this was the crucial deal that allowed ukraine to export grain from it's ports and navigate safe passage through the black sea. it has been vital in providing grain to developing countries and stablising globalfood prices. 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 moscow and our russia editor steve rosenberg. what is the kremlin saying about why it is suspending its participation in this deal?— in this deal? first of all today, the kremlin —

in this deal? first of all today, the kremlin spokesman - in this deal? first of all today, | the kremlin spokesman dmitry in this deal? first of all today, - the kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov said the announcement had nothing to do with the attack on the bridge linking the mainland at the crimean peninsula but it comes as no surprise of the russian authorities strongly hinting that they would not continue in the grain deal. just a few days ago president putin was shown giving an interview on russian television that said basically enough is enough and he was suggesting that russia would suspend its participation in this deal until its participation in this deal until its demands are met and what are those demands? well, russia has been complaining for some time there are obstacles to the export of its own grain and fertiliser, number one. number two as the russians have been demanding a russian bank that handles agricultural payments should be reconnected to the global swift payment network. these are some of russia's demands so what the russians are doing a saying, 0k, we are pulling out, suspending for the moment but they've left a way open

to going back and they are saying as soon as our demands are met, we will go back to the deal. interestingly, there was also some comments today from the turkish president, president erdogan, saying president putin would be interested in going back to the deal and he wants to talk to him about it. so nothing for the moment but still hope this could be revived. fist the moment but still hope this could be revived. �* , be revived. at the time when they came to the _ be revived. at the time when they came to the agreement _ be revived. at the time when they came to the agreement it - be revived. at the time when they came to the agreement it was - be revived. at the time when they. came to the agreement it was seen be revived. at the time when they - came to the agreement it was seen as being quite a rare diplomatic breakthrough with russia and is now also seen anthony blinken speak about this. what is your assessment on how russia and the kremlin are using this deal?— using this deal? well, the kremlin has been accused _ using this deal? well, the kremlin has been accused of _ using this deal? well, the kremlin has been accused of blackmail - using this deal? well, the kremlin has been accused of blackmail by| has been accused of blackmail by pulling out of the deal but, as i say, there is hope that moscow could return to the deal and certainly from the comments that president erdogan made today, there is a

suggestion that they will be some talking going on, strong talking behind the scenes to try and get this deal back on track. it has been a vital deal, you're absolutely right, important for ukraine because it has allowed ukraine to export its grain safely for black seaports but it has been important for world food prices, too, in keeping them lower so of course a lot of concern that the deal for the moment appears to be suspended but, as i say, still hope russia could return here. tells more briefly — hope russia could return here. tells more briefly about _ hope russia could return here. tells more briefly about the attack on the bridge because they are not linking it, the kremlin, they are telling them that my calling it a terrorist attack. what is being said about the bridge that has been a prestige project for president putin? yes. bridge that has been a prestige project for president putin? yes, it has. the project for president putin? yes, it has- they can _ project for president putin? yes, it has. they can time _ project for president putin? yes, it has. they can time in _ project for president putin? yes, it has. they can time in less - project for president putin? yes, it has. they can time in less than - project for president putin? yes, it has. they can time in less than a i has. they can time in less than a year that the kerch ridge has been struck and damaged and the ukrainian authorities say the bridge was attacked by naval drones. —— the

second time in less than a year the kerch bridge bridge has been attacked. they were not giving any details they said that was an attack. it is important, this bridge, to supply the crimean peninsula but also as a symbol for president putin of his decision to annex crimea from ukraine nine years ago. annex crimea from ukraine nine years am, , ., ., annex crimea from ukraine nine years an, , ., ., , annex crimea from ukraine nine years ao., . .,, annex crimea from ukraine nine years ago. great to see you, thanks for “oinin ago. great to see you, thanks for joining us- _ ago. great to see you, thanks for joining us. let's _ ago. great to see you, thanks for joining us. let's talk _ ago. great to see you, thanks for joining us. let's talk a _ ago. great to see you, thanks for joining us. let's talk a bit - ago. great to see you, thanks for joining us. let's talk a bit more l joining us. let's talk a bit more about turkey and its role in this grain deal. we have not finished talking about what has happened about kerch bridge, bbc firefighting mode the latest on the images on social media we are seeing from there. —— bbc verified will bring there. —— bbc verified will bring the latest. live now to ankara, where i'm joined by our reporter victoria craig. the words that president erdogan has

