think that the tactics by which the use will have to change. i think that the tactics by which the use will have to change. i suppose the thought _ use will have to change. i suppose the thought behind _ use will have to change. i suppose the thought behind the _ use will have to change. i suppose the thought behind the question i use will have to change. i suppose i the thought behind the question was that you are referencing the sort of agreement that prince william had come to a few years ago. it is whether you can have loose agreements, but whether there is any real enforcement that is actually happening within the industry. the happening within the industry. lie: agreement happening within the industry. ire: agreement is happening within the industry. iie: agreement is based on trust stand that only worked for me as royal editor of the sun because i knew i could trust what the palace was saying. they said do not track these pictures with a barge pole but unfortunately the relationship with the press has been broken down so badly with harry since he moved to america. it's a simple question of, who do you phone to say what actually happened last night? i have been given these photographs and we want to use them but can we use

them? it is a two—way street and harry has unilaterally broken that relationship, which some say, who could blame him? but it does make it very difficult when you say the press are the devil incarnate, you can't then expect common sense to prevail if there is not that relationship there in the first place. relationship there in the first lace. , , relationship there in the first lace, �* , ., , relationship there in the first lace. , place. just as you were midway throu . h place. just as you were midway through that — place. just as you were midway through that answer, _ place. just as you were midway through that answer, let - place. just as you were midway through that answer, let me i place. just as you were midway | through that answer, let me tell place. just as you were midway - through that answer, let me tell you what buckingham palace havejust released in a statement, only one line. they say that buckingham palace will not be issuing a statement on the duke and duchess of sussex. does that surprise you, are given the fact this happened in the united states, the fact of what you just described about the nature of where the prince is with the rest of the royalfamily, your the royal family, your interpretation the royalfamily, your interpretation of that one line? that is typical of the palace, that harry is now ploughing his own faro and is effectively nothing to do

with them in official terms. i imagine it wouldn't be the same if this near catastrophic incident had turned into something actually catastrophic. the palace again will not know exactly what happened, they will not be briefed properly, and until we actually know the detail of what happened in these two hours, which seems like an extraordinarily long period of time, until we know the detail i'm not surprised the palace are keeping their response quite short. palace are keeping their response quite short-— quite short. that might 'ust be a holdin: quite short. that might 'ust be a holding statement _ quite short. that mightjust be a holding statement might - quite short. that mightjust be a holding statement might change quite short. that mightjust be a l holding statement might change if more detail emerges from the official channels as well. thank you for being wet is the last while, you made some interesting points but less cross to new york because of this incident happening in new york. i know, just like our royal correspondence and others making calls to the nypd, what are you

hearing where you are? the nypd riaht now hearing where you are? the nypd riqht now are _ hearing where you are? the nypd right now are sort _ hearing where you are? the nypd right now are sort of— hearing where you are? the nypd right now are sort of not - right now are sort of not commentating on what has happened, so we are left at the moment with the account that was given by prince harry's people, by his spokesman, and still waiting to find out more information about the details of the event. what we understand from prince harry's spokesman is that they were certainly fearful of their safety, but several cars with blacked out windows that were pursuing them to try and get photographs. there are obviously people scouring across social media accounts right now to see if there is any footage available and obviously in new york you would expect, with lots of cameras on the street, at some point may be in the coming days we should be able to see some kind of footage from the streets that would corroborate their account. right now, what they are describing at least on the face of it sounds very traumatic. find describing at least on the face of

it sounds very traumatic.- it sounds very traumatic. and in terms of the — it sounds very traumatic. and in terms of the description, - it sounds very traumatic. and in terms of the description, worth| terms of the description, worth returning to that original statement, they referenced two nypd officers, so what we have learned so far from official police channels is only a holding statement while they work out the exact nature of what actually happened here. the? work out the exact nature of what actually happened here.— work out the exact nature of what actually happened here. they will be t in: to actually happened here. they will be trying to talk— actually happened here. they will be trying to talk obviously _ actually happened here. they will be trying to talk obviously to _ actually happened here. they will be trying to talk obviously to their - trying to talk obviously to their own people and to potentially reviewer this idea that there is bound to be footage around, whether it is from cameras outside shops and restaurants, bearing in mind this took place in manhattan, ate fairly densely packed area. the event they were attending at the time for meghan markle where she was being given an award was a couple of miles from where i am in the centre of manhattan, near rockefeller center. it is an area that is pretty dense and if they were driving away we don't know what direction and where they were headed, but you would assume there would be some kind of footage to core operate what is

