steve rosenberg. _ will continue for some time. steve rosenberg. our— will continue for some time.me time. steve rosenberg, our russian editor, i will continue for some time. steve rosenberg, our russian editor, thank you very much for being with us, your thoughts on both of those stories. thank you so much. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. let's look at another story making news here in the uk. a court has heard that a baby girl would still be alive if it wasn't for the "callous, cruel, arrogant and ultimately grossly negligent conduct" of her parents. constance marten and her partner mark gordon are on trial for the manslaughter of their newborn daughter victoria, who was found inside a shopping bag covered in rubbish. they deny the charges. the uk covid inquiry has heard that nicola sturgeon called borisjohnson a "clown" in an expletive—laden text conversation with her chief of staff. her successor as first minister humza yousaf has been facing scrutiny at the inquiry over his tenure as scotland's health secretary during the pandemic and the governm

caitriona: russia editor steve rosenberg reports now from moscow. e: caught on mobile phone, the moment a russian military transport plane fell from the sky. good god, she cries, as a consequence of what has happened becomes clear. the wreckage was strewn across the fields. not only did russia accuse ukraine of shooting the plane down -- it claimed it held dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war who were about to be exchanged. >> on board the plane were six crewmembers, 65 ukrainian servicemen, for a prisoner swap, and three russian military personnel escorting them. the crew and all the passengers on the plane were killed. in this terrorist attack, the ukrainian leadership has shown its true colors. steve: over at the russian parliament, mp's were quick to condemn ukraine and those countriewho have been supporting kyiv during the war. but this is a war the kremlin began, with president putin's special military operation. moscow has made its position clear. ukraine is to blame. ukraine shut the plane down. we cannot confirm that here. what is clear is t

a look inside russia by our bbc washer editor steve rosenberg. a story out of the uk now. the singer rick astley was featured this evening on a bbc new year's eve show. the appearance capped off a great year for the 80s icon, as he enjoys a major comeback in the uk, and around the globe. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson caught up with him as he rehearsed for sunday's big show and spoke with him about the song that made his career never gonna give you up. yeah, it's funny. obviously that song, never gonna give you up, has been part of my dna now for 30—odd years and as mad as people may find the fact that i still enjoy singing it, i still do, because it kind of — it kind of solidifies in my own mind how lucky i've been. what were your real highlights for 2023, then? playing glastonbury has to be a highlight because i never thought i'd get to play that stage. i never thought i'd get to play glastonbury, never mind the pyramid stage. the bbc one new year's eve special traditionally attracts one of the biggest tv audiences of the year.

moment, we'll speak to sarah rainsford in the ukrainian capital kyiv, but first our russia editor steve rosenberg moscow for us now, steve. thank you. at around 11 o'clock this morning local time, a russian military transport plane crashed in a field near the village in southern russia fund that news in itself was making headlines here, but very soon the story became even bigger when russia claimed that on board that aircraft were 65 ukrainian prisoners of war, and accused ukraine of shooting the plane down. caught on mobile phone, the moment a russian military transport plane fell from the sky. woman speaks russian. "good god," she cries, as the consequence of what has happened becomes clear. the wreckage was strewn across the fields of belgorod region. not only did russia accuse ukraine of shooting the plane down, it claimed that on board were dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war who were about to be exchanged. translation: on board the plane there were six crew members, - 65 ukrainian servicemen for a prisoner swap, and three russian military personnel escorting them. the crew and all the pass

steve rosenberg with the latest from moscow.y have issued a statement in the last few minutes in which they say they don't have any specific, reliable information about who exactly was on board the plane or how many people were there, but the statement goes on, ukraine carried out all agreements in preparation for the prisoner exchange. remember, the prisoners of war we are told were on board the plane were part of a prisoner exchange, they were being taken to the border to exchange with russians. ukraine says it's carried out all those agreements to be... the lights people delivered to the location and time to be exchanged from ukrainian soldiers for russian soldiers. they said it was up to russia to ensure the safety of the defenders under the agreements reached birch, and this is a crucial part, ukraine had not been informed of the need to ensure the safety of air space near the city of belgorod at a defined time. they said previously when this has happened they were told that was the case, they were told that was the case, t

