this is bbc news the headlines at seven. manchester united footballer mason greenwood has been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault following allegations on social media. hundreds more british troops could be sent to eastern europe amid fears russia is preparing to invade ukraine. rafael nadal claims a record 21st grand slam men's tennis title with his victory in the australian open final. both the uk prime minister boris johnson and the chancellor say a widely—opposed rise in national insurance will go ahead to fund health and social care. counting the cost of storm malik, with another powerful front, threatening more homes, in scotland and northern england. remembering the dead of bloody sunday 50 years on, after 13 where killed

by the british army, in londonderry. manchester united footballer mason greenwood has been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault following allegations on social media. for more on this story i'm joined now by our sports presenterjane dougal. what more do we know? well, just a few hours ago greater manchester police confronted a man and is 20 had been arrested on suspicion of rate and assault. the bbc understands that this man is in fact the manchester united striker mason greenwood and his arrest follows allegations on social media. it is thought that greenwood remains in custody for questioning and inquiries are ongoing. in it

statement greater manchester police that they have made aware of social media images and videos posted by a woman reporting incidents of physical violence. this update comes at the manchester united suspended the striker and said that mason greenwood would not be returning to training or playing in matters until further notice. the club said that they do not condone violence of any kind and say they have been made aware of these allegations on social media but would make no further comment until the facts had been established. the 20—year—old footballer made his debut for manchester united in march of 2019, had been with the club since the age of seven and made his way up the ranks of the united academy. he sent signed a four year deal in february last year it made 129 for seam appearances, he also has one or england put up mason greenwood so far has not made any response to the social media allegations. as i say, the bbc understands greater manchester police have arrested a

20—year—old man on suspicion of rate and assault and the bbc understands that man is a manchester united striker mason greenwood. jane. that man is a manchester united striker mason greenwood. jane, thank ou ve striker mason greenwood. jane, thank you very much- _ as tensions over ukraine continue, nato's secretary general has said it's up to russia to decide whether to pursue a diplomatic path offered by western powers or one of confrontation over ukraine. but russia denies planning to invade ukraine, despite having stationed large numbers of troops around its borders and in annexed crimea. the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov has accused the west of infringing russia's security. moscow has deployed around a hundred thousand troops near the border, angry that a country once part of the soviet union, is now seeking closer ties with the west. in eastern ukraine, separatists, backed by moscow, have actually been battling ukrainian forces since 2014, with at least 13,000 people being killed in the donbas region. from the frontline, our international correspondent, 0rla guerin, has the latest. 0n the frozen front lines of eastern ukraine, it is heads

down in the trenches to avoid sniperfire. maria is following in the footsteps of her military father. she keeps watch for the enemy, separatists backed by moscow who seized territory here eight years ago. if russia invades, she'll be facing far worse. do you believe the russians are coming? i try to avoid politics, she says. psychologically, i try not to get worried. we've heard about their military build—up, but if they try to break through, we will be ready. troops here say they are not on a higher level of alert. so far, they stress, there is nothing to see here, a view

echoed by the government in kyiv. these front lines haven't moved in years, but the fear is, there could soon be a much bigger conflict here. and this is about more than the future of ukraine — it's about the future shape of nato, about the security of europe. battle lines are being drawn now in a new cold war. for now, all is quiet on the eastern front. and moscow continues to deny it will invade. but is this the calm before the storm? some here know only too well what russia and its allies can do. shelling by separatists last november destroyed ludmila's home of 30 years. she has come back to show us the wreckage. and she had this plea for president putin.

translation: make peace. reach an agreement. you are all adults, educated people. make peace so that people can live freely, without tears and suffering. this might be just a foretaste of what's ahead. the international warnings are stark. president biden says a russian invasion would change the world. 0nly vladimir putin knows what's coming in his modern—day version of war and peace. 0rla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. for more on this story i'm joined now by admiral lord west, who is a former first sea lord and chief of naval staff. thank you very much forjoining us. in your view, how should the

