Its newsday. Its newsday. Thank you for bein its newsday. Thank you for being with its newsday. Thank you 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. Many people are asking is if the story of wagner, the story of prigozhin finally over . One of prigozhin finally over . One of the things i have learned in russia is that stories here really end. There are so many twists and turns here and new chapters. It is quite possible that even in that death Yevgeny Prigozhin could pose a challenge to
Prepare myself for this race. But for me a big motivation is to do my best. Mary moraa of kenya won gold in the final of the womens 800 metres. Morra moved in to top gear in the last hundred metres. Britains keeley hodgkinson, whod run the fastest over the distance this year took the silver medal. 0lympic champion and defending champion athing mu was third. I think everybody from kenya, the coaches, my team mates have encouraged the coaches, my team mates have encouraged me since yesterday that you encouraged me since yesterday that you will get a medal but you cannot predict which metal and im you cannot predict which metal and im happy for everything. The United States cruised to victory in the final of mens 4 x 400 metres. The americans finished well ahead of the french quartet. One year out fropm the paris 0lympics, that was frances only medal at these championships. Great britain took bronze. The netherlands won the final gold with thrilling finish in the womens by 400 relay. Femk
Applause tim minchin, the cabaret star who wrote Matilda The Musical. He grew up in western australia, started Writing Songs in his teens and made his name as a musical comedy performer at the 2005 edinburgh festival. Mrtim minchin after a series of live solo albums, tim was commissioned to write a Stage Adaptation of the roald dahl book, matilda. The show went on to win olivier and tony awards and has now been turned into a film. In this episode of this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast, he reveals his formative influences and experiences and how, despite fame and acclaim, bad reviews still hurt. No, im not good at taking criticism. You still take it personally . 0h, hugely, yeah. Ill take myjacket off. Yeah, youll get warm. Youll get warm. What, are you going to ask me some quite heated questions . Yeah. Youre going to be sweating. No, stay cool. Lets stay cool. Tim minchin, welcome to this cultural life. Hi, john, how are you . You were born in northampton. Yeah, cant you tell . An
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