,turmoil, attempt to create internal turmoil, is doomed to fail. he made no mention of yevgeny prighozhin, the wagner leader, who earlier also broke his silence but didn't reveal his whereabouts. we'll be live in moscow and in kyiv, asking where tonight's public statements leave president putin. also on the programme... the racist murder of stephen lawrence 30 years ago — of the five main suspects, only two have been convicted. now the bbc can reveal this man, matthew white, as a sixth suspect. there were more than two people who were at the scene on the night that they murdered my son. all of them should be in prison doing time. the death of nicola bulley, who went missing in lancashire injanuary — an inquest hears she died of drowning. regular group fighters newsnight at

1030, deeper bond they headlines and speaking the key players on today's big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow's front pages. good evening. president putin has tonight made his first direct statement to the nation about saturday's aborted armed mutiny by paramilitary forces of the wagner group, thanking its fighters who stood down, he said, to avoid bloodshed. he made no mention of the group's head, yevgeny prighozhin, who led the mutiny. earlier, prighozhin broke his silence, saying it had not been his aim to overthrow the government but instead to protest at attempts to bring the group under the russian defence ministry's control.

he had agreed to leave russia for belarus after calling off his troops but his current whereabouts remain unknown. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from moscow. it was the end of his mutiny and the last time we saw yevgeny prighozhin. under a deal with the kremlin on saturday, the wagner chief had pulled back his fighters in exchange for immunity from prosecution, and he agreed to move to belarus. it's not clear where he is now. but today mr prighozhin posted this message. he hadn't tried to overthrow russia's government, he said. it wasjust hadn't tried to overthrow russia's government, he said. it was just a protest to stop wagner being disbanded and to punish those who had made mistakes in what he called the "special military operation" in ukraine. to try to reassert his authority, president putin summoned security chiefs to a late—night meeting. since his tv address on saturday, he had stayed silent on the mutiny that he has called an act

of treachery. tonight he addressed the nation again. translation: it the nation again. translation: it was the patriotism of our citizens, the consolidation of the whole of russian — the consolidation of the whole of russian society, that played the decisive — russian society, that played the decisive role in these events. this support— decisive role in these events. this support helped us overcome the most difficult _ support helped us overcome the most difficult challenges that our motherland faced. thank you for this _ after a weekend of high drama, there was no sense of victory in the russian capital. the mutiny had failed but there are still more _ the mutiny had failed but there are still more questions than answers about— still more questions than answers about what had still more questions than answers about what ha— still more questions than answers about what had happened, and a lot of uncertainty _ about what had happened, and a lot of uncertainty about _ about what had happened, and a lot of uncertainty about what _ about what had happened, and a lot of uncertainty about what is - about what had happened, and a lot of uncertainty about what is in - of uncertainty about what is in store. russian officials have been queueing up to denounce mr prighozhin as a traitor, but the prime minister also blamed the west today for what had happened. russia, he said, had faced a challenge to its stability. "we need to rally around the president". state tv was

on message. the presenter claims that russians had united to support vladimir putin, and denounced treachery. "our enemies were in ecstasy during the mutiny", she said. the traitor evgeny prighozhin did a good job for western propaganda, she said. but at the newspaper kiosk i discovered a different reaction. in the dailies, it was less "blamed the west" and much more "where is russia heading? and russian newspapers are really interesting on this today. even though the media landscape here is heavily controlled by the state some of the papers are saying things that kremlin isn't. for example, this paper says that with the mutiny russia has demonstrated its vulnerability to the whole world unto itself. and this paper calls what mr prighozhin has done an unprecedented challenge to vladimir putin and said it will have long—term consequences for russia. events seemed to take the kremlin by

surprise. did two decades of power make vladimir putin to confident? after 22 years, you do lose a sense of reality. in a giant country like this with everything in the centre and everybody doing everything, you would be an incredibly great person not to lose your marbles this way. is under pressure but don't write off vladimir putin. one thing he has since coming to power is how to stay there. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. russia has relied heavily on wagner mercenaries in its war in ukraine since 2014, when the group supported pro russian separatist forces in eastern ukraine. but wagner's notoriety stretches well beyond europe, and into the middle east and africa where it promotes russian interests through a combination of influence and violence. our correspondent mayeni jones has been looking at the wagner group's operations in africa.

