i say stop the m i say stop the convo 5, return to _ i say stop the convoys, return to bases - _ i say step the convoys, return to bases in l convoys, return to bases in places where you are stationed. and one year on since roe v wade as women deal with the banning or restricting of abortion in more than 20 us states. hello and welcome. we start with the dramatic escalation of infighting between russia's wagner mercenary group and the russian military. the kremlin has ordered the arrest of the leader of the group, yevgeny prigozhin, whose men have been fighting alongside russian forces in ukraine, after he claimed moscow had targetted his troops. he's since said his fighters have left ukraine and entered the southern russian city of rostov, where the authorities have urged people to stay home. these are the latest pictures

we have from the city of rostov, which show an increased military presence on the streets. furtherfootage, which has not been verified by the bbc, shows armed men in uniform walking around the local interior ministry's building's perimeter as armoured vehicles surround it, including two tanks with their guns trained on it. there are similar scenes in moscow too, with what's called operation fortress being activated, which bolsters security around key buildings. the kremlin says vladimir putin is aware of the situation and is receiving constant updates. also, the governor of the lipetsk region in central russia says that the m4 motorway connecting moscow with southern regions was closed. videos allegedly showing wagner fighters moving in a convoy of military vehicles along the road towards rostov have been posed on social media, but the bbc is not able to verify them.

prigozhin announced what he called a march forjustice, saying anyone who stood in his way would be eliminated. but he says this is not a coup. translation: they have been shooting at us, - we've been shooting at them, and that has been going on these eight long years — from 2014 to 2022. sometimes the amount of shelling and exchange of fire has increased and sometimes it has eased. on 2a february there was nothing extraordinary. now the russian defence ministry is trying to deceive the president and the public by claiming there was insane aggression on the part of ukraine and they were going to attack us, along with the entire nato bloc. so the so—called "special military operation" on 2a february was launched for completely different reasons. well, in response to the developing situation, russian state tv�*s channeli

interrupted regular programme to broadcast an emergency news bulletin, recapping official statements about prigozhin and wagner, and stating that president putin was kept informed of developments. russian general vladimir alekseyev described mr prigozhin�*s actions as madness, whilst the deputy commander of the russian ukraine campaign sergei surovikin told wagner soldiers to stand down. you must do this before it is too late. obey the will and command of the elected president of the russian federation. stop the convoys, return to bases and places where you are stationed. meanwhile, the war in ukraine continues. air raid alerts have been issued across ukraine for a second night. two people were reported injured in kyiv by fragments from a downed russian drone.

live now to matthew schmidt, professor of national security and political science at the university of new haven in connecticut. thank you for talking to us. can i get your reaction to what we are seeing unfold in russia? i think when we hear what is going on we need to step back and pause. he is what we actually know — prigozhin put out a video. he said that russian forces attacked his forces. he then called in a vague way for his 25,000 troops to do this marchlijustice. we don't know if this is a metaphor. we don't know if this means attack moscow or not but thatis means attack moscow or not but that is where we are at and now we know that surovikin said he was asking for surrender and for the troops to stop it not move anywhere. that is what we know. and with prigozhin you

have to be prepared for him to sort of gaslight and say everything that we thought we knew today is different yesterday and so i am cautious to say anything. at yesterday and so i am cautious to say anything-— to say anything. at abundance of caution _ to say anything. at abundance of caution is _ to say anything. at abundance of caution is never _ to say anything. at abundance of caution is never a _ to say anything. at abundance of caution is never a bad - to say anything. at abundance of caution is never a bad thing butjust in terms of what you know about prigozhin, why might he be doing this? what is his endgame? what is he trying to achieve? ~ . ~ ., ., achieve? what we know about pri . ozhin achieve? what we know about prigozhin is — achieve? what we know about prigozhin is that _ achieve? what we know about prigozhin is that he _ achieve? what we know about prigozhin is that he has - achieve? what we know about prigozhin is that he has an - prigozhin is that he has an enormous ego. we also can safely say that he feels protective and loyal of his troops and so he seems to have been activated. his ego has been activated. his ego has been activated. his ego has been activated to protect his troops by some kind of event. in his mind, the russians attacking him. so, now you see him making threats to moscow but it is important to remember that he has not threatened putin. he has only claimed that