international community deal with president putin?— international community deal with president putin? well, i think we've not to be president putin? well, i think we've got to be robust _ president putin? well, i think we've got to be robust but _ president putin? well, i think we've got to be robust but equally - president putin? well, i think we've got to be robust but equally i - president putin? well, i think we've got to be robust but equally i thinkl got to be robust but equally i think we should be looking for an agreement that is acceptable to all parties. although putin i think is been behaving very badly, he has a history of very bad behaviour, there is no doubt that some of the issues he's mentioned, there is some relevance in them. for example, although putin understands very clearly that nato is a defensive alliance the average russian i've spoken to lots of russians when i visited russia actually see nato as a threat and have seen as a threat partly because of propaganda over the years in the soviet union and russia. whatever the reason that's how they perceive it. it was not held, i help to the next book and how some eight years ago on this, by people loosely saying, let's let the ukraine and georgia join. they were by no means ready to meet the criteria to join nato and saying it

was reallyjust poking the bear with a stick. so i think i don't think anyone thinks ukraine is likely to join nato in the next five to ten years. so there's surely some scope they are to come up with something. similarly to crimea, it was unacceptable that he invaded it but you need to look at the history of it as well. these things aren't clear cut but what is very clear is we must not sacrifice any of our absolutely fundamental beliefs. you can't let putin take us back to the situation in europe that was there when the soviet union existed. i'm afraid at times putin feels very sad about that soviet union going and doesn't really care about the self—determination of those countries that were in those days satellite countries of the soviet union. ., ., ., ., union. you mentioned the idea that many people _ union. you mentioned the idea that many people in _ union. you mentioned the idea that many people in russia _ union. you mentioned the idea that many people in russia do _ union. you mentioned the idea that many people in russia do believe i many people in russia do believe that nato is a threat to their country. to what extent then has it

been a misstep by nato and its allies not to address that sooner? like a lot of these things if wong goes back to when this happened there were statements made in people said various things and then we made a huge effort to actually get the russians on side with us and become very friendly with them. putin i'm afraid it is sort of impervious to that end has gone his own way and has developed the way he has developed in terms of his behavior. but i do think that putting to have georgia and ukraine having part of nato was very stupid thing to do. as say, it was prodding the bear. we can't let him go back to the old situation where the satellite nations rely on russia. i'm afraid thatis nations rely on russia. i'm afraid that is just not allowable. equally we need to make very clear to him that if we can't get in agreement, i hope we can, having an agreement mean both sides have to make concessions but if we can get an agreement what our actions would be

should he invaded. what we mustn't do is call it threat. the only thing that will be really painful for him is if we are able to actually screw down on his wealth and on the wealth of the oligarchs that support them. we can do that to the oligarchs for the putin will take a bit of work from intelligence agencies but we can discover where all his money is offshore. in russia let's face it, economically is not a very powerful nation if we can really get at putin and his henchmen that is the threat that i think he will pay attention to. equally it is absolutely right that we reinforce nato countries. estonia is part of nato, that is article five, that must not be threatened. if it is threatened that is the sort of thing that leads to war which nobody wants. putin does not want it either. but he is been backed into a corner, putin. he doesn't want to quagmire in the ukraine, he wants to have something he can show his people he achieve

something. however cursory it may seem and that's what we should try to achieve in the agreements we come to achieve in the agreements we come to with him. we certainly need to talk about things like getting rid of the midsole, not having short range nuclear missiles within europe, we need more details of how we can talk regularly with the russians. we don't want this dreadful nuclear clock which is about a few seconds away from midnight which is when there's a thermal nuclear war to go any further. we want to maybe go backwards in some form of agreement will achieve that which would be good for russia good for us. we somehow need to get that across. lord west, thank you so much for your time. rafael nadal has completed a stunning comeback to win the australian open and become the most successful male tennis player of all time. he came from two sets down against the top—seeded player daniil medvedev. it means the spanish player has now won 21 grand slams — more than any man in history and one more than his great

rival novak djokavic who was denied entry to australia because he is unvaccinated against covid. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller was at the match in melbourne. the historic nature of his triumph that now moves him ahead of roger federer novak djokovic in the battle to end their career with the most number of grand slam titles by a man. the next grand slam onto clay where the doll has won 13 times. maybe he will start the favourite there in a few months' time, who knows. also the fact that he battled through these very, very difficult problems, he was in bed for a couple of days not the only tennis player been in that situation but it's far from ideal preparation. but the biggest concern was his foot injury which is troubled him since he was a teenager. it's a problem with a bone in the bridge of his foot. and it was causing him a lot of discomfort,

