[000:00:00;00] the this is dw news live from berlin brush as president gives the voc mercenaries a choice, joined the russian army or leave the country in response to an important march march on moscow. vladimir put in, says wagner fighters can either join rushes conventional military, or go to bell, or roost where their leader has reported. they agreed to go. plus this time of year,

they normally have blue sky right now. residents of montreal are breeding in some of the world's most polluted air. smoke from wild fires raging across canada is blanketing k back. the . i'm in ease of welcome russian pleasant president vladimir prudent has addressed his country thinking citizens for their unity following the aborted revolt by the wagner mercenary group boot and said he would honor his promise to allow wagner fighters to relocate developer routes if they wanted. where their commander, you have danny per goes and has reportedly agreed to go, or they could join the russian army wagner as a short lived revolt has left the kremlin, seeking to restore calm and reassert putin's authority. many questions remain about how the dramatic events will inform his next steps and what they could mean for the

war and ukraine. after a weekend of may head management votes, operations save face has kicked in at the criminal and it started with the speed the i released on russian state tv with defense minutes. this guy is showing front and center, seen a probably visiting the front line and ukraine. it's his 1st public appearance since the bach and have a vote. undeclared signal that he's still in charge. so which is the little guy, was the police again and then came a call for unity from russia's prime minister, going to be praise president pollutants leadership with the junior 11th faith cabinet meeting here in moscow loan number 2 before the under these circumstances, it's important to ensure the solvency and independence of our country for the safety and well being of us citizens of since we need to add together as one team, maintain the unity of or forces by lining up behind the president and take calculated joint decisions to implement task given by the head of statements that

is showing you the effects you know, bonding as others get the best, only go with this with us to the us and others have described. so today's or vote, which is a direct challenge to the russian presidents leadership to the bottom. and the lead on to support us is that say, fall face no punishment despite to teams play around with the school, you have any precaution himself. the supposed to be in bed. it was after pulling out with his troops on saturday nights with a he said right the yet is still unknown. but he has released an 11 minute or 2 your message in which he explains his reasons for taking action. you know, somebody said you don't know but weird it was. there were 2 important factors for our decision to turn around at the for the 1st one, when you did it is that we did not want to spill russian blood, a battery fox. the, the 2nd where is that we were marching, you mom to show our pro, tell you what,

but idea, but not to overthrow the government of the country. so the yeah, well, i steps that idea that was followed a few hours later. why i promise from president tutoring to wagner fighters in the late nights address you're new with us about today. you have the opportunity to continue your service with us or by signing a contract with the defense ministry of the military and law enforcement structures . people to go back to your family and loved ones. those who want can lead from bella very still have the promise i gave will be fulfilled. you and you were just pulling in. but there was no mention of the instigator in chief and bach and the leader, you have good. he put goshen, his life on future may still be on the line. for some analysis, we're joined now by doug clean and non resident fellow at the atlantic council raised a center where he focuses on russia's warren ukraine, authoritarianism and russia,

ukraine's democracy building process. he's joining us from fairfax virginia in the us. thank you for joining us. putting has given wagner fighters a choice now between joining the russian army or relocating to bel ruth, what's behind the strategy? thanks for having me. so put him in his head to block a tight rope throughout this situation. there were a few figures in russia who could do it for those and has done so far and still be alive today. if proven, were to immediately kill production or have them jail. he risks turning provision into a martyr and promotion. remember, has tens of thousands of fighters loyal to him, not directly to the russian government. that's what's behind russia's effort to try to get these wagner fighters to sign on, officially with the army to try to get them to be directly loyal to the russian military and government, and not personally to promotion. there's still a lot obviously that we don't know, but in trying to send promotion to bowers, that may be something of

a compromise for pollutants government trying to sideline production without murdering him. and putting hasn't made any further mention of for goshen. despite this announcement that he would, he does a deal that it could go to bell a ruse. but what do you think will happen to precaution in the future now? well, not mentioning production by name is a tactic that he's actually used before. most famously with russian opposition leader elect saying of only never mentioning the name of this other figure who could perhaps present an alternative to putting himself. now he's using that tactic with production. i think that the kremlin watched the images that emerged from rust of on dawn when wagner and production were there, were russians port out in the streets and treated per goshen. and his forces like returning heroes. uh, that is something that i think frightened and shocked the kremlin quite a bit. the fact that there's this other figure who is able to garner support within

