We ll tell you why they re so controversial. touring a military camp in belarus. our correspondent investigates reports that the site could soon house wagner paramilitary fighters. and the exiled belarusian opposition leader, svetla na tikhanovskaya speaks to the bbc. hello i m helena humphrey, it s good to have you with us. we start here in washington, where officials have confirmed the us government will send a cluster munitions package to ukraine to help its counter offensive against russia. they re a controversial class of weapons that are banned by more than 100 countries, due to the risk of harm to civilians. but ukraine has been pressing for the weapons for months, amid an ammunition shortage. each cluster munition carries large numbers of smaller bomblets,
We continue on through this summer. we continue on through this summer- summer. sarah jacobs, the democrat summer. sarah jacobs, the democrat from summer. sarah jacobs, the democrat from california, | summer. sarah jacobs, the . democrat from california, also a member of the house armed services committee. thank you for being with us. the whereabouts of wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin have been a mystery since he led a short lived rebellion in russia last month. under the deal to end the stand off, charges against him were dropped and he was offered a move to belarus. but yesterday, belarus leader alexander lukashenko said prigozhin was in russia after all. last week, bbc verify revealed these satellite images that appeared to show activity at a disused military base around 64 miles from the belarusian capital. the area has been reported in russian media as a place that could house wagner fighters. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg has visited that site and he s sent this report.
Elections, which is that you have won but essay has been systematic vote rigging. you have had to go into exile with your children. do you feel safe? ,, . :: :: ., your children. do you feel safe? ,, . i: i: ., ., safe? since 2020, i have not felt safe in safe? since 2020, i have not felt safe in a safe? since 2020, i have not felt safe in a single - safe? since 2020, i have not felt safe in a single day - safe? since 2020, i have not felt safe in a single day but l felt safe in a single day but when you re fighting you do not think about your personal safety, you think first of all about the people who are hostages in belarus presence, you think about people who sacrificed their freedom and some that lives to give opportunity fast us to fight further, so i will present belarus, i will be the voice of belarusian people as long as i can, so i see how my children miss their daddy but i know that thousands of families are split, thousands of children are growing up without their
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From minsk. and this is one place that the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko belarus, alexander lu kashenko has belarus, alexander lukashenko has offered to the wagner mercenary is as a camp, a base, if they relocate to belarus. and we have been brought here today by the belarus in defence ministry to take a look. and you can see that there are a lot of new tenants which i here which we are told have been put up which we are told have been put up in the last few weeks. but we have also been told that these tents, which are empty, have nothing to do with wagner or getting ready for wagner. there are territorial defence exercises coming up in belarus in september so forward planning by the defence ministry here. 0k. here we are inside one of the tents and it all looks and smells very new you can smell the wood. still so i m clear what is happening here. wagner coming to belarus,