been part of putin's narrative. these create more cracks in the russian facade. survivors of the migrant boat disaster in greece tell the bbc that the greek authorities abandoned them to their fate. meanwhile, election results in greece show the former conservative prime minister mitsotakis is on course to win a second term with a clear majority. and the anticipation is building at the glastonbury festival ahead of eltonjohn�*s headline set with fans asking, who are his surprise guests? hello, i'm samantha simmonds. we start in russia, where 2a hours after the end of a short—lived rebellion posed the greatest challenge yet to vladimir putin's authority, the president's whereabouts remain unknown. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says the events show the cracks in mr putin's authority.

yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group — pictured here leaving the russian city of rostov—on—don on saturday evening — is reportedly going into exile in belarus after abandoning his advance on moscow. and with wagnerforces firing their guns into the sky and cheers from the watching public, his troops also departed the city. tensions had been building between mr prigozhin and russia's military leadership for some time over their approach to the war in ukraine. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. leaving as heroes. the wagnerfighters pulling out of rostov last night. you'd think they'd just won a war. the leader of the mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, was off too. he'd just done a deal with

the kremlin to end their mutiny. the rebellion started here then spread north. it was the biggest challenge to vladimir putin's authority since he came to power. vladimir vladimirovich putin. russia's commander in chief likes to project an image of strength. a mutiny on his watch is embarrassing. but is it damaging? for vladimir putin, will there be political fallout ahead of next year's election? he definitely looks weaker. all elite groups will begin to think about the presidency 202a. should they rely, as they did even one week before, this military coup, on vladimir putin? or should they think about someone new? but there's no sign yet that someone new in the kremlin

is mr putin's plan. vladimir putin is determined to show that he is in charge, in control in the kremlin, and he has the russian state media to help him paint that picture. the trouble is, the dramatic events of the last couple of days have raised questions about how in control the russian authorities are of the situation here. instability — russians can feel it. the rebel wagnerfighters may not have made it to moscow, but people here were watching nervously and waiting. i'm a mother with three children, anna tells me. of course i'm terrified by what has happened. we were scared these events would spread to moscow, nastya says. there's nothing ordinary citizens can do to influence the situation. it's decided above our heads. many russians tell me that — they don't believe they have the power to change what is happening in their country, to make their voices heard,

to turn things around. as we've been hearing, america's top diplomat, antony blinken, has been giving his reaction to yesterday's events in russia, saying the revolt exposed real cracks in president putin's authority. i think we're in the midst of a moving picture. we haven't seen the last act. we're watching it very closely and carefully. but just step back for a second and put this in context. 16 months ago, russian forces were on the doorstep of kyiv in ukraine, thinking they'd take the city in a matter of days, thinking they would erase ukraine from the map as an independent country. now, over this weekend, they've had to defend moscow, russia's capital, against mercenaries of putin's own making. prigozhin himself in this entire incident has raised profound questions about the very premises for russia's aggression against ukraine in the first place, saying that ukraine or nato did not pose a threat to russia, which is part of putin's narrative, and it was a direct challenge to putin's authority.

so this raises profound questions. it shows real cracks. we can't speculate or know exactly where that's going to go. we do know that putin has a lot more to answer for in the weeks and months ahead. our north america correspondent, david willis, told me from washington that antony blinken had been diplomatic in his answer. he chose his words very carefully indeed. these were the first comments by an official of the biden administration since the crisis broke out in russia. and antony blinken chose those words, as i say, very carefully indeed. what stood out for me is that he clearly believes that the revolt that we've seen in russia over the last day or so presents an opportunity for the west in the same way that it presents a challenge for vladimir putin. and he also made clear, mr blinken, that there is a lot that the west and its allies still don't know. they include the whereabouts

of vladimir putin himself, the whereabouts of mr prigozhin, and also where this whole crisis might lead, what it might end with. it's a moving picture, antony blinken said, on one of the talk shows this morning. asked about president biden�*s remark last year that this man, reference to vladimir putin, cannot remain in power, mr blinken was particularly diplomatic. he said that's a decision for the russian people. it's not our business. it's not our purpose. that's up to russia and its people. i think the united states, its allies are very keen, samantha, to make the point that they are not to be seen to be meddling in internal events in russia or seeking, of course, to inflame them. yeah. and, obviously, everybody�*s waiting to see how and what impact this could have on the war in ukraine.

