to have killed the leader of the wagner group, prigozhin. president putin said mr prigozhin was a time of the businessman who he had known since the 1990s. mr prigozhin made some serious mistakes but also achieve results. there is widespread suspicion that mr prigozhin was deliberately killed in revenge for leading a mutiny seen as a challenge to mr putin's authority. the two of the bbc they believe russia was �*s spy the bbc they believe russia was �*s spy agency is most likely to have been responsible. ukraine president zielinski said p2 a journalist living is aware of who was involved. there'd been coming to the wreckage and there is still no official confirmation of what was on board. the apparent death of mr prigozhin with global implications as well as fighting in ukraine, the mercenary group is been active in parts of africa. this from our editor. in a field 60 miles from moscow, the wreckage of a plane, the private jet on which the russian authorities say yevgeny prigozhin was travelling. an investigation is under way into the cause of this crash. was ita bomb, a missile? was it sabotage? the authorities say all ten people on board were killed. but it's mr prigozhin�*s fate that is centre of attention. for years the kremlin�*s mr fix—it, his mercenary group had fought in ukraine. but two months ago it mutinied. they took over the city of rostov and moved on towards moscow. it was an unprecedented challenge to the kremlin. so, is yevgeny prigozhin�*s reported demise in the plane crash president putin's revenge? today, the kremlin leader broke his silence on the crash. he said he had known mr prigozhin a long time, since the early 1990s. he called him a man with a difficult fate who had made mistakes, but who was talented. but president putin has previously called the wagner mutiny a stab in the back, and betrayal he cannot abide. if the crash was an act of revenge, then what is the message? this is a clear message to elites — you must be loyal or you must express double loyalty, even. this is a message to ordinary people — look, you can survive this period but you must be quiet. there is no need in supporting somebody else. only putin is your president, your autocrat, your person to admire. in other words, don't cross the kremlin. the world of russian politics, though, is a murky one. some here suspect a hoax. there is talk of a second wagner plane that landed safely. but outside wagner offices, in st petersburg, there is now a shrine. people here are in mourning for a mercenary chief they believe has been killed. steve rosenberg, bbc news. president zelensky said ukraine had nothing to do with the crash and this was the reaction from the deputy minister of defence. speaking exclusively to the bbc. it will make this person is criminal number one to us with all of his bad things he is done in ukraine. find to us with all of his bad things he is done in ukraine.— to us with all of his bad things he is done in ukraine. and his team, and his grow). — is done in ukraine. and his team, and his group, his _ is done in ukraine. and his team, and his group, his force _ is done in ukraine. and his team, and his group, his force was - is done in ukraine. and his team, | and his group, his force was brutal in this war. they never save the lives of the people at the same time, they never save the lives of the enemy as well. it was very dangerous group of people. and the leadership is very crucial because my problem was a very symbolic, charismatic leader of this group and accepting him as a leader and when this group wants this charismatic leader, it means a lot, first of all, they lose confidence, they lose morale, they lose repetition among the ranks and they do not understand what to do next. that the ranks and they do not understand what to do next.— what to do next. that is bringing our correspondent _ what to do next. that is bringing our correspondent frank - what to do next. that is bringing our correspondent frank and - what to do next. that is bringing our correspondent frank and if l what to do next. that is bringing l our correspondent frank and if you go back to the crash or possibly constant, there was the suggestion that it could've been a missile was being reported by reuters from the us source, tell us about that. i think most western intelligence officials are almost certainly leading towards the idea that it was something on board a plane rather than being shut down by missile. those earlier reports seen by eyewitnesses and complained plane did not disintegrate. missiles are very powerful being smitten to blow a plane up and causing it to disintegrate in mid air, this one, as we saw from the video, spiralled down to the cloud to the ground and i think the theories that are being looked at by countries outside of russia are that it was some kind of sabotage, device on board, tampering with the fuel, something like that but i don't think there's any question in peoples minds that it was an accident in this was deliberate. the plane was flying perfectly normally at a normal height and there are no problems on take—off and at a normal trajectory and it suddenly, whatever happened to it was extremely sudden.