the failures go as high as the military for defence. they do not go to putin. he has not said that putin should step down or that he is at fault anyway and has always kept it at one level lower than putin. that is an important distinction to make. as you say, he has always kept this one a level below putin but this is undoubtably something that president putin will have to deal with himself. in terms of where these men stand, would they follow yevgeny prigozhin into a coup if it came to that? i don't think that they would. in order to engage in a coup he has to have allies inside the elite in moscow and he just doesn't. he is seen as crazy, egotistical, dangerous, so he really has no what the inside who could do things like even tell him where putin's real movements are or who were delighted with him to take over power should he march on moscow

so this is an enormously risky endeavour for so this is an enormously risky endeavourfor prigozhin so this is an enormously risky endeavour for prigozhin to take odd and even more risky for any potential ally out there so i think prigozhin has backed himself into a corner here and the state now has to iraq. they have to arrest him or worse. —— state now has to react. have to arrest him or worse. -- state now has to react.- state now has to react. what does this _ state now has to react. what does this mean _ state now has to react. what does this mean for _ state now has to react. what does this mean for the - state now has to react. what does this mean for the war l state now has to react. what i does this mean for the war that russia is waging yu frey given that the wagner group have been a big part of that? i that the wagner group have been a big part of that?— a big part of that? i don't think it affects _ a big part of that? i don't think it affects the - a big part of that? i don't think it affects the war. think it affects the war anytime soon. i think the kremlin has to push back on prigozhin now. they have to get him to surrender. i think that prigozhin is done sooner or later and i think that most of his forces will be redistributed into general russian formations so i don't think it changes the outcome of the war at this point.— the war at this point. good to step back _ the war at this point. good to step back and _ the war at this point. good to step back and get _ the war at this point. good to step back and get your - the war at this point. good to step back and get your view. | step back and get your view. thank you very much, matthew schmidt, associate professor of political security and national sirens. —— science.

this is a developing situation, so let's take a look at what we know so far following the dramatic escalation of infighting, the head of the wagner mercenary group has been accused of mutiny. prigozhin says his forces have entered russia from ukraine into rostov. the governor of the city has told the public to avoid the area. there's increased security in moscow with what's being called anti—terror measures. the m4 motorway, which links the russian capital with cities in the south, such as rostov, is closed because of a military convey that is moving along it. the kremlin has called for prigozhin's arrest with top russian generals telling wagner forces to stand down. and the russian president vladimir putin is being updated on the situation, as is president biden. this is a developing story and you can follow any development on the bbc�*s live page. we will be bringing you every twist and turn. that is dedicated to this story and any updates that come in. to

something else now. the transport authorities in canada and the united states have announced they'll begin investigating the loss of the titan submersible. all five people on board were killed during a voyage to the wreck of the titanic. live now to our correspondent danjohnson in boston. what is the latest there? we have not what is the latest there? - have got these different investigations be started by the us coastguard and also by transport safety officials into canada. it is not clear if those two separate investigations will run alongside each other or at some point they may come together to be what investigation. we are not sure which has primacy, which organisations are leading on it but there is work starting to assess what it was that went wrong that meant that the titan submersible was apparently crushed it what they

have described is that catastrophic implosion which is believed to have taken the lives of the five men aboard. some of the ships involved in the search and rescue effort going on in the atlantic over the wreckage of the titanic are heading back to stjohn's it is newfoundland and we are expecting the ship that took the titan and the exhibition team out there in the first place, the polar prince will arrive back in stjohn's this body. there are people that were leaked with oceangate who read this and there are questions about the safety are and operation of this craft and about the nature of taking people who are paying hundreds of thousands of pounds to the bottom of the seabed to see titanic wreckage. some have defended the company at the

safety record, the materials usedit safety record, the materials used it at that submersible but all those in the community have been critical and there were warnings being raised about that craft in the way that it was operating at that is why the investigation will continue, to try to get a timeline of what happened, what went wrong and what lessons if any should be learnt for the future. �* ., ~ , ., future. all right. thank you very much _ future. all right. thank you very much for— future. all right. thank you very much for that - future. all right. thank you very much for that update. | future. all right. thank you - very much for that update. dad johnston in boston for us there. let's stay in the united states. where it's a since the us supreme court overturned roe v wade — a landmark ruling that had guaranteed the legal right to an abortion for nearly half a century. the procedure has now been banned or severely restricted in more than 20 states, impacting the reproductive rights of millions of americans. our north america correspondent sophie long reports from mississippi, where the case that changed abortion access across america originated.

