this is bbc news with the latest headlines. a russian invasion of ukraine is highly likely. that's the assessment of the defence secretary ben wallace — comparing some western diplomatic efforts to the appeasement of nazi germany. but the ukrainian ambassador to the uk said it wasn't the best time to offend partners. you can't trust a word of russians, but at the same time, we have to work with them. there is diplomacy. so, we don't trust, but we have to find where we can actually work together to understand how the situation can be defused. the us evacuates most of its embassy staff in kyiv as it expects that a russian military incusion could come any day. war can take an unpredictable path and if russia does act in the way that we fear it will it will bring tremendous hardship and greater insecurity

into the heart of europe. thirteen people are injured after a mezzanine floor collapses at a pub in east london. and switzerland holds a referendum on whether to ban tobacco advertising anywhere young people might see it. and coming up at half past two, �*we are england' follows professional photographer conor mcdonnell as he revisits the people and places that shaped his career. the defence secretary, ben wallace, says it's highly likely vladimir putin will order russian forces to attack ukraine. mr wallace says current diplomatic efforts have "a whiff of munich in the air" — a reference to the efforts to make a peace deal with hitler before world war two. he's now returning to the uk

from a family holiday in europe early because of his concerns over "the worsening situation in ukraine". russia now has up to 130,000 troops along its border with ukraine. the kremlin has repeatedly denied any plans to invade. here's our political correspondent charlotte rose. visits to moscow this week by the uk defence secretary ben wallace along with phone calls by the prime minister and us presidentjoe biden seem to have done little to change the minds of russian leaders. and scenes of tanks rolling up to a european border have made some western politicians fearful of history repeating itself. in an interview with the times this morning, mr wallace said the current situation had, "a whiff of munich in the air from some in the west." which many had thought was a reference to attempts by european leaders to appease hitler before the second world war. but it's been stressed that he still believes attempts at diplomacy to de—escalate the situation are important. his cabinet colleague was asked to clarify his remarks. he's not talking about appeasement.

i think the comparison ben was drawing, i know the comparison he was drawing, it was around the attempts for a diplomatic outcome that it turned out adversaries at the time were not really interested in. is he directing this at france, germany? no, no, the point he is making is that we are all working on this to find a diplomatic outcome. labour says it shares the government's concerns about the seriousness of the situation. it is immensely serious and nobody should be naive about what russia is up to. and the scale of the troops amassing on the ukraine border. and that's why i think there has to be this extremely strong and swift and severe economic sanctions, financial sanctions, looking at the energy sector. meanwhile, this morning came this warning from an american foreign policy adviser. war can take an unpredictable path and we think if— russia does act in the way we fear it will, it will bring _ tremendous hardship and greaterl insecurity into the heart of europe and that is a concern to all of us.

it's a concern to the - united states as a nato ally. brits living in ukraine have been told to leave the country whilst commercial flights are still available. but that's not an option for ukrainian people and the country's president says talk of an invasion is overblown. with the german chancellor due to visit moscow next week, nato allies hope that talking can stop the march towards war. charlotte rose, bbc news. 0ur correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse says despite the threat, life is continuing as normal for many ukrainians. the government here has described this information about what could happen as unhelpful, whether it will be a full—scale invasion, an air strike on the capital kyiv, or otherwise. they have called it less than helpful, but they are striking a defiant tone. the foreign minister says the country's diplomacy, military and economy are all

stronger than they were eight years ago when russia first annexed crimea. he also gave an assurance that ukraine would be ready for any scenario. that said, it is a crisp day here. ukrainians are getting on with their sunday as normal, going for a coffee and a walk, completely at odds with the growing urgency in political language by western leaders as well as the growing movement of russian troops along the border as well as to the north, a movement of troops that is getting harder and harder to ignore. earlier my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke to ukraine's ambassador to the united kingdom, vadym prystaiko, about the comparison to nazi germany, and whether he believed moscow could negotiate in good faith. how can we believe in what has happened after previous promises about, we will defend you if you give up nuclear weapons and getting out of crimea by 2017, which we signed with them, and

