live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." first, russia reportedly denied involvement, now it is offering a very different statement on a missile strike on a key ukrainian port. we're live in ukraine and istanbul with details, and is monkeypox a global health emergency. what is means and why valuable time was lost. and wildfires burned thousands of acres arnault cyosemite national park, adding dangers to the heat wave. live from cnn center, this

is "cnn newsroom," with kim brun brunhuber. >> we begin with breaking news out of moscow. russia is confirming for first time that it did strike the ukrainian port of odesa. the russian foreign ministry now says it hit military targets in the port with precision missiles, but these strikes came one day after ukraine and russia signed an agreement in istanbul, which would allow ukraine to resume grain exports through its ports. now, turkey said moscow initially denied it had anything to do with the strikes, and turkey said the attack hit port facilities, but didn't damage any infrastructure that would be used in grain exports. condemnation of the attack has been swift with britain saying russia's word can't be taken at face value. >> it is absolutely appalling that only a day after striking this deal, vladimir putin has launched a completely unwarranted attack on odesa. it shows that not a word he says can be trusted, and we need to

urgently work with our international partners to find a better way of getting the grain out of ukraine that doesn't involve russia and their broken promises. >> and the u.s. secretary of state echoed the sentiment saying, quote, this attack casts serious doubt on the credibility of russia's commitment to yesterday's deal, russia bears responsibility for deepening the global food crisis. and the european union also condemned the attack. for the latest, ivan watson joins us from zaporizhzhia, ukraine. let's start with russia's admission that it was behind the strikes and then the worldwide condemnation to all of this, so soon after signing the agreement. >> yeah, well, we have seen an evolution in moscow's account of what actually happened. go through the timeline, friday evening, in istanbul, you have the russian defense minister, the ukrainian minister of

infrastructure, the united nations, the turkish president, all of these senior officials gathered for signing this agreement to restart the export of ukrainian grain because the russian invasion has driven up wheat prices around the world, plunging tens of millions of people into potential starvation. the united nations secretary-general calls this a beacon of hope on the black sea, and then less than 12 hours later, the ukrainians say, hey, we have been hit by two cruise missiles in the port of odesa, one of three ports where the grain exports are supposed to start taking place. ukrainians saying they also have shot down two of the cruise missiles using their air defenses. the russians initially were silent about this, then they told the turkish government that they denied they carried out cruise missile strikes and now you have the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman saying, in fact, there were caliber cruise missiles that were fired at

odesa and they hit a naval vessel. we're seeing the evolution of the russian response. meanwhile, from the get-go, when the first explosions and blasts were reported, ukrainian officials from local government in odesa, all the way up to the national government, were basically saying i told you so. you cannot trust the russians, they will try to break the deals. the ukrainian president accusing russia of damaging historical architecture and treasures in odesa. this ancient port city. the ukrainian foreign minister saying we're going to try to abide by the agreement signed on friday because he's arguing that this was not signed directly with the russians, but with turkish and u.n. mediation and he's calling on both the turkish government and the u.n. to hold russia to account to make this agreement possible. back to you. >> all right, thanks so much.

on that, nada, as ivan said, ukraine says the deal is still on. you're in istanbul where the deal was signed. how do they go forward after everything that just happened? >> well, look, there is certainly a lot of pressure on turkey now to prove that this deal can last, that this can truly be implemented successfully despite this attack we have seen by russian forces on the port of odesa on the southern coast of ukraine, just 24 hours after that deal was signed here in istanbul. the pressure is really on. i have to say here in turkey, this has been seen as a real blow to the efforts put forward by president erdogan and his government for weeks now involved in that mediation effort to bring some sort of agreement to the fore between russia and ukraine to allow the grain exports to leave those three key ports on the southern black sea coast. this had been seen as a real diplomatic win for president erdogan, he's long been seen as somewhat of an outlier among his

