to move down the street in this part of kherson, you need one of these. that sign would normally be at head height. there are trees with their trunks completely submerged, and the silence reflects just how uninhabitable pockets of the city have now become. if you just look at these shop windows, if you look further down, there are teams making their way through, trying to find anyone trapped. and you can see why you would be trapped.

it would be impossible to swim through this. the water is completely cloudy. it's thought to be contaminated from the hydroelectric station further upstream. and it's just very hard to compute what has happened here. on top of everything else, on top of the occupation. it's a city already on its knees. it's an environmental catastrophe amidst an active war zone and it doesn't get more active than kherson because of where it sits close to the river. but now, of course, the river has come to the city. and here's someone who escaped the flood waters. we managed to find the simplest boat but my father and a neighbour got carried away in it. it came loose in the current was too powerful yesterday, rowing didn't help.

we were left with my kids, the three of us for the night. it feels like we've lived a whole life and just one day. otherwise, we're very grateful to everyone. uk prime minister rishi sunak is in washington and spoke to our political editor chris mason about the dam. if it does turn out to beat russia i think it would fit with a pattern of behaviour throughout this war, which is where russia has an active strategy deliberately targeted civilian ancestor structure if intentional this attack would represent the largest attack on infrastructure during the war. it's harrmed hundreds of thousands of people. let's look at the map again. the reservoir provides water to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that you see there the north. that is under russian control. of course the dam also supplies water, large tracts of agricultural land, all now at risk.

downstream it is all the way down to crimea that it's right at the bottom of that map. there are plenty of risks now for plenty of people for the hundreds of thousands of people are going to be without clean water, that's according to ukraine's president zelensky. the un says the dam collapse will have "a grave and far—reaching consequence. our correspondent in kyiv paul adams has this assessment. we've been speaking to officials at the ministry of agriculture, and they are just beginning to get a sense of what this is going to mean for their work, because that vast reservoir behind the kakhovka dam, that 100 mile or 150 kilometre long reservoir that is basically emptying and it's going to continue to empty for weeks to come we're told. all of that water heading down the dnipro into the black sea, having all sorts of ecological implications where the river meets the sea, but also leaving a whole irrigation system for a large part of southern ukraine high and dry.

and so officials at the ministry of agriculture say that the damage wrought by that could take years to repair. that fields that are going to be without irrigation for a substantial amount of time until some kind of provision can be made, are simply going to dry out. there are fields in that area of southern ukraine which do not get much in the way of natural rainfall. they need irrigation. they will, in the words of an official this morning, become deserts if a solution is not found. thanks to paula, rounding up our coverage of the dam at tech. we will now take a look at the ukraine military advance which has been taking place at the same time.

we will speak to a neato analyst and security expert at the university of beth. what we saw down in the southeast in between zaporizhzhia and a place because nobody connects, we saw the

ukrainians launch a attack, not massive but probably the biggest in that area for at least six months. with some armoured vehicles. it was probably the first one which was repelled by the second wanted advance. the advance, it seems, about five to six km and captured that village as well. also in bakhmut there are credible reports they are advancing, not actually back into the city, the ruling city, but around it and on the flanks, both to the north and south. smaller advances, up to about 1600 metres and one. let advances, up to about 1600 metres and one. , .,, and one. let me “ump in here. those kind of distances— and one. let mejump in here. those kind of distances may _ and one. let mejump in here. those kind of distances may not _ and one. let mejump in here. those kind of distances may not sound - kind of distances may not sound a lot when you look at both sides of a crane which is vast, what's your idea of how significance the movements are? i idea of how significance the movements are?— idea of how significance the movements are? i think this is reall a movements are? i think this is really a probing _ movements are? i think this is really a probing stage. - movements are? i think this is really a probing stage. the - really a probing stage. the ukrainians have shorter lines. the restaurant have larger forces and

have to defend the whole line but once you turn. what the ukrainians are doing is trying to find where the weeks what is. i don't think or know for a fact if the unleash their full capability at all yet. i think they will have a number of avenues to try to look at. i am quite confident that i think they will find a whole and be up to get through. find a whole and be up to get throu~h. ., ., , find a whole and be up to get throu~h. ., . , ., through. could that be the next two da s? i through. could that be the next two days? i think _ through. could that be the next two days? i think it _ through. could that be the next two days? i think it would _ through. could that be the next two days? i think it would build - through. could that be the next two days? i think it would build up. - through. could that be the next two days? i think it would build up. it i days? i think it would build up. it distracts the _ days? i think it would build up. it distracts the band _ days? i think it would build up. it distracts the band width - days? i think it would build up. it distracts the band width of the i distracts the band width of the government and the military i would more expected to be a drum roll increasing in pitch almost like we saw in the first phase where the operations got more intense for now. the probes will get more intense and potentially there will be a attempt