as you spoke of the supreme court �*s ruling, protests erupted across america. in kentucky, louisiana and south dakota, abortion automatically became illegal. attorney general said missouri, oklahoma and arkansas side bands general said missouri, oklahoma and arkansas side hands into law. clinics closed. in jackson, mississippi's last abortion clinic is now a furniture shop but many of those who worked here continue provide the procedure. two states and i7 provide the procedure. two states and 17 hours' drive away into new mexico. we states and 17 hours' drive away into new mexico.— into new mexico. we moved everything — into new mexico. we moved everything from _ into new mexico. we moved everything from jackson - into new mexico. we moved l everything from jackson here. we mostly serve texas women here. i think it is a great loss for the women of mississippi. i think they have taken itjust like they have everything else in mississippi, and they had taken mississippi backwards again. we are already

behind in everything that matters and instead of them concentrating on that and try to change some of that, they have made something that is already hard for someone from the south, they have made it just harder. the south, they have made it just harder-— just harder. but for many in mississippi. _ just harder. but for many in mississippi, everything - just harder. but for many in mississippi, everything has| mississippi, everything has changed and nothing has changed. in some of the poorest parts of the poorest state, for some, accessing what was a constitutional right was so difficult the legal status of abortion was largely academic anyway. many were and continue to be dependent on anti—abortion pregnancy resource centres. i anti-abortion pregnancy resource centres. i understand a sinale resource centres. i understand a single parenthood. _ resource centres. i understand a single parenthood. i- a single parenthood. i understand not knowing if the food will be there. i understand the lack of resources. i understand what a

lot of these women are going through. i understand infertility. i understand that the decision of do i abort, do i keep? i understand a lot of things that maybe when you look at women like me, or others that run facilities like this, that run facilities like this, that we don't understand, but we do, and we do this because we do, and we do this because we understand. we do this because we have been there and we do this because we want to help those who are there and see them get the help that we wish they had all we wish we could have given or gotten from someone and wejust could have given or gotten from someone and we just did not were not aware that these places existed so we do not come from a place of ignorance. we come from a place of knowledge and understanding of circumstances. but knowledge and understanding of circumstances.— circumstances. but the impact ofthe circumstances. but the impact of the ruling — circumstances. but the impact of the ruling has _ circumstances. but the impact of the ruling has been - circumstances. but the impact of the ruling has been felt - of the ruling has been felt across america, notjust in states where it has been bad but in those inundated by women across the state lives in search of a safe abortion. over

the past 12 months the united states has become a confusing patchwork of abortion laws. in texas where i am now it is illegal butjust texas where i am now it is illegal but just across texas where i am now it is illegal butjust across the border in new mexico women still have the right to choose. and so doctors like aaron campbell travelled thousands of miles every week to carry out the procedures they have dedicated their lives to. started my own clinic and we had to close and it is a felony in tennessee to provide an abortion at any stage of pregnancy, and without exception. i am sitting here today because i believe in this right for people to be able to make this decision for themselves. and i believe that there should be able to get that care from someone who knows how to do this safely and can take care of them safely.

in mississippi meanwhile while terminating an pregnancy can be illegal, they continue their campaign. illegal, they continue their campaign-— illegal, they continue their camaiun. , campaign. the poison pill in mississippi. _ campaign. the poison pill in mississippi, we _ campaign. the poison pill in mississippi, we know - campaign. the poison pill in mississippi, we know it - campaign. the poison pill in mississippi, we know it can | campaign. the poison pill in i mississippi, we know it can be sent through the mail or across the border so we are concerned about women still obtaining unsafe abortions without the proper medical care and then also, women can still go across state lines, so we want to be there before they go across state lines to provide whatever we can to help them be the mother they hope to be come. than mother they hope to be come. an important battle may have been won by the anti—abortion lobby but the fight over reproductive rights in america continues with no end in sight. sophie long, bbc news, mississippi. in washington, india's prime minister narendra modi met with top business leaders and continued talks with vice president kamala harris and secretary of state antony blinken at a state lunch. both countries have pledged to strengthen ties. at the state luncheon, mr modi went over the key conversations he had with the biden administration

during this visit. translation: we have added and expanded the scope of mutual cooperation in defence and strategic areas. we are working with renewed trust in areas of new and emerging technologies. we are resolving long pending and difficult issues in trade. afterwards, vice president harris shared her appreciation for india as an ally. thank you for your role of leadership to help india emerge as a global power in the 21st century. you have helped to reinvigorate the quad, your leadership of the g20 is making new strides on climate,

