studies department this is bbc news, the headlines: yevgeny prigozhin — the wagner mercenary group leader who led a failed mutiny in russsia — is presumed dead after a plane crash near moscow. vladimir putin addresses a summit by video link — but makes no mention of the crash — or mr prigozhin. there's happiness for some — but gcse exam pass rates fall for a second year running — in england, wales and northern ireland. and monkey business! animals at london zoo are lured on to the scales — for their annual weigh—in. more now from russia where — as we've been hearing — the leader of the wagner mercenary group — yevgeny prigozhin — is presumed dead after a plane crash near moscow. aviation officials in russia say all 10 passengers and crew were killed in the crash —

in the tver region. in st petersburg, a public memorial has been set up outside the wagner headquarters to pay tribute to mr prigozhin — as well as his right hand man — dimitry utkin. mr prigozhin rose from obscurity to a position of significant power in russia — commanding thousands of troops — financed and supported by some of the country's most powerful politicians. our analysis editor ros atkins has been taking a look at his rise — and fall. well, we know that prigozhin took an unorthodox route to a powerful position in russia. in 1981, he was sent to prison for robbery and theft, and when released in 1990, he became a hotdog salesman in st petersburg. but by 1997, he was running a top restaurant and winning lucrative catering contracts. those brought connections to the top. prigozhin even served food to world leaders and to putin himself. and prigozhin�*s role was becoming about much more than food.

in 2014, russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukraine. prigozhin was involved. at that time he said... and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro—government forces. more recently, there are multiple reports of wagner's military and commercial activity in africa with the eu accusing the group of committing torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings. and then came the war. when putin wanted to give his invasion of ukraine impetus, prigozhin and his fighters were called in. but, as wagner's death toll grew, so did prigozhin�*s fury. expressed first in video rants and then in a short—lived mutiny. in the aftermath, putin condemned the mutineers as traitors.

but for prigozhin, charges were dropped, no arrest followed. we asked, why wasn't putin punishing prigozhin? perhaps he was biding his time. lets try to work out what has been going on in russia with this extraordinary development. with me is our security correspondent frank gardner. joining me live arejustin crump, ceo of sibylline, intelligence consultancy — who's also a british army veteran, and marina miron, post—doctoral researcher at the king's college war studies department. frank, if i could start with you. thank you for being here. what we know? lots of questions about what might have happened, but what do you think happened? lets might have happened, but what do you think happened?— think happened? lets out with the fact, we think happened? lets out with the fact. we know _ think happened? lets out with the fact, we know this _ think happened? lets out with the fact, we know this light _ think happened? lets out with the l fact, we know this light commercial aircraft... a privatejet, rather, was brought down halfway roughly between moscow and st petersburg. it was 29 minutes into its flight. there are still some speculations

and confusions around what brought it down. was it a device on board? a surface—to—air missile? an air to air missile? either way, surface—to—air missile? an air to air missile? eitherway, it surface—to—air missile? an air to air missile? either way, it was brought down with ten p1 door or board, three crew, seven passengers, no survivors. russia's internal domestic intelligence agency would easily have been able to access yevgeny prigozhin and fharharde —— dmitry utkin. what we haven't had is any evidence that progression was killed. was this a decoy? did he get on the other plane which was on the group, is now sipping a cocktail somewhere? i think it is unlikely. the widely accepted view of this was that this was president putin �*s

revenge dish served cold two months after that mutiny that president putin has got his revenge. he looked weak for not punishing yevgeny prigozhin. weak for not punishing yevgeny priaozhin. ., ., , i. weak for not punishing yevgeny priaozhin. ., ., , ,, ., prigozhin. now, what is your view on what miaht prigozhin. now, what is your view on what might have _ prigozhin. now, what is your view on what might have happened? - prigozhin. now, what is your view on what might have happened? it - prigozhin. now, what is your view on what might have happened? it is - what might have happened? it is being assumed that yevgeny prigozhin is now dead, where does that leave putin, for a start? justin crump? certainly, in terms of what we are seeing at the moment, speculation and misinformation is growing. and while i think fingers are pointing towards the russian state in this, they will attempt to muddy the waters. and certainly, investigations are currently ongoing and whether a device was smuggled on board, and of course, if that is found by the russians, then they will point the finger at duquesne or nato. we saw this with mh 17 and the

