breakfast. our top stories russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin called off his rebellion after 24 hours of mayhem. prigozhin agreed to leave russia after talks with the leader of belarus. the kremlin says he won t be prosecuted. faulkner troops have also begun to leave the southern city of rostov where the began. just hours earlier, vladimir putin had called the rebellion treason. in moscow, residents have been told to avoid traveling and all mass outdoor events are canceled until next month. and, of course, with events in russia dominating the sunday papers, we will run through them with the editor peter conrad and welcome to sky news breakfast. the rebellion by russian mercenary leader to be over within 24 hours, his take in the southern city of rostov-on-don, a key communication setup for the war in ukraine and an armored of 124 miles of moscow. russian president vladimir putin called it a knife in the back of our people and said they were traitors. b
from the kremlin. on the road to the capital, wagner mercenary forces seize military headquarters in two, cities prompting an angry response. this is treason in the face of those who are fighting on the front. this is a step in the back of our troops, and the people of russia. wagner s leader and its forces are cheered as they withdraw from rostov. you have ghani prigozhin, the man dubbed putin s pitbull will now move to belarus with repercussions in russia s military offensive in ukraine. also this morning the prime minister is criticize for reportedly planning to block pay rises for public sector workers next year. plus, how glastonbury went from, grime to glam. hello, good morning. the russian president vladimir putin has faced the most serious threat yet to his leadership, the mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin whose forces have fought for the kremlin in key battles joined the war in ukraine, seized control of the russian city acting as the merchant for the invasion,
more on all of those stories coming up more on all of those stories coming up in a moment or two but let s headfirst to the bbc sport centre. thank you, matthew. we start this hour with the second round of the us open. rory mcilroy has just teed off, he is a three shots off the lead. world number one is five off the lead on three under. masters winnerjohn rama is a further two strokes behind. the lead currently shared between two players who shot the lowest score in us open history in round one stop it was a great day. in round one stop it was a great da . ,., in round one stop it was a great da . , ., ., ., in round one stop it was a great da. ., ., . in round one stop it was a great da. . ,., in round one stop it was a great da. . ., day. got off to a nice start and then just. day. got off to a nice start and then just. i day. got off to a nice start and thenjust, i mean, day. got off to a nice start and thenjust, i mean, never- day. got off to a nice start and| the
we ll hear from an expert about the remarkable discovery. first, though, a bbc investigation suggests at least 25,000 russian soldiers have been killed in ukraine, four times higher than the figure acknowledged by moscow. the research also suggests many of the casualties are now older fighters, with little or no training. significant numbers have been recruited from prisons. 0ur correspondent 0lga ivshina has this special report. these are the war graves russia doesn t want to talk about. since december, the bbc has located seven new cemeteries dotted across russia and occupied ukraine. they re filled with the graves of poorly trained fighters. many were prisoners recruited by the notorious wagner mercenary group. and the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 times bigger than it was six months ago. since the start of the war, we have been verifying photos of graves and social media posts with the independent russian website mediazona and volunteers inside the
anti jewish in american history. let s take a look now at the human cost of russia s invasion of ukraine. moscow, like kyiv, has been very secretive when it comes to casualties from the fighting, but a bbc investigation suggests at least 25,000 russian soldiers have died. that s four times higher than the figure acknowledged by the kremlin. the research also suggests many of the casualties are now older fighters, with little or no training, with significant numbers recruited from prisons. 0ur correspondent 0lga ivshina has this special report. these are the war graves russia doesn t want to talk about. since december, the bbc has located seven new cemeteries dotted across russia and occupied ukraine. they are filled with the graves of poorly trained fighters. many were prisoners, recruited by the notorious wagner mercenary group. and the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 times bigger than it was six months ago. since the start of the war, we have been verif