after a bbc investigation. japan says it would shoot down chinese spy balloons spotted over their territory in future. hello, i'm samantha simmonds, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start with the dramatic events which unfolded in russia over the weekend. today, the russian prime minister mikhail mishustin said that the country had faced "a challenge to its stability" and mr mishutin called for unity behind the leadership of vladmir putin. nato�*s secretary generaljens stoltenberg has also beeb making his first public comments about the aborted mutiny by wagner mercenaries. he said the rebellion demonstrated that president vladimir putin's reasons for invading ukraine were flawed. the events over the weekend

are an internal russian matter. and yet another demonstration of the big strategic mistake that president putin made with his legal annexation, his legal annexation of crimea and the war against ukraine. as russia continues its assault, it is even more important to continue our support to ukraine. events over the weekend unfolded rapidly. on friday, yevgeny prigozhin released a video stepping up his feud with russia's military top generals. in it, he questioned president putin's justification for invading ukraine. in response russia's fsb security service opened a criminal case against him. by saturday, wagner fighters entered the southern russian city of rostov—on—don, taking control of the army headquarters. vladimir putin made a televised address. he accused mr prigozhin of treason" and a "stab in the back" and urged

a consolidation of all forces. reports said wagner mercenary troops were heading north to moscow in a convoy. russian soldiers set up a defence positions around moscow, according to photographs seen by the media. presidentjoe biden spoke to the leaders of france, germany and the uk about the crisis. bela rusian president alexander lukashenko brokered a deal with prigozhin aimed at de—escalating the situation. wagner fighters then left the military headquarters in rostov—on—don. it was agreed that mr prigozhin could leave russia for belarus. in a moment we'll get the view from kyiv and our correspondent mayeni jones, but first to sarah rainsford, our eastern europe correspondent in warsaw. in the past hour we have heard from the russian prime minister saying that the country had faced a challenge to its stability. what do you make of his words and the fact that we still haven't seen vladimir

putin since saturday? i that we still haven't seen vladimir putin since saturday?— putin since saturday? i think this is all art putin since saturday? i think this is all part of— putin since saturday? i think this is all part of something - putin since saturday? i think this is all part of something i - putin since saturday? i think this is all part of something i think. putin since saturday? i think this| is all part of something i think we might call operation restore putin's reputation. i think he in the kremlin know that he has taken a blow over the last few days and whatever happened over the weekend was extremely do matter can the response of the kremlin was seen to be weak. this is about rallying behind the president coming out with a show of force and unity and that's what the role of russia's prime minister mikhail mishustin was, he gathered his deputy prime minister is for a meeting and it was about saying russia is under attack, we are facing enemies, we must unite, he said we need to gather together to unite behind our president in those figures at the table then said of course that is what we will do. a show of unity and strength but it followed important developments. a video released by the defence ministry with sergei shoigu the man against whom this mutiny was ostensibly launched in the first

place, he was being shown as a man who is very much still in the front line at the command centre of russian forces fighting their war on ukraine. we don't know when that video was filmed on the circumstances but we know the message that and everything else was meant to send that president putin is in control but not weakened or threatened, all of that was just a blip and he is the big strong man at the top and his team is behind him. that is the message, not necessarily at the reality. the that is the message, not necessarily at the reality-— at the reality. the question remains what will putin _ at the reality. the question remains what will putin do _ at the reality. the question remains what will putin do next? _ at the reality. the question remains what will putin do next? as - at the reality. the question remains what will putin do next? as far - at the reality. the question remains what will putin do next? as far as l what will putin do next? as far as we go prigozhin has been sent to belarus between have not seen or heard from them or anyone else in belarus if he is there. and what is this going to do with regards to the situation in ukraine and the fighting there? i situation in ukraine and the fighting there?— situation in ukraine and the fiaahtin there? ~' , ., fighting there? i think the question of prigozhin. _ fighting there? i think the question of prigozhin, yevgeny _ fighting there? i think the question of prigozhin, yevgeny prigozhin's l of prigozhin, yevgeny prigozhin's future is a very interesting one because as part of the deal that was

struck apparently by actor alexander lukashenko or at least he was the front man who would put up to announce it, as part of that daylight seemed like the kremlin had offered an amnesty to yevgeny prigozhin which was incredible because this was the man who vladimir putin came out and accused of stabbing russia in the back, he accused him of betrayal and hours later the kremlin said there would be no criminal prosecution, he would not face the charge of insurrection. it sounded like weakness and here we are a day and a half later with sources simultaneously telling several state news agencies in russia that actually those criminal charges are still formally in place. again i think this is part of restoring putin's reputation to rebuild him again as the strong man, he did not climb down, maybe that was a mistake, certainly the criminal cases still open and that mostly what we are not hearing at all from yevgeny prigozhin. we don't

