it! the i'm really enjoying it! the bottom—line, it is great popcorn because you've got these big institutional clashes of the royals versus the press and how that interacts with government but at the same time you've got this gripping psychodrama going on with prince harry, who is finding what it is like to be eviscerated and put on the spot in the witness box. he said his relationship with chelsy davy basically collapsed over this and the fact that the poor boy lost his mum at a very young age, he's always blamed the tabloid press for that and it's like he's waited 27 years to have his revenge in court. you've got all these things coming together so it's a gripping trial. there got all these things coming together so it's a gripping trial.— so it's a gripping trial. there are len of so it's a gripping trial. there are plenty of those _ so it's a gripping trial. there are plenty of those who _ so it's a gripping trial. there are plenty of those who say - so it's a gripping trial. there are plenty of those who say he - so it's a gripping trial. there are plenty of those who say he has i plenty of those who say he has invaded his own privacy with his book, his interview with oprah winfrey but he is out of his comfort zone on the stand.—

winfrey but he is out of his comfort zone on the stand. absolutely and as i found to my — zone on the stand. absolutely and as i found to my cost _ zone on the stand. absolutely and as i found to my cost as _ zone on the stand. absolutely and as i found to my cost as well, _ zone on the stand. absolutely and as i found to my cost as well, going - zone on the stand. absolutely and as i found to my cost as well, going in l i found to my cost as well, going in the witness box is the loneliest place in the world and it's a lot more unsettling and traumatic than if you are on newsnight. you have some of the best lawyers who are pulling your life apart and it's going to go on for days. i was prosecuted for tax fraud in 2016 and i went in the witness box for four days and got decimated, really. i've written a book about this which is coming out soon, time after time, about the emotional trauma when you are put through the wringer like that. he might have bitten off more than he can chew. mit? that. he might have bitten off more than he can chew.— than he can chew. why do you say that? he's — than he can chew. why do you say that? he's chosen _ than he can chew. why do you say that? he's chosen to _ than he can chew. why do you say that? he's chosen to do _ than he can chew. why do you say that? he's chosen to do this, - than he can chew. why do you say that? he's chosen to do this, it i that? he's chosen to do this, it could have been settled before this point. could have been settled before this oint. ., , point. there are interesting arallels point. there are interesting parallels with _ point. there are interesting parallels with the _ point. there are interesting parallels with the wagner l point. there are interesting - parallels with the wagner kreis, with the rebekah vardy case, she could have settled it but it fell apart for her. i don't see the

smoking gun. it is well—known that the tabloids behaved reprehensible and we know what happened to the news of the world but from the evidence i saw he doesn't have an open and shut case that the mirror group was definitely doing this illegal activity to get those stories. they were in other cases because they've admitted it but in this case you are waiting for the big ah—ha moment where he has them and i haven't seen that. we are in the opening skirmishes. he and i haven't seen that. we are in the opening skirmishes.— and i haven't seen that. we are in the opening skirmishes. he is back in the court — the opening skirmishes. he is back in the court tomorrow. _ the opening skirmishes. he is back in the court tomorrow. from - the opening skirmishes. he is back in the court tomorrow. from your. in the court tomorrow. from your experiences of seeing rebekah vardy versus coleen rooney, after day one, has prince harry come out on top? he: hasn't fallen apart spectacularly in the way that rebekah vardy did which was the opening of that trial. you had the whole stuff about david jones's locker, the fact that the phone went in the north sea, she was instructing her agent to leak stuff.

it was jaw on the floor staff and it looks like carrie is better prepared than she was. he has his story straight and he hasn't collapsed like a cheap suit in the way that she did. at the same time that isn't enough, he has to prove the case. he is bringing this to trial, he has to present evidence to show that on the balance of ability they did illegal activity. but it stinks because the entire industry did at that time. does he have enough to show categorically that these stories all came from illegal activity? i'm waiting, but we haven't seen the gold yet. is waiting, but we haven't seen the old et. , i. gold yet. is it something you might consider writing _ gold yet. is it something you might consider writing about _ gold yet. is it something you might consider writing about if _ gold yet. is it something you might consider writing about if asked - gold yet. is it something you might consider writing about if asked to? | consider writing about if asked to? my consider writing about if asked to? my phone has lit up today from people saying, come on, chris, when is the next one. it would be a hoot to get somebody cast as prince harry and you've got david sherborne, the barrister to the stars, who is representing harry and he pops up a lot. i almost want to make a film

about him because he represented coleen rooney and johnny depp and now he's representing the fifth in line to the throne who has entered the witness box, the first royal to do so in over 100 years. so what happens, the barracking and deal—making goes on, is as much of the fun as when they take the stand. thank you. that's all from us tonight. mark's here tomorrow. goodnight. breaking news from around the world,

