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hello, i m matthew amroliwala, 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 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 a ....
london, the high court because prince harry has concluded giving evidence in that legal case he s bringing against mirror group newspapers you see that wrangle of journalists and camera crews waiting to see the duke of sussex leave that building after two days of evidence, two days of cross examination not a complete day like yesterday we know the prince was after finishing his session state there in the courts to see other witnesses being cross examined, but effectively two days that this case has been going on, a hugely significant case with the prince in the dock giving evidence, the first time that has happened in over a century in terms of a member of the british royal family. he has been determined to bring this case against the tabloid press which he says has infringed on his rights right throughout his life. he made the witness statement producing that right at the start of proceedings yesterday detailing the impact it has had over the years on his mental health ....
and remembering one of the most famous voices in baseball announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone abortion rights advocates are savoring a significant and rare post-roe v. wade victory tonight. not in a statehouse but at the ballot box in kansas where voters upended assumptions, defeating by a wide margin a constitutional amendment that would have opened the door to a ban on abortions in kansas. the mechanics of the victory mustering an unexpectedly large voter turnout in the mostly red state, quickly becoming a case study for democrats and republicans as they weigh the potential impact of abortion as an animating issue in the november midterm elections. elsewhere last night, important wins for trump-backed candidates in several state primary elections. we have two reports beginning with kristen welker on the kansas vote reporter: lester, good evening this was the first time abortion was on the ballot since roe v. wade was ove ....
Antony blinken is meeting this morning with ukrainian president vladimir zelensky. Blinken arrived in kyiv early tuesday, local time, on an unannounced Diplomatic Mission to reassure ukraine it has american support as it fights back increasingly intense russian attacks. His visit comes less than a month after Congress Approved a long delayed foreign assistance package that sets aside 60 billion in aid for ukraine. During this mornings meeting, blinken told zelensky the new Weapons Package is already arriving and more is coming, stressing, quote, thats going to make a difference. Zelensky, in turn, thanked the u. S. For the latest Weapons Package. Fierce battles are taking place near the border in eastern and northeastern ukraine, with outgunned and outnumbe ....
hello, i m christian fraser. hello, i m ben thompson. you re watching the context on bbc news. tim scott becomes the latest republican to quit the race to be president as a new poll shows joe biden trailing to donald trump. we ll talk about that poll in just a moment. donald trumer has returned to the witness stand for a second time in a civil fraud trial in new york. former us president donald trump and his two eldest sons are accused of fraudulently over stating the value of their real estate empire, to obtain favourable loans. the defence has argued that banks made money from mr trump, and they didn t rely on his financial statements. they also say prosecutors have failed to prove that banks wouldn t have loaned him the money even if they had known about inflated assets. our correspondent nadia tawfik joins us from new york. today more quotes. interestingly donald trumpjunior describes his donald trump junior describes his father as donald trumpjunior describes his f ....