and the anticipation is building at the glastonbury festival ahead of eltonjohn�*s headline set — with fans asking who are his surprise guests? a very warm welcome. 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. there's been speculation that the russian leader fled moscow during the crisis, after his presidentialjets were tracked leaving the city. 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. gunshots 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. "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. steve rosenberg reporting there. konstantin eggert is the former editor in chief of the bbc russian language service. i asked him what impact he thought the rebellion would have

on the russian president. well, notionally none. in fact, he is weakened by his dithering, by a very strange, rambling speech that he pronounced, and basically by one thing, in the morning, he says that this is a mutiny and everyone who is 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 am releasing everyone. "everyone is free to go. "the show is over." i mean, this is definitely not something that people would expect from an executive authority and commander in chief, and even less so they will expect it from a de facto dictator. so i think that the main impact that putin will have is not so much on his immediate entourage, but rather on the vast bureaucracy, millions of people that run russia or mr putin's behalf from vladivostok to the lithuanian border. from vladivostok to the lithuanian

border, they will all be asking the question, "what was it and why putin reacted like that?" this is not a great foundation for a dictatorship. some analysts are suggesting that this is the beginning of the end for putin and his leadership, his control is iron grip over the country. do you agree? yes. i've seen events of 1991, the anti—gorbachev coup that brought down the soviet union. i've seen yeltsin shooting at parliament in 1993 in moscow. i never thought i'm going to see it again. but yes, it is, to my mind, a beginning of some kind of new stage in the development of russia. putin will be on his way out, if not tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, historically speaking. qhat he will be replaced with, what this regime will be replaced with is another question — whether it will be replaced by something that is more palatable to the west or something probably

much more horrendous. but weakness is something that is completely unpardonable in russian politics, and you are always punished by that. strength and ability to be to be coherent is something that both the the bureaucracy, the political class, the ruling clique, whatever you call it, and the people like in the leaders and putin showed weakness. eventually, that's going to catch up with you. why do you think he let pregotion go, if that's indeed what does proceed to happen? because we haven't heard from him since yesterday, but it's thought he's going to go into exile, possibly in belarus. why do you think putin made that decision? well, look, belarus is a semi—colony of russia. going there in exile, it's a bit like moving from one room in the soprano house to another. i'm sure he'll go some other way. but i do think that both sides felt that in that they cannot rely on something. i suspect someone promised mr prigozhin support, probably someone from inside the regime,

and this support did not materialise. and putin really felt that even if now two dozen wagner troops show up on the red square, that's something that he may not live with for too long. so i think that they felt that both will benefit from this. but now, of course, they will have to reap the harvest. they have to to to to live with the consequences for both. i think they are not very good. 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 coastguard 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. translation: 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 translation: 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. greece's conservative leader kyriakos mitsotakis has claimed victory in the country's second election in five weeks. 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. this is the scene live at his party. to gauge the victory of the greek conservatives, we spoke earlier to the local freelance journalist daphne tolis —

she started by digging what could be the most likely scenario in parliament. 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 a 151 seats in a 300—seat parliament. now they're projected to win 157 seats. so this is the prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, who was the prime minister since 2019 and until the last inconclusive elections. he had promised to boost the revenue from tourism, the tourism industry, and to create newjobs and increase the salaries and the wages to an average that is closer to the european union.

so now what is expected is that they will probably form a government in the coming few days. under this new electoral system, the winning party will receive 25 to 50 seats. this will make it easier, of course, for them to to win more than the required 151 seats. and what does it say, this election result, about the smaller parties? why did the leftist tsipras party, syriza, perform so poorly, do you think? well, he did perform poorly. and his formerfinance minister, when tsipras and syriza was in power, he said this is a clear defeat, but it kind of did better than the worst—case scenario. there's still, i mean, the opposition party. now at this point, we would expect that the syriza leader, alexis tsipras would step down, although there alexis tsipras, would step down, although there is no indication that