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.an military intelligence issued a statement saying it doesn't have any reliable information about who exactly was on board the plane. however, it says: our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has the latest from kyiv. but we now have a couple of statements, and together, i think they amount to an implicit acknowledgement from ukraine that, in fact, it was a ukrainian missile that brought down the russian transport plan. but we don't have is a statement openly saying that and there is no official information that there were any ukrainian prisoners of war on board that russian plan. of course, that is what russia has been claiming all along and it is what ukraine is saying it cannot officially confirm. but it has said, though is that there was a prisoner of war exchange plan for today and did not happen. it also said that i got no information from russia on the kind of transport or route it was planning to use which is what it would normally get and therefore there was nothing t

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.can speak now to michael bociurkiw, who is a global affairs analyst and a nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council's eurasia centre. welcome, thanks very much for being with us. from what you're hearing, what's your assessment of what's happened today?— what's your assessment of what's happened today? what's your assessment of what's ha ened toda ? _, ., ., , ,, happened today? good to be with you. it's a fast-moving _ happened today? good to be with you. it's a fast-moving story, _ happened today? good to be with you. it's a fast-moving story, and _ happened today? good to be with you. it's a fast-moving story, and to - happened today? good to be with you. it's a fast-moving story, and to me - it's a fast—moving story, and to me it seems that the russians — if indeed what has been reported happened — is that they are playing fast and loose with protocols, because as the ukrainian side said in a statement a few hours ago, they were not informed that these pows weren't going to

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.different stories from across the uk. usually, sorting a day out takes a gary flynt a lot of planning. but he is not hard nearly as much work to do before coming to castleton. normally i would before coming to castleton. normally i would have — before coming to castleton. normally i would have to _ before coming to castleton. normally i would have to do _ before coming to castleton. normally i would have to do a _ before coming to castleton. normally i would have to do a bit _ before coming to castleton. normally i would have to do a bit of _ before coming to castleton. normally i would have to do a bit of research i i would have to do a bit of research online, or quite extensive research online, or quite extensive research online, to actually make today pleasurable for myself and any family member that i will be with. it's because a new map has been produced. 0n it's because a new map has been produced. on it is clearly marked where facilities are for disabled people like accessible t

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.to santa rosa in california where we can speak to military expert and former us marines chief of staff in europe, colonel brendan kearney. what your reading of what has happened? i think it's a classic case of the ukrainians taken advantage of what they thought was an absolutely legitimate military target flying close to the ukrainian border over russia. and taking it down with some anti—aircraft missiles. unfortunately, it appears based on all the reporting that the passengers were ukrainian personnel. they were pows that were on their way to be exchanged for russian personnel. a sad situation that this is what the circumstances have been. this is what the circumstances have been-— this is what the circumstances have been. ., ., �* , . have been. you wouldn't expect ou to have been. you wouldn't expect you to take _ have been. you wouldn't expect you to take on _ have been. you wouldn't expect you to take on their _ have been. you wouldn't expect you to take on their own. - ukraine th

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.n forced to return to the uk to resolve visa complications — the only member of the touring party to have to do so. bashir was initially left in abu dhabi and won't arrive in india until at least the weekend. he'll also miss the first test that starts on thursday. middlesbrough's hopes of a fairytale return to wembley were brought to a halt this evening after a 6—1 thrashing by premier league chelsea in their league cup semi—final tie at stamford bridge. chelsea will meet either liverpool or fulham in the final next month. joe wilson watched the action. middlesbrough's official allocation, just over 4,000 tickets. the buses heading south represented so many more supporters. it's teesside versus that side. hey, big spenders. what does £1 billion get you in football these days? well, chelsea's new american owner would expect, surely, a trophy. remember, in this semifinal, middlesbrough actually led 1—0 from the first leg. well, that lasted 14 minutes. commentator: chelsea level the tie!

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.sidential primary in new hampshire, the vote that will decide whether donald trump or nikki haley will represent the party in this year's election. this is the scene live in manchester in new hampshire, it is still early in the morning so not thronging with people there yet, but throughout the day that will fill up as people cast their ballot in this primary. mr trump remains well ahead in the polls, the former un ambassador and former governor of south carolina nikki haley is his last remaining challenger after florida governor ron desantis dropped out on sunday. nomia iqbal reports. new hampshire's official state motto is "live free or die". coined by a general during the revolutionary war, it is now used to convey the independence the state has. nearly 40% of voters here are politically unaffiliated. every presidential candidate has passed through this diner. and one man here is hoping to take advantage of independent voters to stop donald trump. for left—leaning independent voters,

