this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. more than a dozen countries have urged their citizens to leave ukraine over fears of an imminent russian invasion. president biden will speak to his ukrainian counterpart today as efforts to de—escalate tensions continue. this assumption which is hurting ukraine compared to just this assumption which is hurting ukraine compared tojust might be the whole idea of putin. police have cleared the remaining protesters blocking a key bridge between canada and the united states, after a week of disruption. 13 people are injured after a mezzanine floor collapses at a pub in east london. people in switzerland have voted in favour of tightening the country's tobacco laws by banning virtually all advertising of tobacco products.

and it's the underdogs vs the all—stars — in just a few hours the la rams will go head to head with the cincinnati bengals for a chance to win this year's superbowl crown. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. us presidentjoe biden will speak to the ukrainian president us presidentjoe biden has been speaking to the ukrainian president volodymr zelensky by phone — as efforts to de—escalate the crisis over ukraine continue. earlier, white house national security adviserjake sullivan repeated his warning that a russian invasion could begin "any day." moscow denies it has plans to invade, but has positioned over

positioned over 100,000 troops along its border with ukraine. in other developments on sunday, more than a dozen countries have now to leave the country. us members of an international monitoring mission in eastern ukraine have begun withdrawing. dutch airline klm said it would stop flying to ukraine — and germany's lufthansa said it was considering suspending flights. and a consignment of stinger surface to air missiles have arrived in kyiv from lithuania — one of the nato member countries sending military support to ukraine. in the uk, the defence secretary ben wallace has drawn parallels with the diplomatic efforts that took place before the second world war. jonathan blake has more. taking steps to bring russia back from the brink. the defence secretary, ben wallace, has been holding talks in moscow this week to avoid a possible russian invasion of ukraine. russia denies it is planning for that, but with more troops moving to its border with the country some fear

diplomacy may be futile. in an interview with the sunday times, ben wallace said the current situation had a whiff of munich in the air from some in the west. a reference to attempts in the german city to appease hitler before world war ii. some saw it as criticism of allies taking a softer approach. a cabinet colleague disagreed. the comparison ben was drawing on, i know the comparison, it was around the attempts for a diplomatic outcome that it turned out adversaries at the time weren't really interested in... who is he directing this to? the point ben is making is that we are all working on this to find a diplomatic outcome but he is expressing a fear that russia might not be as genuine around the diplomatic engagement as they say we are. labour says it shares the government's concerns. 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.

that's why i think there has to be this strong and swift and severe economic sanctions, financial sanctions, looking at the energy sector. drawing a parallel with events in world war ii is bound to get attention. and regardless of the subtleties of the defence secretary's points, it's a reminder of the seriousness with which the uk and others are taking this situation, and a warning that whatever diplomatic efforts they pursue president putin's mind may already be made up. the german chancellor, 0lav schultz, will travel to kyiv tomorrow and on to moscow for talks with president putin. he again warned of a strong reaction and immediate sanctions if russia invades. defiance in ukraine where the country's president has called for calm. but while diplomatic efforts continue, the us warned again that russian military action

could come any day. jonathan blake, bbc news. i'm joined now by sir tony brenton. he was british ambassador in moscow from 2004 to 2008. he is currently in dubai. thank you very much forjoining us. uber ambassador when russia invaded georgia. what are the parallels? that is sort of overt parallel. at the time of the georgian war, both sides ready for work, the russians were in particular really upset by what the georgians for up to. the difference is that in that war, the georgians launched an attack, but in the build—up that we are looking at now with regards to ukraine, i suspected ukrainians have been very strenuously warned not to give the russians any over the course to fight, because the russians would

undoubtedly take advantage of that if they were offered it. and the americans have other club cut off date possibility of the russians claiming the ukrainians have launched there were, by warning against some sort of false news about a against some sort of false news abouta ukrainian against some sort of false news about a ukrainian attack, but so would have to react to. i think the parallels are actually rather straight. the question is whether the russians want to go to war in any case, and i think the answer to thatis any case, and i think the answer to that is probably not. i think what looking out at the moment is the russians raising the pressure, looking for concessions from the west which will enable them to go a bit with their heads held high having achieved some of their objective. the question is what that they can make a bit from their initial demands and the west can move towards them, they can find a compromise. i think under all of the bellicose rhetoric coming from particular in the western side, there is serious work going on over whether that can be done or not. we

feel that diplomacy and deterrence as the order of the day, according to this fun, between presidents biden and zenon sche. what does deterrence mean in this situation? if the russians to attack ukraine, the west has a heavy set of sanctions are set up to make the russians feel pain as a result. the problem with that is that india kremlin, and it is far more concerned about national security done about domestic economic welfare. when in sanctions against russia so far have been completely ineffective. there is no very strong reason to believe that the new package will be any more effective, so, yes, we have made a statement, yes, if the russians go ahead there will be pain, but it is unlikely that that alone. the russians if they are intent on taking action against ukraine. irate they are intent on taking action against ukraine.— they are intent on taking action against ukraine. we talk about the need to compromise. _ against ukraine. we talk about the need to compromise. where - against ukraine. we talk about the need to compromise. where are i against ukraine. we talk about the l need to compromise. where are the areas for compromise? it is not