still 2022 and they are still there, so we cannot believe or trust the words of russians but at the same time we have to work with them, that is diplomacy, so we don't trust but we have to find where we can work with them to understand how the situation can be defused. what is the scope for that? i think we are unfortunately reaching the moment we are all the cards are already on the table, all the leaders made the telephone calls, collectively, personally, individually, the russians act quite unhappy that they haven't received the answers on the demands which they put to nato, that nato will roll back on 1997 line. you even remember where that was, 1997? everything which was done already, maybe something more, but they are reaching a point to the decision has to be made. is there any way that ukraine could give any sort of assurance to moscow in future

membership of nato because as things stand it is hard to see how ukraine does become a member of nato in the immediate future. there are so many different realities brought to the table at the same time. they talk about vulnerability and ukraine with possible membership in nato, eastern ukraine, which ukraine is to be pressed to go with a means process so there are different things and if we talk about nato only, ukraine has been trying to get into later for at least 20 years in 2008 that they would become a member, when and how is a decision of the family so all the members have to decide when and if ukraine becomes a member, we get prepared and ask, we don't want to poke a bearfrom lively bars, we just can't find anything better nato and are part of the european part of the globe. do you understand the concerns?

i understand my concerns. we already died, we are not a threat in russia, what people are doing is already killing us, 13,500 already dead. they are not getting into russian borders, each and every nation from the soviet union and baltic states are fleeing and trying to escape. they have to look in the mirror and understand what is hauenina.�* , . an extensional threat if they become a member of nato and that increases westward looking from the soviet states? understand the danger of ukraine the way russians are wrought right now, it is not the russian people, it is a huge territory and not to the resources, maybe this is a danger for vladimir putin and his where you're rolling his own people that ukraine actually become something democratic in something like the west and god forbid you live better than them and their new lost putin or anything else you do, should they

be against all the work, can they be friends or sisters or brothers, huge nations, almost half of the russian population. 12 countries have now | told their children to get out of. ukraine because of the level of troops, 130,000 on the border, and it's notjust that, is the hardware and the infrastructure around it which indicate they are now in a position to attack any moment and there have been some suggestions that an invasion could come or an air assault on wednesday, what is your sense of that? some people are scared and reading the 16, the day and thought people off guard and have to understand how they survive this time, they have to see where is the next bomb shelter and at the same time, more ukrainians are getting ready to fight and they have almost 2000 people so they have to look at the territorial defence, no

more... but hunting rifles and guarding their cities so they are unfortunately prepared and the unfortunate thing is they are leaving the nation, foreigners are leaving so it creates some sort of panic which is not helping us and may be vladimir putin wants exactly the level where we cannot function as a state and we will tell you that he was not encouraging it on his side, never shorter ukrainian soldier, they at least 13 people have been injured after a floor collapsed at a pub in east london. firefighters rescued seven people who became trapped in the bar in hackney. nickjohnson reports it was just before five o'clock yesterday afternoon when the floor gave way at the two more years bar in hackney wick. firefighters rescued seven people who were trapped, and paramedics said three people were seriously hurt. another ten had minor injuries. suddenly there was this

earthquake like rumble, and before we know it, suddenly the floor gave way, and we all started to sink, and quite fast. describing the rescue, the london fire brigade said crews used a ladder to make a bridge between the floor and the internal staircase to get people safely out of the building. a statement on two more years' instagram account said the venue would remain closed for now, and added, our thoughts are with everyone that's been affected. it local mp rushanara ali also took to social media to say she was very concerned about the collapse. a spokesperson for the metropolitan police says it has not launched an investigation into the incident. it says the local authority is looking at how this pub floor gave way on a busy saturday afternoon. the public inquiry into the wrongful convictions of post office branch managers begins tomorrow. more than 700 sub—postmasters

were given criminal convictions and some were jailed after being wrongly accused of stealing from their own tills when a computer software issue was responsible. ahead of the inquiry the sub—postmaster thought to have been given the longest prison sentence, has been talking to our business correspondent colletta smith. harjinder butoy ran a post office with his wife in nottinghamshire, but he's spent the last 1a years fighting to clear his name. charged with stealing £208,000, he was sentenced to three years and three months in prison for a crime he didn't commit. they found me guilty on ten counts out of the 11. that's when everything just... like you're hearing voices in the background while the charges are being read. it was horrible. were your family there in court? sorry... yeah. i can still hear it from this day,

