live from london, this is bbc news. a dramatic day in london, as prince harry takes on the tabloid press at the high court. he says the papers�* behaviour had put him into a "downward spiral". during cross—examination, lawyers for mirror group newspapers challenged his claims that he used —— that they used illegal methods to get stories about him. it’s -- that they used illegal methods to get stories about him.— get stories about him. it's been a lona da get stories about him. it's been a long day for— get stories about him. it's been a long day for prince _ get stories about him. it's been a long day for prince harry, - get stories about him. it's been a long day for prince harry, who i get stories about him. it's been a| long day for prince harry, who has just walked out of the doors of this court after a long day of cross—examination. ukraine accuses russia of blowing up a crucial dam on the dnipro river, unleashing a flood of water. the country's prospector general tells this programme they're investigating it as a war crime. the international humanitarian law, the geneva convention, directly prohibits attacks on the facilities like dams or nuclear power stations.

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 at eton, making him feel he "couldn't trust anybody". we just wejust had in we just had in the last few minutes the briefest of glimpses as he left the high court. he is due to reappear again tomorrow, so let's head back to the high court. we're joined now by bbc presenter nancy kacungira. it has been a dramatic day, with the prince leaving the last little while, but hours of intensive cross—examination. while, but hours of intensive cross-examination.— while, but hours of intensive cross-examination. that's right, matthew, cross-examination. that's right, matthew. and — cross-examination. that's right, matthew, and is _ cross-examination. that's right, matthew, and is worth _ cross-examination. that's right, - matthew, and is worth underscoring just how unusual what we witnessed here today is. this is the first time in 130 years that a royal has

taken to the witness box, a senior royal, and prince harry has done that today. he has felt it necessary to hold these press tabloids to account. and the reasons he has done this are very personal to him. but he is also hinted at this being important for the good of the country and for the public, to understand what the press do, but let's just walk you through what has happened today and what has been revealed, into helping with that is helen —— helen wilkinson. i think a good place to sort of start and get us to the moment where we are now, cross—examination has ended, is what exactly prince harry was trying to achieve here. he exactly prince harry was trying to achieve here.— exactly prince harry was trying to achieve here. . , , , ., achieve here. he has been trying to achieve, achieve here. he has been trying to achieve. and _ achieve here. he has been trying to achieve, and this _ achieve here. he has been trying to achieve, and this is _ achieve here. he has been trying to achieve, and this is a _ achieve here. he has been trying to achieve, and this is a man - achieve here. he has been trying to achieve, and this is a man on - achieve here. he has been trying to achieve, and this is a man on a - achieve, and this is a man on a mission, — achieve, and this is a man on a mission, he _ achieve, and this is a man on a mission, he has wanted his day in court for— mission, he has wanted his day in court for years now. he says he has been _ court for years now. he says he has been subjected to all of these tabloid — been subjected to all of these tabloid newspaper headlines,

articles. _ tabloid newspaper headlines, articles, since he was very young. in fact, _ articles, since he was very young. in fact, in — articles, since he was very young. in fact, in court earlier today, he said _ in fact, in court earlier today, he said that — in fact, in court earlier today, he said that the press has been hostile towards _ said that the press has been hostile towards him since birth. he is trying — towards him since birth. he is trying to— towards him since birth. he is trying to prove, and it is his allegation, that the publisher these newspapers printed stories about him that had _ newspapers printed stories about him that had information he says that journalists obtained in an unlawful way, _ journalists obtained in an unlawful way, that— journalists obtained in an unlawful way, that includes phone hacking. that is_ way, that includes phone hacking. that is the — way, that includes phone hacking. that is the allegation. he is here at the _ that is the allegation. he is here at the high court, suing the publisher for breach of privacy, and he is _ publisher for breach of privacy, and he is seeking damages. it is not, though. — he is seeking damages. it is not, though, about the financial damages for prince _ though, about the financial damages for prince harry, he wants to make a point _ for prince harry, he wants to make a point here _ for prince harry, he wants to make a point here and he wants to make his point _ point here and he wants to make his point very— point here and he wants to make his point very publicly indeed, and he started off the day, we saw them arrive _ started off the day, we saw them arrive here, — started off the day, we saw them arrive here, didn't we, looking very relaxed _ arrive here, didn't we, looking very relaxed as — arrive here, didn't we, looking very relaxed as he went into court? he went— relaxed as he went into court? he went into — relaxed as he went into court? he went into the witness box at about 10:30am _ went into the witness box at about 10:30am and he was sworn in. when he was sworn _ 10:30am and he was sworn in. when he was sworn in. _ 10:30am and he was sworn in. when he was sworn in. a — 10:30am and he was sworn in. when he was sworn in, a senior member of the royal— was sworn in, a senior member of the royal family. — was sworn in, a senior member of the royalfamily, let's was sworn in, a senior member of the royal family, let's not forget that, he promised to almighty god to tell the truth _ he promised to almighty god to tell the truth of the whole truth and he

