what tuesday, nothing is when he has what we have seen of late. high pressure begins to build and once again, that will import some milder airfrom the west of the south—west, you can see temperatures in double figures for most. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. storm malik batters northern britain, leaving two people dead, a nine—year—old boy and a 60—year—old woman. thousands are without power as forecasters warn storm corrie will bring further high winds tomorrow. in the united states, warnings of historic blizzards as a fierce winter storm bringing heavy snowfall hits the east coast. as the ukraine border crisis continues, borisjohnson is to travel to eastern europe and will telephone the russian president in the coming days. a more detailed study is under way after initial research finds some people with long covid may have hidden damage to their lungs. and, one of the biggest stars in world sport,

quarterback tom brady, has retired from the nfl after 22 seasons and seven super bowl titles. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. a nine—year—old boy and a 60—year—old woman have died after they were hit by trees as storm malik swept the uk. the boy was killed after a tree fell in winnothdale, staffordshire, on saturday afternoon, while the woman was killed in aberdeen. let's take a look at the other developments. power lines have been affected with thousands of homes in scotland and england without electricity. an amber weather warning is in place along the east coast of scotland

and north—east england. and a major incident has been declared in county durham. catriona renton has the latest. widespread destruction as storm malik swept its way into northern parts of the uk. the northeast of scotland was particularly affected. emergency services in aberdeen were called at 10:30 this morning to the place where this tree had fallen. but, sadly, a 60—year—old woman had died. much of scotland experienced blustery conditions, gusts of 85 mph were recorded on the aberdeenshire coast, leaving tens of thousands of homes without power and transport disrupted, with cancelled train services and road closures. even stronger winds were recorded in the northeast of england. and near bradford, lee warner and his friend, richard nutter, had been packing up their gear after a bike ride.

i sat between the two backseats just crouching down, really, yeah. it pushed me further down, and then i laid on the floor, my friend pulled me out of the back of the van. an almighty crash, to be honest, i thought my friend were dead, and he's been really lucky. a second storm, storm corrie is now on its way, expected to bring further high winds, especially to scotland tomorrow. catriona renton, bbc news. in the us, a fierce winter storm bringing heavy snowfall is sweeping across the east coast with forecasters warning of "historic" blizzards, hurricane force winds, power outages and travel chaos. this is newjersey, which is among five states to have declared emergencies. more than 5,000 flights have been cancelled. and in new york's times square, tourists braved the conditions to take pictures in the snow. kathy hochul is the governor of new york, and gave this update a short while ago.

just because the snow stops, doesn't mean life gets back to normal. that is when the true clean—up is going to continue and that's when we need just a little more time to take care of the roads safely and again, we all know everyone knows to do that, so let's see if we can follow that and again, our wind chills that i mentioned, this is what is the dangerousness we're talking about. we are expecting temperatures in the single digits tonight into tomorrow morning and this is when frostbite kicks in, look at how serious that can be, so we are trying to remind everybody, take this very seriously. ashley baylor is a meteorologist for wtnh in connecticut, earlier she told me what that the blizzard is currently in. we are still dealing with this storm. we have been tracking some bands of very heavy snow for several hours, especially in eastern sections of our state and since we are talking about that fine snow, it piles up very easily but when you factor in these heavy

snow bands with winds that are blowing between 50 and 80 kilometres per hour, it causes blowing and drifting snow, so that contributes to poor visibility, poor conditions on the roads, so we have seen roads that are absolutely snow—covered. it is a tough task for our clean—up crews, our ploughs to actually keep up with this storm because this has been going on since about nine o'clock last night. so this is almost a solid 24—hour storm force. it's very difficult to keep up with mother nature in these conditions. borisjohnson is to speak to the russian president vladimir putin and visit eastern europe in the coming days, in an effort to resolve tensions over ukraine. russia has gathered 100,000 troops, tanks and missiles at the border with ukraine, but denies plans to invade. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet has more from kyiv. ukrainians have long lived with war. dozens of british soldiers here since 2015, not long after russia first invaded.