native counterparts, choosing to maintain communications with president putin and offering support to the ukrainian armed forces and up to this attack, it seemed that decision had yielded some pretty significant and positive results. now, of course, as ivan mentioned, it is up to the turkish government to prove that it is holding the russian government to account, but also this deal can work. now, there are some key parts of the turkish government will be playing going forward. most importantly it will be establishing a joint communications center, joint coordination center here in istanbul, that will be charged with the responsibility of overseaing the passage of the vessels through the safe corridors. it is up to the turkish government working alongside representatives from ukraine and russia as well as from the united nations to ensure that those safe corridors are established as soon as possible, as well as inspection teams which have the responsibility to take a look at these vessels and ensure they are carrying goods agreed upon in this deal and importantly not carrying

weapons. but also, of course, ensuring that russia is held to account and also commits to this agreement. now there are technical briefings ongoing between the turkish government and ukrainian officials taking place yesterday. it is expected that they will continue discussions around the preparations needed in order for this deal to get off the ground and get going. turkey remains in contact with ukrainian officials, they say they're ready to export the grain, but they just need turkey to establish this joint coordination center, get it going and get these inspection teams ready to take a look at the vessels passing through. turkey now has an immense responsibility and also on the domestic front, president erdogan now has a massive responsibility to prove that these months of negotiations, weeks of discussions with turkey, with russia, with the united nations, will bear some fruit, that this will be a success. otherwise it will be a significant blow to his efforts, not of course to the agreement as a whole, and there is a significant amount of urgency around getting the grain out of ukraine, because, of course, as you heard repeatedly, from the

united nations, from the world food program, there are so many countries, millions of people dependent on those grain exports, around 20 million tons of grain currently stuck in silos on the three southern ports in ukraine. if they don't get out soon enough, there will be massive ramifications for those relying on the grain exports and also for future harvests in ukraine. there is a massive amount of responsibility on turkey at this stage to prove that this deal can work and to ensure that this can be implemented successfully. and we are expecting to see those implementations take place over the coming days. >> yeah, so many moving parts to this, and so much at stake as you just said. let's go back to ivan now. we have been focusing on odesa, but the war continues elsewhere. so looking at the state of the battlefield, what is the latest from the southern front? >> that is where there are fixed front lines, active front lines, both sides fighting. the ukrainians have been

launching long distance attacks, targeting infrastructure, such as bridges that link crimea to russian occupied kherson region. and clearly trying to hit the russian supply lines. meanwhile, the russians have been firing salvos of missiles earlier this week. i saw a missile strike, the aftermath of one in that port city of odesa on kind of an industrial compound. but what they also have been hitting day and night is a front line city called mykolaiv, near the russian occupied city of kherson, with salvos landing day and night there. the local government urging civilians to leave that city in recent days, waiting -- we're now waiting on results of rescue efforts after a number of

targets were hit last night there. again, this is a long front line. the ukrainians are celebrating the fact that they have gotten long range rocket systems from the u.s., from western allies, that they have been able to, as they put it, hit russian targets that were formerly considered to be kind of in safe areas, far from the front lines, and that they say they transformed kind of the battle space. that said, it is still a war of attrition on the front lines, where both militaries are basically playing hide and seek, trying to hide their armored -- their armored vehicles, their troops, and then when they get intelligence, they try to hit them and neither side really admits, kim, when they lose troops, when they suffer major casualties, and that is part of the fog of war in this conflict right now. kim? >> listen, great to have both of you reporting there. ivan watson in zaporizhzhia,

ukraine, and nada bashir in istanbul. thank you to you both. maria adviva is a security expert living in kharkiv, ukraine. i asked her why moscow would go to the trouble of negotiating a major green deal only to attack the port the next day. listen to this. >> russia wants to show that it can attack ukraine anywhere, anytime. that's what has been done by the russian troops throughout the war. and the putin shows that he will not be committed to any agreements russia makes, and he can do what he wants on the one hand. and on the other hand it shows that it threatens the security of the whole black sea region, and it means even if this grain deal will be in place, and the convoys of ships exporting grain

