create internal attempt to create internal turmoil is doomed to fail. meanwhile yevgeny prigozhin, the wagga group founder, and says he did not want to topor russia's government. new evidence of the china spy balloon programme, including flights overjapan and taiwan, isn't covered by the bbc. an farewell to the indiana jones franchise as the final release arrives in uk cinemas. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the russian president, vladimir putin, has broken his silence about saturday's aborted armed mutiny by mercenaries from the wagner group. he thanked its fighters, who stood down, he said, to avoid bloodshed. but mr putin made no

mention of the group's head yevgeny prigozhin, the man who led the mutiny. mr prigozhin earlier insisted he had not tried to overthrow the government, but was instead resisting attempts to bring the wagner group under the control of the russian defence ministry. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from moscow. it was the end of his it was the end of his mutiny it was the end of his mutiny and the last time we saw yevgeny prigozhin. under a deal with the kremlin on saturday, the wagga chief had pulled back his fighters in exchange for immunity from prosecution and he agreed to move to belarus —— laggner chief. it is not clear where he is now. but today he posted this message. he hadn't tried to overthrow russia's government, he said, it was just a protest to stop them being disbanded and punish those who made mistakes in what

he called the special military operation in ukraine. to try to reassert his authority, prison food and someone 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 nation again. translation: ., , translation: it was the patriotism _ translation: it was the patriotism of _ translation: it was the patriotism of our - translation: it was the | patriotism of our citizens, translation: it was the - patriotism of our citizens, the consolidation of the whole of russian society that played the decisive role in these events. this support helped us overcome the most difficult challenges that our motherland faced. thank you for this.- thank you for this. after a weekend _ thank you for this. after a weekend of _ thank you for this. after a weekend of high - thank you for this. after a weekend of high drama, l thank you for this. after a | weekend of high drama, in thank you for this. after a - weekend of high drama, in the russian capital it didn't feel like victory. the mutiny had failed, but there are still more questions than answers about what happened. and a lot of uncertainty about what's in store. russian officials have been queueing up to denounce mr prigozhin as a traitor. but the

prime minister also blamed the west today for what had happened. russa, he said, had faced a challenge to its stability. "we need to rally around the president." stated tv was on message. the presenter claims that russians had united to support vladimir putin and announced treachery. "our enemies were in ecstasy during the mutiny, the treaty yevgeny prigozhin did a good job of western propaganda." —— traitor. at the newspaper kiosk and discovered a different reaction. in the dailies it was less blame the west and much more where is russia heading? 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 the kremlin isn't. for example, this paper

says that with the mutiny russa has demonstrated its vulnerability to the whole world and to itself. an this paper calls what mr prigozhin has done an unprecedented challenge to vladimir putin. it says it will have long—term consequences for russa. events seem to take the kremlin by surprise. did two decades in power make vladimir putin to confident?— confident? after 24 years you do lose a _ confident? after 24 years you do lose a sense _ confident? after 24 years you do lose a sense of _ confident? after 24 years you do lose a sense of reality. - confident? after 24 years you do lose a sense of reality. inl do lose a sense of reality. in a giant country like this where everything is in the centre and everybody is doing everything, if you win you would be an incredibly great person not to lose your marbles this way. he is under pressure, but don't write off vladimir putin. one thing he has learned since coming to power is how to stay there. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. for more on that, earlier we spoke with brian whitmore, a non—resident seniorfellow at the atlantic council think tank's eurasia center. he started by describing

the wagner group's role in vladimir putin's structure of power. this was, wagner's has been very involved in libya the central african republic, in mali, and most recently in ukraine, this is part of how the putin system works. is not really based on institutions like our system in the west is, it's based on kind of informal patronage networks. he was tasked with creating these kind of, this kind of military corporation. he also ran the troll farm that had been interfering in western elections as well. it is an example of what i call putin's venture forward foreign policy. he did praise present putin. the people who did stand down from the wagner group, can russians effectively fight this war in ukraine without wagner? they can effectively fight the war, but they are not terribly effectively fighting with are