24 breaking news from around the world, 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. did liv fill boxed in? and maybe they decided they would best get together and work on the. find they decided they would best get together and work on the. and some -la ers together and work on the. and some players stayed _ together and work on the. and some players stayed loyal _ together and work on the. and some players stayed loyal to _ together and work on the. and some players stayed loyal to the _ together and work on the. and some players stayed loyal to the pga, - players stayed loyal to the pga, they can't be too happy about this. i wouldn't imagine so, and especially with a lot of them — jay monahan just spoke to the media a while ago, and evidently not any of the players knew this was coming today, it was basicallyjay the players knew this was coming today, it was basically jay monahan, jimmy dunn, a very influential member of the pga policy board, and one other member who knew about this. so if you look at a player like tiger woods, like rory mcelroy who didn't even know this was coming, who pledged their loyalty to the pga tour for the last two years since liv was created, they've got a feel prettyjolted at this point, the fact that they stayed around and turn down big sums of money. and now

the pga tour has partnered with the very entered to you they were speaking out against all these months, they can't be very happy, i would think —— the very entity they were speaking out against. some would think -- the very entity they were speaking out against. some say uolf has were speaking out against. some say golf has sold — were speaking out against. some say golf has sold its _ were speaking out against. some say golf has sold its soul, _ were speaking out against. some say golf has sold its soul, would - were speaking out against. some say golf has sold its soul, would you - golf has sold its soul, would you say that's the way sport washing is working now? i say that's the way sport washing is working now?— working now? i think you have to. you've seen _ working now? i think you have to. you've seen saudi _ working now? i think you have to. you've seen saudi arabia's - you've seen saudi arabia's investment in golf over the last two years, you've seen how they invested in formula 1 and premier league soccer — now they'll be pumping who knows how many billions of dollars into the pga tour, which from a pure competition standpoint, you've gotta think, again it's very early on at this point, but long—term you've gotta think that competition on the course will only get better, so what does that do? it makes saudi arabia look betterfor all the does that do? it makes saudi arabia look better for all the money they pumped into the door. fascinating stuff, pumped into the door. fascinating stuff. josh. _ pumped into the door. fascinating stuff, josh, thanks _ pumped into the door. fascinating stuff, josh, thanks for _ pumped into the door. fascinating stuff, josh, thanks forjoining - pumped into the door. fascinating stuff, josh, thanks forjoining us i stuff, josh, thanks forjoining us on newsday today. ==

stuff, josh, thanks for “oining us on newsday today._ stuff, josh, thanks for “oining us on newsday today. stuff, josh, thanks for “oining us on newsda toda . , , :, on newsday today. -- pumped into the tour. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. matlock, november 2019. the town's had more than its fair share of devastating floods. last year, storms in february caused part of the town's flood defence wall to collapse, so work began to rebuild it. the aim of the wall is to protect homes and businesses from future flooding, something florist robert young welcomes, but he says the work has come at a cost. after a0 years operating in matlock, he's decided to relocate his business to nearby tansley. there may be some kind of perception that matlock is difficult to get to, that it's closed for business, and we as a local council very much want to get over the idea that matlock is open for business. the work to build the wall should be fully finished by the autumn. the a6 is due to reopen in september. it's hoped then matlock can get back to business as usual. for more stories from across the uk,

head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. to bournemouth in the uk now — where all boat operations have been suspended "as a precaution" following the deaths of two children. the council said the ban affected just one company, which operates the dorset belle sightseeing boat. that boat was impounded by police after 12—year—old sunnah khan, and 17—year—old joe abbess died. an inquest heard a "suggestion" that a riptide led to the pair drowning. more than 80% of the world's opium — which is the main ingredient of heroin — used to be produced in afghanistan. but last year, opium poppy cultivation was banned by the taliban. the bbc has found evidence that the taliban government has had major success in cracking down

on it, with experts suggesting that opium farming is down by as much as 80% in a year. but in a country reeling from an economic crisis, farmers say this is just another blow. our correspondent yogita limaye has sent this report from afghanistan. men who were once fighting for this land now control it. and they're enforcing the diktat of their leader. this is a taliban antinarcotics unit. deep in eastern afghanistan, they stop when they see a field of poppy. while the men raze it... ..their commander shouts at the family that owns the land. "i told you to destroy it yourselves." hidden from view, a woman screams back in anger but then retreats indoors.

within minutes, it is all gone. the poppy that this family spent months growing. their son is detained for defying the ban. released later with a warning. we've been given rare access to the taliban's campaign to eradicate poppy in nangarhar province. they have been at it for five months already. so now we have to get more remote areas near the border with pakistan to find standing crop. so, the field to the right, that's already been destroyed. and we're walking to another one, which they are in the process of destroying right now. farmers here know how harmful opium is.

