a threat to russia, which has, as you know, been part of putin's narrative. these create more cracks in the russian facade. and bbc�*s exclusive interview with christine dawood, the wife and mother of the father and son who died in the titan sub disaster. i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. we start tonight in russia where many questions remain unanswered a day after the wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin abandoned his short—lived rebellion against the kremlin. currently, the whereabouts of both prigozhin and russian president vladimir putin are unknown. the wagner chief was thought to be heading into exile in belarus after agreeing to end his advance on moscow. well, the rebellion and subsequent retreat surprised many, and is being seen as the most

serious challenge to president putin's grip on power in over 20 years. speaking about the events earlier, us secretary of state anthony blinken said the revolt had laid bare real cracks in mr 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. while president putin faces uncertainty, so too does the wagner group. it is unclear what will happen next to prigozhin and his ranks of mercenary soldiers, who've been key in russia's waron ukraine. here's the bbc�*s steve rosenberg in moscow. 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? foeradimir 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 wagner fighters 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 steve rosenberg reports, the past 48 hours call into question just how firm vladimir putin's grip on russia actually is.

for now, at least, his main opponents are in exile or in prison. so what happens next? bill browder is an anti—corruption activist and author, and putin critic. i spoke with him earlier bill, welcome to the programme. after a startling 2a hour is in russia, what do you think i'm sex for president putin? putin comes out _ sex for president putin? putin comes out of _ sex for president putin? putin comes out of this _ sex for president putin? putin comes out of this whole - sex for president putin? putin comes out of this whole mess| comes out of this whole mess looking much weaker than he did going into it 48 hours ago and thatis going into it 48 hours ago and that is a real problem for him. that kind of weakness will attract other people do have a go at him, to challenge his authority and to potentially try to do the same thing, so from a putin's perspective, he needs to be the meanest guy in the prison yard. he needs to show his teeth. he needs to show his teeth. he needs to show that he can be more brutal than anyone else and what that

means is he is going to start rounding up anybody that he thinks is disloyal, anyone who isn't completely on his side and those people will end up either injail or dead. and those people will end up either in jail or dead. there is going to be a purge in russia that would make stalin blush and that is the only way he can reassert his authority and exit this risky moment that he is in where other people will try the same thing. bill. will try the same thing. bill, do ou will try the same thing. bill, do you think _ will try the same thing. bill, do you think ultimately - will try the same thing. bill, do you think ultimately that he can survive this? i do you think ultimately that he can survive this?— can survive this? i think that this is the — can survive this? i think that this is the beginning - can survive this? i think that this is the beginning of - can survive this? i think that this is the beginning of the l this is the beginning of the end for putin but how long that and process takes, i could not predict. i think that it is truly a game changer because everybody thought that people support him, but these trips of prigozhin�*s rolled into rostov without any type of opposition. they did not even have to fire a shot. they then rolled into

another town and they were cheered. what this suggests is that putin is not popular, that people were actually rooting for the other skies and that is a really damaging realisation for the russian people, for everyone to look around and say, "actually, everyone shares my views which is that these guys are not doing any good," and that will be difficult to recover from.— recover from. what about prigozhin? _ recover from. what about prigozhin? do _ recover from. what about prigozhin? do you - recover from. what about prigozhin? do you think l recover from. what about l prigozhin? do you think you will go quietly to belarus or challenge putin again? i think that he is still— challenge putin again? i think that he is still a _ challenge putin again? i think that he is still a very - that he is still a very integral part of the whole russian system. remember that he was a guy who was doing all the hacking of the us elections using his internet research agency. he is a guy who is running some mercenary operations in africa for different african leaders which is effectively russia's foreign policy in africa, and he is a