are there any thoughts there yet as to how this could impact on the us relationship with ukraine? well, it's a key question, isn't it? and the president, joe biden, has been meeting before he left for camp david yesterday with members of his national security team. that includes the us defence secretary, it includes the chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff, the chairman of the cia — the very top defence and intelligence officials here. and president biden also convened a call involving the leaders of france, germany and the uk following which a statement was released affirming the unwavering support for ukraine. antony blinken separately spoke to g7 leaders. so that question that you posed, how this affects the war in ukraine, how it affects nato, key to those discussions which are ongoing and will be for the foreseeable future, i think.

the reuters news agency has reported that ukraine's defence minister has held talks with his us counterpart over the events in russia and quoted the minister as saying that russian authorities a week and things are moving in the right direction. live now to konstantin eggert, former editor in chief of the bbc russian language service, who joins me from vilnius. what impact have the events had on president putin's power and authority across the country, do you think? ., ., ., , ., think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened — think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by _ think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by his _ think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by his dithering, - think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by his dithering, by - think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by his dithering, by a l is weakened by his dithering, by a very strange rambling speech. in the morning, he said, this is mutiny and everybody responsible for that is a traitor and has to be punished, seven hours later he says, by the

way, it's not a problem, i'm releasing everyone, the show was over. this is definitely not something that people would expect from an executive authority and commander—in—chief, and even less so they would expect it from a defective dictator, so i think that the main impact that putin will have is not so much on his rush, but rather on the vast bureaucracy, millions of people that run russia, they will all be asking the question, why did putin react like that? this is not a great foundation for a dictatorship.— for a dictatorship. some analysts are suggesting — for a dictatorship. some analysts are suggesting it's _ for a dictatorship. some analysts are suggesting it's the _ for a dictatorship. some analysts are suggesting it's the beginning j for a dictatorship. some analysts i are suggesting it's the beginning of the end for putin and his leadership, his iron grip over the country, do you agree? yes. leadership, his iron grip over the country, do you agree?— country, do you agree? yes. i've seen the — country, do you agree? yes. i've seen the events _ country, do you agree? yes. i've seen the events of— country, do you agree? yes. i've seen the events of 1991, - country, do you agree? yes. i've seen the events of 1991, the - country, do you agree? yes. i've| seen the events of 1991, the coup that brought down the soviet union, i have seen yeltsin shooting at

parliament, i never thoughti i have seen yeltsin shooting at parliament, i never thought i would see it again. but it is in my mind the beginning of a new stage in the development of russia. putin will be on his way out, if not tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, what this regime will be replaced with there is another question, whether it be replaced by something more palatable to the west or something more horrendous, but weakness is something that is completely unpardonable in russian politics. and you are always punished by that. strength and the ability to be coherent is something that both the bureaucracy, the political class, the ruling elite and the people like in their leaders, and putin showed weakness, eventually that will catch up weakness, eventually that will catch up with him. mini; weakness, eventually that will catch up with him-— up with him. why do you think you let prigozhin _ up with him. why do you think you let prigozhin go, _ up with him. why do you think you let prigozhin go, if— up with him. why do you think you let prigozhin go, if that _ up with him. why do you think you let prigozhin go, if that is - up with him. why do you think you let prigozhin go, if that is indeed l let prigozhin go, if that is indeed what happens, because we have not heard from him since yesterday but it is thought he will go into exile,

possibly in belarus, why did he make that decision?— that decision? belarus is a semi-colony _ that decision? belarus is a semi-colony of _ that decision? belarus is a semi-colony of russia. - that decision? belarus is a i semi-colony of russia. going that decision? belarus is a - semi-colony of russia. going there semi—colony of russia. going there in excel is a bit like moving from one class house to another, i'm sure he will go some other way. but i do think that both sides felt that they cannot rely on something. i suspect someone promised mr progression support, and the support did not materialised, and putin really felt that even if two dozen wagner troops sharp on the red square, that something he may not live with the two long, so i think they felt that both will benefit from this, but now of course they will have to reap the harvest, they will have to live with the consequences.— the consequences. thank you very much forjoining _ the consequences. thank you very much forjoining us. _ the greek authorities are facing new allegations about failing