will have the way -- the safe passage through the black sea, then it doesn't mean that russia will guarantee their security, and on the other hand it means then the companies that are actually doing this, exporting the grain, they will have a lot of problems about the insurance and general security issues because they will not be willing to enter the zone where the rockets fly and where the ships can be hit by the rockets. >> you know, vladimir putin would surely -- he would be aware of the optics. i can't see how that would be worth it just to send the message that he can attack ukraine at any time. he does that every day. >> right, absolutely. but the -- this grain deal was a political agreement between the

port sites. as ukrainian officials put it, what russia has done with this missile attack was a spit on the face of the united nations and turkey who are the guarantors in this deal. that means putin wants to show he is fully control of the situation, and he can do what he wants. russia wants to show that it completely occupies the black sea, and it spits in the face of turkey and united nations and these to pwo parties have to sh russia until it fully obliges to the deal, the export of the ukrainian grain won't be made safe. so they have to push on russia so that it gives more guarantees that the ships entering the safe corridor will not be targeted by russian missiles. >> yeah, listen, we'll have to leave it there. so much at stake, food for millions of people here.

thank you so much for your expertise, maria avdeeva, appreciate it. >> thank you. two americans recently died in the donbas region of ukraine. that's according to the u.s. state department. there are no details about the individuals or the circumstances of their deaths, but the state department says it is in touch with families and providing assistance. he was in a wheelchair as he boarded his flight in rome a short time ago, he'll visit edmonton and quebec city and canada's north known for its traditional inuit culture. during his six day tour, he's expected to apologize for the church's role in the forced assimilation of thousands of indigenous children in so-called residential schools over many decades. he's expected to meet indigenous leaders and residential school survivors. the world health organization is stepping up its alert over monkeypox.

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the world health organization is dweclaring the monkeypox outbreak of international concern. there have been more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox, five deaths in africa. the director general explained why the w.h.o. is making this designation. here he is. >> the assessment is that the risk of monkeypox is moderate globally. and in all regions, except in the european region, where we assess the risk is high. >> for more on this, i want to bring in dr. scott miskovitz, a national consultant in the u.s. for covid-19 testing, and joins me from hawaii. thanks so much for being here. i want to start just with the

importance of this declaration, how does it help? >> well, it brings public awareness, kim. and that is very important right now across the world. now, we know that, for example, 80% of the cases or so are concentrated in europe. we're seeing a significant surge of cases across the united states in certain regions, and people with covid haven't been paying attention to it as much. i think it needs to be brought to the forefront for the medical community and the rest of the world. >> and beyond sort of flagging it, i guess, does it also release money and certain mechanisms that can help fight this? >> well, every country is going to be different. and, again, two days ago the white house put out an announcement that they're going to be moving forward with some more funding to do some testing and some research associated

with monkeypox, so, yes, there is no question it should push it, but again, my concern with this, kim, is it is probably a little late. we're already two and a half months into this and now we're starting to put this up on the front burner. >> well, that's exactly what i want to ask you here. in the past couple of weeks, ever since monkeypox was spreading seriously around the world, i had some members of the w.h.o. committee on monkeypox and i asked them directly why aren't they making this declaration now and it is clear, it is spreading quickly worldwide, and they said, essentially, it doesn't meet the criteria, but they'll keep monitoring the situation. well, here we are, i would argue we knew all along this declaration would have to be made. have we lost valuable time here? >> we absolutely have lost valuable time and when you look at the incubation period, and you look at the timing of this disease, i talked to a team of epidemiologists that i have

