this is bbc news with the latest headlines. foreign secretary liz truss says an invasion of ukraine is highly likely and insists nothing is off the table as western allies impose sanctions against russian financial interests. if we see, which i feel we are likely to see, a full—scale invasion of ukraine, we will similarly act rapidly. we will act in concert with our international allies to send a very clear message to vladimir putin that we are not going to allow him to win. president biden abandons plans for a summit with vladimir putin after the kremlin�*s decision to order troops to separatist—held areas of ukraine. uefa is almost certain to switch this season's champions league final away from st petersburg

amid the ukraine—russia crisis. it's one of the biggest scandals in the history of the nhs. bbc panorama reports on the repeated failures in maternity care at hospitals in shropshire. and more than 60 flood warnings remain in place across england, following high rainfall from storm franklin. the foreign secretary says the uk will use every lever at its disposal to stop russian threats against ukraine. it comes after the russian leader, vladimir putin, ordered troops into two ukrainian regions held by russian—backed separatists. liz truss says britain will escalate sanctions in the event of a full invasion of ukraine, saying that nothing would be off the table.

but shadow foreign secretary david lammy is joined by some tory mps calling for tougher sanctions. mr lammy says a threshold has been breached and that current measures are not strong enough. a summit between president biden and president putin suggested at the weekend will not now take place. talks between the us secretary of state and the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has also been cancelled. anthony blinken says it now makes no sense to go forward with the talks. meanwhile president putin says moscow is still open to diplomatic solutions with the west, and claims he's always open for honest dialogue. but the australian prime minister scott morrison has said he believes a full scale invasion of ukraine will begin within the next 2a hours. mark lobel reports. kremlin firepower spotted

near the russian city of rostov—on—don, close to the ukrainian border. translation: i'm really concerned a huge war may break out. - worried to tears. satellite images also capture military vehicles, and a troop hospital across the borderfrom ukraine's capital in southern belarus. this map explains how a russian invasion could stretch beyond the two separatist areas in grey here, which are already recognised by russia as independent. the us president thinks putin also includes the ukrainian—controlled yellow areas as part of his responsibility to protect. he asserted that these regions actually extend deeper than the two areas he recognised, claiming large areas currently under thejurisdiction of the ukraine government. this is the beginning of a russian invasion of ukraine. it's likely us influence was behind

a significant german decision to punish russia by stopping a major pipeline meant to export gas from russia to europe. with further sanctions from the us, uk, japan and europe hitting russian banks and oligarchs, with more to follow if things get worse. nothing would be off— follow if things get worse. nothing would be off the _ follow if things get worse. nothing would be off the table, _ follow if things get worse. nothing would be off the table, we - follow if things get worse. nothing would be off the table, we are - would be off the table, we are working with our allies, the americans and europeans and the g7, to make sure we inflict pain on the putin regime. iii to make sure we inflict pain on the putin regime-— to make sure we inflict pain on the putin regime. if we are serious, we have to go — putin regime. if we are serious, we have to go hard. _ putin regime. if we are serious, we have to go hard. a _ putin regime. if we are serious, we have to go hard. a threshold - putin regime. if we are serious, we have to go hard. a threshold has i have to go hard. a threshold has been _ have to go hard. a threshold has been breached. _ have to go hard. a threshold has been breached. sending - have to go hard. a threshold has - been breached. sending peacekeepers? we know_ been breached. sending peacekeepers? we know what— been breached. sending peacekeepers? we know what the _ been breached. sending peacekeepers? we know what the soldiers _ been breached. sending peacekeepers? we know what the soldiers will- been breached. sending peacekeepers? we know what the soldiers will be - we know what the soldiers will be doing _ we know what the soldiers will be doing when — we know what the soldiers will be doing when they _ we know what the soldiers will be doing when they go _ we know what the soldiers will be doing when they go into _ we know what the soldiers will be doing when they go into ukraine. i we know what the soldiers will be i doing when they go into ukraine. on that basis, _ doing when they go into ukraine. on that basis, i— doing when they go into ukraine. on that basis, i think— doing when they go into ukraine. on that basis, i think the _ doing when they go into ukraine. on that basis, i think the mood - doing when they go into ukraine. on that basis, i think the mood of- doing when they go into ukraine. on that basis, i think the mood of the l that basis, i think the mood of the

