we ll go over what exactly happened and what it could mean for putin s leadership as well as the war in ukraine. plus, republicans continue to veer toward an electoral cliff, backing former president trump despite his mounting legal challenges, even as many voters are deeply disturbed by his multiple indictments. perhaps that s why president biden is leading trump in a 2024 matchup. and a year after the supreme court stripped away abortion rights, the high court s approval rating is in the basement at just 31%. we re breaking down the new poll numbers just ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, june 26th. joe is off this morning. we begin with this weekend s developing news out of russia, where the head of the mercenary group, wagner, launched the most direct challenge to vladimir putin s grip on power in his 19 years as president. it started on friday when yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of a private army, posted a video to social media. in it, h
moscow, beijing and kyiv mac. vladimir putin has also suspended moscow s involvement in a key nuclear arms treaty. we ll examine the implications. also in newsday this hour: mexico s former security chief is found guilty of taking bribes in return for helping drug dealers. the east coast of madagascar is being lashed by high winds and heavy rain as cyclone freddy makes landfall. and empty food shelves in the uk: why are some supermarkets having to limit sales of fruit and veg? live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we have a tale of two presidents for you this hour from the us and russia. we ll get to american president joe biden in a moment but, first, russian leader vladimir putin. he s announced he s suspending russian participation in the last major nuclear arms control agreement with the us. in his two hour state of the nation address, mr putin accused the west of starting the war in ukraine and seeking to destroy russ
necessarily seem as though it was having problems, but certainly it was losing altitude. it hit a nursery, a kindergarten. tragically one child die. apparently this happened around the time people were dropping their children off. there were several people injured and killed on the ground. the helicopters then hit that nursery, then fell forward and came and crashed down near the entrance to a residential building, where the chopper then apparently completely exploded. there was a few fire afterwards, as people are describing. all the people inside that chopper, all were killed. of course, we have to point out, this was the leadership of the interior ministry of ukraine. it was the interior minister himself, who is very close to volodymyr zelenskyy, also someone active here in politics in ukraine, and very active in the defense of this country as well. a lot of the units, like the national police are hugely active in the defense of ukraine. he was definitely a rising star alm
we ll also bring you my conversations with other world leaders at davos. first, sanna marin, the prime minister of finland. her nation shares an 830-mile long border with russia, and is waiting to be granted nato membership. then, kyriakos mitsotakis, the prime minister of greece. a nation once seen as the sixth man of europe. the current state of greece s economy may well surprise you. but first, here s my take. davos was back with a bang. after a skinny spring version of the event last may, this rweek, the conference was packed with attendees trying to learn more about the world in 2023. it s not a bad place to try. davos is the only truly global conference that i ve attended. in one day, you can meet with chinese officials, american ceos, ukrainian human rights activists and middle eastern entrepreneurs. in fact, i did. every year, some country or trend is surrounded by buzz. this year there were three. the gulf states, india, and artificial intelligence. saudi arabia an
this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from davos, switzerland. today on the program, ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy. t r hip hihi his of practically every discussion in davos this week. and i had a conversation with the man himself about the state of war and the potential for peace. we ll also bring you my conversations with other world leaders at davos. first, sanna marin, the prime minister of finland. her nation shares an 830-mile long border with russia, and is waiting to be granted nato membership. then, kyriakos mitsotakis, the prime minister of greece. a nation once seen as the sixth man of europe. the current state of greece s economy may well surprise you. but first, here s my take. davos was back with a bang. after a skinny spring version of the event last may, this week, tthe p the world economi conference was packed with attendees trying to learn more a