our russia editor steve rosenberg gave us the latest from moscow.his morning, around ”am local time, a russian military transport plane, an ilyushin—76, crashed in russia's belgorod region. belgorod is one of those regions that borders ukraine. soon after, some mobile phone footage emerged, showing the plane falling from the sky and then seconds later this giant fireball rising from the crash site. then the russian defence ministry said that on board the plane had been the 7a people, including 65 ukrainian prisoners of war, who moscow says were due to have been part of a prisoner swap later today. we can't independently confirm that. interestingly, later this morning, the head of the russian parliament's defence committee made a statement claiming that a second plane had been in the air at the time, carrying another 80 ukrainian prisoners of war but that plane turned around. again, we can't confirm that. russian officials say that no—one survived the crash and an investigation has begun at the site of the crash. russia is making clear that it believ

steve rosenberg, bbc news, russia.conitnues in ukraine along the sprawling frontline. for months, russian forces have been trying to capture this strategic town, avdiivka, near donetsk in the east, a town that ukrainians see as a symbol of resistance. it's severly damaged, yet hundreds of civilians remain there, living in desperate conditions under relentless russian bombardment. a special police unit is trying to help the last people out, many elderly women. from that town, our correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov has this report on the evaucation attempts. gunfire. evacuation from avdiivka is literally a matter of life and death. policemen are running out of time to save this wounded woman. and not only because she is bleeding heavily. explosion. she screams. bleep. a russian drone drops a grenade aiming fortheir car. it just misses. "hurry up — a drone is hovering above," an officer shouts. gennady and dmitri'sjob is to help civilians facing daily bombardments and air strikes. they are the white angels, a special pol

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.lier s02 military expert and former us marines chief of staff in europe colonel brendan kearney and asked what he makes of this incident. i think it's a classic case of the ukrainians taking advantage of what they thought was an absolutely legitimate military target flying close to the ukrainian border over russia. and taking it down with some anti—aircraft missiles. unfortunately, it appears, based on all the reporting, that the passengers were ukrainian personnel. they were pows that were on their way to be exchanged for russian personnel. a sad situation that this is what the circumstances have been. you wouldn't expect ukraine wilfully to take on their own. ukraine they weren't advised, on this occasion, to ensure the safety of airspace where it happened. how does such communication work? in this particular case it's my understanding that there was a third party. i've heard it was the united arab emirates who made the arrangements, was involved in negotiations for this exchange. if

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. his wife have been sentenced to 1a years in jail in a case related to the illegal selling of state gifts. (box gfx)the sentencing, at a hearing in the capital the sentencing, at a hearing in the capital islamabad, comes a day after mr khan was handed a 10—yearjail term in another case in which he was convicted of revealing state secrets. earlier we heard from our pakistan correspondent caroline davies with the latest from islamabad. over the course of two days, two very significantjail sentences for imran khan. this particular case has been referred to as the tosha khana case. now, this is an accusation that imran khan has now been found guilty of purchasing state gifts, but undervaluing the value of those gifts and then selling them on for a profit. notjust imran khan, but his wife bushra bibi as well. both of them have been sentenced today to 1a years in prison. they have also been both told that they will be barred from holding any form of public office for ten years and being give

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ved roof tiles at the property in bedfordshire. hannah ingram—moore lost an appeal against an order to remove the building, after a hearing in october. how much is too much? ajudge in the united states has ruled that the tech billionaire elon musk was overpaid in 2018 by his electric car company, tesla. his pay package was worth just under $56 billion, which thejudge said was an unfathomable sum. our business editor simonjack is here. it's the largest pay deal in history. in 2018, tesla founder elon musk was awarded share options that gave him the right to buy 300 million shares in the company at a knock—down price. if the share price rocketed, those rights would soar in value to as much as $55 billion. and it did — this is what happened to the value of tesla shares in the years after 2018. but this mega pay—day prompted some noise from this man, richard tornetta. a former heavy metal drummer, who owned just nine tesla shares, he challenged the deal in a court in the state of delaware