person who was integrally involved in the whole invasion of ukraine. i think that he is probably too important a person to disappear, and what he did was unforgivable, but at the same time, if they got rid of him, they don't have anyone else like him. in fact, his alagna mercenary group was the only fighting ruby ukrainians had respect for. anyone else in the russian military ukrainians laugh out as they killed the —— wagner. so, ithink laugh out as they killed the —— wagner. so, i think we are a long way from seeing prigozhin quietly disappear into the sunset. i don't think that will happen in any way, shape or form. how does he behave towards putin? that is an important question but i am sure he will remain a player in russia. ~ ., sure he will remain a player in russia. ~ . ., russia. what about further opposition? _ russia. what about further opposition? i— russia. what about further opposition? ijust - russia. what about further opposition? i just wonder, | opposition? i just wonder, bill, opposition? ijust wonder, bill, if watching the further developments, good opposition to putin's rule be emboldened from other quarters and if so what could that mean? i think it is absolutely _ what could that mean? i think it is absolutely going - what could that mean? i think it is absolutely going to - what could that mean? i think it is absolutely going to be - it is absolutely going to be

emboldened. anybody who dislikes putin and there are many people who do will say, "well, the king is not wearing clothes. let's think of our plan. let's come up with something." so, at the end of the day, those opportunities for those people will very much depend on how ruthless putin becomes in his crackdown. it we are going to see a crackdown that we have never seen before in russia and how effective that crackdown is and how scary it is for regular people who don't like putin will determine how much opposition comes and helped many other people decide to have a go at him.— to have a go at him. well, tell us more _ to have a go at him. well, tell us more about _ to have a go at him. well, tell us more about how _ to have a go at him. well, tell us more about how you - to have a go at him. well, tell i us more about how you envisage a potential crackdown, because these events, they will not have gone unnoticed by the russian people. what do you think that this could mean for them? i think that this could mean for them? ~ ., ., ., them? i think we are going to see many. — them? i think we are going to see many. many _ them? i think we are going to see many, many people - them? i think we are going to - see many, many people arrested, government officials, military officials, oligarchs — anybody who putin thinks is not 100%

supportive of him, 100% loyal, will find themselves in jail or killed and putin will make a public display of this in order to demonstrate to everybody in russia that there is either death or prison on one side or total loyalty on the other side. and he has to do that as a dictator in order to stay in power. a dictator in order to stay in ower. �* ., ., i. a dictator in order to stay in ower. �* ., ., , ., ~ power. and what do you think this could _ power. and what do you think this could potentially - power. and what do you think this could potentially meet i power. and what do you thinkj this could potentially meet on the battlefield then? what could this mean for ukraine? it is great news for ukraine. first of all, the wagner private military company was the only effective fighting force against the ukrainians. they no longer exist, and many of those people will disburse. the ones thatjoined the regular breaks are going to be led by inferior officers. so, you have wagner disappears, and then you have this other problem which is russia has now witnessed how weak their

differences are in all cities like rostov and all of the places that wagner was, so russia is going to have to devote military resources to reinforcing their own internal security, that means less people on the front in ukraine, less resources in ukraine. and, thirdly, what this shows is that the more that ukraine has a success, the more people fight with each other in russia. so, ithink fight with each other in russia. so, i think that all these things really play into ukraine's hands in the counteroffensive and i think this is excellent news for ukraine. this is excellent news for ukraine-— this is excellent news for ukraine. ~ ., ., ., ukraine. with all of that in mind, ukraine. with all of that in mind. how _ ukraine. with all of that in mind, how do _ ukraine. with all of that in mind, how do you - ukraine. with all of that in mind, how do you think i ukraine. with all of that in i mind, how do you think other countries right now a viewing president putin? i countries right now a viewing president putin?— president putin? i think everyone _ president putin? i think everyone around - president putin? i think everyone around the i president putin? i think i everyone around the world is looking at him as a weak leader, as somebody much less in control than before before, much powerful, less vicious than we saw before, and that weakness will cause him all