so far that he will step down. the other surprise is these, let's say, so—called successors of the neo—nazi party, golden dawn, which are called the spartans. this is a far—right party that is backed and endorsed by this jailed golden dawn spokesperson, whose name is ilias kasidiaris. he is imprisoned and they are entering parliament. based on the early results, they could also gain up to 13 seats in parliament. 0k. what impact has this migrant boat tragedy, just 11 days ago, with the loss of possibly many hundreds of people's lives had there? has it been part of the conversation and in particular the criticism from some of the survivors that the greek coastguard didn't do enough to help? well, i'm actually standing here next to the camp, the refugee camp, identification centre where the survivors have been brought after the shipwreck. and i would say that needed this boat tragedy.

neither this boat tragedy, neither the fatal train crash has actually affected that much, you know, the results of this election. so, as we all probably remember, since 2015, greece so, as we all probably remember, since 2015, greece was at the forefront of the refugee migration crisis. we've seen like hundreds of thousands of people crossing in under a year alone from the islands, the islands that are across the turkish coast. so, lesbos here, samos, all these islands had received thousands of people. there were boats with 2000 to 3000 people per day. they were all crossing, transiting greece to go into germany. so this has been happening like this since eight years ago. this government has a new austere policy towards migration. they said we are in we are not favour of smugglers. they said, "we are not favour of smugglers. "we are not for illegal migration.

"we welcome refugees, but not illegally," which obviously this makes it much more complicated cos people have been crossing, have been resorting to smugglers because they didn't now it's time for a look at today's sport with lizzie. carlos alcaraz is now the top seed for wimbledon after winning queens — his first title on grass. his impressive victory over alex de minaur in the final means he's also the world number one, over—taking novak djokovic in the seedings for wimbledon, which starts in a week's time. patrick gearey reports. one of the most popular paths to wimbledon runs through west kensington. queens is a good place to see the future. its grass courts are strange territory for carlos alcaraz, but he's been growing on these lawns, adjusting his game accordingly. in alex de minaur, he had an opponent who could provide a test, a bundle of aussie energy. at times in the first set, he threatened alcaraz, only to ultimately lose the argument. and after several flowing phrases

of tennis, the set was finished with an alcaraz full stop. he seemed to need the pause. the physio was called to provide some comfort. a few extra seconds in the shade would have helped. the temperature in london was above 30 degrees, but the pace didn't seem to drop. earlier in the week, de minaur knocked andy murray out, but it hasn't affected his popularity. commentator: oh, that spun back! the australian here making the ball boomerang — touche for the trick shot. but the big shots were all from alcaraz. he imposed his will on his first grass court final game and soon seemed entirely at home. he came to queens, he says, to educate himself about grass. he leaves it as the champion

and world number one. i started the tournament not really well. as you said, i had to, you know, adapt my movement a little bit on grass to get experience. yeah, but it's been an amazing, amazing week. and in the way with a lot of, you know, a lot of energy. so, atjust 20 years old, alcaraz is king of queens and wimbledon top seed, he is making english grass his turf. patrick geary, bbc news. meanwhile, petra kvitova boosted her hopes of a third wimbledon title by winning the german open in berlin. she swept past donna vekic in straight sets to win her second title of the year. while at the birmingham classic, jelena ostapenko won her second title on grass with victory over barbora krejcikova. she clinched a very tight first set in a tie—break and then went on to win the second set 6—4. it was the latvian�*s first staight sets win of the tournament. she'll now move on to eastbourne. australia have the upper hand in the womens ashes test at trent bridge.

england will start the final day on 116—5 — chasing what would be a record run chase of 268 to win. australia were all out in their second innings for 257, sophie ecclestone once again england's best bowler taking 5 wickets — that's 10 for the match. but their hopes of achieving their highest chase severely dented when they lost 5 late wickets before the close and need 152 runs to win on the final day. the mulit—format series continues with three t20s and 3 odis. it's the final day of major league baseball's visit to london. the saint louis cardinals beat the chicago cubs 7—5 in the second game of the series. the cubs led by four runs after the first inning, but the cardinals took the lead in the fourth and never looked back, paul goldschmidt driving—in the go—ahead run to send them on the way to victory. the two teams share the series after the cubs won 9—1 in saturday's first game.

