lucy letby, has been sent out at manchester crown court, to start its deliberations. ms letby, who s 33, denies murdering seven babies and trying to murder ten others at the countess of chester hospital. you re live with bbc news. it s been revealed that russia s president vladimir putin held talks with wagner mercenaries, just days after he publicly accused them of betrayal for launching a failed mutiny two weeks ago. the kremlin has confirmed that the wagner leader yegveny prigozhin was among those present at three hours of talks in moscow, where his mercenaries are said to have declared their loyalty to the president. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg has this update. strange, indeed.
ended. what we do know is that state media here continues to try to discredit yevgeny prigozhin. last night state tv said he is not the robin hood he tries to pass himself off as. he is a businessman with a criminal past who was involved in dodgy dealings. but for now mr prigozhin is a free man. so what will happen next? i wish i knew. my advice, stay tuned for the next bizarre episode in putin and prigozhin. steve rosenberg in moscow, thank you. an inquiry into the deaths of babies in nottingham is expected to become the biggest maternity investigation in nhs history. around 1700 families who received maternity care from the nottingham university hospitals nhs trust are to have their cases reviewed. a previous investigation found dozens of babies died or were left with serious injuries while in its care. the trust has previously apologised. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports.
while in the uk, few american presidents would turn down tea with the british monarch. the king showed joe biden around windsor castle. your majesty. mr president, welcome. ..where theyjoined a discussion about the environment and climate change. his visit here was brief, too. by mid afternoon, the president set off for lithuania and the nato summit aboard air force one. the prime minister will follow him there tomorrow. chris mason, bbc news. it s been revealed that russia s president vladimir putin held talks with wagner mercenaries just days after he publicly accused them of treachery for launching a failed mutiny two weeks ago. the kremlin has confirmed that the wagner leader yegveny prigozhin was among those present at three hours of talks in the kremlin, where his mercenaries are said to have declared their loyalty to the president. our russia editor steve rosenberg joins us from moscow.
that are concerned about what message this sends to the chinese. it s been revealed that russia s president vladimir putin held talks with wagner mercenaries, just days after he publicly accused them of betrayal for launching a failed mutiny two weeks ago. the kremlin has confirmed that the wagner leader yegveny prigozhin was among those present at three hours of talks in moscow, where his mercenaries are said to have declared their loyalty to the president. our russia editor steve rosenberg has this update. strange, indeed. i mean, on the day of the mutiny, vladimir putin had called the organisers traitors who d stabbed russia in the back, and he promised that they would be punished. five days later, goodness me, he was sitting down with them in the kremlin, with yevgeny prigozhin, with the commanders of wagner, chatting about what had happened. so what does this tell us about the relationship between wagner and the kremlin? well, we knew they were
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