welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: nato warns that russian troops are heading for eastern ukraine. we report from the frontline, where ukrainians are preparing for an invasion. the troops here say they have been fighting a long war against russian backed separatists. they know that president putin may now send more forces. the us and europe respond with a series of targetted sanctions, and universal criticism of russia's aggression. who in the lord's name does putin think gives him the right

to declare new so—called countries on territory that belonged to his neighbours? in other news, a usjury finds three white men who murdered a blackjogger, ahmaud arbery, guilty of federal hate crimes. ahmaud will continue to rest in peace but he will now begin to rest in power. hong kong's government orders three rounds of compulsory covid testing for all citizens as it tries to control the worst outbreak the territory has seen. and, piecing together the huge wingspan of a giant flying dinosaur. the story behind their 170 million year old fossil. hello and welcome to the programme. russia has been dealt a wave of new economic and financial

sanctions, as the west tries to head off a military invasion of ukraine. nato says there's evidence that russian troops are moving towards areas of eastern ukraine. president biden has accused russia of a clear violation of international law, and announced new financial sanctions. vladimir putin ordered russian troops to be sent to eastern ukraine after recognising these regions, held by pro—russian rebels, donestk and luhansk. the areas highlighted in grey, are zones already controlled by russian—backed rebels. our first report is from 0rla guerin in eastern ukraine. a glimpse of the kremlin�*s firepower today, near the russian city of rostov—on—don, close to the border with ukraine. if president putin's forces cross that line, which will come as no surprise, many in ukraine will be bracing for the worst. dog barks. and on the front lines

here in zolotar in the east, they've been getting in some target practice. president putin has his eye on ukraine. the world watching and waiting for his next move. they know all about waiting here. this man has been in the trenches for seven long years, fighting kremlin—backed rebels, trying to keep moscow off ukrainian soil. "russia is rotten", he tells me. "and ukraine must blossom. that's why i'm here. "i want my wife and my daughter to live in peace and quiet." well, we've just started hearing some shelling in the last few minutes. the troops here say they have been fighting a long war against russian—backed separatists. they know that president putin may

now send more forces and the question is, if his troops arrive, how far will they go? how much of ukraine will he try to take? troops here tell me russian forces are already in the separatist areas and have been for years. now that president putin has officially recognised the breakaway enclaves, he can openly send in more. translation: now we can hear the shelling continue. _ we are already prepared. everybody knows what to do in any situation. you just have to follow your orders. for you here on the ground, does anything change now? translation: absolutely no changes, except more motivation to do what we do on a professional level. we're standing here just for this. and some have paid

with their lives. in kyiv today, the state funeral for a fallen soldier. captain anton sidorov, a father of three daughters, was killed by shelling on saturday. he had been fighting the separatists since war broke out in the east in 2014. 0n the other side of the front lines last night, small scale celebrations in the separatist enclave of donetsk, which moscow has declared to be an independent state. the reverberations may be felt for years. in the russian media, there's been universal praise for president putin's latest moves, and his case for denying ukraine's basic right to exist as an independent country. he announced his decision to deploy troops late monday, but 2a hours later, it's still not clear if any troops have arrived in the two breakaway regions. 0ur correspondent

steve rosenberg reports from moscow. russia's parliament rubber—stamping the kremlin�*s request for permission to send troops into the rebel republics of eastern ukraine. when they voted, there was no surprise — a unanimous "yes." cue the president. vladimir putin continues to keep everyone guessing about his plans but this sounded like an ultimatum. translation: the best solution would be for the authorities - in kyiv to give up their ambition tojoin nato and adopt neutrality. but if our so—called partners from ukraine full of modern weapons, a solution will become impossible, so the most important thing is that ukraine should demilitarise.

down at the russian foreign ministry, we detected little desire for compromise, and much irritation at the latest round of western sanctions imposed on moscow. translation: these sanctions are illegal. | we understood long ago that this is the only tool the west has to use against us — to contain us. but does russia not care that its international reputation in the west is getting lower and lower, and your country is seen, increasingly, as an aggressor? it's you. you are inventing this reputation. because of your actions. you are inventing this reputation for us. but the west's reputation is covered in blood. a shining example of how differently moscow views the world.

