welcome to bbc news — i'm rich preston. our top stories... 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 are doing everything in our power to remove any reason russia may give to justify invading ukraine and prevent them from moving. storm eunice continues moving eastward — after leaving a trail of destruction in the uk and northern europe. a former us police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison over the fatal shooting of a black driver last april.

canadian police say they've made at least a hundred arrests as they move to end the blockade of ottawa. good morning and welcome. president biden says he's convinced russian president vladimir putin has made the decision to invade ukraine with an attack on the capital, kyiv, expected in the coming days. speaking in a televised address mr biden said the us and its nato allies, would stand together in full support of the people of ukraine we're calling out russia's plans loudly and repeatedly not because we want a conflict but because we are doing everything in our power to remove any reason russia may give to justify invading ukraine and prevent them from moving. make no mistake. if russia pursues this plan, it will be responsible for a catastrophic and needless war of choice.

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's 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 frontline 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 at 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. 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. storm eunice has been battering northern europe, killing nine people and leaving a trail of destruction. millions of people in the uk were warned to stay at home as the storm hit with record winds of nearly 200 kilometres per hour recorded. three of those who died were here in britain. in each case, they were inside vehicles hit by flying debris orfalling trees. landmark buildings suffered damage with panels ripped off the roof of the 02 arena in london — 1,000 people were evacuated from the site. the north of england and scotland escaped much of the ferocity of storm eunice but instead suffered heavy falls of snow which caused widespread disruption on the roads. 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 kilometres an hour. the dutch meteorological institute 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. whilst sunday is expected to bring some calm, another storm is on the horizon. it is forecast to hit while the netherlands is still clearing up the carnage caused by eunice. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. the former minnesota 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. we can now speak to reverend pamela ngunjiri who's co—director of racial justice at the minnesota council of churches. thank you for being with us. what do you make of this sentence? i what do you make of this sentence?— what do you make of this sentence? . , ., ., sentence? i was asked earlier for some _ sentence? i was asked earlier for some words _ sentence? i was asked earlier for some words to _ sentence? i was asked earlier for some words to describe i sentence? i was asked earlier| for some words to describe my feelings and my thoughts on the first word that came to me was i am very saddened. shocked, even surprised, even though we have several examples of where i probably should not have been surprised. i think i had the

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change on the horizon? —— shirley greater visibility. this racism, this white supremacy in this country has been around for hundreds of years. and it's going to take more than a trial of two or three to bring about changes but i am hopeful that change can occur. but i am hopeful that change can occur-— can occur. you are in the community _ can occur. you are in the community where - can occur. you are in the community where this i can occur. you are in the - community where this happened, what are people saying about this, people who have been talking to you about this? well, people are very angry. people feel like the life of john to write was not respected, his humanity was not respected. people are feeling that lots of people believe that lots of people believe that change will not come, we have gone backwards. —— daunte wright. people are talking

about what they need to do and i am concerned that we will return to the protests and i am not saying that such a bad thing necessarily. but it's terrible. people are very saddened. people are angry, shocked. people are upset. qm. shocked. people are upset. 0k, we must leave _ shocked. people are upset. 0k, we must leave it _ shocked. people are upset. 0k, we must leave it there for the time being. reverend, thank you forjoining us from minnesota. canadian police say they've made at least a hundred arrests as they move to end a truck drivers' blockade of the capital, 0ttawa. more than 20 vehicles — including lorries parked outside parliament — have been towed away. drivers spent the last three weeks protesting against mandatory coronavirus vaccinations to cross into the united states. marieke walsh is a reporter with the globe and mail — i pointed out there were scuffles earlier and asked for an update on the situation. certainly, a few skirmishes that we saw, especially later this evening. it is friday in the capital. what you see behind me is this

