we arrived at folkestone about 9am yesterday morning and then we've slowly been crawling along for the past 21 plus hours! a miserable start to many people's holiday — and an alert from the aa that there could be similar scenes to come all summer. i think that we could see a repeat of this come next weekend, and indeed the remaining weekends of the summer holiday. we'll be asking whether we'll have to get used to living with delays. also on the programme...

the harvest stuck in ukraine because of a russian blockade — now russia admits it attacked the port of odesa a day after an agreement to resume grain exports. in california, firefighters struggle to contain a wildfire they call "explosive" which has been raging and spreading since friday. and three members of girls aloud stage a charity run in memory of fellow singer sarah harding, who died of breast cancer last year. good evening. after a weekend of gridlocked roads and intense frustration for travellers trying to cross the channel, the situation has eased at the port of dover and at the eurotunnel at folkestone. but the aa says the chaotic scenes could be repeated every weekend throughout the school holidays. uk officials blamed france for the problems at dover,

saying they hadn't provided enough border staff to check passports — but france highlighted extra checks brought on by brexit. the problems at folkestone arose when the m20 closed to cars, so that lorries could be held there — leading to miles of car our correspondent vishala sripathma reports. the vishala sripathma reports. not so quick holiday ge1 continued, the not so quick holiday getaway continued, with a third day of major disruption and delay for those crossing the channel. it began with positive progress in dover as the queues got shorter. but the frustration in folkestone continued as cars and lorries struggled to get to the eurotunnel entrance. some families even spent last night in their cars. we families even spent last night in their cars. ~ . ., families even spent last night in theircars. ~ . ., ., ~ , ., their cars. we arrived at folkestone at about nine _ their cars. we arrived at folkestone at about nine yesterday _

their cars. we arrived at folkestone at about nine yesterday morning . their cars. we arrived at folkestonej at about nine yesterday morning for at about nine yesterday morning for a train _ at about nine yesterday morning for a train at _ at about nine yesterday morning for a train at half past ten then we have _ a train at half past ten then we have slowly been crawling along for the past _ have slowly been crawling along for the past 21 plus hours.— the past 21 plus hours. officials are t in: the past 21 plus hours. officials are trying to — the past 21 plus hours. officials are trying to clear— the past 21 plus hours. officials are trying to clear the - the past 21 plus hours. officials are trying to clear the backlog l the past 21 plus hours. officials. are trying to clear the backlog of freight, but lorries are now competing with cars as britain's you —— britons queue to take their first holiday after three years of holiday restrictions, and the checks required by brexit have slowed everyone down. there are around 600 lorries passing through folkestone today and some have been here for 15 hours plus and that is because the stretch of road they are on on the m20 has been partially closed to accommodate them, effectively becoming a lawyer path and they are competing with families for spaces who want to get away on holiday —— effectively becoming a lorry path. despite the challenges things improve during the day but experts believe these delays could happen again. we believe these delays could happen aaain. ~ . believe these delays could happen aainr ., _, . believe these delays could happen auain.~ . . ., again. we are concerned we are urel again. we are concerned we are purely hitting — again. we are concerned we are purely hitting the _ again. we are concerned we are purely hitting the pause - again. we are concerned we are purely hitting the pause button. fridays and saturdays are the main

handover days for holiday let's, so we think we could see a repeat of this come next weekend, and indeed the remaining weekends of the summer holiday. the the remaining weekends of the summer holida . , ., holiday. the department for transport — holiday. the department for transport says _ holiday. the department for transport says it _ holiday. the department for transport says it is - holiday. the department for| transport says it is investing holiday. the department for - transport says it is investing more than £30 million to improve lorry parking facilities on the english side of the channel but eurotunnel says more needs to be done. the consequences — says more needs to be done. the consequences of adding border controls, — consequences of adding border controls, whether for freight or passengers, is additionaljourney times, _ passengers, is additionaljourney times, disruption to flow, and that means— times, disruption to flow, and that means you — times, disruption to flow, and that means you getjourneys, whether carrying _ means you getjourneys, whether carrying goods in a truck or travelling across the channel for a holiday. _ travelling across the channel for a holiday, there is disruption. everyone _ holiday, there is disruption. everyone agrees the summer months will be challenging, but despite these warnings families are not giving up their dreams of a foreign summer holiday. bbc news, folkestone. 0ur transport correspondent katy austinjoins me now.

