hello. russia says an agreement allowing ukraine to ship out grain through the black sea has now ended. the kremlin spokesman, dmitry peskov, made the announcement a short time ago. the deal had been due to expire on monday, with the un, turkey and russia holding talks in istanbul on renewing the arrangements. but russia says its conditions haven't been met. the deal was brokered last year by the united nations and turkey, to try to safeguard global food security, as ukraine is one of the world's top cereal producers. live now to riga where we can speak to sergei goryashko from the bbc russian service. thanks forjoining us. what the latest on this? what do you know? we latest on this? what do you know? - know the kremlin has promised to quit the dealfor know the kremlin has promised to quit the deal for russia for a long time at the last ship which left the

odesa port yesterday, the turkish ship with ukrainian grain, corn for instance, was the last ship authorised by russia, that was in late june so authorised by russia, that was in latejune so since then russia is not authorised any ships to the ukrainian ports and the fact that russia would suspend the deal was actually something which was predictable for now and there were talks that probably russia will remain and actually every time when the deal had to be prolonged, there were risks that russia would quit it but now it is the first time since the deal was first brokered it has actually happened. yesterday, in an interview to an american news outlet, president biden�*s national adviser said russia would struggle to explain its southern partners,

the partners of the country's global south, partners from africa for instance, to explain why they decided to quickly deal and why they are risking the world famine in their political fight but still the kremlin announced that russia is now suspending the deal and we are waiting for the statement from the russian ministry for defence, they promised to publish it shortly. {lila promised to publish it shortly. 0k, ho efull promised to publish it shortly. 0k, hepefully we _ promised to publish it shortly. 0k, hopefully we will be bringing that to viewers in the next hour when it is due to be released. can you explain to people watching how important this ukraine grain deal is? ~ , ,., ., important this ukraine grain deal is? , ., important this ukraine grain deal is? ~ , ,., ., ,., ., is? well, it is important both for ukraine, which _ is? well, it is important both for ukraine, which is _ is? well, it is important both for ukraine, which is relying - is? well, it is important both for ukraine, which is relying a - is? well, it is important both for ukraine, which is relying a lot i is? well, it is important both for ukraine, which is relying a lot in| ukraine, which is relying a lot in its economy on the export of grain and agriculture and this is also important for the world because ukraine has quite a big share of its

agriculture in the world market so without it, ukraine can actually... the world can lose a lot and there are risks of skyrockets and prices of the agriculture and corn and in the meantime, poor countries with a low gdp, especially countries like african countries, which are relying on ukrainian agriculture, could face famine due to the struggles with the shipments of grain and this is why the un has worked so hard to broker this deal last year to make it happen and to allow the ukrainian export through the black sea. russia, which is also sharing the

black sea and which is fighting a war with ukraine, allowed this deal but in exchange for allowing their agriculture to be shipped as well and since the deal has been brokered, russia has complained a lot that the terms and conditions of the deal, especially those in favour of russia, has not been met which is why they finally decided to quit it now. . ~' why they finally decided to quit it now. ., ~ , ., why they finally decided to quit it now. ., ~ i. ., ., why they finally decided to quit it now. ., ~' i., ., ., , ., now. thank you for that update. there we had — now. thank you for that update. there we had about _ now. thank you for that update. there we had about the - now. thank you for that update. i there we had about the importance now. thank you for that update. - there we had about the importance of that ukraine deal. —— there we heard about the importance of that ukraine deal. live now to odesa — member of ukrainian parliament representing the port city, oleksi goncharenko isjoining us now. a crucial part of this deal and an important port city. what is your reaction to this? it’s important port city. what is your reaction to this?— important port city. what is your reaction to this? it's a core in the -- it is a — reaction to this? it's a core in the -- it is a continuation _ reaction to this? it's a core in the -- it is a continuation of- reaction to this? it's a core in the -- it is a continuation of russianl —— it is a continuation of russian politics and it is something of

value putin did not want from the very beginning and he never wanted it, he wants to ration the world, wants a new wave of migrant and refugee running from the country from hunger to europe and other countries and that was his aim and it is still the same. now it feels that it it is still the same. now it feels thatitis it is still the same. now it feels that it is the moment to leave the deal and that he can do it. i think it is a very big mistake of the free world which allowed vladimir putin to blackmail the world with this, but locking the black sea. imagine, one of the key seize on the world is now blocked but vladimir putin tomorrow could block the baltic sea, you could have the south chinese see blocked and what is the world in this situation? the only way... sorry to interrupt, i was just explaining the importance of odesa in terms of this deal. what is the situation right now where you are?