flying its own flag — the wagner group says it's been central to russia's so—called special military operation in ukraine. its moment of triumph came in may, when it said it captured the city of bakhmut in eastern ukraine after months of intense fighting with ukrainian forces. chanting the russian ministry of defence said wagner fighters must be absorbed into the army by the weekend, but it's not even clear if they're still on the front lines. wagner's record is farfrom clean. wagner has been accused of carrying out human rights abuses in a number of places in ukraine, including bucha, which has become a symbol of some of the worst atrocities of this war. but this isn't the only conflict where they've been accused of targeting civilians. thousands of miles away, in the central african republic and mali, the un says they've carried out summary executions and torture. wagner has worked in africa for almost a decade. it provides private security for presidents and fight insurgents.

it often claims its operatives are only instructors hired to train local armed forces. but analysts say the company's security operation is only half the picture. so wagner's operational strategy over the past two to three years has really been to expand both its military and economic footprint in africa. so it has a network of companies associated with it by which it pursues commercial activities in the countries where it operates. and they'd be looking to expand that. investigations have found evidence that the money wagner makes extracting natural resources like african redwood and gold is being used to fund its activities in ukraine. this might explain why russia is keen to maintain wagner's presence in africa, despite this weekend's attempted mutiny. translation: in addition to relations with this -

private military company, the governments of the central african republic and mali have official contacts with our leadership. at their request, several hundred soldiers are working in the central african republic as instructors, and this work will continue. it's not clear what the future of wagner in europe will beat, but the kremlin will be reluctant for them to leave africa. as long as the command —— they command influence and natural resources. mayenijones, bbc news, kyiv. in a moment we'll talk to our international editor jeremy bowen in the ukrainian capital kyiv, but first to our russia editor steve rosenberg. steve, what's your assessment of what we've heard tonight and where this leaves president putin? mm. ithink mm. i think that if mr putin had made that tv address two days ago after the agreement to end the

mutiny, then perhaps he would have emerged looking stronger. i'm not sure whether he looks stronger tonight. in a sense, he is playing catch up, because after his first tv address on saturday he remained silent about the rebellion. people wanted to hear what the president had to say about these tumultuous events, particularly about the agreement that was reached to end the rebellion, controversial agreement, controversial because even though vladimir putin calls the organisers of the mutiny "criminals" and "traitors", as far as we know the criminal charges against mr prighozhin are being dropped and he is being allowed to go to belarus. the other interesting thing, tonight we heard two separate messages, one from mr prighozhin, this audio message, and one from vladimir putin. who got their message out first? it was yevgeny prighozhin, again a case of kremlin catch up. and jeremie, in kyiv, has all of this playing out in ukraine tonight?

first of all, there is clearly satisfaction that their mortal enemy. _ satisfaction that their mortal enemy, the person who believes ukraine — enemy, the person who believes ukraine should not have an independent existence, is in such deep _ independent existence, is in such deep trouble. as well as that i think— deep trouble. as well as that i think there are worries he might try and show— think there are worries he might try and show he is strong by upping the pressure _ and show he is strong by upping the pressure perhaps on this city or other— pressure perhaps on this city or other big — pressure perhaps on this city or other big ukrainian cities. the ukrainians are saying the russians have restocked their supplies of missiles — have restocked their supplies of missiles to be able to do that, making — missiles to be able to do that, making new ones. i think slightly longer— making new ones. i think slightly longer term, though, with the nato summit— longer term, though, with the nato summit coming up pretty soon in lithuania, — summit coming up pretty soon in lithuania, i— summit coming up pretty soon in lithuania, i think they will use the instability— lithuania, i think they will use the instability in russia to push their bil instability in russia to push their big points — instability in russia to push their big points that they consistently say, which is that they want a firm promise _ say, which is that they want a firm promise that ukraine will become a member— promise that ukraine will become a member of— promise that ukraine will become a member of nato, not some kind of euphemistic words, but a fine

