this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. ukraine's president says international rules, protecting countries from attack are no longer working, amid fears of a russian invasion. translation: the security architecture of our world i is brittle, it is obsolete. the rules that have agreed to dozens ofyears ago by the world are no longer working. they are neither catching up with the new threats effective in overcoming them. and as reports emerge of shelling in eastern ukraine, the british prime minister issues a new warning about the consquences of any russian invasion. if ukraine is invaded, and if ukraine is overwhelmed,

we will witness the destruction of a democratic state, a country that has been free for a generation, with a proud history of elections. counting the cost of storm eunice — 12 people die across europe, including three in the uk, where more than 155,000 homes are still without power. and a first medal at the winter olympics for team gb — a silver in the men's curling, losing to sweden in the final. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the british prime minister has warned that any russian invasion of ukraine would see the destruction of a democratic state.

borisjohnson said that nato, a group of 30 nations in a military alliance, were united at "a moment of extreme danger". the ukrainian president has said his country is determined to protect itself from russia, with or without the support of western allies. paul adams has the latest from kyiv. no need to panic yet — a country already at war for eight years still somehow taking this crisis in its stride. i'm not scared, but my friends, some of them nervous a little, but i don't think that we will have a war. but some say conflict is coming. in areas controlled by pro—russian separatists, civilians are being evacuated to russia, temporary housing set up to receive them. men of fighting age being told to stay back. translation: my husband is a reserve officer. -

the men were warned to stay where they were and children over 18 years old are not allowed out so that everyone is in place. the situation in the east of the country is increasingly alarming, with more shelling along the front lines and the russian—backed separatists saying they are mobilising for an expected attack by ukraine. the government here says it has no such plans and won't be provoked. in munich, a conference dominated by russia's challenge to european security. borisjohnson warning that ukraine cannot be abandoned. if ukraine is overwhelmed, we will witness the destruction of a democratic state, a country that has been free for a generation, with a proud history of elections. but ukraine's president was there too, undiplomatically accusing the west of allowing all this to happen. translation: now that the world is talking about the threat of a big |

war, it begs the question is there anything left to pick up? the security architecture of europe and beyond is almost destroyed. it's too late now to talk about fixing it. it's high time for a new one. but russia seems intent on building one on its terms. itsjoint drills in belarus, just to ukraine's north, due to end tomorrow. a vast display of firepower sending an unambiguously muscular message to the watching world. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. the bbc�*s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, spoke to us senator and republican, lindsey graham in munich earlier. lindsey graham, ou heard president biden last night saying that he was pretty confident that president putin had made the decision to invade ukraine. do you agree? yeah, i think president biden�*s assessment is pretty much spot on. and the question is why would putin do such a thing?

he believes it would make him stronger. it dismembers a democracy — ukraine on his border — reconstructs a little bit the old soviet union, but he believes it makes him stronger. i think it will make him weaker. but the biggest mistake we've made as a western world is not to tell putin in writing, "if you do this, here's what comes your way in the energy sector. all of your oligarch buddies are going to lose their ill—gotten gains. we're going to take the yachts and, you know, the lavish apartments we're going to come after your oil and gas economy". the biggest mistake we've made is not to give putin clarity, because the lack of clarity in his world means that you're weak. but hasn't that been rectified? we're hearing from inside the munich security conference of robust sanctions, including in the energy sector by all members of nato. well, president zelensky said today, and it's probably the most consequential speech i've ever heard at munich, the president of ukraine, he says the lack of writing it down

now makes putin believe it's not going to happen later. and if you really believe an invasion is anytime soon now, well, why wouldn't you tell putin and ukraine what's going to come putin's way and the help coming ukraine's way? we made a mistake here. so i can't rectify that mistake in the next 48 hours, but i do believe that republicans and democrats are coming away from this conference with a determination to crush the ruble, to shut down nord stream 2, and to punish the oil and gas sector. the president of ukraine made a great point — in 1994 after the fall of the soviet union, ukraine had the third largest nuclear weapons inventory in the world. they gave up all their nukes with a promise by russia, the united states and, i think, great britain that their sovereignty would be honored.

