hi there, thank you for being with us. the authorities in ukraine say more than 42,000 people are at risk from flooding, after the collapse of a major dam in the south of the country on tuesday. president putin has said ukraine was behind the breach, which he called a barbaric act . while kyiv and moscow blame each other, once again, it s civilians paying a heavy price for russia s war. this is the scene in the city of kherson entire houses and streets submerged underwater. some people waiting to be rescued in affected areas have been forced to spend the night on their roofs, or in trees as the waters rose. the dam supplies water to large tracts of agricultural land, including in crimea. and the reservoir behind it provides water to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant further upriver. both areas are under russian control. the united nations says the dam collapse will have grave and far reaching consequences . 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse is in the city
london, the high court because prince harry has concluded giving evidence in that legal case he s bringing against mirror group newspapers you see that wrangle of journalists and camera crews waiting to see the duke of sussex leave that building after two days of evidence, two days of cross examination not a complete day like yesterday we know the prince was after finishing his session state there in the courts to see other witnesses being cross examined, but effectively two days that this case has been going on, a hugely significant case with the prince in the dock giving evidence, the first time that has happened in over a century in terms of a member of the british royal family. he has been determined to bring this case against the tabloid press which he says has infringed on his rights right throughout his life. he made the witness statement producing that right at the start of proceedings yesterday detailing the impact it has had over the years on his mental health, deta
hello, i m sarah campbell, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start with prince harry. it s been his second day of being cross examined in the high court. the prince said he found it suspicious, that difficult conversations between him and an ex girlfriend appeared in stories in the daily mirror. the paper s publisher denies using unlawful means to gather information about the duke saying its reports were based on publicly available sources. our culture editor, katie razzall, was in court. the interest in this story shows no sign of waning. for the second day world s media gathered in a cul de sac in central london waiting for the high court s star witness. prince harry arrived here for another bout of cross examination. the mirror group is determined to show he is wrong to claim that articles about him were based on unlawful information gathering. mgn s barrister told him there was not a single item of evidence in the
he s going to collate all that information together and deliberate and then come to a decision. now, remember, harry only has to have maybe one article proven out of the 33 that it s been phone hacked to have some sort of victory. the authorities in ukraine say more than 42,000 people are at risk from flooding, after the collapse of a major dam in the south of the country on tuesday. president putin has said ukraine was behind the breach, which he called a barbaric act . while kyiv and moscow blame each other, once again it s civilians paying a heavy price for russia s war. this is the scene in the city of kherson entire houses and streets submerged underwater. some people waiting to be rescued, in affected areas, have been forced to spend the night on their roofs, or in trees as the waters rose. the dam supplies water to large tracts of agricultural land, including in crimea. and the reservoir behind it, provides water to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, further upriver. bo
damage to the kakhovka dam has resulted in the flooding of 29 towns and villages along the dnipro river, and left tens of thousands of people at risk. as rescue teams teams scrambled to help those affected, president volodymyr zelensky said the disaster had left hundreds of thousands of people without running water to drink. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, says the uk security services are working to establish who was responsible for damaging the dam, but set if moscow was behind the breach, it would would fit with a pattern of behaviour which has seen russia deliberately target civilian infrastructure. mr sunak, who is in washington, said the british authorities are providing support to the bodies such as the international criminal court so that those funds will could be held to account. president putin has said ukraine was behind the breach, which he called a barbaric act . let s hear more from that interview with mr sunak now, talking to our political editor chris mason.