he didn't play for the second two second half of last year, a medical intervention that didn't really reduce the pain. in the end he decided to push through the pain barrier. it works spectacularly and is now the australian open champion again. this was no ordinary match. this was an epic match was a real marathon match, five setter against a man five , ten years younger than him. finish at 11 minutes past one in the morning put up was the first time anybody in modern time had come back to win the australian open final. medvedev was the player to beat once we knew that djokovic would be better able to play for the people in the us open in september, is a world number two, he's been phenomenally successful on hard court. it was a truly exceptional performance by the doll. i think we have to have a lot of sympathy for medvedev because he was treated poorly by the crowd. he was booed when he walked out. there was a lot of applause between his first and second serves as a part of her sword into the net. and he said sense that he thought it was disrespectful. he started his news conference with a very long monologue

about his journey in the sport and what he was saying quite clearly it was that today was the day for him that part of that dream died. russell fully reporting from melbourne. you're watching bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... manchester united footballer mason greenwood has been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault following allegations on social media. hundreds more british troops could be sent to eastern europe amid fears russia is preparing to invade ukraine. rafael nadal claims a record 21st grand slam men's tennis title with his victory in the australian open final. borisjohnson and the chancellor, rishi sunak, have confirmed that the rise in national insurance, will go ahead in april. 0pposition parties and some tory backbenchers, are urging the prime minister not to impliment the rise, which they say will hit already struggling families. it comes as borisjohnson is under pressure ahead of the report,

into claims of parties in downing street during lockdown. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. borisjohnson and rishi sunak together in happier times. recently, there has been tension over a planned rise in national insurance, with claims that borisjohnson might have second thoughts. but writing jointly in the sunday times, the prime minister and the chancellor have put speculation about the tax rise to bed. they say... tax cuts could come later, they signalled, and ministers admit this move is a hard sell. taxes are never popular, sophie, they're never popular, and as soon as possible we want to be in a position to lower our tax rates, we want to drive economic growth, because ultimately that is what will make our country successful, but we do face a short—term issue, which is that we have spent significant amounts of money dealing with the covid crisis.

the government insists every penny raised from what it calls the health and care levy will go towards funding the nhs and social care, and that those who earn more will pay more, but some conservatives are still concerned. people are really struggling, in terms of very basic necessities. these aren't luxuries, they are necessities, and that is why i think the government need to look again as to how they raise that money. labour too say now is not the time. with a bit of luck this won't come in at all. we're going to be doing everything we can over the next few weeks to try and appeal to tory mps' consciences and try and persuade the prime minister to rethink. a united front by the occupants of numbers ten and 11 downing street comes just as the report into alleged parties in whitehall during lockdown is expected. some conservative mps may choose that moment to try to force boris johnson out. for now, his nearest neighbour and potential rival is being seen to be on the same page. jonathan blake, bbc news.

the government's latest coronavirus figures, show there were 62,399 new cases recorded, in the latest 24—hour period. 85 deaths have been reported, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test, though some will have died of other causes. 0n vaccinations, more than 37 million people have now had a boosterjab, which means more than 64.8% of those aged 12 and over, have now had three vaccine doses. thousands of people in scotland and northern england are still without power, after storm malik blew in yesterday, killing a 9 yr old boy in staffordshire, and a 60 year old woman. but there's no let up in the bad weather, with another powerful storm forecast tonight, with winds of up to 90 miles an hour. there's already travel disruption after scotrail cancelled all passenger services from six o clock tonight. david shanks has more.

a lucky escape in aberdeenshire. it's obviously crashed through the ports but not through the main living room. natalie's partner got outjust in time as storm malik brought this enormous tree down on their home yesterday morning. i wasjust going through to the bedroom because the powerjust got off as i went through i could see the tree falling and then at that point i just started shouting, tree, tree, tree. we ran through and he decided to leave over the sulphur and we just got into the safety of our kitchen. in aberdeen a 60—year—old woman was killed by a fallen tree. she is yet to be named by police. thousands are still without electricity and hundreds without water, some outages could continue into the week. obviously there are unknowns in terms of the impact of storm corrie. were committed to restoring power to those impacted by storm malik as soon as possible. in some circumstances to tuesday and that's reallyjust to give people choices of staying with family and friends.