been saying, tells more. yellow max president erdogan taking off from saudi arabia to secure a round of investment to build bilateral relations with those gulf neighbours but not before making a press conference to reporters in istanbul and he did mention and talk about the grain deal they are saying this mighty statement today from the russian state, i believe president putin wants this humanitarian bridge to continue and he said diplomatic efforts between the two nations will continue. it seems to be both from turkey's site and the european side that this deal is not quite dead yet. there are still room for negotiations and president erdogan saying he may even speak to president putin on this phone before he is due to make a visit here to turkey next month so hope very much still hope that hi, i suppose you could say that there deal could be revived. that might hope still hi this could see a deal revived. talking about the grange, tells more

about what this has meant particularly to developing countries, this deal. it particularly to developing countries, this deal. it has meant so much to _ countries, this deal. it has meant so much to developing _ countries, this deal. it has meant so much to developing countries. | so much to developing countries. certainly near this region in particular, countries that really rely on grain imports that go through the black sea and through the bosporus strait. in turkey, food prices are said to have decreased 20% since the grain deal was agreed this time last year with sunflower oil, barley, maize, wheat, some of the biggest exports from ukraine going to these regions and there are fears that if this deal was not renewed we its yellow food prices come out of this certainly in developing nations. part of the reason for such huge increases in prices for this deal was signed last year was due in part to the war in ukraine but also coming off of the grown—up virus pandemic, supply issues, transportation logjam, logistics logjam in deliveries to various parts of the world. so there

are various compounding factors but there are real concerns that if this is not restarted we could see a similar problem.— is not restarted we could see a similar roblem. a, ., ., ., . similar problem. more on the attacks on the strategically _ similar problem. more on the attacks on the strategically important - similar problem. more on the attacks on the strategically important kerch i on the strategically important kerch bridge. 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.

well, video is circulating on social media claiming to show the moment of explosion on the bridge. but our teams at bbc verify have established — that video is old and features an unrelated incident. for more now on what our teams are learning about the bridge, here's olga robinson. this is what the crimean bridge look like earlier today and we can see from this footage that part of the road carriageway has been damaged and it is pretty much unusable and the other part is possibly damaged. here is a different angle. of the bridge. this was filmed from the railway part of the crimean bridge and it shows different angle of the damage. from the videos we have seen so far that we have been able to analyse, you cannot really self that has been any significant damage to the support of the bridge. where did it actually take place? this

incident, local reports suggesting it took place overnight somewhere alongside this bridge that connects the mainland russia with the annexed crimean financial and that bridge is crucially important to russia because it brings both supplies from the mainland to the annexed peninsular and that includes the russian army, and also brings in tourists and crimea is a huge holiday making destination in russia. the one question that remains unanswered still is what actually caused this damage? so far we know for sure not theirs. this is all footage that has been circulating out of context. we also know from russian social media that there is a lot of speculation about whether a boat drone has been used other type of strike on the bridge. but we have not seen any official evidence to support any of these theories so far and that means we will continue investigating and

bringing updates when we can. thank you. now to record—breaking heatwaves around the world — and temperatures in china hit 52.2 degrees celsius in the northwest of the country over the weekend. that's shattered the historic heat record forjuly. the united states is also experiencing near record highs — with extreme warnings in place for more than 110 million people. and large parts of mainland europe are continuing to swelter in extreme temperatures — including spain. our correspondent guy hedgecoe is in madrid. much of spain is on alert because of high temperatures today. where i am just outside madrid, temperature is expected to reach around a0 celsius. down in the south in andalusia where the highest temperatures are expected. in that part of the country, several parts of the country, several parts of the country on red alert with the potential to reach aa celsius in some areas. those hot conditions

increase the risk of wildfires and a wildfire has been burning on the canary island of la palma since the weekend. it has burned around a500 hectares of land and destroyed some homes. around a000 people were evacuated from their homes they are on the island but many of them have started to return back to their homes. however, the authorities are taking measures to counter the heatwave advising people to stay out of the heat and indoors where possible and the hottest time of the day that is. manual workers, people working outside by law have to remain out of the heat in those areas that are on high alert. on to south korea now — and its president — president yoon — says the country needs a "complete overhaul" in its approach to dealing with extreme weather. it follows a weekend of flooding caused by torrential rain that's killed nearly a0 people. 0ur correspondentjean mackenzie is there. it is not the only place where there have been deaths this weekend in this very rich,