to punch through somewhere. again, these punch the ruse are difficult to do and difficult and brave of the ukrainians to do this without air power and air superiority. meaning that the british army and being an officer or we could rely on those aircraft, the ukrainians don't have that luxury and will suffer in terms of casualties, but incredibly great that they're doing it. they will get the combined arms together with the tanks and industry and hopefully they can get through. i don't think will be in a knockout blow, i think we have a few of these to go, unfortunately. it’s we have a few of these to go, unfortunately.— we have a few of these to go, unfortunately. it's been great to talk to you. _ unfortunately. it's been great to talk to you, patrick, _ unfortunately. it's been great to talk to you, patrick, really - unfortunately. it's been great to talk to you, patrick, really get i unfortunately. it's been great to | talk to you, patrick, really get to get your insight. 0n how we interpret these movements on the battlefield. thank you very much. let's return to our panel. philip rycroft, former permanent secretary at the department for exiting the european union and mary anne marsh,

democratic strategist. hello both, great to see you. so, let's start by reflecting on the two big developments today in ukraine. the dam and the damage that has been done and also the military advances. but if you have been at the heart of government operations, you heard from patrick there are about the potential threat of bandwidth being disrupted, so you have to respond to this incident with the dam, how much does that affect every area of operations do you think? {iii does that affect every area of operations do you think? of course it will have — operations do you think? of course it will have an _ operations do you think? of course it will have an impact. _ operations do you think? of course it will have an impact. the - operations do you think? of course it will have an impact. the senior. it will have an impact. the senior ministers in kyiv will have to demonstrate they've got a grip on that and the resources required to deal with the problems of the local population will be faced. it will have an advance of the military planning because it will make it

more difficult to advance on that front. the suspicion is of course that if it hits it's the russians have the motive and opportunity to do this, it gives them the opportunity to potentially move some of their troops from that front east, to prop up their positions in the rest of the country. it's also worth pointing out, from a russian perspective if it was them that did this, it's very short—term very cynical, very destructive thing to do. it doesn't demonstrate much faith in their ability to hang onto those parts of ukraine that they've occupied. it does have in the medium—term really potentially very damaging effects on crimea because the water supply to crimea goes through a canal that was fed from the lake behind the dam. this does change the situation, it seems to be

short—term but not dramatically. i don't think it will diminish the determination of ukraine to begin that counteroffensive.— determination of ukraine to begin that counteroffensive. marianne, if we can bring _ that counteroffensive. marianne, if we can bring you — that counteroffensive. marianne, if we can bring you in _ that counteroffensive. marianne, if we can bring you in now. _ that counteroffensive. marianne, if we can bring you in now. it - that counteroffensive. marianne, if we can bring you in now. it is - that counteroffensive. marianne, if| we can bring you in now. it is under way, the counteroffensive. not fully unleash we're told but is underway. no question about it. there is no coincidence that this dam on as ukraine — coincidence that this dam on as ukraine is— coincidence that this dam on as ukraine is making moves on counteroffensive that i thought patrick— counteroffensive that i thought patrick lined out quite well. washington in the world, the uk, germany— washington in the world, the uk, germany and everyone supporting ukraine _ germany and everyone supporting ukraine on— germany and everyone supporting ukraine on this is going to watch this closely. this isjust one more act granting — this closely. this isjust one more act granting to the longest of war crimes_ act granting to the longest of war crimes that they around fell swoop