to help people on board a sinking migrant boat last week. it's thought hundreds of people lost their lives. there were 104 survivors. the bbc has now heard evidence from several of them who accuse the greek coast guard of sailing away from the boat when it was clearly in serious difficulty. the heavily overcrowded boat, which had set out from libya, went down around 50 miles south—west of the coastal town of pylos. our correspondent, khalid karamat, from the bbc�*s urdu service, has the story. at least 82 people died when this vessel sank, with fears up to 500 more people perished. in athens, i spoke to a man via video call. he says that the boat that eventually rescued people moved away from him in the water. i was in the water for an hour. i swam to the ship as it was far away. they had to put a speedboat and were rescuing, but had gone far away. on hearing the news of the boat sinking, many pakistanis from around

europe travelled to greece. many said they had relatives on board. they came here with pictures and details of their loved ones, hoping someone might be able to give them a lead. he says the agent has taken 2.5 million rupees and isn't answering calls now. the boy's mother is really worried and so is the father. the boy is only 15. for many of the families, their struggle ends here. the only hope they have left is to submit their dna to the greek authorities. if the dna is matched with the bodies recovered, they may get some closure. otherwise, their struggles continue. the greek authorities have ended the search operation and little hope is left for the recovery of further bodies. but the survivors' testimonies continue to cast doubt on the version of events presented by greek authorities. and there's now calls for an independent inquiry. khalid karamat, bbc news, athens.

in the past few minutes, greece's conservative leader kyriakos mitsotakis has claimed victory in the country's second election in five weeks. let's show you live pictures. the vote was called after his party narrowly failed to secure an outright majority last month. with almost 25% of the votes counted, mr mitsotakis' new democracy party is leading with 40.5% versus 17.9% for the syriza party of alexis tsipras. in the past few minutes, mr mitsotakis has claimed victory. let's cross now live to greece. we are joined by the local journalist daphne tolis. just looking at pictures of the party's headquarters there. the new democracy leader has now claimed victory. what will it mean for the country?

victory. what will it mean for the count ? ., ., ., , country? hello from right outside athens, the _ country? hello from right outside athens, the centre-right - country? hello from right outside athens, the centre-right new. athens, the centre—right new democracy party is leading with 40.5% of the vote and is projected to win enough parliamentary seats to form a government, according to these official results. so the party needs at least 151 seats in a 300 seat parliament, now they are projected to win 157 seat parliament, now they are projected to win157 seats, so the prime minister who has been prime minister since 2019 until the last inclusive elections, he had promised to boost revenue from tourism and to create newjobs and increase the salaries and wages to an average thatis salaries and wages to an average that is closer to the european union, so now what is expected is that they will probably form a government of the coming few days. under this new electorate system,

the winning party will receive 25—50 seats. this will make it easier for them to win more than the required 151 seats. �* ., ., , 151 seats. and what does it say, this election _ 151 seats. and what does it say, this election result, _ 151 seats. and what does it say, this election result, about - 151 seats. and what does it say, this election result, about the l this election result, about the smaller parties, why did syriza perform so poorly, do you think? his former perform so poorly, do you think? h 3 former finance minister, perform so poorly, do you think? h 3 formerfinance minister, he said this is a clear defeat, but it did better than the worst—case scenario. they are still the opposition party. at this point we would expect the leader would step down, although there is no indication so far that he will step down, the other surprise is the so—called successors of the neo—nazi party golden dawn,

the far—right party, it is endorsed by a jailed golden dawn spokesperson, he is imprisoned, and they are entering parliament, they could also gain up to 13 seats in parliament. could also gain up to 13 seats in parliament-— could also gain up to 13 seats in parliament. ~ ., ., , , parliament. what impact has this mi . rant parliament. what impact has this migrant boat _ parliament. what impact has this migrant boat tragedy _ parliament. what impact has this migrant boat tragedy just - parliament. what impact has this migrant boat tragedy just 11 - parliament. what impact has this migrant boat tragedy just 11 days| migrant boat tragedyjust 11 days ago with a loss of many hundreds of people's lives had their? has it been part of the conversation and in particular the criticism from some of the survivors that the greek coastguard did not do enough to help? coastguard did not do enough to hel ? �* coastguard did not do enough to hel?�* ., , coastguard did not do enough to help? i'm actually standing here next to the _ help? i'm actually standing here next to the refugee _ help? i'm actually standing here next to the refugee camp - help? i'm actually standing here next to the refugee camp where j help? i'm actually standing here - next to the refugee camp where the survivors have been brought after the shipwreck. and i would say that neither this boat tragedy or the fatal train crash has affected that much the results of this election.