russia and present something of an alternative to put him in. does this mean the end of the wagner mercenary group? i don't think so. wagner is, you know, it's some of the best fighters that russia has. and at the end of the day, this whole rebellion and struggle has been purportedly over a disagreement over how best to prosecute the war to and naya late ukraine wagner. some of the best fighters that russia has in versus not doing so well. they need these tens of thousands of guys to go back to ukraine and keep fighting to try to save this war effort. at the same time, they want to make sure that they don't keep roving around within russia. uh, you know, willy nilly doing what they've been doing for the last week. they need to get these guys under control and back on message. but i'm not clear on that point. if they're banished or bell or ruth, or during the military, that would mean that the organization wagner would not no longer be in charge of this man. right? right, right. so they,

they are trying to co opt wagner's fighters formally into the russian military. i think that's the best scenario in the eyes of the russian government to keep these relatively skilled fighters and have them formally under their control. but if that's not possible, then at least try to get them out of the way, send them to billers, where they can't present as directive a threat to the russian government as they have in the past week. remember, they were only a couple 100 miles away from rolling into moscow. i think they want to get these guys as far away as possible. think this came as a surprise to a lot of people watching the events unfolds, but putting praise rushes unity on monday. what do you make of that as russia united country right now? so i think that's a very open question. again, i'll point back to these videos that emerged of how russians were treating wagner. this rebellion was, was stifled pretty quickly. and again, we don't know the details of this deal and what happened behind the scenes. but there, you know, if things had progressed further,

i think that everybody in the kremlin is wondering how many people across russia would have treated wagner the same way that the people in the rest of on don treated them. pollutant of course now has to paint a picture of the unity has to reassert control and to try to firm up the myth that his authoritarian regime is invulnerable and inevitable. he's trying to do damage control. now the claim, thanks for joining us. thank you. the prince president, below them years a wednesday, has honored soldiers at a ceremony in an undisclosed location and the don't yet screeching. in a video, he told the troops that, quote, everyone knows you are doing the most difficult work. you later posts, for se gas station. moscow, as formerly claimed, you have an exit don't yet region which has been occupied by russians. the court in the us state of colorado was handed down a life sentence. the interest in the aldridge for the murder of 5 people in the attempted murder of 46 others that

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since january canada has been hit repeatedly by extreme weather. in recent years, scientists say the intensity and frequency are a result of global warming. sick grace, small clouds on what would normally be a sunny and clear summer's day. in montreal. it's blowing over from wildfires raging and forest across canada on sunday. air quality here dropped to a level worse than anywhere around the world. it's really like phone except that it's smoke because of the forest fires. it's really hard to breathe. my eyes sting a little too. it's a little hard to see. but it was a mask. it really smells like fire. over the weekend, the canadian environmental agency declared

a small warning in many areas of quebec. they advise people to stay inside outdoor swimming pools and athletic fields were closed, and outdoor events had been cancelled. at 1st, the forest fires reached across the west of the country. but now they've also reached the northeast, could back authority, say some 80 wild fires are devastating the country side. i mean, the whole country seems to be on, on fire these days. but i think it's been president. and from what i've read in the press, we've never had so many fires at such an extent for such a long period of time. and it's just the beginning of the summer. but there is hope on the horizon. according to weather forecast. rain is on the way, bringing much needed relief to north western quebec to sports now in manchester, city start,

you'll kind of go into one has made it official. he's moving to f. c. barcelona. the german international health man city, when it's 1st ever trouble last season, including the champions league trophy, the english premier league and the english f. a cup in 7 years going to one helps city when a total of 14 trophies barcelona has now signed the 32 year old to a 2 year contract. on a free transfer, the german woman's national football team is training was less than a month to the world cup and australia and new zealand. germany is considered one of the favorites, but they will need to get past not only the defending champions, united states, but other european teams like england, sweden and france. at the teams media day, there was talk. this could be their time for the moments and for the cameras, they're cruising, but the intensity will bill is july 20th, approaching the opening of the world cup and july 24th. germany's 1st match against

morocco. the thing is they've proven that their championship material with for example, the runner up finished to england in last year's european championships losing only an extra time of class. also it's clear that we have pressure on us to confirm what we showed last. yeah, but it's a positive kind of pressure, oppose it to you out to book this team also knows that germany has won the world cup before twice. yeah. not really get stuck on words. this is a big we missed when the will talk to, to, we know that there are a lot of favorites this year. and the many teams have the potential to compete for the title limits experience define the 10 we are going. that's when the title that's clear with the team, it's possible with the quality it's possible get credited. assess nicholas beyond the challenges facing the players, fans may face challenges as well, with the time difference for matches played in australia and, and new zealand is how for the world cup branch will be a thing this year. yeah,

i'm aware that it's not that easy and many people will have to what. but i believe that with as a well as a way says in vic. thinking that also applies on the pitch as the german team looks to will its way through 7 matches for a world cup title. and you're up to date after a short break. my colleague steven beardsley, will bring you the latest business news. i'm any so thanks for watching. dw, the guardians of truth. my name is junk and and i have paid almost every price of being enjoying this in