the situation in the city right now is callum. the port is empty because the last ship left yesterday but just last month there are several ships so it is clear that russia is doing everything to kill the deal. what they are trying to do finally, economically, definitely lateral influence ukraine but what is more important is 400 million people in the world are dependent from calories from ukrainian crops and we can say that russia is killing thousands in ukraine by this move but really tens of thousands can be killed by hunger and were killed by hunger when the last you'll ukrainian agricultural exporters blocked and now it is again being blocked. just blocked and now it is again being blocked. , , ., ., blocked. just worth pointing out that ukraine _ blocked. just worth pointing out that ukraine is _ blocked. just worth pointing out that ukraine is the _ blocked. just worth pointing out. that ukraine is the fourth-largest that ukraine is the fourth—largest exporter of agricultural products in the world. what would you like to see it now since we've heard this news from russia, from the ukrainian

government and also beyond ukraine? we are one of the number one for countries like lebanon, egypt and other countries, which are very dependent from ukrainian crops. what should be done? i think the free world should stop this blackmailing and together with turkey, say commercial navigation cannot be attacked and the ships should be able to go and russia is bluffing because they are weakened significantly, theirflag and ship missile is in a submarine in the bottom of the black sea so in reality they cannot do anything. the world could say no, we all ignore this and continue shipping, it will not involve vladimir putin.- not involve vladimir putin. thank ou. news of the expiration of the grain deal comes after an attack on the strategically important kerch bridge linking russia with occupied—crimea.

russian media says the bridge was hit by an unmanned craft on the water's surface. it also says two people in a car were killed. sources in the ukrainian security services have told the bbc they carried out the attack. these are some of the latest pictures from the scene showing the damage. the video appers to have been taken from the railway track which runs alongside the bridge. the rail line hasn't been impacted. investigators are now surveying the damage on the bridge, video released by the committee investigating the attack shows debris being picked up. the bridge was temporarily shut last year after it was severely damaged in another attack. let's turn to some of the extreme weather across the globe, with millions of people across parts of europe being warned to expect one of the most intense heatwaves in the coming days. the european space agency believes temperatures in sicily and sardinia could get as high as 48 degrees celsius. the united states is also

experiencing near record highs, with extreme heat warnings in place for more than 110 million people — while other countries are seeing torrential rain and floods. joe inwood reports. they call it death valley for a reason. this californian desert once recorded the earth's highest ever temperature, 56.7 celsius. this current heatwave is getting close to beating that. for some, it's a tourist attraction, a chance to witness a piece of history. but tom has a very different message. the fact that people are coming out here to celebrate this, the park service is giddy. people are excited about tomorrow. it's not a milestone. i'm calling it happy death day, because, 0k, it's a milestone tomorrow. but then, next year it's going to be another milestone. in ten years, 20 years, it's going 140 here. what are we celebrating? right across the us, heat records look set to be broken.

here in phoenix, it's been above 43 celsius for more than 17 days in a row, with no sign of things getting cooler. authorities are warning that children, pregnant women and the elderly are at serious risk. it's all being caused by extreme high pressure, resulting in something called a heat dome. and that is leading to other forms of extreme weather. new york has seen torrential rain, leading to this warning from the governor. this is possibly our new normal. this is the kind of weather that even what should normally be a beautiful beach—going sunday injuly, can turn into a devastating catastrophe because of mother nature. and it's notjust the us that is seeing extremes. some parts ofjapan saw more than 300 millimetres of rain in just 24 hours, while the capital, tokyo, is seeing near record temperatures. much of europe is also feeling the heat for a second week. italy is expected to see

the temperature rise to 45 celsius as hot airfrom africa heads north. authorities put out red weather alerts for 16 cities, including rome. oh, it's almost sickening. you know, you just. get almost nauseous. so i am carrying a towel, and you just keep on- wetting yourself, your hair| and drinking a lot of water. in the spanish island of la palma, more than 4000 people have now had to leave their homes, as wildfires rage out of control. it's a similar picture back across the atlantic. canada has seen its most destructive burning season ever, with cities struggling to breathe. while down in california, wildfires are said to be out of control. there is now little doubt that man—made climate change is behind the chaos in our weather. and still the world is getting warmer. joe inwood, bbc news. let's pick up on that extreme heat.