know where he is but for a very vocal man in recent times he is surprisingly quiet. what does this mean for the war they are in ukraine? i what does this mean for the war they are in ukraine?— are in ukraine? i think firstly the main thing _ are in ukraine? i think firstly the main thing to — are in ukraine? i think firstly the main thing to say _ are in ukraine? i think firstly the main thing to say is _ are in ukraine? i think firstly the main thing to say is that - are in ukraine? i think firstly the main thing to say is that this - are in ukraine? i think firstly the main thing to say is that this has been _ main thing to say is that this has been incredibly galvanising for ukrainian authorities and their troops — ukrainian authorities and their troops over the weekend. president zeiensky— troops over the weekend. president zelensky making a lot of statements to the _ zelensky making a lot of statements to the effect that this was russia's 'ust to the effect that this was russia's just desserts, their instability the country— just desserts, their instability the country was seen as it is right result— country was seen as it is right result of— country was seen as it is right result of president putin was my decision— result of president putin was my decision to invade ukraine, he also used _ decision to invade ukraine, he also used the _ decision to invade ukraine, he also used the opportunity to appeal to the international community saying this exposes the chaos at the heart of the _ this exposes the chaos at the heart of the putin administration. this is evidence _ of the putin administration. this is evidence you need to support us because — evidence you need to support us because it — evidence you need to support us because it russia is a nuclear power and we _ because it russia is a nuclear power and we are — because it russia is a nuclear power and we are at the front of stopping things— and we are at the front of stopping things from escalating. events

happening over the weekend have been a boost _ happening over the weekend have been a boost to— happening over the weekend have been a boost to ukraine and their forces. the authorities are team to send a message _ the authorities are team to send a message that they may progress over the weekend in their ongoing counteroffensive in the east of the countrx _ counteroffensive in the east of the countrx at — counteroffensive in the east of the country. at the moment they say that during _ country. at the moment they say that during the _ country. at the moment they say that during the mutiny organised by the wagner— during the mutiny organised by the wagner group, the deputy defence minister— wagner group, the deputy defence minister claimed some wagner group sport temporarily taken out of ukraine — sport temporarily taken out of ukraine but given the situation resolved — ukraine but given the situation resolved itself pretty quickly they were brought back but it is not really — were brought back but it is not really clear what's going to happen to wagner— really clear what's going to happen to wagner forces here now. we are told those — to wagner forces here now. we are told those who were part of the mutiny — told those who were part of the mutiny will be absorbed into the russian — mutiny will be absorbed into the russian army. what will that mean for their— russian army. what will that mean for their positions here in the east of the _ for their positions here in the east of the country? certainly events in russia _ of the country? certainly events in russia here — of the country? certainly events in russia here being seen positively by ukraine, _ russia here being seen positively by ukraine, they think it is a benefit to thern — ukraine, they think it is a benefit to them. , ., ., to them. does that mean it will robabl to them. does that mean it will probably galvanise _ to them. does that mean it will probably galvanise nato - to them. does that mean it will| probably galvanise nato support to them. does that mean it will - probably galvanise nato support even further? �* . , probably galvanise nato support even further? . ., , ., , further? already, we have seen several world _ further? already, we have seen several world leaders _ further? already, we have seen several world leaders step - further? already, we have seen several world leaders step up i further? already, we have seen l several world leaders step up and say this— several world leaders step up and say this is— several world leaders step up and say this is evidence that ukraine

needs— say this is evidence that ukraine needs the — say this is evidence that ukraine needs the support of the international community more than ever _ international community more than ever there — international community more than ever. there was an announcement this morning _ ever. there was an announcement this morning that _ ever. there was an announcement this morning that australia would be given— morning that australia would be given more military aid than it already— given more military aid than it already has committed to ukraine, the us— already has committed to ukraine, the us has— already has committed to ukraine, the us has come out vocally in support— the us has come out vocally in support of— the us has come out vocally in support of ukraine telling the international community now is the time more — international community now is the time more than ever to support him so i time more than ever to support him so i think— time more than ever to support him so i think that allied with the conversations that president zelensky had over the weekend is really— zelensky had over the weekend is really a _ zelensky had over the weekend is really a moment where western allies. _ really a moment where western allies, nato members are saying we are seeing _ allies, nato members are saying we are seeing the cracks in the russian administration, let's come together and show— administration, let's come together and show a — administration, let's come together and show a show of force, show that we are _ and show a show of force, show that we are united and put resources behind — we are united and put resources behind ukraine to make sure they're counteroffensive is successful. thank — counteroffensive is successful. thank you. it was the uk's most notorious racist murder and it prompted a storm of protest about policing up and down the country. now a new suspect in the killing of stephen lawrence has been identified in a bbc investigation. he is matthew white,