the clean—up from storm malik has barely had a chance to get under way before a second weather warning for string two storm corrie with winds up to 90 miles an hour expected. in aberdeenshire rest centres have been set up where those affected by malik can get a shower, a hot meal and they are ready to do it again. we are making sure that all of our teams are rested and we've got the right capacity ready for tonight and tomorrow. and were making sure we respond such asjuggling teams back and forth. we've been inspecting all of our school buildings we know some are damaged beyond the point we will be able to open tomorrow.— able to open tomorrow. storm corrie amber warning _ able to open tomorrow. storm corrie amber warning is _ able to open tomorrow. storm corrie amber warning is in _ able to open tomorrow. storm corrie amber warning is in place _ able to open tomorrow. storm corrie amber warning is in place from - able to open tomorrow. storm corrie amber warning is in place from 5am| amber warning is in place from 5am until 6am tomorrow morning with a clean—up and accounting of the cost begins again. we've gotjohn hales on the phone. he's in forgue, aberdeenshire and has no electricity or heating after storm malik.

tell us what sort of conditions or having to cope with.— tell us what sort of conditions or having to cope with. well, very well described strong _ having to cope with. well, very well described strong winds, _ having to cope with. well, very well described strong winds, and - having to cope with. well, very well described strong winds, and then i having to cope with. well, very well i described strong winds, and then and then yesterday afternoon but it was almost like a little unsettling and it started to whip up again. my assumption was it was a storm front. actually bbc scotland were able to confirm that that one come in till next. yeah, when there is daylight and there's some sunshine it's sort of ok, can you get by. i think as soon as ghi comes and there's no moonlight or street lights in the rural locations it's quite

disconcerting. obviously when you're surrounded by trees there is that fair, i know one of your interviewees commented about trees coming down, i have 20 trees down in my garden from the storm we had back in november. and i think three have come down already. fortunately they are not in dangerous positions. it's unsettling. i think the thing is, i understand their gravity and how serious it is and i take my hat off to the people who are out there doing what they can to get some resumption but communication has been pretty poor. that's been a major disappointment. i think you understand you can be without electricity for four or six days from the outset that you can make permit during that provision. but if you don't know you're kind of taking it day by day, really. i guess i'm

probably worried a little bit more because my wife's vulnerable. so i guess were all having to manage with covid and now this too. it’s covid and now this too. it's unsettling- _ covid and now this too. it's unsettling. yes, _ covid and now this too. it's unsettling. yes, it - covid and now this too. it's unsettling. yes, it must feel like one thing after the other. i understand you have no power since it got the yesterday morning put up no electricity, no heat, how are you managing to keep warm and features of? a, , , managing to keep warm and features of? , , , ~' of? okay. interestingly, ithink the advice ou of? okay. interestingly, ithink the advice you get _ of? okay. interestingly, ithink the advice you get with _ of? okay. interestingly, ithink the advice you get with regards - of? okay. interestingly, ithink the advice you get with regards to - advice you get with regards to things like fridges and freezers is not to open them. so most of your food purges a in their significant, "0k, food purges a in their significant, "ok, this goes beyond 1a hours i need to not go in the fridge will stop". there is interesting, i have got a gas stove so i boil water to make tea or to add water to porridge

for example. just that you have to think very differently. my wife is pretty much confined to bed most of the day. and she has a hot water bottle and because although we have a burner we can use it is kinda confined to one room. you just have to try to adapt and think differently. just today we've in saying because we live role we shop monthly, we will get an online shop which saves us going to the shop and you have a delivery. a lot of that food is going to be wasted and spoiled and have to be destroyed. you then thinking maybe better to shop weekly now. i think you have to try and think differently. you can't

