hello, i'm anjana gadgil. you're watching the context on bbc news. ukraine mourns the death of award—winning writer victoria amelina — injured in the strike on a restaurant in the city of kramatorsk, as a new tribunal opens — to hold russia accountable for the invasion of ukraine. time for a look at the sport. hello there, this is your update from the bbc sport centre. to the opening day at wimbledon first — and a cracking day of action. novak djokovic began his campaign for a record equalling eighth men's title at the all england club with a routine victory.

no problems for women's number one iga swiatek too. and we saw venus williams on centre court today — but her championship�*s over in the women's singles. chetan pathak�*s there for us. good to see you as always. venus williams looked like she was hampered to begin with today. yeah and frustrated _ hampered to begin with today. yeah and frustrated venus _ hampered to begin with today. 121i and frustrated venus williams. i'm going to do a massive name drop right at the start, coming out of the lift in the media centre and be bumped into venus williams, who has just come out of a press, understandably disappointed with what happened on centre court, because she slipped, a nasty fall at the nets, and she already had strapping on her left leg and looks to have done more damage to that. she started well against ukrainian at that point, but then a big battle for venus williams to be competitive there after 43 years, a five—time wimbledon champion, giving it

everything. but it wasn't enough. this victualling are getting the job done, reaching the quarterfinals at roland garros only last month, and into the second round here at these championships. as for the top seed, trying to show that she can do it on grass as well as on clay. the three time french open champion, she has won in straight sets and in the end. swiatek says he is still figuring out about on grass, but look very good earlier today. nojudge or give figured out to grass a long time ago, trying to win as it wimbledon singles title, bringing him level against roger federer. no problems for him today. there were some issues with the surface for him. roger scott mikey was trying to tie will drive the court. we don't have and i would have rain which meant the ref had to be close. it only

donated scotsmen to be close. it only donate scotsman delayed the inevitable. jannik sinner looking good at the moment against his opponent. as for the british press, liam broady is through. you beat the french part—time magician in straight sets. liam broady is a british wild card, a day of mixed fortunes for the british players are. we will see andy murray in an all british much also coming up and then we're back with the defending women's champion against carlos alcaraz. data should be exciting. mark cavendish will have to wait at least another day, if he's to topple the record for stage wins at the tour de france. the manxman finished behind jasper philipsen in stage three's time trial as the race moved from the basque country and into france, with a sprint finish at bayonne.

drew savage reports. after the heels of the basque country, staged a the sprinters. mark cavendish doesn't like to talk about breaking records, he said she just wants to win one more stage in his last season. meanwhile, four adam yates in the yellowjersey, this was a day to stay in the peloton, save your legs and just make it to the finish. what was complex and twisty. position can be vital in a bunch sprint, and the perfectly doubt having been launched into the lead, the belgian held to the line. cavendish had come from further back. he rose to high speed of anyone in the sprint and finished in sixth. he will have to do better on day four, but he will take some beating. that is all this but for now. we will be back with more later on.

it's been a month now since ukraine launched its long—awaited counter—offensive against russia. and it's tough going. president zelensky has described it as " slower than desired'. one of the reasons is the huge number of minefields ukrainian forces are encountering as they push forward, with many soldiers getting seriously injured or killed. the bbc�*s andrew harding sent this report from two areas on the front line in eastern ukraine. a flimsy pontoon bridge as we head towards ukraine's southern front. in a landscape blasted by artillery and rocket fire, a different danger now faces ukrainian troops as they fight to recover territory. russian mines. they're everywhere. soldiers stumbling across yet another on the roadside. is it a claymore? and it's still live? this is a claymore mine they've just discovered, still active, so i think we need to probably move away. well back. as we pull back, ukrainian engineers

move in cautiously to defuse it. "detonate it," he says, "and you're talking about 30 or 40 casualties." "there are mines everywhere," says dimitro. "they scare me more than anything else. "two of our most experienced men lost a leg each this week." grim drone footage of a ukrainian unit trapped in a russian minefield. medics already treating several wounded men. then, this soldier steps on another mine but, somehow, clambers to safety. we are having to be very careful where you walk here. a lot of russian mines left behind and in the fields along the front lines, vast acres of russian minefields. and it's because of those mines, ukrainians say,

that they are struggling to make the kind of strategic breakthrough they need to in order to change the course of this war. a ukrainian engineer shows some of the russian devices he's disarmed. both sides are accused of using banned antipersonnel mines. in his bunker, a ukrainian commander tells me the counteroffensive is on course, but going slowly. "that's because unlike the russians, we are trying to keep our casualties to the minimum," he says. but could a ukrainian breakthrough be imminent? intercepted russian radio messages hint at collapsing morale. "50 of our men ran away," this russian soldier is caught saying. for ukrainian forces, every step forward here remains a risk.

