mark knopfler who wrote private dancer for tina turner fondly remembers the singer who died on wednesday. it s seven am in singapore and seven pm in washington where us officials say the russian wagner group mercenaries may be working through other countries to acquire military equipment for use in ukraine. the us treasury said in a statement it has imposed sanctions on wagner s chief in mali ivan aleksandrovich maslov. central to this is the battle for the eastern city of bakhmut, in ukraine. mercenaries have been fighting on behalf of russia there a battle that s taken on a symbolic significance. now, they say they re withdrawing and handing their positions over to the russian army. let s hear from the leader of the wagner group. it will make we are withdrawing units from bakhmut. today, it is sam on the 25th of may. the 1st ofjune, the main parts of ist ofjune, the main parts of the unit will be relocated at the unit will be relocated at the rear camp. there handin
we should be making sure that ukraine literally has the means to defend itself and be a bulwark against authoritarianism in europe. this is not something we should be doing is pairing domestic issues with a very serious, serious foreign policy aims that not just serve us or our allies overseas. in a, moment of image or by congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, to talk about whether any compromise the senate makes will be acceptable in the house. plus, a tragic mistake, the israeli military admitting their forces shot three hostages in gaza, even though at least one was carrying a white cloth. it comes as the biden administration steps up pressure on the israelis to tone down their offensive. i want them to be focused on how to save civilian lives. not stop going after hamas. israel has the intent to make sure that it is drawing those distinctions clearly and in a sustainable way. and we want to see the results. we want to see the way moore s precise, more surgical, m
hello to you. and welcome to the programme. is the bloody battle for bakhmut over? the head of russia s wagner mercenary group says its forces will hand over the city to russian forces as it declares victory and withdraws. kyiv, though, says it still controls pockets of the city. also in the programme: migration is not out of control. the uk prime minister says the number of people coming to the uk is still too high after new figures show net migration hit a new record high. as business demands more workers, we ll assess proposals for a new skills based visa system. armed officers descend on central london after a car crashes into the gates of downing street. police say a man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, but the incident is not being treated as terror related. and after a storm of racist abuse against real madrid s vinicius junior, the president of la liga denies that the spanish football league is racist, but he calls for new powers to
documents probe. the guardian is reporting that federal prosecutors have that donald trump was put on notice that he could not retain any classified documents after he was subpoenaed last year. the warning conveyed to trump by his lawyer evan corcoran could be significant surrounding his handlings of classified materials gib it shows he knew about his subpoena on lig aigs. saz we ve reported before sand when it comes to questioning about whether trump committed obstruction, jack smith and his prosecutors are zeroing in on a specific period of time. the weeks and months after trump was served a subpoena from doj and all classified documents in his possession. and before that court approved search of mar-a-lago back in august that turned up more than 100 items and you guessed it, they were marked classified. that is despite the fact that trump s legal team in that window had attested and told investigators that they already handed over everything. that was classified. the guard