this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones with the latest headlines. the armed forces minister warns the uk will not be able to fly british nationals out of ukraine if russia invades and says the situation is escalating. this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones with the latest headlines. this is escalating in a way that is really quite terrifying. this is the largest concentration of troops on the european continent in 70 years. the united states orders non—essential staff to leave the us embassy in kyiv. the us and french presidents are due to speak to vladimir putin in an attempt to de—escalate tensions. borisjohnson receives a legal questionnaire from police investigating lockdown parties at downing street and whitehall. french police have fired tear gas on demonstrators protesting against covid restrictions in the capital paris.

doctors say thousands more lives could be saved by paying attention to earlier symptoms of heart attacks. a new campaign to spot the signs is launched by nhs england. an emotional trip home for chagos islanders exiled by britain 50 years ago — their return highlighting the territorial dispute between mauritius and the uk. the armed forces minister james heappey says britain's military will not be able to fly uk nationals out of ukraine as it did in afghanistan. the united states has warned a russian invasion could come "at any time". moscow has repeatedly denied planning to invade. a number of countries

including the uk and the us have called for their citizens to leave ukraine immediately. the us has told its non—emergency staff at its embassy in kyiv to leave and reportedly withdrawn nearly all remaining soldiers. russia has confirmed that it has reduced the number of staff at its embassy in kyiv as more diplomatic efforts are made to prevent war in ukraine. president biden is to speak to vladimir putin by phone. the us secretary of state anthony blinken has told the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov that a diplomatic path remains open, but it needs moscow to de—escalate. paul adams reports. how best to leave? stuart mackenzie is looking for flights with his sons robert and stuart. after 28 years of life here, he can't quite believe it. you have this moment of, is it real?

this is just crazy. just crazy. it is a peaceful country. in this day and age, you're talking about tanks and bombs coming in, it's just crazy. i don't understand it. you're in europe! there's a lot to think about, what to do with stuart's elderly mother—in—law, his brother's family also here, and his 20 local employees. so, the plan is we are looking at flights now immediately. we are having a look at that. if there are flights available for the family, then that is a good option for us, that gets us out within hours. if that is not the case, then plan b is taking the car and trying to get to the border. i'm praying that we're not to late. at the british embassy, signs of urgency and departure. no—one here willing to talk. the foreign office says it is not in a position to help british citizens with their plans. while british and otherforeign nationals figure out how best to leave ukraine,

embassies here in kyiv are beginning to shutdown. at the british embassy, the ambassador tweeted this morning, "i am staying in kyiv and continue to work there with a core team." russia's war games in belarus are now well under way. this, american officials warn, is how an assault on ukraine could begin. moscow still says it has no plans to invade but there is a lot the russians can do without ever setting foot inside ukraine. the reason you've seen such a shift in messaging from western governments to their citizens in ukraine in the last 2a hours is that the russian troop build—up has now reached such a point that with no notice, it is possible that an attack could be launched. it could come from any direction, including the black sea, where more than 30 russian ships are also conducting drills. frantic diplomatic efforts continue with the growing sense that these are critical days. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. zhanna bezpiatchuk

is from bbc ukrainian. we now understand that president putin and president macron of france of course have now had a telephone call, this is in continuing efforts for the diplomatic solution to be found to de—escalate tension in the area. apparently, president macron told president putin in the call that sincere dialogue was not compatible with escalation and they continued their discussion on conditions for stability and security in europe. these news is just coming into us now about the outcome of that phone call between president macron and president putin and we will bring more of them as soon we get them. zhanna bezpiatchuk is from bbc ukrainian. she's been telling me how people there have been reacting to the threat of a russian invasion. first of all, it is important to say

that for the moment, there are no visible signs of panic, neither in kyiv nor in other major cities which might be the targets of the possible russian invasion. this is on the one hand but on the other hand ukrainians do understand that this time probably they face the largest threat ever in their new history of independence after the collapse of the soviet union. in practice, it can be compared to, you know, with situation when somebody faces someone who feels very deeply offended and wants to take revenge. so, russia obviously feels offended by nato�*s expansion eastwards and the promise of open—door politics, policies for ukraine in the future so ukraine might become a member of the alliance in the future.

