this is bbc news: i'm krupa padhy 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 _ translation: this means port operations are _ translation: this means port operations are under _ translation: this means port operations are under way. - translation: this means port operations are under way. this | 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. spain reports what's thought to be europe's first death related to monkeypox. 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. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. 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 medal 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 soon. millions of people, especially in north africa, depend on this grain. friday'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. the sea is full of mines 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. in their first conversation since russia invaded ukraine, the foreign ministers of the us and russia spoke on friday. us secretary of state antony blinken said the talk had been "frank and direct" and that he pushed russian minister sergey lavrov to accept a us plan for a prisoner swap between the two nations. for his part, mr lavrov blamed the western supplied arms for dragging out the war in ukraine. the mayor of washington says she's asked for national guard troops to help deal with thousands of migrants who have been bussed into the us capital. muriel bowser called the arrival of some 4,800 migrants a "humanitarian crisis" that had brought her city to a "tipping point". the bus trips were organised by republican governors in texas and arizona. north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more. 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 state, 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 4,000 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. president biden has declared a "major disaster" in kentucky, after some of the worst flash flooding in the history of the us state left at least 16 people dead. more than 23 thousand people are without power and kentucky's governor expects the death toll to rise. here in the uk — more than 4,000 people impacted 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 will 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. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we will have a round—up of the first day of action at the

commonwealth games in birmingham where alex 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 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 are doing something wrong." six rare white lion cubs- are on the prowl at worchester 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 ukraine and russia blame each otherfor a rocket ukraine and russia blame each other for a rocket strike that is reported to have killed thousands of ukrainian prisoners of war in the occupied east. meanwhile, president zelensky has visited a black seaport where it is hoped that ukraine's first grain shipment since russia's invasion will soon be able to depart. the monkeypox virus has infected more than 20,000 people in 75 countries — and now spain and brazil have reported their first monkeypox deaths. the world health organization has declared the virus a global health emergency. for more on what the us is doing to contain monkeypox, my colleague laura trevelyan spoke to dr demetry dask—al—akis of the centers

for disease control. spain and brazil have declared their first deaths from monkeypox, with cases rising here in the united states. is the biden administration considering declaring that monkeypox is a public health emergency in this country? thank you for that question. i'll start by saying that a great amount of urgency is really being taken in the monkey pox response currently, and all policy considerations are being discussed, including the possibility of declaring an emergency. i don't have an update on that, nor do i know what direction it's going to go. but all of that is currently being discussed. do you feel confident that the monkeypox virus can be contained within the united states despite the rate at which it seems to be spreading? i think that i'm confident that we'll be able to achieve better outbreak control as we continue to message strategies for people to prevent exposure, as well as increasing access to vaccine over time.

so i think that containment is a complex thought. i think that the goal is to contain and that should be our goal now. but i think also really significantly better control of the outbreak is is the main goal. and what is your message when it comes to better control of the outbreak? so the message for me is really that there is not one strategy alone that works to contain any infection and that includes monkeypox. so it's important to remember that as we're waiting for increased access to vaccine, that also it is important to really reduce harm by potentially changing behaviour, given the fact that we don't have a perfect amount of vaccine to cover everyone who is potentially at risk for exposure. so strategies that reduce skin to skin contact, strategies that reduce prolonged face to face contact such as kissing, strategies that reduce interaction with multiple or anonymous sexual partners, are all really important tools in the toolkit, along

with vaccine to actually prevent monkeypox. so i think that like all other infections, including hiv, which is my home in terms of my daily work, it's really important to overlap all of those together and use every tool in the toolkit to be able to achieve better outbreak control. most monkeypox cases are amongst men who have sex with men. is there a risk to the general population, too? right. so infections don't care what someone's sexual orientation is or gender identity. they don't need geographic borders and they don't heed borders of social or sexual networks. it is currently the case that the vast majority of infections are among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. but it's important for everyone to have awareness of monkeypox. medical providers need to be on the alert regardless of what someone's gender identity or sexual orientation is, to the potential for monkeypox. so though, it's important for us to focus on the community