promise — euphemistic words, but a fine promise is— euphemistic words, but a fine promise is what they are saying they want _ promise is what they are saying they want as— promise is what they are saying they want. as well as that, of course, more _ want. as well as that, of course, more tanks — want. as well as that, of course, more tanks and f—16s to fight their war _ more tanks and f—16s to fight their war i_ more tanks and f—16s to fight their war ithink— more tanks and f—16s to fight their war. i think they are concerned about— war. i think they are concerned about what happens on the battlefield and while they have had some _ battlefield and while they have had some tactical victories they are yet to start _ some tactical victories they are yet to start a _ some tactical victories they are yet to start a big part of this war, which — to start a big part of this war, which is — to start a big part of this war, which is where they try to break through— which is where they try to break through the russian positions and iweak— through the russian positions and break apart that a zone of occupation.— break apart that a zone of occupation. break apart that a zone of occu ation., , �* ., , occupation. jeremy bowen in kyiv, thank you. — occupation. jeremy bowen in kyiv, thank you. and _ occupation. jeremy bowen in kyiv, thank you, and thank _ occupation. jeremy bowen in kyiv, thank you, and thank you - occupation. jeremy bowen in kyiv, thank you, and thank you also - occupation. jeremy bowen in kyiv, thank you, and thank you also to l thank you, and thank you also to steve rosenberg in moscow. a major new suspect in the murder of stephen lawrence 30 years ago can be named for the first time after a lengthy investigation by the bbc. these five prime suspects became widely known after the murder, but the met police always maintained there were six attackers. today the bbc can name matthew white as the sixth suspect. he died in 2021, aged 50.

we'll have more on white in a moment, but first let's look at the main events of the last three decades. it was in april 1993 that stephen lawrence was stabbed to death by a gang of young white men in eltham, south east london, while waiting for a bus. he was 18. after police investigations failed to produce results, the family brought a private prosecution in 1996, but no one was convicted. three years later, the macpherson report, which resulted from a public inquiry ordered by the government, found that the met police had bungled the investigation and that it was �*institutionally racist�*. after a review of the forensic evidence, david norris and gary dobson — two of the prime suspects — were given life sentences for stephen's murder in 2012. in 2020, scotland yard decided to stop investigating the case, with the other three suspects, luke knight and brothers neil and jamie acourt, remaining free. daniel desimone has spent two years going back through the evidence.

this is the result of his investigation. it's 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 lawrence was murdered by a gang of young white men in eltham, south london, in april 1993. the met police didn't catch the killers. a public inquiry led by sir william macpherson said the force was institutionally racist. there were five prime suspects. david norris and gary dobson were jailed for the murder a decade ago. luke knight and brothers neil acourt and jamie acourt have never been convicted. stephen's friend, duwayne brooks, survived the attack. he said there were six attackers, and the lead one had

bushy, light brown hair. the prime suspects didn't fit the description. so who was the fair—haired attacker? i've obtained surveillance photos taken by the murder investigation days after stephen was killed. they show matthew white, with bushy, light brown hair, similar to the e—fits and artist impressions by eyewitnesses. originally treated as a witness, white knew so much that an independent investigation then told the met to check if he'd been there during the murder. he was also mentioned in a crucial note from 1993 in a met database. i've obtained that note, which contained a vital lead — buried by the met. it said matthew white's stepfather had told a detective his stepson wasn't telling police everything. but the note named the wrong stepfather — white had two.

