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sights on formula one. ♪ welcome to "world news america." in russia we have heard from both men on either side of the high drama. on the one hand, the leader of the wagner said it was not his aim to overthrow the government. yevgeny prigozhin had agreed to leave russia for belarus, his whereabouts unknown. the russian president spoke in a televised address to his nation. putin said that the wagner fighters can join the russian army were moved to belarus. first, here's our russian editor, steve rosenberg. >> it was the end of his mutiny in the last time we saw yevgeny prigozhin. under a deal with the kremlin on saturday, the wagner chief pullback fighters in exchange for immunity from prosecution.

it's not clear where he is now. [speaking non-english language] today, mr. prigozhin posted this message. it was a protest to stop wagner from being disbanded and to punish those who made mistakes and what he called the special military operation in ukraine. to support security, president putin summit security chiefs to a late meeting. he had stayed silent on the mean to me that he called an act of treachery. he addressed the nation again tonight. >> the patriotism of our citizens, the consolidation of the whole of russian society played a decisive role in these events. this support helped us to overcome the most difficult challenges that our motherland

faced. 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 were still more questions than answers about what had happened. and a lot of uncertainty about what is in store. russian officials have been queuing up to denounce prigozhin as a traitor. but one prime minister blamed the west for what had happened. he said russia had faced a challenge to its stability and that they needed to rally around the president. [speaking non-english language] state tv was on message. presenting a claim that russians had united to support vladimir putin and denounce treachery. , the traitor yevgeny prigozhin

-- our enemies were in ecstasy, traitor yevgeny prigozhin did a good job for the west. but in the dailies it was last -- less blamed the west and much more where is russia heading. russian newspapers are really interesting on this. even though the media landscape is heavily controlled by the state some papers are saying things the kremlin isn't. this paper says that with the mutiny russia has demonstrated a vulnerability to the whole world and to itself. this paper calls what mr. prigozhin did an unprecedented challenge to vladimir putin that will have long-term consequences for russia. events seemed to take the kremlin by surprise. did two decades of power make putin to confident? -- too confident? >> in a giant country like this where everything is in the center and everyone does everything a your quinn, you

would be an incredibly great first >> but one thing that vladimir putin has learned since coming to power is how to stay there. pvc, moscow. laura: from there we go -- >> from there we go to moscow. here is the view from there. >> this is yevgeny prigozhin's attempt to answer the questions he's been getting but it leaves a lot of other questions unanswered because we still don't know where he is. if he is in belarus as had been suggested over the weekend, but he left a bit of a hint because he said it was lukashenko, president of belarus, who intervened to solve the crisis over the weekend. as to what caused the crisis. made it clear that he was not attempting to overthrow the elected authorities of russia.

this was not a challenge, he tried to make clear, to let himself. he paints at all as a fight with the russian defense ministry. the result of a huge feud that has been brewing for a long time between him and the defense minister and he claims it was triggered when the russian defense ministry fired on the positions of his group inside of ukraine, the we never saw any proof of that. he is trying to say that this was not a challenge to mr. but i have to say the fact of this market -- march in the details of what happened have i think ended the authority of vladimir putin. he is a president makes control and stability his by words and those have been challenged directly by what happened over the weekend. so i think it is important that today we discover the criminal charges against yevgeny prigozhin are still enforced. there is a case out against him

and potentially that is why he is still lying low in why we do not know a lot about where he is. >> what does it mean for the battlefield? earlier i spoke with our editor jeremy bowen. you are in kyiv right now. how are the ukrainians reacting to this turn of events? >> they have been looking with a great deal of interest and some satisfaction at the way that chaotic scenes have unfolded. in moscow they are looking as well at the crisis afflicting the russian president. and for them at the very least it is a big boost for morale. it has not been reflected i would say on the battlefield, but they are well aware that behind every army there is a political leadership and in the case of russia and authoritarian president who is now in mashed in the worst crisis of his presidency.

>> who mentioned the battlefield. how important have the wagner fighters mean? >> they have a reputation for being worthless -- ruthless and have been accused of war crimes but they also have a reputation for being extremely capable, not to say brave. pushing forward. losing a lot of men in the process. and being perhaps better trained and more experienced than many of the russian army fighters. so i think it's pretty clear now that the russian military has very little capacity for counter attack or maneuver, which are basic tasks for an army. the wagner people were perhaps able to do that and thrived of that element, it might mean that the russians have suffered a

military reverse. we will have to see, obviously. >> any sense of how zelenskyy will take this into account when it comes to counteroffensive? >> indications from officials here is that they are sticking to their plans. they are continuing to probe the end some point they will commit the bulk of their forces, 40,000 soldiers trained by nato and equipped with western tanks, they hope that they will be able to land some very telling blows on the russians. at the moment what has been happening in the few weeks since the offensive started is they have made some local, tactical gains. but what they need to do if they want to change the course of the war is turn that into a strategic victory. splitting the zone of occupation that the russians have. they haven't even started to do

