this is bbc news. i'm nancy kacungira with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden says he's convinced vladimir putin has made the decision to invade ukraine — with an attack on kyiv expected in the coming days. we're calling out russia's plans loudly and repeatedly, not because we want a conflict but because we're doing everything in our power to remove any reason that russia may give to justify invading ukraine and prevent them from moving. the russian president will watch military exercises on saturday. moscow says the drills are not a threat to anyone. storm eunice leaves a trail of death and destruction in the uk and across northern europe. and a former us police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison over the fatal shooting of a black motorist last april.

hello and welcome. president biden has said he is convinced that the russian president vladimir putin has made the decision to invade ukraine, with an attack on the capital, kyiv, expected in the coming days. it comes amid fears of a serious escalation in ukraine, where there has been more artillery bombardment across the front lines in the east of the country. ukraine and the us has accused russia of mounting a campaign of disinformation. the self—declared people's republics of donetsk and luhansk have been fighting the ukrainian army in the east for the past eight years, in a conflict that has claimed more than 1a,000 lives. the west fears president putin couild use an incident in the separatist republics as a pretext to invade ukraine.

our correspondent orla guerin has been to the front line village of trudivske and sent this report. an increasingly grim horizon in eastern ukraine. we headed for the front lines, where shelling has intensified. a prelude, perhaps, to much worse to come. the village of trudivske is in the line of fire. emotions were rawjust hours after shells rained down. alexander basilev is lucky to be alive. he was at home with his wife when a shell landed in their garden. "they started up the hill," he says. "the last shell fell here. "now all the mud is inside my house." the attack here was part

of a flare—up along the front line today. the village is on ukrainian soil, but some here sympathise with moscow and put the blame on ukrainian troops. they insist it was russian—backed rebels nearby and say president putin is laying a trap. "we think it's a provocation," she says, "because there is shelling of civilian areas where there "are no army positions. "the enemy wants to provoke the ukrainian army." the tension has been increasing here, and for communities living on the front line, the risks and the suffering are increasing also. the warnings about an invasion keep coming, but whether or not that happens, communities here are already trapped in a war of attrition. and across the front line, in the breakaway capital of donetsk, sirens wailing after the authorities announced women and children would be

evacuated to russia. separatist leader denis pushilin said the operation was arranged on friday the 18th, because ukraine would soon attack. but a bbc analysis of the metadata shows this footage was recorded two days earlier. video has emerged showing small numbers boarding buses, apparently bound for russia. the west has long feared that president putin would use the separatist areas as a pretext for an attack on ukraine. it looks like the stage is being set for something. orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. as we heard, us president biden has said he's convinced russia will invade in the coming days. in a television address from the white house, mr biden said the us and its nato allies would stand

together in full support of the people of ukraine, but he ruled out sending troops into the country. let's have a listen. we have reason to believe the russian forces are planning an intent to attack ukraine in the coming week, in the coming days. we believe that they will target ukraine's capital kyiv, a city of 2.8 million innocent people. we're calling out russia's plans loudly and repeatedly, not because we want a conflict but because we're doing everything in our power to remove any reason that russia may give to justify invading ukraine and prevent them from moving. make no mistake, if russia pursues this plans, it will be responsible for a catastrophic and needless war of choice. the united states and our allies are prepared to defend every inch of nato territory from any threat to our collective security as well. we also will not send troops into fight in

ukraine, but we will continue to support the ukrainian people. us presidentjoe biden. us diplomats say russia has now amassed up to 190,000 troops around the borders of ukraine, calling it "the most significant military mobilisation in europe since the second world war." world leaders are meeting in munich for a security conference, but russia isn't attending for the first time in two decades. from munich, our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. the closest to war in europe for years. these shots only fired in russia's naval exercises in the black sea. but so close to ukraine's southern coast and so much bigger than ukraine's own fleet. a shot across the bow to kyiv. and a country now surrounded by moscow's military might. 0n the northern border, another show of force, exercises with belarus.

today in moscow, president putin met the belarusian leader, closest of friends. the long table used for visiting western leaders is gone. president putin tells him they will both participate in new drills tomorrow, and sends a message to nato too. translation: i must state that these exercises - are purely defensive in nature and do not threaten anyone. a much different message here in munich. us and nato allies shoulder to shoulder, condemning what they call russian aggression. no wonder russia's foreign minister stayed away this year. i think president putin has been a little bit surprised at the way that nato has come together, the european union has come together. we've come together individually, as partners. institutionally. either way, whichever path president putin chooses, we'll be ready to respond. one big question dominates

this conference — will russia invade ukraine again? the nato secretary general has seen the same intelligence as the us and british officials who believe it's imminent. there's no certainty about the intentions of russia. but a high probability there could be something tomorrow, given what you've seen in the intelligence? i think it's very important now to just describe the facts. and the facts is that we have russian armed forces amassed at the border of ukraine that are ready to invade without any warning time. and that is a very dangerous situation. in all this danger, there's still talk of diplomacy. and russia releases images like this, to claim it's pulling out its tanks, pulling away from this brink, but this crisis still teeters dangerously on the edge. lyse doucet, bbc news, munich.

