this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as tension remains high on the border between russia and ukraine — the uk is considering a major military offering to nato. here in the uk the prime minister and the chancellor commit to going ahead with the planned rise in national insurance contributions 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. 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 is retiring from the nfl after 22 seasons and 7 superbowl titles. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. we start with the latest developments on ukraine and in the last few minutes it's been announced that prime minister borisjohnson is looking at doubling the number of uk troops in eastern europe among other measures. mrjohnson is due to speak to the russian president vladimir putin and visit eastern europe in the coming days — in an effort to resolve

tensions over ukraine. with me is our uk political correspondentjonathan blake. just correspondent jonathan blake. talk just correspondentjonathan blake. talk us through, thi little just talk us through, this is a little bit more detail that were getting within the past few moments. talk us through the deployment of potential deployment. what talk us through the deployment of potential deployment.— talk us through the deployment of potential deployment. what we have toni . ht is potential deployment. what we have tonight is more _ potential deployment. what we have tonight is more detail _ potential deployment. what we have tonight is more detail on _ potential deployment. what we have tonight is more detail on what - potential deployment. what we have tonight is more detail on what borisl tonight is more detail on what boris johnson said two mps in the house of commons at west minister a few days ago. and britain was to prepare to deploy troops to nato allies if russia invades ukraine. it seems that possible move to double the amount of uk forces in estonia, which currently stands at around 900 orso which currently stands at around 900 or so so would put it at around 2000, a preemptive move, not necessarily response to any russian invasion. and downing street is talking about this as an example of the biggest possible offer to nato that the uk is willing and able to make to step up its presence in the

region, to protect nato allies and to help ukraine itself bolster its defenses. it isn't necessarily definitely going to happen, were told that diplomats will go to basel this week to finalise the details. of course it will have to be signed off you would imagine by other members of nato. the prime minister will go to the region this week, he will talk to the them vladimir putin and alongside this preemptive move to send extra troops. were told he will reiterate the need for russia to engage diplomatically as the uk seesit to engage diplomatically as the uk sees it and to attempt to persuade russia to step back from any potential aggressive moves. imilli russia to step back from any potential aggressive moves. will be coin: potential aggressive moves. will be auoin at a potential aggressive moves. will be going at a bit _ potential aggressive moves. will be going at a bit more _ potential aggressive moves. will be going at a bit more detail _ potential aggressive moves. will be going at a bit more detail when - potential aggressive moves. will be going at a bit more detail when it i going at a bit more detail when it comes to the situation with ukraine and that tension between roger and you're going. while we've got you, i want to look at something closer to home. because the morning papers, the sunday times in particular has

thisjoint the sunday times in particular has this joint article by the british prime minister and also the chancellor rishi sunak. and they are very united in their stance when it comes to national insurance which is been a big headline recently. yes. comes to national insurance which is been a big headline recently.- been a big headline recently. yes, a big commitment _ been a big headline recently. yes, a big commitment here _ been a big headline recently. yes, a big commitment here which - been a big headline recently. yes, a big commitment here which is - been a big headline recently. yes, a i big commitment here which is already government policy and already been voted for by members of the house and comments but is been up for debate in recent days. it is as you say, an increase in national insurance two insurance payments which goes towards funding the nhs and social care. the government says there is a particular need to invest heavily in that to clear the backlog caused by the pandemic and to fix the problem of social care in england particularly. they've been suggestions that borisjohnson has been wavering in his commitment to the problem doing that policy coming at a time when households are already struggling with rising bills on several fronts. a lot of conservative mps themselves don't like the idea of this policy and have been speaking out publicly, calling for it to be paused or scrapped or change somehow. but here