the russian authorities brush aside western criticism. they claim not to care about sanctions. but this country is facing growing international isolation over the ukraine crisis. for now, that is a consequence moscow seems willing to accept. and the russian people? geopolitical tension is fuelling fear of conflict. "we should be worried that all of this could spin out of control," pavel says. "it's very serious." "of course i'm nervous," says this woman. "we have sons, husbands. i don't want there to be war." russians are hoping that those leaders who take the decisions will take the right ones. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet, is in the capital kyiv and she's been reflecting on the events of the past 2a hours. this crisis in ukraine has

whipped up a storm that this crisis in ukraine has whipped up a storm that has gone right around the world but here in kyiv, look at the stunning skyline behind me. the mood is strangely calm but last night around this time when president putin had given his speech in which he basically said that ukraine was a fake country and shouldn't exist i heard ukrainian friends, ukrainian politicians using the word terrified for the first time, terrified of what could lie ahead and to the day today began as it often does with president zelenskiy saying to the west, what are you waiting for to take action? russian aggression is already here and now tonight ukrainian politicians are looking at the fine detail of those sanctions that are being imposed in one country after the other. president zelenskiy has called up president zelenskiy has called up reservists, saying it is not a general mobilisation, just for a special period, he says,

holding out the hope that diplomacy can prevail. and ukrainians, well, for many weeks now, many have been packing a bag just in case, learning how to shoot a gun, just in case. some have moved houses but for the most part ukrainians are staying put in saying that if it comes to it and they hope it doesn't, they will fight, because perhaps their neighbour, president putin describing their country as a fake country has reminded ukrainians just how ukrainian they are. 0ur chief international correspondent there. much more on this story from us online. we have a special live page on our website, that's bbc.com/news, or you can download the bbc app. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the world health organisation and unicef, have accused formula baby milk producers of unethical marketing practices. in a new report, they say

the aggressive promotion of formula milk is in breach of international commitments to protect breastfeeding. the queen has cancelled her planned virtual engagements due to mild coronavirus symptoms. buckingham palace said she would continue with light duties, after testing postive for covid on sunday. she's currently isolating at windsor castle after testing positive. the women's national football team in the united states has reached a landmark settlement with the sport's american governing body over equal pay. the players will share $22 million in back pay. if you wanyt to get in touch with me i'm on twitter — @bbckarishma. you are watching bbc, still to

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this is the last time the public will see this pope. very soon, for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: nato reports that russian troops are heading for eastern ukraine as the west announces sanctions against moscow. more now on our top story. 0n those financial sanctions on russia from the west, what impact will they have and will they work? i'm joined now by our reporter mark lobel. as you say, the first wave of sanctions has been announced and that's after russia recognised these two rebel held

areas within ukraine. 0ne recognised these two rebel held areas within ukraine. one of the interesting things, if we show you a map of the areas, one of the things, if you look closely, the grey area is controlled by the separatists, the yellow area by the ukrainians on the question is, is president putin claiming that the yellow area is also going to be protected by russian troops if and when they roll in. this was the answer from president biden who thinks that he is saying that that is the case. that he is saying that that is the case-— the case. he asserted that these regions _ the case. he asserted that these regions actually - the case. he asserted that i these regions actually extend deeper— these regions actually extend deeper than the two areas he recognised, claiming large areas _ recognised, claiming large areas currently under the jurisdiction of the ukrainian government. this is the beginning of a russian invasion of ukraine _ beginning of a russian invasion of ukraine as he indicated and asked — of ukraine as he indicated and asked permission to be able to do from — asked permission to be able to do from his duma. far beyond the steps _ do from his duma. far beyond the steps we and our allies and partners — the steps we and our allies and partners implemented in 2014. that's—

partners implemented in 2014. that's when the crimea was annexed in 2014. so if that is the case, that that area that is controlled by ukrainian forces is in fact being claimed by president putin then that could put the two countries in conflict so let's look at the sanctions that president biden announced there. let's start with america. america has brought an sanctions against two russian banks while limiting actions to the international financial systems. if we look at the sanctions from germany, these are perhaps the most substantive today, the suspension of a gas pipeline project between russia and germany was announced by the germany was announced by the german chancellor 0laf scholz, that would have doubled the gas flow from russia to germany, and then the uk's sanctions, if we have a look at those, they will be imposed on five russian banks and three russian individuals. all of these sanctions of course meant to be acting as a deterrent and indicating, many of those leaders indicating that more is yet to come. i do feel that diplomacy took a step back in the last 24 hours, oppose