are people going to have to get used to living with delays when they cross the channel? yellow might yes, at busy times. we have yellow might yes, at busy times. - have already seen long dues to dover at some points already this year —— welcome yes. particularly that was at easter, with other factors involved too, for example p&0 ferries did not have all of their ferries did not have all of their ferries running then, but this weekend we have seen the biggest test yet of how the current system copes with post—brexit checks and a really large volume of tourist traffic, all trying to make that short crossing to france. uk ministers and the port of dover blamed that really cute disruption on friday on, they said, a lack of french border police, but the french officials disputed that. we have also seen queueing system for lorries on the motorway place again, but there was such a backlog on friday that extra traffic control measures were brought in, and that meant tourist journeys to

measures were brought in, and that meant touristjourneys to kent measures were brought in, and that meant tourist journeys to kent took even longer. well red as we have been hearing the situation on the ground has now improved this evening —— so as we have been hearing. but we have seen in the past few days how easily the system can be knocked out of kilter and when you have lots of vehicles coming through, as we have seen, the impact can be pretty severe. ., , have seen, the impact can be pretty severe. . , ., , have seen, the impact can be pretty severe. . , ., russia has defended attacking the ukrainian port of 0desa yesterday, claiming it hit a weapons stockpile. it's just a day after it signed a deal to unblock shipments of grain through the black sea. millions of tonnes are stuck in ukraine, causing global shortages and price rises. james waterhouse is in 0desa this evening. reeta on friday we had the first diplomatic breakthrough in this war. 0n diplomatic breakthrough in this war. on saturday the port at the heart of this agreement was attacked and

today finally an admission from russia on being behind that missile strike but also a denial of it being behind the resulting globalfood crisis. a lot is riding on this ceasefire, not least for ukraine. ukraine's grain problem, summed up by volodymyr on his farm. translation: people are starving, but it's getting spoilt here. - it is bread, it's such a pity. so much labour went into this and it'sjust lying here, spoiling. his are some of the 20 million tonnes trapped in the country. translation: all of this made | the situation for the farmers very hard, even unbearable. i'm 72 years old, and in over 70 years i don't remember such a difficult year like this one. here in the 0desa region around 4,000 farmers work these fields — more than anywhere else in the country. it's hoped a grain deal involving ukraine and russia will see 5 million tonnes shifted every month through the black sea, a pre—war level.

farmers like volodymyr need this agreement to work for their livelihoods. ukraine needs it to work for its economy. and tens of millions of people around the world need it to work to survive. and it is those forces which are keeping this deal going, for now. it couldn't be more fragile. moscow's released this footage, admitting to a missile attack on the port of 0desa yesterday, a day after agreeing to leave it alone. it claims a military ship and warehouse full of western—supplied missiles were the targets. the kremlin's likely defence — that it didn't violate the deal. russia denies being the cause of this food crisis. its foreign minister sergei lavrov is on a charm offensive in africa, trying to gather support. first stop, egypt — one of ukraine's biggest grain customers. translation: the food crisis didn't start yesterday or in february. - it started with the pandemic, because of serious mistakes

that western states made regarding food and energy. regardless of blame, if volodymyr doesn't sell his grain there won't be a next harvest. james waterhouse, bbc news, in 0desa. both candidates in the race to become the next conservative leader have promised a crackdown on migration. rishi sunak said he would tighten the definition of who qualifies for asylum and introduce a cap on refugee numbers. liz truss said she would increase the numbers of border force staff. let's get more from our political correspondent, iain watson, in westminster. tell us more about their migration plans. the two candidates have been feasting on but when it comes to immigration it has been a bit of a consensus, they both want tougher

