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 id always seem to go. # don't id 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 but also about the economy and these messages are more for our internal audience, calm down, do not panic, we have already a huge amount... we should leave this to ukraine from foreign investors. we have a pressure to our currency

because we have right now, our currency is depreciating. these problems are real influence on our economy in this difficult situation. it is also political, he said, you know very well that this crisis did not start last month or even last year, it has been ongoing for a long time. first of all, we have this unfortunately for eight years and actually we have 15,000 people murdered, from ukraine. 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. 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 the deputy political editor of the telegraph, lucy fisher. welcome. for most mps, up until the point the metropolitan police said they were investigating this and we were asking for sue gray's report to be handed over but with minimal reference to the events that the police were investigating, most mps thought they were going to be responding to the full report, that is not the case, how do you think they will be recalibrating what they do now? i they will be recalibrating what they

do now? ., , ., ., , do now? i have spoken to many conservative — do now? i have spoken to many conservative mps _ do now? i have spoken to many conservative mps who - do now? i have spoken to many conservative mps who are - do now? i have spoken to many conservative mps who are just i do now? i have spoken to many - conservative mps who are just hugely frustrated at this turn of events. i think there will be brought naturally from the opposition parties who already said on record that it would amount only to a whitewash or cover up if sue gray puts out only part of her report and remember, it will be the report that is least controversial if she is holding back references to the events that are being investigated by the police. tory mps also really want now to see the final details and be able to make a judgment call on whether they want to back the prime minister or go over the parapet and announced that they are submitting a letter of no confidence in him. it is this view that in parliament, that it is in paralysis, not the ability for parliament to move on, there is also concern that in government things are bunged up at the centre and so much time and energy is devoted to partygate. there are a lot of pressing issues

facing the nation, whether that is the threat of looming war in ukraine, the cost of living pinch coming in april and ukraine, the cost of living pinch coming in apriland i ukraine, the cost of living pinch coming in april and i think everyone now really wants to see this report come out in full but it sounds like it will be the case. [30 come out in full but it sounds like it will be the case.— it will be the case. do you think that at number— it will be the case. do you think that at number 10 _ it will be the case. do you think that at number 10 there - it will be the case. do you think that at number 10 there will. it will be the case. do you think that at number 10 there will be| it will be the case. do you think. that at number 10 there will be a feeling that for the moment at least some of the heat of the situation has been taken away for boris johnson and do you think that there may still be a push by mps to find a way to get sue gray's report published in its full form? yes, i think that in — published in its full form? yes, i think that in downing _ published in its full form? yes, i think that in downing street - published in its full form? yes, i l think that in downing street there has been a sigh of relief at the way that things have turned out, in the short term. what it has meant is that the momentum amongst the plotters has stalled and on the flip side of that, thejohnson loyalists have managed to finally get their rearguard action into gear and they have set up a whatsapp group of supporters who are liaising multiple times a day. they have got a shadow whipping operation and they are

keeping better tabs of who is thinking what of the tory backbenches and they have got their media outriders trying to make the argument in public and one of the most compelling arguments, we heard from jacob rees—mogg and others, is this argument that if the tory party does replace its leader in office, that it would be forced to call a general election within months. that is a very unattractive option to tory mps in states with very small majorities and is likely to give them pause to think twice. i think in the longer term it is very damaging that there is a police investigation into events at the heart of downing street. it is yet to be seen whether the prime minister himself is questioned and if so, whether that is as a witness or under police caution and i think the latter would be incredibly damaging to his premiership. what the latter would be incredibly damaging to his premiership. what do ou make of damaging to his premiership. what do you make of time _ damaging to his premiership. what do you make of time putting _ damaging to his premiership. what do you make of time putting his - damaging to his premiership. what do you make of time putting his name . you make of time putting his name forward or saying that he would put his name forward if there was a tory

