we will see improvements today and ended at the port of dover itself, the congestion levels there are actually reasonably minimal, sort of around 15—20 minutes at worst. i think the real issue for the here and now the remainder of today is going to be the euro terminal at junction 11 a of the m 20, this is the eurotunnel terminal. unfortunately, this is because we have had operation broken place, we've been stacking lorries which is what it is meant to do. ultimately those lorries that have been queueing on the m 20 are now meeting up queueing on the m 20 are now meeting up with the traffic diverted onto the a 20 and they now meet at that one junction, the a 20 and they now meet at that onejunction, ii a, in order to get into the terminal. that backlog are still there. and we really hope to
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see some significant improvements to try and alleviate that particular hotspot today. the headlines on bbc news... russia says a missile attack on the port of 0desa on saturday targeted a ukrainian navy boat — ukraine's president has condemned the attack as �*barbaric�*. liz truss and rishi sunak promise to toughen controls on migration into the uk as part of their bids to become next tory leader and prime minister. 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
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organization to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. the strongest call to action the agency can make. 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
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in gay and bisexual men. this week the nhs announced 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. 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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and she says she would look at more countries to take in more failed asylum seekers. joining me now is our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. talk us through the plans from rishi sunak. , ., ., ., sunak. currently more detailed than the lans sunak. currently more detailed than the plans of— sunak. currently more detailed than the plans of liz _ sunak. currently more detailed than the plans of liz truss. _ sunak. currently more detailed than the plans of liz truss. let _ sunak. currently more detailed than the plans of liz truss. let me - sunak. currently more detailed than the plans of liz truss. let me give l the plans of liz truss. let me give you an idea of what he is proposing. narrowing the definition of who qualifies for asylum than we currently have under the european convention of human rights. enhanced powers to detain and tag, ending the use of hotels to house migrants. withholding aid from countries who do not cooperate in terms of taking back people who have failed in their asylum bid. and then i think the proposal that will probably be most controversial is an annual cap on the number of refugees, that cap being set by parliament. he has put out a being set by parliament. he has put outa campaign being set by parliament. he has put out a campaign video on social media talking about his plans and what he
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thinks it is important. his argument is the current system is broken, he says. bit of a take not so subtly at liz truss who as foreign secretary. and he says in this video it is not racist to be concerned to secure the borders of the country so that is his argument. he says it is an emergency that needs to be tackled straightaway. liz emergency that needs to be tackled straightaway-— straightaway. liz truss, she wants more of what _ straightaway. liz truss, she wants more of what we _ straightaway. liz truss, she wants more of what we have _ straightaway. liz truss, she wants more of what we have already. - straightaway. liz truss, she wants | more of what we have already. she wants to more of what we have already. sue: wants to extend the more of what we have already. si2 wants to extend the reminder plan more of what we have already. s“i2 wants to extend the reminder plan to other countries. there is an interview today in the mail on sunday newspaper, there's other parts, you mentioned increasing the number of border force staff by 20%, strengthening the bill of rights. she says we have a sound legal basis to tackle illegal migration. in a sense they are both going in the same direction in terms of they both want to clamp down on illegal migration and press ahead with the reminder plan but really important difference in the way they are going
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about that. i think rishi sunak feels there is a vulnerability here for liz truss which i think is why he is going on this issue so hard. let's leave it there. we are going to get more reaction on those plans. i'm joined now by the conservative welsh secretary and rishi sunak supporter, robert buckland. thank you forjoining us. we have gone through the ten point plan in some detail, obviously lots more coming out from rishi sunak throughout the day but in principle do you support the plans to curb immigration? i do you support the plans to curb immigration?— immigration? i do. i think it's really important _ immigration? i do. i think it's really important to _ immigration? i do. i think it's really important to see - immigration? i do. i think it's really important to see a - immigration? i do. ithink it's- really important to see a detailed approach to what the prime minister rishi sunak would do in his first 100 days, especially action on smallpox by bringing government together with a task force and going together with a task force and going to paris to meet the french president, urgently to talk about how britain and france can work more effectively together to deal with this problem and also putting a target on getting 80% of asylum
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cases dealt with within six months because some of these cases go on for years and years, it's not good for years and years, it's not good for the applicant or the rest of us. i think really good practical suggestions that could make a big difference when it comes to this issue. �* , difference when it comes to this issue. �*, ., ., ~' difference when it comes to this issue. �*, ., ., ~ ., , difference when it comes to this issue. �*, ., , . ., issue. let's look at this particular oint. he issue. let's look at this particular point- he says— issue. let's look at this particular point. he says the _ issue. let's look at this particular point. he says the european - issue. let's look at this particular| point. he says the european court issue. let's look at this particular i point. he says the european court of human rights cannot inhibit our ability to control our borders. they did stop the plane takings failed asylum seekers back to reminder, or to rwanda, some of them did not come from there and he wants and i am quoting, to curb the power of the european court of human rights yet in an article in the telegraph newspaper at last month you said leaving the european court of human rights would be like using a political sledgehammer to crack a legal knot. is he talking rubbish, this cannot be done? what legal knot. is he talking rubbish, this cannot be done?— this cannot be done? what i was talkin: this cannot be done? what i was talking about — this cannot be done? what i was talking about was _ this cannot be done? what i was talking about was leaving - this cannot be done? what i was talking about was leaving and i talking about was leaving and withdrawing from the convention which is not the policy of this government and it is not the policy of either of the candidates in this