clive driscoll, who'd caught two of stephen's killers, found the right stepfather two decades after he tried to speak to police. i said, "i'm detective chief inspector clive driscoll. "i've come to talk to you about the stephen lawrence murder." to which he said, "you're rushing thisjob, aren't you, officer?" he actually said that to me. the stepfather said matthew white admitted being present during the murder, and that white had said that stephen deserved it. the macpherson inquiry in 1998 examined how white was handled. police provided the note naming the wrong stepfather. i found that absolutely shocking, staggering, that wrong information would be fed into the inquiry. i've discovered that in 2000, detectives spoke to a separate witness who saw white shortly after the murder. he said white admitted being there during the attack and playing a leading role in it.

"matty, run over to them, - give them a dig or something," and everyone else run over there, and pited in~ — dave and neil started . getting silly with a knife, stabbing and cutting him. he was referring to david norris and neil acourt, and said the other three prime suspects were also there. if the met had found white's stepfather, there would have been two separate people saying white admitted being present at the scene. did white have an alibi for the night? i've investigated his statements to police, finding he lied about where he first heard about the attack and who he was with. i'm shocked that you were not, in the police force, able to do so much from the time you took over and started looking into this case. these are things that the police force should have been finding and trying to use to try and solve this case. matthew white was convicted in 2020 of an assault in a shop on the same street where stephen was murdered.

i traced the victim, who said white, a shoplifter, became violent after being challenged. while he was shouting there was, like, spit flying from his mouth, and he was, like, "rememberyou're in eltham, remember where you are, remember what happened to stephen lawrence. i can call my boys. they can come down and they can deal with you." do you remember how many times he referenced stephen lawrence? he said it, like, in almost every threat. he referenced it at least eight, nine times. and then he did reference that it happened close by. he said it happened at the bus stop right there. the met stopped investigating stephen's murder in 2020. we've come to the view right now that there are no - viable lines of inquiry. we've convicted, as you know, two people in 2012, _ but there are still people free. matthew white died in this bedsit a year later. our investigation places him

at the centre of the case. was he a witness or a suspect? based on the evidence, based on what we now know, you would have to consider matthew white as the fair—haired attacker. scotland yard told us matthew white was arrested and interviewed in 2000 and in 2013, and the prosecutors twice said there wasn't enough evidence to charge. evidence i've found relating to matthew white implicates the prime suspects, who are still free. i wanted to question two of them. neil acourt. .. neil, i'm from the bbc. bleep off. why did matthew white say you attacked stephen lawrence? go away, go away, go away. why did matthew white say he saw you attack stephen lawrence? go away, go away. ..andjamie acourt... did you attack stephen lawrence? are you part of the group that attacked stephen lawrence? why would matthew say that? go away, please. 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. on the 30th anniversary of stephen's murder, commissioner sir mark rowley apologised for our failings, and i repeat that apology today. there was more than two people who was at the scene on the night that they murdered my son. all of them should be in prison, doing time. after so many police failings, will there ever be fulljustice for stephen lawrence? and daniel is here now. everyone accepts the first investigation was thoroughly bungled, but there have been so many opportunities over the years for the police to do what you have just done. why haven't they? a, police to do what you have 'ust done. why haven't they? a question i have asked myself _ done. why haven't they? a question i have asked myself a _ done. why haven't they? a question i have asked myself a lot _ done. why haven't they? a question i have asked myself a lot when - done. why haven't they? a question i have asked myself a lot when looking j have asked myself a lot when looking into this and i think as clive

driscoll, he was pursuing this as a lead but then was made to retire, but it seems no one ever really stood back and looked at the whole picture and across the whole 30 years of evidence, including from the start, the key accounts of duwayne brooks, and his description, and theyjust do not know if anyone has looked at the whole picture. find has looked at the whole picture. and what has response been to the information you have uncovered? taste information you have uncovered? we have information you have uncovered? - have had a lot of response today from politicians and family members, sadiq khan, the mayor of london who oversees the met, says he is really angry and shocked and think that what we have uncovered shows an institutional racism, failings caused by institutional racism, baroness lawlor and some are stephen's mother, says she is really angry and she says it is so serious that the murder suspect in a case like this was not investigated properly that there should be serious sanctions for the met police. ., ~ serious sanctions for the met police. ., ,, , ., , serious sanctions for the met

