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stopped his advance on moscow and apparently pulled at least some fighters out of rostov-on-don. they had made to it within 120 miles of the capital when they suddenly decided to turn around. the kremlin saying they have putins word he can go safely to belarus free from prosecution. you can see him being cheered by the folks. they even went to shake his hand. prigozhin saying he made the deal because he didnt want to shed russian blood. >> translator: therefore, russian blood would be ...

because of an insurrection led by the leader of the wagner mercenaries that ended nearly as soon as it started. an apparent clash between wagner and russian troops which was followed by a fire at that oil refinery you see on your screen there. under the deal done, the kremlin says wagner troops will not face any legal action, but theyll sign new contracts with russias defense ministry while moscow will drop its charges against prig prigozhin, who will go to belarus. wagners leader says...

campaign trail for the first time more than 50 days since announcing his re-election bid. there are renewed concerns among democrats tonight over the presidents age, the 2024 primary schedule, and the possibility of a third party candidate derailing his re-election effort. correspondent mark meredith is following it all. he joins us live from the north lawn. good evening, mark. >> bret, good evening to you. president biden told a crowd in connecticut today he is far from finished when ...

This. hes already seeing putin botch the war. this is not good, i think, for any type of respect that the chinese would have for the russians. must be in the basement at this point. it is really a disaster. so it strengthens china. china comes out looking strong in most of this. and russia looking very weak and disorganized which it really is, and chaotic. and then other countries might have been look the at putin lets say as a source of selling weapons. north korea, iran. they, too, must be que...

It strengthens, you know, china. china comes out looking strong in most of this and russia looking very weak and disorganized, which is really is and chaotic. and other countries might be looking at putin lets say as a source of selling weapons. you know, north korea, iran. they too must be questioning will putin be in power? its very unclear. so i think it weakens him domestically and internationally. >> cnn contributor jill dougherty there speaking with us earlier about the chaos in russia. ...

Now, obviously viktor boot has been key for russia and all of this depends on the situation by president putin. and viktor boot, even though it been a while, he is an arms dealer and he is very much a prisoner that could be of more value in the time of war because he knows he presumably still has those connections for selling weapons, obtaining weapons, et cetera. i would think that might be useful. and then of course how does this help putin is the ultimate question. does it make him look more ...

The sister of Paul Whelan, an American held hostage in Russia since December 2018, doesn’t think now is the right time to label the country a terrorist state.

Able to co-exist peacefully. >> your predecessor did meet with president xi. why do you think the communication has gone south since 2016? >> i think the relationship has changed a lot, and chinas plan towards the region is very different. >> reporter: that plan includes war threats over taiwan. clashes with japan in the east china sea, and militarizing man made islands in the south china sea, posing a direct challenge to seven decades of u.s. military supremacy in the indo-pacific. in response,...

U.s. support goes beyond selling weapons. >> does that support include sending some u.s. service members to help train taiwanese troops? >> well, yes. we have a wide range of cooperation with the u.s. aimed at increasing our defense capability. >> how many u.s. service members are deployed in taiwan right now? >> not as many as people thought. >> reporter: defense department records show the number of u.s. troops in taiwan increased from 10 in 2018 to 32 earlier this year. the state department a...

Governments everywhere ought to be protecting all peoples rights, but particularly the rights of journalists to express their views needs to be continued. >> its a very worrisome development, indeed. senator, the president says he doesnt want this incident to scuttle a potential arms deal that hes brokered with the saudis. should the united states be in the business of selling weapons, at least right now, to saudi arabia, given the allegation that we have now heard from the turkish government? >...