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leadership election. loath? of either of the candidates in this leadership election.— leadership election. why has he conferred human _ leadership election. why has he conferred human rights - leadership election. why has he i conferred human rights convention in international law? he conferred human rights convention in international law?— international law? he wants to reform that — international law? he wants to reform that at _ international law? he wants to reform that at international i international law? he wants to i reform that at international level and domestically it is important you focus on the definition of a refugee under the 1951 refugee convention and i think what has happened is that in some of the caselaw we have seen from strasbourg, the way in which that has been interpreted has been much more wide, i think, than perhaps was originally intended. i think it is right to have the debate now and i think all of us recognise where people are in real danger of persecution if they return to their country of origin. there is a genuine claim to be made. but some of the grounds cited in the past i think have why didn't the way beyond the original intention and i think rishi sunak is correct to look at how we focus the definition in a much more sensible way that doesn't
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lead to the system falling into disrepute which i don't think is good for any of us. you disrepute which i don't think is good for any of us.— disrepute which i don't think is good for any of us. you are very aualified good for any of us. you are very qualified to _ good for any of us. you are very qualified to talk _ good for any of us. you are very qualified to talk about _ good for any of us. you are very qualified to talk about this, i good for any of us. you are very qualified to talk about this, you | qualified to talk about this, you are the minister of state at the ministry ofjustice, secretary of state forjustice and you know your lower but i have to ask you, when rishi sunak is saying let's curb legislation from the european court of human rights, let's curb what they say, it sounds to me and a lot of people i am sure that what he is saying is we will pull away from some of the human rights conventions that britain has signed up to and international law, that is there to protect the very people that are real refugees, that are real asylum seekers. yesterday, his language was a little bit worrying, he only referred to illegal immigrants as though all the men, women and children in somewhere like calais are illegal, they are not, you and i and we all know that, some of them need help. and we all know that, some of them need hel. . , ~
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need help. that is right. i think he is well qualified _ need help. that is right. i think he is well qualified to _ need help. that is right. i think he is well qualified to talk _ need help. that is right. i think he is well qualified to talk about i is well qualified to talk about this. his grandmother was an immigrant to this country and he is able to talk i think with genuine passion and indeed objectivity about these issues. we passion and indeed ob'ectivity about these issues— passion and indeed ob'ectivity about these ess— passion and indeed ob'ectivity about these issus— these issues. we should pull them immigrants? _ these issues. we should pull them immigrants? there _ these issues. we should pull them immigrants? there is due process| immigrants? there is due process. here. many applicants are genuine, they are welcome in this country and they are welcome in this country and they come from genuine persecution. there are some who go through the system who are found not to have genuine applications and i think it is rightly on the way they enforce deportation and those rules which i think in the past have really caused problems for the system and the reputation of the system and of course, caused real concern across the piece and i think he is right to talk about that and remember, what he is focusing on is the 1951 geneva convention on refugees, an international obligation we signed up international obligation we signed up to many years ago. he wants to adhere to that and what i think is a
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refreshing reminder of the fundamental importance of our international law and a wish to work within the rules. we international law and a wish to work within the rules.— within the rules. we must leave it there, we have _ within the rules. we must leave it there, we have run _ within the rules. we must leave it there, we have run out _ within the rules. we must leave it there, we have run out of- within the rules. we must leave it there, we have run out of time i within the rules. we must leave it| there, we have run out of time but thank you forjoining us. you are watching 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. 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. more than 150,000 indigenous children were taken from their homes
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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 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. open up the secret archives so we can get the dailyjournals
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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. let's have a look at the weather. here is ben rich. hello. very mixed weather prospects for the rest of today. we will see some pretty heavy downpours in places, especially across the north and the west of the uk, whereas further south and east, lots of sunshine and some heat, temperatures getting into the low 30s celsius. so some heavy downpours affecting northern ireland and scotland. some sunny spells in between. a band of cloud and rain through wales, the midlands,
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drifting northwards towards parts of northern england. in the south east corner where we hold on to sunny spells temperatures, say across parts of east anglia, could climb to 31 degrees. through this evening and tonight, further heavy showers and thunderstorms drifting out of northern ireland and across scotland. it'll turn quite wet through the night in northern scotland and very windy with gales affecting shetland. a few showers elsewhere. it will be a warm and muggy night, 1a to 18 degrees. we will see some showers, possibly some longer spells of rain in the forecast for monday, then turns a little bit drier through the rest of the week. and after a relatively cool start to the week, temperatures will climb again later on.
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he the headlines: russia has admitted carrying out a missile strike on the port of odesa on saturday saying it targeted a military ship. ukraine's persistent has denounced the attack as barbaric. the two contenders to leave but met prime minister vowed to toughen controls and migration into the uk. after 48 hours of gridlock�*s port of dover says the backlog of vehicles waiting to cross the channel has been cleared but problems do continue at the channel tunnel. pope francis is flying to canada for a visit to offer a formal apology for harm is done to catholic run residential schools across the country. supermodel kate moss tells the bbc that being asked to take off her bra during a photo shoot 20 was
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