policies. they both don't simply support sending some refugees to rwanda but they both want to strike similar deals with other countries. remember, it is conservative party members are not the rest of us to get to choose the next prime minister and perhaps the two candidates think talking tough on immigration is a way of appealing to them. at one of them will become prime minister in september and then will have the challenge of turning tough campaign rhetoric into reality. tough campaign rhetoric into reali . �* tough campaign rhetoric into reali .�* ., ., ., , tough campaign rhetoric into reali .�* ., ., ., reality. and tomorrow there is a televised debate _ reality. and tomorrow there is a televised debate between - reality. and tomorrow there is a televised debate between the i reality. and tomorrow there is a i televised debate between the two. how big a moment is this? element i think it could be a very significant moment in the contest, reeta —— welcome i think. in politics as in comedy timing is everything and in just over a week the conservative party just over a week the conservative pa , , , just over a week the conservative pa 1 , , , party members will be getting their ballot papers _ party members will be getting their ballot papers and _ party members will be getting their ballot papers and the _ party members will be getting their ballot papers and the polls - party members will be getting their ballot papers and the polls since i ballot papers and the polls since suggest rishi sunak is trailing with truss so he has to make up some lost ground but in the grounds are voters who backed the conservatives in 2019 so i think the party faithful will not simply be listening to each candidate's policies but looking at their personality and seeing who can best connect for the very voters

they need to retain.— best connect for the very voters they need to retain. thank you very much. they need to retain. thank you very much- lain — they need to retain. thank you very much. iain watson _ they need to retain. thank you very much. iain watson reporting. - and the bbc will host that live debate with the two candidates — our next prime minister, presented by sophie raworth, will be broadcast tomorrow on bbc one at 9pm. firefighters in california are struggling to contain a huge wildfire that is getting closer to yosemite national park. more than 6,000 people have been moved from their homes since the blaze started on friday. parts of california are in a state of emergency, and the fire has filled the air with smoke, prompting health warnings. james clayton reports. these scenes are becoming all too familiar in california. a raging wildfire, the oakfire described by authorities here as explosive, devouring forests that are tinder dry. firefighters are struggling to contain it as it engulfs people's homes, livelihoods, and businesses. this army veteran is spending his wedding anniversary waiting, hoping that the house he left will be ok. a lot of memories, though. my family grew up there, my kids, and...i don't know. just sad.

the eight largest fires since records began in california have happened in the last five years. and these wildfires don't just affect forests, they create a haze that can blanket the state, air quality can be choking. in 2020, fires turned san francisco skies orange. here in san francisco, summer has become a time of unease as people wonderjust how bad fires raging in the east of the states are going to get. and politicians are being pressured to act. today, the us climate envoyjohn kerry said president biden was considering announcing a climate emergency that would give him additional powers to push his renewable energy agenda. it is less than ideal not to have the entire congress full throatedly adopting some of the measures that need to be taken so that the world can see a very united united states moving in this direction.

fires here today aren't just threatening lives but yosemite national park, home to ancient trees, coating beauty spots with smoke. and with the wet season not for months, this could be a long, hot summer. firefighters. james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. —— hot summer for firefighters. now a look at some other stories making the news today. here, the london fire brigade has been tackling multiple emergencies, with blazes in enfield, hayes and thamesmead. in surrey, a fire engulfed an area of land equivalent to 20 football pitches. people have been told to avoid the area and keep windows closed. police in northern ireland say a number of roads in the londonderry and strabane areas have been flooded and are impassable

after heavy rain. five people have been evacuated from their homes and one was rescued from a vehicle in floodwaters. the entire board of cricket scotland has resigned with immediate effect — ahead of the release of an independent review of racism in the sport. the report, to be published tomorrow, is expected to find institutional racism in the scottish game. patients and medical staff have told the bbc that women planning to terminate a pregnancy are facing harassment and intimidation from campaigners at abortion clinics. a new law to prevent such action, by banning protesters from outside medicalfacilities in northern ireland, has been considered this week by the supreme court. abortion remains a contentious issue in northern ireland, and some women are still having to travel to britain to access services, as emma vardy reports. they call it peaceful protest,

