this is bbc news — i'm nuala mcgovern — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world... borisjohnson warns europe could be on the verge of the biggest conflict since the second world war — if russia invades ukraine. people need to understand the sheer cost in human life that could entail, notjust ukrainians but russians too. this is the east of ukraine — where a day of clashes has left two ukrainian soldiers dead — but the country's president says it won't be provoked into war. a demonstration of power 100 miles from ukraine's border — russia and belarus take part in huge military exercises. storm eunice leaves a trail of destruction across europe.

more than a dozen people been killed — and millions are without power. pushing back against the protesters — canadian police use pepper spray and stun grenades to clear demonstrators from outside parliament. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. in an exclusive interview with bbc news, borisjohnson has said evidence suggests russia is planning the biggest war in europe since 1916. mrjohnson also told a security conference of world leaders in munich that the military alliance nato, a group of 30 nations, was united at "a moment of extreme danger". ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky — who was also in munich — said his country would not be provoked into conflict by russia but was determined to protect itself with

or without support from 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 am not scared but my friends, some of them are nervous a little, but i don't think that we will have a war. gunfire. but in the east, the situation is increasingly volatile. ukraine's interior minister and visiting journalists forced to flee when their convoy came under shell fire, close to areas controlled by pro—russia separatists. the separatists are evacuating their civilians across the border to russia, arguing, without evidence, that ukraine is about to attack. temporary housing being set up to receive women, children and the elderly. 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. in munich, a conference dominated by russia's challenge to european security. borisjohnson warning that ukraine cannot be abandoned. ..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. but ukraine's president was there, too, undiplomatically accusing the west of allowing all this to happen. translation: for eight years, ukraine has been a shield. - for eight years ukraine has been holding back one of the greatest armies in the world which stands along our borders, not the borders of the european union. the government here says that

russia, through its proxies in the east, is trying to goad ukraine into taking action, to give moscow an excuse to intervene. the government says it won't be provoked, but these are very dangerous times, and any of the sparks now flying could ignite a much wider conflict. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. in ukraine itself, tensions continue to rise. there's been a third day of clashes between the ukrainian military and russian—backed separatists — with 2 ukrainian soldiers killed on saturday in the donbas region of eastern ukraine, according to international monitors. meanwhile, north of ukraine, russia and belarus are carrying out huge military drills, while still insisting there's no plan to attack ukraine. our correspondent, steve rosenberg is in belarus — and a warning this report contains flash photography. definition of muscle flexing? this. gunfire.

100 miles from ukraine's border, russia and belarus are holding joint exercises on an unprecedented scale. nato says it's the biggest deployment of russian troops in belarus since the cold war. at least 10,000 russian soldiers within easy reach of ukraine. but both moscow and minsk deny they are threatening anyone. translation: our country isn't helping russia - to capture ukraine. and russia doesn't want to capture ukraine. we don't need war in belarus or in russia. we've had enough war. we still remember world war ii. russia insists that these exercises are purely defensive. ukraine says this is psychological pressure, at the very least, and at most,

well, there is concern in kyiv and in the west that if there is a full—scale attack on ukraine then russian troops in belarus could be part of that. america seems to think so... for months now, russia has been building up its military forces in and around ukraine. including in belarus. they're uncoiling and are now poised to strike. meanwhile, in moscow... "you may begin," vladimir putin told army chiefs, and they began... the president oversaw drills by russia's strategic nuclearforces, showing off his country's state—of—the—art missiles. a message, perhaps, to russia's rivals, and not a subtle one, that for now, at least, the kremlin is in no

mood to compromise. steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk. as mentioned earlier, borisjohnson gave an exclusive interview to the bbc on the sidelines of the �*munich security conference' — and he has this warning. i'm afraid to say that the plan that we are seeing is for something that could be really the biggest war in europe since 1945just in terms of sheer scale. i think people need to understand that sheer cost of human life that that could entail, notjust for ukrainians but also for russians and for young russians. that was the point i was trying to make earlier on in my speech today. chief international correspondent lyse doucet says many leaders at the munich security conference still can't answer the question — of how likely a russian invasion is. that is the question of the hour, the question of our time. and it is a question not being asked just by you and me,

the jarring reality of this moment is that that question has been asked around the clock for the last 48 hours, and even before by defence ministers, foreign ministers, prime ministers and presidents. the countries commanding some of the world's most powerful armies. would president putin do something which seems so illogical, so out of keeping with our time to notjust any ——over its capital. the world leaders who have been meeting here are all looking at the same intelligence, real—time intelligence. it is on president biden who has come out and said, "i'm convinced that president putin has decided to invade." but it's noticeable here. even borisjohnson pulled back a bit in his comments to this gathering, saying that there was still a chance that president putin would pull

back from the brink. is it because people are hoping against hope? maybe they do believe that president putin has not made up his mind, because in reality, the only person who can answer your question tonight is president putin himself. borisjohnson has refused to say whether he will resign if he is found to have broken the law by police investigating downing street parties. he said "i can't comment about a process that is underway." when asked by sophie raworth for the bbc�*s sunday morning politics programme. she also asked how he'd feel about his own mps calling for a vote of no—confidence. he said... storm eunice has wreaked havoc across europe, causing power outages and killing at least 16 people. the victims were struck by falling trees and flying