"is article five of nato — an attack against one agreement?" so we need to get this right because china is watching and iran is watching. you're watching bbc news. 0rysia lutsevych is a research fellow and manager of the ukraine forum in the russia and eurasia programme at the think—tank, chatham house. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. first off, can we look at the false flag issue? where hearing about this more and more now. do you definitely think that is the strategy russia is likely to pursue? well, that is the strategy we have seenin well, that is the strategy we have seen in ukraine in 2014 before the annexation of crimea where russia was saying there was a genocide of russian speakers and an attack on those populations. we have seen

footage of children being molested that was a pretext for the russian duma to give consent to the russian peasant to use of force in ukraine. this remains me very much of what was happening —— russian president to use force. in order to stage an invasion further into ukrainian territory by blaming ukraine of the provocation. and we have seen a similar story in 2008 with a georgian war. so there is a very much looks like a substantial escalation with a possible military operation. escalation with a possible military o eration. ~ escalation with a possible military oeration. ~ i. escalation with a possible military oeration. ~ ,, ., ~ escalation with a possible military oeration. ~ ., ~ ., ., , operation. when you talk about any russian duma. _ operation. when you talk about any russian duma, you're _ operation. when you talk about any russian duma, you're talking - operation. when you talk about any russian duma, you're talking about any request to president putin to recognise the donetsk and low hands to republics. do you think the us revealing its hand —— luhansk. is that working to their fever? to the us�*s favour? i

that working to their fever? to the us's favour?— us's favour? i think the drive to exose us's favour? i think the drive to expose the _ us's favour? i think the drive to expose the intelligence - us's favour? i think the drive to - expose the intelligence information they have because every plan that is public as to a certain degree is disrupted. 0f public as to a certain degree is disrupted. of course, there was a problem with pinpointing the exact date of the invasion. i think we are hearing the of quite heightened escalation is that roscoe will squeeze in ukraine from both sides, from the black sea, from the east, from the black sea, from the east, from the black sea, from the east, from the north of belarus —— that russia will squeeze ukraine. we will it evolving from february into april. it evolving from february into aril. ~ ., it evolving from february into aril.~ . ,, ., �*, ., , it evolving from february into aril. . ., april. what russian's aims around ukraine? we _ april. what russian's aims around ukraine? we heard _ april. what russian's aims around ukraine? we heard the _ april. what russian's aims around ukraine? we heard the present i ukraine? we heard the present earlier talking about appeasement. he is not happy about that —— the president. if russia were to walk away, what would be the minimum they were happy with? i away, what would be the minimum they were happy with?— were happy with? i think we are past to the stage — were happy with? i think we are past to the stage where _ were happy with? i think we are past to the stage where russia _ were happy with? i think we are past to the stage where russia will- were happy with? i think we are past to the stage where russia will be - to the stage where russia will be

satisfied with the minimum. there is a certain feeling in the kremlin that they can compel both ukraine and the united states and nato alliance to have their way. 0therwise, alliance to have their way. otherwise, they use at the threat of military invasion to change the situation and alter the positions at the negotiating table. that is why i think what putin once within ukraine, something that is not acceptable to the ukrainian president and populations, is ukraine being a grey no man's land where he de facto control policy and keeps ukraine hostage, rested on its way to economic development, to democracy, to having a security for its population. and more broadly, russia wants to have the us out of europe. russia wants to decouple that security umbrella that emerged after the second world war where the us has provided quite a lot of security within a nato on the

european continent. just security within a nato on the european continent. just going back to the donbas _ european continent. just going back to the donbas issue, _ european continent. just going back to the donbas issue, we _ european continent. just going back to the donbas issue, we mentioned| to the donbas issue, we mentioned the duma requires about recognising it formally —— request. that has been going on, it is de facto since 2014, it has been recognised? this upping of conflict within the donbas region, is it likely to be the key factor that tipped it over into conflict? full—blown conflict? 1 think it could be, but as i conflict? full—blown conflict? i think it could be, but as i said, it is notjust the donbas front think it could be, but as i said, it is not just the donbas front we should be watching because we see a build—up both from the south and the north of belarus. but it donbas is here de alreadyjoined up with russia because russia issued quite a lot of russian passports. its economy is being integrated, ukrainian assets of companies were seized. the ruble is in operation. we see local populations, in a way,