without wagner at the moment. this doesn't really help, to state the obvious. this doesn't really help russia's war fighting capabilities. it also kind of weekends the entire political system. this system works very well when putin can play the role of the arbiter, you have all these different clans, all these different networks, and putin tries to balance them. this clearly got out of hand and it is the weakness in the system and i think putin's authority will be diminished going forward and that will harm russia's or fighting capabilities. brian, is this the _ fighting capabilities. brian, is this the end _ fighting capabilities. brian, is this the end for - fighting capabilities. brian, | is this the end for president putin? i is this the end for president putin? ., , is this the end for president putin? . , . ., ., putin? i am very reluctant to redict putin? i am very reluctant to predict the — putin? i am very reluctant to predict the end _ putin? i am very reluctant to predict the end for _ putin? i am very reluctant to predict the end for presidentj predict the end for president putin because every time i do seems to bounce back, he is incredibly resilient. i will say has never faced anything like this. the war has created a situation in the russian elite when nobody is happy. you have hardliners who want nothing short of a total victory over ukraine, that's not happening. you have kleptocrats who want to go back

to the world the way it was before 24 february of last year, that is not happening. putin ends in a position now where he is pleasing exactly nobody —— is in. the system is showing signs of strain are coming apart at the seams, as we saw over the past weekend. did we ever believe we would see a military convoy of russians marching on moscow? not in my lifetime. so i'm really reluctant to predict this is the end, but the putin system is severely damaged and putin's authority is severely damaged. putin's authority is severely damaged-— putin's authority is severely damaued. �* , , ., ., damaged. briefly before we go, have we heard _ damaged. briefly before we go, have we heard the _ damaged. briefly before we go, have we heard the end - damaged. briefly before we go, have we heard the end of- damaged. briefly before we go, have we heard the end of mr i have we heard the end of mr prigozhin?— prigozhin? this is the main known unknowns _ prigozhin? this is the main known unknowns i - prigozhin? this is the main known unknowns i am - prigozhin? this is the main - known unknowns i am watching really closely right now. if he gets away with this, it could delay fatal blow to the system, to putin. because really was holding the system together right now is fear. you have political change in russia, you have a divided elite, which we

have, it disaffected public, which we have, and an absence of fear. up until now there has been keeping the system together. this fear ever goes on punished is going to severely diminish putin's authority so i'm watching very closely what happens to mr prigozhin —— unpunished. new flights have been uncovered by the bbc panorama programme. japan has confirmed the lives of loan over its territory and says it is prepared to shoot them down in the future. us china relations were thrown into chaos earlier this year when an alleged spy balloon was shot down off the us coast. our security correspondent reports. 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 corey jaskolski, founder of an artificial intelligence company. the ai has been sifting through millions of satellite images to track the balloon. we're looking for something that's maybe 40 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's prepared to shoot down chinese balloons in the future. for protecting lives and property of people in the territory of japan, it is possible to respond to the situation with the use of a 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 suspect, just 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. 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. 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. gordon corera, bbc news. meanwhile, within china a sweeping new anti—espionage law comes into effect in a few days' time, on the first ofjuly. under the revised law, all investigation activity and data gathering — printed, electronic, or verbal — can effectively be classified as "espionage". it'll allow law enforcers to inspect the baggage, electronic devices, and facilities of anyone — including foreigners — suspected of spying.

earlier, i spoke to vincent brussee, an analyst at the mercaytor institute for china studies — a european think tank — whose research focuses on china's social credit system. it tracks and evaluates businesses for trustworthiness — and digital media regulation. i asked him about china's need to pass this legislation the main reason china's authorities appear to be passing these amendments, because they are amendments to an already existing law, is that the authorities appear concerned that some foreigners may be using information on the chinese internet, sensitive information, to "smear china's image". i can think of humanising zengin, of the covid—i9 pandemic, forced labour practices, and china sees these pieces of information as a national security risk because they could lead to sanctions, and

they have done in 2021 when the uk and also europe impose sanctions in china, but perhaps even to companies leaving. that's why they are implementing these amendments. however, it is important to emphasise that espionage in china's definition has already been very, very broad, so this is not a fundamental break with a trend, but rather another brick in the wall.— brick in the wall. who does this law particularly - brick in the wall. who does| this law particularly target? the law seems to particularly target chinese citizens who may be collaborating with either foreign consultancies or human rights ngos, due diligence firms, these kind of organisations. in chinese estate media injust three weeks before the law was passed officially, we have seen them france's warning chinese citizens not to collaborate with due diligence research in the siege young area, where some have alleged that for slavery is happening. i would

