but regular wagner fighters could join the russian army, return to their families, or go to belarus. graham satchell has the latest. vladimir putin has not been seen since saturday but late last night he called a meeting of his security chiefs. in addition to the nation he thanked the russian people were standing up to what he called treachery. translation: it was the patriotism treachery. translation: it was the patriotism of treachery. translation: it was the patriotism of our treachery. translation: it was the patriotism of our citizens, i the patriotism of our citizens, of consolidation of the whole of consolidation of the whole of russian society, that played the decisive role in these events. this support helped us overcome the most difficult challenges that our motherland faced. . ~ , ., challenges that our motherland faced. . ~ ., , faced. thank you for this. the dramatic faced. thank you for this. the dramatic events faced. thank you for this. the dramatic
And leading members of the syrian armed forces. emir nader reports. onjordan s border with syria, its army is fighting traffickers of a drug called captagon. translation: they are smugglers. our ground forces were informed and were ready for them. they fired directly at them, forcing them to retreat. they were crawling for their lives. captagon is little known outside the middle east where this highly addictive, highly accessible amphetamine like pill is wrecking havoc. the syrian regime has been accused of making vast profits from the manufacture and export of this drug. now, bbc news arabic has uncovered fresh evidence about how exactly the trade is being managed by members of the syrian elite.
On the nhs yet because the cost for benefit may not be justified, a spending watchdog says. the national institute for health and care excellence says it needs more evidence on mounjaro, even though it recently approved a similar weekly injection called wegovy. figures from the british retail consortium suggest food inflation in the uk fell injune. it s the second month in a row the rate of food price increases has slowed. bosses from four of the uk s biggest supermarkets will appear in front of a committee of mps today to a nswer questions about why prices are still so high. and we ll have more on this in our business coverage in 20 minutes. captagon is a highly addictive drug that has ravaged the middle east in recent years. now a joint investigation by bbc news arabic with investigative journalism network organized crime and corruption reporting project, has revealed new direct links between this multibillion dollar drug trade
In suwayda close to syria s border, raji falhout led a militia aligned with the government of bashar al assad. in july 2022, falhout s bases were overrun by a rival militia. they found this machine that could be used for pressing captagon. bags of pills, his military id, and an unlocked phone. gaining exclusive access to the phone, we found a series of messages describing the purchase of the machine. this drug trade is much larger than one man. in 2021, a trial began in lebanon against a well known businessman called hassan daqqou. he was found guilty of captagon trafficking after a shipment was seized in malaysia worth over $1 billion.
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