sorts of troubles, both internationally and domestically. it is a total disaster for putin. this last 48 hours is really the worst thing that i have ever seen happen to him immediately 23 that he has been in power. thank you for being with us. thank you for being with us. thank you. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskiy discussed this weekend's turmoil in russia in phone calls with us president biden, canadian prime minister trudeau and poland's president duda. the trio of leaders affirmed their continued support for ukraine and discuss the situation in russia. in a statement, president zelensky called for global pressure to be exerted on russia and said that he and biden had also discussed further expanding defence cooperation with an emphasis on long—range weapons. translation: we have, of course, talked _ translation: we have, of course, talked about - translation: we have, of course, talked about the i course, talked about the fighting on the frontline and active movements. i have feet

are partners for their support. it is really crucial and helps our fighters to move forward. the russian occupants are suffering heavy casualties and we need that. the longer the russian aggression continues, the more degradation that goes into russia itself. one of the examples of such degradation is that the russian aggression is now coming home. as events developed inside russia, the bbc�*s verify team worked to sift through videos on social media to track the convoy of wagner vehicles. they are now assessing the aftermath. our europe correspondent nick beake has been working with the team and is in the bbc verify hub with more. what exactly happened yesterday adds just how much fighting was there between the wagner mercenaries who said they were going all the way to moscow and the regular russian army? here at bbc verify we have looked at the video and have tried to make sense of all of it. let me

show you one video in particular. this shows what is believed to be a russian helicopter by a main road here and you can see that it opens fire on what is believed to be a wagner target. we don't know that for sure but you can see just hear the explosion and the aftermath of it. the video itself we have managed to verify as you can see the helicopter there. there is another video to which we have managed to verify and that we believe is from the same spot — the m4 motorway. you can see someone filming out the window. there is the roadside. and just hear the burnt out wreckage of the strike. hard to work out what exactly that was but certainly these two things taken together give us more information about what happened. let mejust information about what happened. let me just show you what we did using google street view. you can see, quite distinctive, isn't it, the residential block there with yellow and blue? that matches the first video we saw so that helped us. also, there were the

pylons from this particular location which we matched as well. there was this happening? i can show you. it was in voronetch halfway between rostov and moscow where wagner wanted to get to. there were other things happening in that city. this is the aftermath of a big fire, big explosion at a fuel depot and in terms of verifying this material it was made a lot easier. you have got the name of the company so that gives us something to go on straightaway so you have got the two different incidents happening in the city, home to abouti million people, and we can see that the oil depot is further north in the city. this is from another angle the aftermath of the blast. this was footage that was taken from a dash camera, so someone who was driving. going back to our map, further north of voronezh there was reports of military vehicles on the motorway and look at this video. this we have verified and it shows, you

can see, a tank and people on board, and this is something we were able to gee locate and it gives you an idea of the movement. but there are still questions about the size of the convoy and its speed so if we look at where we are now i think these are elements that we have been able to verify. we can say with certainty they are accurate but they are fragments within a much wider confused picture. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk. for these women the current system is not working. hundreds of parents came together in london today to protest including jessica from abingdon. mi; to protest including jessica from abingdon.— from abingdon. my son is autistic. _ from abingdon. my son is autistic, his _ from abingdon. my son is autistic, his six _ from abingdon. my son is autistic, his six years i from abingdon. my son is autistic, his six years old | from abingdon. my son is i autistic, his six years old and non—verbal and he is in a mainstream school. he has been on unplaced registerfor mainstream school. he has been on unplaced register for nearly one year now. for on unplaced register for nearly one year nova— on unplaced register for nearly one year now. for some parents

