here at the bbc s headquarters in central london for unspun world. this week how many casualties has russia suffered in its war against ukraine, and how do we find out? we know names of 25,560 russian fighters who died fighting in ukraine, and we get information from more than 65 cemeteries all over russia. xijinping, china s leader, at 70. is he turning into an emperor? the status he s got now, he is either a king or emperor. he s the supreme leader. and how bad is the world s climate crisis, really? enough to keep the people in the know awake at night? the world is changing rapidly. we are changing it. but we re fighting back as well, and we re taking some of those steps. and a lot of the days, i m optimistic. vladimir putin, we re told, was promised that his invasion of ukraine would be over and done with by lastjuly a year ago, that is. who would have thought that ukraine would put up such a fight? and who would have thought that nato would have held together in the w
Where they took control early saturday. the mercenaries have been told they will not be prosecuted and will be allowed to join the russian army. the russian authorities say some road restrictions remain in place around moscow, tula and along the m4 motorway. on saturday, highways were closed and roadblocks put in place to try and stall the wagner mercenaries travelling to moscow. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and thank you forjoining me