you can follow the storm delayed final day of the women's pga championship on our website. that's it from me. lizzie, thanks very much. we'll see you later. 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 roller—coaster — which reaches a height of 30 metres and speed 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. here in the uk, a 15 —year—old girl

has died after being pulled from the sea at a beach in cleethorpes in northeast lincolnshire. she had been airlifted to hospital along with a 15 —year—old boy. he has now been discharged. the teens had been reported missing at about lunchtime on saturday, prompting a search that involved a helicopter and lifeboat. the annual hajj pilgrimage has begun in saudi arabia, and this year it's expected to break records with the largest hajj in history, yasmin khatun dewan has more. it's about 37 degrees here, but the heat won't deter these crowds. the men, seen with robes, and women in their religious garments — all in a sacred state. the hajj begins with the serving. a pillar of the islamic faith taking part in the pilgrimage, at least once it's understood to be an obligation for those who can

afford the trip. and are healthy enough to carry out its rights. translation: i can't describe my feelings. may god grant me the lessening of completing the hajj. i hope everyone is able to perform it.— is able to perform it. translation: thank god, i — is able to perform it. translation: thank god, i was _ is able to perform it. translation: thank god, i was wishing _ is able to perform it. translation: thank god, i was wishing to - is able to perform it. translation: thank god, i was wishing to perform the hajj _ thank god, i was wishing to perform the hajj a _ thank god, i was wishing to perform the hajj a long time ago, and god granted _ the hajj a long time ago, and god granted it— the hajj a long time ago, and god granted it to me. the the hajj a long time ago, and god granted it to me.— granted it to me. the specific rituals carried _ granted it to me. the specific rituals carried out _ granted it to me. the specific rituals carried out by - granted it to me. the specificj rituals carried out by muslims granted it to me. the specific - rituals carried out by muslims today date back to the prophet muhammad's farewell pilgrimage and remain unchanged. the hajj will see the pilgrims travel to various sites. pilgrims will gather for one of most important days in the islamic calendar. this year, that is expected to break records as the largest in history. more than 2.5 million muslims are expected to take part in the hajj pilgrimage. this covid—19 restrictions that were in

place since 2020 have this year been fully relaxed. at the height of the pandemic, just 10,000 people were permitted to participate. with that number rising to 59,020 21. and last year, that number going up to1 million people. and for some of those pilgrims, this year has been a especially significant. translation: here we are praying and we ask all muslims_ here we are praying and we ask all muslims to — here we are praying and we ask all muslims to take _ here we are praying and we ask all muslims to take this _ here we are praying and we ask all muslims to take this opportunity l here we are praying and we ask all| muslims to take this opportunity to pray for stability _ muslims to take this opportunity to pray for stability and _ muslims to take this opportunity to pray for stability and safety - muslims to take this opportunity to pray for stability and safety in - muslims to take this opportunity to pray for stability and safety in the i pray for stability and safety in the muslim _ pray for stability and safety in the muslim world _ pray for stability and safety in the muslim world and _ pray for stability and safety in the muslim world and to _ pray for stability and safety in the muslim world and to pray - pray for stability and safety in the muslim world and to pray for - pray for stability and safety in the | muslim world and to pray for their brothers in— muslim world and to pray for their brothers in sudan. _ muslim world and to pray for their brothers in sudan. that— muslim world and to pray for their brothers in sudan. that the - muslim world and to pray for their. brothers in sudan. that the country stahitises— brothers in sudan. that the country stabilises and — brothers in sudan. that the country stabilises and people _ brothers in sudan. that the country stabilises and people live _ brothers in sudan. that the country stabilises and people live in- brothers in sudan. that the country stabilises and people live in safetyl stabilises and people live in safety and security — stabilises and people live in safety and security. this _ stabilises and people live in safety and security-— stabilises and people live in safety and security. this time next week, man of and security. this time next week, many of the _ and security. this time next week, many of the new — and security. this time next week, many of the new hajjis _ and security. this time next week, many of the new hajjis will- and security. this time next week, many of the new hajjis will make l many of the new hajjis will make their way home, having been on one of the most diffidentjourneys in their lives. yasmin khatun dewan, bbc news.