storm eunice has been battering northern europe, killing nine people and leaving a trail of destruction. several have been confirmed to have died in the netherlands, ireland and belgium — including three people here in the uk, who were killed when their vehicles were hit by falling trees. the bbc�*s danny savage reports from bristol. cornwall was one of the first areas hit this morning. as storm eunice swept in from the atlantic, the water was whipped into huge waves, and coastal areas saw the highest gusts. i don't know what the actual wind speed is, but you can barely stand up in it. i'm guessing it's 80, 90 mph. the sea state along the south coast was frightening. the isle of wight recorded a gust of 122 mph. in hampshire, a man in his 20s died when the van he was in hit a tree. the driver was also

seriously injured. oh, my gosh! oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh! and it wasn'tjust trees falling. that is the spire of st thomas's church in wells being destroyed. near bristol, a speed limit on the m4 prince of wales bridge wasn't enough to keep traffic moving. for what's thought to be the first time ever, both bridges here across the severn estuary are closed because of the high winds. but the severe flood warnings here have now expired. thankfully, the worst—case scenario wasn't realised. temporary flood defences were not tested. but authorities say it isn't over yet. today, as serious as it is, and it is really a serious, severe event today, but on the back of this, we have more rain

coming, so there could be possibility of flooding, as the week pans out. let us get today out of the way, then let's make sure all of our infrastructure, all of our defences are still in good shape. as the day wore on, the storm headed east. for the first time ever, the south—east of england and london were also in a red warning area. in north london, a woman in her 30s died when a tree fell on a car she was a passenger in. the man who was driving was taken to hospital. a few miles away, the wind ripped off the roof of the 02 arena, leaving a gaping hole. 1,000 people had to be evacuated from the site. in merseyside, another passenger in a vehicle was killed. debris blown in the wind smashed through the windscreen of a van, fatally injuring a man in his 50s. the north of england and parts of scotland also had some heavy snow.

this morning's rush hour was difficult, but things later improved. storm eunice will be remembered for its mountainous seas, wind damage and loss of life — a violent weather system which wreaked havoc across the british isles. danny savage, bbc news. in wales, tens of thousands of homes are still without power after 40,000 were left with no electricity at the height of the storm. homes were damaged, with roofs torn from buildings. most schools were closed and train services were cancelled. lorries were blown over and both bridges into wales were shut. the police and coastguard warned people to avoid coastal areas due to the risk to life. the weather system has been moving relatively rapidly from west to east. storm eunice was strengthened by a powerful jet stream, which propelled it across the republic of ireland and the uk. eunice is now moving across northern europe, where it'll give the risk of damaging winds in germany, scandinavia, poland and the baltic states into saturday.

as the storm moved into europe, code red weather warnings were issued by the dutch authorities. three people have been killed in the netherlands by falling trees. a man died in belgium afterfalling from his boat. anna holligan reports from the hague. this was no ordinary day at the beach. this was scheveningen on the edge of the hague. coastal areas felt the full force of storm eunice, with gusts of up to 130 km/h. the dutch meteorological association declared a code red emergency, which lasted well into the evening. just listen to that gale. this football stadium has heard some roars, but none as ferocious as eunice. schools and universities closed early to ensure students could get home while the bike paths were still safe. most people realised

it was best not to ride. across the border in belgium, transport services were also disrupted, and patients in this hospital had a very lucky escape when a crane collapsed. while sunday is expected to bring some calm, another storm is on the horizon. it's forecast to hit while the netherlands is still clearing up the carnage caused by eunice. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. this is bbc news. a reminder of our headlines: president biden says he's convinced vladimir putin has made the decision to invade ukraine — with an attack on kyiv expected in the coming days. storm eunice leaves a trail of death and destruction in the uk and across northern europe. canadian police have arrested more than 100 people