but they are advancing through the minefields nonetheless, filming themselves as they liberate their country, field by field, trench by trench. andrew harding, bbc news in eastern ukraine. an award—winning ukrainian writer who was caught up in the russian missile strike on a pizza restaurant last week has died from her injuries. victoria amelina, who was a war crimes researcher, was having dinner with otherjournalists and writers when the restaurant was struck in the eastern ukrainian city of kramatorsk. she has become the 13th person to die in the attack. tributes have poured in on social media after the news of her death. my colleague zari kargar takes a look. i want to start my report by sharing a tweet by victoria amelina. just days before she was attacked in that restaurant on the 24th ofjune, she wrote, "at night, i looked at fireballs in the sky from my balcony in kyiv and i listened to explosions. i went to sleep without checking the news.

the war is when you can no longer follow all news and cry about all the neighbours who died instead of you a couple of miles away." victoria amelina was 37 years old. she was one of ukraine's most celebrated young authors. she was also an award—winning poet. since the invasion of ukraine, started by russia, she became a war crimes researcher. she travelled across ukraine. this is a tweet she pinned to her profile where she shares a picture of destructions in ukraine. she says, "i'm a ukrainian writer. i have portraits of great ukrainian poets on my bag. i look like i should be taking pictures of books, art and my little son." "instead," she says, "i'm documenting war crimes." victoria amelina leaves behind the ten—year—old son. she went to kherson and then shared this picture of flowers from there and compared the resilience of these flowers to the resilience of people of kherson.

since her death was announced on friday, people from across ukraine have been tweeting about her. celebrated authors like andrey kurkov, who is a well known ukrainian author. he writes about how charitable and kind victoria amelina was, sharing a picture of her. ukrainian historian olissa writes about how victoria was documenting russian war crimes in ukraine, but instead she became a victim of the war crime herself. ukrainian officials have also been sharing her picture, the news about her death, and also tweeting tributes to her. human rights groups in ukraine have called her death a war crime. a man who came she was sexually

assaulted by kevin spacey has told the court he was a predator and told the court he was a predator and told the court he was a predator and told the court that he was dropped so forcibly on one occasion when driving he was forced to pull over. kevin spacey is facing 12 counts of sexual assault against four men, he denies. kevin spacey arriving at court for the second day of his trial, charged with a 12 sexual offences all of which he denies. today, thejury would hearfrom one of his which he denies. today, thejury would hear from one of his four accusers. the actor, known for his oscar—winning performance in american beauty, was also the artistic director of the old vic theatre in london between 2003 and 2015. earlier come inside courtroom one, the american actor was back in the glass door. he listened as the jury the glass door. he listened as the jury was a recording the accused scratched accuser�*s police interview. during the interview the man described kevin spacey as a

slippery, sneaky, difficult person. he claimed the hollywood actor assaulted him up to 12 times stop he said kevin spacey would touch him on and off, and he described it as almost like grooming. the accuser also claims that on one occasion the actor grouped him so forcefully while he was driving that he was forced to pull over. kevin spacey�*s accuser also came to court today, to give evidence from behind a curtain. jurors were told it was so the witness could concentrate better on his evidence. under cross—examination by defence barrister patrick gibbs casey, the complainant said he felt ashamed about what she alleges kevin spacey did to him. the accuser told the court, i would did to him. the accuser told the court, iwould make did to him. the accuser told the court, i would make it crystal clear i don't like that to come and don't do it again. he accepted she kept of the alleged incident secrets. mr gibbs casey asked him what emotion she had over time. a mixture, shame,

embarrassment or shock, the complainant answered. kevin spacey leaves court after a day of hearing evidence from a man who is accusing him of a series of sexual offences, allegations the actor denies. the trial is expected to last four weeks. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

some of that money raised will fund two new researchers. billy's family are determined that the fundraising one stop here. there are new indications that global temperatures spiked injune. that's intensified concerns that restricting long—term increases in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees may now be impossible. extreme heatwaves in the chinese capital beijing have broken records. it's been a similar story in the united states where temperatures have been ten degrees above the seasonal average. india has seen an increase in deaths related to the heat.

