today, all days of peace begin. and the long wait is over for millions of lord of the rings fans as a tv pre quel is launched at comic con a landmark agreement to allow the export of grain, from the ukrainian port of odesa has come under threat, after the city was hit by a missile strike, less than 2a hours after the deal was signed. russia had promised not to attack the port or any ships carrying grain out of it. but president zelensky said the strike showed that moscow would always find ways to avoid delivering on its agreements. there has been no direct response from the kremlin. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, sent this report from odesa. in a war littered with broken promises and 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
the papers should be on about now. our usual schedule has been slightly disrupted by the women s euros quarterfinals match between france and the netherlands. but we will have a full look at tomorrow s front pages at 11.30pm. i ll be joined by aubrey allegretti from the guardian and geri scott from the times. join us for that, if you can. to the us now, where a jury has found donald trump s former chief strategist, steve bannon, guilty of contempt of congress. it follows his failure to co operate with a committee investigating the former president s actions, during the attack on the capitol in january last year. mr bannon could now face up to two years in jail. our washington correspondent, rianna croxford, reports. steve bannon, defiant as he faces up to two years in prison for contempt of congress for refusing to give evidence to a committee investigating last year s attack on the capitol. we may ve lost a battle here today, but we re not gonna lose this war. here s why t
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