created _ crimes that they around fell swoop created a _ crimes that they around fell swoop created a humanitarian, environmental and nuclear crisis by doing _ environmental and nuclear crisis by doing this — environmental and nuclear crisis by doing this. water, water for consumption and possible water necessary to keep the nuclear operations going, impossible. you go down _ operations going, impossible. you go down the _ operations going, impossible. you go down the list in the cascading effects— down the list in the cascading effects of this one act are damning. you have _ effects of this one act are damning. you have to — effects of this one act are damning. you have to think about the fact that while — you have to think about the fact that while all the allies provide more _ that while all the allies provide more weapons at the last meeting of the g7. _ more weapons at the last meeting of the g7. the _ more weapons at the last meeting of the g7, the united states and others finally committing to bring some of the airpower that patrick talked about _ the airpower that patrick talked about that would be helpful to have, they may _ about that would be helpful to have, they may not have that quite soon enough _ they may not have that quite soon enough but it's coming. all of those opportunities finally, look at what ukraine _ opportunities finally, look at what ukraine is— opportunities finally, look at what ukraine is been willing to do when everyone — ukraine is been willing to do when everyone counted them out. they still don't — everyone counted them out. they still don't have the resources they need _ still don't have the resources they need but — still don't have the resources they need but i'd like their odds in the year to— need but i'd like their odds in the year to come up with this counteroffensive. will it be the end, _ counteroffensive. will it be the end, every step of the wait nine times— end, every step of the wait nine times out— end, every step of the wait nine times out of ten cranes got better out of— times out of ten cranes got better out of russia. thank you very much for that _ out of russia. thank you very much

for that we — out of russia. thank you very much for that. we will do around the world — for that. we will do around the world and _ for that. we will do around the world and across the uk this is bbc news _ bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. on a glorious evening in halesowen, the racing is fast and furious, but they having lots of fun. it's a regular friday night track league, which attracts riders from across the west midlands. i like racing with the boys and the girls, so they push you harder. halesowen have more than 100 members of all ages and the evening kicks off with a chance for the youngest riders, the cubs, to share what they've been learning in their weekly coaching sessions. we're a racing club so we promote road racing, track racing here tonight and cyclo—cross races. road racing isjust as important to the club. ben healy, who recently run stage of the giro d'italia, started at halesowen as a six—year—old. the sport is not without its current challenges. there's been a steady decline in the number of road races, but halesowen still organise their own event, with athletics, tennis and weightlifting also based at manor abbey, this is the heart of the town's

sporting life and they are determined to keep it that way. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. during his second day being cross—examined in the high court, prince harry has said he found it suspicious, that difficult conversations between him and an ex—girlfriend appeared in stories in the daily mirror. the paper's publisher denies using unlawful means to gather information about the duke, saying its reports were based on publicly—available sources. our culture editor, katie razzall, was in court. the interest in this story shows no sign of waning. for the second day world's media gathered in a cul—de—sac in central london waiting for the high court's star witness. prince harry arrived here for another bout of cross—examination. the mirror group is determined to show he is wrong to claim that

articles about him were based on unlawful information gathering. mgn's barrister told him there was not a single item of evidence in these articles to show phone hacking and that prince harry's claims were pure speculation. the prince says this one, about a secret dinner he had with the late tv presenter caroline flack at the close's house was based on home phone hacking as he and his friend had out voicemails for each other and take a sided game from photo agency. this one about his then girlfriend chelsy davy�*s period at the visit to a lap dancing club was also based on hacking, prince harry says and mgn says it was another paper is the day before. when he split from chelsy there was this headline. prince harry told the court he was likely to exchange voicemails about the difficulties in their relationship and said, i now find this very suspicious. mgn says the story was in the news of the world before. prince harry blames the tabloids for his break—up with chelsy davy. today he told the court he had once found a tracking device on her car. put there, he claims by a private investigator. for my whole life, he said, the press have misled me

and covered up the wrongdoing. andrew green for the mirror group asked him, would you be relieved or disappointed if the court decided he hadn't been hacked by mgn? prince harry said, phone hacking was on an industrial scale across three of the papers at the time and that is beyond doubt. yes, i would feel some injustice. andrea green continued. , so you want to have been phone hacked? prince harry responded... no one wants to have been phone hacked, my lord. at the end of his evidence is barrister asked prince harry the toe going through it all had taken. the prince appeared to fight back tears. it is a lot, he said in a cracked voice. he stayed in court to hear jane carr, a former royal reporter who court insisted must give evidence. the byline appears almost a third of the article is about prince harry being examined by the court. she commissioned private investigators to help with stories but she said she had never asked

