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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. us presidentjoe biden warns russian leader vladamir putin that he'll respond with "severe economic sanctions" if ukraine is invaded. russia says the west is created hysteria — and it's absurd to suggest an invasion will happen. the ukrainian president warns against creating panic.... the best friend for enemies — that is panic in our country. and all this information, that helps only for panic. it doesn't help us. borisjohnson receives a legal questionnaire from police investigating lockdown parties at downing street and whitehall. 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.
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and, champions of the world! chelsea beat palmeiras 2—1 after extra time in the final of the club world cup. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the presidents of the us and russia have held direct talks over the phone to try to resolve tensions over ukraine. the white house said president biden had told his russian counterpart vladimir putin that the us and its allies would impose "swift and severe costs" on russia in the event of an invasion of ukraine. earlier, following a phone call with president macron of france, mr putin dismissed claims that such an attack was imminent as "provocative speculation". our north america editor sarah smith has more. it's clear that the us is now deeply concerned
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that there is possibly less chance of a diplomatic solution. the white house say it's not clear whether putin actually wants to pursue diplomacy, so they say, well, they are prepared to remain engaged with it. they are equally prepared for other scenarios as well. they say that on that call between president biden and president putin, it was made very clear that if russia further invades ukraine, they are ready with swift and severe economic sanctions be imposed by the us and their allies. that something that was discussed on a call between president biden and european allies, including borisjohnson yesterday. so, they are continuing to look for a diplomatic solution. notjust that call between president putin and president biden, the us defence and foreign secretaries have been talking to their russian counterparts today. emmanuel macron of france has spoken to putin today and will speak to president biden later. so the talking continues, but it is becoming obvious that the us is now more concerned than ever that there may not be a diplomatic path out of this,
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and that an armed conflict could begin, as they say, any day now. ukraine's president volodymir zelensky says the west�*s continued suggestion that russia may be preparing to invade is not helping his country. he said ukraine had lived with the threat since 2014, and is prepared for any such eventuality. we have to be ready each day, and if 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 we are on these borders. it's our borders, our territory. you know, i have to speak with our people like you know, like the president and see and that truth is that we have different information, and now the best friend for enemies, that is panic in our country. and all this
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information helps only for panic, it doesn't help us. i'm joined now by kurt volker, former us ambassador to nato and former us special representative for ukraine. thank you for being with us. we heard from president zelensky, he is worried about panic in the country. what is your assessment? i worried about panic in the country. what is your assessment?- worried about panic in the country. what is your assessment? i think is ri . ht i what is your assessment? i think is right i think — what is your assessment? i think is right | think that _ what is your assessment? i think is right | think that the _ what is your assessment? i think is right i think that the signalling - right i think that the signalling going on right now is one of resignation that there will be a military invasion and pulling back our personnel, pulling back even some of the trainers we have with the coast guard, these are all sending signals to the ukrainian people that they are on their own and to put in that, you know, we are leaving ukraine. i don't believe that it leaving ukraine. i don't believe thatitis leaving ukraine. i don't believe that it is over. i don't believe that it is over. i don't believe that putin has made a final decision to invade. i think he's still seeking concessions from ukraine and the west, and in the end, he may still not invade. he can keep this up still not invade. he can keep this up for a very long time. i think we
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should be showing a bit more resolved. fits should be showing a bit more resolved. �* , ., should be showing a bit more resolved-— should be showing a bit more resolved. �* , ., ., ., resolved. as we heard that from president zelensky, _ resolved. as we heard that from president zelensky, we - resolved. as we heard that from president zelensky, we have - resolved. as we heard that from l president zelensky, we have been living with this threat for the past eight years or so, how prepared is the country for a possible russian invasion. i the country for a possible russian invasion. ~ �* the country for a possible russian invasion. ~' �* ., . , invasion. i think the armed forces are vastly more _ invasion. i think the armed forces are vastly more capable _ invasion. i think the armed forces are vastly more capable than - invasion. i think the armed forces are vastly more capable than they| are vastly more capable than they were in 2014 and 2015. if russia is indeed determined to launch an invasion against ukraine again with military means to prevail, however, it would be very military endeavour for russia. ~ ., ., _, ., for russia. what more could and should the _ for russia. what more could and should the west _ for russia. what more could and should the west to _ for russia. what more could and should the west to be _ for russia. what more could and should the west to be doing - for russia. what more could and| should the west to be doing right now, do you think? i should the west to be doing right now, do you think?