this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the us warns the russian troop build—up near ukraine is the largest since the cold war — as attempts to find a diplomatic solution continue. the downing street �*lockdown parties�* report is now expected to be delivered before the metropolitan police inquiry ends. tomorrow, events will be held in londonderry and around the world to mark the fiftieth anniversary of bloody sunday. ash barty wins the australian open to become first home winner in 44 years. # don't it always seem to go. # don't it always seem to go. # you don't know what you've got till it's gone.

canadian singer—songwriter joni mitchell hasjoined neil young in calling for her music to be taken off spotify. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. america's top military general has warned that a russian invasion of ukraine would be "horrific" and would lead to significant casualties. general mark milley described the build—up of one—hundred—thousand russian troops near ukraine's border as the largest since the cold war. but the us defence secretary lloyd austin said conflict could still be avoided through the use of diplomacy. russia denies it plans to invade ukraine. here in the uk, downing street has announced plans for the prime minister to travel to eastern europe next week — as britain steps up diplomatic efforts to help resolve the crisis.

borisjohnson is also expected to speak, by phone, to russian president, vladimir putin. simonjones has this report. preparing for a possible war. britain is already bolstering ukraine's defences. ukrainian soldiers are being trained to use anti—tank missiles provided by the uk. borisjohnson says he's determined to do all he can to avoid bloodshed. he'll visit the region in the coming days, and he'll call president putin with the message russia needs to "step back" and engage diplomatically. at a meeting here at the ministry of defence, top officials outlined a range of options to counter what's being described as growing russian aggression in the region. one option would see more british troops sent to reinforce nato defences. that's something borisjohnson will consider over the weekend. the us, too, is sending equipment to ukraine, and some soldiers will shortly be moved to eastern europe.

the us says the russian troop build—up on ukraine's border is the largest since the cold war. given the type of forces that are arrayed — the ground manoeuvre forces, the artillery, the ballistic missiles, the air forces, all of it packaged together — if that was unleashed on ukraine, it would be significant, it would be horrific, it would be terrible. and it's not necessary, and we think a diplomatic outcome is the way to go here. but russian training exercises continue. president putin reportedly told the french president that he had no plans for an offensive, but he said the us and nato had failed to address russia's main demands: for nato forces to withdraw from eastern europe. borisjohnson, though, is warning that if diplomacy fails, thousands of lives could be lost. simon jones, bbc news. for the latest on the situation in ukraine, here's our chief international correspondent lyse doucet in kyiv...

what a moment in ukraine and the surrounding region, russian troops are said to be building up and a diplomatic momentum is also building up, a flurry of telephone calls with president putin, first it was president biden and yesterday it was emmanuel macron and soon we expect it will be borisjohnson picking up the phone and yesterday here, an extraordinary press conference by the ukrainian president saying, calm down. he says the crisis now is no different from what it was one year ago, but he did not dismiss the threat posed by russian troops and heavy weaponry massing along the border. what does ukraine want from nato allies? we arejoined by a prominent member of parliament, the chairman of the parliamentary delegation to nato and welcome to the programme.

what are we to make by the comments yesterday by president zelensky? do you think the comments by the us president and other world leaders are worsening the crisis? no. i think that mr zelensky as the president of ukraine should think not only about the build—up and the probable invasion of ukraine audience, calm down, do not panic, we have already a huge amount... we should leave this to ukraine

from foreign investors. but also, and actually this number of troops near our borders is approximately the same as it was one year ago, but the rhetoric of the kremlin is different and their ultimatums, to the western world and to ukraine

are quite, quite aggressive. that is why we have to react on the diplomatic level and react through threatening our army and we do this, actually, right now we are forming our territory defence units. this is the main difference between the present situation and the past. will the visit of the british prime minister borisjohnson next week to this region also escalate the crisis in your mind or is it welcome? no, it is a good signal for us, not only for us, but also to the russian federation, that we have strong partners. we will not be alone with this, if the invasion takes place.

