hello, i'm kasia madera. this is outside source. prince andrew settles out of court, with the woman who accused him in a civil case, of sexual assault. he'd always denied the allegations made by virginia giuffre, and there's no admission of guilt in the deal. but he accepts she has suffered as a "victim of abuse." russia claims it's pulling back some troops from the border with ukraine. president putin wants more talks. the west remains sceptical. mixed signals, i think, at the moment.

we at the moment. need to resolve this now. . ., says we need to resolve this now. nato sa s it we need to resolve this now. nato says it sees _ we need to resolve this now. nato says it sees no _ we need to resolve this now. nato says it sees no evidence. - we need to resolve this now. nato says it sees no evidence. also coming up the program. novak djokovic tells the bbc, he'd rather not win any more trophies, than be forced to take a covid vaccine. decision making on my body are more important than any title or anything else. prince andrew and virginia giuffre, the woman who'd accused him of sexual assault, have reached an out—of—court settlement, in a civil case filed in new york. he'd previously said he wanted to contest the claims in front of a jury. there is no admission of liability by the duke, who's always maintained his innocence.

in the agreement he accepts ms giuffre has suffered as a "victim of abuse." he's also pledged to "demonstrate his regret for his association, with the convicted sex trafficker jeffrey epstein," by supporting the"fight against the evils of sex trafficking, and by supporting its victims". the duke of york is to make a substantial donation to ms giuffre's charity, supporting victims�* rights. with more on the settlement, here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. for all the show of public defiance that he was determined to fight the case in court it was always thought by lawyers and others that he would have to settle out of court and that is exactly what andrew has now done. without importantly for him any admission of liability but with the promise of a substantial donation to virginia giuffre's charity in support of victims rights. a statement filed to the civil court in new york says, the statement today contrasts sharply with andrew's newsnight interview when he expressed no sympathy for the victims ofjeffrey epstein and said he had no regrets about his

friendship with him. do you regret the friendship? now, still not on the reason being is that the people i met and the opportunities i was given to learn either by him or because of him were actually very useful. legal observers say andrew really had little choice but to settle. out—of—court settlements as we know are most often used to try and keep things private. he has given her something in this wording, he said he acknowledges that ms giuffre is an established victim of sexual abuse. buckingham palace offered no comment but one thing is certain, this out—of—court settlement will be a huge relief to the royalfamily.

the prospect of a court case hanging over the queen's platinum jubilee was not one they relished, to put it mildly. i think for the royal family this was the only decision prince andrew could have taken. this will save months of embarrassing revelations coming out and spoiling the platinum jubilee year. quite what andrew's future is now is unclear. in a statement today he said he will work to support the fight against the evils of sex trafficking. nicholas witchell, bbc news. let's cross over to new york and join our correspondent nodded, they had been a level of expectation this would go to court and yet we see this out of court settlement. yes. both sides _ this out of court settlement. yes. both sides had _ this out of court settlement. yes. both sides had said _ this out of court settlement. 133 both sides had said throughout that they look forward to have their day in court. legal experts really did expect that this would ultimately, this case ended in a settlement.

just because of the potential for even greater financial and reputational damage to prince andrew. now that the judge refused to dismiss his case and this was quickly added to this key discovery portion of the case where both parties would face intense questioning under oath, they be asked very personal details, key evidence, very expensive process of getting evidence from overseas would be collected. i think this was the time for the duke of york lawyers to certainly try for a settlement if they ever were going to. because virginia giuffre's back injanuary had eric's not close the door to a settlement, i think that really left room for both sides to have those negotiations. and now what we see is a settlement that both sides can say they feel they've gotten something out of it. virginia giuffre, it was

very important to her that she has some sort of indication. what prince andrew says here certainly gives her some way of feeling that. at the same time, prince andrew avoided having to admit any wrongdoing. he's always denied the allegations against him and if he admitted any wrongdoing he could have opened himself up to additional legal jeopardy they are. so i think both sides here understood that this was the most they were going to get and now this case is essentially over. now that these two parties have reached an agreement. nicholas, where does _ reached an agreement. nicholas, where does this _ reached an agreement. nicholas, where does this out _ reached an agreement. nicholas, where does this out of— reached an agreement. nicholas, | where does this out of settlement court leave prince andrews position within the royal family? court leave prince andrews position within the royalfamily? im’ith court leave prince andrews position within the royal family?— within the royal family? with great relief, he will _ within the royal family? with great relief, he will welcome _ within the royal family? with great relief, he will welcome an - relief, he will welcome an out—of—court settlement. it will certainly — out—of—court settlement. it will certainly be greeted with huge relief— certainly be greeted with huge relief within the royal family because _ relief within the royal family because we are on the verge now of the queens — because we are on the verge now of the queens platinum jubilee and the threat _ the queens platinum jubilee and the threat of— the queens platinum jubilee and the threat of this case hanging over all