dense, mountainous part of the country. the heavy rainfall triggered landslides, that buried people's homes. it caused river banks to breach. it caused dams to be overwhelmed. this morning, i went to a small farming village where people in their 70s or 80s, still farming the land, have had the inside of their homes completely destroyed and gutted. and the people here were dazed. they were saying, "we are used to dealing with this monsoon, "that runs here in south korea, usually from the end ofjune "to the beginning of august, but this is the worst rain "we have ever known." it does appear that this year is more extreme than previous monsoon seasons. already, and we're not even halfway through the monsoon, we have seen a higher amount of rainfall then you would normally expect for a total monsoon period. the president of south korea this morning has acknowledged that climate change is starting to take its toll on his country, and warned that the country needs to do much more, because these sorts of events are going to become more commonplace. this is not a country that in the past, has huge amounts

of experience dealing with these extreme weather conditions. but strong rains are expected tomorrow, and so, it is still dangerous here in south korea. bad weather to come in south korea and we will get an update on our weather team very shortly. lets take a look at some other stories making headlines across the uk. people who've been injured in terror attacks have condemned the government's compensation scheme. in a survey carried out by the support group, survivors against terror, more than half of those who responded said the process was unfair. the ministry ofjustice says it's reviewing the support available. universities in england will be forced to limit the number of students they recruit onto courses deemed as underperforming, as part of government plans announced today. the prime minister says he wants to crack down on what he calls "rip off" degrees that don't lead

to graduate jobs. labour has described the plan as "an attack on the aspirations of young people". the train drivers' union, aslef, has announced a third ban on working overtime, which will see fresh disruption on railways. drivers will refuse to work overtime for six days from mondayjuly 31. it comes as the union begins its second overtime ban in three weeks, in a dispute about pay, jobs and conditions.separately, members of the rmt union will strike on thursday and saturday this week. you're live with bbc news. let's unpack these extreme weather patterns around the world with our weather presenter now chris fawkes. can we start here in europe? what is going on? indie can we start here in europe? what is iioin on? ~ . can we start here in europe? what is iioin on? . , can we start here in europe? what is iioinon? ., , can we start here in europe? what is iioinon? . , , , going on? we are seeing some pretty extreme weather _ going on? we are seeing some pretty extreme weather building _ going on? we are seeing some pretty extreme weather building thanks - going on? we are seeing some pretty extreme weather building thanks to l going on? we are seeing some pretty extreme weather building thanks to a j extreme weather building thanks to a ridge of high pressure, quite a few places will see temperatures running well into the a0s so also generally thanit well into the a0s so also generally than it was last week and those damages will continue to build for some into tuesday as well. there is

the peak of the heatwave coming, tuesday or even wednesday, we think it will be across the south of sardinia whatever are likely to reach a6 celsius but even here you can see a number of cities elsewhere not seeing temperatures quite that hot on the island with the really extreme temperatures, a6 celsius in the south which is probably a couple of degrees away from the all—time european wreck about why does this matter? according to the barcelona institute for global health, during the heatwave we had last year, over 60,000 people died. that was as a direct result of the heat and they often had problems with heart or lung disease, but it was directly the heat leading to those excess deaths so heatwave is definitely deadly and we can expect i suppose more of the same this year in europe. more of the same this year in euro -e. �* ' more of the same this year in euro ie. �* ' ., more of the same this year in euro-e. �* ' ., ., europe. awful for the environment as well. what europe. awful for the environment as well- what is — europe. awful for the environment as well. what is the _ europe. awful for the environment as well. what is the affectingly - well. what is the affectingly wildfires in the canary islands? indie wildfires in the canary islands? we can see wildfires in the canary islands? - can see the wildfire. this is the

