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
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. we start in ukraine and the attack on a crucial dam in the south of the country. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate because of rising flood waters. the dam sits between russian held territory to the south, and ukrainian territory to the north. kyiv says that moscow is to blame and so do nato and the eu, which has called the destruction a war crime. at a un meeting, russia has accused ukraine of sabotage. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak has said it s too soon to make a definitive judgment, but if russia is found responsible, it would demonstrate the new lows that we will have seen from russian aggression . to kherson now and this report from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. i think it is still if you go by what you officials are saying just today it is still in its early phases. -by by what us officials are saying- it has starte
the announcement comes as prime minister rishi sunak continues his visit to the us. he is due to hold talks with president biden at the white house later today aimed in the words of the uk government at cementing their joint leadership in the technologies of the future . the uk has abandoned hopes of a post brexit free trade agreement with the us, instead pushing for a deal on digital services. the prime minister told the bbc s political editor chris mason that the uk is well placed to become a leader in al i want to make sure that we in the uk can realise the clear benefits of aib that in drug discovery or other areas but at the same time we need to put guardrails in place to protect ourselves, our country and people from the real risk that it poses, risks that the creators of ai have highlighted. i believe the uk is placed to lead and shape the conversation on this because we are strong when it comes to ai. how do you make that case to a leader of a superpower as the leade
around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. every week, these volunteers are testing the water quality and the results are getting worse. extremely frustrating because you can see this area of outstanding natural beauty being degraded. what volunteers have found is one of the main problems with this river are high levels of cow poo and chicken poo. it s being spread as a manure, and when it rains, of course, it then washes off the land and seeps down into the river. the poop produces phosphate which attacks the water quality and with the number of chickens being farmed in the area going up, the wildlife in the river has been going down. two years ago, the friends of the lower wye action group were set up with a single goal to have a clean, pollution free, healthy river and valley.
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