leader was in exile indefinitely, think again. what does that mean for the war in ukraine? difficult day for number ten. the standards committee says former government whip, chris pincher, should be suspended for eight weeks for groping two men in a london club. it will likely trigger another by election. alongside that, the cabinet office lost a legal challenge today to prevent the covid inquiry from seeing borisjohnson s unredacted whatsapp messages and diaries. we will get into a busy day in westminster. but let us begin with that news from belarus that the boss of the wagner paramilitary group, yevgeny prigozhin, has returned to russia according to the belarusian leader alexander lu kashenko. mr prigozhin, who led wagner s mutiny in russia last month, was supposed to have gone into exile in belarus and yet the belarusian leader says he may now be back in st petersburg. for the past week or so, his whereabouts has been something of a mystery. we know his private jet ha
a good sunday evening to you. i m jim sciutto, and this is cnn s special live coverage of the extraordinary events this weekend out of russia. moscow s red square blocked off again today after the brief but stunning insurrection that s gripped the world, could perhaps weaken vladimir putin s grip on his country. we should note it s far too soon to know. so much we don t know about what led wagner mercenary group leader yevgeny prigozhin to launch a march on moscow and what convinced him to abruptly call it off. and then, it s said, go into exile. u.s. secretary of state tony blinken today called the whole series of events extraordinary, believes it indicates that cracks are emerging in putin s rule. the very latest now from cnn s sam kiley live from london. sam, we re watching russia closely, ukraine, also events in belarus. any developments to indicate to us what s actually happening right now? reporter: well, jim, i think the most stunning development so far is an absence
As well as offering them in places such as barbers shops and mosques. you re live with bbc news. let s get more now on our breaking news this hour, and a private funeralfor the head of the wagner mercenary group yevgeny prigozhin has taken place in st petersburg, according to his press service. with me is our russia editor at bbc monitoring, vitaly shevchenko. this is what has been announced by various accounts and social media linked to wagner. they say a private ceremony has taken place at a ceremony has taken place at a ceremony in st petersburg, that is yet for any prigozhin s home city. yevgeny prigozhin. that is where
Media accounts linked to wagner. it came a little more than an hour and a half ago. the media in russia are now trying to find out what happens to the wagner group next because the russian authorities, the russian defence ministry, it wants the mercenary group to be incorporated into the official military in russia. but one fare that the kremlin likely has is that yevgeny prigozhin s grave may be turned into a shrine of sorts for people who agree with sharp and often rude criticisms voiced by yevgeny prigozhin of the russian top military commanders. he accused them
Have seen several spontaneous memorials to which russians have started bringing flowers to pay their respects to wagner and yevgeny prigozhin. and the big question now is what happens to his wagner group? the kremlin and the defence ministry in russia, they want this military company to be amalgamated into the official army, company to be amalgamated into the officialarmy, if company to be amalgamated into the official army, if you like, which is something yevgeny prigozhin opposed, something yevgeny prigozhin opposed, so in the foreseeable future it is reasonable to expect official efforts to take control of wagner, both in russia and in ukraine and also in africa, where various branches of wagner had been operating. branches of wagner had been operating- operating. and are there any suggestions operating. and are there any suggestions emerging - operating. and are there any suggestions emerging of - operating. and are there any| suggestions emerging of who operating. and are there