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live from london. this is bbc news. thousands still at risk from flooding in ukraine — after a huge dam in the country's south was destroyed. moscow and kyiv blame each other for the attack. prince harry set for another day giving evidence in the uk's phone—hacking trial, as a court in the us hears a bid to have his us visa application made public. the british pm rishi sunak touches down in washington for a two day visit. he'll meet with president biden. and another candidate enters the race to be the republican candidate for the white house — this time, former newjersey governor, chris christie.
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a very warm welcome to the programme. thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in southern ukraine, because of flooding caused by the damage to a dam on the dnipro river. president zelensky said 80 towns and villages may be flooded after the attack, which he blamed on russia. water is surging down the dnipro river, and is said to pose a catastrophic flooding risk to the city of kherson. russia has denied destroying the dam — which is in territory under its control — instead blaming ukrainian shelling. jon donnison has the latest. breached. the nova kakhovka dam, now almost unrecognisable. water, seemingly the latest weapon in the war in ukraine. and it is downstream on the river where the damage has been done. in ukrainian controlled
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territory to the west, officials say 17,000 people need to flee their homes. another 25,000 in the russian occupied east. in her song under ukrainian control, there are fears the flooding could come catastrophic and it is not the only worry. . but it is dangerous in a catalina says. she is not wrong. explosion. russia pulled out of the city last year but its forces are not far away. the dam was under russian control but each side is blaming the other for the apparent attack. translation: tonight, the care of regime committed another terrorist crime. the kakhovka hydroelectric dam was blown up which led to the flooding of significant territories. translation: significant territories. tuna/mom- significant territories. translation: ., ., translation: the whole world will know about _ translation: the whole world will know about this _ translation: the whole world will know about this russian - will know about this russian war crime, the crime of
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genocide. such deliberate acts by the russian occupiers of the dam and other structures is an environmental bomb of mass destruction. 50 environmental bomb of mass destruction.— destruction. so what is the significance _ destruction. so what is the significance of _ destruction. so what is the significance of the - destruction. so what is the significance of the nova i significance of the nova kakhovka dam? first it supplies water to vast swathes of agricultural land including in crimea. but the reservoir behind it also provides water to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. both areas are under russian control. it looks like a natural disaster. this was man—made. whoever did this new that the consequences would be massive but they were prepared to do it anyway. john arneson, bbc news. as we heard there the nuclear power plant relies on water flow from the reservoir upstream of the dam to cool its reactors. nuclear experts say they are monitoring the situation closely but there is no evidence that the plant's
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safety has been compromised yet. our science correspondent explains the risk. now, once again at the russian controlled facility reports are that water levels are dropping and the reservoir is needed for cooling the plan. the un's nuclear safety body said that the situation was under control, at least for the time being. £311" least for the time being. our current assessment - least for the time being. our current assessment is - least for the time being. oi" current assessment is that there is no immediate risk to there is no immediate risk to the safety of the plant. we are following this by the minute, as you can imagine. the nuclear ower as you can imagine. the nuclear power plant _ as you can imagine. the nuclear power plant is — as you can imagine. the nuclear power plant is nearly _ as you can imagine. the nuclear power plant is nearly 100 - as you can imagine. the nuclear power plant is nearly 100 miles| power plant is nearly 100 miles from the dam so what were the risks? the first is that the nuclear reactor is, used to generate electricity. but they are all shot down and well below their normal operating temperature. experts say they