entire _ that basis, i think the mood of the entire house — that basis, i think the mood of the entire house of— that basis, i think the mood of the entire house of commons - that basis, i think the mood of the i entire house of commons yesterday was that— entire house of commons yesterday was that the — entire house of commons yesterday was that the government _ entire house of commons yesterday was that the government were - entire house of commons yesterday was that the government were not i was that the government were not being _ was that the government were not being strong — was that the government were not being strong enough. _ was that the government were not being strong enough.— being strong enough. president putin's response _ being strong enough. president putin's response to _ being strong enough. president putin's response to that? - being strong enough. president putin's response to that? a - being strong enough. president| putin's response to that? a brief press conference to reiterate his unlikely demands ukraine renounces future nato membership and rids itself of weapons. leaving everyone guessing what is next. one neighbour claims to know. this guessing what is next. one neighbour claims to know-— claims to know. this is the new usual, claims to know. this is the new usual. so _ claims to know. this is the new usual. so to — claims to know. this is the new usual, so to speak. _ claims to know. this is the new usual, so to speak. we - claims to know. this is the new usual, so to speak. we have i claims to know. this is the newi usual, so to speak. we have an aggressive neighbour that is interested in recreating an empire, who believes in the right to subjugate others and has a disregard for national sub—determination. this is a threat to all of us. the eastern — is a threat to all of us. the eastern ukrainian - is a threat to all of us. the eastern ukrainian town - is a threat to all of us. the eastern ukrainian town of kharkiv sits close to the rebel held areas. school drills are under way, in case they find themselves in the firing line. the sound of bombing on ukraine's current front line could soon get louder. it also appears the diplomatic window is closing — as nato's chief warns,

this is the most dangerous moment in european security for a generation. mark lobel, bbc news. let's talk to our political correspondent adam fleming. adam, the government, as we saw, under pressure to go further and faster on sanctions. including pressure from some of their own mps? yes, yesterday in parliament it was very clear that the opposition to the government was notjust coming from the opposition parties, it was coming from within the conservative party as well. shares of select committees, former leaders, people with an interest in defence and foreign affairs, saying that the government should have gone further and targeted more people, in more ways. you realise that the government has a few issues to deal with, the first is expectation management. people feel that boris johnson was not a very tough rhetoric against vladimir putin was not necessarily matched by the

sanctions that came out yesterday. restrictions on three wealthy individuals, and five banks. then there is a bit of a process thing here as well. the government wants to sanction members of the russian parliament, who have called for the russian government to recognise those breakaway areas of ukraine. well, it turns out that require some tweaks to uk legislation to be able to do that, it could take a couple of weeks. the button is not yet ready to be pushed. then you have the philosophical question of what are the sanctions for? the government says they will escalate them as russia's actions escalate, and as the crisis escalates. but then people in parliament yesterday were saying, well, no, you have the biggest deterrent effect by applying tough sanctions before the escalation happens. the government was trying to strike a balance between all of those things. that is why you have liz truss, the foreign secretary, writing in the times newspaper and appearing on tv and radio to say that nothing is of the table and that the sanctions will ratchet up if they are required, and that there is a long list of people that there is a long list of people that there is a long list of people

that the government is preparing to target in future. and borisjohnson is letting it known this morning that he is going to be speaking to the financial services world so they can have the wiring of global finance changed to punish the russian government. the government back i was trying to defend what it is doing today. back i was trying to defend what it is doing today-— is doing today. adam, ukraine is very much _ is doing today. adam, ukraine is very much centrestage _ is doing today. adam, ukraine is very much centrestage at - is doing today. adam, ukraine is - very much centrestage at westminster at the moment. also, partygate is backin at the moment. also, partygate is back in the headlines, and new details about the police investigation?- details about the police investigation? details about the police investiuation? ~ , investigation? the prime minister received a questionnaire - investigation? the prime minister received a questionnaire from - investigation? the prime minister received a questionnaire from the i received a questionnaire from the metropolitan police, asking him questions about these accusations, as many people will have received, if they have been accused of breaking the rules. lawyers filled it in and return it within the deadline, the end of last week. itv has got hold of what these forms actually look like, that makes it very clear this is the equivalent of being interviewed by the police under caution. so, we think that means that borisjohnson is the first prime minister to be interviewed, effectively, under caution as part of a police