being described here. —— to corroborate. we understand there were six blacked out vehicles driving recklessly, that they were at times driving with a cell phone, talking on the phone which is illegal, and therefore in violation of driving standards, but again we are still waiting to have this incident verified and kind of echoed by other parties. what has been described one can understand given prince harry's history would be a pretty scary event, especially when you recall that one of the reasons he moved to the united states was because he was trying to escape what he perceived as media harassment. and what seems to be unclear about reading the details given by the prince and his team as there is no particular reference to whether there was any security at all. do we know if the prince and security while he was in new york? this

question of security has been something of an issue with prince harry ever since he kind of stepped back from royal duties. he has a legal case right now in the united kingdom about whether or not he should be afforded public protection when he travels with his family to the uk. given that he has stepped back from royal duties, he now has his own private protection that he pays for and you would imagine if he comes to new york he would have that private protection with him. find a private protection with him. and a fiaure like private protection with him. and a figure like that _ private protection with him. and a figure like that that _ private protection with him. and a figure like that that is _ private protection with him. and a figure like that that is not - private protection with him. fific —. figure like that that is not covered from diplomatic relations and therefore not afforded the typical nypd coverage, but you would assume his protection duty would get in touch in advance with nypd officials and would be some kind of discussion and would be some kind of discussion and also given the nature of the event it is the kind of thing would expect the nypd to at least have on their radar, but again we don't have

any details from them as to how many officers were assigned if any at all, what kind of protection was involved. ., , ., ~' involved. live for us in new york, i will allow you _ involved. live for us in new york, i will allow you to _ involved. live for us in new york, i will allow you to get _ involved. live for us in new york, i will allow you to get away - involved. live for us in new york, i will allow you to get away and - involved. live for us in new york, i | will allow you to get away and make more calls and find out more information but let's head back to the newsroom and our royal correspondence sarah campbell. we have broken the news are now around a bit ago, the details coming in initially, but for anyone just joining us on bbc news, just take us through what we currently know and what we are trying to find out? yes. what we are trying to find out? yes, so we have — what we are trying to find out? yes, so we have had _ what we are trying to find out? yes, so we have had a _ what we are trying to find out? ye: so we have had a statement from the spokespeople and a half of the duke and duchess of sussex with regards to an incident which they say occurred last night. this was after the duke and duchess of sussex along with meghan�*s mother were at an awards ceremony in new york and the

statement suggests they were involved in what they describe as a near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi. the statement says this car chase lasted over two hours and resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two nypd officers. they say while being a public figure comes with a level of interest from the public it should never come at the public it should never come at the cost of any one's safety, so our understanding at the moment, and we have to reiterate, this is based on the statement coming from the duke and duchess of sussex. background information, it hasn't been independently verified and we are contacting the new york police department because this statement suggests that at least two nypd officers were involved. so one would assume that the new york police department would have some sort of view or record of something happening last night. our

understanding is that the chase involved six blacked out vehicles with unidentified people and that there were traffic violations involving driving on pavements, running red lights and reversing down one—way streets, so once again this is information coming from the duke and duchess of sussex�*s people. as we know prince harry has had a long and difficult relationship with the press. it is part of the reason why they decided to leave the uk to try and cut down on the level of press interest against them and now saying this is actually happened in new york, as we say, after a gala that the couple along with meghan�*s mother but at this evening. buckingham palace is not due to be issuing a statement. the information we have at the moment is solely the statement coming from the duke and

duchess of sussex�*s spokespeople. speaking a little while ago, he was referencing the various court cases but also the battle the prince is currently involved with are into security. that is principally here in the uk but what we know about security arrangements when he is in the us? those court cases are so late to do with the level of security when he is in the uk. we understand that he has a private security detail that the family would be responsible for paying for when he has in the united states. one would imagine that those security were with him last night, the level of training and level of expertise is not something that we are aware of at the moment. security as it would be over here is a private matter, for obvious security reasons, but as i say one would assume they would have security here and that is the information we have

at the moment. i and that is the information we have at the moment.— at the moment. i thought it was interesting _ at the moment. i thought it was interesting in _ at the moment. i thought it was interesting in that _ at the moment. i thought it was interesting in that interview - at the moment. i thought it was j interesting in that interview that duncan was also saying and referencing the agreement from a few years back with prince william and the british press about the use of photographs and how perhaps a call would be made to ascertain the nature of how a photograph had been actually taken. his view was there was a potential given the breakdown of various parts of the royal family that perhaps this was not done with this particular prince any more. there is no relationship with the paparazzi, i don't think anyone has a relationship with the paparazzi. my a relationship with the paparazzi. my understanding is there was a gala event and there would have been lots of press, not least because this was prince harry and meghan's first engagement since the coronation. prince harry was in the uk for that last saturday, so relatively recently, so there would have been

