welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. we report from the frontline in eastern ukraine, where government forces, have been fighting russian backed separatists. 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. north korea confirms it tested an intermediate—range ballistic missile on sunday — the us offers pyongyang direct talks without preconditions. manchester united footballer mason greenwood has been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault following allegations

on social media. and, rafael nadal claims a record 21st grand slam men's tennis title with his victory in the australian open final. welcome to newsday — it's seven in the morning in singapore and two in the morning in moscow — where russia is denying having plans to invade ukraine, despite having stationed large numbers of troops around its borders and despite past precedence, russia annexed ukraine's southern crimea peninsula in 2014. meanwhile, 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. in return, russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov accused the west of infringing russia's security. translation: we want good, mutually respectful and equall relations with the united states as well as any other country in the world. but taught by bitter experience, we do not want to remain in a position that our security is infringed daily. each time it turns out that nato defence lines continues to move eastwards. now it has come towards the ukraine, they also want to drag ukraine into nato. although it's clear to everyone that ukraine is not ready and will not make any contribution to strengthening nato security. that was sergei lavrov speaking there. i want to show you this report now — from the frontline — from our international correspondent, orla guerin, who has the latest.

on 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 will 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 have 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 have not 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 is 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 is ahead. the international warnings are stark. president biden says a russian invasion would change the world. only vladimir putin knows what is coming in his modern—day version of war and peace. orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. if you want to know more about this story, just go to our website — where there is more analysis

and answers to the main questions about what's going on in ukraine. you head to the bbc news site. the united states has made a direct appeal to north korea tojoin direct talks about its nuclear and missile programs. this comes after north korea fired its biggest missile test in five years. the intermediate—range ballistic missile came down in the sea ofjapan, in north korea's seventh test this month. south korea, japan and the us have all condemned the launch. soo kim is a policy analyst at rand corporation. shejoins me now from washington dc. great to have you on the programme. we talk about north korea missile test a lot on newsday. it's the seventh this month, what is behind this do you think? we seventh this month, what is behind this do you think?—

this do you think? we could look at the time and. _ this do you think? we could look at the time and, i _ this do you think? we could look at the time and, i think. _ this do you think? we could look at the time and, i think. the - the time and, i think. the geopolitical atmospheres are fairly conducive to provocations. as you mentioned previously we have the potential for russia to invade ukraine, we have covid—i9, the soaker elections coming up we also have the beijing olympics. domestically there is to upcoming korean anniversary. so the timing is right for north korea to draw attention and also distract us. and also potentially for north korea to increase its leverage if and when there is another opportunity to negotiate with the united states. it looks like that opportunity is being offered by the us with washington making that appeal to north korea to engage in direct talks about missiles and its nuclear program. will north korea take this sincerely, will those talks actually happen? sincerely, will those talks actually ha en? . �* , sincerely, will those talks actually ha en? ., �*, ., sincerely, will those talks actually ha en? ., i, ., ., , sincerely, will those talks actually ha en? ., �*, ., ., , happen? that's a really good auestion happen? that's a really good question because _ happen? that's a really good question because before - happen? that's a really good question because before the| happen? that's a really good - question because before the united

states or south korea offers the option to negotiate again with the north koreans they really need to understand the motivations from kim jong—il and for that i don't think that he's going to want to fight edin opportunity if is not going to make significant gains in his negotiating an nuclear issue. we might see of course a retort to the return to 2018 negotiations but i don't think that's good to reduce the nuclear threat, if anything kim has shown greater incentive, a greater intention to keep his weapons and also to continue to use it to increase his negotiating position. it to increase his negotiating osition. ~ , ., it to increase his negotiating osition. ~ i. ., ~ , position. when you look at the kinds of wea ons position. when you look at the kinds of weapons that _ position. when you look at the kinds of weapons that north _ position. when you look at the kinds of weapons that north korea, - position. when you look at the kinds of weapons that north korea, the i of weapons that north korea, the test i should say that north korea has conducted over the last month, what does that tell us about where the regime is technology in terms of weapons development? i the regime is technology in terms of weapons development?— weapons development? i think it tells us that _ weapons development? i think it tells us that despite _