and here in the uk, it's been the hottestjune on record. environmental experts say the heat is causing unprecedented numbers of fish to die in rivers and canals. let's get more on this from dr rob stoneman, director of landscape recovery at the wildlife trusts. thank you forjoining us. let's be honest, people like warm temperatures, but clearly it is not good for our wildlife here in the uk. �* , ., ., ., good for our wildlife here in the uk. �*, ., ., good for our wildlife here in the uk. it's not good for wildlife are not aood uk. it's not good for wildlife are not good for _ uk. it's not good for wildlife are not good for us _ uk. it's not good for wildlife are not good for us either, - uk. it's not good for wildlife are not good for us either, and - uk. it's not good for wildlife are | not good for us either, and many uk. it's not good for wildlife are - not good for us either, and many old people are dying early because of very high temperatures. and we are seeing records being smashed around the world. thejune temperature record hasjust the world. thejune temperature record has just been comprehensively smashed. it's a 0.9 degrees higher than the previous records in 1940 and 1976, some of us can remember the 76 summer the battle of britain summer and so on. these are really

grim statistics, and you have built up grim statistics, and you have built up quite a few yourself. you have got canada burning so badly that it is closing down airports in new york, 1000 miles to the south so we have even seen smoke from the canadian first coming over to the uk. in the middle is is becoming virtually uninhabitable. it is 50 degrees at the moment. these are grim statistics, and it is adding into it really difficult nature crisis. we have polluted rivers, we know that. some of our rivers were dead, we put a lot of work into getting them into a good seat surface could return in the 80s and 90s, we have gone backwards or not. we are seeing high levels of sewage overflows into our rivers, and high levels of agricultural pollution. when you get these plankton blooms that suck the oxygen out of the rivers, and then overlay that, a climate crisis. very warm temperatures, and very low flows because of drought, and it becomes a very lethal cocktail. we have got pictures of really grim pictures of

dead fish floating downstream, hundreds of fish, and it is the canary in the coal mine. there is a hell of a lot else that is going on across the globe. he hell of a lot else that is going on across the globe.— hell of a lot else that is going on across the globe. he talked about the rim across the globe. he talked about the grim pictures, _ across the globe. he talked about the grim pictures, and _ across the globe. he talked about the grim pictures, and we - across the globe. he talked about the grim pictures, and we just - across the globe. he talked about| the grim pictures, and we just saw pictures of those first. and it was indeed grim. but what can be done? you have a very depressing list of things going wrong, but what can people do to make things right, is it late? it people do to make things right, is it late? , ., ., ., ., it late? it is not too late at all. we absolutely _ it late? it is not too late at all. we absolutely know— it late? it is not too late at all. we absolutely know what - it late? it is not too late at all. we absolutely know what to i it late? it is not too late at all. | we absolutely know what to do. it late? it is not too late at all. - we absolutely know what to do. we know that we can fix nature, we have been doing for decades now, we know how to fix peatlands and plant forest, and how to distort our rivers. all of that can be done. it takes money and time, time, but it can be done. for example, the yorkshire world lacrosse has fixed over 35,000 hectares of than great�*s northern bog. these things absolutely can be resolved. we know how to get to net zero, it is just a question of whether we want to. we know that we need to change from

fossil fuel cars, know that we need to change from fossilfuel cars, reduce know that we need to change from fossil fuel cars, reduce the amount of car use, go onto public transport, improve cycle network, move to renewable energy. all of these things are possible, but we have got to do it very quickly. we are in a deep grip of a climate emergency and it is happening right now. we currently spent about £3.2 billion a year on environmental programmes, we havejust had a report saying that needs to go up. these are the source of practical measures the government can take to make sure that we in britain — let's face it, the first industrialised nation on earth, we created this crisis, and we need to be one of the first nations to show the how to resolve this. we have got great science, great ngos, great agencies that can come and do this, but we have got to get on with it now. he talked about the fixes that charities and organisations such as yours can do to help, certain here