it is a good signal. also, there are signals about the creation, about the families, embassies... president zelensky was critical about this. it is a signal to russia first of all, our economy is under pressure, but the russian economy is in the worst position, because the stock market is decreasing right now, they are losing money and i think it is part of a game between the western world and the russian federation. it is a story to watch. thank you forjoining us here on another snowy morning here in ukraine. all eyes around the world seem to be on this growing crisis with ukraine and no one is really certain what lies ahead, so many scenarios being discussed, whether there will be some kind of an incursion or whether this

will continue to simmer on as a crisis, notjust in ukraine but in the region and beyond. and a reminder if you want more infomation on the conflict in ukraine and what's behind the build up of troops on the ukrainian border you can go to the bbc news website. if you want to get in touch with us about any of the stories, you can reach me on twitter. bbc news has been told that the senior british civil servant, sue gray, will deliver her report on downing street lockdown parties to the prime minister soon, without waiting for the metropolitan police to conclude its inquiry. on friday, the force said it had asked that the report make "minimal reference" to the events it was investigating — causing confusion about when, and in what form, the document would appear.

our political correspondent, helen catt reports. after weeks of waiting, sue gray's report still hasn't been delivered to number ten, but it will be shortly, before the metropolitan police have completed their work — which is raising questions about what may or may not be left out. it's understood sue gray had been keen not to have to redact or blank out large parts of it, but she will abide by the requirement not to jeaopardise the police investigation. last night the met police said they'd received all the material requested from the cabinet office to support its investigation, and will examine it in detail without fear or favour. they've asked that sue gray's report contains minimal reference to the events they're looking at, so that detectives are given the most reliable picture of what happened. some tory mps have joined the opposition in saying the full report needs to come out. i think number ten, the metropolitan police and sue gray should get round a table and work

out a way so that this report can be published, infull, unredacted, so that notjust mps but our constituents, more importantly, can make a judgment on what's happened. as for what's likely to happen to anyone found to have broken rules, the met says if proven, the offences would usually result in a fixed penalty notice, and that its investigative actions would be proportionate to that. it has denied delaying the report and says the timing of its release is up to the cabinet office. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. i'm joined now by conservative backbench mp sir christopher chope who has accused the police of interfering. sir christopher, thank you for joining us and you did sound pretty angry and frustrated in the commons yesterday, tell us more about why you feel that way. this yesterday, tell us more about why you feel that way.— you feel that way. this is an inuui you feel that way. this is an inquiry by — you feel that way. this is an inquiry by sue _ you feel that way. this is an inquiry by sue gray - you feel that way. this is an inquiry by sue gray on - you feel that way. this is an | inquiry by sue gray on behalf you feel that way. this is an - inquiry by sue gray on behalf of the prime minister being carried out by the cabinet office and as soon as the cabinet office and as soon as the report was concluded, and we

were told that that was on tuesday, it seems that she sent a copy of it to the metropolitan police and they are now trying to interfere in that report, either by requiring changes to it, or having items removed from it altogether. it is redacted then. it is a gross interference in what should be happening and i think that the house of commons should now require that the cabinet office publish this report in full, as soon as it is received, and that is the right that we have and there is no duty on the part of the cabinet office to comply with these requests from the police, which are wholly unreasonable. it is not something thatis unreasonable. it is not something that is subjudice, it is an internal requiring and once the report is published, if the police think it is about prima facie crimes, which happen for example,

when we had the hillsborough inquiry, and after that was published, then the police decided to investigate and it ultimately resulted in prosecutions. let to investigate and it ultimately resulted in prosecutions. let me come back _ resulted in prosecutions. let me come back to — resulted in prosecutions. let me come back to some _ resulted in prosecutions. let me come back to some of— resulted in prosecutions. let me come back to some of the - resulted in prosecutions. let mej come back to some of the things resulted in prosecutions. let me i come back to some of the things he said in that reply, but you use the word that the police are interfering, that was your choice of words, but cressida dick said earlier this week that the police were now investigating because of some of the contents of sue gray's report. isn't it right that they now investigate, they have an equal right, if you like, to investigate, alongside the investigation by the cabinet office? i’m alongside the investigation by the cabinet office?— cabinet office? i'm not criticising them for wanting to _ cabinet office? i'm not criticising them for wanting to investigate, | cabinet office? i'm not criticising i them for wanting to investigate, but they cannot use the investigation as a pretext for saying that the report, as prepared by sue gray could be published. that is beyond their powers and if this was an issue of something being sub judice,