— should the west to be doing right now, do you think? i think we should be imposing — now, do you think? i think we should be imposing sanctions _ now, do you think? i think we should be imposing sanctions immediately l be imposing sanctions immediately against russia for its military threats and extortion against ukraine. i think we should be accelerating deliveries of planetary and assistance. i think we should have us and other nato country advisories to help the ukrainians that there is indeed an onslaught. i think we could increase our presence
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in the black sea. there are a lot of things that i think we could be doing to show that we will assist ukrainians, they will be the ones to fight, and we will assist them. they have a right to self—defense and we do not want to see an invasion. i5 do not want to see an invasion. is there a danger that the west is looking weak right now and emboldening russia? i’m looking weak right now and emboldening russia? i'm afraid that's the case _ emboldening russia? i'm afraid that's the case at _ emboldening russia? i'm afraid that's the case at the _ emboldening russia? i'm afraid that's the case at the moment, | emboldening russia? i'm afraid - that's the case at the moment, these threats of crippling sanctions i don't think were taken seriously. they may indeed happen and have a significant impact, but i don't think that's enough to deter people. i think it's really deterred by the military presence that is there and the possibility of things going badly for russia. i don't think he wants to have a situation where his domestic situation begins to undermine his military efforts and have a difficult military fight, russian casualties, images of russians and ukrainians fighting. i think that something that people in moscow will not quite understand. so we need to make clear that that is
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what would happen if he tries to invade. ~ . , what would happen if he tries to invade. ~ ., , i. ., invade. what is your view on the argument _ invade. what is your view on the argument that — invade. what is your view on the argument that russia _ invade. what is your view on the argument that russia needs - invade. what is your view on the argument that russia needs to l invade. what is your view on the - argument that russia needs to secure its bird or against external threats stop at i its bird or against external threats sto an ~ �* , ., its bird or against external threats sto-ia ~ stop at i think it's a convenient argument. there _ stop at i think it's a convenient argument. there are _ stop at i think it's a convenient argument. there are no - stop at i think it's a convenient| argument. there are no threats against russia. ukraine is not a threat, nato is not a threat, the baltic states are not a threat. even with some countries joining nato over the past 20 years, a moment of nato military armament has gone down. who knows this very well. i think he just uses the nato enlargement argument as a device to try to get into the heads of western europeans that somehow we have done something wrong as opposed to russia trying to take the territory of another country.— trying to take the territory of another country. trying to take the territory of another count . , , ., another country. president put made it clear last year _ another country. president put made it clear last year that _ another country. president put made it clear last year that there _ another country. president put made it clear last year that there is - another country. president put made it clear last year that there is no - it clear last year that there is no such thing in his view as a so—called separate ukraine. what is the possible way through here for both russia and the west? weill. the possible way through here for both russia and the west? well, i think basically _ both russia and the west? well, i think basically put _ both russia and the west? well, i think basically put in _ both russia and the west? well, i think basically put in has - both russia and the west? well, i think basically put in has the - think basically put in has the military means to take more of ukraine if he tries to do so, and i
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think he needs to be sent a strong signal that that is unacceptable and will be countered. i think if we don't do that, he is more likely to go ahead and take that territory. {eek former us ambassador to nato, thank you very much for being with us. thank you. you very much for being with us. thank you-— 0ur correspondent fergal keane is in kyiv and has been speaking to ukrainians at a protest in the city. the event was organised by a right wing nationalist group, but those attending were from across the political spectrum. this is the first real manifestation we've had of public feeling since the anxiety of a possible russian invasion has increased over the last 24 hours. what you can see around me here is people of all ages and seemingly from all sides or all shades of political opinion coming out onto the streets here in a very important place in terms of ukraine's progress to democracy. people saying they will resist any russian intervention. why have you come here?