meetings between america and the russians, between the foreign minister than between the presidents themselves have been put on the back burner, america saying they don't want there to be a pretext for, they don't want to be used as a pretense of diplomacy when in fact they feel that russia is heading towards an invasion of ukraine. interestingly president putin also kind of reiterating demands that he wants ukraine to renounce its nato ambitions, and calling for a demilitarisation of ukraine today and an end of a supply of weapons there, things that now that there is this strong resolve out, certainly kyiv as we heard think it is very unlikely so the question is, why is he doing this? we can also see of course that there are many troops hanging around the borders of ukraine. if we look at these satellite images, this is showing a new deployment of more than 100 military vehicles and of troops

in southern belarus. the big question is, what is president putin thinking, what is he going to do next and how was the west going to respond? for an insight into what president putin is thinking, have listened to this from one of his neighbours, the latvian prime minister. this is the new usual, so to speak _ this is the new usual, so to speak we _ this is the new usual, so to speak. we have an aggressive neighbour who is interested in recreating an empire and believes in the right to subjugate others believes in the right to sub'u ate others and has subjugate others and has disregard for national self—determination. this is a threat — self—determination. this is a threat to— self—determination. this is a threat to all of us. self-determination. this is a threat to all of us.— threat to all of us. also pushback _ threat to all of us. also pushback from - threat to all of us. also pushback from the - threat to all of us. also pushback from the un | threat to all of us. i"r pushback from the un attorney general, and hannigan terrace, picking up the words from joe biden, saying they will be sending peacekeepers in but they are saying there is no such word as peacekeepers when they enter into another country without their consent. a jury in the united states

has found three white men, who murdered a black jogger, guilty of federal hate crimes. the three defendants had already been sentenced to life in prison last year for killing ahmaud arbery in georgia. aleem maqbool reports. this family feels a sense of justice having been achieved. a jury decided that the men who murdered ahmaud arbery did so because of his race. i knew ahmaud's hands were in this from the very beginning. amen. the way ahmaud left here, i knew we would get victory on the state level and in the federal level. i knew that from day one. it was two years ago that ahmaud arbery was chased through a neighbourhood in which he was running close to his home. he was ambushed and shot dead. but though the police knew who killed him, no one was arrested and charged for more than ten weeks and only after this video

of what happened went viral. in a murder trial in november, father and son greg and travis mcmichael and their neighbour roddy bryant were found guilty of murder. now in a hate crimes trial, the evidence they exhibited a history of racism in the past, the killers' actions were deemed racially motivated. the us attorney general said the only acceptable outcome would have been the victim returning safely to his loved ones two years ago. i cannot imagine the pain that a motherfeels... ..to have her son run down and then gunned down while taking a jog on a public street. my heart goes out to her and to the family. there are still questions as to why it took a viral video at a national campaign to get ahmaud arbery�*s killlers is detained. without that, it's not hard to imagine that the justice

of the family is thankful for, remaining elusive. to hong kong now, which has announced mandatory covid tests for all residents, with penalties for those who fail to comply. the programme, which will begin in march, comes as the territory is struggling to cope with a sharp rise in infections. confirmed new cases are currently running at more than 6,000 a day, with many vulnerable people not vaccinated. 0ur correspondent danny vincent sent this report. heavy equipment preparing the ground for a makeshift field hospital, reminiscent of the early days of the pandemic in 2020. hong kong is rushing to deal with a surge in covid cases. 1000 new beds for those with severe symptoms will soon be available here. these were the scenes last week outside hong kong's public hospitals. more than 60% of the elderly

are unvaccinated. critics say the authorities were blindsided by this new way. it's overwhelmed hospitals and even patients waiting long hours outdoors. hong kong officially has a zero—covid policy but the latest outbreak is pushing the health system close to breaking point. homes in the hong kong subdivided buildings were on averagejust three metres square in size. 0n the second floor of subdivided apartment this family are forced to live with covid. it takes effort to breathe. i keep coughing intensely and my chest hurts. it makes it hard to breathe. i cough up blood in the morning. doctors say they need to wait three days before being hospitalised. before this latest outbreak, even asymptomatic patients have

quarantined for weeks. over the last two years, hong kong has all but controlled the outbreak of covid—19. the authorities say it success is due in part to the use of the zero covid policy. now many are questioning if that policy is still working. china prides itself in strictly controlling the spread of the virus. in the mainland, the authorities implement city lockdowns. president xijinping has told hong kong officials they must take all necessary measures to protect residents. it's notjust the president xi decision, isn't it? it is a nationwide policy. if it is a policy adopted by the country which is good for the well—being of the citizens then i don't think it is open for anyone to say otherwise. beijing has sent on the ground support to help maintain the outbreak.

