accusing moscow of neglecting forces on the frontlines, saying that they are desperate for ammunition, food and artillery support. and a inside russia we re seeing outpourings of grief for yevgeny prigozhin the leader of the wagner mercenary group killed in a plane crash. this comes as the kremlin tries to tamp down on wagner s influence in the country and foreign battlefields. matthew chance gives us a view from inside russia. reporter: don t expect to see these scenes on russian state television. when it comes to the wagner leader who challenged the kremlin and then died in a plane crash, a virtual media blackout on public grief. the wagner supporters like dimitri are not being heard. yevgeny prigozhin s death he says just confirms that there are fewer and fewer of us who
debt ceiling is a concession to the democrats in kevin mccarthy s view which is of course ridiculous, and kevin mccarthy knows it. but he does have enough republican members of the house who understand that raising the debt ceiling is necessary. but those same republicans have been willing in the past to shut down the government completely over budget negotiations and surely would be willing to have another government shutdown in october of this year over budget negotiations when the new fiscal year begins. so, we have all been portraying kevin mccarthy as using the debt ceiling to get what he wants from joe biden, but what if it s the other way around? what if joe biden and steve what if joe biden and steve ricchetti are using the debt
presenter or you re a football presenter, then you are not bound by those same rules. and i think what the bbc has done is actually the real problem of today is that the bbc has undermined its own credibility by doing this. because it looks like, it looks like the perception out there is that the bbc has bowed to government pressure. the bbc s view is that it has rules. presenters with a particularly high profile have, it says, an extra responsibility to be impartial. and for the current director general tim davie, this is crucial for what he says is a cornerstone of the bbc impartiality. if gary lineker breached the guidelines, why didn t you sack him? well, i think we always look to take proportionate action, and that s what we ve done. but haven t you just kicked it further down the line? aren t you delaying the innevitable? i don t want to add to the statement. i think we ve had very constructive discussions. the statement is very clear, and that s where we are. as editor in chie
by doing this. because it looks like. it looks like the perception out there is that the bbc has bowed to government pressure. the bbc s view is that it has rules. presenters with a particularly high profile have, it says, an extra responsibility to be impartial . and for the current director general tim davie, this is crucial for what he says is a cornerstone of the bbc impartiality. if gary lineker breached the guidelines, why didn t you sack him? well, i think we always look to take proportionate action, and that s what we ve done. but haven t you just kicked it further down the line? aren t you delaying the inevitable? i don t want to add to the statement. i think we ve had very constructive discussions. the statement is very clear, and that s where we are. as editor in chief for the bbc, i think one of our founding principles is impartiality and that s what we re delivering on. and for the bbc, there s another issue hanging over it its chairman.
to the schedule, it s bargain hunt. - and a former director general of the bbc, greg dyke, who himself left the job after a run in with government at the time, feels the corporation has handled this badly. there is a long established precedent in the bbc, that is if you re an entertainment presenter or you re a football presenter, then you are not bound by those same rules. and i think what the bbc has done is actually the real problem of today is that the bbc has undermined its own credibility by doing this. because it looks like, it looks like the perception out there is that the bbc has bowed to government pressure. the bbc s view is that it has rules. presenters with a particularly high profile have, it says, an extra responsibility to be impartial. and for the current director general tim davie, this is crucial