welcome to bbc news. our top stories. a pilgrimage of penance — pope francis is in canada where he's set to apologise for abuse suffered by indigenous children at catholic—boarding schools. as firefighters in california struggle to contain the latest huge wildfire , the us special envoy for climate warns that the world is not moving fast enough to tackle the climate crisis. it is less than ideal not to have the entire congress hole throatily adopting some of the measures the need to be taken. lower the air—con and turn off the lights or face a fine — that's warning from the french government to shop keepers

as they attempt to tackle the climate crisis. russia admits it attacked the port of odessa — a day after an agreement to resume grain exports — but its foreign minister denies they are to blame for causing a world food crisis and marvels�*s much anticipated black panther sequel wakanda forever is unveiled at comic con in san diego. pope francis has arrived in canada. and he is on a mission to say sorry. a "pilgrimage of penance" is how he has labelled this trip, which will include a full apology on behalf of the catholic church for the abuse inflicted on indigenous children at mostly church—run residential schools. it's believed more than 150,000

children were taken from their families in a practice that lasted more than a century, and only came to an end in the 1990s. but indigenous groups themselves have expressed dissatisfaction over the arrangements of the pontiff�*s visit. mark lobel reports. preparing to confront his flock�*s terrible past in canada but not everyone appears as pleased as canada's governor general, seen here welcoming the pontiff with the pope's agenda this week. that is part of the problem we have had with the churches that they have not been including as in the proper planning of this process. we do not feel like it has been about survivors, it has been more about the church. the remains of 215 children were found at this from a residential school in british columbia, closed in 1978 after forcibly assimilating indigenous youth. in all, more than 150,000 indigenous children

were subjected to abuse, malnutrition, rape and death at similar schools, around 70% of which were run by the catholic church. i'm coming to you from northern ontario, one of the most notorious catholic schools in the country was called st annes public school and they are notorious for using a home—made electric chair to punish the children. the children were forced to eat their own vomit. there was this apology to indigenous candaians from the pope in april at the vatican. ijoin canadian brothers, bishops, in apologising. during this visit to canada, many now hope you will expand on those historic remarks. this week, the 85—year—old plans numerous public events and private meetings, including a visit to the site of a former residential school in western canada. but many want to hear more.

such as financial compensation, the release of school records and support for extraditing an accused abuser. the pope says the spirit of this trip is one of penance. it is also a test of his health and of how well he can mend old wounds. that perhaps is the big question. earlier, i spoke to chief wilton littletchild who is in maskwacis where the pope will be coming tomorrow to apologise. i asked him if he had to persuade the pope to make the journey. in a way, i did. because it was a actually seven—yearjourney for me on the last part of it to have an audience with the pope, his holiness pope francis and seven years before that, i say seven years because that is the

length of time since we filed a report from the truth and reconciliation commission that called for the apology to be done in canada, in front of the survivors, in front of their families and their communities so it has been a long journey for me but here we are. he is coming to my community tomorrow morning. that in itself must be rewarding in a certain sense that you talk about the very long journey. a very long personal journey for you, of course but within the truth and reconciliation commission that you worked on, you have heard countless narratives which matched your own, i believe, of the sort of appalling abuses that have taken place. yes. the truth and reconciliation process actually took us,

because it was a court—odered mandate, five years and then with the one—year extension, to complete our hearings. we heard from over 7000 former students and those that were impacted by the residential school system, in one way or the other. many times, i was hearing my own story being told in front of me, because i spent 14 years of my life in three different residential schools, so it was not only a long time hearing those thousands of stories, many of which, through anger and tears sometimes, told us, the commissioners, three of us, doctor murray wilson and justice think they are, that all they wanted to hear was three words from the pope. and that was, i am sorry. sorry to interrupt you, but is that actually enough? the commission