those celebrations was an appalling one. those celebrations was an appalling one i_ those celebrations was an appalling one. i think andrew is under immense pressure _ one. i think andrew is under immense pressure from other members of his family— pressure from other members of his family to _ pressure from other members of his family to settle. i think that they were _ family to settle. i think that they were dismayed, dumbfounded even at his stated _ were dismayed, dumbfounded even at his stated determination to fight this out— his stated determination to fight this out in court. now we have this out-of-court — this out in court. now we have this out—of—court settlement very carefully _ out—of—court settlement very carefully crafted language, i'll leave — carefully crafted language, i'll leave it — carefully crafted language, i'll leave it to the lawyers to work out who's _ leave it to the lawyers to work out who's come — leave it to the lawyers to work out who's come out of it morehead, if you like — who's come out of it morehead, if you like. the central allegation has not been _ you like. the central allegation has not been withdrawn by virginia giuffre — not been withdrawn by virginia giuffre. but prince andrew has not admitted _ giuffre. but prince andrew has not admitted liability. it's actually vitat _ admitted liability. it's actually vital and — admitted liability. it's actually vital and central to his position. but he — vital and central to his position. but he has _ vital and central to his position. but he has agreed to make the substantial to virginia giuffre said charity~ _ substantial to virginia giuffre said charity. not sure if any of that will go — charity. not sure if any of that will go to _ charity. not sure if any of that will go to him doing her personally. his future — will go to him doing her personally. his future i— will go to him doing her personally. his future, i think it's hard to imagine _ his future, i think it's hard to imagine him rekindling a public rote the — imagine him rekindling a public role. the brutal fact is, which charities, _ role. the brutal fact is, which charities, which military units would — charities, which military units would want to be associated with him now that _ would want to be associated with him now that he _ would want to be associated with him now that he has shown that he's made

such a _ now that he has shown that he's made such a poor— now that he has shown that he's made such a poor choice of friends, such poor— such a poor choice of friends, such poorjudgment? perhaps he says in an answer— poorjudgment? perhaps he says in an answer to— poorjudgment? perhaps he says in an answer to quest two concentrate on the evils — answer to quest two concentrate on the evils of— answer to quest two concentrate on the evils of six trafficking. thank you both. more breaking news for you from the united states. the husband of helena hutchins, the cinematographer who was accidentally shot dead by alec baldwin during the filming of the film ross has filed a wrongful death suit. here's herfamily making film ross has filed a wrongful death suit. here's her family making that statement. the suit. here's her family making that statement. . . suit. here's her family making that statement. . , ., , ~ . statement. the lawsuit names alec baldwin and — statement. the lawsuit names alec baldwin and others _ statement. the lawsuit names alec baldwin and others who _ statement. the lawsuit names alec baldwin and others who are - baldwin and others who are responsible for the safety on the set and whose reckless behaviour and cost—cutting lead to the senseless and tragic death of helena hutchins.

prior to filing this lawsuit we undertook an investigation, we interviewed witnesses that were at the scene, we interviewed witnesses who days before could set the stage of what happened here is a reminder of what happened here is a reminder of what happened here is a reminder of what happened. last of what happened here is a reminder of what happened.— of what happened. last year alec baldwin accidentally _ of what happened. last year alec baldwin accidentally shot - of what happened. last year alec baldwin accidentally shot dead i baldwin accidentally shot dead haylna hutchins on the set, joel sousait haylna hutchins on the set, joel sousa it was also injured. according to the court documents mr baldwin was given a loaded gun by an assistant director would assure them that it contained blanks. and this is where the incident took place, we are told before it happened that camera operators had walked off the set to protest against working conditions. set to protest against working conditions. now to the ukraine crisis. russia's defence ministry says some

troops have moved away from the ukrainian border — back to bases. that's raised hopes that war could be avoided — but military exercises are still ongoing. this was the message from nato's secretary general. so far we have not seen any sign of de—escalation on the ground. russia has amassed a fighting force in and around ukraine unprecedented since the cold war. everything is now in place for a new attack. but russia still has time to step back from the brink, stop preparing for war and start working for a peaceful solution. there's still a lot we don't know about this latest announcement from the russian defence ministry. joe biden and emmanuel macron have both said that we need verification

of the pullback. the us ambassador to the un said... it's estimated that more than 60% of russia's ground combat power is currently at the border. satellite pictures like these have shown a dramatic increase over the past few months. and we also know large scale military drills are continuing. these pictures are from crimea — the region russia annexed from ukraine in 2014. this is the assessment of the uk prime minister. we are seeing russian open to conversation. on the other hand the intelligence we are seeing today is still not encouraging. we've got russian field hospitals being constructed near the border with ukraine and belarus, only can be construed as preparation for an invasion. you've got more protective

gold battalion brought closer to the border, according to the intelligence were saying. mixed signals, i think at the moment. in the meantime, diplomatic efforts to engage with russia continue. we saw the german leader olaf scholz meet with vladimir putin in moscow earlier today. this is mr scholz speaking after that meeting. translation: i expressed that the troop build-up - is seen as a threat. than 100 thousand russian troops on the border with ukraine and we find this incomprehensible. so we need de—escalation, that is very important. in it is these kind situations it is important to make sure that no war will follow. central to this is ukraine's desire to be part of nato —

a defence alliance of countries in western europe and america. since the end of the cold war, countries have applied to join nato, expanding the organisation and pushing it eastward. ukraine has long wanted to join. and now the west believes russia, may be willing to go to war to stop it. russia has all along denied planning an invasion but it sees nato expansion as a threat to its security. here's the russian president on that today. translation: and today we see | infrastructure of nato right on our doorstep. in this question is being discussed about ukrainejoining nato. they say it's not going to happen tomorrow. is it going to happen the day after tomorrow, what is it going to change for us in terms of historic perspective? let's take a look at how these talks

have been viewed in russia — here's our moscow correspondent caroline davies. -- paul —— paul adams. i —— pauladams. ithink —— paul adams. i think it's fair to say it is quite a degree of russian troop withdrawals, the foreign minister said they've learned to believe what they see and not what they hear. and that he wanted to hear more about these troop withdrawals before reaching any kind of conclusion. we think they referred to russian troops who have been on ukraine's eastern border facing the area controlled by rebels separatists in the donbas. no word of any withdrawal of russian forces yet from north of ukraine over the border and belarus. that's where exercises have been going on for some days and are due to continue for another four or five days. and last day or so western intelligence officials have been saying they've seen russian troops actually moving closer to that border not further in the meantime, people here in kyiv are getting ready to mark unity day, that was something called by president zelensky in a speech on

monday. it's not quite clear what form that will take, he's asked for flags to be raised on public buildings, the national anthem to be played at ten o'clock in the morning and for people to come out and express unity and resolve. something which i think he regards as important and something which i think most people here in kyiv also consider to be something of importance. but we will see exactly what form that takes for the one last note, the latest assessments from western officials are that we shouldn't perhaps be so fixated on specific dates. obviously, there's been a lot of talk about wednesday but tickly from the americans as a day when russia could launch an invasion of this country what we are hearing today is it could happen tomorrow, it could happen the next day and just because it doesn't happen one day won't mean that it won't happen the next day.