difficulty of blame there. that was fairly open and shut. there are a lot of moving parts around this. the message being received through all of that is very clearly, as frank said, closing the chapter on what happened two months ago. that was a real slap in the face for the russian leadership. and it was something that needed to be resolved. they have moved slowly and carefully, weakening the remains of the wagner group, and i think that mr bogosian felt he was safe to travel. i think he felt that he had a deal —— mr yevgeny prigozhin felt that he was safe to travel. the checks were not being paid from moscow that were being promised, there are reports from accounts, and that was revelling in the situation. and that led to where we are now, and there is 90% chance that... marina my run, where does this leave

wagner —— marina marron, where does this leave wagner? it has lost its potential number one and two. it is difficult to predict what is going to happen to the wagner group. if the reports are correct, then it would — the reports are correct, then it would mean that presumably the kremlin— would mean that presumably the kremlin managed to decapitate. we have to _ kremlin managed to decapitate. we have to understand the rule that wagner— have to understand the rule that wagner was ruled by the kremlin, and for the _ wagner was ruled by the kremlin, and for the kremlin, wagner was ruled by the kremlin, and forthe kremlin, it was wagner was ruled by the kremlin, and for the kremlin, it was an excellent foreign _ for the kremlin, it was an excellent foreign policy, that offered the kremlin— foreign policy, that offered the kremlin a deal of deniability when it came _ kremlin a deal of deniability when it came to— kremlin a deal of deniability when it came to achieving foreign policy objectives — it came to achieving foreign policy objectives in military and information... notably in ukraine, syria. _ information... notably in ukraine, syria. africa _ information... notably in ukraine, syria, africa. there are these 25,000 — syria, africa. there are these 25,000 fighters who respond to mr

prigozhin _ 25,000 fighters who respond to mr prigozhin and dmitry utkin. i presume _ prigozhin and dmitry utkin. i presume that if the kremlin must go ahead _ presume that if the kremlin must go ahead with _ presume that if the kremlin must go ahead with such a step, they would want to— ahead with such a step, they would want to tie — ahead with such a step, they would want to tie the loose ends, meaning that they— want to tie the loose ends, meaning that they have to disband the wagner group _ that they have to disband the wagner group plans to take control. they might _ group plans to take control. they might have — group plans to take control. they might have found a substitute who would _ might have found a substitute who would he _ might have found a substitute who would be able to carry those operations in africa. it is a source of revenue — operations in africa. it is a source of revenue for the kremlin, a wave to project— of revenue for the kremlin, a wave to project power. in ukraine, wagner have proved — to project power. in ukraine, wagner have proved to be very effective on the battlefield. so, it would be sillyiust — the battlefield. so, it would be silly just to the battlefield. so, it would be sillyjust to have that group being literallym — sillyjust to have that group being literally... and potentially seeking revenge _ literally... and potentially seeking revenge for what happened to their leader _ revenge for what happened to their leader so — revenge for what happened to their leader. so i think that there must be leader. so i think that there must he at _ leader. so i think that there must he at least — leader. so i think that there must be at least a plan in place for how to deal— be at least a plan in place for how to deal with this. probably, they will he _ to deal with this. probably, they will be forced to integrate into the broader— will be forced to integrate into the broader military structure or led by

somebody— broader military structure or led by somebody else, somebody who they would _ somebody else, somebody who they would have accepted in order to carry— would have accepted in order to carry on— would have accepted in order to carry on those operations, may be under— carry on those operations, may be under a _ carry on those operations, may be undera different brand. carry on those operations, may be under a different brand.— under a different brand. frank, in reaard to under a different brand. frank, in regard to the _ under a different brand. frank, in regard to the wagner _ under a different brand. frank, in regard to the wagner group, - under a different brand. frank, in regard to the wagner group, a i under a different brand. frank, in . regard to the wagner group, a group you have studied in depth, and also with ukraine, where does this leave the ukrainian situation and the ukrainian war? will they see this as potentially positive? i ukrainian war? will they see this as potentially positive?— potentially positive? i don't think it will make _ potentially positive? i don't think it will make much _ potentially positive? i don't think it will make much difference - potentially positive? i don't think it will make much difference of l it will make much difference of ukraine walk, the wagner group had already withdrawn, moved back to their bases, lots have gone to belarus, some to africa. wagner were out of the picture. there will be no tears shed in kyiv if it is confirmed that mr bogosian instead. he was responsible for sending wave after wave —— mr prigozhin. he was sending people against ukrainian lines to try to overwhelm them but also as cannon fodder to try to

overwhelm them and work out where the ukrainian positions were seven they could hit them with artillery. there are three intelligence agencies, the fsb, the gr you, and the svr. the svr do foreign intelligence. the sfd are the successors to the kgb. if this was a hit by the kgb on putin's orders, and there is no evidence, but this is what everyone is suspected, it would be the fsb who carried it out. they do this wet work. the gr you is military intelligence, they allegedly did the song is pre—novice shock attack in 2017. the director is said to be forming plans to replace the wagner group with a another group. they needed to neuter the wagner group. afterjune 2a, it was seen as a potential threat to the kremlin. taste

