disappeared from sight now new details emerged on the whereabouts of wagner boss. threads through joints or social media lives millions of signed up will see how it compares to twitter. plus same—sex marriage inches closer to being a reality in india. we will have a special report. welcome to world miss america it was the uprising that captured the world's attention and left more questions than answers when it comes to russia war in ukraine. the latest twist involved the

he master—minded a rebellion, then disappeared from sight. now, new details emerge on the whereabouts of wagner boss welcome to world news america. it was the uprising that captured the world's attention —— and left more questions than answers, when it comes to russia's war in ukraine. the latest twist has involved the whereabouts of yev—geny prigozhin, the head of the wagner group of yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner group who led the rebellion. today the leader of belarus said he's in russia, and not in belarus as many had understood. alexander lukashenko made that comment to a very small gathering ofjournalists. one of them was our own steve rosenberg, and he has this report. was supposed to move here to belarus with some of his fighters but no sign brokered the agreement that ended the mutiny, so we are told. sign under a deal with the kremlin, wagner mercenary yevgeny prigozhin was supposed to move here to belarus with some of his fighters. but no sign yet. translation: as of this morning, the wagner fighters, _

and very serious ones, are still in the camps they have withdrawn to afterfighting in bakhmut. as for yevgeny prigozhin, he is in st petersburg, or maybe he flew to moscow this morning, or somewhere else, but he is not in belarus. yevgeny prigozhin hasn't been seen in public for days, although we have seen inside what is purported to be his st petersburg mansion, these images leaked online, reportedly taken during a raid by russian security services. they show weapons, gold bars and lots of wigs. i asked mr lukashenko if the wagner leader and his group move here would he let them use belarusian territory to attack ukraine and destabilise other countries in the region? translation: steve, we have never attacked anyone and we are not - intending to and no—one will use our territory translation: steve, we have never attacked anyone and we are not - intending to and no—one will use our territory to attack anyone. but if there is an act of aggression against us we will respond and if wagner are here, then they, just like the belarusian army, will defend our interests.

ever since the wagner mutiny the main question we have been asking is what on earth is going on? and nearly two weeks on we still don't know. the deal that had been announced was pretty clear. yevgeny prigozhin goes to belarus and the wagner fighters who want to join him also go to belarus. but we see no sign of that. from mutiny to missiles and the russian nuclear warheads the kremlin says it is moving to belarus. would mr lukashenko have a say in whether to launch them? i remind him, recently you said god forbid i should have to take the decision to use nuclear weapons. translation i remind him he said god for bid i have to take a decision to use nuclear weapons. translation: joe biden could say . the same and prime minister sue nat. translation: joe biden could say i the same and prime minister sunak. but these are not your weapons,

they are russian ones, it is not your decision to take. translation: in ukraine a whole army is fighting l with foreign weapons, with nato weapons, because they have run out of their own, so why can't i fight with someone else's? but these are nuclear, we are not talking pistols. translation: yes, nuclear, they are weapons too, - and make sure you mention we are talking about tactical nuclear weapons here. the logic of a leader who, with an iron fist and the kremlin�*s backing, has held power for nearly 30 years. steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk. the social media platform twitter has a new rival. and this is it. it's called threads, and when you open the app, it doesn't look much different. it was launched overnight by meta, which owns facebook and instagram. twitter has been having its fair share of problems since it was bought by elon musk, so how worried should he be? our technology correspondent

marc cieslak has been finding out. meta's twitter style app that lets users share text, photos and videos arrived in app stores several hours earlier than expected at midnight last night. in that time, it has racked up a significant number of users, 10 million injust seven hours. we have had a chance to get to grips with it, and so far it feels quite a bit like twitter. but there are some differences. threads allows posts of up to 500 characters compared to twitter�*s 280. threads will also allow five minutes of video uploads compared to two minutes and 20 seconds for twitter. threads is part of instagram which means it could potentially connect to instagram's hundreds of millions of existing accounts and their data. this is causing concern around meta harvesting users' information. this big network and you have lots of friends, influences and celebrities

as well as regular people. the data is being intermingled and whilst that is ok in the uk and the us, the data protection commission in europe is more strict about this mingling of data. as yet, this app is not allowed to work in the eu and threads will have to work hard to make the data are compatible with markets around the world. a challenger to elon musk�*s twitter. the launch of threads look set to capitalise on rivals' problems including job cuts and issues with advertisers, but could ditching twitter for threads be exchanging one tech billionaire, elon musk, for another in the shape of mark zuckerberg? for more i'm joined by ryan heath, global tech correspondent at axios. threads is very similar to twitter, but as we heard in the piece, there are some key differences.

