this is bbc news: i'm victoria fritz with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden prepares to discuss russia's troop buildup near ukraine with transatlantic leaders — the us has urged russia to say formally that it won't invade. millions of people in the uk are told to stay at home as storm eunice makes landfall threatening strong winds — a red warning in the south means there is a danger to life from flying debris. donald trump hits back at the new york court ordering him to give evidence under oath in an investigation into alleged fraud — the former us president says he will not get a fair hearing.

it's a tale of two temples in the revered indian city, while construction of the new grand ram temple continues, 200 other religious sites are on the verge of crumbling away. hello and welcome. borisjohnson willjoin world leaders and ministers at a major security conference in munich this weekend, where the main focus will be on the tensions between russia and ukraine. germany has accused russia ofjeopardising european security with demands which hark back to the cold war. there have been reports that pro—russian forces have shelled a village in eastern ukraine and that clashes are continuing this morning. here's sarah rainsford. heading right for the front line. ukraine's president went to meet the troops today

and we went with him. if there is an all—out russian invasion, then these positions could be right in its path. so a bit of a morale boost for the soldiers on whom so much might depend. tea and chat with their president. one man even admitted his parents are nervous and keep calling him. just this morning, police had to bundle children to safety after their kindergarten was hit by a missile. ukraine reported a surge in shelling today by forces backed by russia. here, a music room left in ruins. i have to tell you that the picture is very grim. we fear very much that that is the kind of thing we will see more of over the next few days. it's quiet right now but you only have to walk

through these trenches in the middle of what used to be a holiday village to realise that, for all the talk of the risk of conflict, this country is already at war. still, western leaders are warning that russia plans to escalate. every indication we have is they are prepared to go into ukraine, attack ukraine. so volodymyr zelensky had a shout out for the navy today, too. he's trying to keep the nation calm under immense pressure, including from those hinting ukraine will have to make concessions to pacify russia. i just want to understand from you if ukraine is in any way ready to drop its ambition ofjoining nato? it's not ambition, we lost 15,000 people, yes, you know, from the very beginning of this war. it is not ambitions, it isjust our life. people decided to do something they want.

it's not about nato, it's about the future of the people. at the un, there was no sign anyone else was softening their position either. russia still insisting nato was the threat on its border. we have been warning the ukrainian government of all that is coming. and here today, we are laying it out in great detail with the hope that by sharing what we note with the world, we can influence russia to abandon the path of war and choose a different path, while there is still time. ukraine has already paid heavily for standing up to russia. it knows all about the risk. but the warning from here is that any concessions in this crisis are dangerous, because moscow always wants more. sarah rainsford, bbc news, in eastern ukraine. amidst finger pointing from both sides — figures from independent monitors in the donbass region show a clear increase in hostilities the organization for security and co—operation in europe

special monitoring mission in ukraine recorded almost 600 ceasefire villations on wednesday — more than double the previous 30 day average this map shows where the violations were concentrated along the contact line — with clusters around urban areas. the cluster to the northeast of luhansk is where thursday's kintergarden shelling occured rose gottemoeller was chief negotiator for the us for the new s.t.a.r.t arms control treaty with russia under barack 0bama. she also served as deputy secretary general of nato from 2016 until 2019. thank you for your time today. you have been personally involved in negotiations with the kremlin in the past. is putin the kind of guy who is capable of backing down?

he is smart about a compromise when he to be. it is clear the russians are good negotiators. and he's running his position at the moment. continue to hope they can be some chance to move forward on negotiations but the russians had quite a harsh response to the united states today following their proposal for changes in the european security arrangements. now we have ten pages back from the russians with some very harsh responses so at the moment i must say it does not look like they are ready to reach any compromises. what would it take, do you think, for russia to de—escalate activity on the ukrainian border. in to de-escalate activity on the ukrainian border.— ukrainian border. in the first instance. — ukrainian border. in the first instance, they _ ukrainian border. in the first instance, they want - ukrainian border. in the first instance, they want to - ukrainian border. in the first instance, they want to hearl instance, they want to hear something from ukraine about, as your commentator stated, about moving away from the

commitment tojoin about moving away from the commitment to join nato about moving away from the commitment tojoin nato in about moving away from the commitment to join nato in the long run and i think the president was quite right that this is something that ukraine has embraced now and the people are committed to so i think it will be difficult for ukraine to say, yes, we are not going to say, yes, we are not going tojoin nato. they may to say, yes, we are not going to join nato. they may be willing to say something like we've got more work to do, were not ready tojoin we've got more work to do, were not ready to join now but we still intend to but i don't know, the moment that does not seem like it will be enough to satisfy the kremlin.— satisfy the kremlin. where heafina satisfy the kremlin. where hearing your _ satisfy the kremlin. where hearing your lines - satisfy the kremlin. where hearing your lines from - satisfy the kremlin. where - hearing your lines from russia that we must treat with caution at this stage. a further withdrawal of russian tanks here. 30 trucks departing for the base. we have pessimism from the us president saying every indication is that russia will invade and attack within days. who's telling the truth?

