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and that's why it's important we continue to stand with ukraine firmly. ♪ >> hello, welcome to the program. dozens of people leaving their homes escaping floodwaters after the attack on the dam. ukrainian forces say they are advancing on the battlefield. we will have all the latest developments. day two of prince harry in court. he said he found a suspicious that difficult conversations between him and an ex-girlfriend appeared in stories. u.k. prime minister is in washington, d.c. we will ask how he spent received and what he string to get out of the trip. and the crocodile had got herself pregnant on her on. will find out how that happened. we start in ukraine. we will look at ukraine's military advances in just a

minute. first the damage of of course the huge attack on the dam. take a look at this first of all. this is just some of the images of the city of paris on. -- many people having to spend the night on rooftops in ukraine waiting to be rescued. we now think it's 30 towns and villages impacted in this wake. tens of thousands of people at risk. let's look at the size of the air yet is impacted. -- area that is impacted. these are the satellite pictures. just two days apart these images and you can see the difference of the floodwaters. r correspondent james waterhouse is there. >> to live down the street you need one of these. that sign would normally be head

high. there are trees with their trunks completely submerged and the silence reflects just how uninhabitable pockets of the city have become. just look at the 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 got to be contaminated from the hydroelectric center upstream. it's hard to see what's happened here. it's a city already on its knees. it's an environmental catastrophe. it doesn't get more active because of where it sits close to the river. of course now the river has come to the city. >> giving us insight to those

extraordinary circumstances we hear from someone who escaped in the floodwaters. >> we managed to find the boat. it came loose. the current was too powerful yesterday. rowing didn't help so we were left with my kids for the night. feels like we lived a whole life in just one day. otherwise, we are very grateful to everyone. >> the u.k. prime minister is in washington, d.c. at the moment. we will have more on that trip later. we asked miss -- chris mason about the attack. if it turns out to be russia i think it would fit with a pattern of behavior throughout this war which is where russia has as an active strategy deliberately targeted civilian structure. the largest during the war, it has harmed tens of thousands of people.

>> let's look at the map again to assess the wider impact first of over going to look upstream because the reservoir provides water to the nuclear power plant. you can see that to the north outside of russian control. of course the dam also supplies water to large swaths of agricultural land. all the way down to crimea which is at the bottom of the map. there are plenty of risks for plenty oopeof pllepe huare going to be without clean water. that's according to ukrne's president zelenskyy. it will have a grave and far-reaching consequence. our correspondent in kyiv has this assessment. >> speaking to oicials and they are just beginning to get a sense of what this is going to mean for their work.

that past reservoir behind the dam, that can be 150 kilometer long reservoir. that is basically emptying and it's going to continue to empty for weeks to come we are told. although water heading down into the plexi having all sorts of -- black sea having all sorts of ecological implications. also leaving an irrigation system for a large part high and dry. officials at the administrion of agriculture say the damage brought by that can take years to repair. fields are going to be without irrigation for a substantial amount of time until some kind of provision can be made. it's simply going to try out. there are fields in that area which do not get much in the weight of natural rainfall. they need irrigation. they will become deserts if a

solution is not found. >> let's go live to kyiv. we can speak to former agricultural administrator who has served as a soldier in the war. thanks for coming on the program. >> thank you for having me. >> what's your assessment of the damage of what's happening right now? >> unfortunately, it's not a final assessment because the war is ongoing. we do understand that russia is crossing another vine by destroying civil infrastructure. it will definitely take years, i'm not sure about five years. i hope it will be shorter. but it will cost a lot. it's also a question whether we should rebld everything brand-new. >> those questions are important but just before i come to look ahead i want to go on that he

impact. what are the kind of areas that are going to be impacted now? we heard about lack of drinking water but what else is there at stake here? things like agricultural land? >> absolutely. plus it's an environmental impact. there are key three regions impacted by this catastrophe. right now it's thousands of ukrainians especially those who live in occupied territory. i just got news from friends who are there and they are actually forced by russians to stay in their houses. and russians think they should stay the. >> that's pretty difficult to listen to. these are the same pictures alongside you certain efforts to try to contain what's going on and try and help. this in the middle of a war, to

try and carry out effectively humanitarian rescues and repair work is extremely challenging. >> yes, sir. and we hope russians will be responsible for this crime they committed the day before yesterday. putin will be -- not only because he started the war but also because of this catastrophe by blowing up the dam. >> putin saying this wasn't active seven toes by the ukrainians. what's your response to that? >> the same they do all the time catastrophe like shooting prisoners one day captured ukrainian soldiers and regardless of role so for simply destroys them and kills them with missiles.