that. we are looking at a very long time frame. from the russian point of view, it can't be great for morale for the men on the front line but more than that, no army can really fight effectively if the people in the capital are at each other's throats. when putin was making his speech tonight, what was trying to do was reestablish his authority, show that he's there and that he's strong. now will he have done that? we will have to see. because he had a more diffident tone, i would say, then the remarks he made earlier this weekend when he seemed much angrier. >> and all of that, crucial in a time of war. jeremy, thank you for reporting for us from kyiv. there is more reporting analysis on the war in ukraine and the attempted rebellion on the bbc website. turning to the u.k., the murder

of stephen lawrence in 1993 in 1993 and the police handling of the case was a defining moment for britain. a new suspect in his murder has been identified in a bbc investigation and named publicly for the first time as matthew white. the bbc also found the metropolitan police were criticized in a public entry, seriously mishandling key evidence related to him. stephen was 18 when he was murdered in a racist attack by a gang of young white men in south london in 1993. two of the original five prime suspects were jailed for the murder in 2012. the other three have not been convicted of the client -- crime. >> stephen lawrence, the victim of the most notorious racist murder in british history. 30 years on, we reveal disastrous police failures. identifying key suspects for the first time. he was killed by a gang of young

white men in south london in 1993. the met police handling of the case to the force being branded institutionally racist. >> they have no intention of finding the people who killed my son. i have no confidence in these people to do anything when it comes to this space. >> there were five prime suspects. two finally convicted a decade ago. but stephen's friend, duane, who survived the attack said that there were six attackers. our investigation today identifies a new suspect the first time. this man, matthew white, revealing serious failings by the met. his stepfather contacted the met after the murder but the wrong name for him was put into a database and the lead was not pursued. the new investigator traced the right man, 20 years later.

>> i knocked on his door and i said i'm here to talk to you about stephen lawrence's murder he says you are no good at this job, officer. >> he admitted to being present at the attack. not just him. another witness had given a statement to the met years before in 2000 saying that white told him he was part of the attack. >> i have surveillance photos from 1993 that show white looked like the identified lead attacker -- unidentified lead attacker described by friends and eyewitnesses. he died in this bed set in 2021, 1 year after the met stopped investigating stephen's murder. scotland yard told us matthew white was arrested and interviewed in 2000 and into thousand 13. the prosecutors twice said there wasn't enough evidence to

charge. the evidence relating to matthew white implicates this -- the three prime suspects who remain free. the deputy assistant commissioner matt ward told us -- >> unfortunately too many mistakes were made in the initial investigation and the impact of them continues to be seen. on the 30th anniversary of stephen's murder, the commissioner apologized for the failings and i repeat that apology today. >> after so many police failings, will there ever be full justice for stephen lawrence? daniel testimony, bbc news. >> president biden unveiled his plan to make sure every american has access to high-speed internet as a part of a broader infrastructure push the biden administration is laying out in the days and weeks ahead. details, the u.s. government will distribute $40 million across 50 states to expand

access to affordable, reliable high-speed internet. the goal is that by 2030 every american will have high-speed internet in their homes and place of business. keep in mind that right now more than 8.5 million households and small businesses are in areas with no infrastructure for high-speed internet and millions more struggle with unreliable internet options. let's hear what president joe biden had to say. >> like i said what we are doing is not unlike what franklin delano roosevelt did. bringing electricity to every home and farm in the nation. we are making an equally historic investment to connect everyone in america to high-speed internet. affordable high-speed internet by 2030. the biggest investment high-speed internet ever. for today's economy to work everyone, internet access is just as important as electricity, water, and other basic services. >> anthony is here to tell us

more. it's a lot of money we are talking about but is it enough to preach everyone needs it most? >> that's the goal, and it is being targeted to underserved areas. texas has a lot of land without internet connection, low population areas, rural people. there is the possibility that this could have a real impact on people who don't have internet getting it. another thing he talked about was affordability and that is something i think everyone can pay attention to. in his latest clip he talks about that directly. >> is not enough to have access if you need affordability. that is where i worked with her net service providers to bring down prices for americans struggling with payments. it's called the affordable connectivity program and it's helping 19 million families save around $30 per month on their internet hills and some are saving a lot more.

