hello, good morning, welcome to bbc news. i'm victoria derbyshire and here are the headlines: borisjohnson travels to brussels and warsaw as the uk steps up diplomatic efforts to resolve the ukraine crisis. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is in moscow to meet the man who does herjob in russia — it's the first visit there by a british foreign secretary for more than four years. we'll be live for a joint news conference — expected in the next few minutes. police investigating lockdown parties in downing street are sending questionnaires to more than 50 people to ask them what happened. the ioc refuse to comment on why the medals ceremony for the figure—skating team event has been delayed at the winter games in beijing — following reports of a failed drugs test on the russian team. wayne rooney — an incredible

career on the pitch and coping with demons off the pitch. a documentary about his life is released. i was iwas ina i was in a bad place. also coming up this hour... new fossils found in a cave in southern france suggest humans and neanderthals could have coexisted for long periods. the defence secretary ben wallace has said british troops are on standby, as tension remains over russian troops on the border with its neighbour ukraine. the prime minister's off to brussels, to visit nato — that's a military alliance of dozens of countries — as part of diplomatic

efforts to de—escalate the crisis. russia continues to deny it has any plans to attack ukraine. this map shows where russian soldiers are stationed around ukraine — each red dot represents thousands of troops. those black dots are military units that have recently been sent to the area. also — russia and belarus — who are close allies and both border ukraine — have started ten days ofjoint military drills. last week, president biden sent us troops to poland, germany and romania. so what's happening today? the prime minister will meet the head of nato — that stands for north atlantic treaty organisation — in brussels, before heading to poland. and foreign secretary liz truss is meeting her russian counterpart in moscow. defence secretary ben wallace is also heading to russia — this morning he said the prime minister's message is one of unification.

as one of nato's biggest members, and certainly europe's biggest defence partner in europe, we stand side by side to the nato position of being unified, of being a defensive alliance, and that we won't let threats push us all around, and i think that is incredibly important. also to offer to nato a range of forces that can be used should it nato require it to provide resilience and reinforcement on the borders of nato should russia take that step of invading ukraine, and that is quite an important message to send to russia as well. labour's shadow defence secretary, john healey, says the party understands the need for nato now more than ever. from clement to corbyn, with every labour leader in between, labour has gone into elections unshakeable in our membership of nato and it is needed more now than ever. the russian aggression against ukraine underlines the need

for nato, the need for nato unity, and part of the reason that keir starmer and i are seeing the secretary general this afternoon in nato headquarters is to underline that the government has labour's full support for what it is doing to help ukraine defend itself and what it is doing in standing up to russia, if it does invade, with the toughest sanctions. we also offer the government the full support for any moves necessary to reinforce nato allies against further aggression from russia. let's talk to bbc russian�*s petr kozlov in moscow. can liz truss hope to achieve anything? well, the meeting started another ago and we have seen the broadcasting of the beginning of the meeting. what we can see is that the meeting. what we can see is that the meeting is going to be quite tough and it is obvious that foreign

minister lovegrove is quite experienced, in service since 2004, and after a number of weeks and even months of this political struggle between russia and the west concerning the situation in ukraine, may not be resolved today, but what we know and what we see is that the struggle is quite high today and it is important to understand that it is important to understand that it is not always topics being mentioned publicly. we understand the dialogue could possibly include not only the situation in russia but more broadly the situation in europe, military drills, arms control and even possibly gas supplies.- drills, arms control and even possibly gas supplies. what sort of a man is sergey —

possibly gas supplies. what sort of a man is sergey lavrov? _ possibly gas supplies. what sort of a man is sergey lavrov? what - possibly gas supplies. what sort of a man is sergey lavrov? what sorti possibly gas supplies. what sort of i a man is sergey lavrov? what sort of a man is sergey lavrov? what sort of a negotiator is he? tell our audience more about him. minister lavrov is quite _ audience more about him. minister lavrov is quite experienced - lavrov is quite experienced diplomat, in service since 2004, and previously he used to work in the un in new york insecurity, so we know he is quite a close ally of vladimir putin and tough in trying to deliver the kremlin�*s policy, so this is what we know and understand. the kremlin's policy, so this is what we know and understand. these russian military _ what we know and understand. these russian military drills, _ what we know and understand. these russian military drills, practising, rehearsing, what is the point of those? it would appear to add to the tension. in those? it would appear to add to the tension. w , those? it would appear to add to the tension. .. , ., ., tension. in fact there is a main difficulty in _ tension. in fact there is a main difficulty in the _ tension. in fact there is a main difficulty in the rhetoric- tension. in fact there is a main | difficulty in the rhetoric because the western countries, washington, europe, the western general,

understand that this is quite a big problem, military drills, and we understand that russia has quite a huge number of military sources near the border of ukraine and also in belarus, and by the way today the military drills which are going to start also will include drills in the black sea. the russian position is that russia has a right to make these drills on its territory whenever it wants and it is not going to harm anybody, but in general what we see is that today vladimir putin and the kremlin is trying to use these drills, this military build—up, as part of its policy to put pressure on the west, on ukraine, and to try to achieve the goals which i have mentioned before, military goals, which are

