Hi there, thanks for being with us. We begin in moscow where russian officials have confirmed that the mercenary leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was one of the people who died on a plane which crashed last week. They say dna evidence from the wreckage matches that of mr prigozhin, who led a short lived mutiny against President Putin. Meanwhile, ukraine has warned that russia is intensifying its attacks along the front line. Well assess the state of conflict with our correspondent in kyiv in a moment but first, lets get the latest from our russia editor steve rosenberg. Well, many people are asking, is the story of wagner, the story of prigozhin finally over . I have to say, one of the things ive learnt in russia is that stories here rarely end. There are certainly twists and turns here, and new chapters. It is quite possible that even in death, Yevgeny Prigozhin could pose a challenge to vladimir putin. Just look at all the makeshift prigozhin memorials that have been popping up in nearly t
Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. It is newsday. We begin in moscow, where russian officials have confirmed that the mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was one of the people who died on a plane which crashed last week. They say dna evidence from the wreckage matches that of mr prigozhin, who led a short lived mutiny against President Putin. Meanwhile, ukraine has warned that russia is intensifying its attacks along the frontline. Well assess the state of conflict with our correspondent in kyiv in a moment, but first, lets get the latest from our russia editor, steve rosenberg. Well, many people are asking, is the story of wagner, the story of prigozhin finally over . I have to say, one of the things ive learnt in russia is that stories here rarely end. There are so many twists and turns here, and new chapters. It is quite possible that even in death, Yevgeny Prigozhin could pose a challenge to vladimir putin. Just look at all the makeshift prigozhin memorials that ha
Jasvinder sanghera, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You are an abuse survivor and well talk about that. Youre also a lifelong advocate for survivors of abuse and you were hired by the Church Of England to be part of their independent Safeguarding Board, but youve been fired. Does all of that suggest to you that key institutions might talk the talk about protecting the vulnerable, but maybe theyre not so good on delivery . Absolutely, i would agree with that point. And specifically, my role was survivor advocate, so my role was specifically to be a voice for victims and survivors who had experienced spiritual abuse by the hands of members of the clergy across the board and to ensure that their views were not only heard, but embedded across policy and practice. So, from my perspective, i did thatjob. I sat with victims and survivors, i listened to the harrowing stories of abuse but, equally, those they went to who often looked the other way. And i shared those experiences with the highes
before he was hired by first lady, rosalynn carter, in 1979. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. not only has ukraine been irrevocably changed by vladimir putin s military aggression, so has russia. putin has used the conflict to crack down harder on dissent and instil an ever more strident brand of nationalism that made life in moscow unbearable for my guest today. pinchas goldschmidt was chief rabbi of moscow till he fled from russia and left his post. his fate has exposed the scale of widerjewish flight from russia and divisions within thejewish community. why is this war deepening jewish anxiety? rabbi pinchas goldschmidt in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. hi, stephen. thank you for inviting me to hardtalk. it s the second time with you. it s the second time and it s a pleasure to have you back on the show. things have changed since you were last talking to me there. you sit in jerusalem. you served as chief rabbi o
pakistan will launch a global appeal to help it deal with the flooding catastrophe that s killed more than a thousand people and affected 30 million. un member states will be asked to contribute. pakistan s foreign minister has estimated the financial impact at $4 billion. bilawal bhutto zardari said he hoped the international community would grasp the sheer level of devastation in his country. and it s not over yet water is still surging down the mightly indus river and will flood the the low lying sindh province yet further over the next few days. azadeh moshiri reports. a young boy stranded on a rock as raging waters around him. you can see a rescue work edging out of the helicopter, lifting up to safety. it is one of the countless rescue efforts that are happening as pakistan faces one of the worst floods in years. more than a thousand people dead and millions affected. ,, people dead and millions affected. ~ ,, ~ , affected. translation:. it is difficult to affec