this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm victoria fritz. unblocking ukraine's grain exports the centre in turkey to co—ordinate supply is due to open shortly. after the heatwave, the drought. water restrictions planned to preserve supplies to those areas worst affected. we take a look at croatia's new crossing, bypassing bosnia. and england thrash sweden 4—0 in the women's euros. next stop the final, and the chance to win their first ever major tournament.

hello and welcome. in the next few hours, a coordination centre for ukrainian grain exports will be opened in turkey. it's part of the un—brokered deal to get supplies moving after the war with russia cut them off. the halt to grain deliveries has seen prices rise around the world. all parties to the agreement will be represented at the new centre. but it's far from certain it will unblock grain exports, as azadesh moshiri reports. ukraine says the first ships carrying vital grain export could leave its black seaports within days. so all eyes are on whether russia will keep its word. despite a landmark deal meant to secure safe passage

for the ships, many in the west are still concerned over its success and the russian missiles that have had to the port city of odesa have done little to calm those fears. within ukraine, scepticism over the deal working long—term is also high. four ukraine's frontline farmers the only choices to carry on with their harvests despite the dangers around them. translation: we can't sell around them. translation: - can't sell the grain and that is getting us into financial trouble. historically it makes no sense to make a deal with russia. they are only worth the paper they are written on. yet there is a _ paper they are written on. yet there is a lot _ paper they are written on. yet there is a lot riding on the steel. a russian blockade has caused soaring global food prices and shortages in some of the world's poorest countries. all this is threatening millions of lives. that because before the invasion, russia and ukraine produced 30% of the

world's wheat supply, 20% of its corn and 80% of its sunflower oil. that's why ukraine was often referred to as the world's breadbasket and within ukraine itself, the government is hoping the steel could help restore its war—torn economy. could help restore its war-torn economy-— could help restore its war-torn economy. our expectation that country may — economy. our expectation that country may export _ economy. our expectation that country may export 5 _ economy. our expectation that country may export 5 million i country may export 5 million tons per month, so it means approximately us dollars by the end of the year.— end of the year. right now urain is end of the year. right now grain is still— end of the year. right now grain is still trapped - end of the year. right now grain is still trapped in - grain is still trapped in ukraine's port. to co—ordinate these deliveries, on wednesday these deliveries, on wednesday the united nations and turkey will work with the warring parties to open a joint centre in istanbul. the hope is that in istanbul. the hope is that in a few days time that grain will start trickling out to the rest of the world once again.

the need to restore grain exports from ukraine has been made only more urgent by the drought affecting much of europe. france has a record number of areas with water restrictions, with farmers among those worst affected. and in england, some water companies are now activating the early stages of their drought plans. here's frances read. here in france, the wells are running dry. people have to fill up at the village fountain rather than from their taps at home and forfamilies rather than from their taps at home and for families it has been tough. translation: we put a little water _ been tough. translation: we put a little water in _ been tough. translation: we put a little water in the _ been tough. translation: we put a little water in the bath, _ been tough. translation: we put a little water in the bath, put - a little water in the bath, put our granddaughter and, then we wash her and then we had to use the same water again.— the same water again. across the same water again. across the country. _ the same water again. across the country, there _ the same water again. across the country, there are - the same water again. across the country, there are more | the country, there are more wildfires but francis and the only country struggling. forest fires like this one between germany and the czech republic

have been more common in the heat and in places like spain reservoir levels are getting lower. on the farms which grow the uk's food, early harvests mean lost revenue. yields are down 20% in some areas even though it is not officially in a drought and for those with animals, these problems too. there's not enough for us to feed the cows out in the field which is very unusual injuly when they would usuallyjust be eating grass and when we have to supplement feeds that aren't there it gets very expensive. water companies and parts of europe have now put drought plans into action by asking people to save water, and reducing waste is key when there is more dry weather forecasted for august. some breaking news, a powerful 7.1 earthquake has struck the philippine island of luzon.