in the uk, the uk, yes, it can do more, but surely it has to be in collaboration with other countries? on us one country is acting as partners. on us one country is acting as partners-_ on us one country is acting as partners. on us one country is acting as artners. , , g , ~ partners. absolutely. just last week i was in the — partners. absolutely. just last week i was in the czech _ partners. absolutely. just last week i was in the czech republic - partners. absolutely. just last week i was in the czech republic talking l i was in the czech republic talking to colleagues from across the world talking about how protected areas and national parks can be restored in just the sorts of ways that we are doing. there is good international collaboration across the world. we just signed up to the montreal agreement last year. really far reaching treaty which has committed us to, for example, restoring 30% of our degraded lands and seas and protecting 30% of land for nature. then we have just got to step up to the plate and do that. and obviously, each country has to do its own bit. there is no excuses, there is no, china is not doing its bit. actually, china is doing very

well and some of the stuff and very purely on other parts. we have got to make sure that this country is an absolute global leader. we were part of the high ambition grip for the so—called cop 15 in montreal. the high ambition has to move into a high ambition has to move into a high level of action. and we're just not seeing enough of that in the uk at moment. not seeing enough of that in the uk at moment-— the rise in temperatures here in the uk is another indicator of the effects of climate change. and i want to focus in now on one industry that is yet to set a goal to cut emissions to net zero, the global shipping industry. the sector is under growing pressure to dramatically curb planet—warming emissions from smokestacks. maritime transport emits as much co2 in a year as germany. this week, under the control of the un's international maritime organisation, delegates from 175 shipping countries are meeting in london to try and agree on a new timeline for completely decarbonising

their industry. some delegates want the entire industry to commit to net zero by 2050 and emissions halved by 2030. campaigners say it would be the climate "deal of the decade" if agreed. we can speak to alice larkin, professor of climate science and energy policy and vice—dean and head of the school of engineering at manchester university. thank you forjoining us. the climate deal of the century? is it achievable? _ climate deal of the century? is it achievable? it _ climate deal of the century? is it achievable? it is _ climate deal of the century? is it achievable? it is a _ climate deal of the century? i; t achievable? it is a huge challenge, but we have been talking for far too long about having targets for the shipping sector that are aligned with the paris climate agreement, and this 1.5 degrees of warming. dooley actually matters. every year that we don't set a target, that we don't have something that really kisses it in the right direction at the speed that is required means that we are going to hear about more and more inputs that you were just talking about in the previous story.

and people around the world are already being affected. so, that isn't really a choice about this. we are taking choices that actually impact people at night but not setting this really strict target, impact people at night but not setting but it has to be done this week. and but it has to be done this week. and ou are but it has to be done this week. and you are involved in trying to create change within the shipping industry. white has it taken so long for this particular sector to take action? one of the challenges is that unlike many others, other than international aviation, many of the emissions are outside the national jurisdiction, so normally for road transport, for example, the country would have its own target and would be able to set challenging policies within the nation. but in international shipping, within the nation. but in internationalshipping, it within the nation. but in international shipping, it is global, it is emissions in international waters, so this creates additional challenges when it comes to countries come together to agree a deal. and of core countries around the world will have different priorities. some are much poorer than others, some are much richer, but the ships sail around

the world on the go between these different bits from pillar countries, and so the deal that needs to be struck needs to work for all of those countries. but bearing in mind that generally it will be those poorer countries, and a pair and those nations that suffer the consequences of climate change. this is why it is important. the transportation _ is why it is important. the transportation of - is why it is important. the transportation of goods around the world by sea is essential, so what are the solutions here?— world by sea is essential, so what are the solutions here? there are a few thinqs- — are the solutions here? there are a few thinqs- the _ are the solutions here? there are a few things. the shipping _ are the solutions here? there are a few things. the shipping industry . few things. the shipping industry has a number of different solutions, one of which as we need to reduce the energy consumption that is consumed by the ships when they're going from a to b, is itchy, transporting essential products such as fruit around the world. energy efficiency has to be a focus, and it has been but no were near the pace required. if a good cut the energy that we need on board the ships in the first place then you don't need as much of the alternative fuel is more, which is another strand of this. but it is not easy, it is

