welcome to the programme. thousands of people are being evacuated in southern ukraine, where the destruction of the russian controlled nova kakhovka dam has caused extensive flooding. but it s uncertain who is responsible. joining me on my panel tonight for the next hour, will be gillian tett, editor at large, us financial times. and nathalie tocci director for institute of international affairs rome. also tonight: prince harry has been in court. accusing mirror group newspapers of hacking into his voicemails when he was a teenager. the new liv golf tour threatened to split the world of golf. now it s going to merge with the existing pga tour. what does it mean for the game? and he used to tell people to vote for donald trump now he s running against him for the republican presidential nomination. we ll weigh up the white house chances of chris christie. we start in ukraine. and let s begin with that breaking news in the last hour that a us official has told the bbc s par
announcer: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. thank you for being with us. we began in ukraine where floodwaters are still rising in the city of kherson after a major dam was hit on thursday. tens of thousands of people have been stranded and whole neighbourhoods submerged. officials say they could be a catastrophic impact on agriculture which would worsen the global food shortages. this eastern bank of the dnipro river is currently a no man s land. neither russia nor ukraine control here. now, no one can live here. the ukrainian army drone spotted catalina trapped in her home. they tried to drop her water no luck. her son then makes the crucial catch. they re both taken to kherson, along with her daughter, maria. a city once occupied by russia, then liberated by ukraine, now on its knees. translation: we managed to find the simplest boat, i but my father and a neighbour got carried away in it. it came loose, and the current was too powerful
so we opened an investigation in both a war crime and possible case of genocide. the influential uk business group the cbi, wins a vote of confidence over its future after a series of scandals. and the us based pga tour has announced a shock merger with its saudi backed rival, liv golf, ending a bitter split in men s professional golf. hello. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s start in central london. it has been a dramatic day at the high court, where prince harry has just left. the duke of sussex has given evidence in court, making him the first member of the royal family to appear in the witness box for over a century. the last time this happened was when queen victoria s otis khan served as a witness eldest son. he has been cross examined in his case over alleged unlawful press intrusion by mirror group newspapers. in a witness statement, he said the tabloids hacked his voice mail when he was a pupil
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