landslides have been reported in some areas, and a hospital has been badly damaged. there are no reports of any casualties so far. the quake was a shallow one, just six miles down and aftershocks have been felt in the philippine capital manila. these are the latest pictures we have, they show people evacuated from buildings in manila. president marcos has said he will visit the epicentre of the quake in luzon. this story is just breaking, and we'll bring you more details when we have them. so this quake, a 7.1 magnitude quake and these are the very latest pictures of buildings crumbling and people very much being evacuated outside. no reports of casualties so far. let's get some of

the day's other news. the un secretary general�*s office says attacks on peacekeepers may constitute a war crime after two un bases were assaulted in the eastern democratic republic of congo. police say at least 15 people, including three peacekeepers, have been killed during demonstrations against the un in the eastern city of butembo. the demonstrators are demanding the departure of the country's un peacekeeping mission, which they say has failed to restore peace. heavy monsoon rains have caused severe flooding in pakistan's port city of karachi. the poorest parts of the city have been hit the hardest due to lack of infrastructure, causing drains and sewage pipes to collapse. president biden is due to speak to xi jinping on thursday as tensions between the us and china mount. the white house had earlier criticised beijing's hostile reaction to a proposed visit to taiwan by the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi.

only around a fifth of train services are running in the uk because of the latest strike by the rmt union. more than 40,000 workers from 1a companies and network rail are walking out in the long—running dispute over pay and working conditions. where trains are running, services will start around 7:30am local time and finish by half past six in the evening. russia has said it will withdraw from the international space station after 2024, ending two decades of cooperation with the united states and other countries. washington has described the announcement as unfortunate. the head of the russian space agency said moscow would instead build its own orbiting station. here is the chief of the agency speaking to president vladimir putin earlier. translation: undoubtedly, we will fulfil all— translation: undoubtedly, we will fulfil all our _ translation: undoubtedly, we will fulfil all our obligations - will fulfil all our obligations towards our partners, but the

decision on leaving the station after the year 2024 has been made. i think that by that time we will start forming a russian orbital station. retired canadian astronaut chris hadfield, whose 20 year career in space saw him command the international space station and help build the russian space station mir, gave us his thoughts. well, every nation, including the united states and all the other 13 or 14 partners of the station, have to regularly decide how they are going to participate in the international station. what level they are going to contribute, what their returns are going to be and so each country has their own national agenda and everyone wants to be in a strong bargaining position and i think by saying something sort of outlandish like this, itjust improves the russian bargaining position, so i think it makes sense if you are playing chess.

it's kind of a good early move. obviously the invasion of ukraine is a traumatic and horrific thing for so many different players, specifically for everyone in ukraine and for the russian people for a long time as well. that of course adds to the tension in so many different fields but meanwhile there are seven people up on the space station, running 200 experiments, working very closely together, being supported by mission controls all around the world on a 24—hour basis seven days a week and we have been doing it for almost three decades now, including mir, so i don't want to overreact to a couple sentences that somebody said in moscow early today. for people in the southern tip of croatia, their carjourneys mayjust be a little bit easier this morning. a new road bridge, costing more than half—a—billion dollars, has officially opened. it bypasses a strip of land that belongs to bosnia and herzegovina.

the bbc�*s tim allman has the story. this is notjust an extraordinary feat of structural engineering, it is also an important symbol. the peljesac bridge is nearly 2.5km in length, that's around 1.5 miles. it snakes along the coast of southern croatia, connecting this peninsula to the rest of the country. translation: for me, this bridge symbolisesl a brighterfuture, hope and unity. i came here to mark this great day for croatia. translation: this is - the second most important day for my country. the first was the recognition of an independent croatia and this is the connection of croatia as a whole. and this was what you could expect before the bridge. queues of traffic trying to cross the border into bosnia and herzegovina. after the break—up of

the former yugoslavia, croatia was split in two by a piece of land the bosnians needed to access the adriatic sea. the new bridge means no more need to show your papers. you never have to leave croatian territory. translation: this bridge represents a kind of - unification of croatia, the connection of the south and the north. it's a unique opportunity to witness such an event. fireworks marked the official opening of a project paid for mostly by the european union but built by a chinese company. this was a moment decades in the making and, in the eyes of many, croatia is united at last. tim allman, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: is it a magic trick or a brilliant and bold new invention to recycle paper? our environment analyst

finds out a little later. cheering. the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation, after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh, once an everyday part of the soldier's lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own, - in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't. really see why all these people should wander in and say, - "you're doing something wrong". six rare white lion cubs on the prowl at a worcestershire wildlife park, and have already been met with a roar of approval from visitors.