has been any witness box for about five hours — has been any witness box for about five hours. this evidence has been tested, _ five hours. this evidence has been tested, been cross—examined by the lrarrister— tested, been cross—examined by the barrister for — tested, been cross—examined by the barrister for the publishers, who he is suing _ barrister for the publishers, who he is suing he — barrister for the publishers, who he is suing. he has left for the day, as you've — is suing. he has left for the day, as you've just mentioned there, after— as you've just mentioned there, after about five hours of cross—examination, and he was told before _ cross—examination, and he was told before he _ cross—examination, and he was told before he left that he must not discuss — before he left that he must not discuss his evidence with anyone and he will— discuss his evidence with anyone and he will be _ discuss his evidence with anyone and he will be back here tomorrow morning — he will be back here tomorrow morning for more of cross—examination. morning for more of cross-examination. . cross-examination. and the pattern of questioning that _ cross-examination. and the pattern of questioning that we _ cross-examination. and the pattern of questioning that we saw - cross-examination. and the pattern of questioning that we saw from - cross-examination. and the patternj of questioning that we saw from the barrister, representing the publishers, was quite clear the stub the mirror�*s lawyer was saying that legitimate sources were behind many of the stories and that is because in this case prince carrie has to prove that the information on him was gained through unlawful means. yes, exactly, so it is up to the complaint _ yes, exactly, so it is up to the complaint it to prove their case —— prince _ complaint it to prove their case —— prince harrv _ complaint it to prove their case —— prince harry. in a majority of the articles. — prince harry. in a majority of the articles, and prince harry has chosen— articles, and prince harry has chosen 33— articles, and prince harry has chosen 33 articles, there are about 140 which— chosen 33 articles, there are about 140 which he says had that information that was gained through unlawful—

information that was gained through unlawful methods of newsgathering, he has _ unlawful methods of newsgathering, he has whittle them down with his legal— he has whittle them down with his legal team to 33, and what we seen today— legal team to 33, and what we seen today is— legal team to 33, and what we seen today is the — legal team to 33, and what we seen today is the barrister for the publisher taking him through those articles— publisher taking him through those articles he has not got through all of them — articles he has not got through all of them. that will continue tomorrow. and testing prince harry's evidence _ tomorrow. and testing prince harry's evidence. the role of the barrister, from _ evidence. the role of the barrister, from the _ evidence. the role of the barrister, from the opposing side, is to try to undermine — from the opposing side, is to try to undermine prince harry's case, to undermine — undermine prince harry's case, to undermine him and his credibility as a witness _ undermine him and his credibility as a witness. but we have seen today from _ a witness. but we have seen today from prince — a witness. but we have seen today from prince harry in the witness box is there _ from prince harry in the witness box is there been a number of occasions when _ is there been a number of occasions when he _ is there been a number of occasions when he has — is there been a number of occasions when he has been questioned about the articles and the barrister for the articles and the barrister for the publisher has said that they have _ the publisher has said that they have come from legitimate sources or from buckingham palace or friends of prince _ from buckingham palace or friends of prince harry, the information. prince — prince harry, the information. prince harry, the information. prince harry has on occasion said, why don't— prince harry has on occasion said, why don't usb journalists who have written _ why don't usb journalists who have written the stories? it is not up to me to tell— written the stories? it is not up to me to tell you about how the information was gained. but as i say, it— information was gained. but as i say, it is— information was gained. but as i say, it is up— information was gained. but as i say, it is up to prince harry to prove his— say, it is up to prince harry to prove his case here and ultimately at the _ prove his case here and ultimately at the end — prove his case here and ultimately at the end of it it will be up to