novak djokovic says he'd rather miss future tournaments than receive the covid—i9 vaccine. in his first interview since losing his legal battle to compete at the australian open, the world number one tennis player said he's not part of the anti—vaccine movement, but supports individuals' right to choose. our media editor, amol rajan, sat down with him in belgrade. he is widely held to be the greatest player of his time, in an era already blessed with legends. but now he is the most controversial, too. have you received any vaccination against covid? i have not. why? i understand and support fully the freedom to choose whether you want to get vaccinated or not. i have not spoken about this before and i have not disclosed my medical record and my vaccination status,

because i had the right to keep that private and discreet. but as i see there is a lot of wrong conclusions and assumptions out there, i think it's important to speak up about that and justify certain things. on december the 16th, djokovic tested positive for covid but only found out, he says, after mixing with young tennis players the following day. when he arrived in australia on january the 5th, he was held at the border. onjanuary the 6th, his visa was cancelled and he was detained. four days later, onjanuary the 10th, a judge overturned that decision, releasing him to compete. but four days after that, on the 14th of january, australia's immigration minister again cancelled his visa on grounds of public safety. djokovic appealed but lost, and left australia on the 16th of january. i was never against vaccination.

me, as an elite professional athlete have always carefully reviewed, assessed everything that comes in from the supplements, food, water that i drink, or sports drinks — anything, really, that comes into my body as a fuel. as things stand, if this means that you miss the french open, is cetera pressure to pay?— pressure to pay? yes, that is the resent pressure to pay? yes, that is the present willing _ pressure to pay? yes, that is the present willing to _ pressure to pay? yes, that is the present willing to pay. _ pressure to pay? yes, that is the present willing to pay. and - pressure to pay? yes, that is the present willing to pay. and if - pressure to pay? yes, that is the present willing to pay. and if it i present willing to pay. and if it means you _ present willing to pay. and if it means you miss _ present willing to pay. and if it means you miss wimbledon i present willing to pay. and if it | means you miss wimbledon this present willing to pay. and if it - means you miss wimbledon this year, again, that the pressure willing to pay? yes. ultimately, are you prepared to forgo the chance to be the greatest player that ever picked up the greatest player that ever picked up a racket, statistically? because you feel so strongly about this job? yes. i do.

you feel so strongly about this “ob? yes. i do. ~ , ., you feel so strongly about this “ob? yes. ido.~ , ., �* you feel so strongly about this “ob? yes. ido. ~ , ., �* you feel so strongly about this job? i yes. i do._ because yes. i do. why no vat, why? because the principles — yes. i do. why no vat, why? because the principles of— yes. i do. why no vat, why? because the principles of decision-making - yes. i do. why no vat, why? because the principles of decision-making on | the principles of decision—making on my body a more in portland than any title or anything else —— novak djokovic. i'm trying to be in tune with my body as much as i possibly can. h0 with my body as much as i possibly can. ., _, . , ., with my body as much as i possibly can. ., , can. no venture convicts and sissies keein: can. no venture convicts and sissies keeping an — can. no venture convicts and sissies keeping an open _ can. no venture convicts and sissies keeping an open mind. _ can. no venture convicts and sissies keeping an open mind. but- can. no venture convicts and sissies keeping an open mind. but for- now shows no sign of changing it. amol rajan, bbc news, belgrade. there's been lots of reaction to the interview. five—time wimbledon women's doubles champion pam shriver said she hoped the "right—trusted person" could sit down with djokovic and "walk him through all of the steps that make the science and the medicine trustworthy". she added that him not getting the vaccine was "terrible for tennis". and here's the former british number one, tim henman. he's certainlyjeopardising his chance of being the greatest male player of all time.

i think itjust speaks volumes to the sort of courage and conviction and his beliefs. this is what's best for him and you would've thought that very little is going to sway his opinion. novak djokovic was deported from melbourne last month in a row over his vaccine status. his visa was cancelled on grounds that he was a threat to public safety. shaimaa khalil is in melbourne with reaction from there. well, he did address australians in that interview, didn't he? it has been a month since the confusion, the controversy, the legal battles, the political tussles and now we hear from novak djokovic himself with ip address the australian hearfrom novak djokovic himself with the australian people, he said he understood their frustration, he addressed the anger and there was a great deal of it

when he announced that he was coming and when he arrived. many australians were angry at why he was given a vaccination exemption when they had to indoor very strict and long lockdowns, when they had to go and get vaccinated as a condition for them to be able to travel and for many to reunite with their families. he said he understood that but that he had followed the rules. he was prepared not come to australia for the tennis tournaments but when he was presented with the option of getting the exemption because of her recent infection he took that. of course that was the heart of the problem. so novak djokovic says he needs more information about the vaccine. though there's plenty of information already around on the vaccine's efficacy. lets take a look at the figures — 4.88 billion people — that's more than 60% of the total world population — have been vaccinated against covid—i9. experts estimate vaccines have already saved around half a million lives in europe alone. her�*s more from our health reporter, jim reed. real—world data is key here and we've already seen what, ia months of real—world data on these vaccines?