investigation. quite a symbolic and significant moment in the story. thank you very much indeed. caroline davies has sent us this update on the russian response to the announcement on international sanctions. ~ , ., , sanctions. well, they have been consistently _ sanctions. well, they have been consistently robust _ sanctions. well, they have been consistently robust in _ sanctions. well, they have been consistently robust in their- consistently robust in their response, not particularly surprising. even before we knew that president putin had announced the fact that he was recognising the separatist held areas, there had already been talk about the fact that russia would be able to be resilient against these sorts of sanctions. some had suggested it would increase russia's strength, because previously they had the sanctions and survived, it had made them more independent. others suggested at some point the west would come back to russia because it needed russia. plenty of that sort of dialogue continuing today with state media reporting about things like the fact that the foreign

ministry say that these are illegitimate sanctions. pretty robust response on that side. in response on the other side, people are already concerned about the economic impact that this might have. people are concerned about that even before this announcement was made, about any form of military intervention by russia. they were worried about what might happen with that economic sanction, how it might affect their lives. now, today is a public holiday here in russia. it is dedicated to the armed forces. of course, that feels particularly resilient and important here, in an area that is very close to the ukrainian border, where they have seen this conflict going on for the course of since 2014. many are wondering what president putin is planning to do with his russian troops. planning to do with his russian troo s. ., ., planning to do with his russian troos. ., ., , joining me now is former defence secretary, dr liam fox,

plenty of your colleagues are not happy with the level of sanctions that have been imposed so far on russia. five banks, three individuals. are you one of those who thinks that you're government need to go further and faster on this? i need to go further and faster on this? ~' . , ., this? i think the west will need to no further this? i think the west will need to go further and _ this? i think the west will need to go further and faster. _ this? i think the west will need to go further and faster. i _ this? i think the west will need to go further and faster. i think- this? i think the west will need to go further and faster. i think the l go further and faster. i think the british government has actually behaved extremely honourably. i think it is very clear from what president biden was saying last night, this is something that has been very well worked out and coordinated between allies who are going to stay in lockstep throughout this. i think we wait to see what comes out. the point i was making yesterday in the house of commons is, ultimately, whatever we decide to do with sanctions, we have to understand there is a limit to what sanctions can achieve in a country thatis sanctions can achieve in a country that is not a democracy, run by a despot like putin, who doesn't actually care about the impact on the russian people. we will have to don't think about how we can help

ukraine to defend itself against further russian action.- ukraine to defend itself against further russian action. people like iain further russian action. people like lain duncan _ further russian action. people like iain duncan smith _ further russian action. people like iain duncan smith were _ further russian action. people like iain duncan smith were saying - further russian action. people like | iain duncan smith were saying that russia should be hit hard, hit them hard and hit them now, that is his message, in other words, hard and hit them now, that is his message, in otherwords, get hard and hit them now, that is his message, in other words, get on with it and don't wait? i message, in other words, get on with it and don't wait?— it and don't wait? i think there is a case for _ it and don't wait? i think there is a case for having _ it and don't wait? i think there is a case for having very, _ it and don't wait? i think there is a case for having very, very - it and don't wait? i think there is| a case for having very, very tough sanctions, then reducing them if russia responds to the threat to their economy. the approach that seems to have been taken is an incremental increase in sanctions, vladimir putin does not respond, sanctions will get heavier and heavier as time goes on. you can argue, i think, heavier as time goes on. you can argue, ithink, eitherway. ultimately, you come back to the same position, whatever the sanctions are, whatever the impact on the russian economy, the people of ukraine will ultimately still need to be able to defend themselves.— need to be able to defend themselves. there is a lot of russian money _ themselves. there is a lot of russian money washing - themselves. there is a lot of i russian money washing around britain, isn't there, and london in particular? and actually washing around the conservative party. millions of pounds that have been

