presidentjoe biden referred to the chinese leader as a dictator at a fundraising event in california. now there s another big us trip planned this week, as us treasury secretary janet yellen will visit beijing. the treasury said it would be a visit to discuss the importance for both sides to responsibly manage the relationship and work together to address global challenges . our asia business reporter monica miller explains. the two sides have a lot to discuss including us concerned about a new chinese counterespionage law that want to infect1 counterespionage law that want to infect 1 july. counterespionage law that want to infect1july. the us has american and other foreign companies in the country that could face penalties from chinese authorities for regular business activities. janet yellen is acquitted to meet with the chinese economic team and to press upon them that washington is still committed to defending human rights and its own national security interests but she has to
this group the wagner group got 125 miles from the capital they were fighting for. is that what your reporting shows. certainly. what happened is prigozhin made a serious miscalculation that will cost him deeply. he said he was attacked and that produced casualties and that instigated this action. but our study is something else. that when putin made the decision to absorb the wagner group into the m.o.d. as of 1 july, that in a sense would strip prigozhin of the power base he had, the political influence and military influence he would have.
i m helena humphrey. glad you could join me. we start with what has been an extraordinary 2a hours in russia. the head of the wagner mercernary group, yevgeny prigozhin, has left for belarus. prigozhin told his forces to return to their bases earlier to avoid bloodshed after negotiations with belarusian leader alexander lu kashenko to end their rebellion against the russian defence ministry. wagner fighters have been leaving the southern city of rostov on don according to reports. security had been tightened in moscow, with the mayor telling residents to avoid travelling. all mass outdoor events have been cancelled until 1 july. but russia s tass news agency is now reporting that all restrictions previously imposed on russia s motorways have now been lifted. here you see the wagner leader departing russia for belarus earlier,