Televised debate. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s 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. it s been confirmed that yevgeny prigozhin was on board the private jet. there s much we still don t know about this story. the uk government says it is monitoring the situation. in the us, president biden has said there s not much that happens in russia that putin s not behind. our russia editor steve rosenberg has this report.
Live from washington. this is bbc news. questions swirl and drama grows over the reported death of wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin in a plane crash. donald trump s former lawyer, rudy giuliani, joins a handful of others turning themselves in to a georgia jail. and i am katrina perry in milwaukee where the fresh republican presidential debate isjust republican presidential debate is just getting republican presidential debate isjust getting under republican presidential debate is just getting under way. hello, i m sumi somaskanda. two months after he led a failed mutiny against vladimir putin, russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin is reported to have been killed. this footage, verified by the bbc, shows the moment his wagner group s private jet hurtled to earth about 300km, or 200 miles northwest of moscow.
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They rolled unopposed into the city of rostov. their demands, the removal of russia s senior military leadership, who they blamed for setbacks on the battlefield. there were these extraordinary scenes as the paramilitary chief admonished russian generals. and then they marched on in the direction of moscow in a direct challenge to the authority of president putin. the kremlin leader called it treachery. russia he said had been stabbed in the back, the mutineers would be punished. but by evening a deal had been done to end the insurrection. even though russian servicemen had been killed, there would be no charges against yevgeny prigozhin and his wagner troops. they would have to leave russia but the agreement left the kremlin looking weak. this was vladimir putin today, commemorating the soviet victory in a famous world war ii battle.
Welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m monica miller. the headlines: yevgeny prigozhin, head of russia s wagner mercenary group, is presumed dead after a plane that crashed killing all those on board. it s two months since prigozhin challenged president putin, with a short lived mutiny against the regime in moscow. we ll have full analysis. and despite regional opposition, japan prepares to release treated radioactive water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the pacific ocean. trump ally rudy giuliani is arrested and then bailed over alleged election interference. it comes as republican presidential candidates face off for the first