concerning gas supplies, arms control etc. concerning gas supplies, arms control etc— concerning gas supplies, arms control etc-— concerning gas supplies, arms control etc. ., ,, , ., , . concerning gas supplies, arms control etc. ., ,, , . . control etc. thank you very much. we are exoecting — control etc. thank you very much. we are exoecting a _ control etc. thank you very much. we are expecting a joint _ control etc. thank you very much. we are expecting a joint news _ are expecting a joint news conference from the british foreign secretary and mr lavrov in moscow and we will give you that when it happens. let's talk to our europe correspondent in brussels, nick beake. we should point out that keir starmer the leader of the labour party is heading there as well. sense from downing street is that the prime minister will want to convey this message of solidarity among the west that it is non—negotiable in terms of individual countries in europe can decide which clubs they are in so specifically we are talking about nato. ukraine is not a need to look over there to be an incursion and attack on that country that the principle that an attack on one is an attack on all of them so that does not apply. so sending military

capability to eastern europe to counter the build—up of russian troops they have been saying they would not actually be fighting a —— in ukraine itself. 1000 british troops on standby to help in a humanitarian capacity as there were to be a movement of people triggered by any sort of russian aggression towards ukraine. russia says it is not planning any aggression at all. thank you very much. police investigating lockdown parties in downing street and whitehall are to begin contacting people for their accounts of the events. around 50 people are to be emailed a questionnaire by the metropolitan police, with the prime minister and his wife, carriejohnson, expected to be included. it's after a photograph was published yesterday showing borisjohnson at a christmas quiz, with staff in santa hats, someone wearing tinsel round their neck, and a bottle of what looks like prosecco on the table. joining me now is our political correspondent, chris mason.

what kind of questions will be asked in the questionnaire? in what kind of questions will be asked in the questionnaire?— in the questionnaire? in essence, what was your — in the questionnaire? in essence, what was your excuse _ in the questionnaire? in essence, what was your excuse for - in the questionnaire? in essence, what was your excuse for being . in the questionnaire? in essence, | what was your excuse for being at this bash? that is the first question. quite a fluffy word, questionnaire, but the police insist it is a formal legal document. you would not think you need to say this but it pleads with those who receive it to answer truthfully about what they were doing and on that basis once they receive the answers to this questionnaire from about 50 recipients who are hovering over their inboxes in westminster in the next day or two expecting this email they will have a week to fill it in and then the police will have to decide whether or not what is said amounts to what they describe as a reasonable excuse for their attendance at a do and then they will have to decide whether or not toissue will have to decide whether or not to issue a fixed penalty notice, a couple of hundred quid fine. having

to be paid within a certain number of days. politically of course the huge question is does the prime minister end up with a fixed penalty notice and can he survive politically if he gets one? remind us, is politically if he gets one? remind us. is downing — politically if he gets one? remind us, is downing street _ politically if he gets one? remind us, is downing street going - politically if he gets one? remind us, is downing street going to - politically if he gets one? remind | us, is downing street going to tell us, is downing street going to tell us who has got a fixed penalty notice? , ., us who has got a fixed penalty notice? , . . ., , , ., notice? they have chopped and chanced notice? they have chopped and changed about _ notice? they have chopped and changed about whether - notice? they have chopped and changed about whether they i notice? they have chopped and | changed about whether they will notice? they have chopped and - changed about whether they will tell us of the prime minister gets one. their current position as they will tell as if the prime minister receives a fixed penalty notice. we will see in the next few days of they will acknowledge whether the prime minister has been contacted or not. he has acknowledged he was at some of these parties. just because he is contacted does not mean he will necessarily receive a fixed penalty notice. as for others i think it will be more perhaps up to them as individuals because it would not be standard practice for the police necessarily to name people who are recipients of a fixed penalty notice that there will be huge interest obviously around this, particularly where photos have seen

the light of day and people will be able to be placed in a particular party without fear of contradiction. what is quite striking about that picture that emerged yesterday courtesy of the daily mirror is that we know the police have a couple of hundred, 300 energies, the cabinet office passed onto them as a result 0ffice passed onto them as a result of sous grey�*s investigation, so there are a lot of pictures. dominic cummings was teasing yesterday on twitter that in his view there are way better pictures as he described them and the one we saw in the mirror with the open bottle of sparkling wine and a giant packet of crisps and a bottle of scratchy hand sanitiser in the middle of the table, priorto sanitiser in the middle of the table, prior to christmas 2020. there is every prospect at some point that those see the light of day publicly or if they do not they allow the police to come to a judgment that potentially there was lots of breaking off the rails. the significance _ lots of breaking off the rails. the significance of _ lots of breaking off the rails. the significance of that photo, it is a

virtual christmas quiz. another event where boris johnson looked virtual christmas quiz. another event where borisjohnson looked as if he was perhaps thanking people but the net said they were not looking at that particular event and potentially they might know. yes. potentially they might know. yes, the are potentially they might know. yes, they are reviewing _ potentially they might know. yes, they are reviewing their— potentially they might know. 133 they are reviewing their decision to not include that is one of the things it was looking into. there were a couple of images we had before courtesy of the daily mirror, one involving the prime minister, the same person we see with tinsel around his neck and someone else with a santa hat on, and an alternative picture in the first tranche of pictures about this event which was a picture of the screen which was a picture of the screen which showed elements of it being virtual even though for a lot of the participants they were in the same building just not all in the same length although clearly quite a few in the same room energy. this additional energy adds a bit more context to the occasion because of those crisps and what looks like hastily open bottle of sparkling