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the figures showed that the backlog of asylum claims is still very large, hundred and 75,000 people are still stuck in the system. and really, what is happening is, the government is making efforts to reduce what it calls the legacy backlog, all claims before the end ofjune last year. as it reduces that backlog you have new claims coming in, which offset that. so actually, the backlog is kind of roughly increasing a little bit to the current level. and that is the really tricky thing. the government isn't able to get that under control. you get more and more people coming into the system over the last year. this people coming into the system over the last year-— the last year. this comes on the back of the _ the last year. this comes on the back of the prime _ the last year. this comes on the back of the prime minister - the last year. this comes on the back of the prime minister who l the last year. this comes on the . back of the prime minister who said that the backlog would be gone. how can they go about reducing the backlog? can they go about reducing the backlo: ? , ., , backlog? the government might be able to net backlog? the government might be able to get the _ backlog? the government might be able to get the legacy _ backlog? the government might be able to get the legacy backlog, - backlog? the government might be able to get the legacy backlog, as l backlog? the government might be able to get the legacy backlog, as i | able to get the legacy backlog, as i mentioned, the old cases, down. but,

it would need to increase its decision—making by three times over the next three months. that is possible, they are investing a lot in an increasing number of decision—makers. it would be a big deal if they could get that done. but looking at the stats in detail, what we have seen in some of the figures is that there are a large number of withdrawals over the last six months, and a large number of decisions being made are refusals —— are not refusals, they are just saying that people have been withdrawn. in some cases, they are implicitly redrawn, where the government says that may be because you have not shown up to an asylum interview, we will count your claim alf withdrawn. that may be marking some of the figures here —— masking some of the figures here —— masking some of the figures here —— masking some of the figures here. we some of the figures here -- masking some of the figures here.— some of the figures here. we will have to leave _ some of the figures here. we will have to leave it _ some of the figures here. we will have to leave it there. _ some of the figures here. we will have to leave it there. thank - some of the figures here. we will have to leave it there. thank you | some of the figures here. we will. have to leave it there. thank you so much. now, some breaking news. this is a story i am sure that you will

be familiar with. the lord chancellor alex chalk and the attorney general have ordered an independent inquiry into the circumstances and hand—wringing into andrew malkinson is case after his conviction was quashed by the court of appeal last month. the inquiry will investigate the handling and the role of greater manchester police. the crown prosecution service and the criminal cases review commission in his conviction. and also, subsequent appeals to ensure that lessons are learned from the significant miscarriage of justice that he suffered. you can see pictures there of andrew malkinson when his conviction was quashed. as i said, that was last month after he served 17 years in jail in total. the inquiry will be led by a certain senior legal figure and the senior criminal case... they

have all pledged their full cooperation. the lord chancellor and secretary of state forjustice, alex chalk said that andrew malkinson, you can see him there, andrew malkinson suffered a an atrocious miscarriage ofjustice and deserves a thorough and honest answers as to how and why it took so long to uncover. the core function of our justice system is to convict the guilty and ensure the innocent walk free, yet a man spent 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit while a rapist remained on the loose. it is essential that lessons are learned. students in england, northern ireland and wales have been receiving their gcse exam results. (boxed 00v)the pass rates have fallen for a second year running — bringing them close to where they were in 2019. this drop is due to england's plan to get back to normal grades after going up during the first

years of the pandemic. live now to antony little, principal of the hewlett academy in norwich. thank you forjoining us on what is a busy day. you must have had students coming in, what is the atmosphere been like?- students coming in, what is the atmosphere been like? thank you for havin: me. atmosphere been like? thank you for having me- it — atmosphere been like? thank you for having me. it has _ atmosphere been like? thank you for having me. it has been _ atmosphere been like? thank you for having me. it has been a _ atmosphere been like? thank you for having me. it has been a real - atmosphere been like? thank you for having me. it has been a real day - atmosphere been like? thank you for having me. it has been a real day of. having me. it has been a real day of celebration here. there is a great feeling ofjoy. at my school, we reduced our best results ever. we are in the region of 26% up on what we did last year. set against that backdrop of falling results across the country, it is even more of an achievement for students and staff. so you are really bucking the national trend, which has been a falling grades. how do you think that has happened? from your academy? what do you pick that down to? a lot of people are saying, these are the students who had to go