you have the prime minister and the chancellorjointly in public saying in a joint article for the sunday times that they must go ahead with this plan, it is the right plan they say for them at a very sensitive time for the government, a report coming into claims of parties and downing street during lockdown during the pandemic could be very difficult for borisjohnson during the pandemic could be very difficult for boris johnson for that. as with the chancellor seen as potentially his successor if he was to face a leadership challenge publicly on the same page. we still await the sioux _ publicly on the same page. we still await the sioux great _ publicly on the same page. we still await the sioux great report. - publicly on the same page. we stillj await the sioux great report. thank you. yes, thatjoint article in the sunday times for viewers in the uk we will be looking at the papers a little bit more closely in around 25 minutes. we will return to ukraine. well russia has gathered 100 thousand troops, tanks and missiles at the border with ukraine, but denies plans to invade. our 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 warning 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. lots more are on our website and also the potential deployment of uk troops. here the uk... 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, in staffordshire, on saturday afternoon. the woman was killed in aberdeen. storm malik has also

disrupted power lines, leaving thousands of homes in scotland and england without electricity. an amber weather warning is in place along the east coast of scotland and a major incident has been declared in county durham in catriona renton reports 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. just crouching down, really. it pushed me further down and then laying on the floor, my friend pulled me out of the back of the van. �* , . . , pulled me out of the back of the van. �* , . ., , ., pulled me out of the back of the van. .,, van. almighty crash to be honest. i found my friend _ van. almighty crash to be honest. i found my friend worked _ van. almighty crash to be honest. i found my friend worked at - van. almighty crash to be honest. i found my friend worked at isaac . van. almighty crash to be honest. i found my friend worked at isaac is | found my friend worked at isaac is been _ found my friend worked at isaac is been really— found my friend worked at isaac is been really lucky.— found my friend worked at isaac is been really lucky. they say tens of thousands of _ been really lucky. they say tens of thousands of customers _ been really lucky. they say tens of thousands of customers are - been really lucky. they say tens of thousands of customers are still. thousands of customers are still without power. mostly in northumberland and county durham. tonight county durham county council

had declared a major incident following the impact of the storm. this isjust a one storm irwin lasted — this isjust a one storm irwin lasted for— this isjust a one storm irwin lasted for ten days for some people. when _ lasted for ten days for some people. when not _ lasted for ten days for some people. when not in — lasted for ten days for some people. when not in the same position as we were then, _ when not in the same position as we were then, thankfully. the numbers that we _ were then, thankfully. the numbers that we are — were then, thankfully. the numbers that we are dealing with are much smaller— that we are dealing with are much smaller this time. for that we are dealing with are much smallerthis time. foranyone smaller this time. for anyone affected — smallerthis time. foranyone affected by it it's a disruption. police — affected by it it's a disruption. police in— affected by it it's a disruption. police in staffordshire were called after a tree fell near stoke—on—trent. a nine—year—old boy later died in hospital. and in aberdeen and northeast scotland emergency services were called at 1030 this morning to the place where this tree had fallen. sadly, a woman had died. because of 85 mph were recorded on the average teacher goes. at one point more than 80,000 homes in scotland were without power and transport was disrupted. a second storm, storm cory is now on

its way, expected to bring high winds especially to northern scotland tomorrow. a fierce storm is sweeping across the east coast of the united states. flood warnings have been issued and people have been told to stay at home. there've been predictions of some sixty centimetres of snow. with more here's a north america correspondent peter bowes. a blanket of snow covers new york city. as most people hunker down at home. this is been a colossal storm. a bomb cycling as a dove. a combination of heavy snow and strong winds approaching the strength of a hurricane. this winter wonderland is fun for some but not advised by authorities. blizzard conditions can

be extremely dangerous. these no scapes in new york are repeated across great sways of the eastern united states. boston airport in massachusetts is under a thick layer. across the region around 6000 weekend fights have been canceled. in many neighbourhoods snowplows and salt spread have been working for hours to try and clear the roads. many homes are without power. you aet many homes are without power. you net the many homes are without power. gm. get the prevailing north where does it really impacts the coastal areas. they get that strong wind that comes off the ocean so having to deal with borderline amounts of snow you get the winds that push all of the water on shore. �* ., ., on shore. along the coast battered b stron: on shore. along the coast battered by strong winds. — on shore. along the coast battered by strong winds, flood _ on shore. along the coast battered by strong winds, flood warnings i on shore. along the coast battered i by strong winds, flood warnings have been issued as the storm moves northwards. with frigid potentially life—threatening temperatures overnight officials are urging people to stay indoors until the storm passes.—