live now to chris fawkes. in the bbc weather centre. eu countries in particular are experiencing rather high—temperature experiencing rather high—temperatu re is, experiencing rather high—temperature is, very hot areas, parts of spain, france and italy.— is, very hot areas, parts of spain, france and italy. that is right, you can see on — france and italy. that is right, you can see on the _ france and italy. that is right, you can see on the chart _ france and italy. that is right, you can see on the chart some - france and italy. that is right, you can see on the chart some really l can see on the chart some really intense red colours and these are temperatures that are generally moving on into the 40s in terms of celsius and heat is pretty widespread. compared with last week in italy, it is a much hotter week so temperatures expected to hit about 41 celsius in rome over the next couple of days which will set a new record for rome. but that is not for the highest temperatures are expected to be. we think that the highest impetus will be across the south of sardinia where highs looked to be about 46 celsius, probably as highest impetus will go so probally a couple of degrees away from the all—time european interpreter record but even here you can see many of the cities in sardinia will see

temperatures are not quite as extreme as in this southern area, thatis extreme as in this southern area, that is just a will see the very hottest weather and proudly coming through tuesday or even wednesday. reports of wildfires in the canary islands as well.— reports of wildfires in the canary islands as well. yes, they can show ou that islands as well. yes, they can show you that from _ islands as well. yes, they can show you that from space, _ islands as well. yes, they can show you that from space, it _ islands as well. yes, they can show you that from space, it has - islands as well. yes, they can show you that from space, it has burnt i you that from space, it has burnt over 4000 hectares. you can see the smoke plume drifting overfrom la palma to the south and this other island. it continues to cause problems there. in island. it continues to cause problems there.— island. it continues to cause problems there. island. it continues to cause roblems there. , ., ., , problems there. in terms of what is auoin on problems there. in terms of what is going on in — problems there. in terms of what is going on in the _ problems there. in terms of what is going on in the united _ problems there. in terms of what is going on in the united states, - going on in the united states, extreme heat over in the us. that is riuht. we extreme heat over in the us. that is right- we also _ extreme heat over in the us. that is right. we also have _ extreme heat over in the us. that is right. we also have a _ extreme heat over in the us. that is right. we also have a blocked - right. we also have a blocked weather pattern so it is notjust that we have a heatwave, it is the length of the heatwave. in phoenix, after today, they will have broken the record for the most consecutive days above 110 fahrenheit, no real change in the record, it will be absolutely —— but no real change in

heat and the record will be annihilated. in death valley, it is getting up to 52 celsius, and the all—time record in death valley were set 110 years ago up 57 celsius, which is 137 fahrenheit, so quite close to the record, have to see how the weather pans out your over the next few days but extreme heat lasting a long time affecting many millions of people in the south—west of the us as well. millions of people in the south-west of the us as well.— of the us as well. moving slightly north. and there is more wildfires in canada? yes, this has been a story for an ongoing time now, the record season for wildfires in canada. it has burnt through 10 million hectares and what we normally see in the wildfire season is at last all the way until september so we have another six weeks of this. when the wind changed direction, like they have done over the past 24 hours, we can see that wildfire smoke extending southwards and affecting the midwest and the north—east of

the midwest and the north—east of the united states bringing poor air quality notjust canada but many millions of people across the us as well. . ~ millions of people across the us as well. ., ~ , ., millions of people across the us as well. . ~' , ., , millions of people across the us as well. ., ~ i. , . millions of people across the us as well. . ~ ,, , . ., well. thank you very much for that anal sis. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. three beavers have been introduced into this cornish valley and the environment has been transformed. it helps with flood risk, helps clear water and it provides a preserve of water and it provides a preserve of water your four times of drought. introducing extinct species is welcomed by conservationists but the environment committee want to look again at the negative impacts. if you protect a species naturally, you cannot call them, you have to try and move them. but then you need a licence to do it and itjust needs

to be looked at again. some areas are very successful and other areas will be an absolute menace. the government _ will be an absolute menace. the government hoped to set up a compensation scheme for any impact large—scale reintroduction introductions might have. you are alive with bbc news. —— you are live with bbc news. elon musk has revealed that twitter has lost nearly half of its advertising revenue since he bought the company last 0ctober. twitter has sacked half its workforce to cut costs but suffered a drop in revenue came after advertisers stopped using the platform after changes to its content moderation rules. for more on this i'm joined by the editor of forbes adviser, kevin pratt. interesting with twitter because it did not have the smoothest of rides

