antony blinken about the influence of wegner on this crisis. >> something like the wegner group manifestingelf in different parts, and here is why we are concerned. every single place the wegner group has gone, death, destruction, and exploitation have followed. insecurity has gone up, not down. it is in response -- it is not in response for the needs of the country in question for greater security. i think what continues to happen in niger was not instigated by russia or wegner. but to the extent they tried to take advantage, and we see a repeat of what is happening in other countries where they brought nothing but bad things in their wake, that would not be good. we support the work ecowas is doing to restore the constitutional order. i have been in close touch with president bazoum, many colleagues in the region, including the nigerian president, colleagues of the african union. it is very important the constitutional order be restored. right now, ecowas is playing a very important role moving the country back in that direction. >> the leader released an audio message which she seemed to

the boss of the wegner paramilitary group.says he was killed and that plane crash and nine others were on board. we are looking for confirmation of those details, we can confirm that his name was on the passenger list. let's talk through these developments, joining us from washington, andrewjanuary, assistant director at the atlantic council's eurasia centre. great to have you on the programme, thanks forjoining us. it's shocking news forjoining us. it's shocking news for many, what's your reaction? thank you for having me, it's shocking news with which the speed we are seeing this information come in. i think roughly two months ago, when prigozhin led his mutiny against the russian military leadership and was stopped short of moscow, and there was disagreement between him and lukashenko, the director of belarus, and vladimir putin, the dictator in russia, everything seemed to go quietly into the ether, and for a while we've been waiting for the other shoe to drop, and if reports are to be believed and confirmed, this is that

>> i think we saw wegner -- wagner troops were withdrawing from ukraine. instrumental in taking back moved. -- taking a city. what is interesting, on monday video camera with yevgeny prigozhin reportedly in africa saying the wagner recruitment is going on and they want people to fight in africa, to join the coup people. even if wagner will be less important in ukraine, for the time being it looks like it will play a crucial role in other theaters in the world particularly africa. >> what about the operations? wagner runs mining operations. is there someone else who can step up and take yevgeny prigozhin's place? >> there are other commanders including people in africa. there isn't anyone with the charisma he has had. in that sense, whoever is running wagner in the future, his right-hand man was also killed, there won't be an individual like that who will try to rouse the public to criticize the war. that will be another impact of his death, that you will not have other people criticizing the war. as mentioned, the military and pro-yevgeny prigozhin people

he has created the wegner mercenary group, which for many years publicly was not associated with hishere. he denied any links to it. that changed more recently there was a role for wagner, for prigozhin�*s wagner. because after vladimir putin launched a full—scale invasion of ukraine commit didn't go according to plan at all for vladimir putin, for the russian army and they had to think about how to bring in other forces. so wagner was called upon. and prigozhin, what we sell last year, he was going around russian prisons recruiting, recruiting prisoners, and saying, well, if you come and fight in my team are my paramilitaries and you survive, then you can have yourfreedom. he can go home. and we believe he recruited possibly tens of thousands of russian prisoners. this was quite astonishing. at the wegner phrase became quite a successful fighting force and was key and the taking of the ukrainian town, for example, didn't happen overnight, but that was on the battlefield. mr prigozhin became increasingly critical, publicly critical of russia's military leadership, particularly the de

. -- wegner group, saying prigozhin was on board and was killed. what do you think?it is always a question, whatever comes out of the kremlin. we know it past situations, prigozhin has been predicted as dead. back in 2018 2019, there was the congo crash. i think this time, we see the reaction on telegram from prigozhin's fans, wegner fans, seeming to confirm. he is the -- he and the namesake of wagner group, along with others. amna: angela, you are the comments there, cia director bill burns said he would be surprised if prigozhin escaped retaliation after the coup attempt. could putin be behind this if it was planned? prof. stent: he challenged the conduct of the war. he had a populist message to russians that while their children were dying and her husband were dying in ukraine, the children of the elite were in the south of france enjoying themselves. so that extract we saw from the television appearance on the day of the coup was certainly very angered by it. it also may be,, if indeed it was an attack at the plane was shot down by russian air defenses -- and. we