and the reality is far from that. 160 women from northern ireland travelled to britain for abortions last year — a journey naomi once made. i had an abortion nine years ago now. it was so heavily stigmatised that i haven't told anyone, only my partner. so when i walked up, the first thing i saw was the placards that they have. i'm confident enough person but i felt unnerved, and really alone. did they approach you? they had leaflets. they tried to put them in my hand, because a young woman was pursuing me. and it really, really angered me that they were allowed to act with such impunity. now abortion has been decriminalised in northern ireland, but each week clinics and hospitals encounter campaigners outside. figures obtained by the bbc show in the past year staff at this clinic in belfast alone have recorded more than 50 incidents in relation to protesters. i was walking back into the clinic and all i heard was, "murderer", under the breath. and ijust went, "0k."

nicola played a key role in setting up northern ireland's abortion services. she and other medical staff have spoken to the bbc about what they say they and their patients have faced. it broke my heart, literally, because they were coming in crying. i witnessed protesters chase people up the street. there are so many vulnerable groups out there. there's domestic violence, people with medical conditions where unfortunately they can't continue on with pregnancies, and these are women that we're trying to help, and they are exposed and faced with that. this week the supreme court heard arguments over northern ireland's new law to ban anti—abortion campaigners from directly outside clinics. those arguing for the rights of protesters believe the law goes too far. safe access zones, to my mind, . is overreach, and it certainly does impinge on freedom of expression. people who stand outside these abortion clinics are very- well—meaning people and, - essentially, if they were committing a criminal offence there is already law to deal with that. _

this clinic in bristol still sees women travelling over as full services in northern ireland haven't yet been set up. i think it is very sad that people still have to travel. however, i think they feel they can talk to first my a lot more than they may do at home. the stigma for women around terminating a pregnancy can be felt particularly strongly in northern ireland, where abortion was only relatively recently decriminalised, while it's been legal in britain since the �*60s. but clinics across the uk say they, too, still experience problems with protesters outside. we've had protesters who have shouted at people, they sometimes previously had megaphones. you know, what do you do about it? if we know there are going to be protesters we will go out and meet clients. we will meet them down the road. we can drive them in. we will report every incident to the police. but sometimes it can feel scary for you, as a professional. you know, you're also being shouted at and told you're doing a terrible thing.

anti—abortion groups to demonstrate in northern ireland told us their activities are peaceful. the supreme court's ruling, due later in the year, will determine whether it is lawful to ban them from these doors. emma vardy, bbc news. hundreds of people, including three members of the band girls aloud, have gathered in hyde park to take part in a memorial run for sarah harding. the singer died last september, a year after revealing she had breast cancer. she was 39. daniel rosney reports. this was the first time girls aloud fans were able to celebrate sarah harding's life publicly with the group. how are you? girls aloud dominated the uk charts for a decade. the band spoke with sarah frequently during the last few months of her life, but are still processing their grief. i have never felt such

helplessness in my entire life. as to, "how can i help when we know the diagnosis is dire?" you just kind of mind your own business, then occasionally get together and do stuff and you are like, "oh, my god, my god, that's right, she's not here". in the group, we always managed to face - what everything was and get through it but this was just i something that we couldn't fix. this race has been put on not only to celebrate sarah's life and raise money for cancer research but also to encourage as many people as possible to get any concerns they have checked out. whatever your age, if you feel your body is changing, you've got unusual signs or symptoms, you have to get it checked out immediately. don't assume if you're younger it won't be you. that was also sarah harding's

message at the end of her life, believing she'd have been in a better place if she'd gone to the doctor's earlier. for the time being, the race, though, to beat cancerfor thousands each year continues. irate though, to beat cancer for thousands each year continues.— each year continues. we made it! daniel rosney. — each year continues. we made it! daniel rosney, bbc _ each year continues. we made it! daniel rosney, bbc news. - with all the sport now, here's lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks, reeta. good evening. the final day of the world athletics championships is under way in oregon in the us. so far great britain has won five medals — with hopes of more to come later. 0ur correspondent andy swiss is in the stadium in eugene. andy, can we say these championships have already been a success for gb? well, lizzie, as you say britain have won five medel so far, four bronze and gold forjake wightman in the 1500 metres. they 195 at the last world championships in 2015 where the night they have already equalled that tally. the most recent meadow came in the men's sprint relay with britain taking the bronze behind canada and the usa —— recent medal. it is the third championships in a row they have won a medal at