up did not have the smoothest of rides up until now. it has been switched to a subscription model under elon musk and its under the dock. this to a subscription model under elon musk and its under the dock. as you sa , lots musk and its under the dock. as you say. lots happening _ musk and its under the dock. as you say, lots happening and _ musk and its under the dock. as you say, lots happening and following i say, lots happening and following the takeover of twitter last year which did not go as smoothly as he would have like they have tried different things in the period since you acquire the company and some works, some have not. you mentioned content moderation, a champions himself as a free speech channel for twitter. that has aggravated some people including advertisers who think there has been a lean politically to the right and they aren't not happy to be associated with that so they have done what they believe they can do to signal discontent which is taking the money away leading to this reduction ad revenue. i5 away leading to this reduction ad revenue. , . , away leading to this reduction ad revenue. , ., , ., , revenue. is he able to turn things around here? _ revenue. is he able to turn things around here? clearly— revenue. is he able to turn things around here? clearly those - revenue. is he able to turn things around here? clearly those is - revenue. is he able to turn things around here? clearly those is a i revenue. is he able to turn things| around here? clearly those is a lot of competition in the social media space with facebook zuckerberg just

launching threads. —— facebook owner mark zuckerberg. launching threads. -- facebook owner mark zuckerberg.— mark zuckerberg. threads has grown to 150 million — mark zuckerberg. threads has grown to 150 million users— mark zuckerberg. threads has grown to 150 million users in _ mark zuckerberg. threads has grown to 150 million users in a _ mark zuckerberg. threads has grown to 150 million users in a matter- to 150 million users in a matter of days. so elon musk will be looking at that thinking what can we do to defend our position? i do not know what he can do because the social media world is fragmented, it moves incredibly quickly. loyalty is not great so people are happy to move from one platform to another. and they don't perhaps give the twitter brand, the threads brand, they are not secure because they have not been lodged and people cosmic affections because people use them but they do not feel any affection for them so it is difficult to think of ways in which he can secure a user base in a way that will prove attractive to advertisers, he has to show advertisers that he has a user

base they can rely on reaching and that they will respond positively to the messages and at the moment it seems he cannot do that. just briefl , seems he cannot do that. just briefly. is _ seems he cannot do that. just briefly. is it — seems he cannot do that. just briefly, is it because - seems he cannot do that. just briefly, is it because he is not able to appeal to the youth as much? when we speak to analysts, the lack of video content on twitter is not as appealing to the younger market. absolutely. you've seen the rise of apps which are video —based and threads links directly to instagram so there are some areas of torque twitter might try to counter this by launching its own video channel running in parallel with the speech —based channel has in the moment. that could be an ace up his sleeve to boost twitter because my profile and give it equalfooting to boost twitter because my profile and give it equal footing with the other video —based platforms. thank other video -based platforms. thank ou. now — on thursday — voters go to the polls in three

constituencies across england — in a series of by—elections which will provide a major test of rishi sunak�*s authority. the conservatives currently hold all three seats — but the prime minister faces the possibility of losing them all after their previous mps resigned from parliament. and over the next few days — we'll be in all three seats — and — today it's the turn of selby and ainsty in north yorkshire. the seat was held by the former minister and conservative mp nigel adams who quit in the wake of his ally borisjohnson's resignation as an mp last month. labour believe they can prize the seat away from the conservative party despite a 20,000 majority for the tories at the last election. let's go live now to selby to james vincent ? a political editor at bbc yorkshire and my colleague luxmy gopal. yes, have a look at beautiful selby abbey behind me. looking out over the town of selby and north yorkshire in the north of england, not farfrom the

yorkshire in the north of england, not far from the constituency of prime minister rishi sunak and he is among some of the bigwigs, the high profile politicians who have been campaigning here so he himself has been here campaigning to help the conservative efforts but we've also had the leader of the opposition, keough starmer, plus some other high profile mps as well. —— keir starmer. why have labour and the conservatives thrown so much at this? i the conservatives thrown so much at this? ~ , , .,, this? i think this is the most important — this? i think this is the most important and _ this? i think this is the most important and most - this? i think this is the most i important and most interesting of the three by—elections we have coming up on thursday. i would say that, wouldn't i? fascinating for a number of reasons. rishi sunakjust 60 miles up the road in richmond, his constituency, and they have a 20,000 lead in selby and ainsty so it'll be fascinating to see what happens. the campaign has been high profile from both parties, lower key from the conservatives and what they are trying to do is maintain a

20,000 vote majority and labour have been a bit more high profile because they want to be seen to be out on they want to be seen to be out on the ground, to say they can win this. if you talk to labour, their confidence is growing. conservative thing that can hold it as well but it's a fascinating seat because it's one of those parts of the world where it feels like it as i was been a conservative seat but back in the day, 1997, selby was a labour seat in the two times it has changed its political colour, as it were, the country has changed as well so i think i will be a lot to learn from this by—election. fin think i will be a lot to learn from this by-election._ think i will be a lot to learn from this by-election. on thursday when voters to this by-election. on thursday when voters go to — this by-election. on thursday when voters go to the _ this by-election. on thursday when voters go to the polls, _ this by-election. on thursday when voters go to the polls, will - this by-election. on thursday when voters go to the polls, will be i voters go to the polls, will be primarily at national issues that apply here as well? cost of living? 0r apply here as well? cost of living? or more local issues like transport? the element the easy answer is a bit of both but the cost of living when we've been on the ground in the past four weeks or so, i've been here pretty much every day, the cost of living is the one thing people are talking about and it's notjust one thing, it is the cost of food and mortgages and i think both parties