but with more of moscow's troops and weapons now massed along the border, diplomacy builds, too. next week, borisjohnson's visit to this region takes it up a notch. here in kyiv, there is concern that too much talk of war can be risky, too, but they need their friends. it's a good signal for us, not only for us, not only for ukraine, but also to russian federations, that we have strong partners, we will not be alone with this if the invasion comes to be, so it is a good signal. moscow sends conflicting signals. more troops, more weaponry moving in but its doors still open to find a way out. washington does the same, talking to allies in moscow, too, while readying military

reinforcements and warnings about any war. 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. this is what it looks like now. russia released these images of its anti—aircraft missiles arriving in neighbouring belarus for next month's military exercises. a month fraught with ever—growing risk. vasyl filipchuk is a former ukrainian diplomat who now serves as a senior advisor at the independent ukrainian think tank, the international centre for policy studies. when hejoined me from kyiv a short while ago, i asked him what the situation's really like on the ground. the reality is russias attacked ukraine in 2014 and since 2014 we have always had 119,000, 120,000 russian troops. one year ago our security service even fought about 200,000 troops

for military exercises, deploying 120, something like that. so the point actually which we all here in ukraine wonder is why now? what happened 7 what is different? what happened two months ago when suddenly some people in the west woke up and discovered that russians are next to our borders? they have always been there and what the president is saying, don't panic, there is no need for diplomats leaving kyiv. basically it is true, correct and supported. while ukrainians traditionally are sceptical of their own governments and trust more the uk or us government, i would say the ukrainian government is telling the truth, there is nothing dramatically different. russia is unable to make a fully fledged invasion today and even if a decision was taken today, they would not be able next month or more because

infrastructure for invasion is complex, you cannot hide it, so they cannot invade today or even in the next two, three weeks. what they can do is some local provocations. what they can do is psychological war and what actually is happening now is psychological war, an attempt to destabilise the situation in the country with cyber attacks and so on, so forth. an irish businessman who was prevented from leaving china for three years because of a financial dispute has arrived home. richard 0'halloran was greeted in dublin by his wife and four children. he'd originally flown to shanghai in 2019 to resolve a row between the aviation company he worked for and chinese investors. the authorities refused to let him leave. irish politicians — and his family — have campaigned for his release. it's thought that 1.3 million people in the uk

are living with long covid, and hundreds of thousands of them experience breathlessness. traditional lung scans often appear to be normal though. but researchers in oxford are using a different technique in a clinical trial which does show problems in these patients�* lungs. they hope that understanding the problem will lead to better treatment options. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns explains. flo van diemen van thor was never one forjust sitting down inside. but she says long covid has been a horror show. it was not just the breathlessness that was really hard, it was muscle weakness, legs like jelly and just thinking if i try to go down the stairs, they might not carry me. but this is the ct scan of flo's lungs and, like so many long covid patients, everything looks normal and healthy. these are my lungs, i've had them all my life. i know there's something wrong with them. flo is taking part in a study in oxford.

breathe in and out. researchers think they're the first in the world to be able to show abnormalities in the lungs of long covid patients. flo and the other volunteers have an mri scan as they suck in xenon gas. it behaves like oxygen and should cross from their lungs into their bloodstream. the numbers are small so far. 36 patients, 11 who didn't need hospital care when they were first infected but went on to get long covid. it's a very exciting and very encouraging first step. so what we have here is one of the patients from our trial and the ct scan is entirely normal. they have then gone on and had a xenon gas mri. this is the xenon getting through normally into their bloodstream from their lungs and the blacker areas are where the xenon gas or oxygen would struggle to get through. it's early days for this study and there are still lots of questions, including exactly what is causing these abnormal lung scans.

in the meantime, there aren't many of these specially adapted mri scanners across the country. if this research proves they are worthwhile, it would take some serious investment and several months to scale them up across the nhs. and breathe out... lovely, really good. flo says this was the turning point for her, learning breathing techniques with a respiratory physiotherapist. ijust want you to try and slow... it might take her longer to recover after exercise now, but she's moved up a level in karate. she's not back to normal yet, but thinks she will get there. catherine burns, bbc news. italy's parliament has re—elected president sergio mattarella for a second term in office. the 80—year old president, a highly respected figure in the country, had repeatedly said he wanted to step down. (read 0n) 0ur rome correspondent mark lowen explains how mattarella has come to dawn italian presidency reluctantly.