smoke plume coming all the way from la palma yesterday. about 50 odd miles in the atmosphere and crossing this area. it has burned over a000 hectares so that wildfire certainly pretty significant with poor air quality as well. the pretty significant with poor air quality as well.— pretty significant with poor air iuali as well. ., ., quality as well. the heat meanwhile in the us still— quality as well. the heat meanwhile in the us still severe _ quality as well. the heat meanwhile in the us still severe in _ quality as well. the heat meanwhile in the us still severe in so - quality as well. the heat meanwhile in the us still severe in so many - in the us still severe in so many places. in the us still severe in so many ilaces. �* , , ., ., ., places. absolutely and one of the thini is places. absolutely and one of the thing is remarkable _ places. absolutely and one of the thing is remarkable about - places. absolutely and one of the thing is remarkable about the - places. absolutely and one of the l thing is remarkable about the heat here is how long it has lasted with phoenix, arizona, after today breaking the record for the conservative number of days above 110 fahrenheit. you can see what they absolutely nowhere this week so we will see those temperatures at those kind of record beating levels. as far as the deviljust for their valley, looking at 52 celsius, one to six fahrenheit. that is a bit away from the all—time record which currently stands at 57 celsius which is 13a fahrenheit but it will get i suppose pretty close to that with the heat lasting a long time in the south—west. the heat lasting a long time in the south-west— south-west. what is the ongoing situation with _ south-west. what is the ongoing situation with these _ south-west. what is the ongoing situation with these wildfires - south-west. what is the ongoing situation with these wildfires in l situation with these wildfires in canada? in

situation with these wildfires in canada? ., ., ., y�* situation with these wildfires in canada? ., ., ., j ., canada? in canada they've already brouiht canada? in canada they've already brou i ht a canada? in canada they've already brought a record _ canada? in canada they've already brought a record amount - canada? in canada they've already brought a record amount of- canada? in canada they've already brought a record amount of land . brought a record amount of land across the canada area, 10 million hectares are being burnt. what we see is a change in wind direction over the last 2a hours meaning the smoker started to travel from canada back across the midwest to the united states, north—east, bringing poorair united states, north—east, bringing poor air quality back into some of the cities on the other thing i should point out the wildfire season on average lasting until september so we have another six or seven weeks of this record—breaking fire season before we might expect to see things gradually getting a bit better. ., ., ~' things gradually getting a bit better. ., , ., ., . better. looking at the very dramatic iictures better. looking at the very dramatic pictures from _ better. looking at the very dramatic pictures from asia _ better. looking at the very dramatic pictures from asia and _ better. looking at the very dramatic pictures from asia and the - pictures from asia and the incredible rain they've had in south korea. when we get the wires in the news and one popped up an hour or so ago from china saying 52.2 celsius in parts of china this weekend. surely that is record—breaking. me surely that is record-breaking. we think surely that is record—breaking. - think so. this record is quite a short—lived record, the station has not been operating very long but it is in the north—west of china and of

course we have seen some extremely high temperatures injapan, neo— tokyo, record levels and the incredible rain in south korea bringing extreme rain, some flooding and landslides which is really been the case through much of last week and into this week as well. of course we are in the rainy season in south korea and although there will be more rain over the next few days, i suspect it will not be quite as extreme. that is one thing to note. the reason for the changes we have a tropical storm going into the china area which is change the whole winds through the south korea area. that is to be a bit less intense over the next few days. the is to be a bit less intense over the next few days. th- is to be a bit less intense over the next few days. the thank you. really dramatic scenes _ next few days. the thank you. really dramatic scenes right _ next few days. the thank you. really dramatic scenes right around - next few days. the thank you. really dramatic scenes right around the - dramatic scenes right around the world. 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 prime minister rishi sunak�*s authority. the conservatives currently hold all three seats — but mr sunak faces the possibility of losing them all after their previous mps

resigned from parliament. 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 thousand majority for the tories at the last election. live now to selby and my colleague luxmy gopal. gorgeous day there. it is. the rain has cleared _ gorgeous day there. it is. the rain has cleared now _ gorgeous day there. it is. the rain has cleared now and _ gorgeous day there. it is. the rain has cleared now and you _ gorgeous day there. it is. the rain has cleared now and you can - gorgeous day there. it is. the rain has cleared now and you can see l gorgeous day there. it is. the rain | has cleared now and you can see in the sunshine, beautiful selby abbey. i've seen a lot of politics —— make it has seen a lot of politics and at 950 years and it has seen some high profile politicians in the past few days including the prime minister himself rishi sunak because his own constituency isn't far from your, 60 miles away, of the opposition keir