weapons development? i think it tells us that despite the - weapons development? i think it tells us that despite the cries - weapons development? i think it tells us that despite the cries forj tells us that despite the cries for help to the international community about sanctions, kim ung has priority to keep his weapons and to show incrementally notjust the increase and the range but i think the unpredictability and the variety of nuclear weapons in the missiles. he is able to show and continue to wield pressure notjust over the united states but over the region as well for sub it's becoming more diversified and i think that's where the danger is. diversified and i think that's where the danger ia— diversified and i think that's where the danger is. fascinating thank you so much for — the danger is. fascinating thank you so much forjoining _ the danger is. fascinating thank you so much forjoining us. _ the manchester united footballer, mason greenwood, has been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault. it follows allegations made on social media. the premier league club says the 20—year—old won't be training or playing any matches, until further notice. he hasn't responded

to any of the claims. our sports correspondent, jane dougall has more from old trafford. tonight it's understood that mason greenwood remains in custody whilst inquiries are continuing. greater manchester police have confirmed that they arrested a man in his 20s on suspicion of rape and assault and that arrest followed allegations posted on social media early this morning which police became aware of. video footage, photographs and an audio recording in which a woman alleged that she had been assaulted by the manchester united striker greenwood were made public for a few hours but have since been deleted. earlier today manchester united also confirmed that they too had been made aware of the allegations and said that they had suspended their striker saying he would not be returning to training or playing in any matters until further notice. ——matches the club also added in a statement that they do not condone violence of any kind. mason greenwood has been involved with this club from the age of seven, he worked his way up the academy

until he made his debut for the first team in 2019, since then he's made 129 appearances for the club, he also has on or england. , cap but so far the striker has not made any response to the allegations on social media. 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. joining me now from melbourne is our tennis correspondent, russell fuller. he has been watching the tennis very

closely. it's wonderful to have you on the program. but in achievement i have to say and it must�*ve felt like that watching it as well. talk us through that moment of victory. one of the great sporting achievements for nadal who has so many achievements, one of the greatest achievements, one of the greatest achievements of his career, the greatest triumph of his career as well. he needs to recoverfrom greatest triumph of his career as well. he needs to recover from two sets to love down to a man chen years hisjunior to win in sets to love down to a man chen years his junior to win in five sets, 75 in the final set. i think he was shocked at the moment of victory. the capacity crowd in the arena were hugely for rafael nadal. they made life very difficult for them edited at time. once the moment sunkin them edited at time. once the moment sunk in and rafael nadal realise what he achieved he celebrated mike a much younger man. no one had ever come from two sets before to win the australian open as the doll did. as

a result he becomes a 21 grand slam singles champion and that is one more that both roger federer novak djokovic. the more that both roger federer novak d'okovic. , ., , ., ., ., djokovic. the beauty of that moment, the achievement _ djokovic. the beauty of that moment, the achievement on _ djokovic. the beauty of that moment, the achievement on his _ djokovic. the beauty of that moment, the achievement on his face, - the achievement on his face, certainly something well worth watching i have to say. just speaking about his rivals as you pointed out, they booked both congratulated him in this remarkable victory, haven't a? congratulated him in this remarkable victory, haven'ta? roger congratulated him in this remarkable victory, haven't a? roger federer was the first to take to social media to offer his heartfelt congratulations to his friend and great rivals. injust congratulations to his friend and great rivals. in just a few minutes later it know that djokovic paying tribute to the dolls fighting abilities. and congratulating him on the wind. which seemed so improbable because the doll has had a couple of problems in couple sleep mac —— rafael nadal. he contracted covid just before christmas and didn't know whether he be fit enough in time to travel to australia. but the big issue for rafael nadal is he's