it is odd because president putin has said and his defence minister said that they are ready to start winding down these exercises, they claim, they say it was military exercises. and they say they are ready to start terminating them so let's start see in the next couple of days what they begin to take the troops out of belarus and some back to the russian far east where they belong. so far there's been no evidence of that and later said yesterday they are continuing to build up and we are seeing more troops arrive on the borders of ukraine the moment, the say continuing threats, continuing build—up, continuing strong possibility of but it is possible, in the next couple of days or over the weekend we will see the beginning of a wind down.

quite thank you for your contributions. for more on the ongoing situation in ukraine — go to the bbc news website. (viz there's full background and analysis — and we ask the question — just how big is the russian military build—up? go to bbc—dot—com—slash news — or download the app. some breaking news: an italian ferry heading towards greece with more than 200 people on board is in difficulty north of the island of corfu. )reports say a fire has broken out on one deck of the euroferry 0lympia. the captain has asked for passengers to leave the vessel. the coast guard is on its way to the scene.

we'll keep you updated with any news as we get it. here in britain, storm eunice is currently making land — and there are warnings of flying debris, damage to homes, power cuts and major travel disruption. in the next few hours — gusts could reach up to 90 miles per hour in this red zone. there's also an amber warning for wind across much of england and wales. while there are less severe alerts for wind and snow in much of scotland, the north of england and northern ireland. the storm is impacting travel and transport too. more than a hundred flights have been cancelled. (biv)and there have been warnings that some major roads — such as the severn bridges connecting wales and england — are likely to close. it could be a dangerous and nasty day from morning to the evening. long lasting as well. even though we have the red

warning across parts of south—west england i know they are closely looking at what may happen towards the south—east and north—west england are the main thing is it is not finished yet. the storm is developing and it can do all sorts of things. it may strengthen or weaken, it might slightly change tack so that is why it is so important to keep across the forecast from the first thing. across the forecast from the first thing. and just and update on this story: a red weather warning for wind for the east of england including london has been issued by the met office ahead of the arrival of storm eunice.the rare highest alert — meaning a high impact is very likely — was issued just before 4am to run from 10am until 3pm on friday due to fears of the storm "causing significant disruption and dangerous conditions due to extremely strong winds", the met office said. don't forget you'll find much more detail about the storm on our website — it's updated 2a hours a day — just head to bbc.com/news —

or download the bbc news app. a new york state judge has ruled that former president, donald trump, and two of his children, must comply with subpoenas issued by the state's attorney—general — and answer questions under oath. the trump 0rganisation is being investigated over whether it improperly stated the value of its real estate assets, to obtain more favorable loans, insurance rates and tax benefits. mr trump described the case as the continuation of a great witch hunt. we can now speak to neama rahmani, a former us federal prosecutor and now president of west coast trial lawyers.how much trouble

is the former president in? if the trumps plead the 5th amendment & refuse to answer any questions, how's that going to look to a jury down the line? it is going to the terrible and a civil case and that is the dilemma he is facing. attorney general can file a civil lawsuit, which she has, but we all know this is a criminal investigation and the concern that him and his family have that him and his family have that they will be indicted by a grand jury. their choice now is to sit for a deposition and answer those questions truthfully and defend themselves in a civil case but i think what they going to do is what eric trump did in 2020, plead the fifth end of the right to remain silent but that will be harmful and jurors can draw an adverse inference in that civil case. i'd like you did that more than 500 times in

that incident. how much trouble as the former president ten? a lot ofjust the as the former president ten? a lot of just the speakers accountants announced that they can no longer rely on ten years of financial statements and they have an non—wearable conflict—of—interest so that means that the information provided by the trump organisation to that accounting either incorrect or out the right misleading and that firm may be cooperating with the attorney general which is never a good sign if you are a civil defendant. 0rsome a good sign if you are a civil defendant. or some on the subject of a criminal investigation. subject of a criminal investiuation. ., , investigation. former president tom sa s investigation. former president tom says he — investigation. former president tom says he cannot _ investigation. former president tom says he cannot get - investigation. former president tom says he cannot get a - investigation. former president tom says he cannot get a fair. tom says he cannot get a fair trial because the whole judiciary is out to get him. what evidence is there for that claim? �* , ,., , what evidence is there for that claim? ~ , , ., what evidence is there for that claim? apparently not because the suweme — claim? apparently not because the supreme court _ claim? apparently not because the supreme court said - claim? apparently not because the supreme court said he - the supreme court said he reviewed thousands of pages of evidence personally and he found no evidence whatsoever of a personal vendetta or discrimination based on race, religion or any other permitted

