this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a0 ukrainian prisoners of war are said to have been killed in a missile attack on a jail in occupied donetsk. russia and ukraine blame each other. president zelensky visits a port in the odesa region, where it's hoped ukraine's first grain shipment since russia's invasion may soon depart. translation: this means port operations are under way. - this is the most important thing. the port is functioning, people are working. washington's mayor calls on national guard troops to help, as thousands of migrants are bussed into the us capital in protest. the battle of the footballers' wives comes to an end — rebecca vardy says she's devastated after losing her high court libel case

against colleen rooney. we're going to start in ukraine. we're getting more details about the rocket attack that's thought to have killed a0 ukrainian prisoners of war being held by russia. it happened in the occupied part of the donetsk region. these images have come in of the attack. the russian defence ministry claims ukraine was behind it and claims the rockets were us made. but ukraine says russia fired the rockets and moscow is trying to cover up evidence of torture and war crimes at the site. the bbc�*s paul adams is in kyiv with the latest about the incident. this is a war of competing narratives over a particularly

gruesome episode. what i've seen, and i do not recommend that people watch this, is a horrible scene of a warehouse that was housing a significant number of prisoners of war. there are mangled metal bunk beds and in among them, many charred bodies. there are also bodies lying outside on the ground. none of the circumstances surrounding this are clear. the russians say this was the result of a ukrainian missile strike using sophisticated western equipment. that ukrainians adamantly reject that accusation and say this was a deliberately staged episode by the russian military, designed to liquidate a number of prisoners. the prisoners, we believe,

were mostly from the mariupol area captured at the end of that prolonged siege and may well have included many members of the legendary azov battalion, who have been the subject of russian hostility. so, this competing narrative is unlikely to be resolved any time soon. this is not a part where we can go and independently verify. the bbc has been banned from that part of rebel controlled territory for a number of years. in the last few minutes, the ukrainians have released what they say is an interception of a conversation they say sheds light on what happens. we're still listening to find out what that really shows, but at the moment, this is definitely two very contrasting narratives.

let's stay in ukraine and the latest efforts to get crucial grain out of the country. the first ship is loaded up and ready to go, and could be on its way today, friday. millions of people, especially in north africa, depend on this grain. today's operation with a single ship is essentially a test to see if the recent un backed deal to get ships moving again can work in practice. remember the sea is full ofmines laid by ukraine and also blockaded by russian ships. this is what president zelensky said about the shipment. translation: this is the first vessel being loaded _ since the war began. it is a turkish ship i stand before. this means port operations are under way. this is the most important thing —

the port is functioning, people are working. our side is fully prepared. we sent all the signals to our partners, the united nations and turkey, and our military will guarantee security. the minister of infrastructure is in direct contact with the turkish side and the un. we are waiting for a signal from them to embark. we still wait to see if there's any movement. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has this update from odesa region. we're not allowed to film the port of chornomorsk to the right of this screen because the ukrainian military bans us from doing so, but president zelensky�*s appearance there, i think, underlines the political will behind ukraine exporting grain again. president zelensky stood by a ship being loaded. it's this port where there's been shipping activity for the first time in months where we've seen movement of some tug boats and one vessel in particular moving across.

but there is a big question — when and how many ships will be leaving? now, russian media has been quoted as saying three ships will leave. president zelensky says the vessels should leave either today or tomorrow. we understand it could be closer to sunday because there are some practical realities here. according to the united nations, as well as global shipping insurers, there are still crucial details to be ironed out. how do you ensure a whole convoy of vessels making their way through these mine—infested waters, through the black sea, down a set travel corridor towards an approaching russian naval blockade? the risks are very real and impossible to predict and we have to remind ourselves that after this landmark deal signed last friday, the russian state launched missile attack on the port of odesa, 20 or so miles that way, another port involved in this deal. so trust is rock—bottom,

but i think it's a necessity on the ukrainian side to booster its damaged economy, but also on behalf of the rest of the world, where tens of millions of people are at risk of starvation because they haven't been able to receive ukraine's grain. now to the ukranian fightback in kherson, in the south.it was one of the first cities captured by the russians. and this week, ukrainians damaged a key bridge in russian—controlled territory, effectively cutting off some russian troops. when the russian military first rolled into kherson — there were street protests. now the resistence has moved underground. sarah rainsford has been to meet some of ukraine's shadow army — working behind enemy lines

to help free kherson. they tumble off buses every day here, mostly women and children fleeing russian occupation in southern ukraine. exhausted and still wary, because it's a long, tense trip from a life where even a text message supporting ukraine can get you arrested. "it's hard," sasha tells me.