had a chronic foot problem ever since he started his career but particularly in the last 12 months he had a minor medical intervention in september but that didn't really do didn't really do as much as he would've liked to move the pain. frustrated and wondering whether he be able to continue in his professional tennis career he decided to push through the pain, he didn't quite know where it would lead, i don't get any idea that it would lead to a second australian open title in the 21st grand slam singles title. open title in the 21st grand slam singles title-— open title in the 21st grand slam sinules title. ~ ,,., , ., ., singles title. absolutely, how that chan . e singles title. absolutely, how that chance of singles title. absolutely, how that change of fortune _ singles title. absolutely, how that change of fortune is _ singles title. absolutely, how that change of fortune is come - singles title. absolutely, how that change of fortune is come about l singles title. absolutely, how that | change of fortune is come about for him is quite remarkable. just briefly, hard to mention all of this without talking about novak djokovic and how he dominated headlines before the australian open began. how much more does this put rafael nadal ahead of his rivals with this victory in the future?— nadal ahead of his rivals with this victory in the future? roger federer is 40 and is — victory in the future? roger federer is 40 and is off— victory in the future? roger federer is 40 and is off the _ victory in the future? roger federer is 40 and is off the tour— victory in the future? roger federer is 40 and is off the tour with - is 40 and is off the tour with injuries. it would be extremely unlikely that he could add to his grand slam tally. know that djokovic has the advantage of being one year

younger than rafael nadal and it started so many injuries over the years. you think he would have a very good chance of taking my produce new record of 21 grand slam titles. the issue for nova djokovic is 22 is going to be it uncertain year. i don't like is going to change his stance on vaccination. if future grand slam tournaments require a plate to be vaccinated to owes two enter the host country it could be a problematic 12 months for djokovic. could be a problematic 12 months for d'okovic. ., ~ , ., ., ., , djokovic. thank you for “oining us on new days * djokovic. thank you for “oining us on new days with _ djokovic. thank you for “oining us on new days with that h djokovic. thank you forjoining us on new days with that analysis. i —— newsday. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... predictions of a tough year ahead for travellers in asia due to omicron. this is the moment that millions in iran have been waiting for after his long years in exile the first hesitant steps of the ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil.

south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. and the anc leader nelson mandela is to be set free unconditionally. three, two, one. the countdown to the critical - moment, the worlds most powerful rocket ignited all of its 27 engines at once and part of its power - is this recycling of the rocket - slashing the cost of the launch that makes this a breakthrough in the business of space travel. two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to this patient. one would call it a piece of cake. thousands of people have given the yauchtwoman alan macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing solo around the world nonstop.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore, our headlines. predictions about how omicron will make 2022 and at the top travel year in asia. especially for china and hong kong who are zero policy. i looked at the year ahead in asia including upcoming elections in australia, south korea and the philippines. for more on how asia might navigate the coming year, i'm joined now by simon baptist from the economist intelligence unit. it's great to have you on the program. let's start with just looking at the different approaches that both asia and the west has had to covid. do you see that divergence continuing in 2022? fissile to covid. do you see that divergence continuing in 2022?—

continuing in 2022? asia is going to retain its generally _ continuing in 2022? asia is going to retain its generally more _ continuing in 2022? asia is going to retain its generally more risk - retain its generally more risk averse approach to covid—19, that's been apparent throughout the pandemic. the difference in 2022 is the isolation of 2020 it looks like it's turning into the risk of being left behind. the policies of closed borders instructor lockdowns in asia did lead to generally a lot of case counts of death and reduced economic impact through 2020 and the first part of 2021. but now that the rest of the world has really much more decisively move towards a stance on living with covid and trying to treat it more like in an endemic disease, albeit quite serious one, asia has been starting to get left behind and they restrictions that still in this region are starting to have an economic impact. particularly in those countries that are more focused on service sectors particularly tourism and international education. [30