as they begun clearing out hundreds of truck drivers from ottawa who have staged a three—week protest against pandemic restrictions that has crippled the capital. earlier, officers handed out flyers, telling drivers to leave the city or face arrest. it comes just days after canada invoked emergency powers to break up demonstrations. steve scherer is the ottawa bureau chief for the reuters news agency. he's in ottawa. thank you so much forjoining us. i know it has been a really long day for you, you have been covering everything that it is going on. tell us about what you have seen and heard today. you're right about it being a long day. it started out with 20 cm of fresh snow in about -14 20 cm of fresh snow in about —14 celsius. all of the protesters and all of the trucks are still here this morning, and i was about 400 trucks, police estimated, but during the day, there was

progress by police and very tense moments. as you mentioned, over100 tense moments. as you mentioned, over 100 arrests full to potentially the police moved in from the east parliament and started come in a long gordon, and started to take back some of the space that the protesters had occupied with trucks and fires and all kinds of things, hot tubs and bouncy castles, even. they have cleared about, i don't know, maybe a quarter of it so far, and there were some tense moments. even the mounted police had to move in for a few moments this evening, just to make some space between them, not really some clashes, but some scuffles and, like i mentioned, many arrests stop what these limitations haven't going on for about three weeks now, and one of things- now, and one of things that's been very _ now, and one of things that's been very difficult _ now, and one of things that's been very difficult about - been very difficult about clearing that is a fact that they have been always —— these

demonstrations. what did the police have to do to start clearing out some of the demonstrators?- clearing out some of the demonstrators? they did tell away many. _ demonstrators? they did tell away many, many _ demonstrators? they did tell away many, many trucks - demonstrators? they did tell i away many, many trucks today. we don't know the exact number, at least 20. they have to bring in essentially these trailer tow trucks deploy these —— to pull away these trucks. it is quite a lot of work. but first they had to move the people out, so really today was more about moving to people out, and they are still moving the vehicles. some of them had to be moved out of the vehicles. i did see some images of police having to break through the windows of some of the cars, because it is not all big semi trucks, it is also just normal pick—up trucks or cars, and some people were pulled out and arrested, so there's a lot more to go. i have been told that police are going to work through the night stop what does if you like the beginning

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police officer who killed duante wright, a black driver, when she confused her handgun for her taser has been sentenced to two years in prison. kim potter was convicted of first degree manslaughter for shooting 20—year—old daunte wright outside the city of minneapolis. his death came as another white police officer was standing trialfor the murder of george floyd and sparked several days of demonstrations. barbara plett usher reports. this is one of the saddest cases... the case was about the killing of a young man, and about a police officer of 26 years who made a fatal error. i am so sorry that i brought the death of your son. kim potter turned to the family as she begged for forgiveness. daunte wright was a 20—year—old man of mixed race. last april, police pulled him over in his car. he tried to flee, and potter reached for her taser but grabbed her gun by mistake. he died laterfrom injuries. the shooting triggered days of protests in a city on edge over the murder of another black man killed by police, george floyd.

she took our baby boy. with a single gunshot through his heart, - she shattered mine. daunte wright's mother urged the court to hold kim potter accountable for taking a life, but the judge said this case was not the same as other high—profile police killings. 0fficer potter made a mistake that ended tragically. she never intended to hurt anyone. kim potter murdered my son, and he died april 11. _ today, the justice system . murdered him all over again. a system that still sees justice in black and white, the family said. this is the problem withl ourjustice system today. white women tears trumpsjustice. - amidst growing outrage, the state's attorney general has urged everyone to accept thejudgment. "no—one has won," he said.

"we have all lost. " barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. the brazilian president, jair bolsonaro, has said emergency funds — amounting to half a million dollars — will be released to help rebuild the city of petropolis, which was devastated by torrential rains and landslides on tuesday. 123 people are now known to have died and more than 100 more are still missing. flying over the city in a helicopter, bolsonaro said it looked like a war zone. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson is there. there has been little letup here in petropolis. the rain keeps coming. residents who haven't already left are living dangerously. once again, the sirens sounded, warning people to leave now or face the threat of more mudslides.

in the centre of petropolis, another search site, three people missing at this gym. if it starts to rain again, that increases the chances of another mudslide affecting the teams who are working. plus, it's really hard—working in the rain and it makes everything much more risky. the recovery operation is still ongoing. the immediate concern will be finding those who are still missing. the authorities have blamed tense rains, and it was unprecedented. but one of the causes was inequality. look at the houses still at risk. millions of brazilians live like that with little oversight from the state. it is not the first time this has happened and it won't be the last. for more than 100 people who have been displaced, this school is now home. 13—year—old mariana is one of them.