that's not to say that in the future some very rare, long—term side effects might emerge. but they are likely to be exceptionally rare. when you look at other vaccines, any problems occurred fairly soon after people had first been vaccinated. i think the other arguments of scientist would make is, the way that the clinical trial process was speeded up, wasn't to speed up necessarily the science involved in that clinical trial but really to eliminate or try to eliminate some of the weights between each stage. normally you do phase i, phase three trials, between each stage you try to get funding for the next stage, recruiting what they did is constantine or that bed and at the same time as they were doing that they were also producing, manufacturing vaccines before it was approved and were ready to go, as it were. so novak djokovic says it's a �*misconception' he was ever on the side of anti—vaxers but do they still

consider him a hero? shayan sardarizadeh is a disinformation journalist for bbc monitoring. i know you've been watching this very closely. djokovic says he's not an anti—vaxxer and distances himself from the anti—vaccine movement. you've been monitoring reactions? we see clips from today's interviews have been circulating in the anti—bax circles that we watch. we know the same groups and people last month when all the saga with the australia open was ongoing they made him to look like some kind of an icon or hero for the anti—bax movement. today obviously you saw mr djokovic distanced himself from the more extreme voices in the anti—bax movement and said is not an anti—bax. looking at what's been circulating today we have to say some people are still praising him, saying he still a hero, an icon against tyranny of what they

perceived to be coercion to get a vaccine. but some others are actually disappointed and say the fact that he was clear in saying he doesn't agree with some of the extreme acte bax means he is not one of them. to be fair to him, it's not his fault that he was elevated to the role of some kind of hero for the role of some kind of hero for the anti—vac servers. these are people whose views they think their views are marginalised and not listen to. to latch onto any celebrity a popular person that seems to be on their side. irate celebrity a popular person that seems to be on their side. we get the oint seems to be on their side. we get the point that _ seems to be on their side. we get the point that those _ seems to be on their side. we get the point that those of _ seems to be on their side. we get the point that those of their - seems to be on their side. we get| the point that those of their views. but australia did reject djokovic is on the grounds of safety. is there any evidence of his refusal to get vaccinated for zen and impact on other peoples willingness to get vaccinated?— other peoples willingness to get vaccinated? , . . , , ., �*, vaccinated? yes, and a sense that's like the million _ vaccinated? yes, and a sense that's like the million dollar _ vaccinated? yes, and a sense that's like the million dollar question. - like the million dollar question. the honest answer to that is, we certainly don't know. we know he's an influential person and he has a

large following. we know he's basically an icon in his home country of serbia, probably the greatest athlete that country is ever produced with the help we also know that serbia has a low vaccination rate compared to many other european countries, just under the half of the country is been vaccinated. despite the fact that serbia was one of the first mate to make vaccine widely available to its population. more than 60% of the global population has been vaccinated in countries like ours in the uk nearly 90% of the population age 12 or older have been vaccinated. so whether his views, travel basically large enough for quite a lot of people to decide i'm not can have the vaccine, that's really difficult to say. maybe, maybe not. at the same time it's important to emphasise people in many parts of the world have been open to getting vaccinated. we have a very high vaccination uptake rates

in many countries around the world. these views and these conspiracy theories that we see a more extreme anti—bax circles... iikla theories that we see a more extreme anti-bax circles. . ._ anti-bax circles... no conspiracy we are 'ust anti-bax circles... no conspiracy we are just out — anti-bax circles... no conspiracy we are just out of _ anti-bax circles... no conspiracy we are just out of time. _ hello there. some stormy weather lies ahead in the coming few days. it's likely we will see disruption and damage from some very strong winds brought initially by storm dudley on wednesday and then hot on its heels, storm eunice on friday. already, there's an amber warning from the met office in force for dudley. now, it's developing out in the atlantic, but prior to that, we've seen bands of rain moving through during the day on tuesday. more rain to come as we go through the latter part of this evening across northern ireland, and then overnight into scotland, mainland parts of england and wales, sweeping eastwards and clearing for many parts by morning, but not before depositing several more centimetres of snow across the highlands of scotland.

so it will be a hazard here. for many, a reasonable start to the day, it's dry and it's bright away from the north of scotland, but once again, we will find rain sweeping its way eastwards, some quite heavy bursts of rain turning to snow in that colder air in the north, and dank and drizzly further south as the winds start to strengthen. a very, very mild day across central and southern parts, but the story is the winds for the day on wednesday. from mid afternoon, gusting quite widely, 50 mph on storm dudley. the tightly packed isobars, as you can see, affecting all parts of the united kingdom. so although the met office warning for the strongest winds, light in this core through parts of scotland and northern ireland and northern england, within extreme parts, gusts of 80, even 90 mph, the effect will be felt more widely. so we could see trees being felled, power lines down, disruption and delay to transport, flying debris. so that's likely during the course of wednesday afternoon and into the evening, and then through the early hours of thursday morning, those winds start to ease a little bit. and actually, it looks

like a quieter end to the day. the winds lighter, not completely gone away, but less strong, less disruptive, relatively mild and fewer showers, so some respite, but not for long, because we've got our next rapidly deepening area of low pressure, storm eunice coming in. now, this looks set to affect many parts of the united kingdom, some really tightly packed isobars, and that powerful storm may well have more far—reaching effects because it's hitting very highly populated areas. and as well as that, we could have some significant snow and blizzards in the north. there are warnings out, the detail online.

hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. prince andrew settles out of court with the woman who accused him in a civil case of sexual assault. he's always denied the allegations made by virginia giuffre, and there is no admission of guilt in the deal but accepts that she suffered as a victim of abuse. russia claims it's pulling back some troops from the border of ukraine. president putin says he doesn't want war, but the question of ukraine everjoining nato has to be resolved now. translation: we nato has to be resolved now. translation:— nato has to be resolved now. translation: ~ ., , translation: we need to resolve this auestion translation: we need to resolve this question now- — translation: we need to resolve this question now- we _ translation: we need to resolve this question now. we need _ translation: we need to resolve this question now. we need to _ translation: we need to resolve this question now. we need to resolve - question now. we need to resolve this now over the course of these

negotiations. this now over the course of these negotiations-— this now over the course of these neuotiations. ~ . , ., negotiations. well, the west remain sce tical of negotiations. well, the west remain sceptical of any _ negotiations. well, the west remain sceptical of any real _ negotiations. well, the west remain sceptical of any real de-escalation, l sceptical of any real de—escalation, nato is saying it's seen no evidence. all this as the russian opposition figure, navalny back in court on four charges that could see his jail sentence extended by more than a decade. returning from —— returning to russia. more now on russia pulling back some troops from near the border with ukraine, after its recent military buildup raised fears of an invasion. the defence ministry says large—scale drills will continue, but some units are returning to their bases. president putin says the west still hasn't addressed his concerns about russian security, and nato's eastward expansion, but he is prepared to continue dialogue. borisjohnson says there are signs of a "diplomatic opening" to resolve the crisis. more than 100,000 russian troops remain on ukraine's borders. let's get the latest

from steve rosenberg, in moscow. russia's army on the move. and apparently heading away from ukraine's border. moscow announced it is pulling back some of its troops. is it a signal that the kremlin is ready to de—escalate? russia says it is proof it is not preparing for invasion. in moscow more socially distance diplomacy. this time germany's chancellor trying to persuade vladimir putin to reduce tensions even further. the kremlin is ready to talk. translation: there are some things we are ready to discuss. _ it was us who suggested

on european security, medium and short range missiles and military transparency, and we are ready to continue ourjoint work. the kremlin has not got what it really wants, ukraine barred from joining nato. but east and west are now talking about european security and it seems that those discussions will continue. so some positive signs then of diplomacy and deescalation. but it is still unclear how this crisis will end. one thing is certain, though, vladimir putin is loving the attention, loving the fact that while readers have been lining up to come here to talk to him. because that puts mr putin exactly where he wants to be. slap bang centre of the geopolitical stage. but the muscle flexing has not stopped. completely. some russian military drills are continuing near the ukrainian border and the number of troops that moscow has actually pulled back is not clear.

the intelligence that we are seeing today is still not encouraging. we have more battalion tactical groups being brought closer to the border with ukraine according to the intelligence that we are seeing. so, mixed signals, i think, at the moment. what does it all mean for the international reputation of russia ? the image of russia right now in the west is of a country which is ready to use force. it is a problem of the image makers from the west. for them, russia, it's a threat because they know for sure that we have nuclear weapons and missiles. they understand that clearly. we are the only country in the world with the same possibilities as america. promising signs, but ukraine and the west are still unsure. is russia really pulling back and committed to a peaceful resolution of the crisis? steve rosenberg, bbc news. let's speak to military

analyst petri makela. we cross over to finland now, which of course, shares a border and speak to the military analyst, what are we to the military analyst, what are we to make of this?— to make of this? nato isn't convinced _ to make of this? nato isn't convinced that _ to make of this? nato isn't convinced that russia - to make of this? nato isn't convinced that russia is i to make of this? nato isn't i convinced that russia is really scaling back, and the russian ministry of defence is saying that large—scale drills will continue. what are reading into this? basically, that they are not withdrawing a lot and nothing can be confirmed yet. some units are still moving into the region from the eastern military district, so, as of now, we cannot verify if russia is pulling back anything. they may be moving their troops to more advantageous positions. 50 moving their troops to more advantageous positions. so when you talk about them _ advantageous positions. so when you talk about them moving _ advantageous positions. so when you talk about them moving their - advantageous positions. so when you talk about them moving their troops. talk about them moving their troops back into positions, russia talks about them moving their trips back

to basis. how far away are they are basis from the ukrainian border? some of the bases are very close to the ukrainian border. some are along that border, so it will not change anything. on the other hand, 9000 km away from their own basis. those units are still staying in the ukraine. ~ . ., ., ., ukraine. what about what we have been seeing _ ukraine. what about what we have been seeing in _ ukraine. what about what we have been seeing in terms _ ukraine. what about what we have been seeing in terms of _ ukraine. what about what we have been seeing in terms of the - ukraine. what about what we have l been seeing in terms of the russian navy? they have been very active in terms of the drills that we have been seeing in the black sea around crimea especially.— crimea especially. welcome at the moment, russia _ crimea especially. welcome at the moment, russia has _ crimea especially. welcome at the moment, russia has the _ crimea especially. welcome at the moment, russia has the largest i crimea especially. welcome at the - moment, russia has the largest water forest assembled in the last 30 years within the black sea, and they are currently out at sea, so there is a very real and possible threat of them being a threat at the

moment. . of them being a threat at the moment-— of them being a threat at the moment. , ., , ., ., moment. given that you are in finland, want _ moment. given that you are in finland, want to _ moment. given that you are in finland, want to take - moment. given that you are in | finland, want to take advantage moment. given that you are in - finland, want to take advantage to about this idea of ukraine becoming like the finish model. this is in reference to finland's neutrality during the cold war. analysts dismissing this. what is your analysis of this? i dismissing this. what is your analysis of this?— dismissing this. what is your analysis of this? i really cannot advocate for — analysis of this? i really cannot advocate for that _ analysis of this? i really cannot advocate for that annexation of ukraine, finland having over a very large part of our political control of the us are, for example all, what about the government during the gulf war. that model is from the past world, and i wouldn't advocate for it. a, world, and i wouldn't advocate for it. ~ ., ., , world, and i wouldn't advocate for it. a model from the past world. joinin: it. a model from the past world. joining us _ it. a model from the past world. joining us live — it. a model from the past world. joining us live from _ it. a model from the past world. joining us live from finland, - it. a model from the past world. joining us live from finland, get| it. a model from the past world. l joining us live from finland, get to talk to you. thank you.