our russia editor steve rosenberg has the latest.ment a russian military transport plane fell from the sky. woman speaks russian. "good god," she cries, as the consequence of what has happened becomes clear. the wreckage was strewn across the fields of belgorod region. not only did russia accuse ukraine of shooting the plane down, it claimed that on board were dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war who were about to be exchanged. translation: on board the plane there were six crew members, - 65 ukrainian servicemen for a prisoner swap, and three russian military personnel escorting them. the crew and all the passengers on the plane were killed. with this terrorist attack the ukrainian leadership has shown its true colours. over at the russian parliament, mps were quick to condemn ukraine and those countries who have been supporting kyiv during the war. but this is a war the kremlin began, with president putin's special military operation. moscow has made its position clear — ukraine is to blame, ukraine shot the plane down. now, we can

live now to the bbc�*s russia editor steve rosenberg in moscow.here has been a claim and counterclaim in the last hour. what do you do?— do you do? there is a lot we don't know et do you do? there is a lot we don't know yet about — do you do? there is a lot we don't know yet about this _ do you do? there is a lot we don't know yet about this story. - do you do? there is a lot we don't know yet about this story. this . do you do? there is a lot we don't know yet about this story. this is | know yet about this story. this is what we do know, early this morning, this military transport plane crashed in the belgrade region. this is a region that borders ukraine. there was a mobile phone footage that appeared shortly afterwards, shot at a distance, showing the plane falling from the sky and then this giant fireball rising up. we have not seen with our own ayes and official statement from the russian defence ministry about this but various agencies are quoting russia's defence ministry as saying that on board this plane, there were 74 that on board this

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.rested on suspicion of 76 murders and 120 counts of attempted murder in connection with a devasting building fire in johannesburg last year. the 29—year—old was giving evidence during a hearing at the public inquiry into the disaster when he confessed to starting the �*tragic fire'. he was arrested shortly afterwards and charged. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. there are warnings that storm jocelyn could bring gusts of wind of up to 80 miles an hour to the uk. it comes a day after storm isha wreaked havoc and left at least two people dead. up to 39—thousand homes in the north of england, scotland and northern ireland remain without power because of the damage caused. parts of york have also been flooded. a man who stabbed three people to death in nottingham last year has had a plea of manslaughter — on the grounds of diminished responsibility through mental illness accepted by prosecutors. valdo calocane killed two 19—year—old university students —

steve rosenberg in moscow. _ russian officials right now. steve rosenberg in moscow.nberg in moscow. here in the uk, thousands of homes in scotland have no electricity due to damage caused by storms jostling overnight. no electricity due to damage caused by stormsjostling overnight. 0ur reporter, dave guest, is in cumbria and has at the latest from there. the town of keswick, one of three areas which remains on a flood warning this morning. this river runs through keswick, it is higher than normal, it has been a swollen in recent days by heavy continual rain, which now has thankfully stopped. they have put flood defences in place and thankfully there was no flooding here overnight, although there was strong winds. this follows hard on the heels of storm isha. some homes are still cut off from the power system. 0ver still cut off from the power system. over in yorkshire overnight, stoim jocelyn did cause some problems, trees were blocked down blocking some rows and there was flooding in the city of york when the river of use rows alarmingly. further afield, that have b

the bbc�*s russia editor steve rosenberg, one of the few remaining western journalists in the countryut 60 miles east of moscow to the town here and i've come here because after nearly two years of war in ukraine and after nearly two years of tough international sanctions, i want to get a sense of what ordinary russians are thinking, not just about the war, but about life in general and about the future. they converse in russian. you know, going around the town, there are moments when life seems absolutely normal and then suddenly you see something and you're reminded that, no, it's not after two years of sanctions, you can still see plenty on the shelves. but according to some statistics, the price of tomatoes went up 50% and eggs by 59%. i get the feeling russia is entering 2024 with two very contrasting worlds side by side. the world of normality right next to the world of conflict. here in the park, you can write a letter and post it to the russian santa claus, grandfather frost, and right next to it send one to a russian soldier. 0ryou next to it send one to a russian soldier. or

russian and head of the wagner group, appeared to be launching a military coup. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberged the extraordinary twist. this is how the day began in the russian city of rostov — armed men and armour on the streets and tanks outside key buildings. in control here, the mercenary group wagner. closely linked to the state, they'd fought for russia in ukraine, but this looked like mutiny. their leader, yevgeny prigozhin, seemed to have gone rogue. at a military h0, he told russian generals, "we've come for the defence minister and the chief of the general staff. if we don't get them, i'll blockade the city and head to moscow." translation: our actions to defend the fatherland from this _ threat will be harsh. tension rose as reports came in of wagner convoys moving north to moscow. was this heading towards confrontation in the capital? then, out of the blue, a message from mr prigozhin. to avoid bloodshed, he said, wagner would turn around and return to base. this is one of those moments where you just have to put up your hands and say, "what on earth was that about?" i mean, just