the event and their captain said they have shown they are serial medallists. later on there could be more success for britain as keely hodgkinson goes for gold in the 800 metres. hodgkinson won a silver in the olympics last summer, remember, and she has been in great form this year. she looked really impressive in her semifinal so high hopes for her, and there are also high hopes for britain in the 400 metres relay as the winning's team qualified second fastest for their final later on, lizzie. ., ~ second fastest for their final later on, lizzie. ., ,, i. second fastest for their final later on, lizzie. ., ~' �* , second fastest for their final later on, lizzie. ., ,, ~ , ,, ,, on, lizzie. thank you. andy swiss there. max verstappen won the french grand prix to extend his lead in the f1 drivers�* standings — after title rival charles leclerc crashed out in front of him. lewis hamilton finished second — his highest place this season. adam wild reports. the french grand prix may have an uncertain future but for now it is here and amidst the french tricolour and the anthem it is quite unmistakable. charles leclerc began out front but in the rear—view

mirror of his ferrari championship leader and title winner max verstappen was rarely far behind. in the sunshine and heat and pressure nothing was letting up. that was until a slip, nothing was letting up. that was untila slip, spin nothing was letting up. that was until a slip, spin and a slide, with charles leclerc�*s race ending agonisingly, buried... the ferrari frustration summed up in one anguished radio message. team radio: anguished radio message. team mom:— anguished radio message. i team radio:- behind anguished radio message. - team radio:- behind him, anguished radio message. _ team radio:- behind him, the team radio: aargh! behind him, the battles continued, _ team radio: aargh! behind him, the battles continued, lewis _ team radio: aargh! behind him, the battles continued, lewis hamilton secured second and whilst behind him judge russell past sergio perez to take the next space on the podium. an even better day for max verstappen. it will take something extraordinary to stop him now. adam wild, bbc news. the first official women's tour de france for more than three decades got under way in paris today

at the same time as this year's men's race came to an end. denmark's jonas vingegaard was crowned champion on the champs elysses. britain's 2018 winner geraint thomas was third. there's more on the bbc sport website. but that's it from me. back to you, reeta. many thanks, lizzie. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. more grass fires on another hot one in england and east anglia. 32 in norfolk and thankfully there has been a little rain this evening and temperatures will come down quite a lot over the next couple of days. a lot over the next couple of days. a lot of rain this weekend in northern ireland and scotland. 0ver lot of rain this weekend in northern ireland and scotland. over 60 millimetres in places and more soaking downpours around today and still across parts of scotland into the night. all from an area of low pressure at this might beginning to move away towards scandinavia and we are left behind with a cooler and fresher north—westerly feel of air into tomorrow and along with that a fair few showers around. this is into tomorrow and along with that a fairfew showers around. this is how the rest of the night is looking. still heavy rain in parts of scotland which will become focused more especially in northern areas as the night goes on and still pushing

further south, there will be a few narrow bands of rain into this particularly dry parts of southern and eastern england and a one night, with temperatures over night coming down in the weekend. tomorrow will take some rain south across scotland and by the afternoon there will begin to filter into northern england and elsewhere a lot of cloud around, scattering of showers and temperatures, with later and that if you are showers and more sunny spells coming through. a blustery day with gales in the northern isles, much cooler in eastern scotland and in the mid 20s with east anglia and the south—east, compared with the low 30s. 0vernight and into tuesday, they will still be and into tuesday, they will still be a few showers around but we had a ridge of high pressure trying to move on from the west and that will kill off a lot of the showers. still a lot of cloud on tuesday with sunny spells, scattering of showers, not many and temperatures at this stage a little low. i will show you just a few locations from mid week where we have that area of high pressure across us. still a lot of cloud around at the chance for one or two showers but look at these

temperatures, at or below average for the time of year. thank you, reeta. thank you, nick. that's all from us at bbc news at ten. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it's time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello, you're watching the bbc news channel. pope francis has arrived in canada for a visit he's described as a pilgrimage of penance. during a week—long visit, the pontiff will repeat a formal apology to indigenous survivors of abuse inflicted at roman catholic—run schools. unmarked graves were discovered last year at some sites, where children were subjected to neglect as part of a policy of cultural assimilation. earlier, i spoke to willow fiddler, indigenous reporter at the globe and mail, and asked what the pope's visit means for indigenous communities.