wine. it rather cranks up the idea this was something of a shindig rather than something you might be able to say the prime minister had stumbled across and was basically a work event. stumbled across and was basically a work event-— work event. why do you see hastily o-ened? work event. why do you see hastily oened? i work event. why do you see hastily opened? i do _ work event. why do you see hastily opened? i do not _ work event. why do you see hastily opened? i do not know— work event. why do you see hastily opened? i do not know how - work event. why do you see hastily opened? i do not know how you - work event. why do you see hastily l opened? i do not know how you open our opened? i do not know how you open your bottles — opened? i do not know how you open your bottles of _ opened? i do not know how you open your bottles of bubbly _ opened? i do not know how you open your bottles of bubbly of _ opened? i do not know how you open your bottles of bubbly of the - your bottles of bubbly of the weekend i see the tinfoil matters around the neck sort of at a jaunty angle down to the left which suggests to me it was opened with a certain enthusiasm. thea;r suggests to me it was opened with a certain enthusiasm.— certain enthusiasm. they must have been thirsty! — certain enthusiasm. they must have been thirsty! that _ certain enthusiasm. they must have been thirsty! that must _ certain enthusiasm. they must have been thirsty! that must be - certain enthusiasm. they must have been thirsty! that must be it! - certain enthusiasm. they must have been thirsty! that must be it! thank ou ve been thirsty! that must be it! thank you very much- _ the international olympic committee says a legal matter is delaying the presentation of medals for the team figure—skating, which was won on monday by the russian team. the ioc is refusing to comment on allegations in the russian media about a failed drugs test on the winning russian team. our sports correspondent, laura scott, says speculation is rife in beijing.

well, this is fast becoming the major news story here at the beijing winter olympics, and just to recap on how we've got here... on monday afternoon the team from the russian olympic committee won the figure skating team event, helped by the teenage sensation camilla valieva making 0lympic history when she landed two quadruplejumps, and the medals in that event, with the gold for the russian olympic committee, silverfor the usa and bronze forjapan, should have been awarded on tuesday evening, but mysteriously that ceremony didn't take place. yesterday we heard from the international olympic committee that an active legal case was ongoing and that was the reason for the delay and today we were expecting an update on this amid intense media speculation around the world and we didn't get one. the ioc saying they wouldn't be drawn on that speculation. they wouldn't say which athlete or team was involved in this. they wouldn't say which organisation was handling this matter.

theyjust called for patience and said it would be resolved as quickly as possible. meanwhile the athletes who were involved in that team event and others who were involved in future competition have been back in competition and training, but the issue here is that some of the medallists from that team event are due to be flying out of beijing and as yet they haven't got their medals. around 150,000 people have signed a poeition calling defender kurt zouma to be prosecuted for animal cruelty. two cats of zouma's have been taken into the care of the rspca. it comes after videos emerged on social media showing the 27—year old hitting, dropping and kicking one of them. the club says the french international has been fined "the maximum amount possible"

with the fee being donated to animal welfare charities. 0ur correspondent matt graveling has the latest from outside the london stadium. west ham say that an internal investigation into the video which first appeared on social media on monday evening is now under way. the video shows their french international defender, kurt zouma, kicking and hitting his cats. the club were very quick to condemn the actions and they fined the player two weeks wages, around £250,000. the player has also since apologised. but it raised quite a few eyebrows when 24 hours later, here at the london stadium, with the club taking on watford, the defender was in the starting line—up. they won 1—0 and after the game manager david moyes said he will let the police take on the investigation and he will deal with team selection and football matters. well, the police have told us an investigation is still ongoing. the rspca are also doing their own investigation and have taken away kurt zouma's cats. but the decision to field the player has been criticised by the wildlife presenter chris packham, who called it an absolute disgrace, and the football presenter gary lineker said it was a tone deaf

decision, and now, more than 250,000 people have gone online to sign a petition calling for a prosecution. but it is notjust hurting the player's reputation, it is also costing him, too, and the club, because sponsors have been dropping out. west ham have an american travel firm who have now dropped the club and also another sponsor, vitality, has suspended their sponsorship. kurt zouma himself has lost his sponsorship deal with adidas. now, with the club pushing for champions league places, whether he will be in the starting line—up against leicester on sunday remains to be seen. the headlines on bbc news: borisjohnson travels to brussels and warsaw as the uk steps up diplomatic efforts to resolve the ukraine crisis. police investigating lockdown parties in downing street are sending questionnaires to around 50 people to ask them what happened. the ioc refuse to comment on why the medals ceremony for the figure—skating team event has been delayed at the winter games

following reports of a failed drugs test on the russian team. 15 million homes in the uk are in need of better insulation, with two in every three leaking heat, according to the climate change committee. it says the way out of the current energy crisis is renewables, as well as better insulation for draughty houses. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt has been finding out more. so you've got lots of heat coming out of this window here, and again, under this window upstairs, you've probably got a radiator here. that's money coming through your wall. using this thermal camera, we can find out whose house is radiating heat. the lighter the image, the more heat is leaking out. yeah, but look at that porch, that really does. there is a lot coming out there. it's easy pickings for me and marion here in manchester.