held in a manipulative way because for them, the only way to go is to save themselves in russia. i think this is one of those areas where russia wants to show implausible to die debility —— plausible deniability, that they are not there, they keep denying to this day that they have nothing to do. if they recognise them as independent, this will also be the last nail in the coffin of the minsk process, which was a place to negotiate a settlement. going back to what we heard earlier today from ukraine's president. he heard earlier today from ukraine's resident. ., , heard earlier today from ukraine's resident. . , u, ., president. he was calling for sanctions — president. he was calling for sanctions to _ president. he was calling for sanctions to be _ president. he was calling for sanctions to be put - president. he was calling for sanctions to be put in - president. he was calling for sanctions to be put in place. president. he was calling for - sanctions to be put in place now, not to wait for war to break out. with sanctions actually hurt russia? we should not expect of sanctions what they cannot do. it is clearly a tool to squeeze russian financial resources from militarising further, to have russians have limited access

to have russians have limited access to sensitive military technology is obviously, they suppress russian gdp to some degree, and they also, if they include individuals close to putin, would hurt any backbone of russian regime, all of those oligarchs and kleptocrats, who are, in a way, abusing russian national resources for their personal riches. that would crack that support for putin within russia and destabilise his power. sanctions are here, they are important, but they should not be the only assistance and response to this particular military escalation. i to this particular military escalation.— to this particular military escalation. ., , ., _, escalation. i wonder if you could exlain escalation. i wonder if you could exalain to _ escalation. i wonder if you could exalain to us — escalation. i wonder if you could explain to us why _ escalation. i wonder if you could explain to us why there - escalation. i wonder if you could explain to us why there has - escalation. i wonder if you could| explain to us why there has been escalation. i wonder if you could - explain to us why there has been no forward movement in terms of nato membership for ukraine? the president was not happy earlier today. it president was not happy earlier toda . , ., president was not happy earlier toda. , ., ., today. it is important to remind viewers that — today. it is important to remind viewers that ukraine _ today. it is important to remind viewers that ukraine actually i today. it is important to remind i viewers that ukraine actually was invaded with the annexation of crimea when it was neutral and a nonblack country and it was written

in ukraine's constitution —— a non—bloc country. to prevent integration with nato because at the nato charter says you cannot be a member of the security alliance if you have a dispute and your territorial integrity is violated, so that as a complication that is created on the way to nato. but also there is a different perception and disagreement within nato, countries like france and germany are quite reluctant to offer you great membership because they fear that membership because they fear that membership will undermine collective security rather than strengthen it. ok, thank you very much for your 0k, thank you very much for your time. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers.

0ur guestsjoining me tonight are political commentator jo phillips, and nigel nelson, political editor of the people and sunday mirror. after one of the worst storms to hit the uk in decades, around 190,000 homes are still without power. three people were killed in the ferocious gales of storm eunice yesterday. tonight there's still major disruption to train services across the country, and the severn bridge remains shut. insurance payouts for damage could reach up to £350 million, according to one estimate. and there are more weather warnings in place for tomorrow, a less—severe yellow wind warning for most of the uk, with heavy rain also expected in north west england. danny savage has the latest. it has been a day of assessing storm damage right across the country. in brentwood in essex, a 400—year—old oak tree came

crashing down on a family home, causing extensive damage. all of us were working from home. it was about 11.30 yesterday morning, probably the height of the wind speed, i would say. we just felt the house move and that was a big gust of wind, and seconds later, the tree just crashed into the house and we were covered in dust and just general debris. and we ran outside to see what had happened and we were confronted with what you can see behind us. 140 miles away in gloucestershire, aston on carrant near tewkesbury, is just one of many places which have been without power since yesterday afternoon. the storm here didn'tjust knock over one tree — it destroyed a whole coppice. and when the bigger ones came down, they took out that electricity wire, knocking out the power for everyone around here. it just went like that. this all happened in pauline's garden. very, very bad.

