it will be mild again. again, highs of 8—11. this is bbc news. i'm celia hatton with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a court in canada orders an end the anti—vaccine blockade that's choking off one of country's main connections to the us. britain is among the countries telling their citizens to leave ukraine as america warns an invasion could be imminent. we continue to see signs of russian escalation, including new forces arriving at the ukrainian border. we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time, should vladimir putin decide to order it. boris johnson receives a legal questionnaire from the police as part of the investigation into parties held at downing street. russia defends a teenage figure skater, despite a failed drug test,

but could she be frozen out of the winter olympics? hello and welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world. a court in canada has issued an injunction, ordering truckers who have blocked a key border crossing to the us to disperse. they've been preventing traffic from moving across the vital trade route for several days, in a protest against coronavirus vaccine mandates. the court order comes after the premier of ontario accused them of creating chaos, and holding the entire capital city, ottawa, hostage. he also promised that would come to an end. we're now two weeks into the siege of the city of ottawa. i call it a siege because that's what it is. it's an illegal occupation.

today, i'm using my authority as premier of ontario to declare a state of emergency in our province, and i will convene cabinet to use legal authorities to urgently enact orders that will make crystal clear it is illegal and punishable to block and impede the movement of goods, people and services along critical infrastructure. among the measures mr ford outlined which could be ta ken against protestors who refuse to leave — fines of up to 100,000 canadian dollars, and up to a year in prison. as he put it, there will be consequences, and they will be severe. canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau has also been discussing the situation with president biden. he said the two leaders had agreed the borders needed to be opened. we discussed the american and global— we discussed the american and global influences on the

protests. we talked about the us—based flooding of the 911 phone — us—based flooding of the 911 phone lines and ottawa, the presence of us citizens in the blockades and the impact of foreign _ blockades and the impact of foreign money to fund this illegal— foreign money to fund this illegal activity. foreign money to fund this illegalactivity. president biden_ illegalactivity. president biden and i agree that for the security— biden and i agree that for the security of people in the economy, these blockades cannot continue — karen pauls is national reporterfor cbc — she was following justin trudeau's press conference earlier and gave us an update. he warned protesters there will be severe consequences for those who don't comply. he says police and all levels of government will take action. that could range from criminal charges. the prime minister wouldn't say when or how that will happen, and he affirms the right to a preschool process ——

a peaceful protest. he said he does not want to deploy the military gets citizens. he wants to avoid that at all costs. it will be the last course of action. but he knows he has to do something and soon. experts are saying that window is closing, although we've just gotten news that a court has granted an injunction to end that blockade. we're hearing other cities have also considered injunctions. there is one now in alberta, so we may be going this course of. let's turn to ukraine now, and the us is warning that russian forces could invade at any time — although there is not yet any intelligence suggesting vladimir putin has decided to do so. president biden has been holding a virtual call with the leaders of america's major european allies and nato members. the white house has also confirmed president biden and the russian leader

vladimir putin are due to talk by telephone on saturday. with the latest from washington, here's our north america editor, sarah smith. the russians are not trying to camouflage these military exercises their troops are conducting in belarus near the ukrainian border. these pictures were provided by the russian defence ministry. has vladimir putin decided to order these troops into ukraine? the us says they simply don't know, but they believe he is in a position to do so, so they are escalating warnings that military action could be imminent, possibly within days. we can't pinpoint the day at this point and the hour, but what we can say is that there is a credible prospect that russian military action would take place even before the end of the olympics. borisjohnson and other european leaders joined a call convened by president biden this evening, johnson urging allies to have ready punishing economic sanctions against russia.

with fears that aerial bombing and missile attacks against kyiv could come before any ground invasion, british people are being urged to leave, and american forces have said they will not go into ukraine to rescue them. that would be a world war. when americans and russians start shooting each other, we're in a very different world _ not about evacuating americans? how do you even find them? things could go crazy very quickly, which is how president biden put it when he called on all us citizens to leave ukraine. they are also withdrawing more officials from the country, and that is because there is concern in washington that if someone was killed or injured it would then be difficult to avoid a major escalation in tensions between america and russia. the defence secretary in moscow heard again russian assurances there are no plans to invade, but left less optimistic about the chances of a diplomatic solution. it's all about actions.

