hello to you. and welcome to the programme. is the bloody battle for bakhmut over? the head of russia s wagner mercenary group says its forces will hand over the city to russian forces as it declares victory and withdraws. kyiv, though, says it still controls pockets of the city. also in the programme: migration is not out of control. the uk prime minister says the number of people coming to the uk is still too high after new figures show net migration hit a new record high. as business demands more workers, we ll assess proposals for a new skills based visa system. armed officers descend on central london after a car crashes into the gates of downing street. police say a man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, but the incident is not being treated as terror related. and after a storm of racist abuse against real madrid s vinicius junior, the president of la liga denies that the spanish football league is racist, but he calls for new powers to
Group regaining that ground. the wagner group and regaining that ground. the wagner group and prigozhin s statement to really group and prigozhin s statement to really defy common sense from a military really defy common sense from a military perspective. you don t announce military perspective. you don t announce when you are going to have announce when you are going to have a relief announce when you are going to have a relief in announce when you are going to have a relief in place. it is a very, very difficult military operation that has very difficult military operation that has to be very carefully choreographed, normally between units that choreographed, normally between units that are very, very familiar with units that are very, very familiar with each units that are very, very familiar with each other, i mean, the british expeditionary forces in france in world expeditionary forces in france in world war expeditionary forces in france in world war i develop
Understands what strategy is of the russian army since day one of this full scale invasion. and i think prigozhin hasjust full scale invasion. and i think prigozhin has just confirmed full scale invasion. and i think prigozhin hasjust confirmed in full scale invasion. and i think prigozhin has just confirmed in the beer you have provided yet another failure of the special wagner group, which i am sure will be recognised by many national parliaments and the council of europe, where we work here in riga these days, as a terrorist organisation helping regular russian army, which is now, as is cited, taking over in bakhmut even though the events on the flanks with artillery fire which russian army and try to attack us with is failing, so the flanks are still controlled by ukrainian army. and this is just yet another example of the escalations would have been rolling for the 15 months of the invasion. we have been watching
Cerundolo who beat jack draper to progress. the other semi will be between brandon nakashima and frenchman arthur fils. and that s all the sport for now. thank you very much we will see a little later. a federaljudge in the united states has sentenced the founder of the far right militant oath keepers, stewart rhodes, to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the storming of the us capitol on january the 6th, 2021. live now to our washington correspondent, jessica parker. jessica, remind us who this group is and what role they played onjanuary the 6th. 50 and what role they played on january the 6th. ., , , ., ., ., the 6th. so oath keepers are a far riaht the 6th. so oath keepers are a far right militia the 6th. so oath keepers are a far right militia group the 6th. so oath keepers are a far right militia group who the 6th. so oath keepers are a far right militia group who the - the 6th. so oath keepers are a far right militia group who the court
Trying dispositions the walker troops trying this dispositions the walker troops trying. this is an amateur hour, and if the trying. this is an amateur hour, and if the ukrainians want to, they could if the ukrainians want to, they could turn if the ukrainians want to, they could turn this into a real defeat for the could turn this into a real defeat for the russians, could turn this into a real defeat forthe russians, but again, it is if they forthe russians, but again, it is if they want forthe russians, but again, it is if they want to. we for the russians, but again, it is if they want to. if they want to. we have talked about this if they want to. we have talked about this before, if they want to. we have talked about this before, about - if they want to. we have talked i about this before, about whether there are three key players here, russian forces of the ukrainian forces and then the wagner group, and we know the wagner boss targeting repeatedly top ru