mi miami-dade mayor delivers heart breaking news about the people who are still missing. welcome to the lead . i m pamela brown. we start with a new alarming cybersecurity attack linked to the rnc and possibly a repeat of the 2016 dnc hack with the very same criminals responsible. the rnc told cnn hackers hacked a third party vendor. hackers with possible ties to russia demanded $70 million worth of bitcoin from a series of i.t. companies, the companies service more than 1,000 corporate and government clients. both cyber attacks comes as the biden administration faces mounting pressure. what more do we know about this attack? the rnc uses syntax and it was attacked by hackers who they say tried to access some customers who store things in the cloud. it is not clear whether the rnc was the target or others were but the rnc is saying that as soon as they found out that this company has been breached that they shut down all ties, all accounts with the company. the new york t
lie. our correspondent has more from moscow. i was on a conference call a little earlier with president putin s spokesman. these happen almost every day with a select group of russian and foreign journalists, where you can more or less ask any question you want to, and i asked whether the kremlin had something to do with that plane crash two days ago that reportedly killed yevgeny prigozhin. and it s notjust western officials who think that. there are many russians who believe it too. mr peskovsaid the claims were an absolute lie. he also said when we talk about the issue, we should be guided only by facts. we have no facts at the moment. these need to be clarified during the official investigation. he was echoing some of those earlier remarks by president putin, who also called on people to wait for the results of the official investigation. now, will that convince people at home and abroad who believe that there is some sort of link between russian authorities and the death
but who would lead it? there could be lots of infighting in the weeks ahead for control of the group. live now to lou osborn, co author of the book wagner, at the heart of the prigozhin system, and investigator for all eyes on wagner, a non for profit research group tracking their activities. welcome to the programme. it s like an ecosystem, there is lots of businesses, lots of mercenaries, mercenary groups floating in and out of it. lucrative and of course. does that mean that we are in for a period of blood letting in the next few weeks? i’m period of blood-letting in the next few weeks? period of blood-letting in the next fewweeks? ., , ., , few weeks? i m not too sure actually that it s time few weeks? i m not too sure actually that it s time for few weeks? i m not too sure actually that it s time for a few weeks? i m not too sure actually that it s time for a blood few weeks? i m not too sure actually that it s time for a blood battle, - few weeks? i m not t
england in the world cup final. when the spanish team lifted the world cup last sunday, it was a historic moment. but the way in which the national football federation president, luis rubiales, celebrated has made the last few days bittersweet ones for spanish football. the controversial kiss he gave star strikerjenni hermoso has been hogging the headlines. so too has this image of him celebrating the world cup victory, just feet away from spain s queen letizia. after days of mounting pressure, mr rubiales had been expected to resign. but at an extraordinary general meeting of the football federation, he stunned onlookers by insisting the kiss was consensual and he remained fiercely defiant. translation: is that so serious that i have to leave, while having done the bestjob for spanish football? do you really believe that i have to resign? well, i am going to tell you something. i will not resign. this was supposed to be a week when spain celebrated women s football and the
such speculation as a complete lie . our correspondent will vernon has more from moscow. i was on iwas ona i was on a conference i was on a conference call a little earlier with president putin s spokesman. these happen every day with a select group of russian and international journalists where you can ask any question you want. and i asked whether the kremlin had something to do with this plane crash two days ago which reportedly killed yevgeny prigozhin. it s notjust western officials who think that. many russians believe it too. he said the claims were an absolute lie and he said we should be guided only by facts. we have no facts at the moment. these need to be clarified during the official investigation. he was echoing some of those earlier remarks by president putin calling on people to wait for the results of the official investigation. will that convince people at home and abroad who believe that there is some sort of link between russian authorities and the death o