there are high levels of addiction in their own country. but there is no other option, says ali mohammed mir, whose field was destroyed. translation: if you don't have enough food in your house - and your children are going hungry, what else will you do? if we grew wheat instead, we won't earn enough to survive. when they hit those stalks hard, they sometimes come flying in the air. what definitely comes flying is the sap from these buds, that is the opium resin. there is a very pungent smell of it in the air right now. the taliban go armed and in large numbers. there have been instances of clashes with angry locals. they are accused of profiting from opium when they were fighting against foreign forces and the former afghan regime — a claim the taliban deny.

but now, from what we've seen and from satellite images, there's evidence of an unprecedented reduction. this is helmand province. it used to be afghanistan's opium heartland. wheat now stands where poppy was grown. this man tells us that in this taliban stronghold area, farmers have all but complied with the order. translation: we are very upset. we can't meet our families' needs. i've had to take a loan. hunger is at its peak and we haven't got any help from the government. we met the main spokesman of the taliban government, who told us they banned opium because it's harmful and goes against their religious beliefs. farmers say they're not getting any support from your government. how do you plan to help them?

translation: we know that people are very poor, - but opium causes a lot of addiction. we call on international organisations to help afghans facing losses. but then, at the same time, you're making the operations and the funding of aid agencies in this country extremely difficult by the ban on afghan women working for them. you can't have it both ways. they should not link humanitarian issues with political matters. opium isn't just harming afghanistan. the whole world is affected by it. opium ferried from afghan fields produces nearly all of the heroin sold in europe. how will prices be impacted? we went to kandahar — another major poppy growing province — to find out. we met a farmer holding onto a small stash of his harvest from last year. we are not naming him to protect him. he told us the price of each of these bags is now five times

what it was before the ban. he is waiting for it to rise further so it can sustain his family longer. for now, the taliban appear to have accomplished what no one else could. but there are questions about how long they can sustain it. yogita limaye, bbc news, kandahar. you get of them i has written an online article about this, you can check it out if two chinese snooker players have been banned from the sport for life for their involvement in a match—fixing scandal. li hang and liang wenbo will also have to pay a $53,000 fine after they were found guilty of fixing matches and approaching other players to encourage them to cheat. eight other chinese players have received bans ranging from 20 months to just over five years.

all ten players have until 20 june to appeal against the ruling. more on that on the bbc sport website and app — just search �*bbc sport'. and finally — the autocorrect feature on apple is changing, so people can type one of the most common swear words freely without it being automatically changed. confused? well, previously when a certain swear word was typed, the keyboards factory settings on the device change the word automatically to "ducking". software boss craig federighi summed it all up. "in those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too." that's it for this edition of newsday, thank you so that's it for this edition of newsday, thank you so much for watchinu.

hello there. you've probably noticed the weather not really changing very much over recent times, and that's because high pressure's been firmly dominating. and with high pressure around, it's not rained very much anywhere. but in warwickshire and church lawford, you'd have to go back to 11 may — that was the last time it rained — so that's nearly four weeks of dry weather. some of the warmest weather has been across in northern ireland, county tyrone — it's been very warm in castlederg for the last nine days, but five of these recent days have seen temperatures reach 2a celsius — that's six above average. now it's the west that had the highest temperatures again on tuesday, but england, stuck underneath this area of cloud, had much lower temperatures in many areas — for example, in leek, in staffordshire, 18 celsius on monday, 12 celsius on tuesday. we also had some cloud dropping the temperatures in parts of west scotland as well. now over the next few hours, we're seeing that cloud again thicken up across parts of england and wales, northern and eastern scotland. you might find a few spots

of drizzle, although predominantly it will be a dry start to the day on wednesday. the best of the early morning sunshine, like recent times, will be across these western areas of the country. could be a few mist patches, clearing and lifting, and then the sunshine comes out. i think there is a better chance of seeing this cloud break up across the midlands, east wales, so you probably will see some sunshine. but there could be some areas of eastern england again that keep the cloud all day. where that happens, temperatures into the teens — but otherwise, i think more of us will see temperatures into the low 20s. and with those sunny conditions out west, we'll see some very high levels of pollen building in across parts of england and wales, so it could be quite a sneezy day for hay—fever sufferers allergic to grass pollen. now for thursday, again, there could be a bit of cloud around across eastern areas — probably east scotland, northeast england, the favoured spots for holding on to that. but otherwise, plenty of sunshine around, and those temperatures again reaching the mid—20s in the very warmest areas. we then do start to see a change, courtesy of this storm system — storm oscar, that's been bringing some torrential rain to madeira.

what that'll do, it moves to the southwest of the uk, and it shoves a load of humid air across the country. and so, we'll see a change in the weather conditions as we head into the weekend. as it turns more humid, we'll start to see some showers and thunderstorms break out. and, although the rain from these will be hit—and—miss in nature, some could see the first significant rain forfour weeks.