people to stay indoors until the storm passes. this is what is the dangerousness _ storm passes. this is what is the dangerousness were _ storm passes. this is what is the dangerousness were targetable, | storm passes. this is what is the i dangerousness were targetable, we are expecting temperatures in the single _ are expecting temperatures in the single digits tonight into tomorrow morning _ single digits tonight into tomorrow morning. this is when frostbite kicks _ morning. this is when frostbite kicks in — morning. this is when frostbite kicks in. look at how serious maccabee _ kicks in. look at how serious maccabee. so we are trying to remind everybody. _ maccabee. so we are trying to remind everybody, take this very seriously. the worst _ everybody, take this very seriously. the worst of— everybody, take this very seriously. the worst of the snowfall is almost over. but the dangers posed by the extreme conditions will linger with a huge clean—up operation likely to last several days. 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. our 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. i just 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. the leader of the tigray people's liberation front in ethiopia — which has been at war with government forces for over a year — says there have been encouraging signs during indirect talks with the government aimed at ending the conflict. in a rare interview, debretsion gebre—michael — who is also the current president of the region, told the bbc world service newhour�*sjulian marshall that the tplf wanted a peaceful resolution but was ready to fight on to defend the rights of its people. the most important thing is that we have survived the genocide that have been unleashed by the government on i think i saw the last 15 months as you know has suffered unspeakable wars.

we are living in a hell but we have managed to survive. so the most important is our life still have to restore our basic rights, atrocities have be accounted and their many conditions but that's on the way, we have to go to the finishing line. trust must be accountable. is that atrocities by ethiopian and pro—government forces and atrocities by tigre and fighters as well? fighters as well? because you do stand accused of human rights abuses, rate in the course of the conflict. we say we are ready for the scrutiny, we are ready for the investigation but there is no parallel which is happened in tigre. they have done atrocities —— is there any parallels.

they say it has been committed in tigre similar that has been done in other areas, no. it's completely different. what is been done in other areas it will be —— it has been done in tigre of the systematic destruction. just how bad are things at the moment in the region? people are dying lack of food, people are dying lack of medicine, no communication with air transport, there is no cash, banking has been suspended, there's no telecom, there's no internet, there is no power. you can't imagine the hell people are living in. thanks to the bbc world service for sharing that rare interview. thanks to the bbc world service for sharing that rare interview. italy's parliament has re—elected president sergio mattarella for a second term in office. the eighty year old president, a highly respected figure in the country, had repeatedly said he wanted to step down. our rome correspondent mark lowen explains how mattarella has come

to accept the 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 reins 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 two 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. one of the biggest stars in world sport, the american football player tom brady, has announced that he's to retire from the game after an illustrious 22 year career. leigh sessions, who coaches american football teams in cambridgeshire explains why brady has

announced his retirment now. 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. a record—breaking career but he is only 44, he is going to do lots more, isn't he? what do you reckon? if any athlete could say they would play until 44 is dreaming.

tom brady is an athlete. he was draughted 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. categorically, you would believe he is the greatest quarterback in nfl history. what is the moment when you thought, my goodness, that is amazing? just the 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. 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 spoke to music journalist allison hussey. she explained why spotify appear to be siding withjoe rogan

over the musicians. with joe rogan withjoe rogan you certainly have a big investment they are, they put a lot of money into it. i think at this point is to, ifeel like they'll likely protect this thing they'll likely protect this thing they put a lot of money into. at this point a day really made some big decisions about what they want to do what they want to support. there are a lot of other discussions right now about how spot is paying artist. i think the decisions that neil young and joni mitchell had made with regards to this is going to be an interesting component looming into this bigger discussion about what is modify is and what's tenable. , ., ., ,., about what is modify is and what's tenable. , ., ., . .,~ tenable. they are not so much making their own content _ tenable. they are not so much making their own content this _ tenable. they are not so much making their own content this is _ tenable. they are not so much making their own content this is very - their own content this is very exclusive to tears streaming out lead, when you think about them using about them as a streaming