leadership contest —— tom tughehat. it is interesting, a lot of chatter about tom tughehat, he is a very impressive mp on the backbenches who has used his position as chairman of the foreign affairs committee to carve out a niche of expertise for himself. he is a very eloquent orator on foreign affairs matters and i think it is interesting, his move today. he obviously felt he had nothing to lose, he is not a minister, he could not be sacked, he has a long—standing foe of boris johnson and that is probably why he has been denied promotion despite being an impressive performer in parliament. it is yet to be seen if it precipitates any other candidates coming forward, but it certainly puts a marker on the map that there is this leadership contest, you know, that is ready to go if tory mps want to pull the trigger and

oust borisjohnson. lucas mps want to pull the trigger and oust boris johnson.— oust boris johnson. lucy fisher, deu oust boris johnson. lucy fisher, deputy political— oust boris johnson. lucy fisher, deputy political editor _ oust boris johnson. lucy fisher, deputy political editor at - oust boris johnson. lucy fisher, deputy political editor at the - deputy political editor at the telegraph, thank you very much. 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 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.

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 singer—songwriter, joni mitchell, has said she will remove her music from the streaming service, spotify, in a row about coronavirus misinformation on a podcast. in a statement on her website, she said she stood in solidarity with neil young who withdrew his music this week — and warned lies were costing people their lives. joe rogan whose podcast appears exclusively on spotify has been criticised for interviewing an infectious disease specialist who is critical of covid vaccines. the music industry expert chris cooke explained why spotify are likely to choosejoe rogan over big name artists. 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 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. 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 suppose, as 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 withjoe 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 all of this have a domino effect on other streaming services on the content that they stream? for people who do not know joe rogan, tell us more about him and the comments made by neil young and joni mitchell, what you make of those regarding the content on his podcast? joe rogan is one of if not the most successful podcaster 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 the mega podcaster 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. let's get some of the day's other news the british home secretary, priti patel, has approved the extradition of the british technology entrepreneur, mike lynch, to the us, where he's wanted on charges of fraud and conspiracy. dr lynch is accused of inflating the value of his software company, autonomy, ahead of its sale to hewlett packard in 2011. he denies the charges and his lawyers say they'll fight the extradition order. research by oxford university has found ten billion coronavirus jabs have now been administered around the world. more than sixty percent of the world's population have received at least one dose

of a vaccine, though this figure falls to less than ten percent in low income countries. a fierce winter storm bringing heavy snowfall has begun sweeping through the east coast of the united states. there've been warnings of power outages and travel chaos. more than five thousand flights have already been cancelled. governors in five states including new york and virginia declared states of emergency. people have been urged to stay home until the storm passes. peru says the coastal oil spill two weeks ago, which has already been declared an ecological disaster, is twice as big as previously reported. almost 12—thousand barrels were dumped into the sea. a tanker unloading oil was hit by waves caused by the tsunami following the volcanic eruption near tonga. tennis and ash barty has won the australian open final in melbourne. 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. i am so proud of being aussie." the world premiere of a major new musical composition to mark the 60th anniversary of coventry cathedral has taken place. ghosts in the ruins was written by the award—winning composer nitin sawhney. it's seen as a contemporary response to benjamin britten�*s war requiem, which was performed when the cathedral opened in 1962. ben sidwell reports... a celebration of coventry cathedral's 60th anniversary, goes in the ruins reflects the diversity that coventry is today, while remembering the destruction of its past. it remembering the destruction of its ast. , , ., , ,

past. it is trying to find, i guess, a sense of— past. it is trying to find, i guess, a sense of how _ past. it is trying to find, i guess, a sense of how the _ past. it is trying to find, i guess, a sense of how the cathedral- a sense of how the cathedral connects with the city overall and how far the cathedral has come in the city has come since the bombing in the second world war. it is really trying to celebrate coventry as a city in many ways. iyd’ith really trying to celebrate coventry as a city in many ways.— as a city in many ways. with the performance — as a city in many ways. with the performance taking _ as a city in many ways. with the performance taking place - as a city in many ways. with the performance taking place in - as a city in many ways. with the | performance taking place in both as a city in many ways. with the - performance taking place in both the old and new cathedral. i performance taking place in both the old and new cathedral.— old and new cathedral. i think it will sort of _ old and new cathedral. i think it will sort of be _ old and new cathedral. i think it will sort of be a _ old and new cathedral. i think it will sort of be a reflection - old and new cathedral. i think it will sort of be a reflection of. old and new cathedral. i think it| will sort of be a reflection of who the people are, which is a resilient people. _ the people are, which is a resilient people, they have faced destruction and war— people, they have faced destruction and war and people, they have faced destruction and warand yet people, they have faced destruction and war and yet rebuilt and come back— and war and yet rebuilt and come back stronger.— and war and yet rebuilt and come back stronger. coventry cathedral was copied _ back stronger. coventry cathedral was copied by _ back stronger. coventry cathedral was copied by the _ back stronger. coventry cathedral was copied by the queen - back stronger. coventry cathedral was copied by the queen in - back stronger. coventry cathedral was copied by the queen in 1962. | back stronger. coventry cathedral i was copied by the queen in 1962. to mark its opening, benjamin britten composed his war requiem, now seen as a modern masterpiece. among require that night was fraser watts from coventry, one of the youngest