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the main reason is to show the unity of the people before the threat of russian occupation. this is the main reason, that we are all united, because different people, different political positions, different political parties, but today we are altogether because we have a threat of a russian invasion, and that's why we show this to each other, the whole world that we are ready to fight and ready to defend our motherland, our country, that's the reason, actually. i'm here because i want to show that i'm not terrified by the threat. - we are ready to oppose i putin or anyone who wants to invade our country even more because you know some regionsj
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already don't belong to us, - so we are ready to fight by any means that we have. i'm getting some training, but i will fight with any. means i have in my hands. i will do anything my. country asks me to do. medicine, shooting, anything. i love my country, i'm not afraid. well earlier, i spoke to sir mark lyall grant — former uk ambassador to the un, and former national security adviser. i asked him if at this stage, was there any hope for a diplomatic breakthrough. i think it's important that there is still diplomacy going on, and i don't think that we should just assume that a conflict is inevitable. all the signs are that president putin hasn't taken a final decision on exactly what he's going to do. there were a number of military options that he has at his disposal, including a full—scale land invasion, marching to kyiv, but his other options short of that, and
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also nonmilitary options that he has as well. i think it's important that diplomacy continues. you mentioned the various talks that have been happening today and in the last couple of days, and i think chancellor schultz of germany is planning to visit moscow next week. it's important to keep those lines of diplomacy open at the same time as preparing for the worst and making clear that there will be very severe consequences for russia if they do engage in the military aggression against ukraine. indeed resident aggression against ukraine. indeed president put _ aggression against ukraine. indeed president put in, _ aggression against ukraine. indeed president put in, sorry, _ aggression against ukraine. indeed president put in, sorry, president | president put in, sorry, president biden has read a —— reiterated that today and said there will be severe sanctions i mean that they are most likely to be economic, but we also know that president putin has proved impervious to economic sanctions in the past. will that have any impact? welcome i think they can because the sort of scale of the sanctions being discussed now are much greater than russia has suffered in recent years, not only sort of economic sanctions
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in terms of may be a ban on microchips and things like that going to russia, but also the possibility of not starting, suspending the north stream gas pipeline, which is important for russia, and also expelling russia from the swift international banking messaging system, so there are tools at the west's disposal which would be extremely damaging for putin personally and his entourage as well as for the russian state.— as for the russian state. some are callin: as for the russian state. some are calling this — as for the russian state. some are calling this the _ as for the russian state. some are calling this the greatest _ as for the russian state. some are calling this the greatest political i calling this the greatest political crisis since the end of the cold war. do you agree with that assessment?— war. do you agree with that assessment? ~ ~ ., assessment? well, i think we have had a number _ assessment? well, i think we have had a number of _ assessment? well, i think we have had a number of crises _ assessment? well, i think we have had a number of crises and - had a number of crises and particularly in the middle east, but, yes, ithink particularly in the middle east, but, yes, i think in terms of europe and the fact that it is threatening to forcibly have a major change of borders of the sort we haven't really seen since the second world war with the inevitable rest that this might spill over not only through mass immigration out of poland but also anyone who thinks
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that putin would be satisfied with stopping with ukraine if a jury decided to take action against ukraine i think is very illusionary. i think that the risk to the baltic states, poland and other eastern european states, all of whom are members of nato is very severe. it's absolutely right that the western europeans are taking this risk very seriously indeed. downing street says borisjohnson will "respond as required" after he received a police questionnaire yesterday about events he attended during lockdown. the metropolitan police says the questionnaires — which are the written equivalent of police interviews under caution — are being sent to more than 50 people who attended downing street parties that may have broken covid laws. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake explained what will happen next. well, the prime minister is now required, as the police put it, to provide an account an explanation of his participation in an event or events.
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the questionnaire has formal legal status, the police say, and it must be answered truthfully. we don't know exactly which events the prime minister's being asked about, but among those we do know he attended is the drinks in the downing street garden in may during the first lockdown of the pandemic, which she has previously said he believed was a work event. now the police have stressed that those contacted in this way won't necessarily end up with a fine, fixed penalty notice — but of course, they could do on the basis of their answers and the hundreds of pieces of evidence that the mets are trolling through as part of this investigation. so what next? well, the prime minister has seven days to respond. during that time, he'll attempt to show that he's getting on with the job — at best, this is a distraction, though, at worst a decision looming that could seal the prime minister's fate. protests have been held in several towns and cities around the uk, to highlight the impact of the cost of living crisis on workers and their families. the austerity campaign group, the people's assembly co—ordinated the demonstrations, supported by trades unions. inflation, the measure of how
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quickly prices are rising, is at a 30—year high, amid steep increases in the cost of fuel, heating and food. yet official inflation figures look at a wide range of goods, notjust food, so can often mask some steep rises seen at the supermarket tills, especially on everyday items. new data for the bbc suggests that a basket of mid—range groceries has gone up in price by 8% injust one year. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. charlotte jessops, a money—saving blogger. she hosts a monthly zoom session, passing on tips. thank you for coming. we're going to be talking about the rising costs of food. my shopping bill for me and my partner has gone up at least £20 a week. the bread, even the, you know, the lower end brand has- gone up like 20, 30p. everyone's shopping basket is different. we looked at some popular items. take a pack of spaghetti.
