the last day or so has seen an extraordinary turn of events in russia. the russian president vladimir putin has survived an immediate threat to his power after the leader of the wagner mercenary group agreed to end his mutiny against the russian army. yevgeny prigozhin called off his wagner troops march to moscow late saturday night after negotiations with putin s ally and belarus leader alexander lukashenko. he also agreed to leave russia for belarus, and the kremlin has said it will not pursue punishment against him or wagnerfighters. but there are many questions unanswered about what s happened. to help unpack some of these i m joined now by a panel of experts. joining me live are vitaly shevchenko, who is from bbc monitoring, jade mcglynn is a researcher at the war studies department at king 5 college london. she s also the author of memory makers: the politics of the past in russia and russia 5 war. she joins us from oxfordshire. justin crump is a military veteran and
michael cohen s cell phone, if you look sad and he can t copy, and he can t transcribed notes. they re really trying to minimize how much of this can leak into the public ahead of the trial. and we all remember that donald trump does pose things on his social media, particularly when he is displeased with an investigation. so how do we get here to the point where the judge felt the need to do this? so this was all from the prosecutors. if you remember at the arraignment they brought up trump s post, because all leading up to the charges he was criticizing the district attorney alvin bragg. he was putting out some pretty inflammatory posts. and even then he was criticizing the judge in this case. so the prosecutor said look, you keep saying all the stuff on social media, can we reign this cnn? the judge was very even-handed. he said i ve been telling both sides prosecution you control your witnesses, defense you control your client, don t put anything on social media that
weekend weekend, every embracing for what s gonna happen this week. you ready for this week? we are expecting a very busy one. so let s get started with five things to know for this monday, april 3rd 2023 donald trump. set to arrive in new york today ahead of his arraignment tomorrow. trump facing more than 30 counts related to business fraud. also former arkansas governor asa hutchinson says he is now running for president. the former governor says that he has already also calling on trump to step out of the race. meanwhile, oil prices spiking overnight after opec plus announced a surprise cut in production. by the administration, slamming the move in their response. also this morning, nasa set to announce the astronauts chosen for it are two mission. it will be the first manned space flight around the moon in 50 years and go so tigers g e a u x the way we spell it in louisiana, by the way, all shoes women s basketball team as we say, lady tigers, if you re from louisiana ha
colleagues it would be eccentric to change governments when we re delivering so much. i regret not to have been successful in those arguments. and there s big breaking news from moscow. appearing at her trial today wnba star center brittney griner has pleaded guilty to drug charges but said it was accidental, just one day after president biden spoke with her wife cherelle by phone. her plea to perhaps accelerate the end of the trial, perhaps lead to negotiations to her release. we ll have more coming up this afternoon at the white house. the president awarded the medal of freedom to 17 americans for their dedication to the nation. denzel washington, gold medal ayes simone biles, gabby giffords, simone campbell and steve jobs and john mccain post posthumously. we begin with keir simmons, doug has worked with johnson in the past and welcome to you all. sir peter is also author of they call it diplomacy. and now a big welcome to all including keir, first of all, boris johnso
the mirror leads on the cost of living crisis, with a piece about nhs nurses having to sell their annual leave to get by. the prime minister s legacy makes the front page of the express, in which the pm says we ve taken back control of our borders, kept our streets safe, and invested in the nhs. the times leads with a story about the declining number of full time gps, as they struggle to cope with the work load that comes with a 48 hour week. and the aftershocks of brexit make the front page of the observer, which leads with a report on how recent travel chaos will become the new normal. so let s begin. let s start with the sunday telegraph and this pledge from rishi sunak to cap the number of refugees. mist and sunak to cap the number of refugees. mistand sunak sunak to cap the number of refugees. mist and sunak clearly trying to woo those on the right of the party. == those on the right of the party. mr those on the right of the party. ยป mr sunak. we know she is popular