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do not really need any additional water. the second is the cooling pod which is topped up the cooling pod which is topped up by the reservoir. it supplies an area that keeps the spent nuclear full fuel rods from overheating. because the fuel has been _ from overheating. because the fuel has been in _ from overheating. because the fuel has been in there - from overheating. because the fuel has been in there for - from overheating. because the fuel has been in there for a - fuel has been in there for a long time it is now getting cold to does not generate that much a and would take months to have any problem where they need to replenish the water. and when extra water is needed the un nuclear safety body says that the cooling pond has enough water to meet the plants needs for several months. we can speak now to professor alexander gillespie, professor of international law and author at the university of waikato in new zealand. good to have you on the programme. at the moment both sides are blaming each other for the damage to the dam which has caused a huge amount of flooding in the region. what are your thoughts on where this
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may go going forward because neither will take responsibility and it is difficult to prove who did this. i difficult to prove who did this. ~ ., difficult to prove who did this. ~' . ., ., “ difficult to prove who did this. ~ ., ., this. i think we are looking at a unique _ this. i think we are looking at a unique moment— this. i think we are looking at a unique moment in - this. i think we are looking at a unique moment in history l a unique moment in history because what we may be seeing is the commission of a war crime. we used to originally see in many earlier centuries but it has been made illegal since the 1970s. there will be a question of who did it but something is definitely changing out there right now. there for, with this war in ukraine, the conflict, the finger is often pointed out russia for many of the crimes taking place. while the conflict is in motion, of course, it presents huge difficulties in terms of the legalities as this goes forward, doesn't it? it does. everything — forward, doesn't it? it does. everything now— forward, doesn't it? it does. everything now is _ forward, doesn't it? it does. everything now isjust - forward, doesn't it? it does. | everything now isjust alleged everything now is just alleged but we will have to start collecting evidence but what we fundamentally have is an act thatis fundamentally have is an act that is disproportionate and indiscriminate of which civilians will bear the brunt. it may be an environmental
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crime because it is widespread, severe and long lasting. you are seeing something unique because this is a threshold that has not yet been crossed the century. in that has not yet been crossed the century-— the century. in terms of the international _ the century. in terms of the international bodies - the century. in terms of the international bodies that . the century. in terms of the | international bodies that will be investigating this, finding out, trying to find out what really happened and was responsible, talk us through that. ,, ., responsible, talk us through that, ., responsible, talk us through that. ., ., ., ., that. so for the international criminal court _ that. so for the international criminal court has _ that. so for the international criminal court has gone - that. so for the international i criminal court has gone against the russian administration in regard to the illegal deportation of children. they are likely to add more charges to the docket and that could be around indiscriminate bombing of ukrainian cities. but if this is linked to the russian administration then it is likely that this act could be added as a potential war crime. it is clearly a crime from the law from 1977 but the problem is that with russian jawed signature from a convention in 2019 and they would argue it no longer applies to them but many would suggest otherwise. it is
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customary not to do such disproportionate and discriminatory warfare. i5 disproportionate and discriminatory warfare. is it ossible discriminatory warfare. is it possible to _ discriminatory warfare. is it possible to gather- discriminatory warfare. is it possible to gather the evidence required to prove beyond reasonable doubt who is required in —— who is responsible in these circumstances? it responsible in these circumstances? , ., ., circumstances? it will be a lot of intelligence _ circumstances? it will be a lot of intelligence as _ circumstances? it will be a lot of intelligence as well - circumstances? it will be a lot of intelligence as well as - of intelligence as well as physical evidence but there is a large gap between the theory of whether this is a war crime and the accountability for this crime. because you may find that the discussion about war crime beings but is being part of the peace process which will hopefully in this conflict. irate hopefully in this conflict. we appreciate — hopefully in this conflict. we appreciate your expertise on this. thank you. here in the uk as prince harry prepares to give evidence for a second day in a phone hacking trial in london he has also been the focus of a court case in the united states where temps are under way to have his visa application made public. —— where attempts are under way.
