changed so quickly! hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week s releases is, as you see, mark kermode. hi, mark. hi. what have you been watching? well, as always a very mixed bag. we have where the crawdads sing, which is an adaptation of a very popular novel. we have she will, which is the feature debut from charlotte colbert. and kurt vonnegut: unstuck in time, a documentary about the american writer. good old mixture there, yes. yes. so, where the crawdads sing, which is an adaptation of the deep south novel which became a publishing sensation millions and millions of copies sold. this is adapted by lucy alibar, who is best known for beasts of the southern wild. one of the producers is reese witherspoon, so very, very good pedigree. yes. daisy edgar jones is kya, who is called the marsh girl . she grew up amidst the marshes of the deep south, fending for herself, understanding nature. at the beginning of the film, we s
15 year old sebastian kalinowski who died after months of torture at the hands of his mother and her partner they ve been found guilty of his murder. cheering and a legacy flame to mark ten years since the london olympic games just as the commonwealth games are due to start in birmingham next week. and coming up on the bbc news channel it s sweden against belgium in the euros tonight, with a place against the hosts england in the semi finals at stake. good evening. getting away for the summer holidays should be one of the highlights of the year but huge tailbacks stretching for several miles from the ferry terminal at dover have meant misery and frustration for travellers. some of whom have had to endure delays of up to six hours. it s the start of one of the busiest weekends of the year for over but the port has declared a critical incident and told passengers to arrive at least five hours before their departure time to clear all security checks. the authorities there
hello, this is bbc news. i m kasia madera. the headlines: donald trump s former strategist steve bannon has been found guilty of contempt of congress. he was charged after refusing to testify to the inquiry into the january 6 riots at the us capitol and could face two years in prison. ukraine and russia have signed a deal which will allow the resumption of ukrainian grain exports from ports on the black sea. they had been blocked by russia, following the military invasion. russian exports will also be guaranteed safe passage. the european commission has launched fresh legal action against the uk. it says there is a failure to comply with the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. there are warnings that the the gridlock around the english channel port of dover could get worse over the weekend. officials declared a critical incidents today. i ll be back later with a full round up of the day s news. but first, with all the week s political news, here s newscast.
us on that topic and a lot more coming up in just a few moments today. sandra: we begin, america reports with a shake-up across the pond as prime minister boris johnson announces officially that he is resigning amid a string of ethics scandal. and look who came back for more, hello, welcome, everybody. i am sandra smith in new york. happy to have you. i am bill hemmer and for john roberts today, the outgoing prime minister acknowledging defeat after months of defiance with 50 senior lawmakers left office in a revolt against their leader, the final straw for some members of parliament coming after report saying that johnson knew about an investigation of sexual misconduct to a lawmaker that he had promoted. sandra: protesters gathered outside tenth avenue to give the prime minister a noisy send-off as they look for a replacement to lead the conservative party in the country now begins. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live on this from london for