who died two years ago. he has never been publicly named before and the bbc has found that the metropolitan police seriously mishandled key evidence related to him. stephen was 18 when he was murdered in a racist attack by a gang of young white men in south london in 1993. two of the original five prime suspects were jailed for the murder in 2012. the other three have not been convicted of the crime. our correspondent daniel de simone reports. stephen lawrence, the victim of the most notorious racist murder in british history. 30 years on, we reveal disastrous police failures and identify a key suspect for the first time. stephen was killed by a gang of young white men in eltham, south london, in 1993. the met police's handling of the case led to the force being branded institutionally racist. they had no intention of finding the people who killed my son.

i've got no confidence in these people to do anything when it comes on to this case. there were five prime suspects. two were finally convicted a decade ago. but stephen's friend, duwayne brooks, who survived the attack, said there were six attackers. our investigation today identifies a new suspect for the first time. this man, matthew white, and reveals serious failings by the met. white's stepfather contacted the met after the murder, but the wrong name for him was put into a database and the lead was not pursued. a new investigator traced the right man 20 years later. i knocked on his door and said, "i'm coming to talk to you about stephen lawrence murder", to which he said, "you're rushing thisjob, aren't you, officer?" he actually said that to me. the stepfather said white admitted to being present at the attack. it wasn'tjust him.

another witness had given a statement to the met years before, in 2000, saying white told him he was part of the attack. and i've got surveillance photos from 1993, that show white looked like the unidentified lead attacker described by stephen's friend and eyewitnesses. white died in this bedsit in 2021, a year after the met stopped investigating stephen's murder. scotland yard told us matthew white was arrested and interviewed in 2000 and in 2013, and that prosecutors twice said there wasn't enough evidence to charge. the evidence relating to matthew white implicates the three prime suspects, who remain free. deputy assistant commissioner matt ward told us... "unfortunately, too many mistakes were made in the initial "investigation, and the impact of them continues to be seen. "0n the 30th anniversary of stephen's murder,

"commissioner sir mark rowley apologised for our failings. "and i repeat that apology today." after so many police failings, will there ever be fulljustice for stephen lawrence? daniel joins us now. let's pick up on that question, there have been some calls to reopen there have been some calls to reopen the investigation by the met, could that happen? it the investigation by the met, could that happen?— that happen? it could happen, the met sto -s that happen? it could happen, the met stops investigating _ that happen? it could happen, the met stops investigating the - that happen? it could happen, the | met stops investigating the murder three years ago, they said it was moving to an inactive phase in their words, it means no officers were working full—time on the case. they did say earlier this year they are doing a standard forensic review of certain exhibits. there are basically no active investigations going on but the police have set that if there is new information the would reopen, they would investigate

it and certainly stephen's parents have wanted it to be investigated again, they want everyone who killed him to be brought tojustice. thea;r him to be brought to 'ustice. they want to police h him to be brought to justice. they want to police officers _ him to be brought tojustice. they want to police officers involved in this investigation to be looked into, don't they, could that happen? i donal but baroness lawrence released a statement today, stephen's mother in response to my investigation and she says she is furious with the met police, she says it is an absolutely great thing... i says it is an absolutely great thin . .. . says it is an absolutely great thin... ., ., ., , thing... i am going to pause you for a moment — thing... i am going to pause you for a moment while _ thing... i am going to pause you for a moment while we _ thing... i am going to pause you for a moment while we say _ thing... i am going to pause you for a moment while we say goodbye . thing... i am going to pause you for a moment while we say goodbye to | thing... i am going to pause you for i a moment while we say goodbye to our viewers on bbc two. daniel, do carry on. it viewers on bbc two. daniel, do carry on. , ., ., , ., ., viewers on bbc two. daniel, do carry on. it is a really grave matter, a murder suspect _ on. it is a really grave matter, a murder suspect in _ on. it is a really grave matter, a murder suspect in a _ on. it is a really grave matter, a murder suspect in a case - on. it is a really grave matter, a murder suspect in a case like i on. it is a really grave matter, a. murder suspect in a case like this was not investigated properly and she says it should have been accountability, officers involved should have been held accountable but she says itjust hasn't happened. but she says it 'ust hasn't happened._ but she says it 'ust hasn't