she narrowly escaped the mudslides. "i looked up and my house started shaking," she tells me. "i ran up to my neighbour and you could see "the entire mudslide — it was like a waterfall." mariann and herfamily are safe, but history has mariana and herfamily are safe, but history has repeated itself for her mum, who is now helping the community get back on estate. 26 years ago, a mudslide killed her mother. she was just 15 at the time. translation: we can't - afford to live anywhere else. nobody ever imagined it would be so dangerous. i don't believe in the authorities, i believe in the power of the people. authorities have to look out for us more. many people here feel like her, forgotten, and have little faith anything will change. for now, though, this community that has been ripped apart is doing everything to come together. katy watson, bbc news, in petropolis. some more now on storm eunice. as the worst of the storm hit britain, tens of thousands were glued to big jet tv,

a live youtube stream of planes trying to land at heathrow airport, as david sillito has been finding out. it has been, shall we say, an interesting day to be an air passengerflying into heathrow. easy, easy, easy. go on, son! and watching it all and providing a live commentary on the extraordinary skills being displayed, big jet tv live. it has been a day to marvel at the skills of pilots as they've navigated these extraordinary winds, and following it minute by minute has been jerry here on big jet tv. it's been quite a day. this cockpit footage from qatar airways. 200,000 watched. touched down, at the third attempt. bosh! and in the cabin of this ba flight, you can feel the relief. applause very, very skilled individuals.

this is where their training and their years of experience, i say years of experience, some of them are sprogs, aren't they, young pilots who haven't been flying for very long, but, you know, they do a greatjob. crabbing. look at him crabbing, man. crabbing, vectoring. jerry's new viewers have been introduced to all sorts of new terms on a day when pilots have truly proved their mettle, and one that many passengers won't forget in a hurry. david sillito, bbc news, heathrow. go on, lad. oh, yes! you can absolutely see why that would be a riveting watch. a reminder of our top story. president biden says he's convinced vladimir putin has made the decision to invade ukraine — with an attack on kyiv expected in the coming days. moscow has denied this. don't forget, you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @kacungira thank you for your company and

do stay with us here on bbc news. by now. —— goodbye for now. hello there. storm eunice turned out to be every bit as powerful and damaging as anticipated. this storm swirled its way eastwards across the uk, with the strongest winds on its southern flank, across the southern half of the uk. the strongest gusts on the isle of wight was 122 mph, provisionally the strongest wind gust ever recorded in england, but plenty of other places, including gatwick and heathrow airport, had their strongest winds in around 15 or 20 years. and further north, winds were less of a feature, but snow came down, turning parts of scotland into a winter wonderland. now, our storm system is sliding quickly away eastwards, but there is more unsettled weather on the way for the weekend.

we will have more wet and windy weather, but nothing quite as stormy as we've seen of the last 24 hours or so. so, during saturday, outbreaks of rain pushing in from the west, snow over high ground in wales, the north midlands, north england, potentially even to low levels some snow for parts of northern ireland and southern scotland as well. gales accompanying this weather feature across some southern and western coasts. there will be some sunshine to be had as well, temperatures north to south between 4 and 11 degrees. and then during saturday night, this first area of rain clears away eastwards, still some residual rain and snow moving across scotland, and then a more active weather system moves in from the west, heavy rain and once again some strengthening winds. but with that cloud, with the outbreaks of rain, it will be turning really quite mild as we head into the first part of sunday morning. for sunday, we find ourselves between these two weather fronts in an area of windy, cloudy and at times wet weather but mild weather. that could melt some of the snow in scotland. that could cause flooding issues. and through the afternoon,

we will see cloud and rain continuing to affect parts of england and wales, especially around western hills. brighter skies with showers, some wintry for northern ireland and scotland. gusty winds again, 40, 50, 60 miles per hour or more in the most exposed spots. not as windy as it has been, but it could hamper any clear—up operations. temperatures, 10 to 14 degrees, although i think northern areas will turn chillier as the day moves on. so the weekend summed up like this. more wet and windy weather, not as severe as it has been. but you can keep up—to—date with the latest weather warnings on our website.

this is bbc news — the headlines... president biden says he's convinced that the russian president vladimir putin has made the decision to invade ukraine — with an attack on kyiv expected in the coming days. mr biden said the united states and its allies would stand together in full support of the people of ukraine. nine people have been killed as storm eunice left a trail of destruction across parts of northern europe. deaths were reported in the netherlands, belgium, britain and ireland — many of the victims crushed by falling trees. gusts of close to two—hundred kilometres an hour have been recorded. the former us police officer who killed a black motorist when she confused her handgun for her taser has been sentenced to two years in prison — a penalty below the state guidelines. kim potter had been convicted of first degree manslaughter for fatally shooting daunte wright last april. now on bbc news, it's time for the media show.