working with us, and we probably have nearly doubled the number of cases across the world because this is a little more asymptomatic, and lower detected in certain groups. it is presenting a little differently. and we have waited too long. no doubt. >> all right, so we want to stress, no one is immune from this, anyone can get the virus, but it is worth highlighting that overwhelmingly the cases have been among men who have sex with men, you know. we in the media and health officials, we don't want to stigmatize any communities, but if we do shy away from stressing who is at most risk here and how the disease seems to be transmitted, which seems to be through sex, at least right now, aren't we doing the public a disservice here? >> yeah, i mean, we do need to highlight that. there is no question about it. but let's look at the united states. we have an infant and a toddler who have contracted the disease. there are approximately i think

eight women that have contracted the disease. so, you know, what we are concerned about is this can be spread through contact droplets, so it can be spread through towels and it can be spread through sheets. another thing in the medical community we're worried about is if this gets into the community of sex workers, and that can broaden the spread. so we have a lot to -- to stop right now, kim, because it can start breaking out of just the men having sex with men community very quickly. >> yes, as we have seen with other diseases. we'll have to leave it there. appreciate your expertise. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, kim. the number of global covid cases fueled by the ba.5 subvariant is on the rise. have a look here. you can see on this map the virus is surging, especially in north africa, asia and latin america. health reporter jacqueline howard has more.

>> reporter: in tokyo, people go about their daily lives. japan was looking forward to a rise in tourism during the summer months, as its economy struggles to get back to prepandemic levels. but a recent uptick in covid-19 cases is spoiling those plans. out of the country's 47 prefectures, 30 reported daily new highs. this is japan's seventh wave of coronavirus, and the government says it doesn't plan to bring back any covid rules. >> translator: as for the rapid spread, i think maybe since the spring everyone has calmed down and gone back to normal. so it was predictable to a certain extent. >> reporter: and it is not just japan. many parts of the world are seeing a surge in covid-19 cases. health officials are blaming a combination of relaxed social restrictions, as well as the spread of omicron subvariant ba.5. it is more transmissible than the original omicron variant,

and is now the dominant strain. >> this variant does seem to be pretty different than previous variants, which means that your previous immunity, either from infection or from vaccine, may not be as protective. >> reporter: in the united states, infections are on the rise in at least 40 states and hospitalizations have jumped 20% in the past few weeks. more than 1 million americans have died of the virus, since the pandemic started. >> we probably are currently seeing somewhere between 600 and 800,000 new cases per day, most of them being tested at home. so there is a tremendous amount of virus around. and also what is worse is that there is no sense of urgency in this country. >> reporter: europe is not just battling the heat wave, the number of covid-19 cases there has tripled in the past six weeks. that's according to the world health organization. nearly 3 million new infections were reported, the week of july 10th. >> the virus has never gone away.

people sometimes ask is the virus back? it never has gone away. it is still there. it is spreading. it is mutating. and unfortunately it is still taking a lot of life. >> reporter: health experts are urging people to get vaccinated, warning if you haven't gotten a covid-19 vaccine this year, you're not protected against serious illness from the new variant. jacqueline howard, cnn, atlanta. joe biden's doctor says the president's covid symptoms continue to improve, despite being in isolation. biden is participating in virtual meetings. cnn's arlette saenz has more from the white house. >> reporter: president biden's physician dr. kevin o'connor released a letter on saturday saying that the president's symptoms are improving. he detailed some of those primary symptoms the president is experiencing, including a sore throat and body aches and said the president continues to respond well to that paxlovid

treatment, that antiviral drug. and he will continue taking that medication. additionally the president has been using an albuterol inhaler as needed for a cough. dr. kevin o'connor saying he's doing that about two to three times a day. but the doctor noted the president is not experiencing shortness of breath and his oxygen saturation levels remain excellent and his lungs are clear. now, white house chief of staff ron klain told reporters that the president is feeling pretty well and he's spent the day on the phone, including some virtual conference calls. here is how dr. anthony fauci, the president's chief medical adviser, detailed the president's condition on saturday. >> i spoke to dr. o'connor last night at 10:00 to get an update. and just as you said, and you heard the president continues to improve. and we have every reason to believe he will do very well. having a runny nose, having someone who has a history when he does get colds that have nothing to do with covid, he has