"the russians are everywhere in kherson, wherever you turn". when russian forces invaded kherson, big crowds came out in protest. they chanted at heavily— armed troops to go home. and then the russians hit back. but the resistance didn't die. it moved underground. we arranged to meet some of that shadow army. they asked us not to reveal where or who they are. translation: the resistance movement is huge. _ this man told me how the partisans operate behind enemy lines. translation: so look. here, someone's driving. they know there's a military base that the occupiers have taken over, so they drive by and film it all. that way we know what kind of kit the russians have. the information is then passed on to ukraine's military. another team flies drones across the front line, hunting down more targets. they're civilians, not soldiers ..but they joined the fight to stop the occupation of kherson... gunfire ..becoming permanent. resistance is dangerous, though. denis mironov was caught gathering intelligence and weapons for the partisans. he was beaten so badly, he died in custody. his mother has evidence denis was tortured by

russia's fsb security service. translation: but they simply beat him to death. _ they tied him to a door, wrapped tape around his head and they beat my son so badly that his ribs were broken by the first blow. they pierced his lungs. he couldn't move. he couldn't lie down or even stand. i asked the fsb how denis died. they didn't respond. explosions but it looks like the fight back for kherson has begun. ukraine says it's destroying russian ammunition depots, hitting key bridges to disrupt their supply lines. weapons from the west are starting to make a difference here. and so — this fighter tells me

— is the resistance. he had to flee kherson to escape arrest for his own activity behind the lines. but he tells me the russians have very little real support there. translation: of course, - the russians have scared people physically and psychologically, but the vast majority want life to be like it was before the invasion. they are waiting for kherson to be freed, to be in ukraine again. and if that battle does begin in earnest, the partisans say they're ready to step out of the shadows. sarah rainsford, bbc news, in southern ukraine.

the mayor of washington, dc has asked the national guard to help deal with thousands of migrants who've been bussed in from texas and arizona by republican governors. muriel bowser said the us capital was facing a humanitarian crisis. so, this is all driven by politics. so, you've got many people coming from countries like venezuela and cuba and mexico and african countries, who come to the border states like arizona and texas. both these states are run by republican governors. now, back in april, the texas governor, greg abbott, launched a political campaign, and he said that this was a way of criticising president biden who he believes has not been tough enough on immigration policy when it comes to enforcing law at the border. so, basically, this involves any migrants that comes to his estate, he puts them on a bus and sends them to dc, basically saying to president biden, this is your problem. and the arizona governor has also

done the same thing. so, here we are today now where you have more than 4000 people arriving at union station in dc in the morning, in the evening, and many of them drift around aimlessly. but what you have got is an ad hoc group of volunteers who try and help them in any way they can, but they are saying this is not sustainable, there needs to be a proper official response, a humane response. and following the dc mayor's request to the department of defense for national guard troops, there has been criticism. these volunteer groups are saying that... they have accused miss bowser of militarising a problem which they say essentially requires a humanitarian response. so, you've got a combination of things happening. so, basically, you've got migrants who are now coming to the border because president biden is thinking about abolishing a trump era immigration policy called title 42, and basically for the last two years the federal government has turned away anyone that turns up at the border, based on health risks, because they don't want to spread, but mr biden is thinking of getting rid of that, so that is one of the many reasons why many people are now coming to the border in the hope of getting across. now, he has already got rid

of another policy that donald trump brought in which was called remain in mexico, and the supreme court backed mr biden on that which basically meant that if you are applying for asylum, you couldn't come into america until your application had been processed, so it has to go through the us immigration port, so basically people could not come into america. so, that has been abolished. so, we are seeing this influx of people coming across the border. but immigration, as you know, is such a political issue in america, it certainly is one for the republicans, so what you've got is the democrats accusing the republicans of using these people who are trying to get help as political pawns. but the dc mayor who has made this request for national guard troops to come in has also been accused of playing politics as well. now to the celebrity court

