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
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
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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
the daily global war will be bringing you the top stories from around the world. we start in ukraine were military sources there and told the bbc their forces are tearing out would be described as a series of small scale armoured attacks against russian positions. this comes amid reports of fighting in many parts of southern and eastern ukraine what appears to be a significant escalation. the ukrainian army releases these images that they say are attacking russian troops in the area of bakhmut in the eastern region of donetsk. moscow claims it has repelled armoured attacks and inflicted heavy losses but there s been no independent confirmation. the point is not a source to be trusted. kyiv is posted this video calling for soldiers to have silence for their long full scale counteroffensive. report on social media since ukrainian forces have made several probing attacks along the south and eastern south line. also in the western part of this region in the eastern part of this r