the ukraine accuses russia of blowing up a crucial dam on the dnipro river unleashing a flood of water. moscow denies involvement and says kyiv has sabotaged its own dam. a dramatic day in london as prince harry takes on the tabloid press at the high court. he says, the papers behaviour had put him into a downward spiral . and on patrol with the taliban the bbc finds evidence of major success in clamping down on opium poppy growing in afghanistan. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s jane dougal. dpj tour has agreed to merge with the the pga tour had a feud with lviv but it has now decided to merge with it. top professionals like phil mickelson left dpj tour but they were still permitted to play in the majors. players like rory mcilroy were highly critical of phil mickelson at the time but in a joint statement with the dp world tour, the former rival said they would implement a plan to grow these combined commercial businesses and dr
president zelensky has warned the destruction of the dam risks leaving hundreds of thousands of people without healthy water. extensive damage has been caused to buildings and farmland. the united nations has said the breach of the dam is one of the most significant incidents of damage to civilian infrastructure since the start of the russian invasion, and will have grave and far reaching consequences. moscow has denied destroying the dam, which it controls, instead blaming ukrainian shelling. the pictures you can see there are from one of the towns, these are coming to us live as a sum of the residents look on and i think one of the rescue boats, dinghies, hasjustarrived, and i think one of the rescue boats, dinghies, hasjust arrived, and and i think one of the rescue boats, dinghies, hasjustarrived, and i presume this is part of the evacuations that have been taking place for hours. our first report comes from jon donnison. breached, the nova kakhovka dam, now almost unreco
said that it won t be until later on wednesday, that is today, that we will see the peak water levels. let me just bring will see the peak water levels. let mejust bring in our diplomatic correspondent paul adams who is in kyiv for us. paul, just to touch on some of the scenes that we have seen their of rescue workers trying to help residents, i wonder if you can fill us in with reports that some of those workers have been targeted by shelling? those workers have been targeted by shellin: ? ~ ~ ., shelling? well, i think the thing to remember is shelling? well, i think the thing to remember is that shelling? well, i think the thing to remember is that kherson - shelling? well, i think the thing to remember is that kherson since i shelling? well, i think the thing to remember is that kherson since it| remember is that kherson since it was liberated by ukrainian forces last november has been routinely sheued last november has been routinely shelled from across the river, from the ru
we do not know whether that is in any way related to the current incident and we do not have any verified footage of any explosions happening in the area and that means we will continue to monitor the situation, there footage and bringing you any updates when we can. verifying footage. russia has denied responsibilty, blaming ukrainian shelling instead. here is mikhail ulyanov, russia s permanent representative to international organizations in vienna. russia did not destroy the dam today. it russia did not destroy the dam toda . ., , russia did not destroy the dam toda . . , , , . russia did not destroy the dam toda. ,. ., ., today. it was sub ect to ukrainian shellin: today. it was sub ect to ukrainian shelling since today. it was subject to ukrainian shelling since last today. it was subject to ukrainian shelling since last summer, - today. it was subject to ukrainian shelling since last summer, in i shelling since last summer, in actual shelling since last summer, in actual