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the case has been brought by a conservative thinktank who want to know whether the duke was honest about his drug use when making the application. it's after he admitted to taking cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic drugs in his memoir released. if he did answer honestly he would have needed a waiver to be issued by the us government. the thinktank, the heritage foundation, also want to know whether any waiver was applied fairly. well, the department of homeland security has been told by a judge that they need to make a decision on whether to release the documents within a week. our north america correspondent gary o'donoughue was at the court in washington. this was a pretty brief hearing, something less than one hour all told and quite technical in nature. essentially what the judge has done is he has asked government to go away and expedite its response to the heritage foundation and their freedom of information request for harry's visa details. that seems to have been given one week to
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happen and thejudge have been given one week to happen and the judge has said that they are not at the stage where they will argue the merits of whether or not the visa details should be released until that is happened. in essence this case is about whether or not harry told the truth. prince harry told the truth. prince harry told the truth on his visa application to get into the united states and given his public acknowledgement in his memoirs and other articles about his drug taking habits because on many us visa application forms you have to do be open about that and that can be a way of being excluded from entry into the united states stop we do not know what kind of visa prince harry is travelling on and we do not know any of the details of it and that is what the heritage foundation wants to get at it says it wants to know whether the empiric and that make american public was lied to or whether the department of homeland security turned a blind eye because he was a famous person. that is really what is at stake here
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and that will be worked out over the next few weeks but we will have to wait for a judgement some time yet. there is a lot going on there for prince harry. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. when you're flying around on the racecourse going so fast with 100 other people right on a knife edge of crashing or winning a race, it's really intense. if you make a small mistake, you really get overtaken by a lot of people. in the iqfoil event, they can get close to aomph, and it's a winner—takes—all format used in the final. with only one place up for grabs in the great britain team, that all adds up to a lot of pressure. this year was the first time in my life where i ever... you know, it wasn't particularly a dream any more to go to the olympics, or to try and win a medal for great britain. it was, like, becoming something that could be real. this winter was so difficult. i skipped christmas with my family. i skipped my 30th birthday. my uncle passed away and i
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couldn't make the funeral. i couldn't be with him in his last moments. and yeah, i certainly visualise a lot the sacrifice and i try and channel that and use that in performance. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. in the last couple of hours, rishi sunak�*s landed in washington to begin a two—day trip where he will meet with president biden, members of congress, and even attend a baseball game. on the agenda, deepening trade ties with the us, regulating ai, and showing britain's long—time ally that it still has a role to play on the global stage. alistair dawber is the washington correspondent for the times of london. he says the two leaders will speak about the two country's common interests. he wants to talk about ukraine,
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he is going to talk for a summit in london on countering the effect of ai, i think he will want to get joe biden and the american administration's support for these fronts. i think he wants to ensure that the closeness that the us in the uk have developed over ukraine over the past 18 months continues. something he is very keen to do as well, his government really does want ben wallace, the defence secretary to be the next nato secretary general. thatjob comes up probably in autumn and there is competition for the position so i think rishi sunak will be trying to persuadejoe biden to get the americans behind the nomination. when we hear the special relationship a lot, i think that is said more in the uk than it is in the us. but i still think britain is
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important to the united states and i think rishi sunak comes with a little more goodwill than perhaps his immediate predecessors. the windsor agreement for northern ireland has settled american nerves over the belfast agreement and i think things like aukus, the deal over nuclear submarines and five eyes, i think they also play into britain's role as a supporter of the united states and foreign policy. i think that is important. we will keep a close eye on how that those in the us. let's look at some of the days other news. let's get some of the day's other news 110w. a cyber crime gang thought to be based in russia has issued an ultimatum to organisations affected
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by a mass hack of payroll data. at least 100,000 workers at companies including the bbc and british airways have been told their data may have been stolen. the hackers warned the organisations to email them within a week or the stolen data will be published. prosecutors investigating dozens of deaths in anti—government protests in peru have questioned the country's president for three hours. there was heightened security and protests as dina boluarte faced allegations, including genocide and aggravated homicide. 67 people died — many in clashes with police — during the country's worst protests in decades. they came about after mrs boluarte took over from ousted former president pedro castillo. mrs boluarte has previously denied police abuses. and regulators in the us have widened their crackdown on crypto currency exchanges, suing coinbase alleging it acted illegally by not registering as a broker, securities