that cell door slamming behind me. with three children under ten, her husband sent to prison, her own news agency business in ruins, balbinder has suffered just as much. it destroyed me. me, the kids. i had nobody. for years, the butoys have been told by the post office that there wasn't a problem with the accounting system. but there was. a big problem. and that's what this public inquiry is supposed to get to the bottom of. who in the post office knew? and why did they continue to blame and prosecute sub—postmasters? the company who sold the software to the post office was fujitsu. jez thompson used to work for them, training sub—postmasters on the new computer system as it was rolled out nationwide. when we did start to get towards, you know, the real meat end of the training, when we were teaching them how to do the closing of accounts

at the end of the month, then we did find and discover a few faults. we could never reckon up everything to be exact. more often than not, it was wrong, yeah. and those reports were always passed up through our managers to fujitsu services and i would imagine to the post office, saying there is still a fault on the live system. the post office have again said they are sorry and that their first priority is providing full, fair and final compensation, but that's not what harjinder wants. i want somebody on the other side to be charged and jailed like i was. they are the ones who signed the final paperwork off. they are the ones who knew if there were any faults on the system or not. you were fighting this for 1h years. does it still feel like you are fighting this?— yeah, it does to me. harjinder butoy ending that report there by colletta smith. early results in switzerland suggest people have voted to tighten tobacco laws in a

national referendum. many people voted in advance by post. the proposals — if passed — would include a ban on advertisements where young people might see them. 0ur correspondent, imogen foulkes is in bern. we canjoin we can join her we canjoin her now. what are we can join her now. what are the result showing so far? what we can join her now. what are the result showing so far?— result showing so far? what the results are _ result showing so far? what the results are showing _ result showing so far? what the results are showing is _ result showing so far? what the results are showing is that - result showing so far? what the results are showing is that it. result showing so far? what the i results are showing is that it looks like a majority of the popular vote will back this band, and a majority of the swiss cantons. it is a double lot, needs both to come into law. it looks like that is happening, and that will effectively be a ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship, because what the draft legislation saysis because what the draft legislation says is promotion, advertising of tobacco, anywhere young people might see it, it is very hard to think of a place where they might not have access to it, so i think it's effectively a band, and a victory

for doctors associations, teachers associations, parents and so on, who campaigned hard for this, despite intense lobbying by the industry, the big tobacco industries have their headquarters in switzerland, and the government, he said, look, this legislation goes too far, tobacco remains a legal product, you cannot ban all promotion of it. time, some commentators are already writing their analysis for tomorrow morning, tobacco might have a lobby among business, among politicians, it has not got a lobby among the people, and under switzerland's system of direct democracy, it is the people who decide. the headlines on bbc news: a russian invasion of ukraine is �*highly likely�*. that's the assessment of the defence secretary ben wallace — comparing some western diplomatic efforts to the appeasement of nazi germany. thirteen people are injured after a mezzanine floor collapses

at a pub in east london. and switzerland holds a referendum on whether to ban tobacco advertising anywhere young people might see it. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has said in a article in the observer that he will oppose the appointment of a new metropolitan police commissioner, until they understand the scale of the force's "cultural problems" and have a "robust plan" to deal with them. dame cressida dick resigned from the role on thursday after mr khan made clear he no longer had confidence in her. the shadow home secretary yvette cooper told the bbc that reforms were needed across the uk police service, notjust in the metropolitan force. it's really worth stressing this. this is not aboutjust one individual solving this or one police force. you've seen similar issues around leicestershire, sussex, police scotland, other forces, as well. there is a real perfect storm facing policing right now, and it is a serious one. you have a situation where crime is going up,

prosecutions are going down, confidence is falling. there is a legacy of damaging cuts, and also these individual toxic cases around the culture. there needs to be a proper serious programme of reform for policing. i strongly believe in the british policing model, policing by consent. i think that's something we should be proud of, but that means we also have to defend it, stand up for it and also deliver reforms that will achieve it. at the moment, there's been none of those reforms from the home secretary. the home secretary has been silent on policing for a year. we have not seen any of the kinds of reforms to policing that we need, and labour had set out a plan that we do that, including reforms to trading, including reforms to vetting, including reforms to misconduct, and including, at their heart, making sure that violence against women and girls is part of the strategic policing requirement given to police forces across the country by the home office so that you challenge any internal culture issues, but also the policing of the country to make sure the women and girls can be kept