case known here in the uk as the wagatha christie trial. a judge at the high court in london has ruled against rebekah vardy in the libel case. ms vardy had sued coleen rooney after mrs rooney accused her of leaking private information about her to the tabloid press. both women have huge social media followings and are the wives of famous football players. colin paterson reports. two footballers' wives, both with huge social media followings and brands in their own right. rebekah vardy, married to leicester city striker jamie vardy, and coleen rooney, wife of england's all—time top goal—scorer, wayne rooney. they went head—to—head in a libel trial at the high court. today's judgment could not have gone much worse for rebekah vardy, her evidence described by the judge as "not credible, and on occasions, "manifestly inconsistent, evasive or implausible." it's a disaster for rebekah vardy. you know, her brand, her career in the sense of, you know, being a personality, has been completely ruined because she's effectively been found to be a liar by a high courtjudge,

which is going to be hanging around her neck for the rest of her life. the case all centred on detective work coleen rooney conducted in october 2019. which ended with her accusing vardy, online, of leaking private stories about her to the sun. rebekah vardy said that this accusation had caused untold damage to her reputation and she was left with no option but to sue coleen rooney for libel. but in court, things began to go wrong for mrs vardy. coleen rooney's legal team accused her of being evasive and of changing her story. today, the judge said that rebekah vardy had actively engaged time and time again in the process of selling stories about coleen rooney to the sun via her agent, caroline watt — seen here on the left. the judge said that it was likely both of them had destroyed crucial evidence, including caroline watt�*s phone being dropped into the north sea. when rebekah vardy was giving her

evidence at the high court, i was sitting about five feet away and saw as she repeatedly broke down, and when she was accused of lying under oath, she put her head in her hands and sobbed. she looked like she was thinking, "why have i brought this to the high court?" and with today's judgment, she will be seriously regretting doing so. crucially, coleen rooney's original post, with the accusation, was ruled to have been substantially true. in a statement, coleen rooney said... coleen rooney has struck a major victory, a major, major home run here. and it makes her look, in a sense, a certain amount of statesperson over this. she understands the game. vardy doesn't. this afternoon, rebekah vardy said that she was disappointed and devastated by the judge's finding. she also asked for an end

to what she called the vile abuse against her family. abuse the judge condemned. rebekah vardy hoped this case would restore her reputation, that reputation has now fallen further. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. stay with us on news. still to come: we'll have a round—up of the first day of action at the commonwealth games in birmingham, where alex yee won gold for england in the men's triathlon. the us space agency nasa has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol here, once an everyday part

of the soldier's lot of trudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. each 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 are doing something wrong." six rare white lion . cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park, and already, they've been met with a roar of approval - from visitors. they were lovely, yeah, really sweet. yeah, they were cute. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. ukraine and russia blame each other for a rocket strike that's reported to have killed dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war in the occupied east. president zelenksy has visited a black sea port, where it's hoped ukraine's first grain shipment since russia's

invasion may soon be able to depart. here in the uk, more than 4,000 people affected by the infected blood scandal should receive immediate compensation of at least £100,000 each. that's the recommendation of the judge leading the public inquiry into what's been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. the government says it will consider the recommendation with the utmost urgency. if it accepts it, it'll be the first time compensation will have been paid in the uk after thousands of people were infected with lethal viruses, including hiv and hepatitis, through contaminated treatments in the 1970s and �*80s. 0ur health correspondent jim reed has this report. in 1978 richard warrick was given a new treatment for the blood disorder haemophilia. he later found out it was contaminated with two forms of hepatitis and hiv. the impact on his life was devastating.

no life insurance, no pension. everything that the normal guy on the street that would be the norm, that isjust gone. we were advised, well, we were told in no uncertain terms to have our one and only child aborted, so we lost a child because of the risk to the child of hiv. but richard and other victims of this disaster have often had to survive on benefits and annual support payments. unlike in other countries, full compensation has never been paid. it is recognition of the harm that has been done to us. compensation to families and victims will enable them to get on with their lives and... yeah. you've been waiting a long time for this. been waiting a long time for this. too long. today, then, an important moment. the chair of the public inquiry made his first formal recommendation, that some interim compensation should be paid now, with more possible later. i've decided to recommend interim payments of no less than £100,000

are made to all the infected people and all the bereaved partners currently registered with the schemes. in a room in the inquiry building messages are left in bottles, remembering loved ones. since the start of the inquiry in 2019 one infected person has been dying every four days. in total 2,500 have lost their lives. steve always felt that the treatment destroyed his life. sue remembers her husband steve, as she visits his grave in devon. he was infected with hepatitis c after being given contaminated treatment, and died in 2018. i had my earning power taken away from me. my husband had his earning power taken away. we lost our home, we lost everything we had. why shouldn't i financially — cos that is the only thing the government can now give me — have some part of what i lost? thousands of victims were affected by this historic disaster.