i've never seen the trees moving like they were yesterday. and i saw them moving and i shouted to my husband, "look at the trees! " and i walked back into the kitchen, and by the time i got in the kitchen, he said, "they're going, they're going, it's gone!" it was the needles on the isle of wight where a gust of 122 mph was recorded yesterday as the storm moved across the country. numerous trees were uprooted. and vehicles were blown over on the roads. passengers at preston station were typical of those trying to travel today. it was absolutely awful, carnage. cos we got on at the first stop, we got a seat and everything, but it was standing for a lot of people all the way down. people lost their livesl in these winds and cos we were stood upon a train, - we were just grateful to get home. wales was badly hit by the storm too. in newport, today was about assessing damage and making things safe for the time being. the weather was still causing

issues in some areas. snow fell across parts of northern england. storm eunice may have gone, but the problems caused by it are very much still with us. danny savage, bbc news. earlier we spoke to ross easton, director of external affairs at the energy networks association, who look after power across the uk and ireland. 155,000 people without power at the moment, and the effort really focusing on reconnecting those customers. it's been a mammoth effort. 1.2 million people reconnected. we've got 8000 engineers out there working around the clock to do that as quickly as they safely can, but the challenges are immense. i mean, we've seen the severe weather. we sawjust a second ago a house crushed by a tree. the electricity network also seeing damage from trees and from airborne debris as well. it's very difficult to predict

exactly where that damage is going to come in and also, the challenge we've got is that the storm has been so severe. we've seen two rare red weather warnings. that is very unusual, particularly in terms of the geography as well, so it has been extremely challenging, and the weather continues to be challenging right now as well. ross easton, director of external affairs at the energy networks association. joining me now is aaron linstead. aaron's mum and stepdad have been without power in devon since friday morning. i don't know if you heard what was just that they are. have you seen any engineers in the region, or your parents? any engineers in the region, or your arents? ., , ., ., , ., parents? no, they have not seen or heard anyone- _ parents? no, they have not seen or heard anyone. 0k, _ parents? no, they have not seen or heard anyone. ok, so _ parents? no, they have not seen or heard anyone. ok, so what - parents? no, they have not seen or. heard anyone. ok, so what happened to them? basically _ heard anyone. ok, so what happened to them? basically they _ heard anyone. ok, so what happened to them? basically they were - heard anyone. ok, so what happened to them? basically they were out - heard anyone. ok, so what happened to them? basically they were out of. to them? basically they were out of ower to them? basically they were out of

power from — to them? basically they were out of power from 9am. _ to them? basically they were out of power from 9am. my _ to them? basically they were out of power from 9am. my mum - to them? basically they were out of power from 9am. my mum also - to them? basically they were out of. power from 9am. my mum also went powerfrom 9am. my mum also went shopping thinking it would hopefully be back sooner, got back and realised all the electric was a tone and had been out of power since. == and had been out of power since. -- was not and had been out of power since. —— was not on. what a sort of damage have they sustained in the area? they have said it is not too bad where they are, but around the area there have been in a lot of trees falling. i am there have been in a lot of trees falling. iam in there have been in a lot of trees falling. i am in one of the local groups which my mum created and it has been posts over loads of trees falling and all sorts, really. d0 falling and all sorts, really. do they know when they will have a visit from the assessors or the engineers are? have they been told that? ., f engineers are? have they been told that? ., j ., , , that? no. they're vulnerable list because my _ that? no. they're vulnerable list because my stepdad _ that? no. they're vulnerable list because my stepdad has - that? no. they're vulnerable list - because my stepdad has parkinson's and they contacted them on the friday and they said they would call them back friday at 6pm, but they never got back to them. only within