accused ukraine of the loss. as russian officials have claimed, the bbc's moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, will tell? this is what we know at the moment. early this morning, around 11 a.m. local time , a russian ilyushen-76 military transport plane crashed in the belgorod region of russia. this is one of those regions of russia that border ukraine. she appeared shortly after that cell phone footage showing a plane falling from the sky, followed by a giant fireball rising from the crash site...seconds later. the russian defense ministry then said that 74 people were on board the plane, including 65 ukrainian prisoners of war, who moscow said were to take part in a prisoner exchange later today. we cannot independently confirm this. it is interesting that later the chairman of the defense committee of the russian parliament, andriy kartapolov, made a statement in the parliament. according to him, it's up in the air there was another plane carrying 80 more ukrainian prisoners of war, but that plane turned around. now, russian officials say that no one survived the crash, and an investigation

the bbc�*s russia editor steve rosenberg, one of the few remaining western journalists in the country moscow to the town of versova, and i've come here because after nearly two years of war in ukraine and after nearly two years of tough international sanctions, i want to get a sense of what ordinary russians are thinking, notjust about the war, but about life in general and about the future. you know, going around the town, there are moments when life seems absolutely normal and then suddenly you see something and you're reminded that, no, it's not normal at all. that this is a country which is waging a war. like when you see on the side of an apartment block a giant mural of a russian soldier who's been killed in ukraine. there's now a museum in the town dedicated to his memory. so here i am in a supermarket. and as you can see, even after two years of sanctions, there's still plenty on the shelves. but inflation is a worry for russians, no doubt about it. that's our russian editor reporting. pope francis has celebrated a mass for the world day of peace at st peter's in the vatican.

live now to our russia editor, steve rosenberg in moscow. steve, what more do we know about this? what we know so far. early this morning about 11 o'clock local time a russian military transport plane crashed in russia's belgorod region. belgorod is one of the regions that borders ukraine. shortly after, this mobile phone footage emerged, showing the plane following from the sky and seconds later this giant fireball rising from the crash site. then the russian defence ministry said that on board the plane had been a 7k people, including 65 ukrainian prisoners of war. moscow says they were due to be part of a prisoner swap later on in the day, but we cannot independently confirm that. interestingly, later this morning, the head of the russian parliament's defence committee made a statement in parliament. he said there had been a second plane in the air carrying another 80 ukrainian prisoners of war, but that plane had turned around. now, russian officials say no one survived the crash and an investigation has begun at the crash site. russia is making it clear it believes ukraine sh

ideas about running against president putin in the march presidential election. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg courthouse where a few moments ago the hardline nationalist was convicted on extremism charge certain charges and as you can see, some of his supporters have gathered outside the building. it is quite a story and mr girkin was in the russian military service. recently he's been a pro blogger not hard enough, in his view. ——not hard enough, in his view, but his problems began when he began to publicly criticise vladimir putin. he described the russian president as a nonentity and a cowardly waste of space. a few days later, he was arrested. now, this is the man who in 2014 played a key role in the fighting in the donbas region of eastern ukraine, a conflict engineered and orchestrated by moscow. mr girkin organised and commanded pro—russian militias there, and in 2022 he was convicted in absentia by court in the hague over the shooting down of the malaysian airlines boeing flight mh17 and sentenced to life imprisonment. so mr girkin will be going to prison, but not for life and not for

our russia editor steve rosenberg has the latest developments from moscow.last few moments, dmitry peskov, vladimir putin's spokesman, has made some comments about what happened yesterday. he has called this a "monstrous" action by ukraine. he has also supported the idea of an international investigation, but into the, as he puts it, the "criminal activities of the kiev regime". and he was asked about whether prisoner exchanges between russia and ukraine would continue after this. he said he didn't know how this would affect future prisoner swaps. those comments coming in in the last few minutes from the kremlin. what we know is that this military transport plane, this ilyushin 76, crashed, right, in a field in in southern russia. we cannot confirm who or what made the plane crash and who was on board. now, the russians say that on board was 7a people, including 65 ukrainian prisoners of war, who moscow says were on their way to take part in a prisoner swap. and russia has been clear, it says that ukraine shot the plane down. ukraine has not confirmed that.