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exchange or clearing agency. it came just a day after similar action was launched against binance. we'll unpack that in the business in around 15 minutes. the former governor of newjersey, chris christie, has entered the race to become the republican candidate for the us presidency. it's an already crowded field with former vice president mike pence, former un ambassador nikki haley and florida governorjust a few of the other contenders. chris christie used his campaign launch to criticise his one—time ally donald trump. here's our north america correspondent peter bowes. chris christie is joining chris christie isjoining an ever—growing field of potential republican nominees for the election next year but i unlike some of the other candidates and especially the man in number two position, ron desantis, the florida governor,
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still trailing behind donald trump who was leading the pack but unlike the others, chris christie is making it very clear he is in this to stop donald trump. he a winner — just in it to win it on its own account but also in it as he would say to expose the failings, as he would probably say, to expose the lies of donald trump because this is a man he knows very well. chris christie first stood potentially for the presidency in 2016, the year that donald trump eventually went on to be the winner and chris christie did not do very well and dropped out very quickly and joined donald trump. was pretty much with them all the way through his time in the white house but after the january the sixth attack on congress that is when they parted company with chris christie accusing donald trump of inciting the violence. really, eversince then, as a political pundit on television, chris christie has been criticising every single
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move of donald trump. we really got a sense of that during this town hall presentation in new hampshire. let's have a look and get a sense of the flavour of what he was saying, the kind of what he was saying, the kind of criticisms he was levelling at donald trump. the of criticisms he was levelling at donald trump. the person i'm talkin: at donald trump. the person i'm talking about _ at donald trump. the person i'm talking about who _ at donald trump. the person i'm talking about who is _ at donald trump. the person i'm talking about who is obsessed i talking about who is obsessed with the mirror, he never admits a mistake, he never admits a mistake, he never admits a mistake, he never admits a fault, and who always find someone else and something else to blame for whatever goes wrong but finds every reason to take credit for anything that goes right is donald trump. that was the flavour of the kind of debates we are likely to hear in the coming months, potentially, on a debate stage between donald trump, chris christie and the other candidates. donald trump has already responded on his social media platform, in fact, before chris christie had finished his
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presentation, donald trump describing his speech as rambling and boring and describing him as a failed governor. we now look ahead. there are other potential candidates still coming along. we were here next, later on today from mike pence, the former vice president and again a different dynamic with donald trump, and they worked very closely together in the white house but had something of a parting of the waves, again after the january the sixth attack on congress. peter bowes, bbc news. so much to cover on the run—up to the election. and returning to the election. and returning to one of our top stories, the duke of sussex due to give evidence in court against his claim against the daily mirror against alleged unlawful information gathering. on tuesday, harry faced nearly five hours from a barrister from the mirror group
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newspapers as ba became the first then you realise that as well in more than two decades to appear personally in royal court proceedings. this is a look back on what happened. it may be his second day in court but for prince harry it will start with another moment in front of the world's media, not an experience he told the court yesterday he would wish upon anyone. you will know what to expect now, several hours in the witness box while the mirror barrister works through more of the 33 stories the duke says was based on phone hacking or information from private investigators. an example, the people in 2003 which reported that prince is harry and william had disagreed about whether to confront this man, paul borel, a former butler to their mother, princess diana, who had been selling stories about her. harry was reported to used and expletive were calling him and his claim that
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they were only used in a voicemail message to william, hacked by their newspaper which served discord between the princess, he said. newspaper denies that suggesting that harry's views were widely known in pallas circles. so far is evidence has emphasised the damage done to him from a young age by the press. the newspapers barrister said yesterday that everyone was sympathetic but did not follow that this was all unlawful activity. of course said prince harry but it is the unlawful means which make it even worse. tom symons, bbc news, at the high court. west ham will tonight face—off against italian side fiorentina in the europa conference league final in prague. west ham's manager, david moyes, called on his players to end the premiero league club's a3—year wait for silverware. well, our sports correspondent,