police. ., ,, i. , . you can watch daniel s full report on bbc one on iplayer now. and daniel's also written about his investigation, how he went about it and what he found in much more detail on our website, bbc.co.uk/news, where he'll take you through the painstaking process of piecing the information together. it's well worth a read. the inquest into the death of nicola bulley, who went missing while walking her dog in lancashire, has heard she died of drowning and there was no evidence she had been harmed before she fell into the water. the 45—year—old's disappearance in january sparked a major search in the area and along the coast. our north of england correspondent danny savage reports from the inquest in preston. when nicola bulley vanished, it led to many bizarre rumours and theories on social media which stoked a huge public interest into what had happened to her. she was last seen walking her dog on a riverside footpath near the village of st michael's on wyre on january 27th.

her dog and mobile phone were found here. lancashire police always stated she had gone into the water and never got out. i'm into the middle of the river now. it's pushing me downstream towards the weir. this police video was played to the inquest. it shows what river conditions could be like. experts added that anyone who fell in would have become unconscious almost immediately. the coroner was also told a local woman heard what she described as an "inhaling scream" at the time nicola bulley vanished. it was three weeks before her body was found in the water. a pathologist told today's inquest that nicola bulley had drowned, and there was no evidence she had been harmed on the day she disappeared. during the time she was missing, there were far—fetched theories on social media about what had happened to nicola bulley. the coroner here today made it clear that he wasn't going to take any notice of those, and was only going to hear evidence from reliable sources.

he only also warned anyone contemplating disrupting proceedings in preston not to. there was unusually tight security here to prevent anyone from causing trouble. during the time she was missing, police released details about her issues with alcohol. the pathologist today said there was no alcohol in her system on the day she died. the inquest into nicola bulley�*s death continues tomorrow. danny savage, bbc news, preston. a conservative london mayoral hopeful daniel kirsty has denied allegations of inappropriate behaviour and touching involving the novelist and tv producer daisy goodwin. he was named by miss goodman in an article in the times and she said the incident happened ten years ago during a visit to downing street when he was a special adviser. the struggling cinema chain cineworld has announced plans to file for administration

in the uk. injuly shares in the firm will be suspended with existing shares becoming worthless. the chain — which has 128 sites in the uk and ireland — says its screens will remain open for business as usual. prince william has unveiled a £3 million project to end homelessness across the uk. he said he was inspired by the example of his mother, diana, who first took him to a homeless shelter when he was 11. he made several visits across southern england and wales by projects run by the homewards initiative which aims to make homelessness rare, brief and un—repeated. it could cost £63,000 more to send an asylum seeker to rwanda or other safe countries and to keep them in the uk, home office documents show. we can speak to iain watson, at

westminster for us. what can you tell us? rishi sunak�*s five priorities include stopping the boats and it is a tricky one so tonight we have at least some idea of the costs involved, this rather dense home office document suggests in the short—term but it could cost more to send migrants abroad and to keep them here. more to send migrants abroad and to keep them here-— keep them here. £63,000 more per erson but keep them here. £63,000 more per person but this _ keep them here. £63,000 more per person but this report _ keep them here. £63,000 more per person but this report has _ keep them here. £63,000 more per person but this report has also - keep them here. £63,000 more per person but this report has also beenj person but this report has also been shot through with caveats and uncertainties so for example, sending people to rwanda is supposed to deter them from coming here in the first place but the home office admits that simply does not know how many people would be deterred and around four in ten people would have to be dissuaded from stepping into a small boat before the government starts to save more money than it spends. what ministers say is this bound to be lots of uncertainty because this is a completely new policy and it is untried but doing nothing are simply not an option.