he has been re—elected against his will. he could not have been clearer when he said that he did not want a second seven—year term. he is widely regarded as hugely popular and competent, but he felt it was time to pass over to another president. but italian politicians have proven just incapable in uniting around an alternative figure. they were fearing fresh elections had the current prime minister been elected president and the government could have collapsed, and really, many of them had feared they would lose theirjobs in fresh elections. so there will be a lot of critics, i think, tonight, that will see this as proof of italian mps' inability to think beyond the status quo, and to pass the rains to, frankly, a younger president or indeed the first woman president that italy would have had. and at the heart of this

is the stability of italy, that is what the prime minister was trying to get the president to stay on. briefly if you would, mark. yeah. i mean, look, italy is still obviously in the middle of a pandemic, it is trying to navigate the spending of over 2 billion euros of eu recovery fund post covid. many felt it was, there was a real need for stability but, you know, italy has opted for more of the same and even though it will calm the political waters here, it will disappoint many who had hoped for a change of direction and for a youngerfigure in a country that is often lamented, frankly, as a gerontocracy. 0ur rome correspondent there. the headlines on bbc news... a nine—year—old boy and a 60—year—old woman have died in the wake of storm malik, which has also left thousands without power. forecasters warn storm corrie will bring further high winds tomorrow.

in the united states, warnings of historic blizzards as a fierce winter storm bringing heavy snowfall hits the east coast. as the ukraine border crisis continues, borisjohnson is to travel to eastern europe and will telephone the russian president in the coming days. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. hello and thanks forjoining us. after an astonishing career which has spanned over 22 seasons, one of the greatest nfl players in history, tom brady, is retiring at the age of 1m. brady has won seven super bowls during that time and has won most valuable player in five of those matches. the quarterback star achieved most of his success with the new england patriots but the final game of his career was for tampa bay buccaneers in last week's 30 points to 27

ashleigh barty says it's a "dream come true" after winning the australian open title, ending her home nation's ali—year wait for a grand slam women's singles champion. barty took the first set 6—3 then fought back from 5—1 down in the second set to eventually take it on a tiebreak. the 25—year—old has not dropped a set in melbourne during the fortnight. barty has now won three of the majors, withjust the us open left to claim. iam i am disappointed but i think we are going to have with the people here supporting me, and it is a great moment for me regardless of the outcome today and i knew that before going into the match. going to take some time to

celebrate a little bit and enjoy some time here in melbourne and do some time here in melbourne and do some of the things we wanted to do, but were busy with the tournament so i'm looking forward to that. there's more to come in melbourne on sunday. we still have the men's singles final in which rafael nadal will go for a record—breaking 21st men's grand slam title. standing in his way is the world number two danniil medvedev who is bidding to become the first man in the open era to win his first two majors at successive grand slams after he won the us open title last year. being very honest for me, it is much more important to have the chance to play tennis than wind. that makes me more happy in terms of general life, not being able to do the things i love to do. not being able to do the things i love to tie-— love to do. look at rafa, he is there on _

love to do. look at rafa, he is there on sunday _ love to do. look at rafa, he is there on sunday and - love to do. look at rafa, he is there on sunday and it - love to do. look at rafa, he is there on sunday and it was - love to do. look at rafa, he is| there on sunday and it was the love to do. look at rafa, he is - there on sunday and it was the same with roger— there on sunday and it was the same with roger after he came back with the knee _ with roger after he came back with the knee problems four years ago, when _ the knee problems four years ago, when he _ the knee problems four years ago, when he started winning everything. it is a _ when he started winning everything. it is a great — when he started winning everything. it is a great rivalry and i am happy to have _ it is a great rivalry and i am happy to have the — it is a great rivalry and i am happy to have the chance to try to stop one more — to have the chance to try to stop one more time somebody from making history. _ one more time somebody from making history. but— one more time somebody from making history, but again, just need to show— history, but again, just need to show my— history, but again, just need to show my best tennis for this. the fairytale for burkina faso continues at the africa cup of nations. they've beaten tunisia who are 30 places above them in the fifa rankings, to reach the semi—finals of the competition, where they'll face either senegal or equatorial guinea in the finalfour. it was a 1—0 win courtesy of a goal from dango 0uattara deep into first half injury time. but he'll miss the semi—final after getting sent off with ten minutes remaining. burkina faso have reached the semi—final in three of their last four appearances. also through are hosts cameroon. they beat the gambia 2—0, thanks to a brace from toko ekambi.