safe, which currently too many feel that they are not. the prime minister of pakistan, imran khan, has warned that lynchings will be dealt with the �*full severity of the law�* after a man accused of blasphemy was beaten to death. the man was killed on saturday after accusations of desecrating the islamic holy book quran. let's speak to our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan. so, the prime minister is calling for action against the mob. why were the police not able to stop this killing? the police not able to stop this killin: ? , ., killing? there were hundreds of --eole, killing? there were hundreds of people, according _ killing? there were hundreds of people, according to _ killing? there were hundreds of people, according to local - killing? there were hundreds of| people, according to local media reports, in the district, and there was an announcement that one particular individual that desecrated the holy koran, he set fire to some pages, that was the accusation, and his family said that he was having mental health issues, and despite, he was pleading

innocence, this group was trying to target, and the local police arrived and they were trying to arrest, because desecrating the koran or any insult to islam is a crime in pakistan, so they arrested him, and because the crowd was really calling for his release and they wanted to take away, and local media reported, the crowd simply snatched him by force from the police and beat him to death with stones, that is why the pakistani officials and now calling for an inquiry to find out whether there was any dereliction of duty by the local police officers. there have been other instances of people being killed over comments that are regarded by some as blasphemous in pakistan. wise is proving such a challenge to get on top of the authorities? it is proving such a challenge to get on top of the authorities?— top of the authorities? it is a very sensitive issue _ top of the authorities? it is a very sensitive issue in _ top of the authorities? it is a very sensitive issue in the _ top of the authorities? it is a very sensitive issue in the muslim - sensitive issue in the muslim dominated pakistan. fora number of

years, people have been killed, lynched to death by mobs, on accusations of insulting islam, the various governments have been hesitant to attach it issue, because even though there have been lost in the british colonial period about insulting religion, these lows were strengthened during the regime when the islamisation happen, when the death penalty was also included in this blasphemy law, and that triggered a lot of violent incidences, because people were using this to settle personal scores, and also sects which were not considered part of the mainstream muslim, they were targeted, and the religious parties, they hold a considerable amount of influence, they are stoutly opposed to removing the death penalty or reforming the blasphemy law, and that's why the pakistan government, despite promising to have a look at

these lows, to review the laws, they were not able to do it.— were not able to do it. thank you very much- _ the creators of a short animated film — which was made in wales — say they're "shocked" at being nominated for an oscar. �*affairs of the art�* was six years in the making, and was completely hand drawn and produced by a couple in cardiff. they call the film their "labour of love", and nicola smith has been to meet them. the nominees for best animated short film, i affairs of the heart. what? she laughs the moment everything changed forjoanna and les. it was wonderful, it was — we had convinced ourselves that we weren't going to be nominated. so it was a complete... it was anxiety to ecstasy. yes. and it's all thanks to beryl. all i ever wanted to dol was to go to art school. be creative... she's a factory worker who loves art and it's hard not to be entirely charmed by her. joanna certainly is. she's been drawing

beryl since college. this is where she created tens of thousands of images of beryl and her family for the film. it's a lot of work, you know... because we still use pencil and paper. and digital takes over after that but most people work digitally throughout the process so they don't have original artwork any more. so that's one of the reasons why... is a really nice to have original artwork. and that's one of the reasons why we are really pleased to get nominated because in this world of digital shininess, it's a hand—drawn film. boxes of drawings for affairs of the art line the walls here. les wrote and produced it, joanna drew the story. all helped by a group of university graduates. a six year long labour of love made in cardiff. the characters are welsh, the films are welsh, we made them in wales, so they are very welsh and we are quite chuffed with that. this film has already won many awards around the world and you won't be surprised to know

that these two talented film—makers have already been 0scar nominees and have emmys and baftas to their name as well. but now, hollywood calls. we've got to go twice, the first time's for the luncheon and then we have to get back very quickly because we are going to the british animation awards, this is all in the same week, and then the baftas. what have i done with my life? l i could have gone to art school, l been somebody, been a contender. there's one last very important question to ask. what would beryl make of it all? she would love it, she'd be wafting down that were red carpet. "look at me!" a whirlwind few days forjoanna, les and beryl of course and to bring an oscar home to wales they say would be just brilliant. nicola smith, bbc news.