the prospect — one year now. for some parents the prospect of their _ one year now. for some parents the prospect of their child i the prospect of their child starting at a mainstream school is concerning. his starting at a mainstream school is concerning.— is concerning. his speech and lanauuae is concerning. his speech and language is — is concerning. his speech and language is at _ is concerning. his speech and language is at eight - is concerning. his speech and language is at eight months l is concerning. his speech and| language is at eight months to two years and he is in year 5 and is expected to go into a mainstream school and he will not thrive. mainstream school and he will not thrive-— mainstream school and he will not thrive. the department for education _ not thrive. the department for education says _ not thrive. the department for education says it _ not thrive. the department for education says it put _ education says it put significant investment into the high needs budget which it says will be worth £io.i high needs budget which it says will be worth £10.1 billion in the common current academic year, a rise of over 50% in four years. year, a rise of over 50% in fouryears. but year, a rise of over 50% in four years. but for some it could be too late. you're live with bbc news. now to the elections in greece, and conservative leader kyriakos mitsotakis has thanked voters for giving his party what he called a "strong mandate" to move faster on the path of change. it comes after his new democracy party secured a decisive victory action in the second general election within five weeks. with almost all the ballots counted, it has more than forty percent of the vote — well ahead of the left—wing syriza party.

let's hear some of what mr mitsotakis had to say. translation: today we will. enjoy victory but from tomorrow we will roll up our sleeves and create a better greece with more prosperity and justice for everyone. thank you for today. tomorrow will be even better. in greece, authorities are facing new allegations about failing to help people on board a sinking migrant boat last week. the bbc has now heard evidence from several survivors who accuse the greek coast guard of sailing away from the boat, when it was clearly in trouble. the heavily overcrowded vessel, which had set out from libya, began sinking about 50 miles south—west of the coastal town of pylos. our correspondent khalid karamat from the bbc�*s urdu service reports. this boat left libya with around at least 82 people died when

this vessel sank with fears of a to 500 people perishing. in athens i spoke to a woman via video call. he says the vote that eventually rescued people moved away from him in the water. translation: i moved away from him in the water. tuna/mom- moved away from him in the water. translation: i was in the water _ water. translation: i was in the water for _ water. translation: i was in the water for one _ water. translation: i was in the water for one hour. - water. translation: i was in the water for one hour. i i water. translation: l was in | the water for one hour. i swam to the ship as it was far away. they had 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 with teachers and details of their loved ones hoping someone may be able to give them a lead. translation: he may be able to give them a lead. translation: he says the aaent has lead. translation: he says the agent has taken _ lead. translation: he says the agent has taken 2.5 _ lead. translation: he says the agent has taken 2.5 million i agent has taken 2.5 million rupees and is no longer answering calls. the boy's mother is worried and so was father. the boy is only 15. for many of _ father. the boy is only 15. for many of the _ father. the boy is only 15. for many of the families their struggle ends here. their only hope they have left is to submit their dna to the greek authorities. if the dna matches

the bodies recovered they may get some closure. otherwise the struggles continue. the greek authorities have ended the search operation and little hope is left for the recovery of further bodies. but the testimonies of survivors continue to cast doubt on the vision of authority version of events presented by greek authorities and there are now calls for an independent enquiry. in other news, in sweden, one person has died and nine others have been injured, including children, after a rollercoaster accident in the capital, stockholm. the incident happened at the i40—year—old grona lund amusement park. eyewitnesses say the park's jetline rollercoaster partially derailed during a ride. the duchess of york is recuperating with her family, following an operation for breast cancer. sarah ferguson, who was married to prince andrew, was diagnosed after a routine mammogram screening. a spokesman said she'd been told by doctors the prognosis was good. people across england, scotland and wales were unable to call 999 for around two hours this morning

after a technical fault forced people to use an alternative to get help. bt, which manages the service says the glitch has been resolved. now to an exclusive interview with the wife and mother of two of the british passengers lost in the titan sub disaster in the north atlantic last week. the submersible was on its way to view the wreck of the titanic when contact was lost and the vessel imploded. christine dawood, the wife of shahzada dawood and the mother of 19—year—old suleman dawood — was on the polar prince which was supervising the mission. she told the bbc that she had initially planned to go on the trip herself, but gave the spot to her son because he was so excited by the prospect. she's been speaking to the bbc�*s nomia iqbal in stjohn's, newfoundland, from where the expedition had set off. the sentence, "we lost comm." i think that would be a sentence i will never want to hear in my life again. like, lost comm, as in,