currently, there's over 100,000, 130,000 troops stationed at readiness, plus exercising, and ships and planes, on the borders of the ukraine, and that is an action that is not normal. us forces are already being deployed to poland and romania to bolster those nato allies on the ukraine's border, with an additional 3000 troops being announced tonight. as the white house warns, the conflict they think could begin any day now would bring enormous human cost. the us are being remarkably frank about sharing the intelligence they have gathered, and also about what they simply don't know — whether president putin has decided to actually invade ukraine — and the reason that such dire warnings are emanating from here is not just to deter russia, but also to galvanise european allies as well. but the white house has not completely given up the hope

of a diplomatic solution and president biden is planning to talk to vladimir putin tomorrow on the phone. our north america, editor sarah smith, reporting from washington. russia has long sought to determine the destiny of ukraine. under soviet communism, as many as four million died of hunger, when moscow forced people from small holdings, to disastrously inefficient collective farms. the bitterness remains to this day, and in a special report, fergal keane has been to herrkiv, close to the russian border, to meet some of the last survivors of the famine. as the kremlin�*s choirs praised stalin, the world was told of a happy land. archive: and today it is, above all, the granary of| eastern europe with the black earth bringing forth millions of acres of peat. but this 95—year—old knows what a lie that was.

forced collectivisation of farms brought starvation and terror to his family. translation: it was very scary. there was a brigade with pitchforks who came to every house searching for bread. i was five at that time. you locked the doors and all the windows, but they used crowbars to come inside, and then they went to all the barns to try and find any buried bread. food was seized to punish peasants who resisted collectivisation. it's thought up to 4 million people died in what ukraine calls the holodomor, killing through hunger. russia denies the famine was a deliberate attempt to break the independent spirit of ukrainians. this woman, aged 98, remembers the corpses of the starved. translation: what could i see -

i saw people who died. _ they made a big pit and threw all the bodies there. my father went to rest in ukraine taking everything good from our home to exchange for food but he got nothing. you can say i had a life but it was no life. her great grandson has heard her memories, as has his older brother, who is serving in the ukrainian army. near the family home, there's a mass grave from the famine era. stories of the famine are passed on within families from generation to generation, but it's also an important part of modern ukraine's story of origin, this idea of a nation in the 1930s suffering the oppression of

a dictatorship based in moscow. this old steel door here... ukrainians who resisted ended up in places like this. some historians say five or 10,000 people was killed here. interrogation cells of the secret police in kyiv. i went there with a man who is creating a national record of what happened. it's just impossible to imagine what went through people's minds as they came through that door, into this place. yes. pain. investigation of stalin's rhymes has been suppressed in russia. this man sees a clear line between this and aggression towards ukraine. —— crimes.

to protect stalin, they hide the truth, they attack us, l they don't recognise us - as an independent country. why? we don't understand why. perhaps because all in this conflict know the power of the weapon of memory. fergal keane, bbc news, kharkiv. this is bbc news. the latest headlines. a court in canada orders an end the anti—vaccine blockade that's choking off one of country's main bridges to the us. britain is among the countries telling their citizens to leave ukraine as america warns an invasion could be imminent. here, the home secretary, priti patel, says "strong and decisive new leadership" of the metropolitan police is now needed to restore public confidence. it follows the resignation of dame cressida dick as commissioner, who says she lost the confidence of the mayor of london, despite her view, that she could bring change to a beleaguered force. here's daniel sandford.

arriving at new scotland yard this morning, the woman who is walking away from the biggestjob in british policing. respected by colleagues, but forced out by the london mayor, sadiq khan. cressida dick first came to public attention as the officer in command whenjean—charles de menezes was wrongly shot, though a jury said she was not personally to blame. in her time as met commissioner, two officers took pictures of the bodies of the murdered sisters bibaa henry and nicole smallman, but worst of all, a serving met policeman killed sarah everard. a team of officers at charing cross police station exchanged shocking, misogynistic, racist and homophobic whatsapp messages. and the met was slow to investigate alleged parties during downing street in lockdown. the force has also had to face the anger of sarah sak and the other families whose sons were murdered by the serial killer stephen port. the incompetence shown by detectives investigating her son anthony's death was jaw—dropping. there was that many flaws

that you just couldn't even put it into words. i do think it really... it will take years to sort this problem out, i don't think it's a quick fix. but it was that extraordinary canteen culture in a team of officers at charing cross that eventually convinced the mayor that the force needed more radical reform. whatsapp messages making jokes about rape and turning african children into dog food. it will take time to root out that kind of behaviour. if the new met commissioner is upfront and honest with the public about that, is really clear on the package of measures that they are taking to root out inappropriate officers and bring them tojustice when they fail the public, i think that will go a long way to restoring trust. but is this just an issue for scotland yard, or a sign of wider issues in british policing? it would be wrong to say this is a policing problem - confined to london. that would be wrong - for the people of london and wrong for the communities

we serve across the _ rest of the country. we must, policing must respond to this collectively policing is becoming increasingly political. but this time, the stakes are even higher because scotland yard is in the middle of investigating the prime minister and his staff for alleged lockdown breaching parties. if the home secretary who will appoint cressida dick's replacement, but it's a process that will take many months. daniel sandford, bbc news. ethiopia's civil war has spawned a devastating humanitarian crisis. the fighting between government forces and the tigray people's liberation front in the north of the country, has left thousands dead and more than 400,000 facing famine. the un has accused all sides of war crimes and atrocities. in the last three months, the crisis has worsened, with the rebels threatening to

