hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has admitted that its forces targeted the ukrainian port of odesa on saturday, a day after moscow and kyiv agreed to allow grain shipments to leave the port. russian foreign ministry spokeswoman maria zakharova says cruise missiles destroyed what she described as a ukrainian military boat. the attack on odesa did not appear to hit anything connected with the storage or shipment of grain. but ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, called the strike barbaric, saying it shows moscow cannot be trusted. from odesa, our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, sent this report. in a war littered with broken promises an especially devastating betrayal, two missiles launched from the black sea hitting odesa s port. two others were taken out by air defence systems. for coffee vendor sergei, there was only one thing to do. translation: i saw black smoke after the missiles hit, so i knew i had to run to a bomb shelter and hide. it was very scary
to expect long delays at folkestone and many having to overnight in their vehicles. simonjones reports. the not so great getaway continues. the port of dover is expecting another six and a half thousand cars folkestone, holiday makers have been struggling to get to the eurotunnel terminal, some forced to spend the night in their cars. we arrived at folkestone at about 9am yesterday morning for a train at 10:30, and then we ve slowly been crawling along for the past 21 plus hours. the immediate challenge has been to begin getting the 1,500 hgvs parked on the motorway on their way. we have lorries currently stacking on the m20 as part of operation brock. some of them have been there for several, several hours and we need to now help them get through and across the channel. so we need to make sure that some priority is given to help get some freight across. but, ultimately, we now need to see some movement. the blame game continues. the british government said the french authori
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: after 48 hours of gridlock, authorites at britain s main port, dover, say they have cleared the backlog of travellers, but delays continue at the channel tunnel. the board of cricket scotland resigns ahead of a review expected to find scottish cricket to be institutionally racist. russia admits it was responsible for a missile strike on the port of odesa on saturday targeting military installations, ukraine s president denounced the attack as barbaric . the two contenders to be britain s next prime minister rishi sunak and liz truss vow to toughen controls on migration into the uk. pope francis flies to canada for a visit described as a pilgrimage of penance . and supermodel kate moss tells the bbc that being asked to take off her bra during a photoshoot when she was 15 years old opened her eyes to the dangers of the fashion industry. now on bbc news: click. spencer: we ve got a tasty programme for you this week. when is chocolate
A detective from Northern Ireland who survived a murder attempt has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list. PSNI Detective Chief Inspector Jo.