twitter is threatening to sue meta— hiring former employees to copy the 3pp hiring former employees to copy the app what you make of these threats that could end up in court at some pointi that could end up in court at some hoin ., ., ., that could end up in court at some --oin ., ., ., ., , , that could end up in court at some hoin ., ., ., ., , , ., ., point i am not a lawyer but i do not take them very _ point i am not a lawyer but i do not take them very seriously. - point i am not a lawyer but i do not take them very seriously. meta - point i am not a lawyer but i do not l take them very seriously. meta came out with a clear response that they do not hire and have not hired former twitter engineers and i don't think that there is that much secret about how twitter operates will stop its branding literally as the global townsquare of the world. there have been plenty of elements others have copied before and there has been a lot of back and forth between different platforms of this is not to say that it might not end up before a judge orjury, but i think at this point it is pretty fruitless exercise from twitter. figs at this point it is pretty fruitless exercise from twitter.— at this point it is pretty fruitless exercise from twitter. as we heard in the peace _ exercise from twitter. as we heard in the peace and _ exercise from twitter. as we heard in the peace and clearly _ exercise from twitter. as we heard in the peace and clearly as - exercise from twitter. as we heard in the peace and clearly as elon . in the peace and clearly as elon musk himself thinks these two apps

are very similar there are some key differences, we can break it down here. recalling at the tail of the tape. a few of them listed here — longer posts and videos, verification will be done via instagram, no hashtags, which is the copyright i guess of twitter which is what they are known for. i want to ask you about another key difference. you can't delete your account once you sign up! yes if you are creating this threads account with her because you download it directly or you were joining from instagram, if you create this link with instagram, they are bound together. so it is a poison pill. if you want to get rid of one you need to get rid of both. the message there really is that any user looking to sign up look needs to be aware of the bargain that they are going into need to look at some of the fine print. that is if you are not paying for a service, what you end up doing is paying with your data. that is how meta the owner of

threads and instagram makes money. it follows you around, it shares that information with advertisers is an trust to make money from the advertisers. so you need to be aware of that and that you might be signing up for more complications than did you at first expected when you heard about the site. {guild than did you at first expected when you heard about the site. could then be concerns — you heard about the site. could then be concerns about data _ you heard about the site. could then be concerns about data protection i be concerns about data protection when it comes to this new app? figs he when it comes to this new app? as he alluded to in — when it comes to this new app? as he alluded to in the _ when it comes to this new app? as he alluded to in the interim _ when it comes to this new app? sis ie: alluded to in the interim report that is the reason why threads is not operating in europe right now. so in the us there is no federal privacy laws are people who are using services online here in the us, do not have the same protections that are available to some users in europe. at the same time, because the owner of threads, meta— and really rapped on the knuckles may times in europe over its data protection policies than for the proceeding more cautiously before they enter into that eu market. but

thatis they enter into that eu market. but that is another message that needs to be taken on board. getting up to 30 million euros is in the first 2a hours, meta was able to do that without having anyone in the you on board. so there is clearly a lot of potential and a big runway for more and more users to sign up. it may never get to the scale of twitter, it may not preach instagram and facebook levels of billions of users, but there is clearly a lot of interest in the service. i users, but there is clearly a lot of interest in the service.— interest in the service. i would ask ou about interest in the service. i would ask you about that _ interest in the service. i would ask you about that number. _ interest in the service. i would ask you about that number. 30 - interest in the service. i would ask you about that number. 30 million users is just a you about that number. 30 million users isjust a day. clearly you about that number. 30 million users is just a day. clearly a lot coming overfrom instagram. macedon has tried to take some users from twitter, there is an app called blue sky, what are the chances that threads could be what people are calling the twitter killer. significant chances. even if it is not a twitter killer, the truck record of meta is being able to run very profitable businesses in the space. so i think they will succeed