the judge _ at the end of it it will be up to the judge to decide. of at the end of it it will be up to the judge to decide. the 'udge to decide. of course there will the judge to decide. of course there will be written _ the judge to decide. of course there will be written evidence _ the judge to decide. of course there will be written evidence submitted l will be written evidence submitted as well to that effect, but standing here amongst the journalists, we have heard all sorts of languages. interest in this case from all over the world. and prince harry has widened the scope of it, hasn't he? in this statement, he claimed that the press and the uk governments are at rock bottom. he is not pulling any punches here.— at rock bottom. he is not pulling an unches here. ., . . , any punches here. know, and he wants to be heard- — any punches here. know, and he wants to be heard. let's— any punches here. know, and he wants to be heard. let's not _ any punches here. know, and he wants to be heard. let's not forget _ any punches here. know, and he wants to be heard. let's not forget -- - any punches here. know, and he wants to be heard. let's not forget -- no, - to be heard. let's not forget —— no, and he wants— to be heard. let's not forget —— no, and he wants to be heard. this is not prince — and he wants to be heard. this is not prince harry going to the witness _ not prince harry going to the witness box and telling the world his feelings about the tabloid press — his feelings about the tabloid press. we know about that. obviously he has _ press. we know about that. obviously he has to— press. we know about that. obviously he has to prove his case here, he has to— he has to prove his case here, he has to bring — he has to prove his case here, he has to bring the facts, yes to prove what _ has to bring the facts, yes to prove what he is — has to bring the facts, yes to prove what he is saying is right and what he is _ what he is saying is right and what he is alleging, but as you mentioned there. what— he is alleging, but as you mentioned there, what you just said was from his witness— there, what you just said was from his witness statement that we got earlier— his witness statement that we got earlier on— his witness statement that we got earlier on today, and at the end of that statement, just to review another— that statement, just to review another quote, he says, ifeel there is a responsibility to expose this

criminal— is a responsibility to expose this criminal activity in the name of public— criminal activity in the name of public interest, the country and the british— public interest, the country and the british public deserve to know the depth _ british public deserve to know the depth of— british public deserve to know the depth of what was happening then and now. depth of what was happening then and now this— depth of what was happening then and now. this kind of behaviour, he is suggesting. — now. this kind of behaviour, he is suggesting, byjournalists working for tabloid newspapers is continuing. and he finally says in this statement, we will be better off for— this statement, we will be better off for it — this statement, we will be better off for it. so he is here to prove something _ off for it. so he is here to prove something and it is a battle and a risk that— something and it is a battle and a risk that he — something and it is a battle and a risk that he is willing to take, iet's— risk that he is willing to take, let's not— risk that he is willing to take, let's not forget that this is going to cost— let's not forget that this is going to cost him a huge amount of money, if he loses _ to cost him a huge amount of money, if he loses a _ to cost him a huge amount of money, if he loses a huge amount of money as well. _ if he loses a huge amount of money as well. but— if he loses a huge amount of money as well, but he has that money to be able to— as well, but he has that money to be able to do— as well, but he has that money to be able to do it — as well, but he has that money to be able to do it. he is not the only claimant — able to do it. he is not the only claimant in _ able to do it. he is not the only claimant in this case, there are others — claimant in this case, there are others he _ claimant in this case, there are others. he is one of four whose evidence — others. he is one of four whose evidence has been tested during this trial, evidence has been tested during this trial. but— evidence has been tested during this trial, but depending on what happens in the _ trial, but depending on what happens in the end. _ trial, but depending on what happens in the end, depending on which way the judge rules, there could be, if the judge rules, there could be, if the publisher loses, payouts for many— the publisher loses, payouts for many more claimants.— the publisher loses, payouts for many more claimants. indeed, helena wilkinson, thank— many more claimants. indeed, helena wilkinson, thank you _ many more claimants. indeed, helena wilkinson, thank you very _ many more claimants. indeed, helena