anybody to do anything unlawful. prince harry spent around eight hours in the witness box. he will be leaving here probably giving relieved having kept his cool and focus in the face of some tough questioning. there will be relief also from his estranged family. because there was nothing in his testimony that would be embarrassing to the royals. prince harry's focus here solely is the tabloid press. an effort he said to an end to the abuse and intrusion of and his wife. thanks to katie to bringing us up to thanks to katie to bringing us speed on events in courts today for speed on events in let's return to our panel. i'm sure you've had dealings with the royalfamily, don't worry i i'm sure you've had dealings with the royal family, don't worry i will ask you to betray any common items unless you want to photo for a hurry for the pure in your experience, make of what you been watching and hearing from court?— hearing from court? what's interesting _ hearing from court? what's interesting about _ hearing from court? what's interesting about us, - hearing from court? what's interesting about us, i - hearing from court? what's| interesting about us, i have hearing from court? what's i interesting about us, i have to confess that i find every retiree

story over the last few years but he's one of the monks a hundred folks that have lots of old. lots of other sports people feel that the mirror group did hack there for you should really aware court has just decide, —— issue that the court has to decide they actually that illegal action is going on. shades of what happened of course around the news of the world that triggered the inquiry a decade ago. this all comes from that era. it's also the case that prince harry is taking court cases against the sun and the murdoch paper and the daily mail and that group of newspapers. i think there's something interesting about all this, demonstrating just the huge pressure and the members of the

royalfamily are. i think huge pressure and the members of the royal family are. i think we're seeing that in the story of printer harry and the way that his life has been led over the last little while. this is of course hereditary monarchy, we don't get to choose them but they don't get to choose ours. when we look at the future of the martyr gave him a lot of people think well, it's demise will come through republicanism, i don't see much sign of that, personally. what i do see is this intense pressure on individuals in the days of social media. i think the royalfamily is going to happen very carefully about how it presents itself to the public in a way that allows, particularly the members of the royalfamily, the younger to lead lives that are tolerable. you could see in what prince harry is doing is in many ways he feels his life is intolerable. he really didn't have to get born into that family. lots

of philosophical— to get born into that family. lots of philosophical issues to address. marianne, don't worry prince harry a us resident at the moment. fine marianne, don't worry prince harry a us resident at the moment.- us resident at the moment. one of ou made us resident at the moment. one of you made of— us resident at the moment. one of you made of it _ us resident at the moment. one of you made of it all? _ us resident at the moment. one of you made of it all? from _ us resident at the moment. one of you made of it all? from afar - us resident at the moment. one of you made of it all? from afar i - you made of it all? from afar i think— you made of it all? from afar i think it's very obvious why he's doing _ think it's very obvious why he's doing it — think it's very obvious why he's doing it as_ think it's very obvious why he's doing it. as a young child he could to protect — doing it. as a young child he could to protect his mother from the media and it— to protect his mother from the media and it cost— to protect his mother from the media and it cost her her life. as a young man— and it cost her her life. as a young man he _ and it cost her her life. as a young man he couldn't protect himself from the phone _ man he couldn't protect himself from the phone hacking and now as a married — the phone hacking and now as a married father of two he is experiencing the same thing. he standing — experiencing the same thing. he standing up for himself and his family — standing up for himself and his family. that is completely understandable. regardless of the outcome, — understandable. regardless of the outcome, you can see through the ark of his— outcome, you can see through the ark of his life _ outcome, you can see through the ark of his life by— outcome, you can see through the ark of his life by his taking on this case — of his life by his taking on this case. social media versus the tabloids _ case. social media versus the tabloids, as notorious as the tabloids— tabloids, as notorious as the tabloids were then covered social media _ tabloids were then covered social media is— tabloids were then covered social media is ten times worse. he seems you've _ media is ten times worse. he seems you've managed to figure out in the united _ you've managed to figure out in the united states at least, giving interviews when he wants you, writing — interviews when he wants you, writing a — interviews when he wants you, writing a book when he wants to. he's_ writing a book when he wants to. he's really— writing a book when he wants to. he's really controlling how he is seen _ he's really controlling how he is seen and — he's really controlling how he is seen and his interactions with the media, _ seen and his interactions with the media, whether that can continue remains _ media, whether that can continue remains to— media, whether that can continue remains to be seen. whatever you think— remains to be seen. whatever you think of— remains to be seen. whatever you think of him, it's completely