finance, and you have been a proponent of international institutions and global solutions to global challenges. and our correspondent samira hussein has been following the visit. these two events really demonstrate the biden administration's thinking when it comes to its relationship with india. it wants to deepen its economic ties but also strengthen diplomatic ties. the united states sees india as a counterbalance to china's rising might in the region and the rising mite is a concern but is also shared by india. india announced on this trip that it will invest $3 million in american drones to help it patrol the border with china. at this visit also was met with disapproval from at this visit also was met with disapprovalfrom human rights disapproval from human rights groups disapprovalfrom human rights groups and even members ofjoe biden's own political party, who say that the country and the modi government employs

antidemocratic government —— policies and cracks down on human rights when it comes to ethnic minorities. something that, of course, prime minister mottley outwardly rejected. some lawmakers opted not to attend the prime minister's speech to congress, in which he actually referred to democracy no more than ia times —— modi. both united states and are looking at the trip as a roaring success. they've announced many new initiatives when it comes to sharing technology and artificial intelligence, making microchips to even climate change policies. and it's a real clear sign that the biden administration is willing to overlook some issues to try and make sure that it has at least one strong ally in the region. hussein reporting. —— samira hussein reporting. let's return to that breaking news this morning, that there has been a dramatic

escalation of infighting between the leaders of russia's army and its wagner mercenary force. to explain more on who the wagner group is and their leader, here's our analysis editor ros atkins. the wagner group has fought in some of the wars's visits battles including bakhmut and it's lost many men. this is yevgeny prigozhin laying flowers at his fighter�*s graves earlier this year. the us estimates that around 10,000 wagner fighters have died estimates that around 10,000 wagnerfighters have died in ukraine since december and the majority of those men were russian convicts. here is yevgeny prigozhin at a prison laugh september, telling these men their sentences will be quashed if they fight for wagner. many of them went to war and, as wagner's death toll has spiralled, yevgeny prigozhin's relationship with the russian defence ministry has deteriorated. he has posted furious rants on the messaging up furious rants on the messaging up telegram and in early may surrounded by corpses of his fighters, he took aim again.

yells. shoigu is the defence minister and corruption of his head of the armed forces and yevgeny prigozhin has a reputation for this kind of furious outburst and also, for brutality. for example, this was his reaction when in november the wagner defector was allegedly killed with a sledgehammer. yevgeny pri . ozhin with a sledgehammer. yevgeny prigozhin said _ with a sledgehammer. yevgeny prigozhin said a _ with a sledgehammer. yevgeny prigozhin said a dog _ with a sledgehammer. yevgeny prigozhin said a dog meets - with a sledgehammer. yevgeny prigozhin said a dog meets a i prigozhin said a dog meets a dog's death. he did not condemn it. then began to use the image of a sledgehammer as a sort of trophy image. of a sledgehammer as a sort of trephy image-— trophy image. and yevgeny prigozhin's _ trophy image. and yevgeny prigozhin's lawlessness - trophy image. and yevgeny prigozhin's lawlessness is l prigozhin's lawlessness is nothing new. in 1981 he was sent to prison for robbery and theft. when released in 1990, he became a hot dog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997, he was running a top restaurant and began winning lucrative catering contracts. these broad connections to the very top.

yevgeny prigozhin catered for state visits and personally served world leaders, including us president george w bush in 2006. all here putin being shown around yevgeny prigozhin's school lunch factory in 2010, or being served by him year later. and in time, yevgeny prigozhin's role would become about far more than food.— role would become about far more than food. you have this shift here _ more than food. you have this shift here from _ more than food. you have this shift here from hotdog - more than food. you have this shift here from hotdog selleri shift here from hotdog seller to restaurant her to cater to the army. massive contract. and at some point, he then moved closer to the armed forces. jest closer to the armed forces. at that point, it was expertly reached in early 201a when russia invaded and annexed to the crimean peninsula in ukraine and also launched an insurgency to occupy parts of eastern ukraine. and yevgeny prigozhin was involved. he told us as much last year, saying: the statement was important. before then, yevgeny prigozhin

had always denied any connection with wagner. in fact, though, as the think tank rithy is documented — and what started in ukraine, it soon move beyond it. these are wagnerfighters in soon move beyond it. these are wagner fighters in syria, soon move beyond it. these are wagnerfighters in syria, as russia's military was doing too. there are multiple reports of wagner activity in africa, including libya, mali, the central african republic, sudan, mozambique and madagascar and its activities are varied. madagascar and its activities are varied-— are varied. everyone has all kinds of _ are varied. everyone has all kinds of activities _ are varied. everyone has all kinds of activities that - are varied. everyone has all kinds of activities that they | kinds of activities that they engaging in in sub—saharan africa, especially that's security, that's weapons provision, that's training, natural resource extraction. they kinda run the gamut. this is a highly _ they kinda run the gamut. this is a highly lucrative. _ they kinda run the gamut. this is a highly lucrative. for example politico reports that in the central african republic it with the profits saw almost $1 billion and these activities are notjust lucrative. you