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group, ithink among his supporters in the wegner group, i think we need to look to a wagner group thatut him. it is finished in its present form in particular to much closer scrutiny by the russian military intelligence. it will be much more of the kremlin arm rather than this kind of maverick self operating, independent freewheeling organisation that made a lot of money for its members and its union members and operated to some extended arms length from the kremlin. ., ~ , ., ,, ., kremlin. the workings of the russian 5 . kremlin. the workings of the russian spy agencies. — kremlin. the workings of the russian spy agencies. the _ kremlin. the workings of the russian spy agencies, the russian _ kremlin. the workings of the russian spy agencies, the russian military, i spy agencies, the russian military, quite impervious to casual observers but we've heard from british defence sources that they believe russia's agencies are responsible. to explain why they might think that? that re ort why they might think that? that report came _ why they might think that? that report came from _ why t

public support for wegner appears to be strong in russia. >> it is a big tragedy. may the memory of the heroes live forever. these people determined the direction of development for all of our people. >> also reminded people are morning. >> the kremlin said that they were killed when the private jet crashed just north of the capital. the kremlin maintain it was not involved in the debt of putin's former ally. the 62-year-old was laid to rest about 15 kilometers from here. no one in the public was allowed to enter the rio grande since the funeral. quick check is an analyst researching private military companies. he says it is unlikely wagner could reemerge as a threat to president vladimir putin. >> there is a cult of wagon within russia. they who have recently come out of the shadows and have been more outspoken represent in the group. they had been more intentional. other sectors of the ultranationalist -- nationalist circles have been outspoken in their criticism of the handling in general. but they seem to have remained much more quiet about this. they seem to h

the presence of wegner group fighters has prompted poland to send more soldiers in recent weeks.aine says that it is pouring reserve troops into the counteroffensive against occupied russian forces after months of training by western countries that have sent to modern western systems. the boost in troops could be pivotal to the advance that has so far made only modest gains. >> this is what's left of the village, reduced to rubble after a fierce 10 day battle. a rare piece of good news. so rare that volodymyr zelenskyy mentioned it alongside much bigger battles from last year. >> now liberated. >> ukraine claims to have liberated 200 square kilometers of territory. the frontline has only moved a few kilometers in the few months that ukrainian troops have started pushing south and east. trying to break through mines, concrete barriers, and trenches that have slowed their advance and costs ukrainian lives and equipment. ukrainians have hundreds of tack -- tanks and troop carriers from germany and the u.s., bradley fighting vehicles, challengers, leopards. they are indispensable in

there is a question as to what happens to wegner -- wagner.w weeks ago he almost seemed to suggest he would concentrate his attention and africa and the continent. lesser member that both the united states and european union saw this as a destabilizing factor in the continent. when you look at the words of biden yesterday he said "not surprised" and if putman was behind it he would be not surprised either. lizzy: thank you to marie taddeo. coming up, we will speak to the head of the belarus opposition. that is that 10:10 london time. coming up, the first republican debate has wrapped in milwaukee with one notable absence. what we learned from the possible republican candidates, coming up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i am not going to send you -- send troops to ukraine i will send them to our southern border. that will be the last thing they do. we will use force and please them stone cold. >> it has led to the loss of 10,000 -- $10,000 spending power for the average family. when you see this inflation with gas up 40%, food up 20%, electricity

his first comments on the plane crash that is presumed to have killed prigozhin, the head of the wegnerr when putin made those comments from the putin. what he said was regarding the tragedy i would like to above all express words from the most sincere condolences to the families of all those who have died. he went on to say that if in fact there were fighters of the wagner company they are an initial information suggests this is the case at like to note that these people made a substantial contribution to the common cause of fighting the neo—nazi regime in kyiv as he puts it. we remember this, know this and will not forget. putin went on to say he had known prigozhin for a long time, since the beginning of the 90s. he added that prigozhin was a person with a complicated fate and had made serious mistakes in life but also sought to achieve the necessary results both for himself and at a time when i asked him, he went on to, for the common cause in these recent months for the putin added prigozhin was a talented person, businessman and not only in this country but also achieved results i

and service was held with president lyndon johnson and the texas mayor robert wegner. the hoover family and others who attended the funeral. robert junior and their wives and family, director of bartholomew's family conducted the funeral service. 5:00 p.m. through 9:00 p.m. and you see the director. people lined up around the block that 51st and park avenue. between the 21st and 22nd, people paid their respects and at bartholomew's church. church is open from, 9:00 until 3:00 p.m. on the 22nd and 3:00 to 5:00 and the next morning october 22, family and friends arrive in the military academy along with the company where on hand and they watched. and they are along the church steps and at the top they waited while the t band played. the body bears carried the casket down the steps through and placed it in the hearse. they marched away and you will see the military and their salute you can see is the move the casket slowly over his different angles to a series of clips, 30 seconds here, a minute of battle, as they are, of clips tried to put together some semblance of orde

