i have invited many deer and well known gas, and i would like to invite you to an end ah ah, this is, do you have any news light from berlin? the head of the world health organization declares the monkey pox outbreak. a global health emergency. he fears the disease could spread rapidly to more countries but hope's. the decoration will spur a more coordinated global response less than a day after ukraine and russia sign a deal to allow grain shipments. the ukranian army says russian missiles struck the port, city of odessa, ukrainian president of loading res lensky says,

the attack proves russia is already violating the agreement. and pride is back in berlin. hundreds of thousands of people joined the party and the german capital for the annual christopher street, day parade. ah, i went bullcrap walking to the program. the head of the world health organization has declared the fast spreading monkey pox outbreak. a global health emergency cases have been detected in more than 70 countries. the health agency hopes the declaration will draw more attention and resources to fighting the disease. here's what the w h o chief had to say. so in charlotte, we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new models of transmission about which we understand truly to and which meets the criteria in the

international health regulations. for all of the reasons i have decided that the global monkey books outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concerns. science, journalist chi cooper. schmidt told me earlier about the significance of the world health organizations declaration. well, you know, declaring a public health emergency of international concern is the loudest alarm bell, the w jo can ring. the hope of course is that this creates awareness that the spurs countries interaction, whether that actually happens is another question. remember the last time the w to declare the p i. c was in january 2024 coded by team. and i didn't get the sense at the time that that really spurred a lot of countries into action. but, but that is the hope. now the w h has had taken us, i don't give birth yes. made the decision without the full backing of the emergency

committee. what is behind that disagreement? yes, that is actually unprecedented. so the ph. d. i see this tool was created in 2005 with the, with the international health regulations. and normally the director general has always follow their advice. in this case the committee was split. so a small majority of members actually was against declaring public health emergency of international concern, and they've given different reasons for why that might be. so one argument was that this is not spreading in the general population at the moment it's concentrated and men of sex with men that happen cause a lot of death so far. but, but in the end there was a lot of pressure from the ologist and almost all the experts i talked to were convinced that this would help the outbreak. and so i think there was a lot of pressure on him to, to, to go this way. but it is unusual and experts like the ones you note do seem to be taken by surprise by the pace of this virus, but the amount that it's spreading. how concerned should people be?

yes, i mean, what is unusual about this outbreak is really that it is affecting one particular group at the moment, been sex with men, and that it is spreading at a pace that we haven't really seen with monkey pox in the past. this is not a virus that actually transmits all that well. so at the moment we think that the sexual networks that exist make it much easier for the fires to spread from person to person is much more densely connected networks than that. then i usually affect that, but that also means that the risk is very different for different groups at the moment. so at the moon, at the moment the risk communication has to be that anybody who is a man having sex with men, you know, needs to be particularly careful at a much higher risk than, than the rest of the population. but of course, over time, the virus can't pull over into other groups. we don't know where they can find other density connected works that it can spread. and, and so you know, the w jo hopes to cope this outbreak before that that science journalist can come freshman there with the latest on that health emergency. thank you very much.

russia has denied any involvement in a missile strike on the ukrainian port city of odessa. the attack of just one day after the un broker in agreement between moscow and keith, to restart great exports from ukraine. addresses port as part of a key route to get grain out to a hungry world dependent on ukraine's crops. the deal carries the potential to alleviate a global food crisis. ahead of the air strike, ukraine warrant. it didn't trust russia to keep his promises. t w's correspond. nick connelly is in the ukrainian capital, keith. i asked him earlier if the reported attack on odessa could scuttle the deal . well, there was obviously a lot of skepticism here running into the signing that deal in turkey yesterday. obviously, the government, keen to show willingness to engage if it were to work of see this would have lots of advantages for ukraine. ukraine farmers who've been sitting on 2 years worth of

crops, now unable to get any ready cash to pay for next year's crop to pay for seeds and fertilizers. but all these doubts about whether russia would take advantage of access to odessa being reopened minds being taken away. those rules told ass is definitely a lot of people here saying i told you so the russians are just not to be trust. i think the basic dilemma here is that this deal was trying to create peace on the sea or in the black sea at the time to same time as war on land was carrying on. and the south of ukraine is a region that has seen intensifying fighting overseas. you've had so not far away from odessa. so somehow that, that would be possible to kind of uncouple these 2 things and allow for basically trust and some kind of working relations between russian, ukraine, you authorities on the see that was a, was a, it was going be a big ask and very difficult. and so simple hearing ukraine who never really believed this deal would go anywhere in a hurry, help us understand this port in odessa just how important is it to getting grain in

other ukrainian exports out to the world? i mean, odessa and the ports just near it. those are ukraine's bases gateway to the world. that is where not only food, but also ukraine's other exports have historically all gone out through the easiest, cheapest way to get big volumes of grain, most of which comes from the south and center of ukraine. close those ports to people in countries like turkey, egypt, north africa, some other countries dependent for up to 3 quarters or more of their grain on ukraine. and all these alternatives that ukraine now has been forced to look for and getting it out by road, by barge on the danube river. that's all a lot more complex. lot more expensive, and it just isn't really capable of replacing those ports. we're talking about trucks with, you know, a capacity of tens of tons rather than hundreds of thousands of tons at we're talking about farmers in ukraine getting a lot less money for their grain even if they are able sell it because the transport is just costing. so much so there was never really a sense that there was an alternative, reopening the ports, but given yet the bad blood between russia, ukraine, given russia's repeated attacks on civilians and cities,