a history of asthma, and he uses the bronco dilator to make sure he breathes well. he has no trouble breathing at all right now. >> reporter: additionally, dr. kevin o'connor says the early sequencing results of the president's covid-19 tests have come in and indicates he most likely has the highly contagious ba.5 variant. that is the variant that the majority of americans currently contracting covid-19 here in the country are experiencing at this moment. now, while the president is isolating here at the white house, his wife, first lady jill biden, is spending the weekend in wilmington, delaware. her spokesperson tells me she tested negative for covid-19 on saturday and is not experiencing any symptoms. she is expected to remain there in delaware until at least tuesday, which would mark day five of president biden's isolation. dr. kevin o'connor said the president will continue to isolate according to cdc guidelines, but he will leave isolation once he tests negative. arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. a man suspected of attacking

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." california governor gavin newsom declared a state of emergency for mariposa county as a new wildfire grows near yosemite national park. the oak fire destroyed at least ten structures, damaged five and is threatening thousands of others. this summer's extreme heat is fueling wildfires across the u.s. more than 90 million people are under heat alerts today. for more on this, let's bring in on meteorologist derek van dam. one of my favorite areas in california, this oak fire is really raging out of control. what more can you tell us? >> people in and around the

yosemite area, south lake tahoe should expect to see thick smoke and haze coming up over the next 24 to 48 hours as the fire continues to burn, continues to get larger. this is our near surface smoke forecast, you see purple and red indicating the thickest of smoke that will meander across that area. here is one of the dozens of structures that have been impacted by the oak fire that still rages out of control. this is on the backdrop of the record-setting heat across the u.s., over 20 potential record highs today. many of them focused along the eastern seaboard. so let's get right to it. over 90 million americans much of our populated area under heat advisories or excessive heat warnings. 100 degrees in philadelphia, breaking a record high temperature today, matching that in the boston area as well. heads up with all this heat, potential for severe weather exists, storms racing across the great lakes now, storm prediction center has an enhanced risk of tornadoes, hail, damaging winds across

upstate new york and portions of pennsylvania as well. now, we head into another portion of the northern hemisphere, northeast asia, heat wave ongoing from beijing to shanghai to hong kong. temperatures here incredibly warm. 107 degrees forecast for some eastern china locations. this has prompted the china meteorological agency to put up a code red alert for over 50 cities over eastern china for temperatures soaring over 40 degrees celsius, consecutively, over the coming days. there is a lot of humidity within this area, and when we sweat, we're basically air conditioning units and human form, right? so when there is humidity and this prevents that evaporated and cooling effect to take place, we don't have the ability to cool our bodies as effectively. so when we have the combination of heat and humidity, it can be deadly, and it can be impactful for people, especially with underlying heat -- underlying

health conditions as well. so that's it from the weather center. lots to talk about, northern hemisphere, basically baking from europe to the north america to asia as well. kim? >> all right, thanks so much, derek van dam, appreciate it. as derek just mentioned, china dealing with a scorching heat wave of its own with more than 50 cities under red alerts. country's highest heat warning, as cnn's selina wang has more. >> reporter: the heat wave has been ferocious. last week dozens of cities logged record highs, some reaching more than 110 degrees. this is all part of the global trend of more extreme weather driven by climate change. not just heat, but also flooding is hitting china. flooding in recent months has displaced millions of people and destroyed vast fields of crops. all of this puts more pressure on an economy already battered by covid lockdowns, the crop damage threatening to push up inflation, and all of this also comes as covid cases are rising. at least 30 cities are in full or partial lockdown.