hong kong officials they further restrictions may title to —— may increase to bring the virus under control. let's turn to flying dinosaurs now, known as pterosaurs, they are often seen as some of the most spectacular creatures to have flown over the earth. but a new discovery suggests they may have been far bigger, far earlier than we thought. fossils found in scotland, dating back 170 million years, suggest they had a wingspan bigger than a king size bed. 0ur science correspondent, victoria gill, has the story. these look a little like they might be teeth. and it's pretty symmetrical... hidden in the rock for 170 million years, the teeth and bones of a jurassic reptile. after racing the tide to cut out the limestone that entombed their discovery, the team had a rockyjourney to bring it back to their lab. here they've revealed the secrets of this isle of skye pterosaur that

they've named �*dearc sgiathanach' — gaelic for "winged reptile". i think it's a lot clearer if we put the head back on, so we removed the head to cat scan it, but we can put it right back there, join it up with the neck, and you can see the neck and it leads to a body. something like this preserved in 3d isjust a one in a billion thing. x—ray scans of the skull have revealed even more detail. i'm holding a model of dearc sgiathanach. it's slightly smaller than the one we have in the fossil room, but it's more or less how the creature might have looked in real life. it has these enormous wing membranes. it also has this big tail, used as a flying rudder. we walked injurassic footprints when we visited the isle of skye with this same research team back in 2015. and you can see the toes... fossilised depressions left by giant sauropods, the biggest animals ever to walk the earth. and this fossil, the researchers say, is the largest pterosaur from that same period. this is the average size of a jurassic pterosaur skull.

and this is dearc, the newly—discovered fossil from the isle of skye. the team's now sending it on anotherjourney, to the national museum of scotland, where it will eventually be put on display. it's a humble last trip on a pallet for a creature that's been buried since the age of the dinosaurs. victoria gill, bbc news, in edinburgh. fascinating stuff! we live in troubled times, but one group in canada has found a pretty chilled way to unwind. they're braving the cold and the wind for a yoga class, surrounded by alpacas, trying to find their zen in the freezing canadian winter. apparently it's about doing something that's good for your body, good for your mind and good for your spirit. not so much downward dog, you get the idea. the classes are held to raise money to keep the animals happy and healthy at their sanctuary. yogis and alpacas

in perfect harmony! thank you for watching. to stay with us. some of us are still feeling the effects of the storms. we are flooding in places. how about the weather in the short term? well, it's not going to be a bad start to the day for many parts of england and wales. but for scotland, northern ireland and to an extent the very far north of england, it is going to be once again a very blustery day on wednesday and it will turn progressively wintery through the day. it is still very active on the satellite picture here. these weather fronts across the atlantic racing our way. all of this, this is wintry weather, linked to this low pressure. a cold front is approaching but to the south, we are under the influence of a high—pressure here. so, clearer skies, lighter winds and through the early

hours of the morning, a touch of ground frost at the very least in rural areas. city centres itself won't be that cold, 6 degrees in plymouth, pretty nippy enough in birmingham at 2 celsius. milder, slightly milder weather than the morning in the lowlands of scotland and northern ireland. now, here's the next low pressure that is coming in. a cold front and behind it, we have wintry showers. the morning is going be pretty soggy in northern ireland and scotland, with increasing winds and gale force winds and 60 mile an hour gusts. the weather will eventually go downhill in the far north of england too. particularly blustry in the northeast there in newcastle, but all the while there, new england and wales, but overall not a bad day. increasingly through the afternoon we will see winter showers and scotland and northern ireland to lower and lower levels. and then that takes us into wednesday night and thursday. that cold front crosses the country and then we are all in the blustery, chilly stream of air

from the north atlantic and you can see how frequent the winter showers are across northern ireland. some showers could be wintry also across england and wales, maybe not the extreme south and in fact, if anything, thursday should be a decent enough day. single—figure temperatures. it will certainly feel coldest and the northwest here. 5 degrees and you add on that gale—force wind and you'll feel like it's barely above freezing. there is a hint of better weather on the way as high pressure builds on friday. i think that's going to be a very decent day and perhaps into the weekend, some of us could hold onto some that better weather. goodbye.

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