>> it's all a part of a tour where biden is promoting his policies but why is he doing that? do the biden administration think he needs a good pr right now? quick short answer is yes reliving at the poll numbers his handling of the economy and the view from the american public is not very good. a lot of that has to do with inflation and gas prices. policies like this and others to help the economy independent of joe biden, the policies are pretty popular so the goal is to try to sell his economic record of low unemployment, job growth, growing economy all of this in a way that will help him politically. not necessarily going to be an easy thing to do, it is going to take time but he is giving a big speech in chicago on wednesday where he will be talking about this and all of his staff will be fanning out across the

country to convince americans the economy is better than they think and joe biden is the reason why. >> there's presidential elections in the backdrop but the timeline of this plan, will it be able to actually help his campaign? quick setting use of the number was 2000 31 be done? it's farther down the timeframe that would help him. it's all about perception and a of impact. but if he can change the public perception, that things are getting done, that the money is being spent in a way that actually helps americans and their pocketbook, that would help him. we are still a year out from the election. he has time to change perceptions. all of these republicans are making their case that biden has missed out on the economy and the american mines for next year.

>> thank you. you may recall the fallout from the chinese spy balloon in january. beijing claimed it was a civilian airship used science. officials said it was an isolated event. a panorama investigation discovered evidence of another such flight over japan in two thousand 21. our security correspondent gordon corera has more. >> i am sitting in my driveway and this thing is up in the sky. ask it february when residents of the state of montana saw something strange in the sky. >> i know there are a lot of questions about the flying object. >> the spy balloon spotted moving across the u.s.. >> they are shooting it. >> the balloon was eventually shot down but the journey raised questions about the nature and reach of chinese foreign surveillance operations. to find out more, panorama has been working with the founder of

an artificial intelligence company whose ai has been sifting through millions of satellite images to track balloon. >> looking for something maybe 40 meters across, looking for it in millions and millions and millions of square kilometers. >> tract going close to any u.s. nuclear base and back to a probable launch site in china. china claimed the balloon was a civilian airship used for scientific research like meteorology and that it was an isolated event. but the bbc can now reveal new details about other spy balloon's. the ai program discovered four satellite images of a balloon crossing northern japan in early december of 2021. the ministry of defense suspected that this was one of three spy balloon's flown over the territory since 2019. >> it is strongly presumed that the risk, since balloons flown by china are taking all

precautions to monitor the patient on a daily basis and >> japan says it is prepared to shoot down chinese balloons in the future. >> for protecting the lives in the territory of the people of japan, it is responsible. >> the taiwanese government said it was a weather balloon. >> i suspect that it looks a lot like a balloon that flew over the united states. >> officials say that maybe using balloons intercept munication's.

>> they are trying to understand communication patterns and i can theoretically see where be a platform. >> countries spy on each other all the time but the public nature of the balloon flights has drawn attention to the potential scale and ambition of chinese surveillance programs. >> a judge in the american state of colorado has snc aldrich after the charges of murder in the shooting in colorado springs. the creator of the lithium battery has died in the united states. age of 100. his invasion of the cathode got him the nobel prize in chemistry in 2000 and team. the oldest ever.

highlighting portable electronics and electric vehicles. the hollywood actors ryan reynolds rob mcelhinney have attracted worldwide attention more than just act. they grabbed headlines when they purchased wrexham in 2020 now they are expanding their sports portfolio to include a state in a formula one team. sarah lowe karen's has more. >> the hollywood duo who transformed wrexham after their takeover in 2021 are expanding their sporting portfolio, turning their attention to formula one. ryan reynolds and rob mcelhinney are part of an investor group that have taken a 24% equity stake in the team. they are currently fifth in the championship this season. reynolds, the parent company of the team, announced the news today. the actors are investing alongside auto capital and

redbird capital partners in a collective deal worth around 200 million euros. we know that the pair were widely praised for their approach at wrexham. they attend a lot of the games. all around the world the time and money on the pitch, the team were promoted to the football team in april after a foot -- 15 your absence. it's interesting that one of the other investors had a stake already in the fenway sports group who owned the liverpool side along with the boston red sox team and italian side ac milan. they say that the investment boost their media profile and considering that the usa is one of the key areas marked for formula one growth, reynolds and rob mcelhinney certainly fit the bill. >> over the weekend couples in canada competed in the so-called wife carrying contest. male competitors carried their so-called wives through the

obstacle course. they could be actually wives or just friends or partners. there are rules, of course. the wife must be carried at all times and must weigh about 49 kilograms, about 109 pounds. grand prize, the equivalent of the woman's weight in beer. thank you so narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪

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♪ jeff: --amna: good evening. i'm amna nawaz. geoff: and i'm geoff bennett. on "the newshour" tonight... vladimir putin tries to project a sense of order after a short-lived mutiny exposes instability in russia. amna: a dangerous heat wave plagues texas as the worsening effects of climate change become clearer. geoff: and... we look at the first year of an african american studies program in high schools that's been a top target of the culture wars. >> i don't think the course is political at all any more or any less than american history is political. ♪