leader to retreat. yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group, has been pictured apparently leaving the russian city of rostov on don along with his troops. only yesterday a heavily armed column of wagner troops was heading from rostov on don towards moscow, where defences were being prepared. those troops got to around 300 miles south of the russian capital. then, at around 6.30pm uk time, prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance, in a deal brokered by the belarusian leader. with all the details, here s our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford. mutineers cheered as heroes. this crowd are shouting wagner, the name of the mercenary group that led me to putin had said treason a couple of hours earlier. in a day of high drama. the wagner group had rolled into rostov on saturday morning, leasing attacks on city streets and taking over a military command post for the ukraine war. there, wagner s boss was filmed haranguing senior milita
president zelensky says he had a long and meaningful conversation with the chinese leader, different since russia s invasion of his country. thousands of people are continuing to flee from that country while there is a temporary cease fire that still holds. germany and france the other citizens are now left the country in four planes can british nationals have now arrived in cyprus and plates will continue around the clock. the latest is the 301 britons been evacuated so far in the cease fire is proudly holding and there s some reports of clashes but nothing too major. also reports of prisoners breaking out ofjail, including some facing war crimes charges by the international criminal court. britons are still being told to go to an airbase run 20 miles north of the capital for those flights to cyprus and a total of 2000 people from more than 50 countries have now crossed the red from sudan to chat on a ship organised by saudi arabia. many are trying to reach neighbouring chad
welcome to bbc news we begin in sudan where the situation remains fluid thousands of people are still continuing to make perilousjourneys to leave the country , before a 72 hour ceasefire ends. the un, the us and neighbouring countries are all involved in diplomatic efforts to try and extend it. south sudan says the sudanese army commander general abdul fattah al burhan has accepted its proposal for face to face talks. but the leader of the rival rapid support forces has not yet responded. clashes have been reported, with gunshots heard and fighterjets seen in parts of the country despite the fragile truce. but it has given some relief to civilians caught up in the violence in khartoum and other areas. many are leaving on flights and thousands more, sudanese and otherforeign nationals have managed to flee to saudia arabia by boat others by road to the borders with egypt and djibouti. at the airfield in khartoum, desperate crowds with just one hope, to escape. everyone
hello and welcome to bbc news. pakistan s former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illnes. he was 79. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999 serving in office for seven years from 2001. and in 2019 he was sentenced to death in absentia, for treason charges for absconding the murder trial of one of his successors, benazir bhutto. at the time of his death he had been living in exile in dubai, recieving medical treatment. the bbc s gordon corera looks back on his life. 1999. and when troops stormed the national television headquarters to put pervez musharraf in power, the people of pakistan heard a familiar refrain. the nation needed another leader in uniform to save it from self serving politicians. in the past, our governments have ruled the people. it is time now for the governments to serve the people. pakistan had already been under army rule for more than half the time it had been independent. general musharraf
new picture of the embattled republican congressman performing as a drag queen in brazil, pictures santos denies are of him. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, president biden makes a promise, a promise to ukraine to give whatever it needs. all the help they need. it comes as the u.s. today targets the private russian military force the wagner group, designating it a transnational criminal organization. the wagner group is what is leading putin s war right now. right now making the only known progress on the battlefield for putin. that means the man running russia s most powerful private army is making a name for himself. here is yevgeny progozhin, publically declaring his men are the ones that captured a key city outside of bakhmut. translator: we can safely say that the settlement of one of the most important suburbs of bakhmut has been completely taken under the control of wagner pmc units, exclusively by wagner pmc units. klishchi