this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i m victoria fritz. a man is arrested after threatening argentina s vice president with a gun outside her home in buenos aires. american equality and democracy are under assault: that s president biden s stark warning about the threat from election deniers and maga republicans. donald trump on the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. a cargo ship carrying 3,000 tonnes of corn from ukraine runs aground in turkey s bosphorus strait. the ladyzehma was travelling under a un brokered export deal.
The body that oversees an international deal intended to get 20 million tons of grain out of Ukraine to feed people around the world said the loaded vessels.
ukraine says, 17 more ships loaded with agricultural produce are waiting to set sail. our international correspondent orla guerin is in istanbul. this is being seen as a landmark day. this was uncharted waters in every sense in me at the first ship setting sailfrom the every sense in me at the first ship setting sail from the coast of ukraine, navigating its way through mind waters and driving last night off the coast of istanbul and today, we had the inspection visit which was by a joint team with officials on both the warring parties but also turkey in the united nations which brokered the landmark deal to resume exports and the inspectors were ferried out to the ship and they are brought on board and they are carrying out checks for about an hour and a half met the crew and also check the cargo under the export deal and only foodstuffs and fertilisers were allowed to be exported and so there to satisfy themselves of what was on board but this is been seen very much as a
successful trial run. if it is statement from the joint coordination centre which has been set up extendable saying that the voyage was a proof of concept as they parted for the export deal and in other words, a successful demonstration that this could happen that this could be loaded with grain, leave ukraine and have a maritime core door and be checked here in turkey and go on its way. and other ships will hopefully follow. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? nancy pelosi has ended her visit to taiwan the chain has described as a violation of its sovereignty. captains of premier league football teams have decided that players will stop taking the knee, before every match this season.
ISTANBUL, July 29 (Xinhua) Visiting German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock hailed the Black Sea grain export deal recently signed in Istanbul to transfer