itself spoke about a cultural genocide, i believe, and, yes, an apology is of course a big step but you've seen countless examples of broken lives as a result of this. is there more that can be done beyond just saying sorry? of course there is. because it is actually, first everyone has the right to know the truth of what happened and this was the darkest, saddest most unknown chapter in canadian history. so, it took us those six years to hear directly from the students their stories of their lived experience in those schools and, as i said, many of them wanted to hear an apology but words are one thing. i actually coined a new world when i said it was about reconciliaction. what is the action going to be post—visit from pope francis? firefighters in california have

warned that hot weather is hampering their efforts to contain a huge wildfire before it reaches yosemite national park. it's one of the worst blazes of the year in the state so far and has already forced more than 6000 people from their homes. it comes as the us climate envoyjohn kerry told the bbc that president biden is considering declaring a climate emergency, to help him push through his green agenda, after failing to get a bill through congress. james clayton sent this report from california. 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 envoy john 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. let's get some of the day's other news. greek firefighters are still battling wildfires on the island of lesbos, as well as new fires in the western peloponnese and in northern greece. a fire that started in mountainous forests of lesbos on saturday, has burned properties at the beach resort of vatera and forced the evacuation of two more villages. a volcano has erupted on japan's south western island of kyushu — with reports of volcanic stones raining down more than two kilometres away.

there were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries — and authorities say they do not expect it to turn develop into a major eruption. coastguards in italy say over 1,000 migrants attempting to cross the mediterranean from north africa were brought ashore on saturday. more than 600 people were found on a single drifting fishing vessel. those rescued included migrants from afghanistan, pakistan, sudan, ethiopia and somalia. authorities in the bahamas say at least 17 people thought to be from haiti have drowned after a vessel carrying migrants capsized. police said the boat turned over 11 kilometres off the ba—hamian island of new providence. more than 20 people were rescued. the bahamas is a frequent transit route for haitians seeking to reach the united states. the numbers attempting

the dangerous journey have increased significantly with the rise in haiti of widespread poverty and gang violence. jasper williams—ward is a reporter with the nassau guardian and shejoins me from bahamas now. thanks very much for that. perhaps you can bring is up—to—date in terms of what we understand has actually happened here and how many have been affected? £31 happened here and how many have been affected?— been affected? of course. authorities _ been affected? of course. authorities have _ been affected? of course. | authorities have confirmed been affected? of course. - authorities have confirmed that the 17 haitians have died as a result of this vessel capsizing shortly after 1am of the island of new providence here in the bahamas. the youngest victim was a young girl believed to be between the age of four and five. 15 women are dead and a man is dead. 25 individuals were rescued from the vessel including two men who are

believed to be the smugglers, this voyage which resulted in this voyage which resulted in this mass casualty. the minister of immigration told us earlier today that some of the survivors of indicated they spent somewhere between $2000 and $8,000 for this fatal volley each and when i reached out to law enforcement about an hour ago they said they have no update. 8—15 people are believed to be missing and search and rescue continues. your prime minister has described haiti as a failed state. are you getting a lot more cases of haitians trying this route? in more cases of haitians trying this route?— more cases of haitians trying this route? in recent months, over the _ this route? in recent months, over the last _ this route? in recent months, over the last month _ this route? in recent months, over the last month or - this route? in recent months, over the last month or two i this route? in recent months, | over the last month or two we have not seen as much but earlier this year we saw a lot.

in about three days in october we apprehended about a thousand migrants which is the most we ever reported. last month the attorney general said repatriation were through the roof and he added it was much higher than we've ever seen before. now, while we don't have up—to—date statistics as to how many migrants have been apprehended so far, if you look at repatriation statistics the last five years you can see somewhat of a spike with more than 14,000 somewhat of a spike with more than 111,000 migrants supported from the bahamas over the last five years. the bulk of that being haitian, but 11,389. worrying figures, aaron today? thank you very much indeed.

