welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in russia, where there are questions about the damage to vladimir putin s presidency from saturday s short lived rebellion by a group of mercenary soldiers known as the wagner group. the us secretary of state antony blinken says the attempted mutiny shows real cracks in mr putin s authority. the president hasn t been seen since saturday, nor has the wagner group leader yevgeny prigozhin, who s promised to leave russia and move to belarus. our russia editor steve rosenberg has the latest. leaving as heroes. the wagnerfighters pulling out of rostov last night. you think theyjust won a war? you think theyjust won a war. the leader of the mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, was off to. he d just done a deal with the kremlin to end their mutiny. the rebellion started here, then spread north. it was the biggest challenge to vladimir putin s authority since he came to power. vladimir vladimirovi
welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with an exclusive interview with the wife and mother of two of the british passengers lost in the titan sub disaster in the north atlantic last week. the submersible was on its way to view the wreck of the titanic when contact was lost, and the vessel imploded. christine dawood the wife of shahzada dawood and the mother of 19 year old suleman dawood was on the polar prince, which was supervising the mission. she told the bbc that her initial intention was to go on the trip herself, but she gave the spot to her son because he was so excited by the prospect. it comes as the us coast guard has announced the launch of an investigation, which would be able to recommend civil or criminal charges. christine dawood has been speaking to the bbc s nomia iqbal in stjohn s, newfoundland, from where the expedition had set off. the sentence, we lost comm. i think that would be a sentence i will neve
singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin with an exclusive interview with the wife and mother of two of the british passengers lost in the titan sub disaster in the north atlantic last week. the submersible was on its way to view the wreck of the titanic when contact was lost and the vessel imploded. christine dawood, the wife of shahzada dawood and the mother of 19 year old suleman dawood, was on the polar prince, which was supervising the mission. christine dawood has been speaking to the bbc s nomia iqbal in stjohn s, newfoundland from where the expedition had set off. thank you forjoining me. i can t imagine the pain of losing two family members on this journey. losing two family members on this journey- this “ourney. that s right. but it this journey. that s right. but it was one this journey. that s right. but it was one of this journey. that s right. but it was one of those
exposed real cracks in president putin s authority. we have seen this aggression in ukraine become a strategic failure across the board. russia is weaker militarily, it standing around the world has plummeted, it has managed to get europeans off of russian energy, it has managed to unite and strengthen nato with a stronger alliance and new members, it has managed to unite. this isjust an added chapter to a very, very bad book that putin has written for russia. what is so striking about it is that it is internal. the fact that you have from within someone directly questioning putin s authority, directly questioning the premises upon which he launched this aggression against ukraine, that in and of its is something very powerful. it adds cracks. where those go when they get there, too soon to say, but it clearly raises new questions that putin has to deal with.
the us secretary of state says the events in russia shows cracks emerging in putin s authority. prigozhin himself saying britain did not pose a threat to ukraine. these show cracks in the facade. one person has died and several others injured following a roller coaster accident at an amusement park in sweden. and greeks are at the polls for the second time injust over a month. the conservative frontrunners are looking to secure a big majority. hello, i m lukwesa burak. welcome to bbc news. emergency security measures remain in place in moscow, a day after a short lived rebellion posed the greatest challenge yet to president putin s authority. in the last hours, us secretary of state antony blinken said real