particularly tourism and international education. , international education. do you see that pressure _ international education. do you see that pressure then _ international education. do you see that pressure then building - international education. do you see that pressure then building on - that pressure then building on governments as they see that economic impact filtering through is used to ease travel and commercial curbs, will people say look, ijust can't deal with this any more we need to start moving into an endemic state? it need to start moving into an endemic state? ., , ' need to start moving into an endemic state? ., , , , need to start moving into an endemic state? .,, , ,_ state? it does differ country by country but _ state? it does differ country by country but i — state? it does differ country by country but i do _ state? it does differ country by country but i do expect - state? it does differ country by country but i do expect the - state? it does differ country by l country but i do expect the trend state? it does differ country by - country but i do expect the trend to be more more asian governments will slowly start to relax or belatedly start to relax their travel and other curbs. wejust start to relax their travel and other curbs. we just had an announcement last week that the philippines is going to reopen to vaccinated travellers from february and thailand has putting restrictions on and off but they are now off again. the tyee economy really has been the in the doldrums largely because hit to tourism but also some other factors such as trouble in the automatic net

automate sectors as well. as travellers are able to move around the rest of the world were easy really that's why business and leisure business to feel that pressure. on business side we have seen dubai in particular being quite upfront and proactive about making it sulphate more attractive nation for international business. that's to take the opportunity against hong kong and singapore.— kong and singapore. thank you so much forjoining _ kong and singapore. thank you so much forjoining us _ kong and singapore. thank you so much forjoining us on _ kong and singapore. thank you so much forjoining us on tuesday - with your thoughts. the 1st of february marks a year since the military seized power in myanmar, deposing the elected leader aung san suu kyi and reversing a ten—year experiment in building a democracy there. the coup was challenged by massive street rallies in towns and cities across myanmar, but these were crushed by the military using what human rights groups say was indiscriminate violence. here's our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. eight year after the ccoommee and is

gripped by an armed uprising which stretches from here to the thai border right across the country. you can see over there people displaced by the fighting who sought safety here. in recent days we've seen refugees coming over this river, referred the sounds of gunfire and explosions as a miramar military tries to crush popular resistance which has sprung up almost everywhere. it's a very different scene from a year ago when there were high hopes that the massive diesel protesting that they had might reverse the coup. the military savagery action shooting, beating interesting third to 8000 skilled bozos. instead some families had taken the difficult decision to flee the country. with no idea when they can safely return. others have given up can safely return. others have given up comfortable lives in jobs and taken up arms often joining the ethnic insurgent forces who'd been fighting in these border regions of myanmarfor fighting in these border regions of

myanmar for decades. they are desperately short of weapons, equipment, funds and experience. they are hugely outgunned by the military. and yet remarkably, most of them are still fighting on even collecting more volunteers. the coup leaders when they seized power grossly misjudged the public mood. yet they are refusing to compromise despite the catastrophic consequences of their actions. but for most burmese it's less sense of outrage over those actions which is driving their determination to get the military out of politics once and for all. it is a brutal stalemate, a conflict from which at the moment is no clear way out. we will have special coverage about myanmar throughout the week on bbc news to do tune in from more reports. news to do tune in from more reports. it's being hailed as the world's

most advanced humanoid robot — but don't worry, ameca hasn't taken overjust yet, despite using the hyper—realistic facial expressions and arm movements. the company behind the robot says machines like ameca could be become commonplace within the next ten years. kevin hay has more. an industrial estate in falmouth, an ordinary—looking building with a far from ordinary reception area, but it's upstairs in the research and development department where things get really interesting. this is ameca. the thing that makes ameca unique is its facial expressions. it can give us happy, sad, surprised. and now, it's getting bored with me. i can take a hint.