help but worry, i do anyway, certainly about my wife and the elderly, vulnerable and young that are in similar icy the eight isolation conditions. i are in similar icy the eight isolation conditions. i think you seak for isolation conditions. i think you speak for many _ isolation conditions. i think you speak for many people - isolation conditions. i think you speak for many people saying l isolation conditions. i think you - speak for many people saying that. you've got something to eat, you've got company but other people not so lucky. i hope things improve for you very soon. thank you. relatives of those who died in londonderry, on what became known as "bloody sunday," have held a walk of remembrance in the city, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the shootings by the british army. members of the parachute regiment, opened fire on a civil rights march, killing thirteen people, with an inquiry laterfiniding that the demonstrators had posed no threat. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, has more. re—tracing the steps of those who set out on a peaceful protest but never returned. today the city of derry

relive the memories. amid escalating violence in 1972 thousands had gathered for a rally to protest against interment, the power to imprison people without trial. when disturbances broke out soldiers from the parachute regiment moved in to make arrests and opened fire. 13 unarmed civilians were shot dead. and this became the defining image of the tragedy as people tried to rescue 17—year—old jackie duddy whose sister walked in his footsteps today. i'll never move on from 50 years on, just heartbroken, yes. and it still hurts same as all that time ago. the british soldiers on the streets always maintained they believed they were under attack. the families of the victims thought a long campaign ——fought to clear their loved ones names.

they told lies about them, and their families for everybody here. the events of buddy sunday continue to be felt through the generations. today was a good moment of commemoration but half a century on the legal battles over what happened here are still unresolved. today ireland's prime minister came to support the families who are still fighting a decision to drop charges against one of the soldiers involved in blood sunday. at the uk government wants to end all prosecutions relating to the conflict. i don't believe there should be any amnesties for anybody. and i believe the full process of the courts and the justice should be deployed. bloody sunday was a watershed moment for northern ireland and a deeply harboured sense of injustice here continues to be carried forward today. emma vardy, bbc news derry.

the nhs covid vaccination programme in england has been extended to vulnerable children aged between 5 and 11—years—old. eligible children include those with diabetes, epilepsy and learning disabilities, or those who live with somebody who is immunosuppressed. here's our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. xavier is 11 and he's among the first in his age group to have a covid jab at the emberbrook health centre in surrey. he has epilepsy, which makes him more vulnerable to the virus. the overwhelming majority of children have only mild symptoms, but there are around 500,000 5—to—11—year—old who are more at risk, and the government has decided that they should be vaccinated. more than 850 sites have been set up across england, and this is xavier's message to any young children worried about having a jab. it's not as stressful as you may think. everybody here is quite nice,

and you get a sticker at the end. children will get two ten microgram doses of the pfizer vaccine at the centre, eight weeks apart — a third of the amount used for adults. well, i think it is very important for them to be brought in and to be seen, so that they can regain some sort of social interaction, they can get back to the normal activities and daily living that the rest of us take for granted. the scottish government has also started to send letters to parents of at—risk children, inviting them to be vaccinated. they're also being asked to come forward in northern ireland. pallab ghosh, bbc news. there's no need to keep your laptop open — or answer the boss's messages late at night. at least that's soon to be the case for thousands of workers in belgium — the latest country to introduce what's known as the "right to disconnect". from this tuesday sixty five thousand civil servants will gain the legal right to be offline, outside of their agreed working hours. jessica parker reports

from brussels. the makings of a belgian shepherd's pie. delphine, a civil servant, is preparing dinnerfor herfriends. i love to cook, it is one of my passions. with a life outside of work, she welcomes ways to help people switch off. especially for young people, it is not always clear when they have to be available or not. because when you begin a newjob you want to be perfect, you know? and you think, if i don't answer that email at ten o'clock at night, maybe my boss will not like it, so now i think it is going to be a cultural change. the new rules mean outside normal hours, bosses can't get in touch, although there are exceptions. workers also shouldn't be disadvantaged by not answering calls and e—mails. the idea — better wellbeing, less stress. it's a good idea, as people move more and more to digitalwork, especially.

translation: you work your eight hours and then you go home. - i think it is part of thejob, to be there when it is necessary. the minister in charge of the law change says there are plans to expand it to the private sector. but critics question the need for further regulation. what would you say to people who suggest this is actually a bad idea, inefficient, maybe? it is a misconception to think that you really should work 24/7, because we see that a lot of people can't cope with that. and they are falling out. dinner is in the oven, the mood is relaxed. similar laws have been introduced in france, italy and spain. delphine's cat could perhaps best lead by example on how to unwind. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav hello.