the government estimates some 15 million uk homes could benefit from better insulation. that is two in every three. it's quite exciting, isn't it? it is. it feels a bit sneaky and surreptitious. yes, i do love a good bit of draught hunting. a here is the difference insulation can make. how would you rate this house? this house is definitely losing less heat, especially from the weak spots that we identified on the other houses. but just look what it took to give the house an insulation makeover. so, there is insulation inside the room here, the windows are double glazed, and the space under the floor is insulated as well. up here at the top of the house, the entire roof area has been insulated as well. the walls used to look like this, bare brick, but they put in this wood fibre insulation, external insulation, and the windows are double glazed.

in monetary terms, it saved 40% of our gas on the heating, and it made a really big difference to the comfort of the house as well. so the variability of the temperature during the day, the way it feels in terms of air quality and comfort really improved. rob's family may be insulated from the energy price hikes we all face, and they know they're doing the right thing by the climate. but here's the problem. it'll still take at least 20 years to cover the 36 grand it costs. down in london, it's this man'sjob to mark the government's homework on climate. so how is it doing? well, it's a d, could do much better, i think. so that's something for the government to think about. i think the government's policy on insulation has been very, very ineffective. it really is very poor. we need something that dramatically changes the number of installations that we do today. so this year we will be in the tens of thousands of installations. we really need to scale that up to something more like half a million a year,

and to do that quickly over the next four or five years. but if it's hard for middle—class homeowners to afford insulation, it is even tougher for local authorities like blackpool. energy efficient homes are popular with tenants. perfect! but blackpool spent £33,000 insulating jean's one—bedroom flat. 0h, now it feels absolutely brilliant. you know, you don't need to go out. you can stop in. you don't need your central heating on. the council reckons it would cost some £125 million to bring all blackpool�*s social housing up to this standard. and remember, jean is the one who benefits from lower energy bills, not the council. it's not financially viable to do it on scale, really. to get stuff to be carbon neutral, there is a big bill for that and we need support with it. any housing provider needs support with that. when you say need support, you mean the government needs

to give you some cash? yeah, there needs to be grant aid to make it happen at scale. so when you ask why so few homes in britain are well insulated, here is the answer. work like this is just so expensive. we know that we need a sharper incentive for most people to make these investments in improving the energy efficiency of the home that they live in. for most people, the payback for that will be several years so the government really does need to step in. last year, the government scrapped its 1.5 billion green homes grant scheme, and, as yet, there is no replacement. so while those on the lowest incomes do get help, there's very little assistance for everyone else to insulate their homes. justin rowlatt, bbc news, blackpool. in the states, a new bill that would ban discussion of sexual orientation in primary schools in florida has been criticised by the white house. people who oppose the parental rights in education bill have dubbed it

the "say no to gay" bill. they warn that it will stigmatise lgbt+ people and those issues. supporters of the legislation, including governer ron desantis, say it's about preserving the rights of parents. we've seen instances of students being told by different folks in school, oh, you know, don't worry, don't pick your gender yet, do all this other stuff, they won't tell the parents about these discussions that are happening. that is entirely inappropriate. and we need... schools need to be teaching kids to read, to write, they need to teach them science, history. let me first say that every parent, as one myself too, hopes that our leaders will ensure their children's safety, protection and freedom. and today, conservative politicians in florida rejected those basic values by advancing legislation that is designed to target and attack the kids who need the support the most. kids from the lgbtqi+ community.

it's been 20 years since wayne rooney took football by storm as a 16 year old at everton. an amazing career as both manchester united and england's record goal scorer followed. but, off the pitch, mental health issues and booze took their toll, and at points led him to fear for his life. wayne rooney's been talking to sally nugent. wayne, the film is really very, very honest. why did you decide to do it and why now? i just felt it was an opportunity for people to see me, to see the real me. the good moments, the bad moments, which, of course, have been there as well, and then for people to judge me on knowing a bit more about me, which i feel is more fair. we've always grew up quicker than what we were meant to, really, ithink. coleen is such a big

part of the film. you met as children, were married very, very young, and what comes across in the whole of the film is that you have this tremendous partnership. how important has she been in the last 20 years? we have a good relationship, and we're friends, obviously, as well. and there is a good balance to the relationship, especially now, into how we are as parents with the four children. and there's been difficult moments we've had, of course, which has obviously come through me and the mistakes i've made and i speak about that in the documentary as well. you're both very, very honest about the dark times, about times you were unfaithful in your marriage. did you have to fight to save your relationship with coleen? yeah, of course. and i think the easy thing for me to do wasjust give up and give up on everything, really.