tonight, labouraccuse nothing are simply not an option. tonight, labour accuse them of being totally clueless. the bottom line is this... it is going to cost quite a lot to keep people in this country and it will cost quite a lot to try to move people to rwanda or other safe countries down the line. but what this document really confirms is that when it comes to the issue of illegal migration, it is as much to do with politics as it is with economics. to do with politics as it is with economics— to do with politics as it is with economics. ., ,, , ., , . ., economics. thank you very much. iain watson there- — in cricket, australia have beaten england in the women's ashes test at trent bridge. the tourists won by 89 runs. their next encounter will be a 20 over match in edgebaston on july 1st. england's captain, heather knight, said she was disappointed with the result but proud of her team. the much—loved former scotland manager craig brown, who led the national team to euro �*96 and the 1998 world cup, has died at the age of 82. he was in charge for 70 games and remains the national team's longest—serving manager. our scotland sports correspondent

chris mclaughlin looks back at his career. he was the unassuming teacher with the enviable managerial record. a man who led scotland to tournament so often it became the norm. before his days in coaching, a young craig brown played for falkirk and dundee. but a knee problem forced him from the pitch to the dugout. after ten seasons as manager of clyde, he joined the scotland set up, first as assistant boss in 1986. he was to stay with the national setup until 2001, taking charge for 70 matches. as assistant or boss, he helped scotland to four major tournaments, the last being the world cup in france in 1998. he gave scotland fans memorable nights like this win over england at wembley in 1999.

but he resigned in 2001 after world cup qualification failure. i would say it's been a wonderful, impossiblejob. it's polarised. you're brilliant or you're hopeless. the truth is that i'm in between the two, i think. he wasn't finished with management though. he had spells with preston, motherwell and aberdeen moving to the pittodrie boardroom in 2013. latterly, he spent most of his time with his family in ayrshire, where he says he found real peace. it makes you reflect and it makes you grateful. i mean, there's no one more grateful than i am for the time i've had in football. craig brown, who's died at the age of 82. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos.

we saw a top temperature of 32 celsius across eastern england on sunday, high heat and humidity and today we saw 2a degrees, a lot more comfortable for many of us. the rest of this week, temperatures around or above the seasonal norm with some rain in the forecast as well so more egetséeese geese; shaglsésméiszéj ,. , in the forecast as egetséeese geese; shaglsésméiszéj ~ , in the forecast as well egetséeese geese; shaglsésméiszéj ,. , in the forecast as well so more rain in the forecast as well so more comfortable temperatures by day and comfortable temperatures by day and night. this is the first of a series night. this is the first of a series of low pressure systems are starting of low pressure systems are starting to work its way into the north—west to work its way into the north—west of the country, thickening cloud and of the country, thickening cloud and strengthening praise for northern ireland and soon there will be rain strengthening praise for northern ireland and soon there will be rain pushing on here and that will push pushing on here and that will push towards western scotland and across towards western scotland and across the roc by the end of the night but the roc by the end of the night but much of the country will be dry with much of the country will be dry with clear spells and there will be mist clear spells and there will be mist and fog here and there and and fog here and there and temperatures mild, not as warm and temperatures mild, not as warm and muqqy temperatures mild, not as warm and muggy as it has been in the humidity muqqy temperatures mild, not as warm and muggy as it has been in the humidity levels are rising as the rain works levels are rising as the rain works in. tomorrow will feel different, in. tomorrow will feel different, more cloud around, damp for northern more cloud around, damp for northern ireland and scotland, northern ireland and scotland, northern england and north wales on the north england and north wales on the north midlands, the best brightness across midlands, the best brightness across southern and south—eastern areas but southern and south—eastern areas but

even here there is high cloud and even here there is high cloud and sunshine which will be hazy at times. 22 degrees but lowerfurther north and west