US says Wagner mutiny shows real cracks in Putin rule

Global News Podcast

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4.3 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says an attempted rebellion was a "direct challenge" to President Putin. Also: fatal rollercoaster accident in Sweden, and Elton John takes to the stage in shimmering gold suit at Glastonbury.

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0:00.0	This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:05.6	I'm Andrew Peach, and in the early hours of Monday,
0:07.9	the 26th of June, these are our main stories.
0:11.2	The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said
0:13.7	that Saturday's uprising by Wagner Merstner is in Russia,
0:17.1	has shown how President Putin's decision to invade Ukraine
0:20.6	has spread chaos in his own country.
0:23.1	Neither President Putin or the Wagner leader,
0:25.4	yet any pregozion, have been seen
0:27.1	since the uprising was called off.
0:29.6	The right-wing new democracy party in Greece
0:32.0	has won a second term of office
0:33.8	with a clear majority in Parliament.
0:37.8	Also in this podcast...
0:39.4	I love the man. I think he's incredible.
0:41.5	My family basically grew up in Elton,
0:43.6	so my parents love him. I love him.
0:45.8	The singer and composer, Elton John,
0:47.4	gives his final UK concert at the Glaston Refessevel
0:50.6	in front of thousands of fans.
0:55.8	The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken,
0:57.8	says the Wagner Merstner Group's mutiny against the Kremlin
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