the government has said it would now consider the recommendations with utmost urgency. though it is unclear where the money, possibly £400 million would come from. if it agrees, thousands of victims could receive the first ever compensation payments before the end of the year. jim reed, bbc news. after talks in paris, the french president, emmanuel macron and saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman say they've agreed to work together "to ease the effects" of the war in ukraine. yet despite the red carpet being rolled out for the visiting crown prince, he appears to have made no firm pledge to increase oil production to curb soaring world fuel prices. zimbabwe's annual inflation has risen to more than 250% — its highest level for a year and a half. with inflation quadrupling since february, many zimbabweans are struggling to cope. the authorities blame the after—effects of the covid—19 pandemic and the high global prices

of fuel, grain and fertiliser. australia leads the medal table on the opening day of the commonwealth games in birmingham, with eight golds. new zealand is second on three, and england is third—placed on two. the hosts will hope for more luck tomorrow, afterfinishing second in five events today. tomorrow, afterfinishing second chetan pathak has more. tomorrow, afterfinishing second it tomorrow, afterfinishing second has been an even action it has been an eventful first day of action here in birmingham and in london where the track—side got under way. the first medals were won in the sprint triathlon, the men's race was the first to go and the expected tussle between new zealand and england, alex did not disappoint, gold, it would have been a tie to finish but in the women's proved too strong for the

competition the cycling, it was a good day for australia as they won the men's sprint and the women's vas gallagher won a time trial, his fifth in the pool,. she won by eight second in a new champion won the 200 23 medals the there is

weightlifting, too, and more cycling in the women's and enjoy your weekend, you are hello there. it really is a bit of a mixture for us this weekend. some cloud, even some rain, but also some warm spells of sunshine. and we ended the week on a warmer note, with more sunshine around, temperatures in southern parts of england reached 28 celsius. wasn't quite as warm as that in birmingham. and for the commonwealth games this weekend, there'll still be a lot of cloud around. may get some rain actually sunday and later on monday, as well. all that rain will be coming in from the atlantic. this ribbon of cloud here will be staggering down across the uk — it's already brought some rain across northern ireland into scotland, some patchy rain maybe for a while across northern england and north wales. but we start off quite warm, actually, for much of the country on saturday morning. but for the northern half of the uk, this is where we've got

the thickest of the cloud, and we're seeing most of the rain. through the morning, though, it should become drier and brighter in northern ireland and scotland, some sunny spells in the afternoon. still some rain for england and wales — most of it will be across northern parts of england and north wales. further south, it's generally dry, and there'll be some sunshine, as well. another warm day to come through much of the midlands, particularly in the southeast and east anglia, temperatures 26—27 celsius. could make a warm 22—23 in eastern scotland with some sunshine in the afternoon. but there's a lot of cloud heading our way from the atlantic overnight, continuing into sunday, perhaps bringing some more rain — that's more likely across england and wales, although it could prove to be rather hit—and—miss. and with that damper weather moving southwards, it'll dry off with more sunshine across north wales and northern england. may stay dry all day in scotland and northern ireland, slightly cooler and fresher here. but again, little or no rain, really, ithink, across the far south of england, and it should be quite warm at wembley for the women's euro final. a lot of cloud here — hopefully we've got something to cheer about by the end

of the day. heading into the beginning of next week, though, we've got some more weather fronts heading our way from the atlantic, and that potentially will bring some more rain. having said that, many places will start dry on monday, and there'll be some sunshine around, too. but the cloud will be thickening up from the west — that'll bring with it some rain. at the moment, mostly across northern ireland, wales, moving over the irish sea later in the day to the northwest of england, and into the southwest of scotland. still dry though, towards the southeast, and temperatures here again into the mid—20s.

hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are harriet line, who's the chief political correspondent at the daily mail, and the broadcaster and journalist, james lewer. "they're not singing any more, says the star," locking the phrase on the terraces while the other side

concedes a goal. rebekah vardy�*s own goal will cost her millions in the libel action