then the police would be quite right to say you cannot do that, it might be contempt of court, similarly if it was subjudice, be contempt of court, similarly if it was sub judice, we would not be able to discuss it in the house of commons, but it is not and this is an unreasonable requirement by the metropolitan police and i hope that sue gray publishes the report, in full, in its originalform. fir it full, in its originalform. or it could have — full, in its originalform. or it could have been _ full, in its originalform. or it could have been avoided - full, in its original form. or it could have been avoided entirely by the metropolitan police running their investigation of the same time as sue gray started or perhaps even before that, as many mps and others were calling for? band before that, as many mps and others were calling for?— were calling for? and as indeed was set out in the _ were calling for? and as indeed was set out in the terms _ were calling for? and as indeed was set out in the terms of _ were calling for? and as indeed was set out in the terms of reference, . set out in the terms of reference, which were issued on the 9th of december and those specifically contemplated the possibility that if evidence emerged during the course of the investigation by sue gray, then that could be passed to the police and then there was a possibility that the whole investigation might be delayed, but

nothing happened until after the report was completed and then handed to the police. the police cannot now say that having done nothing, they now wish to prevent the government, the prime minister and parliament, been able to get to the bottom of this issue and hopefully resolve it very quickly. let this issue and hopefully resolve it very quickly-— this issue and hopefully resolve it ve ruickl . , very quickly. let me bring you back to our very quickly. let me bring you back to your comment, _ very quickly. let me bring you back to your comment, you _ very quickly. let me bring you back to your comment, you said - very quickly. let me bring you back to your comment, you said that. very quickly. let me bring you back| to your comment, you said that the house of commons should now require that the report, sue gray's report is published in full. what would the process for that be? the is published in full. what would the process for that be?— process for that be? the process would be. _ process for that be? the process would be. the — process for that be? the process would be, the same _ process for that be? the process would be, the same process - process for that be? the processj would be, the same process that process for that be? the process - would be, the same process that was used, for example, in the last parliament, to require the attorney general to provide his advice to the government on the eu withdrawal agreement and there is a long—standing convention in parliament, that parliament can call on the government to produce papers and those papers, obviously, we are talking about here is a report that

is being carried out by the cabinet office, on behalf of the prime minister. it clearly comes within that category and if the report is not produced, it would be possible for parliament to put down a motion requiring that the government produce this report in its unredacted form.- produce this report in its unredacted form. just briefly, i want to ask _ unredacted form. just briefly, i want to ask you _ unredacted form. just briefly, i want to ask you about - unredacted form. just briefly, i want to ask you about tom - unredacted form. just briefly, i - want to ask you about tom tughehat, your colleague, saying in the times today that he would put his name in the hat for a leadership contest if that was to happen. is that a sign of the frustration and impatience among some mps, potentially, for a change at the top of the party? h0. change at the top of the party? no, i think it change at the top of the party? no, i think it is — change at the top of the party? no, i think it is more _ change at the top of the party? idrr, i think it is more a comment on tom tughehat. he has already got a responsiblejob, which is actually being chairman of the home affairs select committee, and i think he would be better off concentrating on that, particularly with the ukrainian crisis.— that, particularly with the ukrainian crisis. ., ~ , ukrainian crisis. thank you very much for your— ukrainian crisis. thank you very much for your time _ ukrainian crisis. thank you very much for your time today, sir l much for your time today, sir christopher.

the headlines on bbc news... the us warns the russian troop build—up near ukraine is the largest since the cold war — as attempts to find a diplomatic solution continue. the downing street �*lockdown parties' report is now expected to be delivered before the metropolitan police inquiry ends. tomorrow, events will be held in londonderry and around the world to mark the fiftieth anniversary of bloody sunday. tomorrow, events will be held in londonderry and around the world to mark the fiftieth anniversary of bloody sunday — when the army shot dead thirteen civilians during a civil rights demonstration. a new theatre production, called the white handkerchief, is having its premiere in derry. the writer, liam campbell, who died last month, spoke to our ireland correspondent chris page about the production. this image is a defining symbol of humanity amidst the horror

of bloody sunday. the priest, father edward daly, waving a handkerchief as a white flag to try to protect jackie duddy, whose wounds turned out to be fatal. the stage show, which gets its name from the picture, is moving, evocative and compelling. we take back the streets, we take back law and order! you murder innocent men, and boys! it was conceived over several years by the late liam campbell. as a writer, the first challenge for me was not so much, what do you write, - but what do you leave out? because in almost every aspect, | every microcosm of the stories, | when you begin to do your research, behind the headlines, _ if you like, of bloody sunday, every story is a play- in and of itself. this scene depicts peggy deery, a widowed mother of ia children who was injured. her pleading with a soldier is a particularly powerful moment. do not murder me and orphan my children! stop talking at me — lie down!

