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 to fin
there at the high court. for the next a0 minutes or so, the bbc news channel stayed on live pictures of the outside of the courtroom, awaiting what turned out to be a rather brief shot of the duke leaving the building chris collins echoed that who thought. we asked bbc news for their response to those points and they told us. although there were many cameras outside the courtroom, there weren t any inside, which meant reporters had to relay what was going on via live online updates or wait till they were outside the high court to summarise what had been said on television. the only visual material of what happened in court via drawings by the courtroom artist, although sky news filmed a ginger bearded actor voicing prince harry s words. tom boadle tweeted. .. well, let s discuss this issue of whether there should be more tv tv cameras allowed in british courts with the legal commentator joshua rosenberg, who, of course, spent 15 years as the bbc s legal correspondent. thank y
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
more critical point in the war. plus the pga tour is joining forces with saudi backed liv golf. the just announced partnership has shaken up the sporting world with many from golfers to lawmakers livid that this is moving forward. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. we are beginning with a major dam breech in ukraine. you can see water gushing through this dam here located in a critical area along the dnipro river. more than a thousand homes have flooded. a ukrainian official says 16,000 people on the river s west bank are in what he is calling a critical zone. russian officials on the other hand are telling residents there is no threat. both sides are blaming each other. ukraine says this was blown up by russian forces in a panic. the kremlin is calling this deliberate sabotage by ukraine. cnn is learning from u.s. and western officials there are signs ukraine s counteroffensive is finally beginning.
and we are walking to another one which they are in the process of destroying right now. and, we have a special report on patrol with the taliban, in their fight against opium production. and coming up on bbc news: tottenham appoints ange postecoglou as their new manager. the australian leaves celtic after completing a domestic treble and signs a four year deal with spurs. hello. the duke of sussex is in the witness box at the high court in london, being cross examined in his case over alledged unlawful press intrusion, by mirror group newspapers. in a witness statement, he said the tabloids hacked his voice mail when he was a pupil at eton, making him feel he couldn t trust anybody . prince harry is the first member of the royal family to appear in the witness box, for over a century, and he s claiming journalists and investigators breached his privacy using illegal methods, including phone hacking. the mirror group has apologised to the duke for one instance of unlawful in