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andy swiss, has more. the prague party is under way. thousands of west ham flocking to the city hoping their long wait for silverware it could soon be over.— wait for silverware it could soon be over. i'm never been able to see — soon be over. i'm never been able to see the _ soon be over. i'm never been able to see the glory - soon be over. i'm never been able to see the glory days - soon be over. i'm never been able to see the glory days of| able to see the glory days of west ham the thought of being in the final and being underwent a major trophy is massive. it underwent a ma'or trophy is messiah massive. it will mean everything! _ massive. it will mean everything! the - massive. it will mean | everything! the whole massive. it will mean - everything! the whole town massive. it will mean _ everything! the whole town will be buzzing. i party for the month, _ be buzzing. i party for the month, trust me.- be buzzing. i party for the month, trust me. ~ ., month, trust me. with a when we will let month, trust me. with a when we will get to — month, trust me. with a when we will get to the _ month, trust me. with a when we will get to the europa _ month, trust me. with a when we will get to the europa league - will get to the europa league next — will get to the europa league next season_ will get to the europa league next season and _ will get to the europa league next season and it _ will get to the europa league next season and it will - will get to the europa league next season and it will mean| will get to the europa league . next season and it will mean so much _ next season and it will mean so much this— next season and it will mean so much this lot _ next season and it will mean so much this lot.— much this lot. and for this fan and he it _ much this lot. and for this fan and he it could _ much this lot. and for this fan and he it could be _ much this lot. and for this fan and he it could be particularly| and he it could be particularly special. don't mind me asking, what you were you born and why is it so significant? low 1965 and the last time west ham won
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and the last time west ham won a major trophy. bud and the last time west ham won a major trophy-— a major trophy. and sealy has scored again! _ a major trophy. and sealy has scored again! that _ a major trophy. and sealy has scored again! that is - a major trophy. and sealy has scored again! that is right. it| scored again! that is right. it is some 58 — scored again! that is right. it is some 58 years _ scored again! that is right. it is some 58 years since - scored again! that is right. it is some 58 years since west | scored again! that is right. it - is some 58 years since west ham did this and now the decades of disappointment since then could and on, guess what, and he's 58th birthday?— and on, guess what, and he's 58th birthday? that would be a rift of a 58th birthday? that would be a gift of a lifetime _ 58th birthday? that would be a gift of a lifetime literally, - gift of a lifetime literally, west ham winning a european trophy would mean everything, absolutely massive. this trophy would mean everything, absolutely massive.— absolutely massive. this is where the _ absolutely massive. this is where the hammers - absolutely massive. this is where the hammers will. absolutely massive. this is| where the hammers will be hoping to make history, the fortuna hoping to make history, the fortu na arena hoping to make history, the fortuna arena is a small venue, just 20000 and west ham was allocated a mere 5000 tickets but for the fans and for the players, it will be the biggest of occasions. west ham struggled in the premier league this season, finishing just 14th but here in europe, well, it has been a different story. not easy getting through their season playing in the premier league and being competitive in
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this competition and we have been so i think it is a great achievement for all players to get here today. the next part is to see if we can win it now. and so after beating and getting through in the semifinals, the fans are getting ready for a bigger celebration. after so many years of celebrating, maybe this time. also in these sports news is the news about broke yesterday, the news about broke yesterday, the pga tour and the liv golf merger and this has caused huge disruption in the game and will be unpacking that in detail a bit later in the business coverage as well as looking at some of the other stories
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including an interview with the confederation of the british industry or the cbi which has had an important week with a crunch vote yesterday which came through in favour of the cbi but what are the implications going forward? what is leading online: the flood sweeping through the region of southern ukraine following the huge dam being destroyed and cyber gangs issuing an ultimatum. this is all dominating the headlines. stay with us on bbc news as we keep you right up to day. also further analysis on the implications of the dam failure and what it means for both sides in the conflict in ukraine. i will be back in a moment with the top business stories.
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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, in church lawford, you have to go back to may 11 — 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 degrees — 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 degrees on monday, 12 degrees 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, wales, northern and eastern scotland.
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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 —
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that's been bringing some torrential rain to madeira. what that's going to 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 for four weeks.
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