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which is what they are really concerned about, and we should now begin to step things down. it is not clear to me that deal will be doable, but there are deals of that sort out, i hope to some extent believed are quietly under discussion.— believed are quietly under discussion. , , , ., discussion. very briefly, how acceptable — discussion. very briefly, how acceptable would _ discussion. very briefly, how acceptable would that - discussion. very briefly, how acceptable would that be - discussion. very briefly, how acceptable would that be for| discussion. very briefly, how. acceptable would that be for he have? ~ ., acceptable would that be for he have? ~ . ~ ., , acceptable would that be for he have? «a, ~ ., , , ., , have? ukraine knows the constraints on its joining — have? ukraine knows the constraints on its joining nato. _ have? ukraine knows the constraints on its joining nato. they— have? ukraine knows the constraints on its joining nato. they would - on itsjoining nato. they would welcome continuing western support for its ultimatelyjoining nato. i think it would resignedly accept the fact that it is a rather distant prospect given that it is. the west would not be giving anything away here. the rear students that finally they may be able to join i would hope would be enough for them. —— the reassurance. hope would be enough for them. -- the reassurance.— hope would be enough for them. -- the reassurance. always good to talk to ou. the reassurance. always good to talk to yom thank— the reassurance. always good to talk to yom thank you — the reassurance. always good to talk to you. thank you very _ the reassurance. always good to talk to you. thank you very much - the reassurance. always good to talk to you. thank you very much for- the reassurance. always good to talkj to you. thank you very much for your time. ukraine has criticised those remarks by the uk defence secretary, comparing diplomatic efforts to prevent a russian invasion

to those attempting to avert the second world war. speaking to my colleage lewis vaughanjones, ukraine's ambassador in london, vadym prystaiko, said it wasn't the best time to offend partners. i would like to believe that we will learn this lesson from 1938, and we won't be getting in the same trap. at the same time, we would like to tell that all the cards are really on the table right now. everything which could be done, collectively or individually by western leaders, was already done. what we can have no is how to find a delicate balance between panic and readiness to fight. the ukraine is saying that we are resisting, we will fight. at the same time, there's panic, the people being withdrawn, the money leaving, this is something that is hurting ukraine, itjust might be a whole idea of putin to achieve the goal without one soldier crossing the border.

are you saying these warnings from the us and the uk and europe are actually doing putin's job for him? maybe unintentionally, yes. what is happening here is that we have been in the war for seven years. we grew quite a thick skin to the imminent danger of putin to incurse even more than he is already here. for many leaders around the globe, for many big outlets like yours, to see this preparation, they come to the assumption it is something new, something truly dangerous. we have already lost 13,500 people, so we are in the war right now. we don't need more of this. we would like to resolve it diplomatically when there is still a chance for this. do you believe that putin, when he says, no plans for invasion... i don't believe putin. u nfortu nately. we can't. he was telling us he was not in crimea in the year he mentioned. then he was saying that he was not killing our people, although even russians were putting internet videos

how they are shooting with artillery from their own territory. how can we trust him? i spoke 2a hours ago on this channel to a former aide of putin, and he said any invasion would be due to ukrainian aggression if it happened, and would be "a liberation of ukraine, not an invasion." how do you feel hearing that? we don't need to be liberated by russia, that's for sure. there is a very good saying, that russia speak and people are in danger in ukraine on in places already occupied by putin. i also expect that they will try to stage something. you mention 1938, but we can come to 1st december 1939, when germans staged an attack from the poles to invade just next day. something like that can happen at any second. that is a kind of false flag event. you think something may happen that would then give a sham justification for putin

to take action? you think that is a real possibility? i don't want to give hints to him what way to take, but this is something very real, that tomorrow somebody will be killed, an attack from ukrainian radicals, nationals, fascists, that is the only words they are using who just want to live in their own state. do you believe the us intelligence, effectively, that have given rise to actions like evacuation of the embassy? they are built on credible information, and they are right, therefore, to evacuate staff? i have grounds to believe the united states intelligence. we have our own intelligence. we talked to many other people, and many others intelligences around the globe. but was also understand that americans and britons have the responsibility to defend and protect their own people first, so the staff of the embassy, they have family members, they are citizens of the uk or the us, they have to be protected by your own governments. we do understand.