starmer. why here? it attracted so much focus from the two main parties ahead of one of three by—elections on thursday because of what it could mean depending on how it goes. for labour, it would be a sizeable majority they would have to overturn, 20,000, and if they did manage to overturn it it would be the biggest, a record, overturning of a majority for them. they have been polling quite well and they feel quite optimistic about it. in terms of the conservatives, the reason this is important for them is because this has been considered a conservative stronghold since its formation in its current form 13 years ago, always being conservative so if they were to lose this, it would signal very badly for what might be ahead in the general election and would be considered a huge blow and what the conservative candidates have to do is reassure her toes that they can tackle the issues that are at the forefront of

the minds of voters including the cost of living crisis and nhs waiting lists and we didn't fight the conservative candidate here to speak to us life but they were not able to do so because they were busy campaigning so we do have a clip so listen to this one. well, change is already here on the ground, because what is going to make a difference to the people here in selby and ainsty is the community diagnostic centre. and i have been this morning, just to see where that is going to be sited, at the hospital. so, that will make sure local people can access tests, checks and scans, here locally, without having to travel. on top of that, we have a long—term plan, the 15—year workforce plan, and what i particularly like about that is that not only is it planning in what we need now, it is planning in what we need to make the nhs great for another 75 years. looking at our most important asset, which is a record number of doctors and nurses being recruited and trained. but it will take some time though, that, isn't it? —— but it will take some time though, that, isn't it? it's not going to happen overnight. it is, but we're also combining that

with investment in technology, new research, and so, all that cohesive plan, all put together, that will make sure that people are able access that health care quicker. reducing the waiting list is one of the prime minister's priorities, and all of those things combined will work towards that. so that was the conservative candidate claire holmes. labour have been campaigning quite hard here as well as keir starmer being here campaigning we've also seen high—profile labour mps here. and the labour candidate here has a similar case where we invited him to be interviewed by as life but he's ready busy campaigning but he spoke to the bbc a little bit earlier about some of the issues he is going to be focusing on. i think it is something that people want to see politicians across the board grasping. i think the main question people are asking is "why not britain?" why aren't we leading now in the global race to net zero? and labour has an ambitious plan through gb energy to invest £28 billion in green investment,

and look £1a00 off energy bills for people living here in selby and ainsty. we need to do two things at once — grow a strong and vibrant economy alongside winning the race to net zero, and we think that we have a good, business—led case for how to get that done. but labour recently scaled back its green prosperity plan. do you not think that damages your credentials? i don't think it is scaling back. reaching £28 billion of investment a year by the first half of the labour government is a clear mark of intention, that we are going to go after the net zero agenda with pace. but that also doesn't mean we won't be working alongside businesses also, to make it a reality too. i was at drax the other week, and so the work they are doing on carbon capture and storage, and i'm very interested in looking at the business—led solutions to the net zero crisis as well. that was the labour candidate. in the selection, by—election, shall be a mix of national issues and local issues and some of those issues locally of key importance here in

selby are public transport, bus routes and building on the green belt. but it is also a reflection of the national issue, the key one at the national issue, the key one at the moment that you can't get away from that candidates are saying they're hearing on the doorsteps in their campaigning is the cost of living crisis and just after rishi sunak became prime minister, i was speaking to a local food bank euro they were talking about how people are struggling and of course now fast forward to where we are, food prices have gone up even more rapidly so that is probably one of the key issues that voters will be thinking of when they go to the polls on thursday. 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.

do stay with us, we will be talking more about the ending of the ukraine brain deal, russia now staying at is suspending its participation in the deal, more on that coming up, stay with us. 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 a6 degrees in inland parts of spain, widely high 30s, low a0s. that heat transfers into eastern spain, southern france, italy and sardinia, where we could see highs around a6 or a7. 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. the 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 shine's 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: russia says the ukraine grain deal has been terminated, once again raising fears over globalfood supplies. as bbc news takes a closer look at artificial intelligence, our technology editor speaks to the new head of the uk government's ai taskforce. as the women's world cup is due to kick off this week, the australian team released a statement calling for more equality within the men's game. let's return to our top story this hour, with russia announcing its withdrawal from a deal which allowed ukraine to ship grain out of the black sea. the agreement was brokered last year

by the un and turkey, to try and safeguard global food security.