debris in britain, ireland, the netherlands, belgium, germany and poland. 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 isjust 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. across the uk, 150,000 households remain without power and many train services are still disrupted a day after storm eunice killed three people. insurance pay outs for the damage from the worst storm to hit the country for decades could reach £350 million pounds according to one estimate. there are two new weather warnings in place for sunday— one for wind for much of the country, and heavy rain in the north west of england. danny savage has more , 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, and about 1130 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 has 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 power for everyone around here. it just went like that. this all happened in pauline's garden. very very bad. i have never seen the trees moving like they were yesterday. i shouted to my husband, "look at the trees," and i walked back into the kitchen, and said, they are going,

they are going, it's gone. it was the needles on the isle of wight where a gust of 122mph 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. we got on at the first stop, got a seat, but it was standing for a lot of people all the way down. people lost their lives - in these winds, and because we were stood up on 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. a huge clean—up to be down there. more on this story and storm units and all the other headlines that we are covering on our website, also on our that you will want to download. this is bbc news — a reminder of our headlines... ukraine's president says his country would not be provoked into conflict by russia but was determined to protect itself with or without support from western allies. let's get more on that — tom keatinge is director of the centre for financial crime and security studies at the royal united services institute — a nonpartisan think—tank specialising in defence and security. here's what he makes of the west's response so far. the western allies have learned their lesson from 2014, which is you need to make it very clear in advance what these sanctions will be.

we're trying to deter vladimir putin. in 2014, the sanctions came after he had acted, so all these messages we're hearing — whether it's from the foreign secretary, the prime minister, lindsey graham there, kamala harris today as well — are really important because there needs to be absolutely no question that should he cross the line, then these sanctions will be massive. so lindsey graham and kamala harris speaking in very broad strokes in some ways. could you break it down for our viewers on how it might actually affect somebody like mr putin, for example? and i suppose it may affect regular russians, too. yeah, so helpfully, the uk has published what the sanctions regime would look like. so not the names, but the sectors and the types of people they would go after. so first they've said they will go after people who are connected or are supporting the kremlin, so i think that's pretty clear. the foreign secretary has talked about the oligarchs in london or who have their money in london. the second is there's a long list of strategically important industries that have been named, so energy, extractives,

banking, defence technology, all these sorts of things, so i think if you look at the regime that the uk government has published and is ready to use, then i thank you can see that there is pretty much no of the russian economy that wouldn't be touched or, indeed, anybody who has some kind of connection with vladimir putin. yeah, it's really interesting that it comes at this point. there's been a lot of pressure on the uk government to kind of move forward, even with their economic crime bill. some people felt too slow in getting dirty money at times out of london. i should just mention with crimea as well, that was annexed by russia and, of course, they've really been part of the conflict in eastern ukraine since that time, so for people in that part of the country, they've kind of been going through this or kind of on high alert for a very long time. but with sanctions like this, will they be able to introduce them immediately? because you talk about that being the issue with crimea, that it was a little too late. so the law is in place now.

i mean, the problem in the past was obviously the uk was still part of the eu and the eu at that time had to get 28 member states to agree what to do. now the uk is ready, so the uk could issue these sanctions sort of whenever it wants to. and in a way, this is the slightly baffling thing, which is that both the prime minister and the foreign secretary are talking about going after dirty money that's in london, but i think the question that they need to answer is why does it take the brink of war in europe to finally decide to go after dirty russian money in london? and that, i think, is a question that they will have to answer because, of course, we all hope that there is no movement of russian troops into ukraine again, but that won't change the colour of the russian money in london. and so if they do move ahead with sanctions, often in other countries when they've been imposed, there's a push back talking about "what about the regular citizens of that country?" will they feel it? i'm afraid that will be the reality, but it won'tjust be the reality as a result

of damage done to the russian economy because, of course, the russians aren't going to sit there and do nothing, firstly. and secondly, there are very close economic connections between, particularly, certain european countries and russia and if you start sanctioning things like energy, does that mean the lights start going out in certain european countries? so the self—harm that, particularly, europeans need to be willing to do to their own countries in order to put in place sanctions that are genuinely devastating on russia is something that i don't think we've yet really figured out. next thank you very much to timekeeping. let's get some of the day's other news. police in somalia say at least ten people have been killed in a suicide attack in the central town of beled—weyne. the islamist group al shabaab said it targeted a restaurant popular with politicians. residents said the place was packed and one of those killed was a candidate in parliamentary elections. the pakistani manjailed for killing his sister, whose career as a social media celebrity he believed dishonoured the family, has been set free. muhammad waseem walked out of prison, after serving less than six years of his life term. it follows his acquittal

earlier this week. china says a top un human rights official can visit its province of xinjiang. it's alleged hundreds of thousands of uyghur muslims are living there under detention. but the chinese foreign ministry says it would not welcome an investigation. rescue teams have continued to work in the brazilian city of petropolis, which was devastated by flash floods and mudslides on tuesday. 146 people are now known to have died and almost two hundred have been reported as missing. the emergency services were forced to suspend their work several times during the day because of torrential rains. police in the canadian capital, 0ttawa, have used stun grenades as they continue to remove protesters near the federal parliament building. 0fficers said they'd been met with aggression by those who remain. for their part, protesters — who object to covid manadates — claim the police have been heavy—handed. dozens of arrests have been made.