characteristic. he found that there was more than enough evidence to move forward with the lawsuit. evidence to move forward with the lawsuit-— the lawsuit. former president tom has been _ the lawsuit. former president tom has been anything - the lawsuit. former president tom has been anything but i tom has been anything but predictable and the time that we have known him. is there an outside chance that this might provide the stage that he has been craving for so many months and actually might come out swinging? we and actually might come out swinging?— and actually might come out swinauin? ., , swinging? we have seen with steve bannon _ swinging? we have seen with steve bannon and _ swinging? we have seen with steve bannon and the - steve bannon and the prosecution it has galvanised his base i would expect the former president to take the safe bout, a search is fifth amendment privilege and say nothing, take his chances with an appeal and nothing, take his chances with an appealand a nothing, take his chances with an appeal and a civil verdict against him but you never know with former president. he may come out swinging, like you said.

nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home — the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect for the morale of the people. i'm terrified of the repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next.

as the airlift got under way, there was no let—up in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being. it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded - their new—generation space station with a spectacular night launch. _ they've called it mir — l the russian for "peace". this is bbc news, the latest headlines. president biden prepares to hold talks with transatlantic leaders to discuss ukraine — he's said the threat of a russian invasion "very high" despite moscow's claim to be pulling troops back. and a judge in new york rules that donald trump must answer questions under oath as part of an investigation into fraud — along with two of his children. reports from canada say key

organisers of the truck protest in the capital, 0ttawa, have been arrested. earlier police warned protestors of �*imminent action�* to clear them from the area and end a crisis that prime ministerjustin trudeau warns is threatening public safety. large numbers of officers have been seen moving into the city centre. downtown 0ttawa. police putting up downtown 0ttawa. police putting up fencing around government buildings. around 400 trucks are still here. the centre are still paralysed. leaflets were handed out telling the truckers to leave the area now or risk arrest and vehicle seizures. we have been bolstering our resources, developing clear plans and preparing to take action. in the past few days we have been communicating directly with unlawful protesters have told them they must even be of one damn the consequences of disobeying these rules.— these rules. nearby in parliament _ these rules. nearby in parliament the - these rules. nearby in parliament the prime | these rules. nearby in - parliament the prime minister defended his decision to use the rarely invoked emergency site which gives him a wide

range of temporary powers to deal with protesters. we range of temporary powers to deal with protesters.- range of temporary powers to deal with protesters. we did it because that _ deal with protesters. we did it because that is _ deal with protesters. we did it because that is what _ because that is what responsible leadership requires us to do. the good of all canadians, the illegal blockades and occupations have to stop and the borders have to remain open. to stop and the borders have to remain open-— to stop and the borders have to remain open. police have set up a secured _ remain open. police have set up a secured area _ remain open. police have set up a secured area with _ remain open. police have set up a secured area with almost - remain open. police have set up a secured area with almost 100 | a secured area with almost 100 checkpoints. 0nly a secured area with almost 100 checkpoints. only those with unlawful purpose will be able to enter and that excludes anyone wanting to join the demonstration. anyone wanting to 'oin the demonstration. government becomes — demonstration. government becomes a _ demonstration. government becomes a tyrannical- demonstration. government - becomes a tyrannical government that is— becomes a tyrannical government that is when we have the right to stand — that is when we have the right to stand up and fight the government. we have it in law. we are — government. we have it in law. we are winning. the government. we have it in law. we are winning.— we are winning. the protests bean as we are winning. the protests began as opposition - we are winning. the protests began as opposition to - began as opposition to mandatory vaccines for truckers crossing the border but has broadened out to pandemic restrictions and justin trudeau's government was that they have threatened us and this blockade is north america's biggest land border crossing. it was clear that we

can. this weekend bad weather could complicate any policing action. 30 centimetres of snow is expected to fall. 30 centimetres of snow is expected to fall. let's get some of the day's other news. alarms have sounded in the brazilian city of petropolis, warning residents of intense rain, just days after it was struck by devastating floods and mudslides. a hundred and 17 people are now known to have died after tuesday's downpour. the authorities in sydney have reopened the city's beaches — after no further sightings of sharks in the area. beach closures were put in place after a british man was attacked and killed by a large great white shark on wednesday. simon nellist had been swimming close inshore. it was the first deadly attack in sydney since 1963.