hundreds come to the front lines just it didn't ever really feel very convincing. here in care of that this kind of a kind of workable stable deal would be reached. obviously, ukraine's politicians are very aware of the kind of optics of this, of that the outside world is waiting for this grain that lots people who maybe aren't that interested in this war and the ins and outs of territorial losses by ukraine. they certainly are feeling the pinch from rising food prices, so the, the boxes is very good them. but i think for the for now is, is more about being at the table being shown to be willing to talk. and deb the actual realism of this, the actual kind of effects and the ability to get grain out. and that started for question nicolai there for us. and keep with the latest from that perspective, thanks very much. and now for some other stories may headlines right now. thousands of travelers trying to start their summer vacation have been facing up to 6 hour delays at the english port of dover,

england and france are blaming each other for the law. jamming was, as french authorities are understaffed, france says the situation is an aftermath of bricks. it firefighters on a spanish island of aretha are struggling to contain a wildfire that's already burned through about one percent of the entire island, 12 air units, and a $170.00 fire fighters are combating the blaze. some 50 households have been evacuated this year. spain is experiencing it's worst wildfires since records began . steve bennett says he'll appeal his guilty verdict. the former campaign strategist, an advisor to u. s. president donald trump was convicted on 2 counts of criminal contempt for defying subpoenas from the committee. investigating last year's insurrection at the u. s. capital. thank you, our thank sort by thinking the jury respect their decision today. steve bannon was defiant in his remarks to reporters following his conviction in

u. s. federal court immediately indicating he plans to appeal the ruling. we may have lost the battle here today. we're killers as war this employee hold the u. s. committee investigating the january 6th insurrection at the u. s. capital asked bannon to provide documents and testify in person about efforts to overturn the 2020 election. bannon ignored both subpoenas, so the case was referred to the justice department and however, the committee did obtain leaked audio up. bannon, discussing the president strategy to declare victory no matter what an irritant at a public hearing this week. let's listen a right you got the 3rd victory. it doesn't need a lot. the democrat more people vote early that you know, they're voting. and so they're going to have a natural this in a while. so when you wake up wednesday morning is going to be far.

and of course, 4 days later, president trump declared victory when his own campaign advisers told him he had absolutely no basis to do so. just got all the band and only lasted 7 months in the white house. after helping trump, when in 2016, he was brought back in after the 2020 election to help devise a strategy to keep trump in office. one last thing i had with drop in the constitution oh, banning remains free pending his sentencing. scheduled for october. the 21st for last pride parade. no locally as christopher street, they are csd is back in full swing for the 1st time since i started the pandemic under this year's model, you know, i didn't love organizers are expecting as many as i half 1000000 people to take part. it's an event that's been going on every year since 1979. it's named after christopher street in new york city. the sight of $969.00 riots that launched the

present day. gay rights movement and our corresponding and i know shes told me more about the permit. i really am where you can see behind me, there are a few people here gathering out the book at, sorry, if i go in fact, when i those you've mentioned days and are expecting at least half a 1000000 people eat the 1st time that the creek increase. of our 3 day resume in full swing at the beginning of the pandemic, u ha. profit of the past few years, but it was a much smaller scale with a lot of online events. and so here is the 1st time since the beginning of the ban . let me get you see so many people gathered together to celebrate diversity. and they're there to celebrate something of a party atmosphere. but there does seem to be a serious message that they're trying to get out kind of tell us more about that.

indeed in the days of course, a party moved right now and i can hear the music in the background. i can see people happy that they do come at least demands that come with demands. because b, b q community is still being discriminated again. so they want these to start their one, for example, more diversity in education, for example, in school books. they want to see rainbow family need being represented. they also want to use the rest of the use of pronouns that people choose for themselves. and of course, they also want to be respected. if we take a moment to think about some of the demand, you know, in the manifesto it was returned that they would like to have the right to be respected and not based on industry. this just shows you at the end of the discrimination and the extent of their and of the hate crime still being perpetrated. again, had to gain the trans community and isn't exactly why such days are taking place and even exactly why you see so many people are getting mobilized for it today in

berlin. despite all those struggles, berlin does have a reputation for being a queer, friendly city. does the berlin pride message extend beyond berlin? it does indeed 1st, because felony is a very international place to today. i could talk to people from all around the world who are here either living in berlin because if you stay for or he on 90 days because they wanted to enjoy this particular piece of us to thank you and barely because of the tolerance, you know, to went on tolerance across the city, but there's also a message that he's also in the manifesto where all says the csv you in belize, ones, for example, the mayor of valentines is that the 5 to reach out to mayor is in places where human wide eddy bt community on not being respect he's they want that may or to reach out and try to expand those human rights to people in other places. so the message very much way. the nice thing to nationally idea corresponding manual shows

they're in the center of it all at christopher street. they parade in berlin. thanks very much. and from the center of the news desk here, that is all for the w news in berlin. up next is sports life. with a look at the basketball phenomenon in the philippines. of course, you always get more news on our website, d, w dot com and following us for all the latest instagram and twitter. if you w news i'm, i'm profits in great avenue with us. thanks so much with with a lend of contrast of ambitions of inequality. 75 years ago, mahatma gandhi peacefully led the country to independence.