we don't want this to be simply a story of tragedy and sorrow. and loss, but of course it is. we want to bring more to it, and we want to step out - from the chronological nature i of the events that happened that day, and offer a more universal reflection upon the nature - of conflict, upon the nature l of injustice and on the nature of innocence. # why have you come here to this land? the arts can help to heal the hurts of history. the director of the white handkerchief is reminded of a quote. "grief is love that has nowhere to go." and the kind of stories that existed there, if a writer puts that story to paper, and it takes from page to stage, then perhaps that love has somewhere to go. the sense of trauma remains sharp for bereaved relatives like jackie duddy�*s sister, kay. he was a great amateur boxer, he loved bringing home his

trophies and that. me dad, he was so proud. you often wonder, would he have boxed in the olympics? would he have turned professional? would he have married? it just left so many unanswered questions. it'sjust — it'sjust too sad for words. the consequences of bloody sunday are felt most profoundly, of course, by the families of those who were shot dead on the streets half a century ago. but the killings also deepened divisions, and — many would say — lengthened the conflict here in northern ireland. in that sense, the impact is still strongly felt today. # you stand here with gun drawn... the anniversary has generated renewed pledges to build peace, not least from the writer of this, his final work. coming from derry myself, i you know it's in the common consciousness of derry, l but it's also quite literally written on the walls around you. it's on the murals, i it's in the memorials. and part of our task, i believe,

| is to keep those stories alive. | the row overjoe rogan's vaccination comments on spotify has intensified— with the singerjoni mitchell joining herfellow canadian neil young in asking to pull her back catalogue of music from the streaming service. it all started on monday when neil young said the platform had to choose him or it's most popular podcast host after comments made on the �*thejoe rogan experience' about vaccinations not being needed for young healthy people went viral. todayjoni mitchell's official website posted about it— along with a request to remove her music— saying "irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives". to explain this a bit more, i'm joined by music industry expert and contributor to a white paper on online harm, chris cooke.

thank you forjoining us on bbc news. effectively neil young and joni mitchell choose as macro asking spotify to choose between them and joe rogan and it sounds like they have chosen joe joe rogan and it sounds like they have chosenjoe rogan. that joe rogan and it sounds like they have chosen joe rogan.— joe rogan and it sounds like they have chosen joe rogan. that is not reall a have chosen joe rogan. that is not really a surprise, _ have chosen joe rogan. that is not really a surprise, given _ have chosen joe rogan. that is not really a surprise, given that - really a surprise, given that spotify spent a lot of money to get their relationship going withjoe rogan and i think spotify is best known as a music streaming service but for a number of years they have been trying to push into the podcast market and one of the ways they did that was by signing up podcast superstars like joe that was by signing up podcast superstars likejoe rogan and suddenly to remove him never seem like that was going to happen. whether behind—the—scenes any conversations are going on about the future of what happens on his programme, we do not know, but it seems unlikely and i am pretty sure neil young would not expect them to pick his music over the podcast. hour pick his music over the podcast. how much do you — pick his music over the podcast. how much do you think his intervention and nowjoni mitchell backing him up, how much do you think that

intervention is going to put pressure on spotify to do what you're talking about, perhaps have discussions about the content of some of those podcast? i discussions about the content of some of those podcast? i suppose, as art of a some of those podcast? i suppose, as part of a bigger _ some of those podcast? i suppose, as part of a bigger picture, _ some of those podcast? i suppose, as part of a bigger picture, lots - some of those podcast? i suppose, as part of a bigger picture, lots of - part of a bigger picture, lots of digital platforms are facing similar challenges, both from their users and from their advertisers and from lawmakers and the conversation about these platforms that have so much content and pretty much allow anyone to publish, anyone can have a podcast on spotify more or less, are under pressure to deal with what is sometimes termed harmful content, which would include misleading information. what are the platforms do and there is that freedom of expression, that side to it, these platforms do not want to be seen to be censoring their audience and i suppose on spotify, thejoe rogan experience is different to other focus on merit in that the they are more directly involved, the exclusively licensed it and i think there are two sides here, what does spotify do behind—the—scenes with joe rogan, would he be open to