take the capital, addis ababa. the bbc�*s africa correspondent, catherine byaruhanga, reports on the human cost of the conflict, through the eyes of civilians. a warning, some of the images are disturbing. government data from brazil shows that the amazon site of a deadly war and cut off from the world. the countries space agency said 430 this man and his neighbours tried to bury the dead, but they couldn't keep up with the brutal place of death. translation: everyone got sick from the smell i and we couldn't continue. only a couple more bodies could be buried. there were only a few of us and we had to bury 26 bodies in one go. fighting between the federal government and rebels from tigray in the north has left nearly 10 million

people in need of aid. many have been cut off because of the conflict. this woman, who lives in woldia, is desperate to find her husband. she says the rebels kidnapped him when they occupied her town. translation: some of the fighters tell me - he could be dead already. others say he could be digging graves. i looked for him even in graveyards, hoping to find a piece of his clothing. but so far, i haven't found anything. the tigray people's liberation front has denied taking prisoners. drones manufactured in china, iran and turkey have helped the government gain the upper hand in this war, but civilians have been killed and homes destroyed in these attacks. the government denies targeting civilians. prime minister abiy ahmed is under international pressure to end this war. it's not in the interests of.

ethiopia to continue the war. that's why, although the tigray forces have been brutally- defeated, we can say, _ the government has not expanded the frontiers to tigray. there's a sense of cautious optimism in the capital. the rebels have been pushed back and the state of emergency is about to be lifted. but there's also a feeling of tension, a heightened security presence, and a suspicion of the foreign media — we've already been prevented from filming twice. conversations about possible peace talks marked a shift in this, a 15—month conflict. but this is still a fragile moment and an opportunity that should not be lost. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, ethiopian. let's look at some of the day's other news. the united nations is warning that south sudan is in danger of returning to civil war due to delays in implementing president biden has ordered half of the afghan government assets frozen in the us to be

used for humanitarian aid in the country. the other half of the funds is being held for settling the claims filed against the taliban over their role in the 9/11 attacks. the united nations is warning that south sudan is in danger of returning to civil war due to delays in implementing the 2018 peace deal. a visiting un team said key elements of the agreement were behind schedule, including setting up a court to try perpetrators of atrocities. government data from brazil shows that the amazon rainforest recorded the worst monthly rate of deforestation in january. the countries space agency said 430 square kilometres of timber were felled — five times the rate in january last year. borisjohnson has received a questionnaire from the met police who are investigating allegations of covid rules being open and downing street. more than 50 people have been sent the e—mail. being

contacted does not mean a fine will always be issued. who are alleged to have been at various different events between may 2020 and april 2021. people receiving these questionnaires including the prime minister will be expected to account for why they were there and to answer all the questions fully and truthfully. the fight but the prime minister has received this questionnaire doesn't necessarily mean the police will find them to have broken rules or that he will get a fine. this is all part of their ongoing inquiry, buti fine. this is all part of their ongoing inquiry, but i think politically, this is an incredibly uncomfortable situation for the prime minister to be in. russia says the teenage figure skater kamila valieva should be allowed to compete at the winter olympics, despite a positive doping test. the 15—year—old was part of the team that came first in the group event, and is due to compete

as an individual. but it has now been confirmed that she tested positive for a banned substance, in a sample taken on christmas day. our sports news correspondent, laura scott, has the latest from beijing. after days of intense media speculation, the international testing agency has now confirmed what we and many other media outlets understood to be the case, which is that the 15—year—old prodigy from russia, kamila valieva, tested positive for a banned substance. in a lengthy statement, they revealed that kamila valieva had been drugs tested on christmas day when she was competing at the russian figure skating championships. now, that result hadn't come out. so, she was able to compete here in beijing where on monday, she made olympic history, landing two quadruple jumps to help the russian olympic committee win figure skating team gold. now, on tuesday, those medals were meant to be handed out, but they weren't and that is because, on that same day, the swedish laboratory that was analysing

her sample revealed that that sample had tested positive for a banned substance. that meant that valieva was provisionally suspended by the russian anti—doping authorities. then on wednesday, valieva successfully challenged that provisional suspension. but now, we know that the international olympic committee and the international skating union are appealing that decision to the court of arbitration for sport, and they are requesting they reimpose that provisional suspension. kamila valieva is the favourite for gold in the women's singles event, which begins on tuesday which means this whole process, needs to be expedited. we have heard that the russian olympic committee says it is taking comprehensive measures to keep it's taking comprehensive measures to keep what it described as an honestly—won olympic gold. but, again, another doping controversy here at the olympics engulfing russia. he's eritrea's first winter olympian. shannon—ogbnai abeda grew up

