we begin with the increasingly interesting question ofjust exactly where the leader of the russian mercenary group actually is. russian mercenary group actually is- russian mercenary group actuall is. , ., actually is. yevgeny prigozhin has been a actually is. yevgeny prigozhin has been a high-profile - actually is. yevgeny prigozhini has been a high-profile figure has been a high profile figure in the russian invasion of ukraine. two weeks ago he led a short lived mutiny and was thought to have fled to belarus under an amnesty agreement. now the leader of belarus says that yevgeny prigozhin has returned to russia placing his future potentially into question. our russia editor steve rosenberg travelled to the capital of belarus, minsk. he was one of only a handful ofjournalists in the room to speak to mr lukashenko, who the uk does not recognise as the legitimate president of the country. there are still so many questions about the russian rebellion. would he have the answ
intriguing question ofjust exactly where the leader of the russian mercenary group yevgeny prigozhin actually is. he s been a high profile figure in the russian invasion of ukraine but two weeks ago he led a short lived mutiny and was thought to have fled to belarus under an amnesty agreement. now the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko, says that mr prigozhin has gone back to russia placing his future potentially into question. our russia editor steve rosenberg travelled to the capital of belarus minsk. he was one of only a handful ofjournalists in the room to speak to mr lukashenko who the uk does not recognise as the legitimate president of the country. there are still so many questions about the russian rebellion. would he have the answers? the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko, brokered the agreement that ended the mutiny, so we are told. under a deal with the kremlin, wagner mercenary yevgeny prigozhin was supposed to move here to belarus with
we can t have these conversations without you, so i know you are juggling a lot of things. but thank you very much for making some time to talk to us. we re grateful. e time to talk to us we re grateful . ,. . it to the to th according to russian state media, the criminal case against yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner group, a private mercenary army in russia critical to russia s ability to wage war in ukraine, will be dropped. that s what they re saying at least. and he will be an exile in belarus. so far, it is not clear if you will actually give up leadership or commands of the wagner group. but he sent a voice note signaling that his forces would stand down. that order comes after a day of putin back negotiations with prigozhin to avoid russian losses inside russian territory. with promises of safety guarantees for the wagner fighters. until just a few hours ago, wagner forces were marching toward moscow. appearing to be ready to wage an armed result against
we begin with a stunning reversal of the rebellion and russia. wagner fighters, led by getting a rousing send off of a wild 24-hour march on moscow. it began when he announced that man had taken over headquarters and rostov, and it has leading a so-called justice march towards moscow. fighting was reported along the way, and wagner forces got stopped to yell its before moscow. you called off the rebellion and agreed to leave russia. russian residents getting a heroes sendoff. russian officials said he agreed to travel to belarus. a lot of questions about what happened, and what comes next. analysts now chalk it up to a murky power struggle. i don t think it was a stunt. i think it was a mutiny. i think that s the right word. not a coup d état, a fight among armed forces to take over, but to be loyal to putin with dramatic consequences for undermining stability and the consolidation of russian armed forces. questions still remain about the future in exile. i suspect h
in the hospital. tom bateman is our correspodent injerusalem. he told me about the israeli military s denial of an evacuation order. i ve denied ordering it, but they don t deny an evacuation is taking place. what we ve had is a report from the afp news agency, first of all, a journalist working for them at the scene who said that, via loudspeakers, that there was an order to evacuate the hospital within an hour earlier this morning, he said. now, he reported that the director of the hospital had been phoned by the military and instructed for everyone to leave. basically all for patients, staff and displaced people to make their way, he said on foot to the seafront. now, the israeli military has since issued a statement saying there was no order for people to evacuate. it said it was assisting an evacuation operation at the request of the hospital s director. it also said that medical personnel would be able to stay there for people who couldn t get out. but clearly, you know