after talks with those leaders, they held a joint press conference, during that, the german leader spoke about the imprisoned navalny, describing his prosecution as "incompatible" with the rule of law. his comments came hours after mr navalny appeared in court on the first day of a new fraud trial, which could see his jail sentence extended by more than a decade. the media was barred from the hearing but this video link from the makeshift court inside his maximum securityjail shows mr navalny smiling and hugging his wife yulia. as the hearing opened, he said he would continue to challenge russia's leadership. this is what the german chancellor olaf scholz had to say about the case during his joint press conference in moscow. translation: my position on mr navalny is clear. - a conviction is not acceptable in our opinion. let's just recap what mr navalny has

been accused of over the years: in 2014, he was handed a suspended two—and—a—half year sentence for alleged embezzlement. in august 2020, he was convicted of violating the terms of that suspended sentence. that was after he was airlifted to berlin for treatment after a near—fatal poisoning, which germany blamed on the kremlin. in january 2021, he was arrested on his return from germany. the new charges allege that mr navalny stole 4.7 million dollars of donations given to his political organisations. they carry a maximum penalty of ten years in prison. amnesty international has issued a statement, describing the new trial as a "sham" attended by prison guards rather than the media. the group says it breaks international human rights law and deprives mr navalny of his right to a fair trial. joining me is kira yarmysh,

press secretary for alexei navalny. just talk us there, as we know, he's already serving a two and half year sentence on four charges. explain to us, what are these new charges? hello. thank you. glad to be here. today, navalny�*s trial has started. he is charged with embezzlement and of another criminal case that he was being groomed to a judge to another one in his previous case. so, as for embezzlement, our investigative committee says that mr navalny stalled donations that were donated to him during his presidential campaign, but there were like several thousand people donating to

mr navalny during this campaign, and investigated various put a fine on them to testify in court. so we know now some of these people are being oppressed, they are facing their own criminal cases, so they are not testifying of their own free well, and some other donors, two of them actually are fake donors. they were given moneyjust to send us money to us and then to claim that we still ask. �* . , us and then to claim that we still ask. �* , , ., ., ., ., , us and then to claim that we still ask. �* _ ., ., ., , ask. amnesty international has been ve critical ask. amnesty international has been very critical of _ ask. amnesty international has been very critical of this _ ask. amnesty international has been very critical of this new _ ask. amnesty international has been very critical of this new trial. - very critical of this new trial. they've described it as a sham, prison guards rather than the media in attendance. how is navalny? has he had contact with his legal representatives? he he had contact with his legal representatives?— he had contact with his legal representatives? he does have contact with — representatives? he does have contact with his _ representatives? he does have contact with his legal _ contact with his legal representatives, but, well, it's a

russian prison, so there are quite strict rules there. he can meet his lawyers, but he talks to them from behind the glass, and, well, during this particular case on this day, his lawyers were banned from using phones or laptops or even an recorder is to record the case. so it is, this case, this trial is set to be open and transparent, but obviously it is not, even journalists where prohibited to come nearer navalny. they were placed in some other room with the tv screen and a broadcast on it. so no one, i mean no listeners, just ordinary

people couldn't get inside because, i probably didn't mention before, this trial is taking place not in a real court as it should be, but in jail. thejudge is the prosecutor. everyone else, theyjust went jail. thejudge is the prosecutor. everyone else, they just went where mr navalny is being held right now and the trial is taking place right there, which is insane, even for russia. in there, which is insane, even for russia. , , russia. in the prison itself. the ress russia. in the prison itself. the press secretary _ russia. in the prison itself. the press secretary for _ russia. in the prison itself. the press secretary for navalny - russia. in the prison itself. the press secretary for navalny and russia. in the prison itself. the - press secretary for navalny and this first day of the new trial. thank you very much for speaking to us here. . ~ i. support during and after losing a babyis baby is extremely limited globally. especially for the women's partners who say that they experience helplessness, feel ignored and

isolated. in the latest of our special reports looking at miscarriage, our global health correspondent has been speaking to partners starting with those in pakistan. i partners starting with those in pakistan. . ., , , partners starting with those in pakistan. , , ., ., pakistan. i felt completely alone, i wasn't the only _ pakistan. i felt completely alone, i wasn't the only one _ pakistan. i felt completely alone, i wasn't the only one of _ pakistan. i felt completely alone, i wasn't the only one of the - pakistan. i felt completely alone, i wasn't the only one of the world i wasn't the only one of the world going through this. people acted as if because my baby didn't arrive, she didn't die and we didn't actually lose a baby, but we very much dead. actually lose a baby, but we very much dead-— much dead. the best thing that --eole much dead. the best thing that people dead — much dead. the best thing that people dead when _ much dead. the best thing that people dead when we - much dead. the best thing that people dead when we lost - much dead. the best thing that people dead when we lost our i much dead. the best thing that - people dead when we lost our sons was acknowledge that they existed. bees and _ was acknowledge that they existed. bees and then share more thanjust a bees and then share more than just a level football. they have all lost babies. some died early on in pregnancy, others within days of being born. during and after a loss, the focus is quite rightly on the women, support for women across the uk is patchy, but support for men is practically nonexistent. matt and his wife have suffered four

