hussein reporting. —— samira hussein reporting.een a dramatic escalation of infighting between the leaders of russia's army and its wagner mercenary force. to explain more on who the wagner group is and their leader, here's our analysis editor ros atkins. the wagner group has fought in some of the wars's visits battles including bakhmut and it's lost many men. this is yevgeny prigozhin laying flowers at his fighter�*s graves earlier this year. the us estimates that around 10,000 wagner fighters have died estimates that around 10,000 wagnerfighters have died in ukraine since december and the majority of those men were russian convicts. here is yevgeny prigozhin at a prison laugh september, telling these men their sentences will be quashed if they fight for wagner. many of them went to war and, as wagner's death toll has spiralled, yevgeny prigozhin's relationship with the russian defence ministry has deteriorated. he has posted furious rants on the messaging up furious rants on the messaging up telegram and in early may surrounded b

essentially created a whole new golf association led by the saudis. created a whole new golf samira husseinre. created a whole new golf meanwhile, a usjudge has granted a request from prosecutors to try some of their charges against cryptocurrency exchange ftx's founder sam bankman—fried in a second trial next year. the 31—year—old will still stand trial this october over charges stemming from the collapse of the now—bankru pt firm. mr bankman—fried has pleaded not guilty to fraud and money laundering charges. china's economy stumbled last month — after the latest data showed industrial output and retail sales both missed forecasts. the economic rebound it saw after dropping covid restrictions late last year seemed to have slowed in the second quarter. earlier this week — china's central bank slashed key interest rates in a bid to boost the country's post—pandemic recovery. i spoke with s&p global market intelligence'sjing—yi pan and she explained what's happening to china's economic rebound. what we have seen with the real pendant is how to power up the economy. i think the numbers we have

samira hussein, bbc news, new york.stin is a meteorologist and senior air quality specialist with the rhode island department of environmental management. he explained what's going on. so this is actually a quite unusual event here. i'm east of new york city, where they've actually gotten the brunt of this wildfire smoke, but yeah, when we have monitors in the ground and when we're detecting certain readings above the health standards exposure — you know, we call them sensitive groups, so people with breathing conditions as medics, babies, elderly folks, or even if healthy people are outside really exerting themselves, they can be impacted. and we saw a lot of new yorkers and other americans wearing masks yesterday and today — do they help? do those masks help? yeah, it's funny, here in the northeast, like i mentioned, we don't quite see this like the western states do, and even parts of canada. so i was looking to other states for guidance, in terms of what can you do about it? and n95 masks, i guess, are recommended j

samira hussein, bbc news, new york.ntists want next year next year will be the highest due to the el nino when one warmer pushes extra heat into the atmosphere. ——haze. tropical cyclones, heavy rainfall in south america, drought in australia are possible.— america, drought in australia are ossible. a , ., are possible. matt mcgrath has. for several— are possible. matt mcgrath has. for several months _ are possible. matt mcgrath has. for several months scientists i for several months scientists have been concerned about the emergence of nino and they have been going recently confident that an el nino event is on the horizon. it happens to—7 years and it releases a hot air across south america which essentially alters global weather patterns and temperatures. the impacts you can expect to see over the next several months to a year would be drier weather in australia and parts of asia, better weather in us parts, colder weather in us parts, colder weather in us parts, colder weather in europe and the uk but the bigger impa

samira hussein, bbc news, new york. misled parliament over lockdown parties in downing street. the former prime minister gave evidence to the privileges committee in march and has two weeks to respond to the draft report. the final version is expected to be published by the end of this month. mrjohnson has maintained that he did not breach any rules. a jury has been shown the moment a metropolitan police officer was shot in 2020 in a holding cell in a london police station. louis de zoysa denies murdering matt ratana with a gun concealed in an underarm holster. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. stand up. the moments before the shot was fired that killed sergeant matt rata na. the revolver in louis de zoysa's hand. walking down the road with a duffel bag, all right? he had been stopped on the street at about 1.30 in the morning. have you got anything on you, like sharp, that can hurt me or you? no. no? police found seven bullets on him. they searched him and his bag but did not find the antique revo

samira hussein, bbc news, new york.ch has seen prince harry accuse the mirror group newspapers of using phone hacking to find stories about his private life, continues this morning. mirror group denies the allegations. frances read is outside the high court. good morning, frances. there has been a lot of attention on this trial because of prince harry, and it continues today.— trial because of prince harry, and it continues today. that's right, we are rroin it continues today. that's right, we are going to _ it continues today. that's right, we are going to hear— it continues today. that's right, we are going to hear from _ it continues today. that's right, we are going to hear from some - it continues today. that's right, we are going to hear from some of - it continues today. that's right, we j are going to hear from some of the other claimant day but as you rightly said, prince harry has really stolen the show. this is a test case, prince harry determined to see what he sees as the injustices caused by the tabloid pr