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
closures and the educational progress of schoolchildren. blaming the previous a administration, no teacher i know enjoys it with private learning. twenty in a classroom, 20 at home, former president donald trump ranted and raved as they put the safety measures in place to get this done. the former education secretary is not taking the attack lightly. randy should own up to the mistakes that they made in the way that they have harmed kids and harm families across the country, yet all she is doing is blaming everybody else. this is not about teachers, this is about she and all of her allies that continue to control everything with the democratic party 99% of contributions going directly to democrats do their bidding. they have especially failed the kids and they are supposed to be observant to. only 42% say that they are completely or somewhat satisfied and that is down nearly 10 points since just 2019. and then we have more from the union and the cdc. so what does it tel
lead that conversation. but i do note that the us and the eu recently held their fourth trade and technology council in sweden, where they discussed none other than artificial intelligence the risks and the potential benefits, as well. so i think there may be britain trying to muscle in a little bit on that conversation. but i understand it s not just all about work rishi sunak will have some fun as well tonight, talk us through his schedule. yes, so he s off to a washington nationals game, a baseball game i ve been to one of those myself here. has declined to throw the first pitch, as we understand it, obviously didn t want to do that for whatever reason maybe he thought it was a photo opportunity that he didn t want to have. and then tomorrow, he will have his official meeting with the president, joe biden. he s been meeting with congressional leaders today. so a two day visit, and really the big discussion tomorrow with the president of the united states. they ve met before
we re going to see many more. we said from the very beginning how the russian soldier engaged with the ukraine civilian would determine how this would go and what we ve seen them do, shoot them in the back of the head as they ve acted in ways that are atrocious. major mike lyons, thank you. it quickly turned from a military appreciation night into an emergency evacuation at the capital. new details about the communications fumble at the nat washington nationals game. the mask mandate next.