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. tens of thousands of people have been gathering to watch him on stage. and one of them is our correspondent sarah—jane bungay. over to you. hello there. you join me in the midst of a very busy field of the pyramid stage. i apologise if it's noisy. people are vying for their spot to see sir elton. there are people as far as the eye can see and there are more stilljoining the crowds. they bought picnic blankets, their camping chairs, they brought provisions. eltonjohn is one of those artists who transcend generations. you could be a grandparent or due grandchild and he appeals to everyone. i spoke to a couple people who said they've come

to the festival mainly for the drum and bass music, which is about as far away you can get from elton john, but we're still going to come see elton because we love his stuff so much. what does it take to be right at the front of the barrier? i went out earlier and found some people, and one had been awake since 4am and come down and stake his place right in front of the barrier in front of the pyramid stage. his name was mark from stockport and he had seen elton over 100 times. he had all the gear on. he made a massive yellow sign saying, "i've seen you 100 times. " this is going to be poignant because it's the last uk performance in his farewell tour. he's been to stadiums across the world of this to her. he's actually teased us and said tonight he's going to mix things up again, he's going to mix things up again, he's going to mix things up again, he's going to provide some tracks he hasn't son for a long time. he also

is that he's going to bring on some special guest. the rumours have gone to overdrive. just looking at twitter before i came to speak to you, there is terror and edger ten, who played elton in the biopic of his life —— tarron edgerton. he certainly hasn't been on stage yet. who else? britney spears is good friends with elton, but we know she was in los angeles until very recently, so perhaps not. do a leap up recently, so perhaps not. do a leap up —— dua lipa is here as well, but not long to wait. what about a0 minutes. it's got even busier here. i've never seen so many fake diamante sunglasses either. but the

people dressed up as well, right through the eras. it's been a really hot blast and barry, but tonight, it's lovely. there is a breeze, i think people are really looking forward to this performance —— glastonbury. you can catch on the bbc as well. sarahjane, thank you. you can keep up—to—date with all of our top story. i'll see you a little later. thanks for watching. downpours in places with thunder and lightning, gusty winds, and this is what it looked like earlier on. you can see there will be lightning.

this is not mostly out to sea. all the while, temperatures reached 32 .2 celsius. many will be pleased to hear that the week ahead is looking a lot fresher, but it will be a changeable one with some rain at times. let's have a look at the forecast as we head through monday. that is now well out to sea, so in the morning, belfast, 12 celsius, 13 in birmingham and 15 expected in norwich and london. it's going to be a beautiful sunny morning and the fine afternoon as well with scattered fair clouds. a few showers will develop across northern ireland, parts of scotland and northern england. temperatures about average for the time of year. 18 in glasgow, 23 expected in london. tuesday's weather map shows low pressure heading our way, so cloud

and rain, but this one is also going to put in rather humid and warm air from the southern climes. subtropical air, so extensive layered cloud across the uk. a lot of rain across the northern and northwestern areas towards the southwest, quite murky around on the coast. and it will feel quite close, even though temperatures will be the high — 22 in london, 22 and belfast. it will be a slow process for this low pressure to swing by because on wednesday, it's cold front is still moving across the uk, and that will give one or two down fours are specially across the northern half of the uk. ahead of the cold front, it's still very warm on wednesday in london, and would norwich about 25 celsius. that takes us towards the end of the week of the jet stream will push in yet another low pressure, but that will bring rain mostly for northwestern parts of the uk. not much rainfall expected in the south. i do glance, quite a changeable week. i think

temperatures will be pleasant. bye—bye.

antony blinken — says the attempted 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 vladimir putin fled moscow during the crisis.

america's top diplomat —