understandable why he's taking this case _ understandable why he's taking this case. 0k— understandable why he's taking this case. ., ., a, ., ., case. ok for that marianne and philip will _ case. ok for that marianne and philip will chat _ case. ok for that marianne and philip will chat again. - i want to go to canada and the us because wildfires in canada have caused smoke to drift over large portions of the us and canada. you see these pictures here. it has caused a big disruption, flights to airports grounded in some places for the public health fell shows have people not to exercise outside and the haze could last for days will go live to new york city. what an extraordinary view behind you. can't see anything. this is quite extraordinary. the first thing i want to ask you is to show us around, show us what you can see. if the camera to move at all, i don't know. it's an extraordinary site. it absolutely is. we're in lower

manhattan and battery park city. the world trade center buildings are just over this way. behind me should be in newjersey. normally you can absolutely see it. it's only about a mile and a half away from here. but it isjust so mile and a half away from here. but it is just so thick with haze. i have to say, over the course of the day we've been seeing that the haze is coming in and then it may be abates a little bit and just comes back. i've been out for most of the day and through the real thick of it, it was really surprising just how little visibility there was because of that smog. just how little visibility there was because of that smog. just remind us words come — because of that smog. just remind us words come from. _ because of that smog. just remind us words come from. what _ because of that smog. just remind us words come from. what is _ because of that smog. just remind us words come from. what is this - because of that smog. just remind us words come from. what is this all - words come from. what is this all about? ., ., ., ., about? right now more than a hundred wildfires burning _ about? right now more than a hundred wildfires burning in _ about? right now more than a hundred wildfires burning in canada. _ about? right now more than a hundred wildfires burning in canada. that - about? right now more than a hundred wildfires burning in canada. that is - wildfires burning in canada. that is anywhere from the western part to the eastern seaboard —— 100 back. it's all the smoke from those

wildfires that are coming down to the united states you are seeing really serious impacts in terms of the air quality. in fact there were some moments overnight last night that new york reported one of the worst air qualities of any other major city around the world. the mayor of new york city has advised that people should not spend much time outdoors, recommending masks and 95 masks in fact so that when i was walking around the city i was taken back byjust how few people were actually walking around for them and those that were, many were wearing masks all over again. new york city public schools has cancelled any outdoor activities. so have other school districts around the east coast.— have other school districts around the east coast. samara, absolutely extraordinary _ the east coast. samara, absolutely extraordinary pictures _ the east coast. samara, absolutely extraordinary pictures behind - the east coast. samara, absolutely extraordinary pictures behind you. | extraordinary pictures behind you. thank you for bringing us up to date. live in new york. this is bbc news.

hello. we are heading for a spell of warmer weather. on top of that, increasing humidity and also the possibility of one or two heavy showers, perhaps some thunderstorms as well. and we do need the rainfall because it has been so very dry over the last two or three weeks in some parts of the country and even in others, close to a month of no rainfall at all. central parts of england, church lawford last time it rained was the 11th of may, and southern parts of wales have not seen rain for about a month. and the reason for it is this persistent area of high pressure. it's sinking air through the atmosphere. that's why we call it high pressure. it's stuck here and it prevents weather fronts from coming off the atlantic. doesn't necessarily mean it's been all that sunny. in fact, we've often seen low gray clouds forming in the north sea and being pushed by that wind that blows around the area of high pressure. so cloudy mornings, but then brighter afternoons.

so, through the course of the night, we'll see low cloud being pushed in once again by that breeze off the north sea. skies across western parts of the uk will be clearer. i think temperatures will be no lower than around seven degrees and more typically nine or ten in city centre. so on thursday morning, cloudy start for many of us, particularly across eastern parts of scotland and england. and then, that strong june sunshine works its magic. the cloud burns back to the eastern coast, but it does look as though that eastern strip will stay on the cloudy side and chilly in places, maybe no higher than 15 degrees in hull, newcastle and norwich, or 17 in norwich or so. the higher temperatures will be further west. pollen levels still remain very high across parts of england and wales. further north, little bit lower. the forecast then for friday, and we are going to see that change in the weather across south—western parts of the uk. increasing humidity, i think hazy skies and the risk of showers, maybe some thunderstorms too, but very isolated in

the south—west on friday. in fact, they could arrive as early as thursday night. elsewhere, the weather will be more or less the same. what we've been used to in the last few days. now, the temperatures will steadily rise. we could see highs approaching the high 20s in some spots. so not too hot, i think. warm enough for most of us. that's it for me. bye— bye.

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