This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Wendy R. Cart and in the early hours of Sunday,

the 21st of May, these are our main stories.

The commander of Russia's Wagner Mercenary Force

Yevgeny Prigotin claims his forces are now in control

of the fiercely contested town of Bachmuth in Eastern Ukraine.

Cambodia's opposition leader says democracy is under threat

after his party is banned from upcoming elections.

And...

I feel a little bit like a teenager right now.

It's interesting to watch it blossom,

but it doesn't really have fully developed conscience

or judgments and you're hoping it's going to turn out okay.

More calls for regulations of artificial intelligence

amid warnings that we could lose control of the robots.

Also in this podcast, we look back on the life

of the celebrated British author, Martin Amos,

who's died at the age of 73.

And it's taken nearly 20 years,

but hundreds of antiquities are finally being returned to Greece.

We start in Ukraine.

Bachmuth has been the focus of the longest

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