- to it was extremely sudden. before the resnonse _ to it was extremely sudden. before the response vladimir— to it was extremely sudden. before the response vladimir putin - to it was extremely sudden. before the response vladimir putin who i to it was extremely sudden. before i the response vladimir putin who said there will be an investigation and tell us about some of the other theories that are not being ruled out. you mentioned a bomb being on board. it out. you mentioned a bomb being on board. ., , , ., ., ,., board. it all depends on who you think did this — board. it all depends on who you think did this because _ board. it all depends on who you think did this because if - board. it all depends on who you think did this because if you - board. it all depends on who you think did this because if you go l think did this because if you go with the theory that a lot of people have which is this is revenge ordered by the kremlin because prigozhin did carry out a this march to moscow onjune 2a, he made putin extremely angry that day and president putin is not known for forgiveness, he someone who views treachery is the ultimate sin, he talked about the trail and stabbed in the back and people like the director of the cia and sir richard moore, they both said publicly words to the effect that prigozhin was a dead man walking. the cia chief said if i were prigozhin, i would not be firing my food taster right now. it is an expectation in western circles that sooner or later, president putin would get his revenge on the man whom you need against his regime and would be a dish served cold. no great surprise that this is happened and there's still no visible proof that prigozhin is dead. there is a small part of the string lists that are thinking, maybe he'sjust small part of the string lists that are thinking, maybe he's just going to pop up in a few days' time sitting actually, i'm alive after all. but as the days go by and more and more people seem to think that he is dead and there is more morning among his supporters in the wegner group, ithink among his supporters in the wegner group, i think we need to look to a wagner group that carries on in some form without him. it is finished in its present form in particular to much closer scrutiny by the russian military intelligence. it will be much more of the kremlin arm rather than this kind of maverick self operating, independent freewheeling organisation that made a lot of money for its members and its union members and operated to some extended arms length from the kremlin. ., ~ , ., ,, ., kremlin. the workings of the russian 5 . kremlin. the workings of the russian spy agencies. — kremlin. the workings of the russian spy agencies. the _ kremlin. the workings of the russian spy agencies, the russian _ kremlin. the workings of the russian spy agencies, the russian military, i spy agencies, the russian military, quite impervious to casual observers but we've heard from british defence sources that they believe russia's agencies are responsible. to explain why they might think that? that re ort why they might think that? that report came _ why they might think that? that report came from _ why they might think that? that report came from me _ why they might think that? twat report came from me and unfortunately, not able to say who told me but it was a senior british military source and they said look, we cannot tell you how we know this but their assumption was if this was an assassination attempt on prigozhin, it would've been the fsb that did it. russia has made intelligence services and they have foreign espionage involved in this in the gr you military intelligence says they did this back and nurtured it in the midwives this organisation and its coming home, as it were yours of the fsb, the domestic internal security agency in russia and the successes to the kgb in the organisation which president putin spent much of his life working for their responsible for internal security of dissent and protection of president putin and his people. so, if this is going to be carried out by any agency, it would be the fsb and they're the ones and investigators who are able to poison her diminished poison alexi back in august 2020 with nerve agent and put it on the seam of his underpants in his hotel where she was touring siberia and by the time he got on the plane to fly, he was a seriously ill and would've died at the plant not diverted and put down in he was rushed to hospital and given an antidote. so, there is a track record of fairly dark deeds done. frank, thank you very much for talking us through that. donald trump astute report to a jail in georgia in the coming hoursjust trump astute report to a jail in georgia in the coming hours just to show you some live pictures but we expect them to face charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election laws in that state and those charges are over allegedly trying to overturn the vote reports say that mr trump is likely to be fingerprinted and photographed and a mug shot is guaranteed to be widely circulated and he has called the case against him a witch hunt. mr trump is now facing a wide range of legal action and there are 91 charges and their relate to four separate criminal cases in georgia where he is surrendering today, he faces 1a charges for alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 election laws in the state, the most serious is a racketeering charge which is mostly used in organised crime cases and it carries a maximum 20 yearjail sentence is notjust georgia were mr trump is facing charges of election interference, four more surround the january six capital riots including experience conspiracy to defraud the us. there are over his mishandling of classified material after she left the white house and thousands of documents received from his estate, including classified most of the charges are for the willful retention of national defence information. in the fourth case is known as the new york hush money case where there are 3a felony counts in the church is that stem from a payment made before the 2016 election to the adult film star stormy daniels who said she had an adulterous affair with mr trump. by the payment is not illegal, spending money double presidential campaign but not disclosing it does violate federal campaign finance law. it is worth saying that in all four cases, mr trump has denied the charges. the criminal defence lawyer and state prosecutor explained will be likely to see in georgia later today. georgia presents itself is probably the most complicated problem for donald trump and his 17 or 18 co—dependents. in georgia, if he is convicted, he cannot be pardoned, two, the schedule on these various trials as you've properly laid out is going to be a challenge not only for the criminaljustice system but for the criminaljustice system but for the criminaljustice system but for the political calendar as he continues to run for office. he is scheduled to cement and a $20,000 bond but in the us in georgia, fulton county which is in atlanta, he will submit himself to authorities and secret service and she will be driven to the location with his entourage but then he left to get out and they will process them, they will fingerprinted him. he will make them aware of the charges formally and they will not arrange him because he has a bond coming in august but she will also be photographed, will become a mug shot and all of these codefendants have taken mug shots, including rudy giuliani they've all been released to the public which is pretty normal. the other thing about the atlanta cases this is a criminal enterprise, the racketeering statute and there will be cameras in the courtroom and when he did federally on january courtroom and when he did federally onjanuary six which was trying to do and upending the investigation with the proper transfer of power after he lost the presidential election in 2020 year it lays out a criminal enterprise and he is a political crime boss trying to undermine the elections at the state level which is a very detailed indictment. this is the most problematic in the one that's going to take the longest to try in the state prosecutor has asked for a trial for next year which will be right in the myths if he gets the presidential nomination from the gop right before the general election scheduled in november. we will see when that date continues. find scheduled in november. we will see when that date continues.— scheduled in november. we will see when that date continues. and one of the other developments _ when that date continues. and one of the other developments that - when that date continues. and one of the other developments that in - when that date continues. and one of the other developments that in the i the other developments that in the midst of all this, trying is shaken up midst of all this, trying is shaken up his defence team and switched lawyers. tell us about that. he is a trial warrior. _ lawyers. tell us about that. he is a trial warrior, if _ lawyers. tell us about that. he is a trial warrior, if you _ lawyers. tell us about that. he is a trial warrior, if you will. _ trial warrior, if you will. never try the case against them but by repetition, his a fierce advocate in the courtroom and donald trump is lots of lawyers and he meets with of lawyers in this case, he is paying for the of lawyers, and he spent over 30 million legal fees and they're harder for there to support him and he has a top—notch trial lawyer and top—notch trial lawyers lesser—known than the traditional white collar criminal defence and it seems to be very aggressive, the state prosecutor from fulton county in atlanta as a regular in the courtroom on the defence side and has a lot of travel and experience and look for it to try the case the court are not necessarily the press. an update from the sheriff, former trump paid meadows, mark meadows, donald trump chief of staff has been booked at fulton county jail in georgia in the background to this is of course the list of prosecutors have set a deadline on local time there for the defendants, all 19 defendants to surrender so far. we have seen at least nine defendants to that and a few others have filled out and indeed mark meadows is one of those who was holding out and that attempted to have his case moved to a federal court but were now hearing the line that he has surrendered to the jail that we were watching earlier. barbara's been speaking from georgia and expecting donald trump to appear later and started by telling us what happened. expecting them to turn himself into the entrance of the jailjust behind me and a number of different entrances for public visitors and this is more restricted closed on the road and going to enter the jail and he has been booked in this the fourth criminal case and we are expecting you'll be fingerprinted as usual but also, he made it his mug shot taken that hasn't happened yet, but that's happened with all the other defendants in this case was as a sweeping one and includes 19 different people and allegations that there was a conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election results. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look at some the other news making headlines. controls in the state visit to france will not take place in september in buckingham palace has announced they will be in march in the trip was postponed after violent protests broke out in opposition to president macron�*s retirement age reforms. the citizens advice bureau once thousands of people will be behind on their energy bills by the start of the winter and some will require loans to pay them. the charity saw a 17% increase in those who contact them for advice compared to last year. the backlog of the seven cases in the uk has risen to a new record high and that is according to new figures from the home office in more than 175,000 people were waiting for a decision on whether they will be granted refugee status from the end ofjune 2023 and that is up 34% from last year. live with bbc news. japan has begun releasing treated radioactive waste water from the fukushima nuclear plant in the pacific ocean and into thousand 11, the plant went into meltdown after being hit by a tsunami. *with reactors say the procedure is safe but there is serious concern from neighbouring countries. here is is the moment thatjapan press neighbouring countries. here is is the moment that japan press the button to release it. it has been approved by the international atomic energy agency authority. a day that crippled japan and shocked the world. in 2011, the country's most powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami that swept through the east coast, killing more than 18,000 people and causing the worst nuclear disaster since chernobyl. the water used to cool the destroyed nuclear reactors has been building up here in these tanks. there are more than 1 million tonnes of it. today, it's being released. as we speak, treated radioactive wastewater is being pumped into the ocean from the daiichi nuclear power plantjust behind me. and there is a deep lack of trust in this process. many locals have told us itjust hasn't been transparent enough. officials say the amount of radiation they're releasing into the sea is going to be well below the international safety sta nda rds. the science may back these claims, but it does nothing to prevent the reputational damage to fukushima or calm the wave of anger and anxiety both here and around the region. translation: i want to continue living in fukushima. _ i don't want to be in a situation where we can't eat sushi any more. translation: you can tell me | it is safe now, but nobody knows what the accumulated effect will be in 30 years' time. a crowd of protesters in tokyo staged a rally earlier this week outside the prime minister's office, urging the government to stop the release. japan's neighbours are furious. china has announced an immediate ban onjapanese seafood imports, and previously accused tokyo of treating the pacific ocean as its sewage dump. hong kong also said it would immediately activate import curbs on some food products from the country. this is a battle of perception forjapan�*s government. it has yet to fully convince its neighbours and its people that this will be no more radioactive than water released from any other nuclear power plant around the world. but it won't be easy, because the facts are up against fear. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, fukushima. director of nuclear power di rector of nuclear power safety director of nuclear power safety explain the concerns behind these developments. this explain the concerns behind these developments.— explain the concerns behind these develoments. . , , developments. this concern because it's never a — developments. this concern because it's never a good _ developments. this concern because it's never a good thing _ developments. this concern because it's never a good thing when - it's never a good thing when radioactive materials are deliberately discharged in the environment. low—level radioactivity is a carcinogen and could also cause cardiovascular disease. but the fact is, if the japanese plan goes according to the way it's supposed to, the actual doses that anyone would receive are probably going to be relatively low compared to the radioactive burden that nuclear power already imposes on the world through its annual radioactive influence. 