the last hour or so, they have actually said they will give them a call back, but that is if she still has battery on her phone because there is no electricity. what has battery on her phone because there is no electricity.— has battery on her phone because there is no electricity. what is the name of the _ there is no electricity. what is the name of the organisation - there is no electricity. what is the name of the organisation going i there is no electricity. what is the name of the organisation going to give them a call back? i name of the organisation going to give them a call back?— give them a call back? i can't remember — give them a call back? i can't remember the _ give them a call back? i can't remember the name. - give them a call back? i can't remember the name. it - give them a call back? i can't remember the name. it is . give them a call back? i can't - remember the name. it is western... no, that is fine. remember the name. it is western... no, that is fine-— no, that is fine. how are they managing _ no, that is fine. how are they managing without _ no, that is fine. how are they managing without power? - no, that is fine. how are they | managing without power? not no, that is fine. how are they - managing without power? not too good, to be honest. my stepdad are relies heavily on the electricity with his parkinson's. his chair, all day friday he was stuck in his chair. he couldn't move. it was his birthday yesterday, and they had no power so they had cold beans in a can. d0 power so they had cold beans in a can. y power so they had cold beans in a can. , ., .,, power so they had cold beans in a can. , ., ., i, can. do they have any support services that _ can. do they have any support services that can _ can. do they have any support services that can help - can. do they have any support services that can help them i can. do they have any support i services that can help them out? can. do they have any support - services that can help them out? the local arish services that can help them out? tie: local parish came services that can help them out? tte: local parish came and services that can help them out? "tte: local parish came and checked services that can help them out? tte: local parish came and checked in on

them and my mum has a small battery pack to charge up the phone and they took that away to charge it. but thatis took that away to charge it. but that is all that has been there so far. �* ., , , ., , far. am i right in assuming, do they have hot water? _ far. am i right in assuming, do they have hot water? no, _ far. am i right in assuming, do they have hot water? no, they _ far. am i right in assuming, do they have hot water? no, they have - far. am i right in assuming, do they have hot water? no, they have not| have hot water? no, they have not not hot have hot water? no, they have not got hot water. _ have hot water? no, they have not got hot water, but _ have hot water? no, they have not got hot water, but they _ have hot water? no, they have not got hot water, but they used - have hot water? no, they have not got hot water, but they used to - have hot water? no, they have not got hot water, but they used to be | got hot water, but they used to be big on camping so they actually have a gas stove. the only thing we are going to do is boil water, that is it. how are you feeling about that? i've been a bit worried because they are smack bang in the middle of nowhere and notjust for them, but the other people in their little cul—de—sac because where they live it is all elderly people and they do not have access to the internet are anything like that so i assume they are all struggling as well. i have been quite worried for their wellbeing. been quite worried for their wellbeing— been quite worried for their wellbeina. ., , ., _, wellbeing. ok, i wonder if you could do us a favour _ wellbeing. ok, i wonder if you could do us a favour and _ wellbeing. ok, i wonder if you could do us a favour and update _ wellbeing. ok, i wonder if you could do us a favour and update us - wellbeing. ok, i wonder if you could do us a favour and update us on - wellbeing. ok, i wonder if you could | do us a favour and update us on what happens and when they do have help to come in and have the power restored? that would be great. thank

you very much, aaron linstead. let's stay with storm eunice, which has been blamed for at least 12 deaths across mainland europe, with winds causing significant damage including the netherlands, belgium and germany. thousands of homes across western and central europe were left without power, while transport services grappled with delays and cancellations. anna holligan reports. amsterdam's famous tree—lined streets were transformed into death traps. four people were killed by falling trunks, including someone riding a bicycle. coastal areas experienced the most intense winds, with gusts of up to 90 mph. this was scheveningen, on the edge of the hague. the highest code red weather warning has been lifted, for now. this is just one garden in one city,