and the 13 candidates that were here standing in this election have been very clear on trying to get the message across about how they want to help people and how they want to change things but i think when people go to the ballot box, they will be thinking about the cost of living primarily. very briefly, what would it mean to rishi sunak�*s government if the conservatives lose? hf government if the conservatives lose? , .,, government if the conservatives lose? , , ., , lose? if they lose the seat they have real problems _ lose? if they lose the seat they| have real problems because the lose? if they lose the seat they i have real problems because the saves a really safe seat for them. that make this is a really safe seat for them. they have a 20,000 lead and this would be the biggest return of a majority. everyone looks at next year and the general election and what we will all be doing on friday morning is working out what has happened in the three by—elections and what it tells about next year. thank you. of course we will be speaking to some of the main candidates who are campaigning for the local election, by—election on

thursday, speaking to them a bit later and hopefully that eases off but for now back to you. lovely cathedral find you there. there are a number of candidates standing in the selby and ainsty by—election. the list of candidates is on your screen now and can also be found on the bbc website along with a video from each candidate outlining their pledges to voters. and for viewers in the uk — you can watch the results in a by—election news special on thursday night from midnight on bbc one and here on bbc news. we've just had some news. train drivers are due to launch a week long ban on overtime from the end of july. members of aslef a 15 train operating companies are doing this in the long—running dispute over pay saying train companies do not employ enough drivers which is why they are dependent on the rest of the day working. the union has warned this

ban will seriously affect services. more on that on our website on bbc dot co .uk foreign news more on that on our website on bbc dot co .ukforeign news or on our bbc news app. —— —— bbc.co.uk/news hello. the weather pattern here in the uk fairly familiar this week, but let's first head into southern europe where the ongoing heatwave intensifies further this week. temperatures today above 46 degrees in inland parts of spain, widely high 30s, low 405. that heat transfers into eastern spain, southern france, italy and sardinia, where we could see highs around 46 or 47. the reason? the jet stream still remains stubbornly centred across parts of north—west europe, dragging in high pressure and winds from the south across the mediterranean. but for the uk, low pressure close by, winds off the atlantic and even though those are lighter than we saw through the weekend, they bring some fairly cool conditions and at times further rain this week.

there area of low pressure which brought the stormy weather through the uk during the weekend is now to the north of norway and that means the winds continue to ease down, but some heavy and thundery showers continuing into the afternoon and evening across central and eastern parts of england. a lot of cloud through scotland, some heavy showers towards the south here, and across in northern ireland, but some western parts of england and wales turning much, much drier through the afternoon. winds coming in from a westerly direction and that will make it feel cool in the cloudier and wetter moments, but pleasant enough in the sunshine, even if temperatures are down a degree or two on where we'd expect for this stage injuly. now, a cool evening to come with some clearer skies developing for a time, but then the cloud increases from the west, rain developing widely across ireland and the irish sea into the morning. temperatures much like this morning at around seven to 12 degrees. here's the picture for tuesday. another area of low pressure moving in, but unlike the weekend, not as potent in terms of wind, but plenty of rainfall to come for some. a wet morning in northern ireland before things brighten up.

rain around the irish sea spreading into southern scotland, much of north and north—west england, north and west wales as we go through into the afternoon. the far north of scotland, sunshine and one or two showers, lighter winds than today. the far south east of england, east anglia and the channel islands, many will stay dry with some hazy sunshine with just a small chance of a shower. nice where the sun shines out, pretty cool where the rain is falling. that weather system just eeks away then into wednesday and we bring in north—westerly winds with that, making it feel even cooler for wednesday morning. whilst there will be some longer spells of sunshine compared with what we'll see today, some heavy and thundery showers develop. most prone are eastern areas of scotland and down through eastern counties of england. temperatures mid to high teens, low 20s.

as ukraine's black sea grain deal as ukraine's black sea grain deal expires, russia threatens to hold expires, russia threatens to hold vital food exports to ransom again vital food exports to ransom again of sunflower, maize, unless its demands are met. unless its demands are met. losing steam — china sees losing steam — china sees weak economic growth weak economic growth in the second quarter, as global demand slows. welcome to world business report. we start on the story of grain exports from ukraine —

one of the world's biggest exporters