serious challenge to president putin s grip on power in over 20 years. here s us secretary of state anthony blinken ealier. i think we re in the midst of a moving picture. we haven t seen the last act. we re watching it very closely and carefully. but just step back for a second and put this in context. 16 months ago, russian forces were on the doorstep of kyiv in ukraine, thinking they d take the city in a matter of days, thinking they would erase ukraine from the map as an independent country. now, over this weekend, they ve had to defend moscow, russia s capital, against mercenaries of putin s own making. prigozhin himself in this entire incident has raised profound questions about the very premises for russia s aggression against ukraine in the first place, saying that ukraine or nato did not pose a threat to russia, which is part of putin s narrative, and it was a direct challenge to putin s authority. so this raises profound questions. it shows real cracks. we can t spe
people here in kyiv wake up on sunday morning, they still don t know what to make of it all. translation: we hoped things would advance, . that prigozhin will change his mind and join the ukrainians. but money does miracles. he was obviously paid off. he has basically surrendered. translation: for me, both prigozhin and putin are war criminals. they bomb peaceful cities while people are sleeping. for example, yesterday everyone was talking about prigozhin when ukraine was hit by missiles. i m not interested in him. he is a criminal. translation: everything that is going on there - is god s punishment, - because the russian people have been supporting - their president and military. they say they want to liberate us, but we don t need - liberation from anyone. we know how to live. we don t need to be dictated by anyone on how to live - or what our rights are. we were a bit disappointed when it finished so early! yeah. yeah, we expected they would move their forces back to ru
for millions of homeowners if the government stuck to its plan. here s our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. soaring food prices, sky high energy bills, rents and mortgages going through the roof. today the prime minister again sought to calm growing fears about the state of the economy. this week you have told people it is going to be ok. do you understand why people looking at their mortgage bills, shopping bills, worrying about keeping the roof over their heads, they will listen to you and think, it is not going to be ok for me ? i have never said it is not challenging, i have never said it will not be a difficult time to get through, but i want to give people the reassurance and confidence we have a plan, the plan will work and we will get through this. that is exactly what people should be hearing from their prime minister and government. but with interest rates already at a 15 year high and more rate rises likely from the bank of england, there are fears this c