accuses wagner of committing: —— the accuses wagner of committing: -- the eu. if that accuses wagner of committing: —— the eu. if that is the eu, this is the us. -- the eu. if that is the eu, this is the us.— -- the eu. if that is the eu, this is the us. they threaten stability. _ this is the us. they threaten stability. they _ this is the us. they threaten stability, they undermine - this is the us. they threaten l stability, they undermine good governance, they robbed countries of mineral wealth, they violate human rights. and antony blinken _ they violate human rights. and antony blinken directly connects this to yevgeny prigozhin. connects this to yevgeny prigozhin-— connects this to yevgeny priaozhin. ., , ., ., ., prigozhin. you this information campaigns _ prigozhin. you this information campaigns that _ prigozhin. you this information campaigns that are _ prigozhin. you this information campaigns that are furthering l campaigns that are furthering exploitative goals but wagner and its founder have quite literally crossed the continent of africa. �* , of africa. and these disinformation - of africa. and these - disinformation campaigns are possible because couridjah has an online operation too. it is best known for meddling in the 2016 us presidential election. hundreds of young people who are acting as trolls, taking on fake personas, going onto the internet, influencing the election process, particularly in the united states. yevgeny prigozhin has admitted this. one crucial question in all of this is whether there is any dividing line at all between

yevgeny prigozhin and the russian state. in 2020, a joint investigation by bellingcat, and dest beagle, said: there are other links. turrbal reports show how they shared a base in makino in southern russia. putin has never addressed the connection between wagner and the russian state but we know yevgeny prigozhin's operations around the world allowed putin to in —— show influence at arm's length. that's background there on who the wagner group and its leader is. let's bring you these pictures which have been verified by the bbc which is believed to be wagner forces in rostov outside the southern military district building.

we are showing it on the lips that you can see it more clearly but why is this important? the institute of war, i think tank, believes any wagner attempt to take control of rostov on don could have an impact on the war on ukraine because rostov is home to the russian southern military district command, which has been key to russia's war effort. of course, as always, there is more on our website, we have a live page for the story and we will keep you updated on all of the developments as they come in. stay with us here on bbc news. more to come. hello. after what's been another fairly warm week for many of us, the weekend is set to bring something even warmer — in fact, i think the days at times will feel quite hot and the nights will be very warm and humid as well. but as we head into sunday, we are going to see a bit

of a change. some thundery downpours swinging in from the west courtesy of a frontal system, which is a long way away to the west of us right now. for the short term, high pressure isjust about in charge and around this area of high pressure, particularly as these weather fronts squeeze in, we've got a feed of humid air wafting its way across oui’ shores. so, quite a warm and humid start to saturday morning with a fair amount of cloud, actually, and some mist and murk around some of the coasts and over some of the hills. a lot of the cloud will tend to break through the day to give some spells of sunshine. a bit of rain moving across the far north—west of scotland. there's a small chance for the odd shower in parts of northern england, down into the midlands but wales and the south of england likely to see the lion's share of the sunshine and wherever you are, it is going to be a warm day — 2a degrees for belfast, 25 for aberdeen, 29 the expected high in london. and that warmth does not ebb away quickly as we head into the evening — in fact, temperatures holding up at around 23 degrees in london and in sheffield at 10:00 in the evening, so it could well be a little

bit uncomfortable for sleeping. those temperatures falling a little bit further into the early hours of sunday. but with the humid air in place, sunday is going to turn into another very warm day. however, this frontal system pushing in from the west will bring a change for some of us with a band of heavy, thundery rain already in place across northern ireland first thing. that will push its way eastwards and ahead of it, some showers will pop up across parts of northern england, eastern scotland. these could be heavy and thundery in nature. but further south and particularly further south—east, it should stay largely dry with lots of sunshine and that warmth being squashed into the south—east corner. so, temperatures in london likely to get to 31 degrees but just 19 for belfast. fresher in the west. and that fresher air will move across all parts of the country as we move into the start of the new week. there are, though, further frontal systems lying in wait, so we will see further outbreaks of rain at times and potentially some quite strong winds as well, particularly towards the north and the west of the uk.

not as much rain further south and it is not going to be as warm as it has been. can take care of them safely. knows how to do this safely and