Wagner boss Prigozhin was on crashed plane - Russia

Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a private jet which crashed on Wednesday evening north of Moscow with no survivors, the Russian authorities said, raising fears among his allies that he had been killed. Plus, central bankers from around the world descend on the US mountain resort of Jackson Hole in Wyoming for the Federal Reserve’s annual gathering. The race to win the Republican nomination for the White House steps up a gear, as the party holds its first presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Roger Hearing will discuss these stories and more with Steven Bertoni, Forbes Senior Editor who is in New York, and Yoko Ishikura, Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University who is in Whistler, Canada. (Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Russian private security company Wagner, holding a rifle in an unspecified location in Africa on August 21, 2023. Photo credit: Wagner Account/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)