house the night outlet where this is like production and creating their own content. any other artists you have heard of that might be thinking about or thinking about having to ask for their music to be removed? i think this is something else that's going to be fascinating to watch play out. because david crosby is someone who said he would asked to have his music removed because he no longer owns his masters, which is a pretty recent development that he doesn't have that kind of say in taking his music down. different artists do have different levels of control over their masters. when it comes down to it, it would be great to see more and more people making these kinds of stands and really taking charge of their art like theirs. the fact is, a lot of them don't have their masters. again, that's another facet of the music industry and the way that it does not protect or help artists in a lot of ways. not protect or help artists in a lot of wa s. . ~ not protect or help artists in a lot

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platform? it matters how other creators within all of these systems are treated now they are able to live out their work. which for a lot of people, sporophyte is not how they are able to do that. you're watching bbc news. i'll be back shortly with our review of the morning papers. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. the winds from storm malik eased down quite quickly during the latter part of saturday, and we saw a ridge of high pressure build in to give us a fine start for sunday morning — cold, frosty and sunny for many. but conditions will deteriorate across the north and the west of the country later, as the next deepening area of low pressure hurtles in all the atlantic. this has been named by the uk met office as storm corrie, and that'll arrive later on sunday across scotland, northern ireland, northern england. but we start the day off largely fine and settled with lots of sunshine around. the sunshine will hold

on across central, southern and eastern parts of england through the day. cloud will build up further north and west and it'll start turning wetter and windier for northern ireland. northern and western scotland, some snow developing on the hills, gales developing across the western isles. it's going to be a chilly day across the board for sunday, highs of 5 to 9 degrees. and then through sunday evening and overnight, as storm corrie moves across the north of the uk, a real squeeze in the isobars behind the system as it pushes out into the north sea, so i think some of the greatest impacts will be felt once again across scotland. but we have a blanket yellow warning of wind gusts for the northern half of the uk, 50—60 mph gusts here, and an amberwarning for the northern half of scotland, where we could see gusts 70—80 mph, maybe even stronger than that for a time across the northwest of the country. along with that, there will be some heavy rain and mountain snow, which will clear away, and then in the early hours of monday, we will see a rash of blustery showers pushing down from the northwest, with clear spells in between, some wintriness over the higher ground.

a chilly night to come, but not as cold as the previous night. so we start monday, then, off on a chilly note. there will be some sunshine around across eastern areas. the strong winds will have cleared away by this point, but it will be a breezy day with further showers packing to northern and western areas. again, some of these will be wintry on the hills. anotherfairly cool day to come, 6—9 degrees. we could just make 10 degrees across south wales, southwest england. beyond then, as we move through the week, we'll see further wet and windy weather affecting northern and eastern parts of the country, around this area of high pressure. not as windy as what we've had over the weekend, but with higher pressure always towards the south, many southern areas will tend to stay a lot calmer. and there will be some milder air moving in from the southwest for a time, most of the rain in the north. signs of it turning chillier for all by the end of the week.

hello. welcome back. you're watching bbc news. i'm kasia madera. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines: as tension remains high on the border between russia and ukraine, the uk is considering double the number of uk troops in eastern europe. prime minister borisjohnson is due to speak to the russian president vladimir putin and visit eastern europe in the coming days, in an effort to defuse the situation. the prime minister and the chancellor say they're committed to going ahead with the planned rise in national insurance contributions this coming april. borisjohnson had come under increasing pressure to scrap the increase, because of the rising cost of living. in the united states, warnings of historic blizzards as a fierce winter storm bringing heavy snowfall hits the east coast. a more detailed study is under way after initial research finds some

people with long covid may have hidden damage to their lungs.