and to do really good work to improve the health of gay, bisexual, other men who have sex with men. vigilance is a very important message from the perspective of how this or any infection moves. there've been protests here in new york over access to the monkeypox vaccine. what would you say to those who are claiming that the administration has moved way too slowly to buy doses of the vaccine? so i'll start by saying that i've worked in a lot of outbreak responses, covid—19, measles, etc. and there's it's always hard to move fast enough, especially faster than an infection that can spread so quickly. what i can say is that the all of government response within the us has been really impressive in terms of moving vaccine. with that said, increasing access to vaccine, increasing vaccine coming to the us from the manufacturer is happening, but it can never move fast enough. so i think that it's fair to say that we could always do better and it's important that the community reminds us that. and again, lessons taken from hiv is that that community engagement and that community

advocacy is so critical and i think does push us to excellence and pushes us to move faster. so that's what i think. it's that we really have seen a great urgency that there are some real limits as to the speed of how vaccine can move. but again, we all appreciate the community engagement and the advocacy that really helps us move faster. dimitri, thank you so much forjoining us. thank you very much. have a wonderful day. a court has ruled against venezuelan and ongoing a court has ruled against venezuelan and ongoing legal battle of control of gold reserves deposited with the bank of england. the disputes began two years ago when the president requested access to nearly $2 billion worth of venezuelan gold deposited with the bank. he managed to block the move and argued

——the dispute began two years ago when president nicolas maduro requested access to nearly two—billion dollars worth of venezuelan gold deposited with the bank. mr guaido managed to block the move. he argued that mr maduro would use the money to support what he described as an illegitimate and corrupt regime. a final decision is expected later this year. palestinian health officials say a sixteen year—old boy has been shot dead by israeli forces during clashes in the occupied west bank. the palestinian teenager died of chest wounds during the violence in an area close to the city of ramallah — where hundreds of palestinians had gathered to protest against the expansion of israeli settlements. one of the settlers is reported to have been armed — so it's not yet clear if the shot came from them or israeli soldiers. 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. 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 thejudge'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. australia leads the medal table after the opening day of the commonwealth games in birmingham, with eight golds.

the hosts, england claimed two golds, but will be hoping for more luck tomorrow, afterfinishing second in five events today. chetan pathak has more. it has been an eventful first day of action here in birmingham and in london where the track—side got under way. more on that in a moment. the first medals were won, though, in the sprint triathlon, the men's race was first to go, and the expected tussle between new zealand's hayden wilde and england's alex yee, he did not disappoint, wilde had a 16 second lead over alex yee at one point but the englishman fought back to take gold. it would have been a tighter finish but for a ten second penalty for the new zealander. in the women's race, meanwhile, bermuda's flora duffy, the olympic reigning champion once again proved too strong for the competition. she took gold, ahead of england's georgia taylor brown and beth potterfrom scotland. so, then, to the cycling where it was a good day for australia, as they won three gold medals. they won the man's team sprint and women's 4000 metres team

pursuit whilejessica gallagher won the women's tandem v sprint. new zealand took two gold medals, while scotland's neil fachie took the men's tandem time trial, his fifth commonwealth games title. other highlights, well, in the pool, we saw an astonishing performance from 15—year—old summer mcintosh, as she emphatically took gold in the women's 400 metres individual medley, winning by eight seconds in a new games record. and australia's ariarne titmus, 21 years old, again showing her class, a 21—year—old, as i repeat, olympic champion, she set a new commonwealth best as she narrowly beat compatriot mollie 0'callaghan in the women's 200 metre freestyle final. on saturday, meanwhile, there are 23 gold medals up for grabs. we will see the men's and women's marathons which will come to a finish right behind me in the centre of birmingham, and the women's and men's t53, t54 marathons. there is weightlifting, too, and more cycling in the women's and men's individual pursuit. plenty more on the games over

an hour sports pages at bbc news online. for all of our stories over an hour news app. you can catch me on twitter. 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines... kyiv and moscow are accusing each other of a rocket attack that's said to have killed 40 ukrainian prisoners of war in the donetsk region. those detained are said to have included members of the infamous azov battalion who were the last defenders of mariupol steelworks. president zelensky says his country is ready to start exporting grain for the first time since the russian invasion. he visited a port on a black sea and said ukraine was awaiting a signal from the un and turkey to allow the waiting ships to leave. spain and brazil have reported what's thought to be the first monkeypox related deaths outside of africa.

spain's one of the worst hit countries — around a quarter