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the bbc finds evidence of major success in clamping down on opium growing in afghanistan. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. 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 to kherson now, and this report from our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse. i think it is still if you go by what us officials are saying just today it is still in its early phases. it has started nevertheless where ukrainian forces, small new units are probing different parts of this vast front line. they re trying ....
the dutch foreign minister has said the training of ukrainian pilots on f 16 fighter pilots on f 16fighterjets should start sooner rather than later. the remark comes after the us president joe biden support for the joint ally training programme. you may remember, on friday president biden said he will support delivery of fighterjets to ukraine by allowing western allies to supply them. in the last few hours russia s ambassador to the us has responded. he questions how effective this will be. he said. there is no infrastructure for the operation of the f16 in ukraine and the needed number of pilots and maintenance personnel, is not there either. he also said. any ukrainian strike on crimea would be considered a strike on russia. it is important that the us be fully aware of the russian response . second important update to bring you. these conflicting claims about who controls what in the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine s deputy defence minister says, its troops a ....
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him for i send you to prison for murdering him for the i send you to prison for murdering him for the rest of your natural life~ him for the rest of your natural life~ him for the rest of your natural life~ i him for the rest of your natural life. i sentence you. those sentences life. i sentence you. those sentences will run consecutively. and it s the end of an era, as veteran broadcaster ken bruce signs off from his radio 2 show for the last time. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. mps investigating whether boris johnson misled parliament over law breaking parties at downing street during the coronavirus pandemic say he may have done so on four occasions. the house of commons privileges committee says the evidence they have seen strongly suggests breaches of coronavirus rules would have been obvious to the former prime minister. a report from the committee says it appears mrjohnson did not correct the statements that he repeatedly made, an ....
Continue preparations for a possible Ground Assault into gaza. Also on the programme. Interrupted by a protester, but The Labour Leader sir keir starmer stays on course as he urges his party to seek a decade of National Renewal at the next election. And coming home, again euro 2028 will be jointly hosted by the uk and ireland. And coming up on bbc news england are back on track at the cricket world cup. Reece topley among the wickets, as the defending champions celebrate a comfortable victory over bangladesh. Good evening from jerusalem, where new details are just emerging as weve come on air of the ferocity of the attack by hamas gunmen on Southern Israel last saturday. The Israeli Defence forces have t ....