ha ened. . ~ , ,., happened. have the met responded? the have happened. have the met responded? they have responded _ happened. have the met responded? they have responded and _ happened. have the met responded? they have responded and very - they have responded and very unusually have actually named matthew white as a suspect, they said he was a suspect, they arrested him, they treated him as a witness for the first seven years, they said they then arrested him, he was arrested twice years apart and that they put in a file to prosecutors to try to have him charged but the prosecutor said there was not enough evidence and the met has apologised for its handling of the case, it said it was a significant error to do with one lead that was ignored in 1993. ., ~ do with one lead that was ignored in 1993. ., , , ., , do with one lead that was ignored in 1993. . ~ y . ., do with one lead that was ignored in 1993. . y . ., 1993. thank you very much for taking us throu~h 1993. thank you very much for taking us through that. _ and for viewers in the uk, you can watch daniel's full report on bbc one at 8.30 tonight, or on the bbc iplayer now. you can also read the full investigation online at bbc.co.uk/news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories making news in the uk.

a study has found people in the uk are less likely to survive treatable conditions, such as breast cancer and stroke, than those in other rich nations. the review by the king's fund think tank says the problem may be directly linked to the performance of the nhs. it says below—average spending on the uk health service has led to fewer staff and equipment than systems elsewhere. police in northern ireland can now charge people with non—fatal strangulation. strangulation is the second most common method of female murder in the uk , after attacks with a knife or sharp instrument. in the uk, after attacks with a knife or sharp instrument. and dee forbes, the boss of irish broadcaster rte, has resigned with immediate effect after controversy over undisclosed payments to a high profile presenter. tv and radio host, ryan tubridy, was paid 345,000 euros more than had been published in the organisation's earning reports. he received the payments between 2017 and 2022.

you're live with bbc news. christine dawood, who lost her husband and son when a submersible imploded in the atlantic last week has told the bbc she was supposed to be on board, but gave her place to her 19—year—old son. shahzada and suleman dawood were among the five men who were on board the titan. christine dawood has been speaking exclusively to our correspondent nomia iqbal. 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 i 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. isaid, "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, wejust 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? 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. but then i stepped back and gave the space to suleman because he really wanted to go. this again seems like a really difficult question to ask, but 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 else you want to add, christine? that i miss them. that i really, really miss them. yeah. some breaking news we are getting from russia as we are just hearing that president vladimir putin has held a phone call with iranian president expressed full support for the russian leadership after saturday's abortive need to make. i will be speaking to a panel of

experts with their analysis and all of the latest developments. ajapanese defence intelligence official has told the bbc his country's armed forces would be prepared to shoot down any chinese spy balloons spotted overjapan's territory in the future. it follows a bbc panorama investigation that discovered evidence of one suspected surveillance balloon travelling overjapan in 2021. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has more details. i am sitting in my driveway and this thing is up in the sky. it was february when residents of the us state of montana saw something strange in their skies. i know there is a lot of questions about the flying objects. the spy balloon was then spotted moving all the way across the us. they're shooting it. that balloon was eventually shot down, but its journey raised questions about the nature and reach of china's foreign surveillance operation.

to find out more, bbc panorama has been working with a founder of an artificial intelligence company. the ai has been sifting through millions of satellite images to track the balloon. looking for something that's maybe 110 metres across. and we're looking for that in millions and millions and millions of square kilometres of earth's surface. the balloon was tracked, passing close to a us nuclear base and all the way back to a probable launch site on hainan island in china. china claimed the balloon was a civilian airship used for scientific research, such as meteorology, and that it was an isolated event. but working with corey, the bbc can now reveal new details about other spy balloons. corey's ai programme discovered four satellite images of a balloon crossing northern japan in early september 2021. the japanese ministry of defence told the bbc that they suspected this was one of three chinese spy balloons that has flown over their territory since 2019. it is strongly presumed that the balloons were

reconnaissance balloons flown by china. the ministry of defence ofjapan is taking all precautions to monitor the situation on a daily basis. japan says it is prepared to shoot down chinese balloons in the future. for protecting lives and property of people in the territory ofjapan, it is possible to respond to the situation with the use of weapon. the ai software also found evidence of another balloon off the coast of taiwan. the taiwanese government says it believed this was a weather balloon. but corey says that's unlikely. so, i suspectjust based on the diameter of the balloon and the fact that the operating altitudes look similar, that looks an awful lot like the balloon that flew over the united states, overjapan. the chinese embassy say they respect all countries' sovereignty and territorial integrity. but former us intelligence officials say they believe china may be using balloons to intercept communications.

