Plus: Putin breaks silence on Wagner leader, and wrestler Bray Wyatt dies
| | | | | | | Today, like much of the world, we're examining Donald Trump's moody police mugshot, after history was made when the former president surrendered to an Atlanta jail. After the apparent death of the Wagner leader, we have a gripping report from inside Mali, where there are fears terrorists could exploit a power vacuum. And you can read the remarkable tale of the most valuable painting ever stolen in Britain. Now, I'm off to take the quiz of the week. Have a good weekend. |
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| | | | Top of the agenda | | A historic mugshot after Trump surrenders | | | | Donald Trump told reporters he had every right to challenge the election result. Credit: Fulton County Sheriff's Office |
| | In historical terms, it's an extraordinary story: A former president of the USA turning himself in on charges of plotting to overturn an election result, paying a $200,000 (£160,000) bond to be released on bail from a notorious Atlanta jail, then jetting back to New Jersey with a defiant "never surrender" (posted on X - formerly Twitter). This was Donald Trump’s fourth arrest in criminal cases in five months. But while he denied 13 charges, including racketeering and making false statements, and repeated his claim that the charges are politically motivated, all anyone is talking about is inmate P01135809's police mugshot. It has been mocked by some on social media but has already featured on the fundraising website of his re-election campaign. | | | | |
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| | | | | | World headlines | | • | Wagner chief: Vladimir Putin offered a tribute, of sorts, to Yevgeny Prigozhin, calling the mercenary leader a "talented person" who "made serious mistakes". The Russian president stopped short of confirming his death in a jet crash. The UK's Ministry of Defence says there's no definitive proof but that it's "highly likely". Get the latest. | | • | Moon shots: India's space agency has released footage showing its Pragyann rover rolling onto the lunar surface, near the Moon's south pole. Take a look. | | • | 'Poison seller': UK investigators say 88 people died after buying a poisonous substance from a man accused of assisting suicide in Canada. They can't confirm the chemical - allegedly supplied by Kenneth Law across more than 40 countries - as the direct cause of death but police have made hundreds of welfare checks. | | • | Wrestler dies: WWE greats The Rock and Triple H have been paying tribute to Windham Rotunda - known to millions as three-time WWE champion Bray Wyatt - who has died at the age of 36. | | • | 'Thoughtfully recreated': It's approach to historical accuracy has attracted criticism in the past. But, ahead of its final season, the executive producer of Netflix drama The Crown is promising to deal with the death of Princess Diana "sensitively". |
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| | | | | | Inside country that bet on Wagner | | Mali had turned to Russia's Wagner mercenaries for security. But with the group's leader presumed dead and UN peacekeepers about to leave, citizens fear extremists will exploit the power vacuum. | | | | It was late evening when we set up camp, lit a fire to cook dinner and laid down blankets to sleep under the open sky. Suddenly, the silence of the hot desert night was broken by the roar of a motorbike. Around us we heard a series of clicks as the armed men in our convoy cocked their rifles and machine guns. We were with Tuareg separatists, who told the man on the motorbike to move on. Our hosts told us we had to leave too. Immediately. It was too risky to stay put as the man was a scout for a local group linked to al-Qaeda. |
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| | Beyond the headlines | | 'A place to be human again' | | | | Daniela and Rafael Martins spent eight months in a shelter with their two young children. Credit: BBC |
| | An estimated 50,000 people are sleeping rough in the Brazilian city of São Paolo. Our South American correspondent Katy Watson visits a village of micro-houses offering hope to families too poor for the favelas. | | | | |
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| | | | Something different | | Radioactive tomb | | Erika Benke describes her descent into tunnels built for nuclear waste | | |
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| | | | And finally... | | Now, this is quite a tale. It involves a heist at the castle of one of Britain's richest men, the most valuable painting ever stolen in the UK and the men who arranged its return - only to be arrested for their troubles. In a new podcast, Olivia Graham is telling the story of how her dad came to be handed a £40m ($50m) da Vinci in a pub car park. Read about the return of the Madonna of the Yarnwinder. |
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