50 through its annual radioactive influence-— influence. so they do release treated water _ influence. so they do release treated water on _ influence. so they do release treated water on a _ influence. so they do release treated water on a regular i influence. so they do release i treated water on a regular basis but can you explain why there is a need for these ongoing water releases? unfortunately, as a part of the vision process that generates electricity, highly radioactive fission projects are hard to store and contained in matter how much you filter, we waste strains from these reactors and this is going to be a residual and nuclear power plants and nuclearfacilities residual and nuclear power plants and nuclear facilities are residual and nuclear power plants and nuclearfacilities are routinely granted and discharged to dump radioactive materials into the environment and this, you can always try to filter more for that increases the cost and in the case of tritium which is the isotope that's mostly concerned here. it's very difficult to filter out from ordinary water. that is why it's more troublesome isotope to why japan is in the position of having to choose between storing and increasing these great volumes of radioactive water on—site for decades are discharging it in a diluted and controlled manner. 1truihat diluted and controlled manner. what ha--ened diluted and controlled manner. what happened at — diluted and controlled manner. what happened at fukushima is something evermore like to avoid happening again and what steps should we be taken to again and what steps should we be ta ken to prevent again and what steps should we be taken to prevent further situations like this? i taken to prevent further situations like this? ., �* ~' taken to prevent further situations like this? ., �* ,, ., , ., like this? i don't think anyone contemplated _ like this? i don't think anyone contemplated more _ like this? i don't think anyone contemplated more than i like this? i don't think anyone contemplated more than a i like this? i don't think anyone i contemplated more than a decade after the nuclear reactor accident but it would still be releasing uncontrolled quantities of radioactive materials into the environment. unprecedented. it should be a warning sign is the world contemplates expanding nuclear power to think about these unintended consequences and try to plan around them. and look at the hydrology and work closely with nuclear plant sites, nuclear power plants are almost always situated near bodies of water but you need to think harder about these what if scenarios and try to plan more intelligently.— scenarios and try to plan more intelliaentl . ,, , ., �* �* intelligently. stay with us on bbc news. it would go out on the other unsubtle note. we have low pressure in charge, the minute. in the coming days, it will be producing some downpours which could be heavy and thundering. but not always, will be sunshine to enjoy as well. to this evening, we have an area of low pressure still in charge towards the northwest and said to bring ranger western areas in the northern ireland as well. but for much of england, it is a largely dry picture and for many of us, with clear skies, it is going to be cooler. last night, temperature stayed mostly around the low teens but some spots tonight would dip into the single digits and a quarter started the day but because the clear skies, largely dry start and there should be a good amount of sunshine to enjoy to the first part of the day as well. northerly winds were developed, keeping it feeling a bit colder and fresher towards the north and west some outbreaks of ranger. some start showers developing elsewhere through the day and there is the potential that some of those will be heavy with some thunder and lightning. towards societies, the temperatures will fall back to normal and 21 degrees in london, that it started about 5 degrees on today. and decided that, the low pressure will stay with us through northerly winds keeping a colour and fresher towards the north and the west and spots of rain and is the day moves i'm busy scattered showers pumping through and when they do, they could well be very heavy in some thunder and lightning likely to be in the mix as well and just not writing to the day on —— raining through the day on saturday. the sunday, a lot of cloud and will be a good bit of rain coming through to northern ireland and as an edges eastwards, it will fizzle out and bring a lot of cloud to many other areas of the uk. bank holiday monday for many of us it looks as though it will be a fairly decent day for many and largely dry, some sunshine coming and going. and this sunday, libint onset of the further north and west but for monday, it will be a lot of dry weather and some sunshine for quite a few of us. this is bbc news, the headlines. president putin breaks his silence over the plane crash — presumed to have killed wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin. he said mr prigozhin was a talented man who had made some "serious mistakes". thousands of baby emperor penguins have died in antarctica after major sea ice losses. and celebrations are taking place across the world to mark the 50th anniversary of hip—hop. welcome back. more now from russia where — 2a hours after the plane crash presumed to have killed the russian paramilitary boss yevgeny prigozhin, president putin has made his first comments about the incident. the russian president expressed his condolences, describing mr prigozhin as a talented man who made some mistakes. translation: regarding this airline crash, first of all