revolt retreat, an astonishing 24 hours in global history. russian president vladimir putin staves off the biggest threat ever to his quarter century leadership as his one-time ally yevgeny prigozhin abruptly calls off a rebellion as his marches closer to moscow. prigozhin has agreed to leave russia for belarus. the wagner insurrection revealed major cracks and put his armor at home, now the world watches to see how it will impact a 16-month war on ukraine. good morning, and welcome to a special edition of the sunday, show i m jonathan katie phang who you normally see at this hour as the weekend off. we start with a sobering realization, we may truly never know how close the nuclear armed nation of russia came to a full blown civil war. the toughest test ever, putin s presidency is over, for now after brokering a truce with belarus, wagner leader if ghani prigozhin, called off a just hours after his mercenaries took control of the military headquarters in south of russia.
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prigozhin mercenary forces have pretty much taken over that every strategic town of rostov-on-don. i that s a very strategic part of this war. the russian mercenary groups have been launching offensive strikes in ukraine from there, so they ve been key to this battle. prigozhin says they have now taken that town completely. they are now firing eight shots, and what we re hearing now is that he s mercenary forces are moving north. possibly towards moscow, which is an incredibly significant development in what s happening in the last 24 hours, and the most curious challenge to the russian state in recent memory, now, prigozhin was saying that this wasn t a crew he was trying to get rid of the defense minister, shoigu, and the head of the armed forces, but this is a direct challenge to putin s authority when you re trying to remove his top military brass during a conflict with ukraine. what key right now, jonathan, is what happens over the coming hours. the loyalty of the rus
to the russian president s authority means for the dictator. we are all concerned by any potential for instability in russia. norah: deadly storms and tornadoes hit the south and midwest, as 57 million americans brace for more dangerous weather. large hail, wind damage with power outages, and the flood threat. watches and warnings have expanded. three san antonio police officers of been charged with murder. for the way they handled the call involving 46-year-old melissa perez. the shooting officer s actions were not consistent with the policy and training. somebody came down and said we lost contact. we are hearing from a family member who lost both her son and her husband on the titan submersible. both of them really, really wanted to do that for a very long time. speak with the drugmakers behind ozempic are now racing to develop a daily pill for peopleo want to lose weight. norah: and how one tiktok creator helped a community. in peoria, illinois, ma
for millions of homeowners if the government stuck to its plan. here s our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. soaring food prices, sky high energy bills, rents and mortgages going through the roof. today the prime minister again sought to calm growing fears about the state of the economy. this week you have told people it is going to be ok. do you understand why people looking at their mortgage bills, shopping bills, worrying about keeping the roof over their heads, they will listen to you and think, it is not going to be ok for me ? i have never said it is not challenging, i have never said it will not be a difficult time to get through, but i want to give people the reassurance and confidence we have a plan, the plan will work and we will get through this. that is exactly what people should be hearing from their prime minister and government. but with interest rates already at a 15 year high and more rate rises likely from the bank of england, there are fears this c