so as we all remember, since 2015, greece was at the forefront of the refugee migration crisis, we have seen hundreds of thousands of people crossing in under a year alone from the islands across the turkish coast, all these islands had received thousands of people with to people per day, all crossing in transit to greece to go to germany, so this has been happening since eight years ago, this government has a near —— and new state policy towards migration, saying, we are not in favour of smugglers. we welcome refugees but not illegally. obviously this makes it more complicated because people have been resorting to smugglers because they did not have any other ways to cross

into safer lands.— into safer lands. thank you very much for giving _ into safer lands. thank you very much for giving us _ into safer lands. thank you very much for giving us your- into safer lands. thank you very much for giving us your analysis into safer lands. thank you very - much for giving us your analysis and joining us from greece. rishi sunak has urged people to hold their nerve over rising interest rates in the uk as the bank of england tries to bring down inflation. the prime minister told the bbc�*s sunday with laura kuenssberg programme that the uk would get through concerns over higher mortgage rates for millions of homeowners if the government stuck to its plan. let's hear some of what he had to say. i've never said that it's not challenging. this isn't going to be a difficult time to get through. but what i want to give people the reassurance and confidence is that we've got a plan, the plan will work and we will get through this. that's exactly what people should be hearing from their prime minister and their government. the duchess of york is recovering from surgery after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. a spokesman for sarah ferguson says she was recently diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer detected at a routine mammogram screening. the spokesman said the surgery was successful and she thanked medical staff for their support.

one person has died and nine others have been injured, including children, in a roller—coaster accident at an amusement park in the swedish capital, stockholm. eyewitnesses say the park's jetline rollercoaster, which reaches a height of 30 metres and speeds of 90 kilometres per hour, partly derailed during a ride. the grona lund park has been evacuated. emergency services and police are on the scene. in a press conference, a spokesperson for the roller—coaster park said such events should never happen again. our thoughts go out to the injured, the affected and their relatives. the park will be closed for at least a week. this will help us assist the investigation that has now begun. this cannot happen. this must not happen. and yet it has. it's important for us to do everything we can to get to the bottom of this.

sir eltonjohn is preparing for his headline performance, marking the close of this year's glastonbury festival. he says the show will be one of the final live dates of his career. our culture and media editor, katie razzall, is there. the final day of music across this vast tented temporary somerset town. and warming them up for tonight's grand finale, sophie ellis—bextor — hers arguably not the sparkliest outfit here. a tribute to a performer with a love of flamboyant clothing, a rocket man who has never performed at glastonbury before. with many hours to go, will they be still standing when eltonjohn takes to the stage at 9pm? he'sjust a legend, isn't he? absolute legend. i think it's just going to be absolutely buzzing. i'm so excited for the atmosphere. are you going to stay here the whole time? what are you going to do when you need the loo? hold it in! we did it yesterday, 14 hours. in terms of special guests, who do you think? i'm thinking britney spears, i but i'd be happy with anyone!

glastonbury, how are you feeling, baby?! we know sir elton is a big fan of gabriels, who performed here on friday. he's championed the three—piece band, fronted byjacob lusk, from the beginning. wow, eltonjohn knows that i'm breathing?! what's happening?! what did it mean to you? it was everything. you know, it'sjust nice to have someone of that calibre support you. with a voice like that, you can see why eltonjohn's behind them, and the feelings mutual. he wears the most incredible outfits, his voice is bigger than life, the way that he tickles those keys with his fingers is like nothing i've ever seen live ever. but i think there's something about his music that speaks to the soul. yusuf cat stevens has just finished his legends slot set on the pyramid stage. the excitement here is really building. tens of thousands of people have been gathering to watch to watch sir eltonjohn.