it's a language of the kremlin they always like. >> we really appreciate your time and your expertise. and talking is through some of the extreme challenges. thank you very much for coming on the program. >> thank you. so we looked at the impact of the attack on the dam. now we will look at the fighting on the ground. we will talk about a couple of areas just to remind you of the geography of all this. the defense minister says ukraine has switch from being defensive to offensive in eastern ukraine. troops are advancing. one example is here, these are two assault operations. this footage is by the ukrainian armed forces. it has not been verified by bbc, i should say. russia said it defeated ukrainian attacks near the city.

again, we have not verified that. here is our correspondent on the military strategy. >> we've been talking about incremental gains, buildings taken there, maybe 100 meters lost somewhere else. ukrainianseem to be making far bigger gains 5, 10 kilometers. it's how they're moving forward. they are using armor, tax, the -- thanks they are moving fast. this is the kind of taxes we expect to see when the main offensive starts and the inane offensive is going to be very challengingagainst let's say 60s trained overseas some of her britain expend well dug in for months. russians have been very elaborate fortifications then it will be a very difficult task.

president zelenskyy said ukraine is ready for this but he said the coming weeks and months many lives will be lost. >> thanks for that. we will move on to a different story her in the u.k.. it's got a lot of interest. during his second day being cross-examined, prince harry has said he found it suspicious that difficult conversations between him and and go front appeared in stories of the daily mirror. the publisher denies using unlawful methodso obtain the information. >> the interest in this story shows no sign of waning. for a second to the world's media gathered in central london waiting for the, high court's star witness. prince harry arrived here for another bout of cross-examination. the mayor group is determined to show he has to claim articles

written were based on information with unlawful gathering. there was not a single item of evidence to show phone hacking and that prince harry's claims were up your speculation. -- pure speculation. he and his friend left voicemails for each other and it came from a photo agency. this one about has been conference fury at his visit to lf dancing club was based on phone hacking prince harry said. when he split from chelsea there was this headline, prince harry told the court he was likely to have exchanged voicemails and said i now find this very suspicious. the story was in think news before. prince harry blames the tabloids for his break appeared today he told the court he once found a tracking device on her carpet

there and -- car but thereby a private investigator. andrew green would you be relieved or disappointed if the court decided you hadn't been hacked? prince harry said it was on an industrial scale and that is beyond doubt. yes, i would feel some injustice. andrew green continued so you want to have been found hacked? prince harry responded no one wants to have been on hacked, my lord. the tall going through it all the prince appeared to fight back tears. it's a lot he said in a cracked voice. a former reporter the court insisted must give evidence a byline appears a third of the article is about prince harry being examined by the court. she said she had never asked anyone to do anything unlawful.

prince harry spent around eight hours in the witness x. he will leave you're probably feeling relieved having kept his cool and focus in the face of some tough questioning. there was nothing in his testimony that would be embarrassing to the royals. prince harry's focus here slowly is the tapley press. an effort he said to bring an end to the abuse and intrusion of him and his wife. >> chief grail correspondent for u.s. magazine newsweek and the cohost of the podcast the royal report. thank you so much for coming on the program. >> asked for having me. >> they had prince harry eight hours being cross-examined. overall, how do you think you will be feeling now? >> i think he will be feeling better today after yesterday. he did say at the end of the day today noted that the whole

experience has been a lot. i think that was quite visible particularly during yesterday's evidence. in terms of him trying to move his case and i don't know that he actually made a huge amount of progress for this case. i think that mirror group will be quite happy with some of his answers along the lines that he really doesn't know where the specific pieces of information or a product of phone hacking or not? >> let's stick on that one example because that is the >> of it, is in it. the general argument about the way he has been treated in his life. that's separate to this specific case. what do you think you're referring to about what we heard in court today? >> so it's being taken story after story after story so in this particular story which piece of information are you saying was obtained through phone hacking?

harry will then say perhaps it's this, chelsea devi was going to be on our perhaps it's the fact that we hadn't argument with each other. ok so whose phone was hacked in order to get the information? no harry answered slightly better on some but there have been times he said he doesn't actually know. he's offering an educated guess that it could have been chelsea davies number but his case is looking kind of specific concrete to you -- data. this is the answer. he doesn't have a recollection. he knows a message was left by him/her for hemp are on somebody's phone. it's all quite vague. >> generally just t idea of the stories about lap dancing

clubs, about breaking with ex girlfriends this is pretty tricky for anyone to have that public. >> for sure, absolutely. and one thing is they are sympathetic to him. the general intrusion into his life. that come across very strongly. it's kind of 55 pages in excess of 20,000 words. very strongly on the impact it has had. it's a product of things that have been written about him in the papers. stories about him in love dancing clubs are always going to be embarrassing. which he denies getting a lap dance from that kind of statuesque blonde. a close resemblance to his from at the time. he did say those details are in terracing -- embarrassing. and embarrassing to discuss in court now.

