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
facilitated partly by the fact the press wouldn t leave them alone. now the tables turn and it becomes an interrogation. harry will have to answer questions because the barrister on the other side is trying to get him to prove these allegations. that will be aware of the difficulty is, in proving that there was indeed unlawful gathering of information by the press and do stories were then published. let s take you into what is coming out of the courtroom and a little bit more with helena wilkinson. all of a sudden the lights are coming in thick and fast. pick out some of the key thing is we are hearing. what thick and fast. pick out some of the key thing is we are hearing. what we have been hearing key thing is we are hearing. what we have been hearing so key thing is we are hearing. what we have been hearing so far, key thing is we are hearing. what we have been hearing so far, both - key thing is we are hearing. what we have been hearing so far, both in - have been he
in this trial. hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start with that major development in ukraine where thousands of people have been told to evacuate their homes after kyiv accused russian forces of blowing up a major dam, threatening a catastrophic flood. this video tweeted by ukraine s president zelensky shows the breached kakhovka hydro electric dam. he has accused russia of blowing up the dam to slow its offensive by making it harder to cross the dnipro river. russia says ukraine is to blame. this dam is over the dnieper river, between areas controlled by russian and ukrainian armies in the south of ukraine and there are fears for the cooling capacity at the nearby zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant the biggest one in europe. regardless of who or what caused the breach it has potentially deadly consequences for towns and villages in the path of the water. bbc verify has established there was already s
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
baked a cake, full of natural ingredients? make your own muesli? is life too short? how much of these ultra processed foods do you eat, do you worry about the risks, how much do you know, or is convenience and cost absolutely key in this busy and expensive world? that is in a nutshell. in touch. good morning, it is the nation s phone in and here is the news from nick hatfield. good morning. prince harry is expected to give evidence at the high court this week in his long running legalfight at the high court this week in his long running legal fight over privacy. the duke of sussex was mirror group newspapers used illegal methods to gain information, they are contesting the claims. russia says it has stopped a large scale ukrainian offensive in the donetsk region of the country. moscow aims to have killed 250 ukrainian soldiers, kyiv has not commented on the claims. examples say gcse and a level papers being sold online are fake. bbc research has found students are being conne