but people are clearing up scenes like these and far, far worse right across the netherlands this lunchtime. over the border in belgium, 80 mph winds sent the tip of a crane crashing through the roof of a hospital in tournai. according to local media, none of the patients were killed, but some were injured. across the continent, storm eunice will remain in the memories long after these winds have subsided. anna holligan, bbc news in the hague. a french modelling agent, who was a close associate of paedophilejeffrey epstein, has been found dead in his prison cell in paris. 76—year—old jean—luc brunel was facing rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment charges, and had been in custody since trying to flee to senegal back in december 2020. prime minister borisjohnson has returned his questionnaire about allegations of downing street lockdown breaches to

the metropolitan police. around 50 people received the document, which has the same status as information given in an interview under caution. the prime minister has previously said he didn't believe he'd broken any rules but apologised "for the things we simply didn't get right". now, if the hype is to be believed, the digital art world is in the grip of a revolution which is changing not only how it's bought and sold, but also ideas about the kind of art and artists we value. non—fungible tokens — or nfts — are apparently bringing about this market change, giving all creative content producers a new platform to profit from their work, as well as greater digital protection. sophie long has been to seattle, where the first nft museum has just opened. my dad didn't believe it at first. he was kind of like,

"this has to be, like, fake money. are people really paying this much?" you know? once a bit of it hit the bank, he was like, "whoa!". it's like, "this is real". jayden stitt made his first piece of digital art on a whim less than a year ago, when he was just 15. after the first sale, a lot of collectors started reaching out to me. and so within that first sale, they saw that work that i had already up and they're like, "hey, would you mint this for me? minting basically means publishing your work so people can buy it. and so three more collectors asked me to make pieces for them for 20 etherium each. that's a cryptocurrency. and so i ended up selling four pieces for 20 etherium in one day, so that was around $120,000. it was crazy in one day. that's a good day! yeah, that was like... my parents didn't believe it. they were like, "what? i" now he's making big bucks and branching out. his mum has quit herjob to be his manager, and he's got his own creative team. i'm hoping sometime this year to be

in a major auction house sale, either sotheby�*s or christie's or phillips, any of them, and be the youngest artist ever. well, that is not beyond the realm of possibility. this wild west of art, flooded with young, digitally native talent, is going mainstream, with teenagers making millions. and the first nft museum has just opened in seattle. i'm just useless when it comes to this kind of stuff. charles peterson was taking pictures of the grunge music scene 30 years ago. now he's turning them into digital art. the blockchain is great as an archival means. the blockchain is a network that stores cryptocurrencies and records transactions. someday i'm going to pass away and my website's going to go away and all that but, theoretically, the blockchain won't, so my work will be up there in eternity. the creators have basically brought art from the digital world into the physical world to give people who wouldn't

normally come across it — so—called normies — a taste in the hope of building a bridge between the two. i consistently post these kind of rooms that have become this metaverse world of neon saltwater. that's basically a virtual reality space where users can interact. now, nfts has given me an opportunity to put them on the marketplace and sort of monetise my work, and it also allows me to have my artwork stay in the digital realm. critics say this is about generating money, not art, and it uses an incredible amount of energy to keep this growing market moving, but young digital artists are hoping to flourish in a technicolor future. sophie long, bbc news, seattle. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. it's a case of sunny spells or heavy rain to look out for on sunday and the winds are going to be a feature once again. plenty of isobars on the chart, as you can see, and a series of weather fronts pushing

in off the atlantic. so to begin with on saturday, the rain should be fairly light and patchy across england and wales, but we're expecting some heavier bursts to move into northern ireland, gradually drifting their way into northern england and north wales. and all that is going to spread its way eastwards through the afternoon. for scotland and northern ireland, it's a case of sunny spells and squally showers, driven along by some pretty gusty winds once again. inland, 40—50 mph quite widely. 0n exposed coasts, we could see in excess of 60 mph once again. but it will be relatively mild with it, particularly across england and wales, with top temperatures peaking at 13 celsius. the winds remain strong sunday night into monday, slowly dying down through the day on monday, leaving a trail of sunny spells and scattered showers to follow behind.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... ukraine's president says international rules protecting countries from attack are no longer working, amid fears of a russian invasion. the security architecture of our world is brittle, it is obsolete, the rules that have been agreed upon by the world dozens of years ago are no longer working.