i think this gives an understanding to ukrainians that this is a very dangerous situation, that if the other side which feels offended, russia, the kremlin, the leader of russia, is not restricted by moral commitments and the rule of law, that is already a huge problem. and russia breached international law a few times within recent years, within the last eight years, exactly towards ukraine by annexing their peninsula of crimea. this is totally illegal, from the point of international law. and also there is the regional war that is still going on in the ukrainian territory so ukrainians are not new to the situation of uncertainty and pressure and direct danger, direct threat. this war is fought between the ukrainian army on the one hand and the russian—backed separatist

forces on the other hand. russia supports its proxies, so they are proxies in eastern ukraine, by weapons, by money, by officers, by professionals in the military field. so, you are saying that ukrainians recognise this is a dangerous moment but they are used to this kind of tension and the sense i'm getting from you is that they are feeling that they must sit tight and in the meantime life carries on as normal, is that about the size of it? yes, that is also pretty true. what i observe and what i hear from my friends and family is that on the other hand people really are getting on with their everyday lifestyles and it is also part of, you know, resilience, and the ability to keep mental well—being under uncertainty and pressure. i read today many posts from my colleagues and friends about holidays they had abroad, you know, they have the planned

celebrations of the next week, etc, etc, they don't professional activities at all. but one of my friends, she's a professional dancer, she told she put on hold strategic planning, she put on hold her big projects because she understands that within the next week or weeks it might happen that — she lives in the capital kyiv — the capital is attacked or might be attacked from air. and this worst possible scenario of direct attack with warships in the black sea is considered now really seriously by people. the prime minister has received a questionnaire from the metropolitan police as part of the inquiry into parties at downing street and whitehall during the covid lockdowns. no 10 said borisjohnson would "respond as required".

police are sending the questionnaire by email to more than 50 people. the met said the questionnaires will ask what happened and "must be answered truthfully". our political correspondent matt cole explained the implications of the questionnaires for number ten. they all went out yesterday, we understand, to at least 50 people. and those who have received them have now seven days to fill them in and get them back to the police as part of the operation, the investigation that is looking into a series of parties or events, 12 in total, between may 2020 and april 2021, both in downing street and in some locations around whitehall. now, those documents have to be returned within seven days so the clock is ticking, and once they have been filled in, the police will look at them. what they are trying to establish from these is why

people were at events, what the reason or purpose for being at the event was. just receiving them doesn't mean someone will end up with a fixed penalty notice or be found guilty of something. however, as you said there, they do have to be truthful in their response, so there could be some sort of serious explaining being done by people putting pen to paper over the course of the week. do we know anything about what the questions are in this questionnaire? i spoke to the metropolitan police about this earlier and for operational reasons, they are not going into it. i was inquiring, as they were 12 events, whether everyone was going to get the same questionnaire or whether it would be tailored to each individual recipient. the met police say that for operational reasons they aren't going to get into that. of course, it is a serious business, the prime minister is being asked, as are others, but the prime minister in particular, is being asked questions in a police investigation by the police. his supporters say that

even if he gets a fixed penalty notice, he can still be the prime minister but others say his position would be absolutely untenable. i think a lot of tory mps particularly who might be able to decide his fate if they choose to put letters in calling for a vote of no—confidence, many of those are waiting for the outcome of this investigation and the subsequent full release of the sue gray report, the senior civil servant who has looked into this but who has only been able to release a little bit of her findings so far because of this police investigation. we are, i think, waiting, but we will properly have to wait a little longer than when the seven days is up because that is just when the police get it back. the police say their investigation is moving at pace but they have already told us they have had 300 photographs to look at and 500 pages of documents, too. so, these answers could generate more questions, they could generate in the trall being asked why they were there, too. in the short term, the clock is ticking and the questionnaires

have to be backed by sometime late on the friday coming. just to pick you up on that point you were making about more questions, is it basically the questionnaire, does this rule out direct questioning by the police of people involved further down the line? no, no, it doesn't. the police can continue to explore their investigation. i mean, this was you know, explained to me as a not dissimilar point of law, the way that covid laws were constructed, in terms of fixed penalty notices, through the post showing you have been speeding and there is a picture of you in your car, and so the process can follow similarly and further down the line, you can be asked questions, clarifications. whilst this is equivalent of being questioned by the police under caution it is obviously slightly different because people are not being called into interview