black or darker wall, that is a wall of people facing off with protesters and police. the police are walking towards them very slowly and deliberately, a few steps at a time and all the while, protesters are trying to resist them, facing off with them, sometimes shouting at them. but the police are still moving forward, still pushing forward, they have a lot of back—up, police on horses for example. they have used pepper spray. it is certainly tense behind me in ottawa. several of the key organisers have been arrested, what are the protesters who are still there saying? it depends on who you talk to. some protesters have told us today that while they plan to stay in ottawa this weekend, they have actually moved their trucks off the area of the blockade so their trucks do not get caught up in the sweep of police where they could get impounded, seized, they could lose their insurance for example

which of course if you are a driver, is very difficult and so some are taking precautions, trying to avoid the worst consequences while remaining here. others are digging in, leaving their trucks where they are and others are simply leaving entirely. we have seen some leaving parliament hill in front of me, driving by, the police check in with them and then they leave so there is a mixed reaction. i have to say how different the mood is, behind me it's very tense, they are shouting "freedom" in french and english and ahead of me there was an ice hockey game, hockey game played in front of parliament hill. there was still some horns, music, that has died down now but it's just to say no matter where you are in the city right now, the mood is very different depending on where the police are.

a former french soldier has been sentenced to life in prison for abducting and murdering an eight—year—old girl in a case that has horrified france. nordahl lelandais confessed to killing maelys de araujo who disappeared in august 2017 from a wedding in eastern france. the trial came months after lelandai was jailed for another murder. aru na iyengar reports. the three week trial in grenoble to getjustice for eight—year—old maelys de araujo, murdered in august 2017, has gripped france. waiting for the sentencing, her mother and sister. at the start of the trial, 39—year—old nordahl lelandais said he killed maelys involuntarily. later, he admitted his actions were deliberate. the former soldier and dog handler was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 22 years. translation: i'm happy with the verdict that - was pronounced today. the life sentence. that's what we got for not

having maelys anymore. maelys put a dangerous criminal in prison. he will never hurt anyone again. and that was my goal and i wanted to pay tribute to her. the french public galvanised behind the family to help find the truth — who took maelys. she went missing after a wedding she attended with her parents in the alpine village of pont—de—beauvoisin in the east of the country. lelandais was also a guest. he was the main suspect after traces of maelys's blood were found in his car. but it took five and a half months before he led police to her body in a village close to the wedding venue. this trial came only months after lelandais was jailed for another murder. he's already serving a 20 year sentence for killing corporal arthur noyer in april 2017. maelys's father asked lelandais to take responsibility for his actions. his lawyer said there would be no appeal. he added the road for lelandais would be very long. aruna iyengar, bbc news.

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 continues moving eastward — after leaving a trail of destruction in the uk and northern europe. 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 a hundred more are still missing. flying over the city in a helicopter, bolsenaro said it looked like a war zone. our 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. translation: 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 intense 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." mariana and herfamily are safe, but history has repeated itself for her mum, who is now helping the community get back on estate. community get back on its feet. 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.

let's get some of the day's other news the world food programme has warned it's having to cut rations to millions of people in yemen due to a lack of funding. it says it's having to prioritise those in danger of imminent starvation, meaning eight million yemenis will receive only half their rations. the un has described yemen as the "world's worst humanitarian crisis" here in the uk, boris johnson has submitted his answers to a police questionnaire relating to gatherings held at downing street during lockdown. the prime minister was one of more than 50 people given a week to complete the form by the metropolitan police who are investigating around a dozen events. anyone found to have breached the regulations is liable for a fine. the last remaining speaker of the indigenous chilean language yamana has died at the age of 93. cristina calderon had compiled a dictionary with spanish translation, after the death of her sister, the only other person who could speak the language. yamana was spoken by the yagan

people in chile and argentina. her daughter said a wealth of knowledge had died with her, taking the culture of her community to the brink of extinction. let's cross to the us now and speak to anna luisa daigneault — programme director, with the living tongues institute for endangered languages. they help indigenous youngsters to record and document their elders' traditional languages. thank you for being with us. tell us more about yamana. christina calderon was the last fluent speaker of yamana. and so her passing really has a big impact but she left a strong legacy and so the descendants can now revitalise this language. can now revitalise this language-— can now revitalise this lanaauae. , . ., language. cultures change, . row, language. cultures change, grow. develon _ language. cultures change, grow, develop and - language. cultures change, grow, develop and evolve, | grow, develop and evolve, languages with that. how