they are lovely and sweet, yeah, they're cute. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: in the next few hours, a coordination centre for ukrainian grain exports will open in turkey as part of the un—brokered deal to get supplies moving. parts of europe impose restrictions as they battle water shortages after a heatwave and subsequent drought. pretty much every scientist agrees that if we want to tackle climate change, we'll have to do something about reducing carbon emissions. our environment analyst, roger harrabin, has been looking into how we could go about it in a project called �*the art of cutting carbon�*. in his latest report, he explores a new tool that could be a game—changer in the office.

countless in the office. millions of trees are felled countless millions of trees are felled worldwide to satisfy the demand for paper and cardboard. the process uses lots of heat, much of it created by polluting coal or gas. this firm in sweden is heading for zero carbon emissions but pulp and paper worldwide is the fourth biggest carbon emitting industry. biggest carbon emitting industry-— biggest carbon emitting indust . �* . , ., biggest carbon emitting indust .�* . , ., ., industry. amazingly demand for -a er still industry. amazingly demand for paper still go — industry. amazingly demand for paper still go out _ industry. amazingly demand for paper still go out after- industry. amazingly demand for paper still go out after 50 - paper still go out after 50 years about talking about that we haven't got that we could change that by changing the amount of paper and packaging we use. �* ., ., ., we use. i'm going to now introduce — we use. i'm going to now introduce you _ we use. i'm going to now introduce you to - we use. i'm going to now introduce you to an - we use. i'm going to now- introduce you to an invention, thatis introduce you to an invention, that is so bold, so brilliant and so extraordinary, that you will think it is a trek. it isn't a trek. this is real, and to do with solving the problem of what we can do with all the

wastepaper in the world, all the paper we print out and throw away, though, in here there is a machine that's going to wipe the words of the page. this is the man behind the project. we have some printed paper here can you write those words of the page.— words of the page. yes, absolutely, _ words of the page. yes, absolutely, roger. - words of the page. yes, absolutely, roger. it. words of the page. yes, absolutely, roger. it is| words of the page. yes, - absolutely, roger. it is done with a powerful— absolutely, roger. it is done with a powerful laser- absolutely, roger. it is done with a powerful laser and - with a powerful laser and coating that stops and soaking into the page. each sheet can be reused up to ten times. i look at the transformation. that is absolutely amazing, barack, what have you done with the words? we barack, what have you done with the words?— the words? we evaporated in what is left — the words? we evaporated in what is left we _ the words? we evaporated in what is left we collect - the words? we evaporated in what is left we collect and . what is left we collect and those can be recycled back into new printer ink.— new printer ink. you vaporised the script? _ new printer ink. you vaporised the script? completely. - new printer ink. you vaporised the script? completely. howl the script? completely. how will this become _ the script? completely. how will this become an - the script? completely. how| will this become an everyday part of office life? we

will this become an everyday part of office life ?_ part of office life? we are converting _ part of office life? we are converting printers - part of office life? we are converting printers and i part of office life? we are converting printers and it| converting printers and it could set with every print and work with every printer in the world. ., work with every printer in the world. . ., ., ., ., ~ world. that innovation may work with paper _ world. that innovation may work with paper but — world. that innovation may work with paper but what _ world. that innovation may work with paper but what about - world. that innovation may work with paper but what about the i with paper but what about the cardboard that floods through our doors as retail ships online, do we really needed, this is one household's box mountain afterjust a couple of months. we are simply consuming too much stuff, it's a terrible habit, we have got to kick it. roger harrabin, bbc news. what an amazing invention. that's brilliant. time for all the latest sports news. hello. it's been a night of history—making for england as they put in an extraordinary second—half performance to thrash the tournament's top—ranked side sweden 4—0

