we start in the us, where apple is being accused of monopolizing the smartphone market crushing competition and driving up prices for consumers. the us department ofjustice and 15 states have filed a landmark lawsuit against the tech giant claiming it violates antitrust laws abusing its control of the app store to lock in customers and shut out rivals. apple denies the claims and says it will vigorously fight the lawsuit. our north america business correspondent, michelle fleury has more. more than a billion of us around the world own an iphone. the appeal is how easy it is to use features like imessage, apple pay and the apple watch. for me apple works better than android, i had an android before. it didn t do too well with me. before. it didn t do too well with me- before. it didn t do too well with me. , ., , , with me. it s not my parents alwa s with me. it s not my parents always corny with me. it s not my parents always copy and with me. it s not my parent
vladimir putin in a surprisingly quick advance on moscow. the wagner group claimed to seize control of an important russian military facility in the city of rostov-on-don. [ applause ] the leader of the wagner group says they captured the facility, a key operations base, for the war on ukraine without firing a single shot. the cheers you just heard are locals showing their support ahead of wagner. yevgeny prigozhin also claimed to seize a military facility in another city about halfway to moscow. that s when prigozhin said he ordered his mercenaries to suddenly turn around. this is video of them pulling out of one town. and here s prigozhin receiving a hero s farewell as he leaves. he said he did it to avoid a bloody conflict. translator: therefore realizing all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides, we turn our columns around and leave in the opposite direction to the field camps according to the plan. we re following all
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with the biden campaign linking former president donald trump to the most reviled man in history, saying the former president channeled his role models and, quote, parroted adolf hitler at a new hampshire campaign rally. that s in response to trump once again accusing immigrants of, quote, poisoning the blood of the country, an echo of the vile rhetoric used by nazi germany to justify the holocaust. they re poisoning the blood of our country. that s what they ve done. they poisoned mental institutions and prisons all over the world, not just in south america, not just in three or four countries that we think about, but all over the world. they re coming into our country from africa, from asia, all over the world. they re pouring into our country. and republican presidential candidate chris christie once again warning today that the gop needs to pay attention to the reality of what those co
the power grid. also, i m going to be hearing from a leading business voice on how private companies have managed to keep doing business in a war zone and how they re supporting their staff through it all. many thousands of homes and buildings have been destroyed by russian bombs. so how will ukraine afford to rebuild when the fighting stops 7 the european bank for reconstruction and development will play a leading role, and its president tells me that the work has already begun. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, ukraine, it s been suffering for a year now. it s 12 months since russia invaded because of what president putin said was a need to demilitarise and de nazify that country. and in that time, thousands have died as ukraine continues to valiantly defend itself. but it s also come at a huge economic cost for both ukraine and the rest of the world. and that s one of the reasons why western a