in canada but competes for his parents�* country of birth — first at the youth olympics in innsbruck, austria in 2012, then at winter olympics in pyeongchang in 2018 and now at beijing 2022. he told the bbc about the challenges he overcame to get to where he is today. iam out i am out alpine skier from eritrea. ifirst i am out alpine skier from eritrea. i first started skiing at three years old at a small town. it's up north, very north in canada. when i first qualified, it felt amazing. i was really, really happy. and i just was in shock. i've never beenin just was in shock. i've never been in an international competition. ifelt been in an international competition. i felt different and i wanted to still be that person that was different. somehow, not feel like i have

to almost be... to fit into the crowd. my first trip to eritrea was amazing. just seeing a cultural background, where my parents grew up, how much it took to get where they are. it's been very difficultjust for me being a person of colour in skiing. my first significant injury was in 2016. i tore pretty much all the ligaments in my knee. i also partially fractured my tibia. that was a year of rehabilitation. prior to the olympics, there was a period where i did slip into a depression, and i struggled a lot to find motivation to get myself up in the morning and even get myself to the games. it was a very difficult period.

after the games, i retired for about a year, just to go back to school, explore different parts of my life personally. this year, it has been very tough for me, more or less emotionally and mentally than it was last olympics. it's crazy for me to think, given everything that's happened, to be where i am right now. the very best _ be where i am right now. the very best to _ be where i am right now. the very best to him. _ and before we go today, a village last seen 30 years ago has re—emerged at the bottom of a reservoir in northwest spain. the aceredo village was deliberately flooded in 1992 to create the reservoir. but now a recent drought has brought life back to it, with old cars, preserved cafes and even a functioning water fountain bringing some nostalgia for those who once called it home. that's it for now — we'll have more at the top of the hour. and you can always keep up to date on our website — i'm @ celia hatton.

bye for now. hello there. during friday afternoon, you might�*ve noticed that we had a lot of high cloud moving in across our skies — high cloud that was picked up by the setting sun here in nottinghamshire to give a fine end of the day. but this cloud is the first sign of an approaching weather system that will be bringing wet and windy weather our way this weekend. choose your moments wisely, and there will be some windows of drier and brighter weather to be found. on the satellite picture, this is our area of low pressure that's moving in to bring wet and windy spells — notjust for saturday, but there's another dollop waiting in the wings for sunday as well. all the while, fairly tightly packed isobars, with the winds coming in from a south—westerly direction. it will continue to be on the mild side for february. right now, we're seeing the rain affecting western areas. we did have a frost earlier

in the night, and as the winds continued to pick up, most of that lifted out of the way. heading into the first part of saturday morning, these are your temperatures, around 3—8 degrees. it is going to be quite a wet day for some of you and, broadly speaking, the weather slices and dices into three zones. we've got this area of fairly heavy, persistent rain working in, particularly to wales and northern england, where it's not going to be the greatest of days weather—wise. scotland and northern ireland, quite a bit of cloud, a few bright spells, but there will be showers here. it's across east anglia, south—east england and the southeast midlands that you've got the best chance of just about staying dry, but it will be breezy and there will be some high cloud around. so, bright for much of the day rather than sunny. temperatures are about 8—10 degrees, so a bit milder than friday. there will be some rain around as well through saturday night, but the next zone of rain really coming in quickly as we go through sunday with some strong winds. we're looking probably at gales developing towards the south coast of england as this area of rain extends all the way towards parts of scotland, although perhaps not reaching the far north.

it may well stay brighter through much of sunday with just a few showers around, particularly for shetland and orkney. a mild day for the time of year, though. highs of 8—11 celsius. looking beyond this weekend and into next week, the atlantic stays pretty lively. we'll see further weather systems coming in from the west, bringing in rain or showers, so it is going to stay pretty unsettled. so far, this february has been pretty mild. that theme's set to continue as well in the week ahead, the temperatures at times reaching around 14 or 15 degrees.

this is bbc news — the headlines... a court in the canadian province of ontario has granted an injunction to end the protests that have been blocking ambassador bridge border crossing with the us for the last five days. truck drivers — demanding an end to all covid restrictions — have been blocking three border crossings. the white house says russia has got the troops in place to attack ukraine at any time — and urges all us citizens to leave the country within the next forty—eight hours. other countries have also advised their nationals to leave — including britain, the netherlands, japan and south korea. britain's prime minister — borisjohnson — has received a legal questionnaire from the metropolitan police as part of their investigations into a number of parties held in his downing street residence and other government venues during coronavirus lockdowns. a spokesperson said that mrjohnson would respond as required. now on bbc news...

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