but you get to a point, and i was struggling, i was really struggling, i was in a bad place. and i knew i had to change, i knew i had to get through that struggle, really, and fight, fight for my marriage, fight for my career. i forgive him. but, yeah, but it wasn't acceptable. but no, it's not something that, you know, if it comes up, we talk about it like we're talking about it now. i haven't got the anger that i did at the time. coleen knows there's been influences, in terms of, why i've made mistakes, in terms of... i don't mean people, i mean alcohol. there is a really interesting moment when you say this, you say, "i could sit at home and have a glass of red wine but no good would come of that". what do you mean by that? yeah, because i knew

if i have one glass of wine, it leads to two, three, four, and then, that's when i know, that once that happens, no good can come from that. i think about the dressing rooms that you've been in, particularly that manchester united dressing room. was there never a time when anyone put their arm around you and said, "i can help"? no. ten, 15 years ago, you couldn't, i couldn't go into the dressing room and say "i'm struggling, i'm struggling with alcohol, i'm struggling mental health—wise". i couldn't do that. and when you say you were struggling, what was the darkest time? what was your fear at that point? probably death. i think, you know, as i said before, you make mistakes, which i did, and that could have been girls, it could have been drink—driving which i have done, it could have been killing someone. you could kill yourself. and that's a bad place to be. so i knew i needed help,

i knew i had to get that help, in order to save myself, but also to save my family. rooney. 0h, brilliant goal! coming on for that first game for everton, you really are just a child, aren't you? what would you say to that boy now? you're not prepared. i always thought i was prepared for the football, to play, and i felt i was good enough obviously to play. but for everything else around it, i was nowhere near prepared. rememberthe name! wayne rooney! and what do you regret the most? a lot. i think there's a lot. but i also think that sometimes when things happen that you've got to learn from it. wayne, thanks very much indeed. thank you. and u can watch rooney�*

the documentary on prime video from tomorrow. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. we have seen snow at low levels in scotland and northern ireland and in northern england. we scotland and northern ireland and in northern england.— scotland and northern ireland and in northern england. we have had rain, thunder and — northern england. we have had rain, thunder and lightning _ northern england. we have had rain, thunder and lightning and _ northern england. we have had rain, thunder and lightning and hail - northern england. we have had rain, thunder and lightning and hail and i thunder and lightning and hail and strong winds gusting to gale or severe gale force especially across the north and the west. we are looking at sunshine and a few showers and western areas but wherever you are it is blustery with the strongest winds by the time you get to the afternoon across the southern uplands and north—east england so if you are in a high sided vehicle bear that in mind. there could be some disruption to transportation. temperatures ranging from three in lerwick to about nine further south but with the strength of the wind wherever you are it is going to feel cold.

hello, this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. the headlines.

borisjohnson travels to brussels and warsaw as the uk steps up diplomatic efforts to resolve the ukraine crisis. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is in moscow to meet the man who does herjob in russia. she's warned that a war in ukraine would be disastrous for the russian and ukrainian people, and for european security. police investigating lockdown parties in downing street are sending questionnaires to more than 50 people to ask them what happened. the ioc refuse to comment on why the medals ceremony for the figure—skating team event has been delayed at the winter games following reports of a failed drugs test on the russian team. and new fossils found in a cave in southern france suggest humans and neanderthals could have coexisted for long periods. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike. good morning, we're nearly a week into the winter olympics in beijing, and while team gb are yet to win a first medal, there are high hopes

of success for the men's and women's curling teams. they've both begun their round robin matches, while there's also been plenty of drama in the mountains, which is where we can find our sports correspondent, andy swiss. hi there, andy. it's been edge of your seat stuff once again for britain's curlers. that's right, in the end, mixed fortunes, you have to say, for britain's curling teams, first up, the women's team come up against switzerland, the reigning world champions, and what a tight, tense match it was, it went to the final extra end and eve muirhead, the british skipp, had a chance to win the match on the extra end with their very final stone, but agonisingly, shejust their very final stone, but agonisingly, she just overthrow it and that meant that switzerland claimed the match 6—5, real disappointment for britain's women because they had been in control for most of the match but they will be hoping to bounce back when they play

sweden in the second group match in just a few hours' time. as for the men, they were up against italy in their opening match. italy won the next event a few days ago, so they are full of confidence, the italians got off the end, bruce mouat, who was involved in the mixed event withjen dodds, clinched victory again on the final end. so britain's men winning 7-5. final end. so britain's men winning 7—5. they are the european champions and they have got off to an excellent start in their competition.— excellent start in their competition. excellent start in their cometition. . ., ., excellent start in their cometition. . . . . , competition. once again, the margins are so tiuht competition. once again, the margins are so tight and _ competition. once again, the margins are so tight and fine. _ competition. once again, the margins are so tight and fine. talking - competition. once again, the margins are so tight and fine. talking of - are so tight and fine. talking of which, close finishes, you can't beat snowboard cross for drama in the mountains behind you?- beat snowboard cross for drama in the mountains behind you? know, you can't, the mountains behind you? know, you can't. there — the mountains behind you? know, you can't, there snowboard _ the mountains behind you? know, you can't, there snowboard cross - the mountains behind you? know, you can't, there snowboard cross is - the mountains behind you? know, you can't, there snowboard cross is snow. can't, there snowboard cross is snow unpredictable, so many thrills and spills and once again, the men's event delivered, hugh nightingale, britain was my only representative, went out in the early stages but what a final it was, the tightest of