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wrong. six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and already they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they are lovely, yeah, billy sweet, yeah, they are cute. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. pope francis has arrived in canada where he's set to apologise for abuse suffered by indigenous children at catholic—boarding schools. the us considers declaring a climate emergency, as firefighters in california struggle to contain a wildfire they call �*explosive' — which is spreading fast to ukraine now which has continued with efforts to restart grain exports from its black sea ports as part of a new deal agreed with moscow. it's warned however that deliveries will suffer, if strikes on ukrainian ports continue.

meanwhile russia's foreign minister has dismissed claims that moscow is to blame for the global food crisis. james waterhouse reports from 0desa. ukraine's grain problem, summed up by volodymyr on his farm. translation: people are starving, but it's i getting spoilt here. it is bread, it's such a pity. so much labour went into this and it's just 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 i 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 odesa 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 odesa 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 odesa. air—conditioned shops in france will be ordered to keep their doors closed or risk being fined, a minister said sunday announcing an upcoming rule to combat energy wastage. some cities in france, which have seen a rise in temperatures in recent weeks, passed municipal by—laws injuly, imposing fines for offending business owners. the government now plans to extend this to the whole country, with a fine of up to 750 euros but plans to educate shop owners first. joining me now is senior research scholar at the center on global energy policy, kaushik deb. i suppose the first question is, these measures, if you've got air—conditioning, shut the

doors, for goodness sakes, sounds like common sense. doesn't make much difference? good morning. in many ways, just like you said, this is just like you said, this is just plain is common sense. but also combine that with priorities for saving energy and emissions and now, and listening to all the news, the damage. and even though it is of that the new thing in france and most of europe it is becoming more significant, just air—conditioning systems. sorry, which is going to sate is interesting you draw the point about the need with their russian energy challenge as well. within the european union

is trying to find ways of saving up to 15% on energy as we head towards the autumn but this was signalled by the ministerfor this was signalled by the minister for ecological transitions so it was part of president mccrum's new mission and message. is it more important, the climate message, or a sensible saving energy option? in or a sensible saving energy 0 tion? . , or a sensible saving energy otion? ., , option? in many ways the same thin. option? in many ways the same thing- but _ option? in many ways the same thing- butjust _ option? in many ways the same thing. butjust keeping - option? in many ways the same thing. butjust keeping your- thing. butjust keeping your doors closed meets great economic sense and also national priorities in terms of reducing emissions and reducing the alliance on russian national gas in this case. this is part of achaea element of the new power and strategy as

well. yeah, yeah, that is a good point. could you imagine this working in the us?— working in the us? more difficult in _ working in the us? more difficult in the _ working in the us? more difficult in the us - difficult in the us particularly with the role that the states themselves play. a large part of the building stock has already been built and it is a question of retrofitting it to meet these new requirements which is a lot more expensive and difficult process. more expensive and difficult rocess. . ~' more expensive and difficult rocess. . ~ , ., y more expensive and difficult rocess. ., ~ , ., , . process. thank you very much indeed. thank _ process. thank you very much indeed. thank you. _ thank you. if you're a fan of superhero movies, you're in for a treat — because a whole series of upcoming films have just been announced, including two new "avengers" instalments. they were unveiled to the excited crowds at comic—con, the comic book convention in san diego and our entertainment reporter

lizo mzimba was there. this was the highlight for so many at comic con being able to see the first footage from black panther. the originalfilm was more than just a blockbuster, it was a worldwide cultural moment. as well as celebrating the sequel the movie's stars were remembering the star of the original film. i definitely felt the whole process in honour of him and my role was notjust a support on screen but to be there and be by people side because, you know, he was the centre of the movie. it is one of several new marvel films in the pipeline. next may will see the release of guardians of the galaxy three, the emotional end of the trilogy for its cast. i think what makes