my my thoughts are with survivors. i was watching the footage of pope francis arriving here in canada and i am not there but i can tell you i have already heard from someone who is on their way there with survivors and it is quite an emotional and overwhelming and triggering time. we need to keep the survivors at top of my hair. what we are anticipating, the survivors are anticipating, is the survivors are anticipating, is the apology tomorrow on monday. and thatis the apology tomorrow on monday. and that is significant and we are going to be watching for that because i consider it, i call it a follow—up apology to the one we saw in rome. i was in rome covering the indigenous delegation that went in april. the wording was very specific that he was apologising on behalf of certain members that committed the heinous crimes against the children and survivors. what survivors are going

to be looking for this time around is an apology on behalf of the entire church, taking full accountability from the catholic church for what they did. beyond that, aside from an apology, there is a list of things that survivors and indigenous leaders are looking for, top of that seems to be rescinding the doctrine of discovery, which is a legal complicated legal concept that involves, you know, a proclamation ijy involves, you know, a proclamation by the pope in the 1400s that basically any european country could claim jurisdiction and sovereignty over any non—indigenous or non—christian, surrey, nation, and that of course included all indigenous nations. it had significant effects on canadian law, for example. they are going to be calling for that, they are going to be other things, just to hold them

accountable. be other things, 'ust to hold them accountable.— be other things, 'ust to hold them accountable. . ,. . ., accountable. fascinating. there are other issues — accountable. fascinating. there are other issues here _ accountable. fascinating. there are other issues here as _ accountable. fascinating. there are other issues here as well. - accountable. fascinating. there are other issues here as well. i - accountable. fascinating. there are other issues here as well. ijust - other issues here as well. ijust want to go back to the abuse in those catholic run schools. for people who aren't familiar, could you just briefly describe what actually happened originally. indie you just briefly describe what actually happened originally. we had actually happened originally. we had a truth and reconciliation _ a truth and reconciliation commission here in the early 2000 that documented just what that looked like. we are talking about over 150,000 children that were forcibly sent to over 139 government and church run residential schools, the majority of them run by the catholic church. i am coming to you from northern ontario in canada and in this region there were several residential schools that operated and perhaps one of the most notorious catholic schools in the country was called st annes catholic school and they are no tories for using a home—made electric chair to

punish the children. making children, children were full to eat their own vomit. they were disciplined for things like speaking that language, and this would have been a time when indigenous children, theirfirst been a time when indigenous children, their first language would have been an indigenous language, and they were punished for speaking those languages in the residential schools, you know, malnutrition, nutritional experiments conducted. this has all amounted to genocide and specifically cultural genocide is what it has been called.- is what it has been called. thank ou. this is what it has been called. thank you- this is _ is what it has been called. thank you. this is bbc— is what it has been called. thank you. this is bbc news, - is what it has been called. thank you. this is bbc news, let's - is what it has been called. thankj you. this is bbc news, let's take is what it has been called. thank l you. this is bbc news, let's take a look at the headlines. delays around the port of dover

and folkestone are easing after holiday—makers and hauliers faced a third day of disruption at the channel tunnel. the entire board of cricket scotland resigns ahead of a review expected to find scottish cricket to be institutionally racist. a major incident is declared in surrey because of a large fire. crews in london are also tackling several weather—related fires. meanwhile — firefighters in california struggle to contain a huge blaze there. it comes as the us special envoy for climate john kerry says president biden may announce a climate emergency. we are moving forward, we are not making enough progress and we are not moving forward fast enough. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are emma woolf who is an author and political commentator and camilla turner, the chief political correspondent at the telegraph.