miscarriages, including two late losses. ~ , . , losses. absolutely crushed me. going throu~h it losses. absolutely crushed me. going through it was — losses. absolutely crushed me. going through it was shocking. _ ——cry in the car on the way to the shops, or i'd go and cry in the shower or, you know, i'd cry sitting on the toilet because that was the only time i could get could get to be alone. i don't think people think that miscarriage affects men as much as it does. miscarriages can range from a loss with bleeding over many weeks to women losing a lot of blood very quickly and becoming extremely unwell. during a late miscarriage, mums may give birth to their tiny babies with their partners watching on. with regards to the team, as much as, you know, we don't all kind of sit around and discuss our losses, it's just that absolute knowledge that everyone has experienced what you're going through. there's no pressure to grieve, us playing football and us doing the training is us grieving. what are partners, particularly men up against when it comes to dealing with this kind of loss? this toxic masculinity.

"big boys don't cry, man up." you know... it's a stereotype of being strong for your partner, isn't it? yeah. you're listening to the dads still standing podcast and we're about miscarriage, about stillbirth, about baby loss... after meeting at the football club, matt and liam came up with the idea of a podcast aimed at grieving dads. hearing us tell each other everything allows other dads to feel like they can tell people what they're going through. it is rough and it is awful. but actually, that thing you're really scared about is going to be all right. tulip mazumdur, bbc news, writtle in essex. mind that podcast and at the football team in the uk on the bbc website, next week, we will focus on the mental health toll of miscarriage among women around the world. if you would like any help or support on this issue, please search

bbc action line on your search engine. stay with us on outside source — still to come... the russian teenager leads the competition for the women's singles skating title at the beijing olympics as the controversy of the doping dispute continues. the online game roblox is played by millions of kids around the world. however, a bbc investigation has found users creating games on the platform where avatars can undress and have sex. child safety campaigners say row—blox needs to do more to protect children. here's james clayton. this is roblox, one of the most popular online games in the world. users don'tjust play games, they can create them too. roblox is based here in silicon valley.

it's a sort of primitive metaverse for kids. it even has its own currency. but the bbc has found games on the platform that are totally unsuitable for children. these games are known on roblox as condos, virtual rooms where avatars can have sex. in these rooms, unlike other roblox games, anything goes, including obscene language and nudity. the worry is that children and adults are mixing in these rooms and disturbing safeguarding issues. we told roblox what we found. they said they'd take down sex games as soon they find them and they have automated and manual systems to track and then delete condos. but they did except that a small subset of users are intent on breaking that rule. roblox also told the bbc that users would need to actively look for sex games to find them, however, we stumbled across inappropriate content even in legitimate games. there are people going out of their way to gain these systems, and the people who run the various roblox, instagram, oranyone else, they need to really constantly redouble their efforts to keep

the bad guys from exploiting users, including children. roblox told the bbc... companies like roblox think that an adverse is the future, but keeping their users safe in a virtual world is already improving incredibly difficult. james clayton, bbc news, silicon valley. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... britain's prince andrew has reached an out—of—court settlement with virginia giuffre who had accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager. the russian teenager, kamila valieva, is in gold medal position after her first performance in the individual figure skating at the beijing winter olympics.

these are images from her latest performance. she stumbled at one point and was in tears at the end of her routine. but valieva was given a high enough score to take the lead. she'll return to the ice on thursday to try to win the event. the 15 year old had been cleared to compete by sport's highest court, despite failing a drugs test. the decision has been hugely controversial. the bbc�*s laura scott spoke to us from the side of the skate rink. the global outrage in this saga continues to spread with athletes and sports organisations around the world saying that this issue with allowing her to continue skating here in beijing sets a very dangerous precedent for the fact that she did test positive for a banned substance, and despite her age, which was used by the court of arbitration for sports panel as an exceptional circumstance, they say what message does it send?

what message does it send about clean sport? but also one form or on the big champion said that yesterday the olympic spirit died. that athletes should boycott tonight's women's singles event over this issue. here's a reminder of how the controversy unfolded. on december 25, kamila valieva had a sample collected while competing at the russian championships. a week ago, on february 7, valieva led the russians to gold in the figure skating team event at the beijing olympics. on february 9, the russian anti doping agency suspended the skater after announcing a banned metabolic agent was found in delayed testing. valieva appealed and later the same day the suspension was lifted. two days after that, the international olympic committee appealed against the russian anti doping agency's move to lift valieva's suspension. on february 14, the court of arbtitration for sport cleared valieva to carry on competing in beijing. well today we got more information on what happened inside that panel hearing,

here's laura again. the international olympic committee member said today that the skater's lawyers put forward a defence that the banned drug ended up in the skater's system because of contamination from a product that her grandfather was taking. earlier today, 15—year—old spoke for the first time what it's been like for her being at the centre of this huge controversy. she told russia's channel one that she sounded very difficult, —— she told russia's channel one that she found it very difficult, that she's both heavy and emotionally tired. she actually said it's as if i don't have any emotions left. the international olympics committee says that if ms vileva places in the top three it won't be holding a medals�* ceremony. that of course has implications for the other athletes taking part too. david king is a double olympian figure skater and international gold medallist.