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it's gone up by an average of 41% since last year. a tin of tomatoes has jumped 21%. and a jar of strawberry jam up by 20%. in the cheapest range, the prices were also up, but not by as much. this is a once—in—a—generation moment forfood price inflation in this country. this is just the start. it's going to go on for two, two—and—a—half years, probably, as various costs and problems filter through into the system and are accommodated. here in the aisles, the battleground is all about price. the supermarkets are grappling with how much of their costs to pass on, but if they put their prices up too much, shoppers will vote with their feet. this business is hoping to nab some of them. poundland's biggest store opening in nottingham today. feels like a supermarket. are you after more of the weekly shop? yeah, absolutely we are. and that's why we're providing all these new categories,
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fresh foods, produce. but costs are rising across his supply chain too. high, single—figure inflation is what we're facing. that doesn't mean that our shoppers have to face that as well. so, you know, i'm not a magician, not paul daniels. i can't magic all of this stuff away, but what i can do is work as hard as i can on behalf of shoppers to make sure that we mitigate as much as we can to protect them. that may be, but overall food prices are moving in one direction, and that's up. emma simpson, bbc news, nottingham. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0llie foster. halfway through the winter halfway through the winter olympics. it's all over for the usa's lindsay jack abella sent her for the games couldn't have gone any better. striking gold in both of her snowboard cross events. the hosts had their first male speed skating champion, but it's the germans that lead the way in the medal table thanks to their slight areas. some of the headlines on day eight, here
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is anti—sweats. welcome to beijing, where we are officially halfway through these games and we seem trailing actions in the mountains. the first ever snowboard cross mixed team event, and that was won by the us a pair of lindsayjack team event, and that was won by the us a pair of lindsay jack cabelas. before these games, lindsay was best known for throwing away the gold medal at the games and 2006. she's now 12 gold medals injust a matter of days. some incredible games furry lindsay. in speed skating, plenty for the home fans to cheer about as they won gold for china in the 500 metre event. a new 0lympic record as well, a stunning performance from him in the biathlon ten km sprint, two norwegian brothers on the same podium, goals while his older brother took the bronze medal. the
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women's skeleton has also been decided, gold for germany ahead of australia's jacqueline, and of course, plenty more action on sunday. seven more gold medals up for grabs, including the men's wear switzerland's marco 0da max will be among those going for glory. some football news for you now, the europeans champions, chelsea, the club world champions now after beating brazil's match in abu dhabi was 1—0 —— 1—1, and it was scored at that 117 committed to secure the title for the first time. they become just that that therapy inside to win every major trophy. manchester city have stretched their lead at the top of the english paramedic after a very comfortable 4-0 paramedic after a very comfortable 4—0 win at struggling nor edge. i have tricked from raheem sterling did the damage. the other goal came from phil folden. manchester city and out 12 points they are liverpool who play on sunday, although, city
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have played two games more than them. as ray, manchester united were booed off by some sections of the old trafford cloud after they were held to a when all draw to a very impressive south hampton side. they would've moved into a top four with the wind, saints remained ten. ahtpp the wind, saints remained ten. app to see and the wind, saints remained ten. fin“? to see and realise where we currently are and where we stand. they won 2—3 at tottenham and have expected to beat them easily and we got a point. today we desperately needed three points, but this is the situation we are in. that's why there was a change of managers and why we are here. if anything, it would've been as everybody expected to be, i wouldn't even be here. everton have ended a run of six league games without a win. first primarily glenn since frank lampert took over. the five points clear of the relegation zone. second round of matches and rugby union's six nations championship this weekend,
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france are top of the table. they beat ireland, a pulsating game in paris, they outscored them by three tries to two. the french fullback punished irish's ill disciplined and kicked five penalties the french winning 30 points to 24. ireland at least securing what could be a very useful losing bonus point. wales are up useful losing bonus point. wales are up and running after defeat to ireland last week and from the edge past scotland 2017 in cardiff. both teams scored a try each. that's all your support for now. thank you. we will see a little later. canadian police have started clearing protesters blocking a bridge linking canada and the us — after a court ordered an end to the blockade. the self—styled "freedom convoy" movement was started by canadian truckers opposed to a vaccinate—or—quarantine order for drivers crossing the border. the blockade has affected trade and supply chains. the motor industry says it's been losing millions
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of dollars a day. michelle malehskay is reporting for canadian media at the ambassador bridge — she gave us this update. at eighta:m., at eight a:m., police came onto the scene from three different areas, and what they did and what they did was walk in behind the protesters and split the blockade in two. they went to the right and spoke with the owners of the vehicles that were parked on the foot of the ambassador bridge to the right and asked them to leave, which they did willingly. meanwhile, in france 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 more on the situation there.