this so standout for me is a project that i'm part of it as it was a turning point in life and in my career to be cast as peter. marvel may have been the biggest force in cinema the last few years but the biggest force in television has arguably been a game of thrones. thousands of fans were at an event for its new prequel, house of the dragon. its cast includes the former doctor who star matt smith who told the crowd he is enjoying taking on darker roles. it is quite good to sort of have breadth as an actor and try to challenge yourself and find different avenues to play, really. i was quite active in the king to do something that felt completely different. for 51 weeks a year,

fans have been questioning their favourite stars, thinking how best to enjoy much loved shows and films and, of course, dreaming of being a superhero. here, they have been able to do all three. just before we go a bit of breaking sports news for you because it's been a remarkable morning at the world athletics championships in eugene. nigeria's tobi amusan set a world record in qualifying for the final of the 100 metres hurdles. amusan then ran even faster in the final itself, but the wind speed meant it couldn't be registered as another record. now here's a story of man versus machine. a chess—playing robot, which apparently failed to anticipate the quick responses of a seven—year—old boy, grabbed and broke the boy's finger during a match at the moscow open. this video of the incident shows the chess robot's arm

swinging down and crushing the boy's finger for several seconds before onlookers managed to free it. despite the injury, the boy played another game the next day — with his finger in a cast. hello. sunday was another hot day in south east england and east anglia, temperatures up to 32 celsius in norfolk. you know in scotland and northern ireland it's been a weekend of torrential downpours in places and it will for monday be quite a few showers out there in what's going to be a blustery day. the area of low pressure has brought rain over the weekend, it is moving on toward scandinavia. as it moves away, around it bringing a cooler, fresher northwesterly flow into the uk, where it has been hot, temperatures have been set to come down. will still be quite a warm and humid start towards that southern and eastern parts, particularly as monday begins. we've got some rain in northern scotland, that's going to sink right through the southwards through scotland as a day go on, riding up behind it in the north with a few showers and in the afternoon the cloudier skies, the chance of rain pushes into northern england. elsewhere, it's a story of scattered showers, a good deal of cloud during the first after

the tending to brighten up into the afternoon and some places will become dry and fine to end the day. it will feel cooler, temperatures up to 10 degrees in lower in eastern scotland compared to sunday, talking mid 20s in east anglia but that's a long way down for where we were on sunday. now, we continue with a few showers around going into monday evening but a lot of them are going to die out as we go through the night and into tuesday morning because we've got a ridge of high pressure just starting to edge and from the west. we've also got some lower temperatures overnight as well, actually, tuesday night will be even cooler still. on tuesday there will be a few sunny spells around, quite a bit of cloud, although we've got an area of high pressure just not doing in from the west. they'll still be showers out there, scotland, northern ireland, perhaps down the eastern side of england and nowhere immune from catching a shower. notice how much temperatures have come down for belfast, for manchester for glasgow, these temperatures are below average for the time of year. now the area of high pressure will moving across the uk for wednesday to thursday, a weak disturbance heading in from the southwest, it's here on wednesday, there could be one or two showers and always a chance for the odd shower here and there. but the emphasis will be on a lot of dry weather.

starting with some sunny spells, the clouds tending to build during the day, although should brighten up again as we go towards sunset, very similar temperatures. towards the end of the week we will see a wetter weather system moving in for scotland and for northern ireland. for england and wales it looks mainly dry and in fact going into next weekend it will be turning warmerfor a time.

this is bbc news. the headlines: pope francis has begun a six—day visit to canada, where he's expected to repeat a formal apology to indigenous survivors of abuse inflicted at roman catholic—run boarding schools. pope francis has described the visit as a "trip of penance". firefighters in california are warning that hot weather is hampering their efforts to contain a huge wildfire before it reaches yosemite national park. the blaze has already forced more than 6,000 people from their homes since it began on friday. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has dismissed claims that his country has caused the global food crisis. moscow is facing widespread criticism for firing missiles at the ukrainian port of odesa on saturday,

jeopardising a deal to allow grain to leave the city.