lots of press. there was a fixed pen so there would have been photographs officially going in and out of this gala event, so the issue then comes after that has happened and after they have left and the level of press and paparazzi intrusion after that point. there is no agreement there, but what they have said in there, but what they have said in the statement, it is worth reading that line again, dissemination of these images, because presumably some of these images would presumably make their way into public view. dissemination of these images given the way they are obtained encourages a highly obtrusive practice that is dangerous to all involved, so prince harry reiterating once again that although some news organisations may be interested in purchasing these pictures they need to look at how they were obtained and the argument here as there was a very near miss on many occasions with what they say

is a two hour near catastrophic car chase, they say. i is a two hour near catastrophic car chase. they say-— is a two hour near catastrophic car chase, they say. i was going to ask ou about chase, they say. i was going to ask you about these _ chase, they say. i was going to ask you about these sorts _ chase, they say. i was going to ask you about these sorts of— chase, they say. i was going to ask you about these sorts of avenues l chase, they say. i was going to ask| you about these sorts of avenues of recourse that the prince has, because he is clearly concerned about what happens to pictures of this nature. about what happens to pictures of this nature-— about what happens to pictures of this nature. , ,., this nature. indeed. the first point would be if — this nature. indeed. the first point would be if there _ this nature. indeed. the first point would be if there are _ this nature. indeed. the first point would be if there are criminal- would be if there are criminal accusations here. these are serious accusations here. these are serious accusations being levelled, and presumably there will be security cameras and presumably there will be legislation plates presumably at some points, —— registration plates. it would be up to the police to decide whether they want to take any of these allegations any further, whether there is a case to answer. and at that point it would be interesting to see if the duke and duchess of sussex gets involved in any of those criminal actions. we are probablyjumping ahead of

ourselves that the moment, bearing in mind what we have, which is a statement from them saying that there was a near catastrophic car chase and we will have to wait and see what the next stage is going to be. see what the next stage is going to be, ,,., ., see what the next stage is going to be, ., ., ,, see what the next stage is going to be. ., ., ,, ., ., be. sarah campbell, our royal correspondent _ be. sarah campbell, our royal correspondent in _ be. sarah campbell, our royal correspondent in the - be. sarah campbell, our royal. correspondent in the newsroom be. sarah campbell, our royal- correspondent in the newsroom with the latest details of this incident, prince harry and his wife the duchess of sussex involved in that incident on tuesday. it happened after that official function on the prince's team putting at that statement saying the incident happened on a two hour chase after that. a near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi. that is what the statement said. they talk about the statement said. they talk about the relentless pursuit lasting over two hours resulting in multiple near collisions involving other drivers

on the roads, pedestrians and the two nypd officers. and in terms of the details from the prince's team saying that while it comes with a level of public interest from the public it should never come at the risk of anyone's safety. it encourages a highly intrusive practice that endangers everyone involved. those details from the duke and duchess of sussex's team. let's bring sarah back in. you started, in terms of all of the details you gave us, byjust underlining the fact that in terms of the various conversations, the prince's wife and her mother, all fine in terms of what happened, the conclusion after all of this. this kind of news — conclusion after all of this. this

kind of news travels _ conclusion after all of this. in 3 kind of news travels around the world very quickly. as we all know the duke and duchess of sussex are persons of considerable interest to many people around the world, so i think perhaps there have been some exaggerations and i think people will be keen that we point out they are ok. nobody has been injured in any way, but clearly you can take from the tone of the statement that this has been a very unsettling statement for the duke and duchess of sussex. and meghan's mother was with her for this award of sussex. and meghan's mother was with herfor this award ceremony yesterday. with her for this award ceremony esterda . w . with her for this award ceremony esterda . ., ., ,, with her for this award ceremony esterda , ., ., ,, ., yesterday. sarah campbell, thanks ve much yesterday. sarah campbell, thanks very much for— yesterday. sarah campbell, thanks very much for taking _ yesterday. sarah campbell, thanks very much for taking us _ yesterday. sarah campbell, thanks very much for taking us through i yesterday. sarah campbell, thanks very much for taking us through all of those details. if there is any more, we will obviously return to you and to that breaking news, but that breaking news coming into us from prince harry and his team about that incident happening there in new york on tuesday night. as you have been watching over the last hour or