finishes between alessandro haemmerle of our stree and eliot grondin of canada, it needed a photo to separate them and in the end alessandro haemmerle of austria took gold byjust 0.02 seconds, what an incredible finish that was. but perhaps the biggest star of the day came in the figure skating, a gold medalfor the usa's nathan chen came in the figure skating, a gold medal for the usa's nathan chen who you might remember went into the last games as the red—hot favourite and nerves got the better of him and he had a bit of a nightmare but no such problems in beijing, a stunning performance from him, redemption for nathan chen and afterwards, he said it meant the world to him, finally, to be the olympic champion. what it meant the world to him, finally, to be the olympic champion. what a wonderful story _ to be the olympic champion. what a wonderful story to _ to be the olympic champion. what a wonderful story to end _ to be the olympic champion. what a wonderful story to end that - to be the olympic champion. what a wonderful story to end that little - wonderful story to end that little section. andy swiss in beijing, there. manchester city manager pep guardiola is doing his best to play down his side's march towards another premier league title, saying his

team are just normal. "to say we are best is stupid", he claims. and not all teams will be as generous as brentford were. they'd given away a penalty and then provided a helping hand as city made it 2—0. kevin de bruyne saying thanks very much, as his team extended their lead to 12 points, and now it's down to liverpool to respond against leicester tonight. if they win their games in hand, the lead will be six. not all overjust not all over just yet. there's something special stirring at southampton. their boss ralph hasenhuttl said it was the best they had played under his charge, coming from 2—1 down to beat tottenham 3—2. che adams with the winner. they climb to tenth, but spurs stay seventh. you know the saying, from the sublime to the ridiuclous. from the sublime to the ridiculous. wilfried za ha does. after scoring a wonder goal to equalise for crystal palace at norwich, he then wasted a chance to win it with a howler of a penalty, although he seemed to blame the turf, by the side

of penalty spot for his miss. it finished 1—1. a valuable point for norwich, perhaps. it was chaos at villa park, as aston villa and leeds shared six goals. new home hero jacob ramsey scored two of villa's. but diego llorente made sure leeds took home a point in one of the best league matches of the season. i think chaos is the right word. the first half was played at such a pace and tempo, even i needed a breather at half—time. it was certainly a game for the fans, great advert for the premier league. leeds played their part and we did. was a lot of exacting attacking play, some potassic goals in the game. it was a fantastic game but certainly not a game for coaches, again for fans. celtic showed great character according to their manager to survive a dramatic fightback at aberdeen, to cling on to top spot in the scottish premiership. celtic were 2—0 up before aberdeen drew level, only for jota to score his second goal and stretch the leaders'

unbeaten league run to 20 games. rangers are stilljust a point behind after beating hibernian 2—0, their second coming from the league's top scorer alfredo morelos. heather knight will captain a 15—woman squad for england's defence of the cricket world cup in new zealand. knight led the side to victory in 2017 and the squad includes seven players involved in that triumph, as well as all—rounder emma lamb, who made her one—day debut in the women's ashes, which ended this week without a single win for england. that's all the sport for now. in afghanistan, where are some of the women who'd been involved in protests demanding women's rights? well, they are missing. the taliban who now run aghanistan deny they are holding them and say they've granted a general amnesty to all those who worked with the previous regime.

the bbc has investigated multiple incidents that have taken place recently, some just in the past couple of weeks. all identities have been hidden and voices changed to protect the people who spoke to us. from kabul, yogita limaye reports. fear runs deep in afghanistan under taliban rule. the seclusion of a graveyard offers relative safety. we hear chilling accounts that can't be spoken openly. this man was close to a former policeman who was shot dead in recent weeks. translation: the taliban came to his home one - evening and took him away, saying they were taking him to the district police compound. next morning, his body was found lying outside the house. he had been shot multiple times. the policeman had been threatened and wanted to leave the country but did not have the means to do so. the leaders have announced an amnesty but the lower ranking

taliban do not respect the order. even a peaceful march asking for women's rights is not tolerated. at least four activists from this demonstration have disappeared, abducted in sudden raids. we met one woman who marched alongside the missing activists. she is now in hiding, changing locations every few days. i received several calls from the taliban, who said, "don't think we have lost you. we will find you". they have said they will punish each woman who took part in the protests. i have destroyed the sim card i had. ifearfor my life. the next day, we heard about multiple reprisal killings in a locality on the western edge of kabul. the mood in the area was tense. away from the eyes of taliban patrol units, a local guided us. we asked him who was behind the murders.

taliban. "the taliban," he said quietly. we were taken to the location where the men were shot dead. if you look closely here, you can see blood stains. it is the spot where three brothers from a family, one of whom was a member of the afghan national army, were killed, just about two weeks ago. multiple members of this community have told us that the attackers were from the taliban. people here are terrified. the family of the victims has moved away from here. through sources close to the brothers, we got these photos. arslan, to the left, was the soldier, seen here with matheola. another brother, shireen, was also killed. the deputy spokesman of the taliban government did not want to be seen with a woman but was willing to answer my questions about the group carrying

out revenge killings. translation: i strongly reject these allegations. | the policy of islamic emirate is not to harm our people in any part of the country. the un has said it has received at least 100 credible allegations of reprisals, and the more we looked, the more cases we found. a car was the only place this man felt safe to talk to us. he said a former intelligence officer he knew well was taken by the taliban for questioning and then shot dead. "i know i'm risking my life speaking to you, but i want the world to hear us and not recognise the taliban as they are right now", the man told me. "living under them is like living in a cage." yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. protests are spreading across india against a ban on the muslim headscarf in some colleges

in one southern state. the controversy began when hijab—wearing students were denied entry to their schools. all high schools and colleges in one state have been shut down for three days. protests have now spread to two of the country's largest cities. the pakistani government has criticised the ban, and summoned the indian ambassador to formally express its concern. anbarasan ethirajan reports. the anger against some colleges in karnataka state refusing to allow students to wear the hijab has spread to other parts of india. hundreds took part in the rallies in the cities of kolkata, chennai and hyderabad. the controversy has rocked karnataka, where high schools and colleges have been shut for three days. muslim women say wearing the hijab is part of their faith and their right. imposing dress code should be compatible with the fundamental rights.

