yevgeny prigozhin called off his rebellion after 24 hours of mayhem. roadblocks to stop his wagner forces are filled in, as the crisis is diffused. after a direct threat to his leadership, the questions over vladimir putin s future. well forces in ukraine assess how the turmoil will affect the progress of the war. also this morning, the public toll, they can now call 999 after earlier technical fault. plus, labor calls for mandatory help for homeowners struggling to meet rising mortgage payments. and the princess of wales takes on roger federer as she praises the work of ball girls and boys ahead of wimbledon. good morning. now, the rebellion by the russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin appears for now, to be over. the russian president vladimir putin called it a knife in the back of our people, and said that his forces were traitors. but a deal has now been negotiated by belarus and the kremlin, said the rebel leader will be allowed to leave the country and his fighters
convened, chaired by the foreign secretary. this is fundamentally an internal matter for russia. obviously, observing it, it is obviously a very unstable situation in russia, but it is fundamentally an internal matter we were alongside our allies, the conversations being had over the last 24 hours, but obviously civilian interests are considered, they seem to have done that. but this is not a matter which we would be intervening in, we would observe and monitor the situation on an ongoing basis very carefully. i know the diplomatic line which is that it is an internal matter, not for us to comment on and all the rest of it, but doesn t this alter the equation in ukraine, where we have invested billions, and where we have an interest? we as a government have been committed from the start on supporting ukraine, and their battle against what putin has done. we will continue to remain focused on that. we continue to train troops,
disturbance outside when the gunman began shooting. laura begins our coverage with more. hi, griff. it was a horrifying scene in houston overnight. as you mentioned those three deputies being shot in what investigators are now calling an ambush, shot from behind by a suspect with a rifle, as they were going outside of a nightclub and wrestling with the suspect they were trying to take into custody. it happened after 2 a.m. local time in houston as three harris county deputies were working the security job at a bar and lounge. and what they know so far. they went outside to address a disturbance that may have been a robbery, and they were intervening in, and they were probably unknown to them at that time. they were trying to arrest a suspect or detain a suspect and they were wrestling with them when they were ambushed. it s a tragedy in that, you
to the g7. even though they continue to be at war through the proxy in eastern yukraine. they have continued to take over the crimea peninsula. this isn t just some random foreign country he s intervening in. the significance of this is unbelievable. the aid that president trump is holding up is cited by republican allies and people in his own administration. as the only significant evidence that actually the trump administration was standing up to russia. and appears trump doesn t support that. and of course he doesn t really support his own administration policy towards russia. michael, the pentagon announcing it will send additional troops to saudi arabia after the president slap new sanctions on iran. do you think the response is enough? look, i think that it s not clear exactly how many troops are supposed to be a
and we have breaking news now from president obama on the dakota access pipeline. the president was asked about the construction of the dakota access poipeline, which the standing rock sioux tribe has been protesting. this is an exclusive look at what the president said to now this. one thing the candidates aren t really talking about is the dakota access pipeline. is that something you would consider intervening in? we re monitoring this closely, and you know, i think, as a general rule, my view is that there is a way for us to accommodate sacred lands of