at a business level and they have huge advantages by having that scale and having that experience in running businesses globally. that is not true of these rival startups. so they start with an advantage and they start with an advantage and they have relationships with very deep—pocketed advertisers that would help to continue this ball rolling. so meta starts with a lot of advantages in this situation for something you may not be the coolest, may never get back to the sense that twitter was able to create a ticket to go, being the place we had to be if you were interested in news and pics but they look like they are on their way to success. ., ~' look like they are on their way to success. ., ~ , ., ., ., ~ success. thank you for taking the time to speak _ success. thank you for taking the time to speak with _ success. thank you for taking the time to speak with us. _ us treasury secretary janet yellen is in china, to try to rebuild ties,

and trust, between the two economic powerhouses. her visit is the second by a senior biden administration economic powerhouses. her visit is the second by a senior biden administration official in as many months. and it comes amid signs that the chinese economy is flagging. youth unemployement is at a record high, and exports are down. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell has more. the street food scene in china would appear to show an economy rebounding strongly from the coronavirus. experts say that's not the case. but rather these consumers in this small city are choosing a low cost, tasty option at a time of pressure on household incomes. translation: this place is great for ordinary people. _ recently it has been hard to make money but it's still easy to spend it. after three years of covid, the economy is only slowly recovering. university graduates are being especially hit by china's economic doldrums, with youth unemployment hovering at or above 20%. translation: yes, i'm worried. there is a lot of competition.

it's hard to find a job. all my classmates feel the same pressure. those who have jobs can be reluctant to spend big because they are nervous about their financial security. you can see why if you travel just a bit further east, to the outskirts of a much larger city, where a property explosion hasn't matched real demand from buyers or renters. this woman bought a flat here a couple of years ago, but her estate remains largely empty and its value has collapsed. translation: of course i'm worried but what can i do? . everywhere there are shells of tower blocks which appear abandoned. this problem with the real estate supply and demand isn't limited to this area. it isn't even limited to this city. you can drive out of here for hours and you will find clusters of towers with unoccupied or unfinished apartments, many of their workers have stopped altogether and consider that the same thing is happening

in province after province right across the country. in tsingtao, restrictions on the number of flats a person can buy have been used in an attempt to stimulate the market. a local real estate agent told us sales volumes have halved in recent years. translation: prices are down i because the market is saturated. too many homes were built and it's hard to sell them. negative sentiment that also keeps spreading to the sprawling local port and therefore the world. reduced manufacturing and weak international demand means less stuff being exported and slower consumption here means less imports of other countries' products. just up the coast while tourism has started to recover on the beaches here, the government wants chinese people to spend more than the price of swimming gear. however, the fear is that pessimism

is sitting in and it can be hard to turn around. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, shandong province. a look now at some other stories making headlines. former president donald trump's aide walt nauta has pled not guilty to charges brought by federal investigators in the mar—a—lago classified documents case. the navy veteran, who was indicted at the same time as mr trump, faces six charges, including conspiracy and making false statements. federal prosecutors allege mr nauta moved and hid boxes that contained classified records after thejustice department ordered mr trump to return government documents he kept at his florida estate. the company that operated the titan sub that imploded in the north atlantic last month has stopped all activities indefinitely. five people died when the oceangate vessel was destroyed while diving to the wreck of the titanic. the company has since come under intense scrutiny, amid questions over the safety of the sub.