as india's most populous state goes to the polls again this it will become the world's third largest hindu shrine. but while construction is in full swing, almost 200 other temples in the city are on the verge of collapse. it is special. it is believed to be the birthplace of one of the most revered deities. medieval kings built temples in the holy city, attracting millions of pilgrims each year. while the prominent got a face—lift in 2017, many temples are falling apart. somewhere in the middle of this temple town,

believe me, it is not at all as glamorous as it looks from outside. what we find our crumbling structures, mostly temples, narrow lanes for filth and structures like these, almost 150 years old, used to be an activity hub but now that is left now is this. home to at least 6000 temples, pilgrims kept this tiny city going for centuries. now, all eyes are on an ambitious new building dedicated to one deity. almost $1 billion have already been donated but other temples are being neglected.— donated but other temples are being neglected. pilgrimages to sta here being neglected. pilgrimages to stay here but — being neglected. pilgrimages to stay here but now _ being neglected. pilgrimages to stay here but now it _ being neglected. pilgrimages to stay here but now it is - being neglected. pilgrimages to stay here but now it is so - stay here but now it is so damage no one can stay here.

without pilgrims how will i maintain and take care of this complex? god lives in each temple but the one over there is expensive on a mine is almost penniless?- is expensive on a mine is almost penniless? every second buildin: is almost penniless? every second building is home _ almost penniless? every second building is home to _ almost penniless? every second building is home to a _ almost penniless? every second building is home to a temple . almost penniless? every second building is home to a temple or| building is home to a temple or shrine. the authorities have declared many unsafe. some will have to be demolished as part of the government's beautification drive. developing an economic hub is our priority and tourism will gain — our priority and tourism will gain this— our priority and tourism will gain. this is the beginning, not — gain. this is the beginning, not an— gain. this is the beginning, not an end. and we will look after— not an end. and we will look after every concern when people start _ after every concern when people start benefiting from government efforts. some residents— government efforts. some residents will _ government efforts. some residents will benefit - government efforts. some residents will benefit but l residents will benefit but thousands of locals are financially dependent on the city's temples and shrines. their future is uncertain.

it's undoubtedly been a tough couple of years for many. there's a hardly a person on earth who hasn't been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. in the us state of virginia — a group of mothers have found an unusual way to cope with the stresses and strains — as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. sometimes you just have to let it all out. these women are part of the mums scream movement. when they feel stressed they had to a local hill and scream into the night at the top of lungs. and they feel so much better for doing so. moms have done so much on the pandemic and carried a lot and i felt very isolated unconnected with people who felt so with journey and frustrations and coming out and just letting it go, just as so therapeutic. the mums to be following in the footsteps of this man, an advocate of primal

scream therapy. he believes neuroses was caused by the repressed pain of childhood trauma and screaming as a helpful treatment. his theories have some high—profile celebrity supporters, including former beatlejohn lennon and someone who could scream in a very deep voice, the actorjames earl jones. a reminder of our breaking news now :an italian ferry heading towards greece with more than 200 people on board is in difficulty north of the island of corfu. reports say a fire has broken out on one deck of the euroferry 0lympia. the captain has asked for passengers to leave the vessel.

the coast guard is on its way to the scene, and says 237 passengers and 51 crew members are on board, and three coast guard vessels are involved in the rescue operation. we'll keep you updated with any news as we get it. storm eunice is bearing down on the uk. and all indications are this will be a dangerous, disruptive, and damaging storm. in fact, a met office red warning is in force — that means there's a danger to life. the storm system has been developing — you can see it here on the earlier satellite picture, this hook of cloud indicative of a storm that's been deepening and strengthening rapidly. this area of low pressure passing across the uk — and on its southern flank with all the isobars, the white line squeezing together — that is where we have the potential for damaging winds. especially across coastal parts of southwest england and south wales —

met office red warning here, gusts of up to 90mph, very rough seas and coastal flooding are likely. and then, we also have this much bigger amber warning area. and still the potential for some really disruptive and dangerous weather here, as well — gusts of wind up to 80mph. rain and wind quickly spreading northwards through the early part of friday, snow for western counties of northern ireland, high ground of northern england, and up into scotland, as well. but the winds peaking through the morning across some coasts of wales in the southwest, with gusts up as high as 90mph. some very rough seas, also very rough seas through the english channel. and those strong winds will be working eastwards through the day — even inland spots of eastern and southeastern england seeing gusts of 70—80mph — that is very unusual. further north, it won't be as windy, but snow is likely to cause issues. some hill snow for parts of northern ireland and northern england, significant snow in scotland, could see up to 30 centimetres, settling over high ground — that snow coming down very quickly is likely to cause transport impacts and some power cuts, as well. temperatures the least of our worries, but really cold in the north where that snow is falling. now, things will only very slowly calm down during friday evening, we'll see some wintry showers pushing in from the northwest. and then, for saturday, a band of rain pushing

in from the west potentially with some snow, especially over high ground in the north. it will be a windy day — not as extremely windy as friday, but still potentially windy enough to hamper any clean—up efforts. temperatures between 3—10 celsius. and we stick with a fairly blustery theme as we head into sunday. some brisk winds across the uk, outbreaks of heavy rain, but mild, 9—13 celsius.

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