there have been growing reports of covid workers collapsing on the job due to heat stroke. in the suffocating temperatures, they wore full head to toe hazmat suits. some covid testers have even gotten creative, by hugging giant ice cubes and taping ice to their suits. and residents aacross the country, young, old and sick, are all required to wait in long lines for regular covid tests, even in this scorching weather. selina wang, cnn, beijing. and now to iran where flash flooding has killed at least 21 people in the southern part of the country. video from local media shows cars being swept away by the rising waters as you can see there. officials say at least 15 vehicles were submerged by the floods. they have been suffering some of the worst drought conditions in decades which drys out the soil, making it harder to absorb sudden heavy rainfall. getting married in the

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russia is admitting for the first time that it is responsible for yesterday's missile strikes on odesa. but it says it hit only military infrastructure in the port, including a ukrainian military vessel. ukraine says port facilities were hit, not infrastructure used for grain exports. heavy attacks came one day after the two countries signed an agreement to reopen ukrainian ports for grain exports. the move is expected to ease the global food crisis caused by the war. russian attack drew widespread international condemnation. ukraine says it is still moving ahead with preparations to resume the exports, despite the attack. for five months the world has watched the russian military commit all sorts of alleged

atrocities in ukraine. but people inside russia are getting a very different view of the so-called special military operations. earlier i spoke with andre kalisnikov, i asked him how the war was being covered now. here he is. >> it is a contradictory story because it was -- it is very beginning was a real shock of the majority of russians, including those who are supporting putin. but now this is five months of this war, and ordinary russians realize special operation is not going to be over anytime soon. and they prefer to survive simply, to live like as usual. so putin doesn't lead them into trenches. he didn't announce any kind of general military mobilization. and it was a -- people feel

themselves in safety. all the young boys in the families could be in danger. but kremlin must demonstrate that this is kind of not a real war, but a special operation. and people in cities and big cities can't leave their own everyday life. this is a business as usual for them. and people are accepting it, this is kind of a social contract between the authorities and average russians. >> so then when it comes to putin himself, i mean, it is always hard to gauge his popularity accurately given the amount of repression, lack of media dependence and so on, how has his popularity fared as this war has dragged on now for months, much longer than most russians would have expected? >> you know, people are -- they can't understand how to explain

what is happening. and they prefer to borrow the opinion from official sources, from putin himself. people prefer to support the war leader. putin stresses his personal auth authority because he demonstrated only he is the person who is controlling the situation. and to the people who understand they can't see any kind of alternative here, they see that they are in safety being defended by putin. i don't want to see any kind of alternatives. i believe to my president. this is one of the most popular positions. >> we'll have to leave it there. really appreciate getting an insight into russia right now as it goes through this war, completely different experience obviously from that of millions

of ukrainians. thanks so much. as i mentioned, while in russia it may be business as usual, in ukraine it is anything but. an uncertainty about the future is spurring couples to exchange vows now rather than later. cnn's scott mclean explains. >> reporter: this is not exactly a dream wedding venue. but vada and ivan would be happy anywhere. on their big day, the groom, a massage therapist, turned army medic, gives his bride a quick foot rub before it is their turn to say i do. all of my life has led to this day, she says. after a brief ceremony, a few words, and a few signatures, the newlyweds seal it with a kiss. congratulations, she says, on the beginning of your new life together. the pair who asked us not to use their last names says ivan is serving on the front lines in

southern ukraine. he was able to get away long enough to marry, but will be back at war within days. the procedure itself became easier during martial law, he says. it was harder for me to get here than it was to get married. under ukraine's newly relaxed war time marriage laws, there is no longer a one-month waiting period. in part to accommodate a surge in the number of military couples wanting to wed on short notice. martial law even allows people to marry online. this wcouple had no other choic. which is how you got married? i went to the store with my friend to have a coffee, she told us and my husband called me on a video call like i'm talking to you and i saw a lady who was asking us if we were ready to get married. it was the happiest day of my life. have you seen your husband since you've been married? no, she says, only through the phone. aside from love, anna is also

aware of the practical realities. like getting access to her husband if he were to be injured or killed in battle. back at the registration office, this officiant says war is changing lives, and perspectives. now we are living in a very dangerous time, she says, and maybe people who are planning tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or in a year to get married have realized that we're living today, here and now, and maybe that's where their decision comes from. that's precisely where sergei's decision came from after eight years with tatiana, war suddenly made marriage a priority. war worries me more than anything else, he says. this is not how we envisioned our wedding, but we only had one day, she tells us, so we wanted to make the most of it. short on time today, but hoping to have a lifetime together after war. scott mclean, cnn, kyiv.

