mark knopfler who wrote private dancer for tina turner fondly remembers the singer who died on wednesday. it s seven am in singapore and seven pm in washington where us officials say the russian wagner group mercenaries may be working through other countries to acquire military equipment for use in ukraine. the us treasury said in a statement it has imposed sanctions on wagner s chief in mali ivan aleksandrovich maslov. central to this is the battle for the eastern city of bakhmut, in ukraine. mercenaries have been fighting on behalf of russia there a battle that s taken on a symbolic significance. now, they say they re withdrawing and handing their positions over to the russian army. let s hear from the leader of the wagner group. it will make we are withdrawing units from bakhmut. today, it is sam on the 25th of may. the 1st ofjune, the main parts of ist ofjune, the main parts of the unit will be relocated at the unit will be relocated at the rear camp. there handin
the anc has been damaged by economic stagnation, a protracted energy crisis, and massive inequality. my guest today is the leader of the biggest opposition party, the democratic alliance, john steenhuisen. could he become south africa s first white leader since apartheid? john steenhuisen, welcome to hardtalk. great to be with you, stephen. well, it s great to be here in cape town. let s start with a very simple question. when you said not so long ago, there is a changing of the guard coming in south africa, the anc s decline is terminal. it s just a matter of how fast, did you really believe that? of course i believed it then. i think it s a fair assessment about where the anc find themselves in the last local government elections, in 2021, they, for the first time in post democratic south africa, lost their majority and fell below 50%. this obviously allied with the fact that our economy s not growing, we ve got 30 million people living in poverty, 12 million people une
where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. police in london have arrested a man after a car crashed into the gates of downing street, the home of the uk prime minister. the man was detained on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. there are no reports of injuries. in the last hour police said that the incident is being dealt with by local officers in westminster and isn t currently being treated as terror related. what you can see here is a white car which we ve circled, approaching the main entrance to downing street. the car appears to slow down as before it hits a set of gates, which are staffed round the clock by armed and unarmed police officers. the prime minister was in downing street at the time of the crash, but has since left for a scheduled visit. now for some live pictures of whitehall right nowjust so you can see the situation on the ground. and as you can see, the police have still cordoned off the area. there is still a strong po
to go round, and if anything it is set to be a warmer day with temperatures more widely across england and wales reaching the low 20s and peaking at around 23 celsius. and yes, as sophie hinted, the fine weather is set to last through sunday and into bank holiday monday. temperatures might come down a degree or two, but it will still feel warm in the may sunshine. a degree or two, but it will still feel warm in the may sunshine. and that s it from feel warm in the may sunshine. and that s it from the feel warm in the may sunshine. and that s it from the bbc news at six, now it is time for the news where you are. goodbye. we are bringing you continuing coverage of the incident in downing street. if you re just nowjoining us, let me tell you what s happened. a man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage in dangerous driving after a vehicle was driven into the gates of downing street. there you can see whitehall has now been reopened within the last hour, and we ca
resolve quickly. i think you will find there is nothing there. i have no regrets. i m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. exact will i what we re doing. there is no there there. harris: critics reacting with this. this just in. china and ukraine have no regrets about their access to biden s documents, either. another pointing out the president s totally different reaction to trump s document scandal. the washington post reporting quote, a justice official asked specifically that biden s legal team secure the materials from the penn biden center and refrain from further reviewing them or other relevant documents that might be stored at different locations. did they do that? white house correspondent jacque heinrich live from the north lawn. that s an important question. harris, the president is being investigated for whether or not he took classification laws seriously. the expression of no regrets is giving a lot of fodder to his biggest critics.