the fundamental rights state in article 19—1 the right to speech and expression, and we have the religious freedom, in article 25, which gives us the right to practise, profess and propagate religion. all chanting. the hijab issue has taken a communal twist. here, hindu students arrive at schools with saffron hats and shawls — this colour seen as a hindu symbol. they oppose their student colleagues for wearing the islamic headscarves. a place of learning has now become a battleground for the two communities. the hindu nationalist bjp government insists that they are only trying to implement uniform rules. karnataka is following a uniform dress code in the schools, and it is a discipline in the education interest in every student to follow the discipline. they cannot come as they want in the schools. the global education activist malala yousafzai says...

critics say minority muslims in india are already feeling marginalised and discriminated against in the hindu—dominated india. but the government denies the allegations. for now, the uneasy standoff over the hijab continues. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news. we are expecting two news conferences at any moment, one involves the prime minister is travelling to brussels today. he is meeting nato allies, nato is the big military alliance which is talking about what is going on on the ukraine and russia border, and also the british foreign secretary liz truss is in moscow meeting the man who does herjob in russia and we are expecting a news conference from them as well about the same story. as soon as either begins, we will bring some of them to you and let's hope they don't bode start at the

same time. —— don't both start. since 2018, deborahjames has used her bbc podcast you, me and the big c to document her experience of living with incurable bowel cancer. last month, she was rushed to hospital, where she was told she may not survive the night after complications following the growth of her tumour. whilst on the ward, deborah recorded a series of voice memos about her condition. she's been speaking to graham satchell ahead of their release on her podcast today. just over a month ago, deborahjames posted some shocking photos on her social media page. she had been rushed to hospital after suffering a massive haemorrhage. i don't think i ever in a million years thought my life would end with a medical trauma, where you are a walking and talking woman and the next minute you don't know if you will survive the next hour and i can't believe i am alive. i cannot believe i am here.

from day one of this podcast, we wanted to share the reality of cancer. deborah is one of the presenters of the bbc podcast you, me and the big c and has incurable bowel cancer. when she was taken to hospital she decided to record her thoughts on a series of voice memos on her phone. it became a kind of coping mechanism. all i remember is coming downstairs and shouting to my children, saying, "i love you, i love you, i love you for ever." and i thought i would never see them again. that is horrible to listen to, because what do you say to somebody when you have ten seconds of energy to say it and you don't think

you will ever see them again? and there's only a few things that you do say, which is "i love you" and then you use your energy to in my case, keep conscious. it was deborah's daughter who ended up calling the ambulance. my husband found me with eloise screaming down the phone, saying, "you have to help my mummy," because i was unable to articulate things any more and the only response that we got was, "do you still want an ambulance? there will be a 30 minute delay on it. we understand that you are worried, but we cannot get anybody to you sooner." i now know, had i waited for help, i wouldn't be here now. i am so angry about that. had i actually had to wait for the ambulance crew, i would not be alive. and i think that is what upsets me, because i keep on playing out the what—if scenario.

and the what—if scenario is that i wouldn't be here. the london ambulance service told us this must have been a very distressing experience and said they had advised that help was on its way but, as is normal in periods of high demand, there could be a potential wait. in the end, deborah's husband drove her to hospital and she was resuscitated and then had emergency surgery. as harrowing as the whole experience was, i'm in awe about how 20 people can scoop round in resus and actually save you from dying. that is when people need to be praised and that is when actually the nhs is incredible. yeah, medicalscience is pretty awesome. people are awesome. the skills that they can do, it'sjust mind blowing, actually. bloody amazing. hi, deborah, lam dallas.

welcome to trinity. i'm a bit nervous. deborah was diagnosed with bowel cancer five years ago and has had time to think about her own death. have you ever seen the film one flew over the cuckoo's nest? yeah. i liken it to that. we filmed her three years ago visiting her local hospice. she was keen to see what good end—of—life care can look like. the thing that upset me the most was, and you know, i've talked about my death and i've accepted at some point my cancer is going to get me, but i never planned for it to be like that. i thought i would have a day, a moment, a week, whatever, to say goodbye, not shout it down the stairs to my children. i think it's a really stark reminder of, don't leave things unsaid on a daily basis, and it's quite amazing how much

you wish for another sunset or another day or another cuddle, or whatever it is, and you can't leave things until tomorrow because there just might not be a tomorrow. when she was finally discharged from the royal marsden, she posted this. her voice recordings made in hospital will be released today as a you, me and the big c podcast. she remains determined to share every part of her cancer journey to help others.