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china has successfully launched the second module for the tiangong space station. beijing is one step closer to its goal of completing construction of the space station by the end of this year. the module was launched from a site on hainan island earlier today and will dock with the space station's core module some 13 hours after launch. the beautiful monarch butterfly is now at risk of extinction. the native population of the colorful insect has dropped dramatically over the past decade. the reason, climate change. but experts say there are steps we can take to protect them before it is too late. cnn's matt rivers explains. >> reporter: the migratory monarch butterfly is one of the world's natural wonders, known for flying thousands of kilometers from breeding grounds in the eastern united states and

canada, to spend winter in the forests of mexico and california. bit that awe-inspiring migration is officially at risk. on thursday, the international union for conservation of nature or iucn declared the migratory monarchs endangered and added them to the red list of endangered species. >> it is like death by a thousand cuts. >> reporter: the classification comes after decades of falling populations in part due to climate change. >> monarch numbers are really tied to variation in year to year weather. and that the conditions that are best for monarchs are becoming more rare. so the hot and dry conditions are not good for them through most of their range. >> reporter: but climate change is just one factor. the iucn says deforestation has destroyed considerable areas of the monarch's winter shelter in california and mexico. and farming has also had a major

impact, with pesticides and herbicides used throughout monarch breeding grounds killing the main source of food, milk weed. >> there used to be a lot of the monarchs host plant milk weed in corn and soybean feels. as farmers changed their wheat control methods, that milk weed disappeared. because much of the breeding range of monarchs is used for farming, a lot of that habitat is just gone now. >> reporter: experts say there are still ways to protect them, from planting native milk weed and nectar flowers, reducing pesticide use and supporting conservation groups. but these things must be done quickly if the butterfly is to be saved. now formally one step further on a path toward extinction. matt rivers, cnn, mexico city. things are getting back to normal at britain's port of dover after days of travel chaos. roads near the port were gridlocked with bumper to bumper traffic on friday and saturday

and british travelers trying to reach france face and hours long wait to get through border control. they blamed the delays on a lack of french border staff, but france says more checks are needed since the uk is no longer part of the european union. the tour de france wraps up on paris' champs-elysees in just a few hours unless something extraordinary happens. denmark's jonas vingegaard in his first attempt at the grueling bicycle race will be wearing the yellow jersey after he crosses the finish line. vingegaard leads podacar heading into the final stage. the french women's soccer team is heading to the euro semifinals after defeating netherlands. the defending champs 1-0 on a penal i can in extra time ending a decades long losing streak in the quarters. france will play against germany next on wednesday in the semis and top ranked sweden will face off against host nation england in the other semifinal match on

tuesday. almost $800 million are now on the line in the u.s. mega millions lottery. no one matched all six numbers in friday night's mega millions drawing, so the jackpot is up to an estimated $790 million. lottery says it is the fourth highest jackpot ever won in any game. if you want to get a chance to go for the prize, you can take home the cash prize, i guess, is about $464 million, and the next mega millions drawing is on tuesday. all right, that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. thank you for watching. "new day" weekend is next.

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good morning and welcome to your "new day." i am alex marquardt. >> i'm amara walker. new this morning, the oak fire nearly tripling in size over the past 24 hours, destroying buildings and forcing evacuations. the latest on the efforts to contain it. >> and on the east coast, stifling dangerous heat will be blanketing much of the northeast, with several cities under heat emergencies. allison chinchar has our forecast. >> and the world health organization designates monkeypox, the public health emergency of international concern. how the biden administration is responding and where we ar