having more editorial guidance on his programme? possibly not. there is also whatever they do with the podcast, are they extending that across the other podcast on the platform, which they do have less control over, but they do need to have policies in place when things like false information about vaccinations are spread. will like false information about vaccinations are spread. will all of this have a — vaccinations are spread. will all of this have a domino _ vaccinations are spread. will all of this have a domino effect - vaccinations are spread. will all of this have a domino effect on - vaccinations are spread. will all ofj this have a domino effect on other streaming services on the content that they stream? for people who do not knowjoe rogan, tell us more about him in the comments made by neil young and joni mitchell, what you make of those regarding the content on his podcast? joe you make of those regarding the content on his podcast? joe rogan is one of if not — content on his podcast? joe rogan is one of if not the _ content on his podcast? joe rogan is one of if not the most _ content on his podcast? joe rogan is one of if not the most successful - one of if not the most successful podcast in the world, obviously he is out of the us and initially built his audience through youtube and other platforms and when spotify decided that it wanted to be a big player in podcast, they started saying, how do you do that, you sign

up saying, how do you do that, you sign up the mega podcast and that is what they did. neil young's letter was a direct response to an earlier letter that came out earlier this month signed by over 250 mainly american doctors and scientists who were outright criticising joe rogan and spotify for not having a proper policies in place for dealing with this information and spotify say that they do, but clearly not enough to satisfy these experts and scientists and medics. neil young was directly responding to that letter and i think we are already seen on social media a number of mainly older or stepping forward, to what extent that will have a massive impact on spotify, i think if the big new artist came on board, it would really ramp up the pressure. chris, thank you very much for talking to us.

tennis and ash barty has won the australian open final in melbourne. (tx oov)the home favourite beat american player danielle collins in straight sets. she's the first australian player to win a singles title at the aus open since 1978. afterwards the world number one said: "this is a dream come true for me. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello, the weekend has begun with some very windy weather across the northern half of the uk, particularly thanks to a storm that has been named by the danish weather service, storm malik. it has already brought severe gales, more strong winds in the forecast. sunshine and showers pretty much covers it weather—wise and it will be turning colder through the day after through the day after what was a mild start. there is storm malik, it is going to cause big impacts in denmark later in the weekend, but for us, you can see, tightly squeezed isobars, very strong winds, with gusts of up to 80 mph for some exposed spots in the east of scotland. we have a met office amber warning here, also extending into the far north—east of england and, more broadly, across the far north of england,

northern ireland and scotland, a met office yellow warning and throughout this yellow warning area, we could see wind gusts of 70 or possibly 80 mph. some outbreaks of patchy rain sinking south as we go through the afternoon and it is likely to stay quite cloudy for southern counties of england, the south of wales, but further north we will see sunshine, some showers, pushing into areas exposed to that north—westerly wind and some of the showers wintry over higher ground in the north of scotland and temperatures falling as the afternoon wears on. these values that we are expecting at three o'clock, 7—13 . through tonight, the cloud clears away from the south and we will see the winds falling light, that will allow it to turn quite chilly, we could see some fog patches and patchy fog for some and these temperatures are the ones we are expecting for town and city centres. as for the countryside, we could drop just below freezing. into sunday morning, a cold start, quite a calm start. i think this is the calmest part of the weekend. some sunny spells across england and wales, although we will see more

cloud rolling in from the west through the day. northern ireland and scotland certainly seeing thicker cloud with outbreaks of rain, snow over higher ground in scotland and some strong winds returning, in the north and south, 5—10 and during sunday night, we are going to see some strong winds again, thanks to another area of low pressure and that will bring a spell of gales to parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england. so, strong winds both at the beginning of the weekend and the end of the weekend, with the potential to cause some disruption and then through the coming week, quite a chilly start, much milder by tuesday and wednesday and then potentially turning colder again by the end of the week.

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the us warns the russian troop build—up near ukraine is the largest since the cold war — as attempts to find a diplomatic solution continue. the downing street �*lockdown parties' report is now expected to be delivered before the metropolitan police inquiry ends. tomorrow, events will be held in londonderry and around the world to mark the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. ash barty wins the australian open to become first home winner in 44 years. # don't it always seem to go #. canadian singer—songwriter joni mitchell hasjoined neil young in calling for her music to be taken off spotify.