congratulations to you. just talk us through the impact of no medal ceremony for any of the athletes. it must be such a huge blow. filth. ceremony for any of the athletes. it must be such a huge blow.- must be such a huge blow. oh, it's been a whirlwind. _ must be such a huge blow. oh, it's been a whirlwind. everything - must be such a huge blow. oh, it's been a whirlwind. everything that's been a whirlwind. everything that's been going on, emotions are so high at the moment, and for these athletes who dedicate their whole lives to not get a medal, it's absently heartbreaking. you have first-hand experience _ absently heartbreaking. you have first-hand experience of - absently heartbreaking. you have first-hand experience ofjust - absently heartbreaking. you have first-hand experience ofjust how| first—hand experience ofjust how important it is to go up there on the podium, but given the age of kamila valieva, just 15 years old, should she have special treatment? not in the olympic games. if you want to play engineers, that's fine, but this is an olympic games, this is the highest level of our sport. you can't go abusing in this way. talk us through a kind of reaction there has been within your ice community. there has been within your ice community-— community. oh, i mean, it's distraught- _

community. oh, i mean, it's distraught. this _ community. oh, i mean, it's distraught. this young - community. oh, i mean, it's. distraught. this young talent, a beautiful skater, fantastic skater. we are not upset about her in the dealings with it, it's about the actual results of the ita saying she can compete when she's tested positive. that's the main concern. that's why we are so upset.- that's why we are so upset. given the amount _ that's why we are so upset. given the amount of— that's why we are so upset. given the amount of pressure _ that's why we are so upset. given the amount of pressure that - that's why we are so upset. given the amount of pressure that kamila valieva has been under, we know that she stumbled a bit in her latest performance. she still did incredibly well. talk us through how on earth she might be feeling moments before going out onto the ice. i moments before going out onto the ice. . ., ., , ice. i mean, the whole world is beafina ice. i mean, the whole world is hearing down _ ice. i mean, the whole world is bearing down on _ ice. i mean, the whole world is bearing down on her. - ice. i mean, the whole world is bearing down on her. it - ice. i mean, the whole world is bearing down on her. it kind i ice. i mean, the whole world is bearing down on her. it kind of| bearing down on her. it kind of feels like most of the skaters don't want her to be there, she has nerves of steel. she was showing a true champion, but it's obvious he getting to her with the stumble. a

few weeks ago, she wouldn't have done that, she said absolutely clean back at the russian nationals, but it was the short programme, and that is going to be a massive test of her character. 50 is going to be a massive test of her character. ., ., , ., , ., �* , character. so how do you see that's resolvin: character. so how do you see that's resolving itself _ character. so how do you see that's resolving itself is _ character. so how do you see that's resolving itself is not _ character. so how do you see that's resolving itself is not because - resolving itself is not because there is just so resolving itself is not because there isjust so much interest in this story. it's not going away. it's not going away. it needs to be resolved quickly because we want to get back to the stadium. that's why we are here, to watch this beautiful sport. the sparkles, the glitz, it's just put a dim light on everything at the moment. we just put a dim light on everything at the moment.— just put a dim light on everything at the moment. we 'ust want to get back and talk _ at the moment. we 'ust want to get back and talk about — at the moment. we just want to get back and talk about the _ at the moment. we just want to get back and talk about the great - back and talk about the great skating and the gains that were made in the last four years. this has got a big cloud over us. a big crowd indeed. it's been good of you to share your thoughts. david, double olympian figure skater, international gold—medal estimate absolute privilege and pleasure to speak to you and get your thoughts on this latest saga when it comes to this just 15—year—olds figure

skater. lots more on all of our stories as always on our website and on social media. do you get in touch. bye—bye for now. i'll be back tomorrow. hello there. some stormy weather lies ahead in the coming few days. it's likely we will see disruption and damage from some very strong winds brought initially by storm dudley on wednesday and then hot on its heels, storm eunice on friday. already, there's an amber warning from the met office in force for dudley. now, it's developing out in the atlantic, but prior to that, we've seen bands of rain moving through during the day on tuesday. more rain to come as we go through the latter part of this evening across northern ireland, and then overnight into scotland, mainland parts of england and wales, sweeping eastwards and clearing for many parts by morning, but not before depositing several more centimetres of snow across the highlands of scotland. so it will be a hazard here. for many, a reasonable start to the day, it's dry and it's bright away from the north of scotland,

but once again, we will find rain sweeping its way eastwards, some quite heavy bursts of rain turning to snow in that colder air in the north, and dank and drizzly further south as the winds start to strengthen. a very, very mild day across central and southern parts, but the story is the winds for the day on wednesday. from mid afternoon, gusting quite widely, 50 mph on storm dudley. the tightly packed isobars, as you can see, affecting all parts of the united kingdom. so although the met office warning for the strongest winds, light in this core through parts of scotland and northern ireland and northern england, within extreme parts, gusts of 80, even 90 mph, the effect will be felt more widely. so we could see trees being felled, power lines down, disruption and delay to transport, flying debris. so that's likely during the course of wednesday afternoon and into the evening, and then through the early hours of thursday morning, those winds start to ease a little bit. and actually, it looks like a quieter end to the day.

the winds lighter, not completely gone away, but less strong, less disruptive, relatively mild and fewer showers, so some respite, but not for long, because we've got our next rapidly deepening area of low pressure, storm eunice coming in. now, this looks set to affect many parts of the united kingdom, some really tightly packed isobars, and that powerful storm may well have more far—reaching effects because it's hitting very highly populated areas. and as well as that, we could have some significant snow and blizzards in the north. there are warnings out, the detail online.

this is bbc news, i'm james reynolds. the headlines at 8pm. prince andrew settles out of court, with the woman who accused him in a civil case, of sexual assault. he's always maintained his innocence. a court case had threatened to overshadow the queen's platinum jubilee celebrations, and the scandal forced the prince to step back from royal duties. russia claims it's pulling back some troops from the border with ukraine. president putin wants more talks. the west remains sceptical. novak djokovic tells the bbc, he'd rather not win any more trophies, than be forced to take a covid vaccine. the a covid vaccine. decision—making on my body are more the decision—making on my body are more important than any title. or anything else.

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