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it's much improved. there are still skirmishes of the very limited nature taking place at the top and of the champs—elysees. essentially what happened is some of these vehicles that were driven by protesters to get to the various roadblocks and checkpoints up to the champs—elysees. earlier in the afternoon, and there they stopped and got out of their cars and blocked the traffic. that forms the kind of how the four protesters to come on foot and engage with the police who were out in force. that was two or three hours scenes that were reminiscent vaguely of the yellow vast protests of three years ago if you remember when we saw again protesters out in forests around the arctic triumph. here, a lot of tear gas being fired breaking up lot of tear gas being fired breaking up little groups of protesters who are forming, nothing terribly serious, but, still, a certain degree of tension, and then gradually, the police were able to
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bring in special vehicles to tow away, tow trucks to take away the vehicles that had been accumulating at the top of the champs—elysees. it's more or less over now, but lots of people and plenty of police out there. i don't think there's any more tear gas being fired. the nhs has launched a new campaign to encourage people to dial 999 if they suspect they're in the early stages of a heart attack. doctors want to improve awareness of common initial symptoms such as sweating, feeling dizzy and tightness in the chest. 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 2,000 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
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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. and before we go, environmental campaigners say nearly a 100 endangered species in england have seen their prospects of survival improve, thanks to a nationwide rescue effort.
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the blacktailed godwit, the barberry carpet moth and the little whirlpool ramshorn snail are among those helped by the "back from the brink" project. nearly 60,000 volunteers took part in the campaign, helping to monitor the species and plant shrubs to help we'll take a look at tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guests this evening are kate maltby— columnist for the i paper — and jonathan walker— political editor at the birmingham mail. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. most parts of the uk had some windy weather and some wet weather to contend with today, and there's plenty more of that to come. but there has been a little bit of brightness to be found as well. that is how the day ended for a weather watcher in the highlands. this stripe of cloud has been working southeastwards today, behind it, clearer skies and shower clouds, but there's plenty more cloud waiting in the wings in the atlantic, there is more wet in fact, we will see bursts of heavy rain returning from the southwest as we head through the rest
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of the night. some clear spells further north allowing it to get quite cold in northeast scotland, maybe quite close to freezing with a touch of frost, but it's a mild night for most of us, an increasingly windy one, and tomorrow morning we will see these outbreaks of rain pushing northwards and eastwards across england and wales, some particularly heavy and persistent rain, i think, across wales. that rain getting into northern ireland, the southern half of scotland and after a dry start, east anglia and the southeast will eventually turn wet through the afternoon. northern scotland likely to stay predominantly dry with some sunshine, still potentially one 01’ two showers. the winds fairly light across the northern half of the uk, stronger further south, those are the average wind speeds. we could see gusts of 50 mph for some english channel coasts. but a relatively mild sunday afternoon for the time of year, 7—11 celsius. now, through tomorrow evening, we will see heavy rain lingering across the south and the east of the uk. also southeast scotland could hold onto some wet weather. generally speaking, though, into monday, our area
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of low pressure will be tracking its way eastwards. this little bump in isobars here, a very temporary ridge of high pressure. but as that topples its way in, it will bring more in the way of dry and bright weather, quite a chilly northwesterly wind, though, there will be some some showers. some of those showers wintry, especially over high ground in scotland, but perhaps even to relatively low levels at times. temperatures 6—10 celsius. but maybe feeling a little bit chilly in that northwesterly breeze. but then through the week ahead, we see various weather systems taking aim at the uk, bringing some very heavy rain, potentially some really strong winds, particularly through the middle part of the week, gales — severe gales are possible. so, some outbreaks of heavy rain with some strong winds, some drier, brighter interludes too. very mild through the middle part of the week. those temperatures dropping away again through thursday and into friday.
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hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. us presidentjoe biden warns russian leader vladimir putin that he'll respond with "severe economic sanctions" if ukraine is invaded. the uk government warns british nationals in ukraine it won't be able to fly them out if russia invades, and says russia's in a position where it could attack "at no notice". borisjohnson receives a legal questionnaire from police investigating lockdown parties at downing street and whitehall. 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. in paris, french police fire tear gas at demonstrators after a convoy carrying protesters against coronavirus restrictions made it into the capital. and champions of the world — chelsea beat palmeiras 2—1 after extra time in the final of the club world cup.

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