in 2023, it was quite different to have it back. it's a difficult case for a number of ways. >> we have to leave it there for great to get your thoughts. thank you. around the world across the u.k. this is bbc news. let's take a look at some stories hitting the headlines here in the u.k. the telegraph newspaper along with the spectator magazine to be put up for sale. by their parent group lloyd banking group is looking for money. said the violence did not affect avenues operations. a fresh wafer strikes this summer 31 days of action when has called a major escalation

the stripes coincide with school holidays and every week and in august. i help the lord issued for parts of england. temperatures are expected to hit 30 degrees celsius from 9:00 on friday morning until 9:00 on monday morning. london in southern england. best known for playing in coronation street has been diagnosed with dementia. you are live with bbc news. a rite of passage for every prime minister trying toorge a special relationship with the u.s. president. richard sunak arrived in washington and is set to meet joe biden on thursday. he just spent time or he laid a wreath for the soldier.

the state house of representatives, that's kevin mccarthy there. as you can see, the trip with sure beliefs shared by the two countries. pledges british support for ukraine. the ukraine plays a leading role. as we heard earlier he is also speaking with our political editor who asked of this question on here. >> we hear a lot about the news now. there are predictions about it into the future. however each of ruby when people talk about this potential to kill people. how worried is the person in charge of our security are you about artificial intelligence right now? >> i want to make sure we can realize the clear benefits of ai further that his in drug discovery or other areas but at the same time we have to put

guardrails to protect ourselves, our country, our people from the risks it poses. risks that have been highlighted. we talked about these guardrails, what the right approach to regulation as i will be talking to president biden about that tomorrow. i believe the u.k. is will placed to lead the conversation on this. it's a topic that i am particularly started talking about two years ago to make sure we are prepared. >> even you say not at all. long-standing conviction prime minister stopped comment on rails to do with the royal family but what i'm doing for the country is delivering on my authorities. reduce debt, cut waiting lists. that's all people want me to be focused on. that's what i'm going to deliver for them. people can see that the number

of crossings in the u.k. this year down by almost a fifth. and that shows we can make a difference on these important issues. the plan is working but i'm not complacent. i'm going to keep on a deliver for people. >> he doesn't miss an opportunity to talk about the boats. we go across to washington. we're going to talk about his itinerary and what he's been doing their a little flavor of what he's been up to what do you make of it? >> pretty standard stuff a lot of meetings on capitol hill just now not just with kevin mccarthy but he's also talking to some chairs o some of the key congressional committees also some senators as well. in some wayshat's a recognition that particularly on something like ukraine for example you know congress has the power they control the money and in essence the administration needs all the

help they can get to make sure congress doesn't tu off the tap on it comes to funding for ukraine. i'm sure that's part of it but also don't forget any questions of not a free trade deal because that's not on the table but any specific sectors, specific trade deals they can need congressional approval. i'm sure that's part of his agenda up on help as well to push the british case for doing some economic deals. >> artificial intelligence, ai, why do you think he is pushing that so hard? >> it's been one of his things for the last couple of years. he's talked about it before. he believes the person is a leader along with the united states on this. he believes to one of the companies that has set up shop in the u.k. in a way that he hasn't shut up -- set up shop elsewhere. also in the sense that europe is also looking at regulation of ai.

he sees britain perhaps as a bridging point. sufficient expertise and somewhere that's not in essence beholden to either block at the moment. it could be a place for i don't know maybe he could be deciding what have the regulatory doherty's. -- authorities. he wants to make sure britain is in on the conversation because of the nature of the skills we have in the u.k. >> we have 45 seconds left but the big event the president tomorrow. >> deke event. lots of bridges to build famously we are not absolutely sure how much joe biden likes britain. he was very rude about it after his visit. this will be a key opportunity to build one of those personal relationships that allows him to actually get business done. that is what will be the key

outcome. >> gary, thank you so much for that. absolutely professional finishing up on time. busy day tomorrow as well. he will be key us right across the latest on the trip. i will be back in just a minute. this is bbc news. ♪ narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪

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