Something is said to take a tak at what happened. Get down, get down, get down, get down. What are we doing? what are we doing? go, go, go for cracks direct and independent review of the national security at yesterday s rally to assess exactly what happened. I will share the results of the independent review with the american people as well. We must unite as one nation. We must unite as one nation to demonstrate who we are. These us to brandnew our 4:00 p. M. On the east coast right now we are told former president donald trump is on his way. You can see the motorcade on your screen at moments ago on his way to milwaukee for the rnc lesson 24 hours after that assassination attempt on his life. President biden did just speak as you heard a short time ago called for a swift and thorough investigation. He will have more when he addresses the nation again live from the oval office tonight 8:00 p. M. Eastern time. That brings us to now for good to be back with you i am sandra smith and the
this programme contains some strong language. hello. is the tide turning against privatisation? as shareholders of britain s biggest water company today refused to put up half a billion pounds towards a rescue plan for the debt ridden thames water, could it and others be renationalised? we ll explore what s going right and what s going wrong with privatisation, and talk to labour live about their plans for levelling up if they win the next election. did the post office cover up the truth? it knew, when it was arguing in court that its subpostmasters must have been guilty of theft and fraud, that its own defence was untrue. the bbc has seen the evidence. we ll get reaction from this former subpostaster, convicted and jailed, after being accused of a shortfall of £59,000. also tonight. as the crypto king and fraudster sam bankman fried is sentenced to 25 years in jail in the states for money laundering, what does his fall from grace mean for the future of cryptocurrency? a
and only modest gains. here s paul adams. picking up the pace. could ukraine s counter offensive, slow going sincejune, be gathering momentum? in recent days, a few tentative signs. some units do appear to have broken through russia s formidable first lines of defence, south of zaporizhzhia. translation: further on, that s |where we see their supply roads. i they use these roads. i m sure we ll go faster from here. i don t want my guys to think that they can relax now. they know we re moving on to liberate all of our territories. he says he s looking forward to leading his men all the way to the sea. but that s a long, long way. and this fighting is really hard. success is still far from guaranteed. away from the front lines, the country is now in mourning for one of its best known heroes. this was andriy pilshchikov, callsign juice , flying combat missions last year. when russia invaded, few gave ukraine s air force much chance of getting off the ground. but from dogfights
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. we ll assess the state of conflict with our correspondent in kyiv in a moment but first, let s 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 i ve 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 popp
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. we ll assess the state of conflict with our correspondent in kyiv in a moment, but first, let s 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 i ve 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 mem