we lost communication. were you aboard the vessel, were you here? yes, i was aboard the vessel, i was on the ship. i think i lost hope when we passed the 96—hours mark. that's when i lost hope. and that's when i sent a message to my family onshore. i said, "i'm preparing for the worst." that's when i lost hope. but my daughter, for example, she didn't lose hope until... until the call with the coastguard, when they basically informed us that they'd found debris. tell me just some memories that you have of your boy. so, he would not go anywhere without his rubik's cube. so, he used to teach himself through youtube how to solve the rubik's cube, and he was really

fast at it. i think his best was 12 seconds or something like that. what were your last moments or words that you shared with your husband and son, do you remember that? well, we just hugged and joked, actually, because shahzada was so excited to go down. he was like a little child. was it a lifelong dream of his? yes, absolutely. he had this ability of childlike excitement. they both were so excited. and how did mum feel about it? were you excited as well? i was really happy for them because both of them really, really wanted to do that for a very long time. it was supposed to be shahzada and i going down. i stepped back and gave the space to suleman because he wanted to go. this seems like a difficult question to ask about how do you begin to get closure?

if that's even possible. is there such a thing? i don't know. ithink... he started so many amazing projects, he was involved in so many... he helped so many people and i think we really want to continue that legacy. is there anything you want to add, christine? that i miss them. that i really, really miss them. yeah. in the us state of montana, a bridge collapsed on saturday, plunging portions of a freight train into the yellowstone river.

authorities say that seven of the ten cars that derailed tumbled into the river spilling hot asphalt and molten sulfur into the water. officials in yellowstone county have shut down water intake pumps for the time being, but said that he hazardous material is being diluted by the river and that environmental impact will be limited. you are watching bbc news. there is always more on our website. thank you for your company and i will see you soon. hello. we ended the weekend with some very big contrasts in our weather. across many northern parts of the uk, the heavens opened — downpours in places with thunder and lightning, gusty winds, too. this is what it looked like earlier on the satellite image as that cold front swept across the country and you can see where all

lightning has been. this is now mostly out to sea and the skies have cleared across many western areas. all the while, further south in lincolnshire, temperatures reached 32.2 celsius. and 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 for our parks and gardens. let's have a look at the forecast, then, as we head through monday. that weather front is now well out to sea, and behind it, we've got these fresher atlantic conditions, so in the morning, belfast, 12 celsius, 13 in birmingham and around 15 expected in norwich and london. and it's going to be a beautiful sunny morning and a fine afternoon as well with scattered fair—weather clouds developing and, yes, a few showers will develop across northern ireland, parts of scotland and northern england, too. how about the temperatures? about average for the time of the year — 18 in glasgow, 23 expected in london. now, tuesday's weather map shows another low pressure heading our way, so cloud and rain, yes, but this one is also going to push in rather humid and warm air from the southern climbs — subtropicalair, infact,

so extensive layered cloud across the uk. a lot of rain across northern and northwestern areas. towards the southwest, quite murky around some coasts, and it will feel quite close, even though the temperatures won't be that high — 22 in london, 20 in belfast. if the sun pops out, it will turn a little warmer. and it will be a slow process for this low pressure to swing by because on wednesday, this cold front is still moving across the uk, and that will give one or two downpours, especially across the northern half of the uk. ahead of that cold front, it's still very warm on wednesday in london, and norwich about 25 celsius. that takes us towards the end of the week, and the jet stream will push in yet another low pressure, but that one will bring rain mostly to northwestern parts of the uk — not much rainfall expected in the south. so, let's have a look at the week ahead — at a glance, quite a changeable week. i think temperatures will be pleasant. bye— bye.

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