all around the world. i m paula newton. smoke from canadian wildfires blocks out the sun in new york, creating the worst air quality of any major city in the world. he was asking me to choose between him and the constitution. i chose the constitution. mike pence talks about his former boss and january 6th at a town hall after officially entering the race for the gop. and lionel messi is coming to play for intermiami. so, 75 million people in the united states and millions more north of the border are breathing a noxious smokey haze spewed by wildfires in canada. it shows smoke engulfing new york over a three-hour period. look at the skyline. it nearly vanishes behind a thick, orange haze. by 2:00 p.m., new york s air quality is the worst of any major city in the world and designated hazardous at its most severe level. smoke is coming from more than 100 fires active in central quebec this hour. officials warn the smoke could blanket much of the u.s. and canada for the
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
dozens of strike days are announced by security officers through july and august. # i m forever blowing bubbles. and west ham on the quite for the club s first trophy in a0 years. and on newsnight at 10.30pm: we ll go deeper behind the headlines and talk to some of the key players behind today s stories. good evening. as many as 29 towns and villages in southern ukraine have been overwhelmed by floodwater, following the destruction of a major dam in russian occupied territory. ukrainians and russians are blaming each otherfor the damage to the nova kakhovka dam, which has led to thousands of people being moved from their homes in the region of kherson. president zelensky says hundreds of thousands of ukrainians have been left without drinking water, while emergency services are searching far and wide for people stranded by the floods. water levels are still rising rapidly, and ukraine s prime minister has urged the united nations, the international red cross and other agencie
conclusion of his evidence giving session, day two of all of that. the press assembled at the doorway is, the reporters and camera crews, because the prince has been watching some of the other witnesses being cross examined in the last little while. we expect him to depart after a second day of cross examination at the high court, just like yesterday going through so many of the 33 articles they are focusing on, with the princess saying the critical information had to come from phone hacking and the cross examination for mirror group newspapers saying they could have come from several legitimate other ways. that tussle has been going on both yesterday and today. of course, we expect to see his departure and the case itself continues because the prince, of course, one of four people bringing this test case and they will be going through similar articles and evidence with the other three, but so much attention on the prince, his witness statement yesterday detailed at length th
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