and had called off the rebellion because he did not want to shed russian blood. mr prigozhin went on to say that his actions had revealed serious security issues across russia. and he said wagner commanders had refused to accept russian government requests to sign contracts with the ministry of defence. he gave no indication of where he currently is, nor about his future plans. lets hear some of that audio message first of all. translation: , ., translation: after ust one day, we onl had translation: after ust one day, we only had zoo translation: afterjust one day, we only had 200 kilometres translation: afterjust one day, we only had 200 kilometres left - translation: afterjust one day, we only had 200 kilometres left to - only had 200 kilometres left to moscow. we entered the city of rostov, and we took it fully under our control. it was peaceful, and the civilians were happy to see us. we showed a demonstration, a masterclass for the 24th of february of 2022 s
and pulp fiction star is now suffering from a type of dementia. and the deadline looms to see who might want to buy manchester united, with offers expected to come in from prospective owners in britain, the us and qatar. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister will hold talks with stormont leaders in belfast today, with hopes that a deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland s brexit arrangement could soon be reached as early as next week. the current trading arrangement know as the northern ireland protocol was negotiated during brexit talks. it was put in place to deal with the fact that northern ireland is in the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. some goods passing from england, scotland and wales into northern ireland are getting checked when they cross the irish sea in order to keep an open order on the island of ireland. unionist parties argue that this places an effective border across the irish sea which undermines northern irel
more on that in just a moment or two. first of all, let s hearfrom russia s foreign minister sergei lovegrove, who has been asked about the events of the weekend. he said this about the wagner group s role in africa and russia s standing in the world. translation:, the world. translation: , the the world. translation:, the governance of the central african republic and mali have contracts with our government, and several thousand members are working as instructors, and this working as instructors, and this work will continue. will there be any changes to relations with partners and friends, no. as to the other is, frankly, i don t care. the uk foreign secretaryjames other is, frankly, i don t care. the uk foreign secretary james cleverly has been talking in the house of commons. here is what he had to say about the events of the weekend, saying the cracks in the redeem are beginning to appear. everyone should note that one
also other diplomatic activity today. in brussels, foreign secretaryjames today. in brussels, foreign secretary james cleverly has been leading uk negotiators, meeting with the eu commission vice president, and this weekend rishi sunak is due to meet other european leaders in munich so you get the sense all of this is fuelling the expectation that a deal is close but the thinking in downing street and in the dublin government is that a deal isn t on the table just yet and there is still some way to go on this. , . ., ~ , ., we can talk now tojon tonge, professor of politics at liverpool university, and an expert on northern ireland. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. who needs to be persuaded of this and who is already on side and who isn t? mast persuaded of this and who is already on side and who isn t? on side and who isn t? most people are on site- on side and who isn t? most people are on site. the on side and who isn t? most people are on site. the nationalist -