india's top court is set to deliver its verdict on whether same sex marriage can be allowed. it s a proposal that has sharply divided opinion in the country. while the government and religious groups have opposed the idea, the lgbtq+ community is hopeful that the court will once again show the way, 5 years after it decriminalised homosexuality. arunoday mukharji reports. i'm just saying we want to get married. you are not a normal human being. how are their lives getting i affected by people like us? the fight for rights is louder than ever. forging ahead. demanding change. excited and hopeful that the supreme court will now recognise same sex marriage. it's what these men have been

wanting a college romance. they have been together for 15 years in fifth. they want to get married and have what every indian married couple has — equal rights. we both want to be parents. we want to start a family. and we can't adopt children. and we can't start a family. we can't go for surrogacy. jointly owning property or even things like if there's a medical emergency, what right does he have to take decisions on my behalf? so just sort of emotional reasons but also practical reasons. this judgment means a lot for our day to day life. the supreme court deliberations are already a win. even that was unthinkable when they were growing up. there was a lot of mockery and phobia in society, even though we were best friends for everyone. if there was like an intimate moment between two guys, it was a butt ofjokes. i was always terrified and scared.

i mean, anyway, i'm not going to have a personal future, but this would end my social life and this would end my professional life. marriage is not only. a question of dignity, as if that were not enough. it is also a bouquet of rights that lgbtq people are being denied. | india's constitution is key to this issue. it promises equality to all. opposing sides have fought it out in the country's highest court. right to get a particular social relationship recognised as a marriage is not a fundamental right. a formerjudge of the delhi high court agrees. thisjustice claims its against india's culture. he and 20 other formerjudges wrote to the supreme court against the proposal. translation: what is same sex marriage? i it's an abnormality. a marriage should be between a man and a woman. how can same sex

couples adopt society? but why should society interfere? are they not part of the same society? so if they are part of the same society, then shouldn't they have the same rights? but that's only if they comply by the existing societal norms. it took 70 years for the supreme court to legalise gay sex in 2018. the verdict triggered hope that the right to marry might not be far behind. it's rare to see members of the lgbtq+ community claim public spaces like these in a country like india, where social stigma and taboo are still very much associated with sexual identity. people over here say that gatherings like these are a show of strength. global estimates say the community is now 10% of india's population. this decision is notjust about same sex marriage, but also about the path the country takes for equal rights. arunoday mukharji, bbc news, delhi.

this is bass rock, off the east coast of scotland, home to the world's largest colony of northern gannets. when avian flu struck last year, thousands of birds died. a year on, though, there is hope. the gannet population is showing signs of recovery, as our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. david attenborough: bass rock in scotland's firth of forth - is the largest gannet colony in the world. david attenborough's team visited bass rock three years ago. at the height of summer, the whole of bass rock is jam—packed. but this time last year, right in the middle of the breeding season, bird flu struck. gannets, including chicks, died in their thousands. this was the population in 2020, an estimated 150,000 birds. this is 2022.

a year on, and we are headed back to bass rock with a team of scientists from edinburgh university who are doing the first population survey of the gannets this year. there have been huge changes. this area was completely covered with birds. gannets everywhere. not breeding, but it was just full with life. maggie sheddan has been coming here virtually every week for more than 20 years. slowly, in the space of three weeks, i've seen this colonyjust empty. it was heartbreaking to watch that, this magnificent bird that's so strong, just have no power at all. so it's going to start from the far corner. | the scientists send up a drone to take pictures.

they'll use artificial intelligence to count the birds. because obviously humans are far more prone to error, so you can get tired, you can just get bored of counting the birds, which means you get less accurate as time goes on. a computer doesn't get bored, it doesn't get hired. but even without ai, you can see a lot of birds have come back. some have survived the flu. just look how it can change their eyes. and there are chicks, lots of them. maggie is delighted. this is magnificent, what we're seeing here. what we are seeing now, there's established breeders that have survived. there's a lot more than i think we hoped for. but lots of the birds haven't built nests. gannets pairfor life. these birds are waiting for their partners to come back. but it's late in the season. maggie fears most are probably dead. it'll be a couple of months before the scientists publish theirfindings. the colony has taken a big hit, but the good news is the gannets

