This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Saturday,

the 8th of July, these are our main stories.

The United States has confirmed that it will send its cluster bombs

for Ukraine's forces to use to the horror of campaigners.

Our correspondent heads to a field of tents being erected in Beloruz,

possibly for fighters from the Wagner-Mersenry Group.

Also in this podcast, the global shipping industry promises

to stop contributing to climate change by 2050.

And the animal that makes this noise...

is back in Angola for the first time in decades.

And we begin this podcast with the agreement by the United States

to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine.

President Biden said the decision was difficult, but necessary,

because Ukraine was running out of ammunition

in its war against the Russian invasion.

Its military counteroffensive against Russian forces

is proving to be slower than Kiev and its western allies had anticipated,

both sides are using them on the battlefield.

More than 100 countries have banned cluster bombs,

which contain large numbers of bomblets and can kill and maim indiscriminately

over a wide area. They can lie around unexploded

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