do comb it, they lost so much teaching time, and they were at a huge disadvantage compared to students of other years. how have you managed to overcome that? thea;r you managed to overcome that? they were at a massive _ you managed to overcome that? tia: were at a massive disadvantage, and the next year as well, they are the year group to have that huge disruption further down their educational career. but now, with all the adjustments and support that we are given to the groups who have just gone through, they have had to turn to normal grading and content of exams, nothing being taken out, and no different grading being bet on it. we identified that our students came to us this year with gaps in their knowledge. it is essential that we feel that. we had an excellent tutoring programme working with kids individually or in small groups in order to fill those gaps and make sure that they had the knowledge that they need. we have had an extended school day. we simply work more hours here. a 28

hour working week instead of a 25 hour working week instead of a 25 hour working week instead of a 25 hour working week. that means we can spend more time with the students. the longer that they are in school, the more they are in school, the more that they can work with their talented group of teachers, the more support that we are able to give them. and, their attendance is crucial. and you will know, and people will know, that all attendance has declined by quite a lot. we have been focusing on making sure that students are in school and in their lessons are that they can benefit from the work that teachers are putting in. we have seen in the last year our attendance go up by about 4%, again, bucking the national trend. and there is a real correlation between students with great attendance and who walked up—to—date with great results. congratulations to you. and from what you're saying, it sounds like you and your staff have had to put in a lot of extra time out of hours to ensure those pupils are brought up. are you concerned that perhaps in other academies, other schools

across the country, that simply hasn't been possible? shill across the country, that simply hasn't been possible? all schools are doinu hasn't been possible? all schools are doing their— hasn't been possible? all schools are doing their best. _ hasn't been possible? all schools are doing their best. i _ hasn't been possible? all schools are doing their best. i don't - are doing their best. i don't believe that there are any schools out there doing things in order to damage children's educations. we are incredibly lucky. it requires a number of things, it requires excellent teachers, and we are very lucky that we have that. it requires dedicated students, they are very lucky to vote in the hours as well, and also, supportive families. it is about ensuring that they are here and that they are learning. it is notjust and that they are learning. it is not just about saying, we and that they are learning. it is notjust about saying, we have to work more, we have to work harder, we have to do to look at what we are doing during school hours, making sure that lesson time is effective, disruption free, that we are getting the most out of the time that we have. we are making sure that they are here as much as they possibly can, that disruption zero 11 to an absolute minimum. it is a model that lots of schools across the country are using very successfully, there will be lots of cases like as across the country where results have gone up. and it is a programme i think be

replicated. pare up. and it is a programme i think be relicated. . , ., up. and it is a programme i think be relicated. . ., , _ ., , replicated. are you happy that this is a final year— replicated. are you happy that this is a final year where _ replicated. are you happy that this is a final year where pupils - replicated. are you happy that this is a final year where pupils will. is a final year where pupils will have been severely affected by covid? will it be easier from now on? ., ~' , covid? will it be easier from now on? ., ,, , ., ., on? no, i think it is a long time for this. don't _ on? no, i think it is a long time for this. don't forget, _ on? no, i think it is a long time| for this. don't forget, education start forthis. don't forget, education start in primary schools, and that has been damaged as well. so, they are coming through at various stages in primary and secondary. those coming through from year nine to year ten, they lost their transition to high school. that was a very difficult time, at the point when we were reopening. there will be kids coming through who haven't had the support, the adaptation to test papers, the different grading, but he still lost a big part of education coming through. so i think schools are going to have to anticipate for at least the next two, three, four, years, they will have these kinds of challenges on the hand. _, ., ., ., , .,

have these kinds of challenges on the hand. ., ., ., , ., ,., the hand. the congratulations to you and our the hand. the congratulations to you and your students. _ how much does a humboldt penguin weigh — you may ask. chances are — you haven't — but if you have — london zoo might have the answer. every year — the zoo—keepers record the vital statistics of their animals — to monitor their health and well—being — and today — is weigh—in day. our reporter naomi choy smith was at the zoo for the weigh—in. what a day for it. we have been at london zoo all morning for the annual weighing 1a,000 animals. not all of them today, it will take a whole week to weigh them all, but we have already seen the tigers, gorillas, and the penguins being weighed. and now, we are at the squirrel monkey enclosure, some of the smallest primates out there, each one weighs only about 500 grams. we were at the gorilla enclosure, where the largest silverback gorilla weighed in at 196 kilograms. to talk to all of we