rooms and being quilts by the police, having questions bombarded at them. but make no mistake, this is a serious piece of investigative work by the police, it is potentially very damaging for the future of the prime minister and potentially others in downing street, too. but i don't think this is necessarily going to be the end of the investigation guaranteed, we can look at these and move on, i think there is the potential for more. but, as i say, the police playing most of their cards quite close to their chest for what they call operational reasons. french police have fired tear gas on demonstrators protesting against covid restrictions in the capital paris. there were scuffles between police and protesters near the champs elysees. earlier police stopped hundreds of cars that arrived in convoys from across france to take part in protests. the demonstrators say they've been inspired by the blockade by truckers on the us—canada border. similar protests have been taking place in countries across europe, including austria, the netherlands and belgium.

0ur paris correspondent hugh schofield has the latest from the french capital. as you can see, i am at the arc de triomphe where in the last hour or so things have got a little tense. up so things have got a little tense. up till then, there had been known real sign of this freedom convoy protest making any kind of mark in the capital, the police being deployed in force, there were checkpoints coming off the ring road and there was very little sign of disruption. in the last hour, some of the protesters have managed to bring their vehicles up to sean billy's a to the arc de triomphe. it is not nearly as powerful as the gilets jaunes is not nearly as powerful as the giletsjaunes movement is not nearly as powerful as the gilets jaunes movement of the three years ago, there has been a lot of tear gas as police virus round in order to disperse the protesters forming, there are two or 300 of the protesters here at the arc de triomphe. 0f protesters here at the arc de triomphe. of course, this is where backin triomphe. of course, this is where back in the days of the gilets

jaunes, they were very serious scenes of civil unrest. for the time being, i would say it is tense but still relatively good—humoured, plenty of tourists wandering into the scene wondering what on earth is going on but the potentialfor things to turn nasty. whenever the police go by, there are big blues, there is a bit of tear gas there. explosions. i there is a bit of tear gas there. explosions.— explosions. | think that is fireworks, _ explosions. i think that is fireworks, not _ explosions. i think that is fireworks, not tear - explosions. i think that is fireworks, not tear gas. - explosions. i think that is| fireworks, not tear gas. you explosions. i think that is - fireworks, not tear gas. you get the picture, a lot of cheering, so far relatively good—humoured but we must be careful. canadian police say they're starting to clear protesters occupying a key bridge on the canada—us border the police action comes after demonstrators blocked the ambassador bridge between the canadian city of windsor and the us city of detroit. police are acting on a court order, after a judge granted an injunction to end to the blockade by people and lorry drivers opposing covid restrictions.

sport and for a full roundup, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan. good afternoon. scotland are looking to make it 2 wins in a row for the first time at the six nations. they're taking on the defending champions wales who had that defeat to ireland on the opening weekend. it is all square at m apiece. the second halfjust about it is all square at m apiece. the second half just about to get it is all square at m apiece. the second halfjust about to get under way at the principality stadium. that match is live over on bbc one at the moment. later on, there's a mouthwatering clash in paris, between france and ireland. the french eased into things last week, with the expected thrashing of italy and ireland are in great form, looking for a tenth win in a row, but will be without their injured skipper,

jonny sexton today. it's three games without a win for manchester united now in all competitions, after they missed the chance to move into the premier league's top four in the early game. united did take the lead in the first half, marcus rashford setting upjadon sancho for his first goal at old trafford — but that lead was wiped out soon after the break, with che adams grabbing the equaliser. united were greeted with boos at the full time whistle — that's the second premier league game in a row were they have let a lead slip. three other premier league games kicked off at three o'clock. brentford have lost their last five in the league, they're taking on palace. everton have been dropping down the table too, starting the dayjust two points off the relegation zone, they're playing leeds. frank lampard looking for his first league win with everton. they've got a girl.

seamus coleman got that. roy hodgson's hoping for the same with watford, they're also fighting for survival. there was a terrific game at headingley in rugby league's superleague, with warrington coming from behind late in the game to beat i2—man leeds rhinos by 22 points to 20. warrington trailed for much of the match but drew level when connor wrench crossed the line with six minutes left on the clock. stefan ratchford's conversion secured wolves victory. next to the winter olympics, where there's still no medal for team gb but they've kept their play off hopes on track in the women's curling after the british team won an important match against the united states. the americans went into this unbeaten but despite losing two of their three matches so far — eve muirhead here, vicky wright, jen dodds and hailey duff held off a fightback to win10—5. that means they're back on track in the round robin phase and return to the ice against denmark tomorrow. job done. an impressive win for

the scottish quartet. team gb though, have missed out on a skeleton medal for the first time since 2002 as laura deas finished second to last in the final, despite recording her fastest time when she went first in heat four. germany's hannah neise took gold with the last run of the heat. and a decision on russian teenage figure skater kamila valieva's doping case will be made on monday. the 15—year—old, failed a drugs test in december, and will have a hearing tomorrow before a decision is made on whether she can continue to comepete at these games. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website.