i if you're trying to pick up cell. phone transmissions or understand communication patterns, - then i could theoretically see where the balloon could be a useful platform for that. i countries spy on each other all the time. but the very public nature of china's balloon flights has drawn new attention on the potential scale and ambition of china's surveillance programme. a lancashire woman who died as a result of drowning was alive when she entered the water. evidence heard that there was no evidence she was harmed. let's talk to our correspondent. first of all this

case, this disappearance sparked huge media interest and a massive police inquiry at the time back in january. yes, when nicola bulley disappeared its snowball into what happened thereafter. nicola bulley was last seen by the river wye are on that day and in the time between hard disappearance and her being found there was intense speculation, on social media about what could've happened and lancashire police always cleared this was a missing persons inquiry, that she had somehow entered water and had fallen into the river and that's why they were always searching that stretch of river. three weeks later her body is found about 1.5 miles downstream. the coroner in preston today made it clear he was not going to address any speculation about what happened to nicola bulley which was out there on social media at the time, that is not what is job was. it would be to use proportionate evidence from

reliable sources but it was where, when and how nicola bulley had died. she was 115 years old and one of the first witnesses this morning was a home office pathologist who examined her body after it had been found in the river and to summarise what that said, she concluded that nicola bulley had drowned, there had been no third party involvement in her getting in to the river, she had not come to any harm or been assaulted beforehand. she had been alive, did not have any alcohol in her system when she went into the river. that evidence is continuing at the moment but quite tight security around county hall here, there are wild internet theories at the time, that she perhaps could have been disruption to the inquest here today, frequent police patrols, double security on this inquest today to make sure it is not

disrupted at all.— today to make sure it is not disrupted at all. thank you, stay with us, disrupted at all. thank you, stay with us. back — disrupted at all. thank you, stay with us, back in _ disrupted at all. thank you, stay with us, back in a _ disrupted at all. thank you, stay with us, back in a moment. - it's been very humid of late and over the next few days the weather is going to turn that bit fresher. there'll still be sunshine in the forecast, but at times there will also be some rain. today we've got this transient ridge of high pressure across us, so more settled day than it was yesterday. but having said that, we still are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. some of the showers will be heavy, but there's less of a chance of them being thundery, and quite blowing winds as well. now, some of us missing the showers will have a pleasant day. temperatures up to about 20, 23 degrees in the north. we're looking at 15 to 20 degrees, which will still feel pleasant if you're out of the showers. heading on through the evening and overnight, many of the showers will eventually fade, but through the night, thicker cloud will start to arrive in northern ireland and then we'll see some rain coming in and the wind will pick up too across northern ireland and western scotland.

these are overnight lows, 9 to 13 degrees. into tomorrow, we start off with sunshine in the east and also the south, but the cloud and rain already in the west pushes into northern ireland, scotland, northern england and wales. drier as we push further south, but increasingly cloudy. 0ur temperatures — 15 to about 22 degrees. moving further into the week again for wednesday, what we're looking at is this cold front coming in now. we're in between a warm and a cold front. ahead of the cold front, we're in humid conditions, but behind it here, we're looking at fresher conditions coming our way. a lot of cloud with some splashes of rain across parts of england and wales. then in comes a cold front across scotland, northern ireland getting into northern england through the day. and behind that, fresher conditions follow. here, too, we'll be looking at sunshine and showers. temperatures in the west, 15 to 18, but up to 211 in the southeast for thursday. the cold weather front mightjust stall across the far south east of england.

if that happens, then we will see some persistent rain for much of the day on and off. as we push further north away from that rain, we're looking at something drier and brighter. yes, it'll be areas of cloud at times thick enough, even for the odd shower. temperature wise, during the course of thursday, we're looking at a range of 15 in the north at a range of 15 in the north to a high of maybe 22 as we push to a high of maybe 22 as we push down to the far southeast. that's 72 in old money. that's 72 in old money.

this is bbc news, the headlines: after russia releases the first pictures of its defence minister since the weekend's rebellion, the country's prime minister admits the mutiny was a "challenge to stability".