so, we have had updates from a correspondent in washington and new york and also say right here, so we will keep an eye on all of that and if there is more detail we will obviously return to that year on the programme. forthe obviously return to that year on the programme. for the next few minutes, we are going to try to round up some of the other important stories of the day and we will start in italy because of course we have seen serious flooding in italy over the last 2a hours with a number of rescues, we numb know the number of people who have died in the flooding in the north of italy now up to eight, but thousands of people also evacuated and rescues happening in so many different places in northern italy. this week's formula i grand prix has also been cancelled and it comes as a new report by the world meteorological association has warned that global temperatures will reach record levels in the next five years. let's get more on the

situation in italy because it is one of those countries most affected by extreme weather in recent years. these some of the latest pictures of the emilia romagna region. this is forli where the mayor says the city is on its knees and then pain. hundreds of people have been trapped or stranded as the rivers burst its banks in towns nearby people being rescued from their homes by helicopters as you have been seeing. and then the areas around, half the normal rainfall has fallen in 36 hours. you can see the amount of water in the streets as those rescue efforts continued. these are the pictures from cesena. local authorities say ia rivers have burst their banks and in some areas it

wasn't possible to assess the rainfall accurately because it exceeded the amount that could be recorded. translation: we cannot rule out the possibility of further breaches | of the banks as happened yesterday at apm. we reiterate our call to citizens to stay away from rivers, not to enter basement or underground rooms for any reason, and for those who live near the river to stay on the first floor and not go down to the ground floor. our correspondent sofia bettiza is in northern italy, from where she sent this update. local authorities are warning people to be extremely careful to move to the upper floors of the homes if they can, and not to go near any rivers because this emergency is far from over. the mayor of the city of ravenna said that last night was probably the worst night in the history of the region of emilia—romagna and that his town is unrecognisable because of the damage. now several people are missing. thousands have been evacuated and are taking shelter in gyms and in schools.

several schools are closed. lots of trains are not running. and some of the rescues have been quite dramatic. the mayor of the city of castel bolognese, which is near the city of bologna, said that the situation there at the moment is catastrophic, that there are thousands of people who live in homes that only have ground floor and they need to be rescued as soon as possible. and the whole city has no electricity. now, weather related disasters are getting more and more common in italy. this heavy rainfall comes after weeks of drought which made the land drier. and that makes it, in turn, much harder for the land to absorb water. so when floods like these happen, the consequences are very, very serious. now, local authorities are saying that the bad weather will continue for days and probably until the end of may.

our correspondent in northern italy. journalist sabina castelfranco is following the situation in the area most affected by the floods, emilia—romagna. she described to me what it is like where she is. i she described to me what it is like where she is— where she is. i am not far from itolognn- _ where she is. i am not far from itolognn- split _ where she is. i am not far from bologna. split the _ where she is. i am not far from bologna. split the difference i bologna. split the difference between bologna and cesena is where i am and the situation is critical. i am and the situation is critical. i have passed many rivers that have burst their banks because the rainfall was so heavy and hasn't stopped here. i have been in the area for the past four days and it really has been nonstop rain. last night was dreadful even to go out for dinner, it was really complicated. now, firefighters have been working around the clock. there have been many thousands of people, a000 to be exact, evacuated from their homes. we have seen people standing on their roof, a lot of people do not have any phone

service, so a very complicated situation where authorities are saying there is a new earthquake in the emilia romagna area. many regional trains have had to be stopped and services had to has not been resumed. many of the roads cannot be driven along and that is causing a lot of problems, obviously to the rescue operations in the area. there have been calls for, this is an emergency in this area. there have been calls for a new plan to combat the situation, which everybody says has to do with climate change. i everybody says has to do with climate change.— everybody says has to do with climate change. everybody says has to do with climate chance. u, . ,, ., climate change. i will come back to the wider point _ climate change. i will come back to the wider point in _ climate change. i will come back to the wider point in the _ climate change. i will come back to the wider point in the moment - climate change. i will come back to the wider point in the moment but| climate change. i will come back to i the wider point in the moment but in terms of rescue efforts on the ground, i know numbers are difficult but roughly there are so many people needing help and we have seen helicopters taking people away from rooftops exactly as you're

describing but are we talking about hundreds or thousands that still need to be rescued?— need to be rescued? certainly hundreds and _ need to be rescued? certainly hundreds and possibly - need to be rescued? certainly hundreds and possibly in - need to be rescued? certainly hundreds and possibly in the l hundreds and possibly in the thousands. these are people that cannot be reached in some cases, thatis cannot be reached in some cases, that is why helicopters are being used. i have seen firefighters turn up used. i have seen firefighters turn up with their traps to siphon out water because otherwise cars cannot drive along many of these regional roads. the whole region, one cannot go from one side of the region to the other. i am here working on this morning it took us to do what is normally a 30 minute drive, it took us two hours to get to the destination. other people coming in from cesena had similar difficulties. basically, the police is even blocking the motor ways, certainly this morning, one of our colleagues couldn't use the motor