police in canada say they've cleared the remaining protesters blocking a key bridge between canada and the united states, after a week of disruption. despite a court order to end the occupation, trucks and cars had blocked the ambassador bridge in ontario — which is north america's busiest land border crossing. the demonstrators oppose covid restrictions and sparked copycat protests around the world. jessica murphy sent this report. it didn't take that many vehicles to block the busiest land border crossing in canada, many finally chose to pack up and leave at a police show offers. i had one cua so — leave at a police show offers. i had one cop so we _ leave at a police show offers. i had one cup so we are _ leave at a police show offers. i had one cup so we are taking _ leave at a police show offers. i had one cup so we are taking the - leave at a police show offers. i i—f. one cup so we are taking the tracks at first, sort that is kind of the end at that point, they are taking

the trucks out and getting us next. but not all of them. demonstrators had been blocking the bridge for almost a week, part of widespread anti—vaccine mandate protests across the country that began in ottawa and have since spread more widely. the bridge is a key state site between the us and canada, and the blockade there had already begun to affect supply chains. car makers in detroit and canada have had to slow production of delivery delays. the presets and comes after a canadian court granted an injunction to clear the bridge, and the province of intaglio stated a state of emergency. protesters are stuck here in the city centre, police say they have plans to resolve the issue. it has really paralysed parts of the national capital, but they are waiting for necessary reinforcements. the ottawa demonstration is inspired copycat protests in europe and elsewhere. the prime ministerjustin trudeau was under increasing pressure from the white house to solve the closure. he had meetings over the weekend to discuss getting the

situation under control, but it remains to be seen of the success in windsor can be duplicated. voters in switzerland have backed new legislation banning tobacco advertising anywhere young people might see it, in effect a complete ban. with all votes counted, 56% of those voting said yes to the ban. the decision brings switzerland, which has been slow to adopt tobacco prevention policies, into line with the rest of europe. imogen foulkes reports from bern. for years, switzerland has lagged behind its european neighbours when it comes to tobacco prevention 27% of adults smoke, most start when they are teenagers. advertising on billboards, shops and in the cinemas is allowed, but today, swiss voters said yes to a total ban. translation: i said yes to a total ban. translation:- said yes to a total ban. translation: ., ., ., ., translation: i voted in favour of bannin: translation: i voted in favour of banning tobacco _ translation: i voted in favour of

banning tobacco advertising - translation: i voted in favour of banning tobacco advertising one . banning tobacco advertising one minus. the only argument for the opponents was that the swiss economy might collapse, but it seems more important to me to protect children from tobacco. we important to me to protect children from tobacco-— important to me to protect children from tobacco. we constantly hear of --eole from tobacco. we constantly hear of people ending _ from tobacco. we constantly hear of people ending up — from tobacco. we constantly hear of people ending up in _ from tobacco. we constantly hear of people ending up in hospitals- from tobacco. we constantly hear of| people ending up in hospitals having hu-e people ending up in hospitals having huge health issues or dying, and yet advertising — huge health issues or dying, and yet advertising is still here because of the money, as always.— advertising is still here because of the money, as always. there were's bi est the money, as always. there were's biggest tobacco _ the money, as always. there were's biggest tobacco companies - the money, as always. there were's biggest tobacco companies are - the money, as always. there were's. biggest tobacco companies are based in switzerland. there is before the vote, it was revealed that they had been financing the no campaign, warning that a ban on tobacco promotion could open the door to restrictions on advertising or other things. sugar, alcohol, even switzerland's beloved sausages. voters weren't impressed. tobacco —related illness claims almost 10,000 swisss lives a year. time, today posh �*s results suggest, to put health before profit.

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, the quran. it comes two months after another incident in which a sri lankan man accused of blasphemy was killed in pakistan, sparking protests. 0ur south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan told me more about the latest incident. there were hundreds of people, according to local media reports, in the district of khanewal, and there was an announcement that one particular individual that desecrated the holy koran, he set fire to some pages, that was the accusation, but his family said that he was having mental health issues, and despite — he was pleading innocent — this group was trying to target him, and then the local police had arrived at the scene and they were trying to arrest,

because desecrating the koran or any insult to islam is a crime in pakistan, so they arrested him, but then because the crowd was really calling for his release and they wanted to take him away, and the local media report said the crowd simply snatched him by force from the police and then beat him to death with stones, and that is why the pakistani officials are 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. why is this proving such a challenge to get on top of for the authorities? it is a very sensitive issue in the muslim—dominated pakistan. for a number of years, people have been killed, lynched to death by mobs, on accusations of insulting islam, but the various governments have been hesitant to touch this issue,