let's return to our top story for a moment. the ukraine president zelensky has been speaking in the in eastern region. let's hear what he had to say. we have to be ready this day. it began not yesterday, it began in 2014 so we are ready. i have to analyse all the information which we have. we have a lot of information because on these borders, it is our borders, it is our territory. you know? i have to speak with our people, like the president, and say the people's truce, and the truth is we have different information. and now, the best friend for enemies, thatis now, the best friend for enemies, that is panic in our company —— our country. all this information helps only for panic, it doesn't help us.

president zelensky there of ukraine. a new campaign to highlight the early signs of a heart attack is being launched by nhs england aimed at saving thousands of lives. doctors say lesser known symptoms include sweating and feeling dizzy — as jon donnison reports. a new tv ad urging people to look out for the early signs of a heart attack. a feeling of unease. but a poll of 2000 people carried out for the launch of this nhs campaign found that fewer than half those asked knew to dial 999 if they or a loved one were experiencing some of the more vague symptoms, such as sweating, light—headedness or feeling weak and uneasy. if people are suffering a heart attack, the earlier they call for help the better. there is a phrase amongst cardiologists which is "time is muscle". the longer you leave things, the more likely people are to suffer from a bigger heart attack which is likely to have a greater impact in their life going forward.

so the sooner they call for help, the better. and nhs figures bear that out. each year in england, there are more than 80,000 hospital admissions for heart attacks. the overall survival rate is around seven out of ten people, but that rises to nine out of ten people for those who seek early hospital treatment. the doctors behind this new campaign say that a heart attack is always a medical emergency and that it is never too early to call 999 and seek advice. john donnison, bbc news. joining me now is 68 year old trevor fernandes, who is living with heart failure following a heart attack. he now campaigns for more awarness around this condition and works with various organisations such as the british heart foundation. very good afternoon to you, trevor. hello, good afternoon. that are

happy with us, will you tell us what happened to you and when? weill. happy with us, will you tell us what happened to you and when? well, i was 46 years _ happened to you and when? well, i was 46 years old — happened to you and when? well, i was 46 years old when _ happened to you and when? well, i was 46 years old when i _ happened to you and when? well, i was 46 years old when i had - happened to you and when? well, i was 46 years old when i had my - happened to you and when? well, i i was 46 years old when i had my heart attack. i was exercising in the gym and following that, i started to feel the classic symptoms of tightening around the chest and feeling breathless. and that then gave way to quite a lot of pain which radiated to my arms, my shoulders, myjaw, and i started sweating profusely. and i think at that point i realised that something was wrong and i dialled 999. it was probably a call that saved my life. before then, had you experience any symptoms to lead you to think that you might be at risk? yes. symptoms to lead you to think that you might be at risk?— you might be at risk? yes. i'm embarrassed _ you might be at risk? yes. i'm embarrassed to _ you might be at risk? yes. i'm embarrassed to say _ you might be at risk? yes. i'm embarrassed to say that - you might be at risk? yes. i'm embarrassed to say that i - you might be at risk? yes. i'm i embarrassed to say that i ignored the symptoms for a good few weeks before that, and i ignored it simply because i felt it was a consequence