so how does it work? for this demonstration ameca is being controlled by morgan rowe, who's the director of operations for engineered arts. we've got the camera on the system here. that camera is actually looking at my face and we can see what my face is doing and i can smile and the robot smiles. move my head, and the robot moves its head, so the robots mimicking everything i'm doing, i can effectively talk and listen via the robot from anywhere in the world. but as well as being controlled like a puppet. artificial intelligence means that ameca can react to its surroundings. if i get far too close. then it will back away. the company has spent £2 million developing ameca, and it employs 22 people here in cornwall. this is not cgi. this is something that we can touch. it's something real right now, and it's in cornwall. from supermarket checkouts to self—driving cars, the age of automation is here. machines like ameca are meant to give it

a human face. in the future. you'll see these more and more in service robot—oriented tasks, so it could be giving you information. it could be checking you in for your flight or a hotel, or it could be giving you a ticket in theatre. a recent government report concluded that jobs lost to new technologies should be cancelled out by the number of differentjobs created by new technologies. but surely ameca couldn't do something like end a tv news report. ameca, bbc spotlight, falmouth. oh, you're a one—take wonder. i'm not sure arm quite ready for that. but what the future holds, how exciting. but what the future holds, how exciting. now to florida where they managed to escape the worst of the bad weather but faced another foe...(oov)an invasion of pirates! but faced another foe...(oov)an this is the gasparilla pirate festival — where a fully rigged ship — chock—full of pirates heads into tampa bay demanding the key to the city from the mayor. the annual event draws large crowds to see

the swashbucklers coming to shore — who then parade through the city. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. storm corrie continuing to bring some damaging gusts of wind during the overnight period and to start monday morning. met office warnings remain in force, for strong winds across more eastern parts of the country. and we'll also have an ice risk to start the day across northern scotland, some cold air digging in behind the storm as it moves out into the north sea. but you can see a real squeeze in the isobars still across eastern coastal parts of scotland, down towards the wash and norfolk, so the yellow warnings remain in force through this morning for further gusts of 50—60 mph. eventually, the strongest of the winds will pull away from the east coast, and then it'll leave a blustery day for all. after that icy start across northern scotland,

temperatures will rise a little bit, but it's going to be one of sunshine and blustery showers. these showers again wintry over the hills of scotland, some of these showers also getting into parts of northwest england, the midlands, wales and southwest england. probably the best of any sunshine will be reserved for eastern england, but a fairly cool day to come and temperatures of 5—9 degrees, particularly when you factor in the strong northwest wind. as we move through monday night, we'll see a more substantial area of patchy rain pushing into western scotland, perhaps western wales, northwest england, tending to stay drier across eastern areas. but it will turn a bit murkier because we're starting to import some milder air from the west. lows of 4—8 degrees. and you can see that here on the pressure and air mass chart. into tuesday, it's a lot milder. it's fairly strong winds again from the west, but this air source coming in from the mid—atlantic. it will still be quite chilly and breezy across the far north of scotland, for the northern isles, with showers here. but elsewhere, some sunshine. more cloud for northern ireland, large parts of england and wales. could see a bit of murkiness, some drizzle, over western hills,

but it's the temperatures that'll be notable on tuesday — in the low teens celsius for many. wednesday's another mild day, rather murky again, rather cloudy too. it'll be another breezy one. and those temperatures will range from around 11 to 13 degrees. then some changes as we move out of wednesday into thursday. this cold front spreads southeastwards across the country and introduces much colder, fresher air which will reach all areas by the end of friday. so temperatures will be coming down on thursday, particularly across the north. into friday, could see some wintry showers across northern areas, although we'll hold onto some dry weather in the south.

hello. this is bbc news with me, martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines: hundreds more british troops could be sent to eastern europe amid fears russia is preparing to invade ukraine. manchester united footballer mason greenwood has been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault following allegations on social media. thousands of people in scotland and northern england

are still without power, following storm malik on saturday. another powerful storm is forecast to hit tonight, with winds of up to 90 miles an hour. and rafael nadal has claimed a record 21st grand slam men's tennis title with his victory in the australian open final. he came from two sets down to beat daniil medvedev of russia. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with us, jo kiernan, former welsh labour adviser and broadcaster, and annabel denham, director of communications for the iea. thank you for hanging around and not leaving me here on my own at this time of night! the front pages, then. the guardian reports that borisjohnson is launching a policy blitz, aiming to divert attention from the row over parties in number 10. the same story is on the front page of the i.

the newspaper reports that the prime minister's fightback