important is language to part of the cultural identity? fix, of the cultural identity? language is one of a culture '5 language is one of a culture �*s links to the past, present and future and so when a language disappears, it can sever that time. so christina calderon �*s passing is very significant because she was that link to the past. the ancestral past. so it is very important to preserve languages for future generations. and there is a big difference between extinction because of colonisation and gradual change over time. how many indigenous _ gradual change overtime. how many indigenous languages are there in south america and the rest of the world. in there in south america and the rest of the world.— rest of the world. in south america — rest of the world. in south america we _ rest of the world. in south america we currently - rest of the world. in south america we currently have rest of the world. in south - america we currently have 600 indigenous languages, there could have been more that were unrecorded, that could have disappeared because of genocide and war and deceit and cultural

assimilation. around the world, we have approximately 4000 indigenous languages and there are other languages at risk as well that are not indigenous such as creole languages. and other dyas brett languages. here in the uk we have welsh, scots, gaelic, irish gaelic, generally in good health but why is it some languages die out while others thrive and survive? it out while others thrive and survive?— survive? it depends on the resources _ survive? it depends on the resources and _ survive? it depends on the resources and the - survive? it depends on the resources and the energy i survive? it depends on the i resources and the energy that people put into their languages. so welsh has a long literary tradition going back to the sixth century so there is a lot of material to draw from. and it was in decline for many centuries, actually, until at the end of the 20th century, people really started making moves to preserve it and bring it back through legal reforms, educational reforms. and you have a huge community of people who identify with their welsh

heritage. so there is a big push to bring it back and now welsh is flourishing which is great. but that is not the case for all minority languages. it is not the case for all indigenous languages who lack the resources and the community support and the governmental support and the governmental support to come back. we must leave it there. _ support to come back. we must leave it there. thank _ support to come back. we must leave it there. thank you - support to come back. we must leave it there. thank you for - leave it there. thank you for joining us. brad pitt is suing his ex—wife — angelina jolie — for selling her stake in the french vineyard they bought together. the couple took a controlling interest in chateau miraval in 2008 and got married there six years later. pitt says he and his former wife agreed not to sell their stakes without the permission of the other. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. they were just about the most famous couple in hollywood. but when their love story reached its unhappy ending, it wasn't just their romantic relationship that hit the rocks. the two hollywood stars shared

ownership of this chateau and vineyard in southeast france. they kept hold of the asset, even after their divorce. but now angelina jolie has sold up, and brad pitt isn't happy about it. according to court documents, his lawyers claim thatjolie consummated the purported sale without pitt's knowledge, denying pitt the consent right she owed him, and that the new owners would seek to control the business to which pitt had devoted himself, and to undermine pitt's investment in miraval. angelina jolie has the upper hand. she is a shareholder and — notwithstanding brad pitt's arguments that he put in more money, he put in more time and he put in more effort into the winery — she is still a part—owner entitled to sell her shares. guys, nice photo together, please! according to reports, angelina jolie had tried to sell her stake to her former husband, but a deal could not be reached. she therefore looked to a third party — believed to be

a russian billionaire. no longer husband and wife, no longer business partners. anyone hoping to save us some brangelina rose will be more than a little disappointed. tim allman, bbc news. a reminder of our top story. 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. but made it clear that us troops would not be sent to take part in any conflict. much more on that story on the bbc news website. you can reach me on twitter. from me and the

team in london, thank you for watching. 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 gust, at needles 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 over 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 wears 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.

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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 200kph have been recorded. canadian police have made at least a hundred arrests as they move to end a truck drivers' blockade of the capital — ottawa. more than 20 vehicles have been towed away. drivers spent the last three weeks protesting against mandatory coronavirus vaccinations to cross into the united states.