let's hearfrom our entertainment reporter, daniel rosney, who's there. as katie was suggesting in her report that there's a lot of speculation around who has special guests will be. now, when you're working at glastonbury, you have to wear these special wristbands and they give you certain access. a source close to the main pyramid stage has told the bbc that stormzy, the british rapper, has been seen wearing a performer wristband. now, stormzy is not on the glastonbury bill, so that has obviously led to a lot of speculation backstage that he could be one of the surprise performers. we've also been told that dua lipa has been spotted. just a few minutes ago, the rocket man director was just standing right there and he said that he has seen eltonjohn many times before and he'll be shocked if something special doesn't happen tonight because we don't need reminding, but it is the final uk date of eltonjohn's live touring career in the uk. there's only a handful of dates left. elsewhere in europe. but tonight will be a moment

in glastonbury history. behind you, a few hours to go until eltonjohn takes to the stage and brings this festival to an end. what's it been like this year? i think it's been really special. you know, what we've got what we've got to kind of go is the elton's final moment. and there's been speculation on that since thursday. arctic monkeys performed on friday night, guns n' roses last night. but there's something at glastonbury festival for absolutely everybody. it is a cultural phenomenon. there's not many things like this elsewhere in the world. i was talking to an italian rock group, maneskin, who performed yesterday and they said they've not got anything like this in italy. more than 2,000 acts have performed across this site. it's huge. the fence around it is eight miles wide and the population of glastonbury, if it were a town, would make it the fourth largest city this weekend in the south—west of england. it's the size of 500 football pitches, and we've been blessed with the weather.

anybody that's brought wellingtons — well, they didn't need to be packed. blondie have also been performing. frontwoman debbie harry sang all their classics — such as atomic, heart of glass, and hanging on the telephone. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, in some parts of the country, it is roasting and could be the hottest day of the year so far, but it is changing in other areas and we are getting cooler, fresher air coming in from the atlantic into western parts of the uk. humid air towards the east and in between a weather front, and that is going to bring rain. not much in the south, but some heavier rain moving

across northern areas, some thunderstorms, large hail and maybe some gusty winds as well. all squeezing the heat and humidity into eastern england, 30 degrees around lincolnshire, 32 or more in essex and around london, really humid as well. out towards the west, things are beginning to cool down a bit and it will be less humid. the wetter weather we have got across those northern areas does push away into the north sea, the showers become fewer and lighter and many places become dry overnight with some clear skies. last night was really uncomfortable for sleeping, temperatures in scotland fell no lower than 20 degrees, in merseyside 19 celsius. tonight will be somewhat easier to sleep because temperatures are going to be lower, perhaps single figures in scotland and northern ireland. heading into tomorrow, there will be some sunny spells, some cloud will develop, and that is going to lead to some showers. scotland, northern ireland and northern parts of england, any shower clouds will be suppressed further south.

it will feel cooler and fresher everywhere, temperatures dropping some 7 or 8 degrees in large parts of the uk, top temperatures 23, maybe 2a in the south—east. everything is coming in from the atlantic, a fresher westerly breeze around. these weather fronts will arrive on tuesday so we will see more cloud come our way. once again, looking dry toward south—eastern areas but there will be outbreaks of rain and drizzle as you head further north and more of a breeze as well. these are the temperatures we are looking at, typically around 20—22 degrees. could be warm overnight for south—eastern parts of the uk, heading into wednesday, we're in a warm sector between those two weather fronts. cooler air will be waiting to coming back from the atlantic from the north—west, following this band of rain that will be affecting scotland and northern ireland, pushing into england and wales once again. those temperatures dropping away in the north—west, we'll get some sunshine and showers. still dry and quite warm in the south—east, the mid 20s.

this is bbc news, the headlines: cracks emerging in this is bbc news, the headlines: one day on from a rebellion by the wagner mercenary group in russia — the whereabouts of its leader, yevgeny prigozhin and the russian president are both unknown. there's been speculation that vladimir putin fled moscow during the crisis. america's top diplomat,

antony blinken, says the attempted mutiny by wagner fighters shows