of my exercising, perhaps i had overdone it. and it subsided fairly quickly. but clearly that was the wrong thing to do and i paid the price for it. wrong thing to do and i paid the price for it— wrong thing to do and i paid the price for it. and what had though s m toms price for it. and what had though symptoms been _ price for it. and what had though symptoms been in _ price for it. and what had though symptoms been in those - price for it. and what had though symptoms been in those early i price for it. and what had though . symptoms been in those early days, trevor? it symptoms been in those early days, trevor? . ' . . symptoms been in those early days, trevor? . , , trevor? it affects people in different — trevor? it affects people in different ways _ trevor? it affects people in different ways but - trevor? it affects people in different ways but in - trevor? it affects people in different ways but in my i trevor? it affects people in i different ways but in my case, i trevor? it affects people in - different ways but in my case, i was feeling a tightening in the chest, and a feeling of breathlessness. but it subsided fairly quickly and so i didn't take any action. 50. it subsided fairly quickly and so i didn't take any action.— it subsided fairly quickly and so i didn't take any action. so, you 'ust dismissed it. fl didn't take any action. so, you 'ust dismissed it, then i didn't take any action. so, you 'ust dismissed it, then this i didn't take any action. so, you just dismissed it, then this happens i didn't take any action. so, you just dismissed it, then this happens at| dismissed it, then this happens at the gym which was clearly more serious than you had experienced before and you dialled 999. at what point did you think, gosh, i think i might be having a heart attack? well, i guess when i started to sweat quite a lot and i felt there was something not quite bright, obviously, but then tightening the chest gave way to excruciating pain

and clearly that made me stop and dial 999. but i was lucky, i survived, not many people do, and i survived, not many people do, and i survived because i managed to get to the hospital quickly where they formalise to me with that lot busting drug and that managed to alleviate the problem. but the consequences are that i damaged the heart muscle and now i have to live with heart failure. 50. heart muscle and now i have to live with heart failure.— with heart failure. so, tell is a little bit about _ with heart failure. so, tell is a little bit about the _ with heart failure. so, tell is a little bit about the impact i with heart failure. so, tell is a little bit about the impact it i with heart failure. so, tell is a i little bit about the impact it has has on your life since, you said this happened when you were 48. i was 46. i beg your pardon. the damaue was 46. i beg your pardon. the damage to _ was 46. i beg your pardon. the damage to the _ was 46. i beg your pardon. tue: damage to the heart was 46. i beg your pardon. tte: damage to the heart has was 46. i beg your pardon. tt2 damage to the heart has continued to give me other cardiac problem so i also had an out—of—hospital arrest six years later. so, there are a number of things that happened as a

result of heart failure but it was caused by that heart attack, so, you know, having to live now with heart failure, at least i survived but i am on quite a lot of medication, i have to watch my diet, moderate exercise, and really it is a way of life to try and survive. figs exercise, and really it is a way of life to try and survive.— exercise, and really it is a way of life to try and survive. as you say, this happened _ life to try and survive. as you say, this happened at _ life to try and survive. as you say, this happened at 46, _ life to try and survive. as you say, this happened at 46, how- life to try and survive. as you say, this happened at 46, how old i life to try and survive. as you say, this happened at 46, how old are | life to try and survive. as you say, i this happened at 46, how old are you now? how long have you been living with this condition? just now? how long have you been living with this condition?— with this condition? just over 20 ears. i with this condition? just over 20 years- i am _ with this condition? just over 20 years- i am 57 — with this condition? just over 20 years. i am 57 now, _ with this condition? just over 20 years. i am 57 now, sorry, i with this condition? just over 20 years. i am 57 now, sorry, 67. with this condition? just over 20 i years. i am 57 now, sorry, 67 now, and i have had to live with this for just over 20 years. of course, when i had my heart attack, i had to give up i had my heart attack, i had to give up work so it has an impact on your life and it has an impact on all of those who are closest to you. yes. finall , those who are closest to you. yes. finally. trevor. — those who are closest to you. yes. finally, trevor, what _ those who are closest to you. yes. finally, trevor, what do _ those who are closest to you. yes. finally, trevor, what do advice i those who are closest to you. yes. finally, trevor, what do advice do you have for people who might be listening and watching you this afternoon?—

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it will be dry and chilly across central and northern scotland, and i think tomorrow that's where the weather will be best — the north of scotland, inverness, say, enjoying some sunshine. whereas by the time we get to the lowlands and certainly southwards, it is looking like it will be a cloudy day with some heavy rain at times at least. 11 degrees, though, so it's relatively mild. and that weather tomorrow will hang around through most of the day in the south and south—east. there will be a few areas where we may see some glimmers of brightness later in the day tomorrow.

hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines... the armed forces minister warns the uk will not be able to fly british nationals out of ukraine if russia invades — and says the situation is escalating.

this risks escalating in a way that is really quite terrifying.