needs prighozin.ls a loyalty for things he's done in the past, _ loyalty for things he's done in the past, i_ loyalty for things he's done in the past, i think that loyalty's becoming part of the dysfunction of russia _ becoming part of the dysfunction of russia in— becoming part of the dysfunction of russia in that putin is no longer taking _ russia in that putin is no longer taking advice or following the advice — taking advice or following the advice given to him by technocrats and experts, but by people with whom he's friendly has long—term historical relations. he's friendly has long-term historical relations.- he's friendly has long-term historical relations. and there is obviously an _ historical relations. and there is obviously an ongoing _ historical relations. and there is obviously an ongoing question l historical relations. and there is - obviously an ongoing question about what that means for wagner and whether they returned to the front line. they've done most of the heavy lifting. woul

and a good night to return, plenty for us to get into — including the claim that yevgeny prighozin isin russia. if you thought the wagner leader was in exile indefinitely, think again. what does that mean for the war in ukraine? difficult day for number ten. the standards committee says former government whip, chris pincher, should be suspended for eight weeks for groping two men in a london club. it will likely trigger another by—election. alongside that, the cabinet office lost a legal challenge today to prevent the covid inquiry from seeing borisjohnson's unredacted whatsapp messages and diaries. we will get into a busy day in westminster. but let us begin with that news from belarus that the boss of the wagner paramilitary group, yevgeny prigozhin, has returned to russia — according to the belarusian leader alexander lu kashenko. mr prigozhin, who led wagner's mutiny in russia last month, was supposed to have gone into exile in belarus — and yet the belarusian leader says he may now be back in st petersburg. for the past week or so, his whereabouts has been something of a mystery.

lukashenko does not control the situation at all and does not know if yevgeny prighozin is in saint petersburgbeen built for the wagner group offer somebody else. it means he has to consult with his department on all questions.— on all questions. you mention nuclear weapons _ on all questions. you mention nuclear weapons and - on all questions. you mention nuclear weapons and let - on all questions. you mention nuclear weapons and let amid | nuclear weapons and let amid putin claims he has moved a batch of nuclear weapons into belarus and lukashenko told the bbc this week that if ukraine confide with other people's weapons, why can't i? what do you make of those comments? lukashenko was always looking for external enemies. just to justify the presence of russian military on our territory. now the presence, he wants to show that somebody wants to invade us, the countries around us are our enemies and they are a worst enemy for belarus than anybody else. and he uses this rhetoric to threaten neighbours and create pressure on the people inside belarus. [30 and create pressure on the people inside

. >> we now understand that prighozin was building, you know, a state within a state. army. he w building a major power center that he envisioned using inside of russia. >> putin understood and appreciated the wagner forces to some extent. but i don't think he realized how much better they were than his regular military, and how much more they could achieve, and how much power that gave prigozhin. >> narrator: from inside the kremlin, over two decades, vladimir putin had been amassing and protecting his power. by 2022, he was on the verge of his most high-risk move yet-- finally finishing what he'd started in ukraine years before. >> he wants to be a great historical figure for russia. putin the great is what he wants to be. and one of the deeds that putin the great will have accomplished is reuniting russia with ukraine. >> russia without ukraine is a country. russia with ukrae is an empire. and that's where putin seems to be headed. that means a lot of wars and a lot of dead people. >> vladimir putin is about to chair a meeting of the russian security council. >> vla

so the name prighozin, the person who ran another insurrection in russia. he was who in he was -- he was putin's shaft, but he also ran some of the darker operations that putin sent him to do. the black box operations that he was famous for, including the control farm outside of st. petersburg. when we read facebook, twitter, a lot of social media, and we see these extreme commentary on both sides, seeking to divide we as americans around race, gender, anything else that can be exploited. after school shootings, unfortunate incidents, guess who is at it? the russians. they are pretty good at it. they have been doing it for a long time. i wish more americans were aware of that, realizing that the damage we think we are doing to one another has a fellow american behind it. not always. >> let me just say one thing. as americans, when you asked different generations, my simple answer is this, i was raised to believe that every american should have the opportunity to have a quality of life. i don't care who you are, like, what you are, you should have the opport

yevgeny prighozin led a mutiny on moscow two weeks ago.e days later he and his wagner generals were sitting in a meeting with vladimir putin. what was discussed, what does it mean for their future role in ukraine. and deep sea mining returns — a two—year moratorium comes to an end. why do we to go hunting beneath the waves, and what danger could that pose to pristine deep water habitats. our panel tonight is the former head of the russia desk at mi6 christopher steele and media law expert, david banks we are going to start with those allegations made on friday evening that a bbc presenter paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images. the young person, now aged 20, is being represented by a lawyer — who has issued a statement in the last few hours. it says... in response, the sun has issued a statement. currently the bbc does not know the identity of this young person nor has it seen the sun's evidence. but bbc managers have spoken today to the metropolitan police who say they are assessing the information and ta

the head of the cia says vladimir putin may still seek revenge on yevgeny prighozin — the leader of thed a failed mutiny in russia — a month ago. william burns said the revolt had exposed weaknesses in the russian president's regime. right, as many voices as possible, please, the morning after the night before, a hard day's night, very hard for the tories. we will look into it. the experts, the psephologists, the voters, you. you are what is important here. let's look at some of the stats. selby in north yorkshire, labour overturned a conservative majority of 20,137, a 23.7% swing, the party? second biggest on record in a by—election. that is massive. labour's new mp, keir mather, 25 years old, he is the baby of the house. not a very nice phrase. he says his success has rewritten the rules on where labour can win. elsewhere, the lib dem leader sir ed davey says his party is firmly back in its former west country stronghold after winning somerton and frome by more than 10,000 votes. and of course, uxbridge and ruislip, a silver lining for sunak? what do you think? 08085 909693, 85058. lo