wilkinson, thank you very much. - many more claimants. indeed, helena wilkinson, thank you very much. that | wilkinson, thank you very much. that is a quick summary of the events we have been following today. this case does continue. we expect prince harry back again tomorrow to provide more evidence and of course we will be here to cover it all. back to you, matthew. be here to cover it all. back to you. matthew— be here to cover it all. back to you, matthew. nancy, thanks very much. you, matthew. nancy, thanks very much- let's— you, matthew. nancy, thanks very much. let's continue _ you, matthew. nancy, thanks very much. let's continue with - you, matthew. nancy, thanks very much. let's continue with this. - legal analystjoshua rozenberg is in the newsroom for us. he has been watching all day. your overwriting assessment, joshua? let overwriting assessment, joshua? let me 'ust overwriting assessment, joshua? let me just pick up what helena was saying, i think this is interesting. at the end of his written witness statement that was published when he went into the witness box this morning, and he concludes it by blaming one individual in particular. he says, as a consequent bringing this claim, he and his wife have been subjected to a barrage of horrific personal attacks and and he names piers morgan, who was editor of the daily mirror between 1995 and 2004, and he accuses piers morgan of retaliating, acting in the hope that

he will back down. obviously piers morgan denies this, but this is something that is motivating prince harry, and he broadens this, he says he fully accepts that journalists and the media on the public square, and the media on the public square, and that the media should have the power to this date any one, any time, for pretty much anything, but he says the problem is that over the past 15 to 20 years, our incredibly powerful media companies who masquerade as journalists and who quite literally hijacked journalistic privileges for the personal gain and agenda, and he says, in order to save journalism as a profession, journalists need to expose those people in the media who have stolen or hijacked the privileges and powers of the press and used illegal or unlawful means for their own gain and agendas. he says a huge problem he has been in the front row, he has experienced it, and as helena was saying, he thinks the country and the british

public deserve to know the depths of what was happening then and indeed now. that is what he says. and to some extent, that tells us his motivation was to appease able to get his point across, perhaps he feels some satisfaction from being able to publish that in privileges surroundings, which means that we are safe to report it, but whether that achieves what he really wants to do, which is to prove that this newspaper was responsible for illegal activity, unlawful activity which led to this hacking, as helena was telling you, that is a very different matter. it is very difficult tojudge which different matter. it is very difficult to judge which way the judge is seeing it because the judge has a perspective, judges seal the written evidence, thejudge has seen the documents and so on, and the judge will be sleeker more evidence tomorrow, but this underlying feeling that he feels he is on a crusade, if you like, a mission to try to put right what has gone wrong in journalism, try to put right what has gone wrong injournalism, this has been a part

of what he has done today, and i suppose whether he wins or loses, he will at least feel that he has done what he can do perhaps bring closure after the death of his mother, which of course he blames on tabloid journalists pursuing her car in paris. , . journalists pursuing her car in paris. . ., , paris. joshua rozenberg, in the newsroom. _ paris. joshua rozenberg, in the newsroom, thanks _ paris. joshua rozenberg, in the newsroom, thanks very - paris. joshua rozenberg, in the newsroom, thanks very much i paris. joshua rozenberg, in the l newsroom, thanks very much for paris. joshua rozenberg, in the - newsroom, thanks very much for that. thank you. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's turn to a few stores making the headlines here in the uk. to bournemouth, where local authorities have suspended all boat operations off the pier following the death of two young swimmers. joe abbess, 17, and sunnah khan, 12, both died in hospital on wednesday. an inquest heard a "suggestion" a riptide led to the pair drowning. the independent mp margaret ferrier has been suspended from the commons for breaking covid rules. she was expelled from the snp in 2020 because she'd travelled on a train when she knew she had the virus.