i've been speaking to our russia editor, steve rosenberg, who summarised the details from moscow officialsoint. there is still a lot we don't know. we do know that earlier this morning, around ”am local time, a russian military transport plane, an ilyushin—76, crashed in russia's belgorod region. it is one of those regions that borders ukraine. soon after, some mobile phone footage emerged, shot from a distance, showing the plane falling from the sky and then this giant fireball rising from the crash site. then the russian defence ministry said that on board that plane had been the 7a people, including 65 ukrainian prisoners of war, who moscow says were due to have been part of a prisoner swap later today. we can't independently confirm that. but later in the russian parliament, the head of the defence committee made a statement claiming that a second plane had been in the air at the time, carrying another 80 ukrainian prisoners of war but that plane turned around. again, we can't confirm that. the governor of belgorod region said that no—one survived the crash and that an investigation ha

we will talk to our russia editor steve rosenberg hear about some of the things said in the interviewia because... questions remain over the shooting down of a russian military transport plane, which moscow blames on kyiv, and says it was carrying ukrainian prisoners of war. ukraine's security service has opened a criminal probe and the government has called for the united nations and red cross to have access to the crash site. earlier emergency services found the black boxes from the transport plane. the bbc has verified this video shared on social media, showing a plane going down followed by an explosion and a fireball. the crash happened near the village of yablonovo, 70km to the north—east of the city of belgorod. none of the details surrounding those on board can be independently verified. the bbc has verified the study on social media showing a plain... 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has been following this developing story from the kharkiv region in ukraine. we've had more statements today from both russia and ukraine about the crash of this il—76 transport p

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vladimir putin in the russian presidential elections was that we will hear from our russia editor steve rosenbergter storms have now been replaced by some unseasonable winter warmth, and notjust in the uk. take a look at what's been happening across iberia. temperatures way above average. in fact in valencia, 28 degrees was recorded on wednesday afternoon. their average is around 16 or 17 at this time of year. this afternoon we could see temperatures peaking at 13 celsius. in the london area, we should be seeing 7 degrees at this stage injanuary. it's a mild story but unfortunately it's a rather grey and drab one as well, quite widely across the country. yes, this was wales, and there is some rain pushing into wales as we speak. that's going to be moving its way into northern england, gradually drifting its way eastwards. we keep the cloud through the day today and with that south—westerly flow some poor visibility on exposed coasts as well. and a mild afternoon, temperatures widely into double figures at 10—13, the high. through the evening and overnight, that front will slowly meander its way e

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's have a look at today's papers. stories. "devastating" is the headline on the daily mirror, which reports on the death of 20—year—old morgan ribeiro. the paper says she died after she underwent weight loss surgery in turkey, following years of being taunted by bullies. the telegraph leads with news about a blood test for alzheimer's, reporting that it could be used to detect the disease 15—years before a patient shows symptoms. really interesting. it is early days but it will offer hope to some of the families affected. an earlier treatment. the i newspaper says britain is braced for storm jocelyn, after storm isha left tens of thousands of homes without power. it says that experts are predicting severe storms will increase in the uk in the next decade. and the star's headline reads, "who's a pretty potty—mouthed boy then? " it's reporting on several parrots that swear at visitors at a wildlife park in skegness. staff are trying to deal with the problem by reintroducing the offending birds to the main flock, in the

russian and head of the wagner group, appeared to be launching a military coup. 0ur russia editor steve rosenbergate, they�*d fought for russia in ukraine, but this looked like mutiny. their leader, yevgeny prigozhin, seemed to have gone rogue. at a military hq, he told russian generals, "we�*ve come for the defence minister and the chief of the general staff. if we don�*t get them, i�*ll blockade the city and head to moscow." translation: our actions to defend the fatherland from this _ threat will be harsh. tension rose as reports came in of wagner convoys moving north to moscow. was this heading towards confrontation in the capital? then, out of the blue, a message from mr prigozhin. to avoid bloodshed, he said, wagner would turn around and return to base. this is one of those moments where you just have to put up your hands and say, "what on earth was that about?" i mean, just a few hours ago, yevgeny prigozhin seemed determined to march his men to the top of the hill. then, he marched them down again. we may never know what agreements were or weren�*t reached between the key players of this