Hello and welcome to the programme. The man who led a mutiny against President Putin and played a key role with his wagner mercenaries in the war in ukraine Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to be dead, in a plane crash in russia. This image has been confirmed by bbc verify as being from the crash scene near moscow. Its been confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board the private jet. Theres much we still dont know about this story. The uk government says it is monitoring the situation. In the us, President Biden has said, theres not much that happens in russia that putins not behind. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg has this report. Caught on camera, the final seconds of a private jet. On board, reportedly, the head of a private Mercenary Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Look over there by the farm, it is burning, the eyewitness can be heard saying. In the distance, a giant cloud of smoke. The plane had crashed north of moscow. Yevgeny prigozhin s right hand man, the wagner commander, was also th
North west of moscow. Pictures have emerged of the aftermath of the crash, which happened about halfway through the flight from moscow to st petersburg, while the plane was at its cruising altitude. Trajectory data suggest the aircraft essentially dropped out of the sky. Russias Aviation Agency shared what it claimed was a list of the passengers on the doomed flight among them, mr prigozhin and key wagner commander dmitry utkin. As police cordoned off the crash site, russias Emergency Ministry claimed that ten bodies had been recovered from the wreckage. The bbc has not been able to independently verify this information yet. But outside the wagner Group Headquarters in st petersburg, mourners have been laying flowers and lighting candles. If mr prigozhin is indeed dead, it would be an abrupt end, but its not unexpected, as will vernon explains from moscow. I dont think this news has surprised anyone here today. Around an hour after that plane crash, the Russian Federal Aviation Authori
Pictures have emerged of the aftermath of the crash, which happened about halfway through the flight from moscow to st petersburg, while the plane was at its cruising altitude. Trajectory data suggest the aircraft essentially dropped out of the sky. Russias Aviation Agency shared what it claimed was a list of the passengers on the doomed flight among them, mr prigozhin and key wagner commander dmitry utkin. As police cordoned off the crash site, russias Emergency Ministry claimed that ten bodies has been recovered from the wreckage. The bbc has not been able to independently verify this information yet. But outside the wagner Group Headquarters in st petersburg, mourners have been laying flowers and lighting candles. If mr prigozhin is indeed dead, it would be an abrupt end but its not unexpected, as will vernon explains from moscow. I dont think this news has surprised anyone here today. Around an hour after that plane crash, the Russian Federal Aviation Authority released a statement
Televised debate. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news its newsday. Hello and welcome to the programme. The man who led a mutiny against president putin and played a key role with his wagner mercenaries in the war in ukraine, Yevgeny Prigozhin, appears to have died in a plane crash in russia. This image has been confirmed by bbc verify as being from the crash scene near moscow. Its been confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board the private jet. Theres much we still dont know about this story. The uk government says it is monitoring the situation. In the us, President Biden has said theres not much that happens in russia that putins not behind. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg has this report. Caught on camera, the final seconds of a private jet. On board, reportedly, the head of a private Mercenary Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Look over there by the farm, it is burning, the eyewitness can be heard saying. In the distance, a giant cloud of smoke. The plane had crashed n
irwin joining us with. and kay la, i will start you with. at the windy white house there, as it relates to what we re hearing from the treasury secretary, and from cnbc language, to plain english here, what it means. well, it s significant because the treasury secretary is saying that as of early june, the federal government won t be able to pay its bills anymore. it s allowed by congress to borrow up to $31 trillion and change, but it s going to hit that number next thursday. after that point, treasury is going to be looking under couch cushions to try to finds some additional money. it will be pinching pennies. and it says it will stop contributing or investing into some federal workers retirement accounts, to try to conserve some of that cash in order to avoid reaching that debt limit, or not being able to pay for allies and adversaries that hold the u.s. debt. so certainly the treasury secretary is trying to call on congress and say we need a deal in the coming months.