that was really distressing, but it is so amazing she is still here and if you want to download the podcast, it is on bbc sounds today. we are waiting for two press conferences from the prime minister and also the foreign secretary. 0ne from the prime minister and also the foreign secretary. one is in brussels, the other in moscow and we will bring them to you as soon as they begin. it's one of the uk's most filmed harbours, perhaps made most famous by the tv series doc martin. but it's falling into disrepair and the cost of maintaining it is largely down to a fishing industry that's dwindled to just two vessels. the fear is without extra funding, the breakwater at port isaac won't get fixed, putting the village at risk of flooding. anna varle reports. the sort of work they and their. families have been doing for many generations, lobsterfishing. this has been a fishing port for generations. it was once bustling with working boats, but now, only two remain. tom and callum have been making

a living from these waters for most of their lives but it is a very different picture now than it was just 12 years ago. maintaining the harbour has been largely paid for by commercial fishermen but with just two of them left, callum says they cannot support the harbour alone. we can't afford to pay for the upkeep so, yeah, the harbour will fall into disrepair and then the bottom of the village will flood. things are changing rapidly. it was a slow walk, now it is a sprint, you know, we have to do something now. the only modern note in an old world setting is the fine new breakwater. which gives greater securityl against the frequent storms. the breakwater, once shiny and new, has taken a battering and the cracks are starting to show. a large chunk of concrete has already come off the eastern side and needs repairing. the filming of doc martin here has helped contribute to the maintenance of this harbour but that series is coming to an end and with that means an end to that source of income.

we used to run the beach as a car park in the summer months but... really, to help the village because it was causing a lot of congestion, we closed the car park and that was another source of income for us. so actually, from the fishing industry, there's not a lot of money, you know, not a lot of money available these days. the hope is the fishing fleet here at port isaac will bounce back and the harbour commission is trying to get an apprenticeship scheme off the ground to encourage the next generation into the industry. work will be starting shortly to repair the harbour wall. the next stage for the village is to start a gofundme page to raise enough money for the ongoing maintenance of this harbour. some breaking news now to do with the nhs backdrop. the number of people in england waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to a new record high. it has now

gone over 6 million. 6.1 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of december 2021, according to nhs england, the highest number since records began backin highest number since records began back in august 2007. just to give you some more context, the number of people having to wait more than 52 weeks to start treatment is 310,000, so people are waiting a year to start routine hospital treatment. if you heard the health secretary the other day, sajid javid, he said, things are still going to get even worse before they get start to get better in 2024. so the figures today, 6.1 million people were waiting to start treatment in the nhs in england at the end of december 2021. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. there has been snow in parts of scotland. there certainly has. notjust

scotland but also into northern ireland as well at low levels. we have had some hills never cross parts of northern england. if you are travelling in the next rails, watch out for ice and untreated surfaces. we have a potent area of low pressure moving the west to east end as well as the snow, strong wind, gales, even severe gales, we have had a gust across the north west highlands of 79 mph. you can see what has been happening in the morning, where we have had the snow, rain cutting in behind it and rain moving away from the far south of england where it will brighten up. most of the weather action is going to be across the north of the country. here, a mixture of snow at times, some rain, thunderand lightning and some hail, all drifting eastwards. the strongest winds also travelling eastwards through the course of the day. it will be blustery wherever you are, blustery showers in northern ireland with some sunshine in between, and a few showers getting into the west as well with some sunshine in between. as i mentioned, we have had in

excess of 70 mph gusts, this afternoon, the strongest gas will be in the southern uplands and north—east england where we could have up to 60 mph gusts. if you are in a high sided vehicles or travelling, bear it in mind. temperatures today, 2—9, add on the wind chill and it will feel sub zero across the northern half of the country but colder than yesterday right the way across the board. this evening and overnight, low pressure pushing down the north sea coastline. it will have some patchy light rain and windy conditions for a time. then we are under clear skies with a few wintry showers on higher ground in the west. it is going to be a cold night with a widespread and sharp frost. where we have lying snow in scotland, temperatures good for the way to -10. temperatures good for the way to —10. tomorrow, once again, we start off with the risk of ice but a lot off with the risk of ice but a lot of sunshine first thing tomorrow. still a few wintry showers on the high ground in the west. through the day, cloud building, the wind picking up, head of this band of rain. 0nce picking up, head of this band of rain. once again, it is going to be culled. that band of rain coming into the west on friday will move towards the south and east during

the course of saturday but probably not reach the far south—east until after dark. it will be windy, potentially gales with exposure out towards the west and again, feeling chilly. we are looking at 7—9. that whether front clears and then we have the other end of it coming in from the south—west. this is an area of low pressure bringing in some rain. stillan of low pressure bringing in some rain. still an element of doubt about the northern edge. but this is what we think at the moment. ahead of it, blustery showers with some sunshine and a bit milder as the wind will have changed direction.

this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. borisjohnson travels to brussels and warsaw as the uk steps up diplomatic efforts to resolve the ukraine crisis. the uk foreign secretary, liz truss, is in moscow for talks — and has delivered this warning to russia. a war in ukraine would be disastrous for the russian and ukrainian people and for european security, and together nato has made it clear that any incursion into ukraine would have massive consequences. police investigating lockdown parties in downing street are sending questionnaires to more than 50 people to ask them what happened. the ioc refuse to comment on why the medals ceremony for the figure—skating team event has been delayed at the winter games