on the other hand not expect immediate hundreds of arrests of, conferences, foreign journalists foreign business executives, because this would very directly harm the image that china is trying to get across, also by implementing this law, and that is of a responsible global stakeholder. it doesn't want businesses running away from china out of fear over this new law.- fear over this new law. china's economy _ fear over this new law. china's economy is — fear over this new law. china's economy is starting _ fear over this new law. china's economy is starting to - fear over this new law. china's economy is starting to shrink. | economy is starting to shrink. is this really a good idea right now for china to have a law like this? already complaining about strict regulations and now they face is very strict law. {lin regulations and now they face is very strict law.— is very strict law. on the one hand, is very strict law. on the one hand. china _ is very strict law. on the one hand, china presents - is very strict law. on the one hand, china presents the - is very strict law. on the one | hand, china presents the idea of national security is of paramount importance is the precondition to any form of economic development. but the reality indeed is that simply businesses are struggling. european businesses in china have come out saying a record number of businesses now believe the economic environment is deteriorating and perhaps the biggest risk

ahead is of really a fundamental mismatch between legal systems, where european governments may impose stricter supply chain due diligence and supply chain due diligence and supply chain due diligence and supply chain audit requirements, whereas in china these are supplies —— supply chain audits may be seen as a form of espionage and obviously thatis form of espionage and obviously that is a very risk to companies and it may cause them to diversify or stall future investments. the labor party is calling for further investigation intermittent metropolitan police racist murder of stephen last 30 years ago after the bbc murder revealed new shortcomings in the case, it had emerged officers failed to investigate the key suspect despite a tipoff putting him at the scene, he is named as matthew white who died two years ago. the investigation

into the death of nicola billy found she died as a result of drowning and there was no evidence she had been harmed before she fell into the water. she went missing while walking her dog along a river in lancashire. her disappearance injanuary lancashire. her disappearance in january sparked lancashire. her disappearance injanuary sparked a major search in the area, took three weeks for her body to be found just a mile from where she was last seen. uk home office documents show it could cost £36,000 or $80,000 more to send an asylum seeker to rwanda than to keep them in the uk. the information is in an economic assessment of the illegal migration which has just been published by ministers, it found nearly two out of five people would need to be deterred from crossing the channel for the plan to break even. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. climate the uk, this is bbc news. change is a global

problem climate change is a global problem but one way to tackle it could be found here. this doctor guides me through a field of barley in norfolk, this is the sensor. he wants to show me two senses. as it sniffing the air? it show me two senses. as it sniffing the air?— show me two senses. as it sniffing the air? it is indeed on the gas _ sniffing the air? it is indeed on the gas is _ sniffing the air? it is indeed on the gas is going - sniffing the air? it is indeed on the gas is going through | on the gas is going through these tubes.— on the gas is going through these tubes. the gas is called dimeth l these tubes. the gas is called dimethyl sulphide _ these tubes. the gas is called dimethyl sulphide the - these tubes. the gas is called dimethyl sulphide the barley. dimethyl sulphide the barley produces a compound turned by microbes in the soil into the gas, also known as dms, the gas can contribute to climate calling. can contribute to climate callinu. ~ ., , calling. when the gas evolves and makes — calling. when the gas evolves and makes its _ calling. when the gas evolves and makes its way _ calling. when the gas evolves and makes its way to - calling. when the gas evolves and makes its way to the - and makes its way to the atmosphere it forms cloud condensation nuclei, promotes the formation of clouds reflecting solar radiation back into space. reflecting solar radiation back into space-— reflecting solar radiation back intosace. , ~ ., , ., into space. nobody knows how much comes — into space. nobody knows how much comes from _ into space. nobody knows how much comes from fields - into space. nobody knows how much comes from fields of - into space. nobody knows how i much comes from fields of crops far inland that is what scientists norwich to find out. for more stories from across the uk go to the bbc news

website. you're live with bbc news. let's return to our top story — the fallout from the weekend revolt in russia by wagner group mercenaries. moscow has relied heavily on wagner fighters in its war in ukraine since 2014, when the group supported pro—russian separatist forces in the east. but wagner's operations stretch well beyond europe, and into the middle east and africa. mayenijones reports. 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 far from 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 fights 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 be, but the kremlin will be reluctant for them to leave africa. as long as they command influence and natural resources . mayenijones, bbc news, kyiv.

ajudge in the us a judge in the us state ajudge in the us state of colorado has sentenced a 23—year—old to prison for life without parole. for shooting dead five people in a gay nightclub last november. anderson lee aldrich had pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder over the shooting in colorado springs. 17 people were injured. aldrich reached a plea bargain with prosecutors, avoiding what observers say could have been a lengthy trial. a court in moscow has sentenced a russian scientist to twelve years in prison for treason, after convicting him of handing over state secrets to what it called representatives of foreign organisations. valery golubkin, who is 71, is known as a world expert in aero—dynamics at high speeds, and a winner of several state prizes and scientific awards. investigators accused him of handing project reports to colleagues from the netherlands.

the hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney are expanding their sports portfolio to include a stake in the alpine formula one team. the $200 million deal values renault—owned alpine racing at about $900 million. the two stars attracted global attention when they bought the welsh football club, wrexham, in 2020. john good enough whom played a part in the development of lithium batteries has died in the us, he won the nobel prize in 2019, the oldest ever recipient. the invention sparked the invention of electronic vehicles. in other news for you — actor harrison ford has graced the red carpet in london for the final time

in his role as indiana jones, at the uk premiere of the franchise's fifth and final instalment. indiana jones and the dial of destiny is in british cinemas later this week. lizo ma—zimba was in lester square, in central london, for the bbc. the indiana jones series, of course, has a long association with the uk. raiders of the lost ark was made partly at elstree studios just outside london, and this british premiere is where indiana jones himself, harrison ford, is bringing the character to a final conclusion in the five film series. and i spoke to him earlier about saying goodbye to this particular role. it feels right because i'm satisfied with, so satisfied, so happy, so gratified that i was able to make this film. we, we, we... it took us a while to find the script, all of us. of course, they're keen for this movie to also attract a new generation of fans. and acting alongside indy is british fleabag star phoebe waller—bridge. it's like a dream come true. like, the ten—year—old

inside of me gave me the biggest high five when i was in the middle of this movie. it's... it's cinema on the scale that i dreamt of when i was a young actor. and this is a young person watching these things, wanting to be in those adventures, wanting to have those adventures. the incredible thing about this movie is i really did get to have the adventure. i can't believe it. the first three movies are regarded as classics of their kind. the fourth film, released back in 2008, isn't really seen as quite on their level. so the film—makers will be hoping that this movie does seem a fitting conclusion to the indiana jones series. before we go — let me show you some stunning drone footage off the coast of australia — showing a humpback whale following an unsuspecting kayaker. take a listen. did you know it is following you. upperfront of

did you know it is following you. upper front of the beach, really close. don't think he knows. the man you could hear there was drone pilot jason iggleden who was clearly enjoying the spectacle. the kayaker was paddling around near bondi beach in sydney, seemingly unaware of his curious companion the entire time. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. iam i am monica miller. thank you for watching. hello there. with a more active jet stream now it looks like we're going to see a more unsettled theme to our weather for this upcoming week. there will be some rain at times, followed by sunshine and showers and generally it's going to feel a lot fresher than what we've seen of late with temperatures close orjust above the seasonal norm. now, this low pressure system will be the first of many. that's going to bring a rather breezy, cloudy, wet day to the north

and the west of the uk. initially, northern ireland seeing the rain this morning and that rain will move across much of scotland, northern england, north wales and the north midlands. probably the best chance of staying dry with some hazy sunshine, although even here it'll be quite cloudy, will be across the south and the southeast. temperatures reaching highs of around 22 degrees — that is above the seasonal norm. a little bit fresh in the north and the west, but the humidity will start to increase as well. as we move through tuesday night, the rain begins to push away into the north sea. it'll leave a dry night with variable cloud, a bit of mist and murk, one or two showers. and it will feel a lot warmer and muggy as the humidity levels build, certainly across england and wales. so this is the picture for wednesday. we will have this weather front pushing into western areas gradually on wednesday. it's a cold front introducing some rain, cooler air. but ahead of it, we're in a wedge of warm and more humid air across england and wales. so variable cloud, a bit of sunshine depending on how much sunshine we get will depend on the temperatures. but it's going to be warm generally across england and wales, one or two showers

ahead of the rain band, which will be pushing into western areas. some of this could be heavy and thundery, but you'll see the temperatures coming down behind it. high teens here up to 25 degrees, though, central, southern and eastern england. then for thursday, it looks like that weather front may get stuck across the south—east of england. it could bring quite a bit of rainfall here, we think throughout the day. this other weather front will bring some enhanced showers to the north and the west of scotland, elsewhere, it's largely dry. so plenty of sunshine around on thursday, a bit of uncertainty to the position of this rain. it could be a bit further east across the near continent or a little bit further westwards. but at the moment, it looks like east anglia and the southeast could see some very much needed rainfall here. temperatures will be coming down, though. it will feel cooler and fresher across the board — high teens, low 20s. similar story for friday and the weekend, it stays u nsettled. most of the rain in the north and the west. a better chance of staying dry with some sunshine in the south.

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