fingers crossed. some breaking news, according to a spokesperson from the ukrainian president, the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky will be speaking later today with joe biden, the be speaking later today withjoe biden, the american president, this follows days and days of intense diplomatic efforts to reduce the tensions between russia and ukraine. russia has something like a troops at its borders with ukraine, and it has been running military drills with its neighbour and ally belarus, as well, and britain's defence secretary ben wallace says he believes that some sort of incursion by russia is likely, and joe biden also believes it could happen within days. that conversation due to take place between presidents biden and president zelensky later. it's the biggest day of the year for american football fans — as they gear up for super bowl 56.

with a crowd of more than 70,000 and more than 100 million people expected to watch around the world — the adverts and the famous half—time show are as important as the game itself. sophie long reports from the city hosting tonight's match — los angeles. the first super bowl was played in los angeles in 1967. now football's coming home — to a brand—new stadium which just happens to be the most expensive sporting venue on the planet. a spectacular backdrop for the grand finale of this quintessential american sport. it's unbelievable. as soon as the kick—off happens, you just feel like you're almost in a movie. you know? no—one can believe... the tickets, by the way, are like $7,000. itjust feels like you're in the most exclusive nightclub in the history of the world. right? and you'll see the most famous people in the world sitting in the upper deck. with ticket prices like that, of course, not everyone can go. we are super excited to be going to the game on sunday. and how do they feel that you are going to get to go

and you're not taking them? it's so unfair! so there's some conflict at home but we have told them that the super bowl is not for them, but that we're definitely going to take them to another game next season. catherine? with an audience that could exceed 100 million, super bowl commercials are a huge star—studded affairs, with 30—second slots selling for millions. watch the coffee. and then, of course, there is the half—time show. # in the city... you got snoop dogg, maryj, dr dre, eminem and kendrick lamar. it doesn't get any better than that. # guess who's back? i've been keeping it all the way are real. i'm not trying to be egotistical or anything like that, but who else could do this show here in la? mm—hm. no—one. that's a fact. who else could perform the half—time show other than these amazing artists that we have put together

for this thing? but the spectacular is taking place in a city with rising crime and a homelessness crisis. many encampments have been cleared, leading to claims that some of the thousands living on the streets are being shoved into the shadows. this is a sense of community for them, and it may be hard for those of us that are housed to think through that, but there is a hierarchy, there are belongings. so when they're asked to move and they're forced out of that community, even if it is on the street, it creates additional trauma. whatever the costs, and the amount of money changing hands is monumental, la and its legendary rap royalty are ready. it's super bowl showtime. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello.

i thoroughly wet day out there is forecast to most parts of the country, and as far as the week ahead is concerned, more rain on the way, and some very strong winds as well, particularfrom mid week onwards. the low pressure bring us the bad weather right now is slowly moving out into the north sea. however, it is still going to rain across the south and south—east through the night, also showers parts of wales, but many of us in the north will have clear spells overnight, here temperatures will dip to around 3—4 in big towns, then tomorrow a northerly wind, pretty cold, perhaps a wintriness across the scottish hills, and it really will feel quite nippy along the north sea coast, too. the best of the weather will be further west, and also towards the south. temperatures probably peaking at around 7 or eight celsius for the most part, that really nasty weather arrives later on in the week.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... a russian invasion of ukraine is highly likely. that's the assessment of the defence secretary ben wallace, comparing some western diplomatic efforts to the appeasement of nazi germany. the us evacuates most of its embassy staff in kyiv as it expects that a russian military incusion could come any day. 13 people are injured after a mezzanine floor collapses at a pub in east london. and switzerland holds a referendum on whether to ban tobacco advertising anywhere young people might see it. now on bbc news, professional photographer conor mcdonnell has travelled the world and photographed everyone from calvin harris in las vegas to david attenborough in kenya. we follow him as he revisits the people and places that gave him his big break.