way and it took him three hours to come in from forli to a place which is near bologna, something that certainly doesn't take three hours, so the situation is very complicated and there are no other ways people can move because regional trains cannot be used. to go back to the people that are having to leave their homes, these are people that are trying to find a way to escape from a very complicated situation with flooding in their homes. find from a very complicated situation with flooding in their homes. and we know this happened _ with flooding in their homes. and we know this happened very _ with flooding in their homes. and we know this happened very quickly - with flooding in their homes. and we | know this happened very quickly when the rains hit. in terms of the frequency of this flooding, but what is your assessment? is italy seeing more of this? you are talking about climate change a moment ago. italyr climate change a moment ago. italy are seeinu climate change a moment ago. italy are seeing much _ climate change a moment ago. italy are seeing much more of this. i don't remember something like this in my lifetime, i don't think. we

have had a drought and now it has been nonstop rain for days and days and days and we are being told that the rain is going to continue and it will continue for days to come uncertainly until the end of may. as said earlier, the grand prix, the formula i grand prix, had to be cancelled, because the whole of the racetrack is under water. everywhere i saw rivers that were bursting their banks. the situation is really very critical and certainly has gotten worse over time. certainly in the last few years, this is a situation that is continuing to get worse and something really needs to be done here. that worse and something really needs to be done here-— be done here. that was a “ournalist in the region — be done here. that was a “ournalist in the region just h be done here. that was a journalist in the region just describing - be done here. that was a journalist in the region just describing what l in the region just describing what it is like with the flooding all around them and the rescues and various efforts from the authorities. we will have more in

our programme here on the situation in italy, and more on that story with prince harry, all of that on bbc news in the next few moments, don't go away. hello there. it's another relatively settled day and the trend through the rest of the week will be temperatures on the rise, still largely dry, too, but actually it's not a case of wall—to—wall sunshine. there's still going to be some cloud and showers around. so at the moment, still settled for most of us because of this ridge of high pressure. but there is this set of fronts just toppling around the top of that high. and that does mean some outbreaks of rain for scotland. but actually, for much of the uk today it's a case of dry conditions. i think showers possible just about anywhere, but generally speaking these very much few and far between and we will see some areas of cloud mixed in with some bright or sunny spells. if you are heading out this evening, temperatures generally in the mid—teens and any sunshine, it should feel quite pleasant out there. not too much of a breeze around

for most of us into tonight. then we're looking at further outbreaks of rain over scotland, tending to become lighter and patchier in nature where we have had some daytime showers elsewhere. these should largely fade away to allow for some variable amounts of cloud overnight. it will be milder than the night just gone too, with those overnight lows dipping away to around seven to ten degrees celsius. as for tomorrow, then, we do have a cold front working its way eastwards, but actually it's not really making much of the way of progress in land. will bring a bit more cloud to parts of northern ireland and scotland, which could locally be on the heavy side. further south, a drier story, but still cloud building as the day wears on. showers cropping up generally from a region from around dorset to around yorkshire and then anywhere to the southeast of that so some of these showers could be on the sharp side. if you are in the sunshine, temperatures could get up to around 19 or 20 celsius at best. looking further out, thursday night into friday, this cold front making its journey southeastwards across the country, this will tend to pep up some of those showers, too.

so the showers mainly focused across parts of wales, central and eastern england, too. it could feel quite wet in places actually, and feeling quite cool if you are stuck under that cloud. but it will be a drier day for parts of scotland and northern ireland, with temperatures once again getting up into the mid to upper teens for many of us. as for this weekend, the further south you are something drier and brighter. always the chance for a bit more cloud and outbreaks of rain over scotland and northern ireland. but in the sunshine it should feel pleasantly warm.

this is bbc news. in the next 60 minutes all the main uk stories together with the latest breaking developments internationally. prince harry's spokesperson says he and meghan markle were involved in a near catastrophic car chase in new york on tuesday night. severe flooding in northern italy leaves at least eight dead. thousands are evacuated. the formula one grand prix has been cancelled. a new climate report warns the world is likely to break a keep temperature threshold in the next five years. and the world's most famous shipwreck titanic. we'll show you the first full sized 3d scan that's been created.