let's hear from the acting chief of police in ottawa. downtown residents, we're focused on your safety. we are not going anywhere until you have your streets back. we are aware of protesters leaving the parliamentary precinct moving to surrounding neighbourhoods. we are working with our partners and we will remove these protesters peacefully from your area. this operation is still moving forward. it is not over and it will take more time until we have achieved our goals. steve scherer is the ottawa bureau chief for reuters. he's been telling the bbc more about the police operation to remove the protestors today, police continued what they started yesterday, so a portion of the protesters cleared yesterday and they picked up where they left off this morning and cleared most of the area in front of parliament and below the prime minister's office. so the core of it was cleared today, you can see fewer protesters out today.

the numbers are diminishing. a lot of them were very resisted the police cordon and there were a number of arrests. a total of 170 arrests between yesterday and today. and as you mentioned, the police used stun grenades and pepper spray at different moments to move the crowds back. i think canadians are shocked. this is not the kind of protest that canadians are used to seeing, and it certainly i had to see the police moving determined and with discipline, but certainly the wrong people on the ground and tying their hands with zip ties and arresting them, that is unusual for canada, where as may be in the united states or in europe, it's a bit more common. two people have been hospitalised after the helicopter they were flying in crashed into the sea off miami. according to transportation officials, it appears the helicopter lost engine

power, but that the pilot was able to steer away from people on the beach, even as the helicopter fell. the federal aviation authority says the circumstances of the crash are unknown, but it will be undertaking an investigation. there were three passengers on board, two of whom were taken to hospital. they are believed to be in a stable condition. 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? !" 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 technicolour future. sophie long, bbc news, seattle. a reminder of our top story. borisjohnson says evidence from russia and ukraine points to vladimir putin planning the biggest war since 1945. we have seenin biggest war since 1945. we have seen in the last few minutes, the white house has has that president biden will convene a meeting of the national security council, that will be taking place on sunday. you can reach me on twitter and also on instagram. i'd love to hear

from you. thanks so much for watching bbc world news. hello. sunday, i'm afraid, is going to be a windier day right across the uk once again. we've got a low pressure system that's getting closer, sending wet weather southwards across us. but as it approaches, the winds strengthen too and theyjust get stronger through sunday. it stays very windy overnight sunday night and through much of monday before easing. the potential, again, for strong, disruptive gusts of wind. there are some met office weather warnings. rain moving south, then showers, and after a mild start, it will be turning colder from the north later in the day. a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain to begin the day and a focus on the rain in north—west england — 20 to 40 mm, more into the hills, on saturated ground, so this could bring some problems. it'll take a while before

the rain clears away from northern ireland and southern scotland. a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain in wales and england, but then you see this narrow band of quite intense, even torrential rain forms and moves southwards as the day goes on with particularly squally winds along it. now, wind gusts 40—50 mph quite widely, more around some western and southern coasts. but along this narrow band of intense rain, those winds could be gusting in excess of 60 mph, potentially disruptive gusts of wind. and as for temperatures, turning colder behind the area of rain, initially in scotland and northern ireland, and the showers that follow will be increasingly wintry even to lower levels and some of those will filter further south through sunday night. and the winds get stronger still, at this stage, around some of the coasts of scotland, northern ireland and through the irish sea, maybe up to around 70 mph in places, so potential disruption out of those going into monday morning. and then on monday, the low pressure is pulling away, but still a squeeze in the isobars, still batches of showers moving southwards, though easing later. some sunny spells in between, but it remains very windy out there and still gusting quite widely 50—60 mph for a time, particularly towards western

and southern areas. and then those winds will gradually ease later in the day, but not until we've dealt with some more potentially disruptive gusts out there. and temperatures will be close to average, if not a little bit above for the time of year. there is a bit of a lull on monday night. after that, it stays unsettled with further spells of rain and wind, though perhaps not as windy as it's been at the moment. friday is looking like a fine day. it doesn't look like it will last.

this is bbc news, the headlines... british prime minister boris johnson says the evidence from russia and ukraine points towards president vladimir putin planning what "could be the biggest war in europe since 1945". speaking to the bbc, mrjohnson said that all the signs were that the russian president's plan had already begun. 12 people have been killed, as storm eunice left a trail of destruction across parts of northern and eastern europe. deaths were reported in the netherlands, belgium, britain, ireland, and poland. many victims were crushed by falling trees. gusts of close to 200kph have been recorded. the interim police chief in ottawa has said significant progress has been made in clearing unlawful protests from the streets of the canadian capital — but the operation is not over yet. he defended the police use of pepper spray and stun grenades as they had faced aggressive resistance. those are your headlines from the bbc. a woman from west london says

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