the covid inquiry�*s lead lawyer says problems with evidence provided to them by some government departments could disrupt progress. the inquiry is currently locked in a legal battle with the cabinet office over whether unredacted messages between former prime minister borisjohnson and other officials during the pandemic should be handed to the inquiry. so that continues to drive headlines here, that whole row around the covid inquiry here in the uk. you're live with bbc news. let's turn to 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 un council to meet the artist to discuss latest developments. —— un security council argie to the next

you hours. this video tweeted by ukraine's president zelensky shows the breached khakovka 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 dnipro river, between areas controlled by russian and ukrainian armies in the south of ukraine, and there are fears that cooling capacity at the nearby zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest one in europe, might be affected. 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 some damage to the dam, even before today's developments. in these satellite images, there's been increasing damage to the dam, starting on the 1st ofjune. within the past few hours, the ukrainian operator of the dam says the power station there has been "completely destroyed". these images from areas downstream show the scale of the flooding. the russian—installed mayor of the town immediately next to the dam says the water level

there could rise by up to 12 metres. ukraine's president has been giving an update on that dam attack. that's have a listen. translation: today, russian terrorist have _ translation: today, russian terrorist have one _ translation: today, russian terrorist have one thing - translation: today, russian terrorist have one thing prove | translation: today, russian - terrorist have one thing prove they are a threat to last night, they love the dam of the khakovka hydroelectric power plant. at 2:50am this happened. that is exactly what they were doing just imagine the volume of water held it was one of the largest reservoirs in ukraine. the putting of... at least 100,000 people lived in these areas the russian invasion, at least 10,000 are still there. evacuation has already begun. these are just the initial consequences. fortunately, the tragedy is much

broader. the khakovka reservoir was a wonderful millions of people. now, instead of a water supply system and water truck. instead of a water supply system and watertruck. imagine instead of a water supply system and water truck. imagine that for these potential hundred of thousands of people. the neck reservoir is a source of water for production. —— the khakovka reservoir. now it is difficult to determine what becomes up difficult to determine what becomes up for the physical environment will be. russia has that needed a bomb of massive environment for destruction and this is a real ecocide. all her services are involved, but the territory in ukraine. unfortunately russia has been enjoying this dam and the khakovka hydroelectric power plant for the last year and it is impossible to blow it up in the outside with sheldon. it was mined by the russian occupiers and they put it up. and this once again demonstrates the

cynicism which registers the people of the event that is captured and what pressure brings the world. —— russia treats the people. it is the most dangerous terrorist in the world and that if i brush a on defeat for the 80 feet that we will ensure anyway, the most significant conservation, security of our region —— russia's defeat. that was present the —— zelensky. live now to tobias ellwood, the conservative mp for bournemouth east. their reaction will be obscene? — your —— your reaction... -- your reaction... but this -- your reaction. .. but this international— -- your reaction... but this international body - -- your reaction... but this international body can - -- your reaction... but this international body can do l -- your reaction... but this i international body can do falls -- your reaction... but this - international body can do falls on the shoulders of the members. buying another permanent member in the form of china stop that as you were

describing, this khakovka them is on the mighty dnipro river. big river has acted as a buffer between ukraine forces on the west bank and russian forces on the south east. this dam... i think putin has demonstrated he has little faith in his own troops to hold back and defend this area from the impending counteroffensive of ukraine. of course there are severe consequences that have just been described. this is a massive man made humanitarian disaster. towns are now being evacuated and of course there is loss of drinking water in ccrriimmee are but putin won't care about that. it is that part, which is the biggest concern with the absence of cooling water which is provided by the dam from the reservoir itself there is a cooling prompt there but it all actually shows what putin