and go through to the final of the women's european championship. golden boot leader beth mead had put england ahead in the first half against the run of play, with her 6th goal of the tournament before defender lucy bronze headed in a second. sweden continued to pile on the pressure. but alessia russo scored from an outrageous back heel. fran kirby got the fourth, chipping keeper hedvig lindahl to complete the rout. we said before the tournament and we still say that every time we want to inspire the nation i think that's what we are doing. we want to make a difference so we hope that everyone is so enthusiastic and at the end the whole country is proud of us and that more, even more girls and boys start playing football. france are gearing up for theirfirst european championship semi—final on wednesday against continental heavyweights germany at stadium mk in milton keynes. the french finally ended their run of quarter—final eliminations in major tournaments with a 1—0 victory over netherlands on saturday. manager corinne diacre says the squad is excited, but up against an opponent that

has won 6 of the last 7 euros, she added that they "mustn't play the game before their time." cecilie ludwig has won stage three of the inaugural tour de france femmes from reims to epernay. the dane was involved in a crash on monday but she came back strongly over the 133km stage in the french champagne region, to take the win by two seconds. she moves into the top ten but after her teammate marta cavalli was forced to abandon the race following that crash, ludwig was very emotional after the stage. i don't think i realised it yet. but it was,, and actually, oh, i didn't come in to the last corner in the best position, but ijust keep fighting. and, oh, whata victory, man, this is for the team and this is for my team,

they did such a good yesterday and they kept supporting me. i love, you guys. the former us open champion dominic thiem's comeback continues. playing at his home kitzbuhel open in austria on tuesday, the former world number 3 powered to a straight—sets win over russian alexander shevchenko. thiem, down to 199 in the world after a long injury lay—off, showed signs of returning to form when he reached the semi—finals in gstaad on saturday. and the austrian carried that run into his first round match against the world number 157, winning 6—4, 6—2. as though one fabulous play from the recent round of mlb wasn't enough after trayce thompson's superb catch for the dodgers, we now have another. this time, it's pittsburgh pirates outfielder ben gamel with an outrageous catch, which even cubs fans giving him a round of applause at wrigley field, in chicago. gamel, defying

the laws of gravity. worth another look. but from me, and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. staying with sport, there's no doubt that the current european championship has seen women's football gain more attention than ever before. certainly more eyeballs. ali riley is the team captain of angel city fc and also the captain of the new zealand national team. shejoins us now from los angeles. thank you so much for staying up thank you so much for staying up to talk to us. i know you were training, when you win the match was going on so you have seen highlights, what did you make of the game? you know havin: make of the game? you know having lived — make of the game? you know having lived in _ make of the game? you know having lived in sweden - make of the game? you know having lived in sweden for- make of the game? you know having lived in sweden for sol having lived in sweden for so many years i think it is heartbreaking for a team that was considered favourites, but i have a few former teammates from my chelsea days on the england team, and to hear the crowd, to see those goals it's amazing for the sport, and i

can't wait to see this final, obviously there is a game tomorrow first but i think goals like that, when games, and staff but the crowd and with the confident english side, i think the better team won. ., ., ., ., �*, won. how do you rate england's chances for— won. how do you rate england's chances for sunday? _ won. how do you rate england's chances for sunday? i _ won. how do you rate england's chances for sunday? i think - chances for sunday? i think they have such _ chances for sunday? i think they have such a _ chances for sunday? i think they have such a chance - chances for sunday? i think. they have such a chance they will have momentum and confidence going into the final but both of the team to potentially could be winning are very, very good, i think they are hoping for an intense semi—final, with the french and the germans but germany has looked so strong, i think that could be the most exciting final. ., . ., ~ could be the most exciting final. ., ., ., ,, ., final. you are talking about what it means _ final. you are talking about what it means to _ final. you are talking about what it means to you - final. you are talking about what it means to you and l final. you are talking about. what it means to you and for the women's game, how did this kind of tournament matchup. do you feel there is a ground swell of interest in the sport?