quite a complex sector. but some of the incentives at the moment are the that encourage ships to actually use less fuel. for example, if you go faster in a ship, you're going to consume more fuel, and sometimes you're going fast but then when you get to the destination you then have to wait in order to unload and you might have to wait several days. and so that is not a very effective or efficient way to be using that precious few and reducing emissions into the atmosphere. there is lots that could be done on energy efficiency. we need to be putting in place the infrastructure and investment into alternative fuels for the future, but there also needs to be these measures that can cut emissions now. slowing ships and are looking at operational efficiencies and other sorts of ways in which to cut the fuel consumption on board ships are really needed this decade. our renewables and option? alternative fuels, there are a number of different option. hydrogen and ammonia are often talked about in relation to ships, but we need to

ensure the production of those fuels is actually from renewable sources. you might use renewable electricity to actually produce some of these fuels and then you need to make sure that you are minimising the emissions from these appeals altogether. and that's also needs to consider, and one of the things that i think has been talked about during this meeting, is a do you count the emissions from when you extract a fuel, or do you dojust emissions from when you extract a fuel, or do you do just that feel right until it is combusted, or do you just compare emissions from a biofuel or a hydrogen or natural gas when it is combusted on the ship? it is really important to do that whole picture into account. the meeting starts this week _ picture into account. the meeting starts this week in _ picture into account. the meeting starts this week in london. - picture into account. the meeting starts this week in london. we i picture into account. the meeting l starts this week in london. we will be watching closely to see what the outcome is. when can we expect some conclusion? it is outcome is. when can we expect some conclusion? , ' . outcome is. when can we expect some conclusion? , , . ., conclusion? it is difficult to say, we would hope _ conclusion? it is difficult to say, we would hope by _ conclusion? it is difficult to say, we would hope by the _ conclusion? it is difficult to say, we would hope by the end - conclusion? it is difficult to say, we would hope by the end of. conclusion? it is difficult to say, | we would hope by the end of this week. the key thing is having some short—term milestones. if we can see that come out of that meeting this week, that would be fantastic. thank

ou ve week, that would be fantastic. thank you very much- _ week, that would be fantastic. thank you very much. thanks _ week, that would be fantastic. thank you very much. thanks for _ week, that would be fantastic. thank you very much. thanks for watching. hello there. we start off with the news thatjune was the hottest on record and we absolutely annihilated the previous record. normally we see these records broken by a tenth of a degree or so. this year we beat the previous record by nine tenths of a degree celsius. and scientists at the met office tell us that the likelihood of beating the previous record had doubled as a result of the emissions of greenhouse gases in recent decades, and if we carry on like this, junes like the one just gone will come round once every two years by the time we're into the 1950s. now, today's been a very showery kind of day. some heavy deluges, some thunderstorms rumbling away across parts of the midlands, parts of northern england as well. and we've got more of those showers to come overnight as well. now, some lengthy spells of rain push southwards across scotland, reaching the central belt by dawn. some showers for northern ireland.

and we'll start to see an area of rain move back in across parts of south—west england and southern wales as well. on into the forecast for tuesday. well, it is going to be an unsettled day as these two weather fronts kind of merge together to give some longer outbreaks of rain, i think, across parts of eastern england. so, expect rain at times. i think this area of rain could end up being a lot more extensive, working across east anglia, southern england and could be very slow to let up as well. further northwards, we've got our band of rain sliding southwards across scotland and northern ireland, probably turning a bit more showery in nature. and those temperatures still a little bit disappointing for the time of year, 17 to 19 celsius. but i fear, although we saw some interruptions to play at wimbledon on monday, i suspect we'll have much lengthier interruptions around for tuesday, so the weather could get in the way of play for some time. by wednesday, low pressure still with us but it's weakening and although there will be some showers around the majority of those, i think, will be across parts of west scotland and northern ireland.

elsewhere, probably a dry morning. there might be a few showers building through the day across england and wales but pretty isolated, i think there will be much bigger gaps between any showers and that means more in the way of dry weather, more sunshine, and that should help boost temperatures into the low 20s. now, towards the end of the week we're going to see a slow—moving weather front across the west bringing heavy rain, might see some flooding issues across parts of northern ireland. this rain band looks really intense.