believes he can get away with with such brazen attacks, breaching the geneva conventions and so forth. the west must ask itself... geneva conventions and so forth. the west must ask itself. . ._ west must ask itself... before you turn to the — west must ask itself... before you turn to the west _ west must ask itself... before you turn to the west and _ west must ask itself... before you turn to the west and the _ turn to the west and the consequences and reaction, in terms of the kremlin denial so far. this is interesting _ of the kremlin denial so far. this is interesting to _ of the kremlin denial so far. this is interesting to look _ of the kremlin denial so far. t'i 3 is interesting to look at because the story from the kremlin first of all was that it was shelved. clearly, it was a child in any form. indeed it was actually blown up using some other form. they in fact had to change the story to cover their own tracks. but if i can turn to the reaction from the last, which i think is quite important because we need to be less risk—averse at standing up to putin. how much damage must be inflicted by putin? how serious much this threat be before eight pump some form of

international intervention on humanitarian grounds... what you mean risk-averse? _ humanitarian grounds... what you mean risk-averse? what - humanitarian grounds... what you mean risk-averse? what would i humanitarian grounds... what you | mean risk-averse? what would you mean risk—averse? what would you like to see? we mean risk-averse? what would you like to see?— like to see? we need to recognise that what putin _ like to see? we need to recognise that what putin is _ like to see? we need to recognise that what putin is doing _ like to see? we need to recognise that what putin is doing is - like to see? we need to recognise that what putin is doing is testing | that what putin is doing is testing the west once again. he realises, i think his appreciation now thanks to the colossal might of the ukrainian armed forces with all the western systems that provided he's on the back foot. but he won't be able to contain this, he could be flushed out of mainland ukraine. this is very embarrassing for him. he's got a stupid ugly, he will go in a dark direction. as we saw in syria where his chemical and biological weapons now using critical national infrastructure to weapon eyes that you cause such humanitarian scale of disasters. how much of this is the waistcoat to tolerate before we actually step in ourselves? we need to be making contingency plans now to be making contingency plans now to make sure that russia recognises that there will be a trigger point. notjust because it's the right thing to do but actually because

some of the consequences can be very severe indeed. we're potentially looking at another chernobyl, that's what we're looking at in the worst—case scenario. i what we're looking at in the worst-case scenario. i assume by ste -|n~ worst-case scenario. i assume by stepping into _ worst-case scenario. i assume by stepping into you _ worst-case scenario. i assume by stepping into you mean _ worst-case scenario. i assume by stepping into you mean an - stepping into you mean an escalation. and that is something every western capital so far has been incredibly reluctant a path to go down. been incredibly reluctant a path to to down. ., , , been incredibly reluctant a path to to down. ,, ,, ., been incredibly reluctant a path to aodown. ,, ,, .,, go down. stepping into support ukraine into _ go down. stepping into support ukraine into flushing _ go down. stepping into support ukraine into flushing out - go down. stepping into support| ukraine into flushing out russia go down. stepping into support i ukraine into flushing out russia is one thing. stepping into isolated areas of ukraine to remove them from the war, to protect them from this humanitarian disaster is another matter. that is something that can be done with a different grouping of international community. and certainly with the un general assembly backing. i repeat, the consequences for the rest, including western europe, where we look back on the impact of chernobyl is enormous. are we really gonna watch this play out and simply condemn russia's actions but do nothing about it? these are absolutely very

difficult questions indeed. but somebody should be asking them now and providing some form of answers. otherwise putin will again test the will of the west and will then win. we have to leave it there. thank you forjoining us live on the program. the prosecutor general for ukraine, i spoke to him earlier on the verified lives. so we opened the investigation in both war crime and possible case of genocide. and the ukrainian law, sorry, the possible case of eco side. under ukrainian law ecocide is just bribed as a mass destruction of flora or bono for the poisoning of water resources as well as other actions that may cause environmental disaster. so we opened national