they'll play the winners of egypt and morocco in the next round. just two days left before this january transfer window closes, and winger adama traore has completed his loan move to barcelona from wolves. the 26—year—old came through barca's academy and returns to the spanish club on a loan deal with a £30 million option to buy him in the summer. it's understood spurs had made a bid for traore that was rejected although sources at the london club deny making an offer. that's all the sport for now. he will have more for you in the next hour. let's get more now on that announcement that tom brady is to retire from the nfl. an incredible career but tom brady is set to retire from the nfl. leigh sessions coaches cambridgeshire cats as well as the anglia ruskin

university american football teams. hejoins us from cambridgeshire. wasn't tom brady meant to play for one more year, one more season? yes. one more year, one more season? yes, that has been — one more year, one more season? yes, that has been his _ one more year, one more season? yes, that has been his motto, _ one more year, one more season? yes that has been his motto, he always has one more season left in him but i think the defeat last week against the la rams, i think that has sealed his deal, i think he wants to finish on a high. he has had a record—breaking year, he has smashed some really big records, you know passing touchdown records amongst many other records. he will be remembered as the greatest of all time. he will live on with that for the rest of his life, so, yes, this one more year never quite happened for him but year he has done a fantasticjob. aha, for him but year he has done a fantastic job. fantastic 'ob. a record-breaking career

fantastic job. a record-breaking career but _ fantastic job. a record-breaking career but he _ fantastic job. a record-breaking career but he is _ fantastic job. a record-breaking career but he is only _ fantastic job. a record-breaking career but he is only 44, - fantastic job. a record-breaking career but he is only 44, he - fantastic job. a record-breaking career but he is only 44, he is l career but he is only 44, he is going to do lots more, isn't he? what do you reckon? iii going to do lots more, isn't he? what do you reckon?— going to do lots more, isn't he? what do you reckon? if any athlete could say they _ what do you reckon? if any athlete could say they would _ what do you reckon? if any athlete could say they would play - what do you reckon? if any athlete could say they would play until- what do you reckon? if any athlete could say they would play until ml could say they would play until 44 is dreaming. tom brady is an athlete. he was drafted in the year 2000 and he didn't actually win his first super bowl until 2002 and since then, he has come on leaps and bounds. as you report said previously, he has won six super bowls with new england patriots and last year with a completely different team, the tampa bay buccaneers. different team, the tampa bay buccaneers-— different team, the tampa bay buccaneers. . ., , ., buccaneers. categorically, you would believe he is — buccaneers. categorically, you would believe he is the _ buccaneers. categorically, you would believe he is the greatest _ believe he is the greatest quarterback in nfl history. what is the moment when you thought, my goodness, that is amazing? just the wa he has goodness, that is amazing? just the way he has moved. _ goodness, that is amazing? just the way he has moved. he _ goodness, that is amazing? just the way he has moved. he is _ goodness, that is amazing? just the way he has moved. he is 44 - goodness, that is amazing? just the way he has moved. he is 44 and - goodness, that is amazing? just the way he has moved. he is 44 and if l way he has moved. he is 44 and if you watch any of the film from this

year, seeing him still throwing the ball down the field with such ease at his age is phenomenal. and i think most normal quarterbacks in the league will last anywhere between two, three years until about ten years. some people managing a bit longer but tom has been going at it since the year 2000. he is the greatest of all time and i don't think anyone will ever argue that fact. because he is holding all these records.— fact. because he is holding all these records. brilliant to talk to ou. bi these records. brilliant to talk to yon big thank— these records. brilliant to talk to you. big thank you _ these records. brilliant to talk to you. big thank you for _ these records. brilliant to talk to you. big thank you for talking . these records. brilliant to talk to you. big thank you for talking us| you. big thank you for talking us through tom brady retiring at 1m. the news there that tom brady is now retiring.