bring in the head of london zoo. angela, a successful weigh in day so far. 50 angela, a successful weigh in day so far, ., �* angela, a successful weigh in day so far. ., �* ., ., far. so far, we've had a good day with the squirrel _ far. so far, we've had a good day with the squirrel monkeys. - far. so far, we've had a good day with the squirrel monkeys. with l far. so far, we've had a good day i with the squirrel monkeys. with the whole troop, sometimes it is harder, some of the animals are more dominant, they come down wanting the treats, and the others take a little bit of time. we are getting better day. bit of time. we are getting better da . , ., , ., bit of time. we are getting better da. , ., day. tell us a little bit more about how this data _ day. tell us a little bit more about how this data is _ day. tell us a little bit more about how this data is used _ how this data is used internationally to help with conservation efforts. it is notjust about checking in on the well—being of the animals, is it? taste about checking in on the well-being of the animals, is it?— of the animals, is it? we weigh and check in on — of the animals, is it? we weigh and check in on the _ of the animals, is it? we weigh and check in on the health _ of the animals, is it? we weigh and check in on the health of our- check in on the health of our animals every day. today is particularly important because it is shared. we use a database, it is these zoological information management system, a great database, it is used across the world, with many differences, and we can all share not only the weights and health of our animals, the age, whether they have brooded, signs of when they come into breeding season, all of that is shared on a database which is shed worldwide and used it

to grow, learn about animals, and used to make sure that we breed our animals well. we can show that the conservationists, who can use that to track animals, work out when an animal in the wild is pregnant or not, or coming into breeding, so it is all really important information. you are watching bbc news. welcome back. i take you to some pictures overin back. i take you to some pictures over in the united states. we have pictures from georgia. you might be able to see images of donald trump on the front of that van. it is passing by. he didn't take part in the debate, the republican debate, he is due to surrender to the authorities at fulton county jail in georgia later today. you can see some of his supporters are there and are waiting for his arrival. we will bring you more as we get it. say where there bbc news.

hello. we are back into last week of summer, meteorologicalat hello. we are back into last week of summer, meteorological at least. that said, it won't be a lot or wash—out, potential thunder and lightening over the next few days. pressure to the north—west of the uk. it will bring rain to some parts of scotland today. elsewhere, largely dry, a few showers. still warm from the south—east of england. 2526 degrees, the odd heavy shower visiting. over the next few days, those temperatures in the south—east are going to fall back to where they should be this time of year. this evening and overnight, we continue to see wet weather for areas of scotland, a few showers for northern ireland, largely dry elsewhere. clear sky developing tonight. it will be a cooler night. last night, temperatures stayed in the low teens. tonight, we could see

temperatures dipping into single figures. tomorrow, clear size, largely dry, some showers first thing, cloud here and there. winds bringing in a patchy rain into scotland at first. dry out further south. scattered showers popping up in northern ireland and northern england, and into wales. some of those could be quite thundery. towards the south—east, largely dry, turning a corner, temperatures closer to what they should be, around 21 degrees. turning into saturday, we hold on to the low pressure. we continue to have northerly winds towards the west of the uk. a fair amount of dry weather to begin with. scattered showers will develop through the day almost anywhere. there will be a risk of heavy and boundary downpours as well. there will be centre in india between, not a complete wash—out. temperature standard for many of us

at the time of year. coming in from the atlantic, cloudy wet weather for northern ireland on sunday. that will become patchy at going eastwards. saying sunny and largely dry in the south—east of england. not a bad picture for some. sunshine in london on sunday. bank holiday monday, for most of us, drier weather, some sun.

today at one: what caused a plane

to crash near moscow — killing ten people — including, its reported, the leader of the mercenary group wagner, yevgeny prigozhin? prigozhin and his deputy dmitry utkin are presumed to have died. the bodies are yet to be identified. amidst huge speculation over what's happened, the kremlin and vladimir putin have remained silent. we'll be asking what this means for the war in ukraine, for the wagner group, and also for the russian leadership. also on the programme: the government has ordered an independent inquiry into the handling of the andrew malkinson case. his conviction for rape was quashed after 17 years in prison the number of people in the uk waiting for a decision on their asylum claim has risen to a record high, latest figures show. i got igotan i got an eight in polish! there's jubilation and inevitably disappointment as hundreds of thousands of pupils get their gsce results in england,

wales and northern ireland.