investigations for the just a few minutes ago i signed a letter to the office of the prosecutor of the international critical clean criminal court for that with evidence of this incident of terrorist attack asking the office of prosecutor of icc to add this investigation into their main case, which they investigate the the situation in ukraine. let me ask you, do you have any evidence at this stage that does point the finger at russia? what is it? first of all, we have a lot of intelligence information. second, we suspected that russia has this intense back in autumn of last year. at this time, president zelensky addressed the issue. he said a mission should be set up at the dam. this hasn't been done and we are now

witnessing the aftermath. as i said, we have the intelligence informatio and will carry out all necessary examinations. the territory of the dam is temporarily under control of the occupying forces. but numerous investigatory actions can use footage and imagery, so we need support of international communities, sharing with us satellite imagery, intelligence information. we are open to investigation on an international level. as i have already mentioned, we have sent this information to the icc. we will work with our international partners and experts here, on the ground, to check all the information and collect necessary evidence. at this stage, are you leaving open the possibility that this could have been the result of ukrainian shelling, as moscow says? or are you completely ruling that out? no, this is impossible.

the main version we are investigating is that the dam has been been blown up by the explosives. which are laid at the bottom of the structures. it's impossible to do this by shelling. it is the explosives late in the bottom of structures. you all know that this dam and power station was occupied at the first day of invasion. on the 21st of february 2022. and all of this time, under control of russian occupying forces. that was ukraine's prosecutor general talk and be earlier. let me throw you a few more pictures, because already water levels rising rapidly in the surrounding areas. we were talking now to the chair of the select committee, the head of the nuclear watchdogs saying there is no immediate risk to the safety of that plant. there are a number of alternative water sources for their

cooling units. we are back with more injust a moment cooling units. we are back with more in just a moment or two. hello. the pause button is held firmly down on our weather across the uk at the moment. many of us have seen no significant rain so far this month and before the end of the week there's none to come. why is it so dry? the area of high pressure being held down across the uk currently. you can see it wobbles about a little bit in the next few days. that affects the wind direction somewhat and potentially where we'll see some of the thickest cloud, but it's not until we start to see this low, that's close to portugal at the moment, coming up from the south—west that we're likely to see any rain, and that is late on on friday. some big differences in the temperature, though, across the uk, despite us all being under that big area of high pressure.

that's because of where we have the sun towards the west and where we have the thicker cloud in the east and the breeze off the north sea. through the evening, very little changes in that picture, but once the sun sets we'll tend to see our temperatures coming down and then the cloud builds back westwards as any moisture condenses back out. clearer skies towards the west closest to the centre of the high. quite a chilly night to come — lows of five or six degrees. through wednesday daytime, we see the sun getting to work as it comes up, burning that cloud back again towards the east coast and it'll look a very similar picture for wednesday afternoon to this afternoon. temperatures 15 or 16 adjacent to the north sea, warmest spots in the west where we could see highs of 23, maybe 24 or even 25. thursday, very little difference to speak of. we start off with a bit more cloud spread out across the uk and it burns back to the east coast as we go. wind direction perhaps just a shade different, a little bit more northerly than easterly, could mean we see the odd degree added to our temperatures thanks to a bit more sunshine along the north sea coast. it's friday into saturday, though, that things start to get moving. friday night and particularly into saturday, the remnants of that storm oscar, this band of rain pushing up towards the uk, and ahead of it

hooking in some much warmer, more humid air. so for the weekend ahead, temperatures are going to come up, potentially even into the high 20s, but when we inject that moisture and that instability, thanks to the remnants of oscar moving in, it looks like we could see it as a pay—off for us getting that warmer weather certainly much higher humidity, but also the threat of some really meaty thunderstorms. for some areas, there's the potential of those storms bringing up to a month's worth of rain in a matter of hours.