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 that 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. i'm joined now by allison hussey, music journalist at pitchfork. just put this into context for us, because neil young, joni mitchell, spotify have made the decision to continue with the podcast. what is their thinking? 200 million downloads a month of this podcast, it is massive. downloads a month of this podcast,

it is massive-— it is massive. sure. with joe rogan they certainly _ it is massive. sure. with joe rogan they certainly have _ it is massive. sure. with joe rogan they certainly have a _ it is massive. sure. with joe rogan they certainly have a big _ it is massive. sure. with joe rogan| they certainly have a big investment there, they have really put a lot of money into it and i think at this point, spotify is going to, i feel like they are likely going to protect the thing they put a lot of money into. at this point they have really made some big decisions about what they want to do and what they want to support. there are a lot of other discussions right now about how spotify is paying artists and i think the decisions that neil young and joni mitchell have made with regards to this is going to be an interesting component moving into this bigger discussion about what spotify is and what is tenable. thea;r spotify is and what is tenable. they are not so much _ spotify is and what is tenable. they are not so much making their own content but this is very exclusive to their streaming outlet. when you think about them, you think of them as being just a streaming outlet but this is reduction and creating their

own content. are there any other artist you have heard about you are thinking or asking for their music to be removed? i thinking or asking for their music to be removed?— to be removed? i think this is something — to be removed? i think this is something that _ to be removed? i think this is something that will _ to be removed? i think this is something that will be - to be removed? i think this is - something that will be fascinating to watch play out. he doesn't have that kind of say in taking his music down, so i think different artists have different level of control over their masters and when it comes down to it it would be great to see more people making these kinds of stands and really kind of taking charge of their art like this, but the fact is that a lot of them don't have their masters and again, that is another facet of the music industry and the way that it does not really protect or help artists in a lot of ways. we are auoin or help artists in a lot of ways. we are going to pick up on this, but i

just want to say goodbye to our viewers on bbc world news today. it was lovely to have you with us, but our international audience is leaving us. just talking about this further, alison, there is a pr balance that spotify needs to do and you touched upon one of the things it has been struggling to overcome, the bad publicity, the payment of artists, but how do you think this impacts the image of this company? this kind of move on neil young's part does seem to have attracted people's attention to the kind of different responsibilities that spotify may or may not have in ways that i don't think other people had necessarily been paying attention to before. but yes, i am interested to see who else gets engaged and if this gets more and more listeners to

kind of turned their attention to what does it mean for a platform to host different kinds of content, what kind of relationship should it be building with artists or other people who contribute to what is on that platform. it matters how other creators with in all these systems are treated. creators with in all these systems are treated-— creators with in all these systems are treated. that is a really strong oint. are treated. that is a really strong point- alison. _ are treated. that is a really strong point. alison, thank _ are treated. that is a really strong point. alison, thank you _ are treated. that is a really strong point. alison, thank you very - are treated. that is a really strong | point. alison, thank you very much for talking us through that. president biden has visited the site of a bridge which collapsed in pittsburghjust hours before he was due to make a big speech on investment in the us's crumbling infrastructure. six vehicles, including a bus, were on the bridge when it collapsed but no deaths have been reported. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has more. it took just seconds for the snow—covered forbes avenue bridge to collapse early on friday morning. the steel structure, built in 1970, is a common route for motorists

travelling into downtown pittsburgh. the emergency services were flooded with calls. this woman lives near the bridge. she described the moment it collapsed into a ravine below. it sounded like a huge snowplough pushing along a raw tarmac surface with no snow.

he went straight to the bridge to thank first responders and make a promise. we're going to fix them all. not a joke. this is gonna be a gigantic change. in november, mr biden signed legislation into law that includes $110 billion to repair and rebuild roads and bridges. in his preplanned speech later in the day, the president — who grew up in pennsylvania — said the bridge collapse highlighted an urgent need to improve the country's infrastructure. all these years, i never knew pennsylvania — pittsburgh, pennsylvania, had more bridges than any other city in the world — yo! applause. but across the country, there are 16,000 bridges in poor condition. that is just simply unacceptable. it isn't known yet why this bridge collapsed so suddenly. it had been inspected

as recently as september, but a report in 2019 revealed its condition was deteriorating. efforts are now under way to remove vehicles from the mangled structure, but given the difficult terrain, officials say it could take months to clear up the debris. peter bowes, bbc news. hello, there. it has been a storming start to the weekend across northern britain, thanks to the winds of storm malik, which was named by the danish met service. but we turn our attention now to the uk met office named storm corrie which arrives on sunday night, it could bring some damage and disruption. the winds for storm malik easing down quite quickly overnight, a ridge of high pressure builds in. many places will turn dry under clear skies and lighter winds. it will turn quite chilly, there will be a touch of frost out of town.

so, it is going to be a cold, crisp, sunny start across much