because even though there have been laws from the british colonial period about insulting religion, these laws were strengthened during the regime of general zia—ul—haq, when the islamisation happen, when the death penalty was also included in this blasphemy law, and that triggered a lot of violent incidents, because people were using this to settle personal scores, and also the religious divide — for example, the ahmadi muslim sect, which were not considered as a part of the mainstream muslim, even they were targeted, and the islamist religious parties, they hold a considerable amount of influence in pakistan, they hold regular protests, and they are stoutly opposed to removing this death penalty or reforming this blasphemy law, and that's why successive pakistan governments, despite promising to have a look at these laws, to review these laws, they were not able to do it. 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. tolu adeoye reports. the first thing wasn't what we saw but what we heard. suddenly there was this earthquake—like rumble. it was a casual saturday drink that took a frightening turn. hal was on the mezzanine level of the two more years bar in hackney wick when the floor suddenly gave way. 0bviously everyone began to scream and we all started to sink, and quite fast. i was lucky. but those people beneath me weren't so lucky and they were obviously quite scared, and those were the ones who were injured. firefighters rescued seven people who were trapped. 13 were injured in total — three seriously. the london ambulance service said the collapse was treated as a major incident. from the outside you can't really tell that anything has happened inside the building. we've not seen any activity while we've been here.

i did speak to one local business owner who said it was very lucky the time of day it happened, just before five, because if it had been later into the evening, into the night, this venue gets incredibly busy. tower hamlets council says a structural engineer has been on site to assess the integrity of the privately—owned building. it was due for demolition in two years. when we initially heard we were very concerned that there might be serious casualties. it must have been extraordinarily scary for people in there. we need to get our building investigators to find out what went wrong and make sure people are safe in this really lively part of east london. a statement on two more years' instagram account said it was thankful no one had sustained critical injuries, and its thoughts were with everyone affected. a sentiment echoed by london's mayor, sadiq khan, who also thanked the emergency services for their swift action. tolu adeoye, bbc london. it's the biggest day of the year for american football fans —

super bowl 56 — or lvi as it styles itself in roman numerals — will take place in los angeles in just a few hours' time. with a crowd of more than 70,000 in the stadium and hundreds of millions watching around the world, the adverts and the famous half—time show are almost as important as the game itself. sophie long reports from la. 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. at the beijing winter olympics, heavy snow has disrupted

the skiing schedules. the heavy snowfall came after a week of criticism of the dry conditions, which saw more than one million metric tons of fake snow being produced for the various events. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. after what's been a soggy sunday for many, the weather has plenty more to throw in our direction through the weekend. more rain, yes, but also some mild weather around the middle of the week and then some stormy weather from midweek onwards, and that could well cause some damage and disruption. so today's rain will cling on across the southeast corner through tonight, more rain feeding across scotland, northern ireland, into parts of northwest england and wales. some quite windy conditions for coasts in the north of the uk, temperatures generally between 3 and 7 degrees, above freezing for most. quite a messy weather story for monday, one band of cloud and patchy rain pushing its way southeastwards across england

and wales, with brighter skies and showers developing for scotland and northern ireland. some of those showers wintry over high ground in scotland. it will stay quite blustery, and given that wind will be coming down from the north, it will feel relatively chilly out there, top temperatures between 6 and 10 degrees. a brief quieter interlude under a ridge of high pressure on monday evening, but then into tuesday, we bring a frontal system in from the west. that will bring outbreaks of rain, some snow for a time over high ground into scotland, maybe even some wintriness to low levels. that band of rain likely to get stuck across parts of england and wales through the day. brighter skies and showers following on to the north west. quite blustery, highs of 6 to 11 degrees. and then for the middle of the week, we look way above our heads to the jet stream. the winds in the jet stream will be blowing at more than 200 mph, injecting a huge amount of energy into the atmosphere — energy that is set to spin up deep areas of low pressure —

and this brings the potential for some stormy weather. this low looks set to pass to the north of the uk as we go through wednesday and indeed into thursday. so wednesday looks like this — outbreaks of rain splashing southeastwards with those strengthening winds, gales easily developing across northwestern parts through the afternoon. temperatures, though, very, very mild, particularly for england, wales and northern ireland, 12 to 15 degrees. but the winds give the greatest cause for concern through wednesday night, into the first part of thursday. the white lines, the isobars, squeezing together. we could see gusts of 80 to possibly 90 mph in exposed parts of northwest scotland. so this met office yellow warning already in force for the northern half of the uk, wednesday into thursday, the risk of damage and travel disruption.

hello, this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. our latest headlines: in a phone call with ukraine's leader, president biden says he'll respond "swiftly and decisively" if russia invades the country. more than a dozen countries tell their citizens to leave ukraine, whilst over 100,000 russian troops remain at the border. 13 people are injured after a mezzanine floor collapses at a pub in east london. police have cleared the remaining protesters blocking a key bridge between canada and the united states, after a week of disruption. people in switzerland have voted in favour of tightening the country's tobacco laws by banning virtually all advertising of tobacco products.

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