of bass rock will survive. justin rowlatt, bbc news, the firth of forth. day four of wimbledon delivered both expected wins and surprising upsets. bbc sport's chetan pathak is at the courts with the latest. trying to win back to back titles, the defending champion, elena rybakina, looked nervous at times on thursday. alize cornet causing her problems despite injury, but elena rybakina in the end safely through to the third round in straight sets. no such joy for casper ruud, a man who has reached three of the last four grand slam finals. he's still figuring it out on grass, and the british wild card, liam brody, took advantage, winning a five set thriller. elina svitolina is the highest ranked ukrainian player at these championships. she found a way past elise mertens in three sets, understandably emotional afterwards. elina svitolina reached the quarterfinals of the french open

recently, having come back from maternity leave. friday here should be a cracker. we are going to see novak djokovic, iga swiatek, last year's beaten finalist, ons jabeur. before we let you go, behind me is what would be the first fully—electric flying vehicle. it's called the �*model a', and it's creators say it can drive on public roads and park like a normal car. oh, and it can fly. so imagine scenes like this, flying over traffic on your way to work or the store. the model a has just been certified for testing by the federal aviation administration, which means sci—fi fantasy could someday be an every—day reality. the model a seats two people, and would cost $300,000. thank you for watching the programme.

hello there. variable cloud the thickest cloud was to northern ireland west scotland where we had rain from these weather systems moving in an area of low pressure bringing that zone of wet weather to the north west of the uk. since it spirals back out into the north atlantic we start to get the southerly winds moving in and that sets to make our weather a lot hotter hotspots getting up to around 29 celsius. hot weather around the corner for friday. 29 celsius. hot weather around the cornerfor friday. it 29 celsius. hot weather around the corner for friday. it is cross england and wales we will have such a from the word go for scotland northern ireland a bit of rain still left over from the night—time clearing reports with some bread or whether both are we to the afternoon. england and wales strong sunshine, southerly winds, and a big jump sunshine, southerly winds, and a big jump upwards in temperatures. 29 degrees in london, quite widely across northern england, the bid

lens, he swells. highs getting up to around 26 degrees and for scotland, the low 20s through the central bouts of warmer in the sunshine and a shout for being the hottest day of this years wimbledon tournament. certainly worth taking some sun cream and drinking lots of fluids if you are heading towards the tournament on friday. friday evening and overnight we killed the clear skies for the most part but exceptions the story is never violent where we start to see a bit more in the way of cloud moving and some showers start to arrive for the first part of saturday morning. saturday, expecting quite an unsettled day of weather. all down to this area of low pressure to the west of the uk. we have a cold front moving in. bringing the focus of some showers perhaps bindery, moving in from the west through the day. ahead of that we would draw up a plume of moist air that will destabilise, likely to see some thunderstorms breaking out. that may well be the focus of the storms, actually, by the time it's lost part of the day. the showers are hit and

miss in nature, some areas will miss altogether but some of them have the potential to be pretty heavy. still warm, 27 degrees guides extremely highs for north of scotland reaching the mid 20s. into sunday's forecast again sunshine and shower set up again sunshine and shower set up again some of the showers could be thundering in nature. the potential to see something coming up from france is the blood of uncertainty about where exactly but will be, but it could end up bringing some torrential falls it could end up bringing some torrentialfalls of it could end up bringing some torrential falls of rain, it may be across parts of eastern england so worth staying in touch with the forecast for that future. we could see some localised surface water flooding from that. beyond that into next week, take a look at the jet stream pattern. we have this ridge across the centre of the atlantic, part of a broader scale a mega block where we have low pressure near ontario, canada, low—pressure expecting on top of the uk. that trough will keep low—pressure forming in situ rate over the top of

the uk. another way of saying little change of the forecast. this area of low pressure is going to be staying pretty close by to the uk for much of next week. we will be bringing lots of showers and thunderstorms, many of them will be quite heavy so there will be some big bursts of rain around. they were also be quite long stretches of the day where it is entirely dry and sunny. temperatures, generally around about average. hot weatherfor temperatures, generally around about average. hot weather for friday and some storms on the with the weekend. i for now.

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trader of many tried and jailed trader of many tried and jailed for "rigging" interest rates has finally won the right to appeal against his conviction and jail sentence. is this a huge miscarriage ofjustice?