it is always a tragedy and is according to preliminary reports there were wegner company employees.t to see these kids people have contributed a lot to our common cause. that is a fight against that neo—nazi regime in ukraine, we will neverforget it. how should mr putin's comments be interpreted? we asked christopher steele, founderand director of orbis business intelligence and former intelligence officer with the secret intelligence service mi6. pretty predictable response. i think it would have been inconceivable given prigozhin�*s profile in russia that he didn't make a comment. but it's a fairly bland comment. and i think far more interesting, of course, is what we're getting from sources on the ground as to how they're interpreting what's been going on and how are they interpreting what's going on. i think there are two sorts of reporting coming back to us. one is out of the sort of viral network itself, and they're wondering several things. first of all, they think it was a bomb on board, not a missile that brought the aircraft down. we'll see in due course whether that's tru

but it surely isn't wegners. the gaffe. >> we call this a veggie tray. >> in 2019 democratic massachusetts senator elizabeth warren announced her plan to run for president and took a moment to pause on instagram live for this. >> hold on a sec. i'm going to get me a beer. >> yeah, sorry, senator, if you have to announce you're getting a beer, we're not interested in having one with you. just two weeks before, the democratic primary in 2016, presidential candidate hillary clinton wanted it prove that she takes the subway just like any other new yorker. unfortunately, she needed five tries to properly swipe a metro card. and what the fork is happening here? donald trump in 2011 using utensils to eat a slice along with former governor sarah pais lint in times square. then there was john mccain, war heat roar and land opener after clench ing the nonation, the arizona resident stumbled to give a straight answer to a seemingly simple question. how many houses do you own. >> i think -- i'll have any staff get to you. >>

always dear friends and indeed, uh, if they were there, it seems that the primary data indicate that wegner that these are people who did not make a significant contribution. in our common cause of fighting the neo-nazi regime in ukraine, we remember this, we know and we will not forget. i have known prigogine for a very long time. since the early nineties. he was a man of complex fate and error. he had serious in life, he achieved the desired results. and for myself and when i asked him about it for a common cause, as in these last months. he was a talented person, talented, a businessman, he worked, not only in our country and worked with results, but not abroad in africa, in particular, oil, gas, and precious metals. he just returned from africa yesterday, as far as i know. he met with some officials here. but what exactly did the head of the investigative committee report to me about this this morning, they had already begun in advance investigation of this incident and, uh, it will be carried out in full and brought to an end. it's here no doubt. let's see what the investigators say in

to answer former ambassador wegner's question of a description of your sons and daughters. it is simple. hero. had the honor of serving in the united states army as an army combat veteran of the 92nd division where i know that seth sergeant also served. i remember in my time of service , one of the things we should always -- we would always look at was ensuring that we completed our missions and objectives to the greatest percent possible. i want to be clear on something when i say that. the failures that occurred in this afghan botched withdrawal, had everything to do with the suits and nothing to do with the boots. our men and women carried out their objectives, purpose with honor, integrity encourage. they do not deserve to have the feeling that all they have fought for was for nothing. to everything that served over those 20 plus years, you are heroes and/or servicemen something. when i asked secretary austin about what the definition of dereliction of duty is, he acknowledged my question. when asked him if someone could be removed for dereliction or willful dereliction

wegner? >> mr.hief justice and me it please the court, lorie smith blends art with technology to create custom messages. she decides what to create based on the message, not to request it, but colorado declares her speech public accommodation and insists that she create and speak messages that violate her conscience. this court request -- request -- rejects government compelled speech. two questions -- is there speech? is the message affected? colorado agrees that ms. smith creates speech and that the law affects her message. she is not asking this court to create to apply it resident. colorado says this case is about a sale. it is not about a sale. the state forces ms. smith to create speech, not simply sell it. ms. smith believes that opposite sex message honors in and same-sex marriage contradicts it. if the governor -- government can label this speech equivalent, it can do so for any speech, religious or political. you could require a democratic publicist to request -- to write a republican spee