performers, aged just 16. it from coventry, one of the youngest performers, agedjust16._ performers, aged 'ust 16. it was a hu:el performers, aged just 16. it was a hugely memorable _ performers, aged just 16. it was a hugely memorable experience - performers, aged just 16. it was a hugely memorable experience forj performers, aged just 16. it was a - hugely memorable experience for me, i was hugely memorable experience for me, i was hugely— hugely memorable experience for me, i was hugely privileged _ hugely memorable experience for me, i was hugely privileged to _ hugely memorable experience for me, i was hugely privileged to be - hugely memorable experience for me, i was hugely privileged to be taking. i was hugely privileged to be taking part in_ i was hugely privileged to be taking part in the — i was hugely privileged to be taking part in the first _ i was hugely privileged to be taking part in the first performance - i was hugely privileged to be taking part in the first performance of - part in the first performance of this piece — part in the first performance of this piece of— part in the first performance of this piece of music— part in the first performance of this piece of music and - part in the first performance of this piece of music and also . part in the first performance of this piece of music and also it. part in the first performance of. this piece of music and also it was so apt— this piece of music and also it was so apt for— this piece of music and also it was so apt for this _ this piece of music and also it was so apt for this occasion _ this piece of music and also it was so apt for this occasion and - this piece of music and also it was so apt for this occasion and for. so apt for this occasion and for coventry _ so apt for this occasion and for coventry-— so apt for this occasion and for covent ., , ~ . ., coventry. just like war requiem, ghosts in coventry. just like war requiem, ghosts in the — coventry. just like war requiem, ghosts in the ruins _ coventry. just like war requiem, ghosts in the ruins features - coventry. just like war requiem, | ghosts in the ruins features local singers as part of the performance, including the choir with no name for people affected by homelessness. it is really important, it is bringing people together from their city who may not have met each other and to show that the world can be a better place and coventry is rebuilding itself into a new and vibrant city. part of the city of culture celebrations, ghosts in the ruins is being performed across both sites of the cathedral until saturday. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben.

hello. it has been an extremely windy start to the weekend across the northern half of the uk, we have seen severe gales in place and there is still a met office amber warning for parts of the east of scotland and the far north—east of england. gusts of up to 80 mph, but generally very windy across the northern half of the uk. further south we have got a band of cloud, patchy rain thinking its way south, turning quite breezy here as well. sunny spells returning from the north, albeit with one or two showers and after a very mild start, temperatures will be dropping away as the day wears on. through this evening and tonight, as the winds ease, the skies will clear and we will see one or two fog patches and a touch of frost for some as well. temperatures in towns and cities probably just above freezing for the moment for the most part, out in the countryside dropping down below. so, a frosty start to sunday, but quite a calm start to the day. england and wales seeing sunny spells, more cloud rolling in from the west, cloud and rain for northern ireland and scotland, snow over higher ground, wins strengthening once again and temperatures of between five and 10 degrees.

hello, this is bbc news with me, anita mcveigh. the headlines: 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 mt years. # don't it always seem to go, you don't know what you've got till its gone #. canadian singer—songwriter joni mitchell hasjoined neil young in calling for her music to be taken off spotify. now on bbc news, it's time for click.