Putin: ‘Russia's enemies miscalculated’

President Vladimir Putin has acted to reassert his control, addressing the Russian people and meeting his security cabinet. But the BBC Russia editor says he has yet to address some of the issues arising from the brief mutiny by the Wagner private army.

Direct links between the multi-billion dollar Captagon drug trade and leading members of the Syrian Armed Forces and President Bashar al-Assad's family have been revealed in a joint investigation by BBC News Arabic and the investigative journalism network OCCRP.

And Monsoon rains arrive in India after a long delay.