absolutely. i think being at angel city and having 18 plus thousand fans at our games every week it shows the growth, chose the direction we are going and, and the progression, and that's the dream for us and i think it's what we deserve, and to see the excitement in europe around this tournament, in england, where the league going in england, leading up to a world cup hosted by new zealand and australia next year, i think, zealand and australia next year, ithink, we zealand and australia next year, i think, we can't ignore it anymore, as women's football players and athletes i think the sport is giving us a voice and a platform and it's been a long time coming butjust hearing what players say, what coaches say about what the women, to make a country proud but also to inspire the next generation, to make social change, i think that's really what so cool about the direction that this sport is going on, and women are doing incredible things and i think people are finally taking

notice. it people are finally taking notice. , ., ., ., ., notice. it is great and one of the interesting _ notice. it is great and one of the interesting things - notice. it is great and one of the interesting things as - notice. it is great and one of the interesting things as it i notice. it is great and one ofj the interesting things as it is obvious because you can see in the numbers how many more young women are coming sport and taking up the game. how important do you think it is to have people like you, role models like you people out there explaining what's going on with the sport and being more visible? i on with the sport and being more visible?— on with the sport and being more visible? i hope that it's really helpful— more visible? i hope that it's really helpful and _ more visible? i hope that it's really helpful and i _ more visible? i hope that it's really helpful and i know - more visible? i hope that it's really helpful and i know it's| really helpful and i know it's important for me i was in la andi important for me i was in la and i set behind when the us won the cup in 1999, when she scored that penalty and took his shirt off an iconic moment that change the direction of women's sport, not only in this country but around the world. now that even more of those opportunities are happening, whether it's at the euros, at a world cup or now, week in and week out being able to see your favourite global team play with

it is at wembley or the los angeles, for more and more little girls to see role models live in person, to be able to engage, social media has made a huge difference being able to really connect and see what the lives alike of your favourite players. i'm seeing more boys who look up to women as role models as well and i think that's very important for society as a whole in order to make a difference, and how much time do you have, i could talk about this all night but i do think this impact is so important for society and the more little girl to get into sport, the better, i think it teaches us so many things about resilience, leadership, teamwork, and, ford hood girls to have confidence, body image, it is so healthy and it is so important for us to have that visibility and representation.

i absolutely agree with you, it's fantastic and i'm so pleased they are doing so well. thank you so much forjoining us. ali riley captain of angel fc. more news coming, coming up a moment. hello there. it felt rather cool for the time of year on tuesday across much of the country, particularly in the north and the west, where we also had one or two heavy showers around. but high pressure dominates the scene, as well, as we head into wednesday, but its centre will be pushing towards the east of the country — and that means gradually, we'll start to import air from the south. always a slightly warmer direction, so it'll feel a touch warmer i think across the country on wednesday. we start off dry and sunny, but through the afternoon, cloud will tend to build, many places will turn quite grey, and we could see a few showers sparking off, particularly northern england in towards scotland. temperatures a bit higher — 19—20 celsius in the north, and around 20—23 celsius across england and wales, and winds will remain light. now through wednesday night, we continue with this slightly

warmer southerly airflow. quite a bit of cloud around, some splashes of rain here and there, particularly through central areas. and temperatures no lower than around 13—15 celsius in the south, still a few cooler spots in the north. so, it is warming up as we end the week. for all areas, but in particularfor england and wales, it won't be wall—to—wall sunshine, there will be quite a bit of cloud around, and also some showers again, affecting more northern and western areas. thursday, our area of high pressure is very weak, out towards the north sea, bringing south southeasterly winds — these weather fronts slowly encroaching into the far west of the country later in the day. so, it'll going to be a pretty benign day, light winds, variable clouds, some sunshine around — the best of the sunshine across central and southern areas, thicker cloud across northern england and scotland, where we could see some splashes of rain here or there. but it'll feel warmer, up to 21 celsius in the central belt of scotland, maybe 24—25 celsius across the southeast. similar story on friday — probably a chance of seeing some showery rain through central and northern parts. best of the sunshine in the south with the highest

temperatures. but we'll start to see these weather fronts encroaching into the west of scotland, northern ireland later in the day. again, a warm day — up to 22 celsius in scotland, perhaps up to 27—28 in the southeast. beyond friday into the weekend, it looks like low pressure could bring more substantial rain to the north and the west of the country. very little rainfall getting into the southeast, where we really do need it. so, it'll stay quite warm into the weekend, though, with low pressure nearby, certainly to the north, we're likely see the rain here, and there will be quite a bit of cloud around at times, too.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the imf predicts the uk economy is set for the slowest growth out of the g7 nations next year. all eyes on the us federal reserve as they are expected to ramp up interest rates again today to battle inflation. and as record numbers tune into to the women's euro football championship to see england book their place in the final, is the money keeping going?