donated of russian money. do you regret that, should that money be given back?— regret that, should that money be civen back? ~ ,, ., given back? welcome i think you have to be careful — given back? welcome i think you have to be careful what _ given back? welcome i think you have to be careful what you _ given back? welcome i think you have to be careful what you mean - given back? welcome i think you have to be careful what you mean by - to be careful what you mean by russian. as borisjohnson said in the commons yesterday, people who are russian and who have got uk citizenship are able to decide what to do with their own money, that is very different from what oligarchs were doing in terms of investments. if you look out across europe, you can see in recent years, in response to the 2014 sanctions, russia has invested heavily in energy, critical infrastructure, these are the areas where we have got to be very careful about allowing russian investment. lets look at the wider global picture. you were defence secretary. do you think there is, in a way, a failure by nato in not protecting ukraine more, in allowing president putin to threaten and bully ukraine in the way that it has been? i putin to threaten and bully ukraine in the way that it has been?- in the way that it has been? i think

we have taken _ in the way that it has been? i think we have taken our— in the way that it has been? i think we have taken our eye _ in the way that it has been? i think we have taken our eye off- in the way that it has been? i think we have taken our eye off the - in the way that it has been? i think we have taken our eye off the ball| we have taken our eye off the ball in sanctions. since 2014, russia has had a large amount of import substitution. we have had investments, as i have said, across europe. which, if not appeasement, has been at least turning a blind eye. and i think when you have sanctions, you've got to constantly update them. as you said in your earlier report, countries will find a way around them over time. putin has been paying down russian state debt over this period, making sure russia is less dependent on imports, and there are lessons for us in that, not least in the energy sector. ,, that, not least in the energy sector. , ., ,, , , that, not least in the energy sector. ,, , , ., sector. do you think putin sees an opportunity? _ sector. do you think putin sees an opportunity? you _ sector. do you think putin sees an opportunity? you know— sector. do you think putin sees an opportunity? you know is- sector. do you think putin sees an opportunity? you know is ukraine| sector. do you think putin sees an i opportunity? you know is ukraine is not currently in nato, it wants to be one day but it isn't at the moment. he also sees a west that is perhaps weakened after afghanistan, the withdrawal from afghanistan, and he sees this as the moment. this the withdrawal from afghanistan, and he sees this as the moment.- he sees this as the moment. this is art of a he sees this as the moment. this is part of a steady _ he sees this as the moment. this is part of a steady progress _ he sees this as the moment. this is part of a steady progress in - part of a steady progress in ukraine, as faras part of a steady progress in ukraine, as far as putin is concerned. when we talk about an

invasion of ukraine, he invaded in 2014 and he is still there, he is still occupying part of ukraine in the crimea. illegally. after an act of aggression there. so, it is very clear that he has a plan to take ukraine back into russia. putin is one of those ex kgb officers who still feels hurt because of the break—up of the soviet union, and wants to see the soviet empire re—established as a russian empire. we got to be very clear—headed about that. his plan is clear. he is making it very clear in terms of his intent, in the essays, writings and speeches he has given about ukraine. it hardly comes as a surprise. therefore, i think that we have slightly taken our eye off the ball on the previous sanctions, and we have to toughen these ones, and we have to toughen these ones, and we have to toughen these ones, and we have to think about how we protect the people of ukraine in the future. either by giving them the ability to protect themselves, they have massive inferiority when it comes to military equipment, compared to russia, all we have to give them a

security guarantee, or a bit of both. we have to now face up to the fact that we are witnessing a democratic european state being cannibalised by an aggressive russia. and we have to decide whether we do something about this or not in the longer term. liam whether we do something about this or not in the longer term.— or not in the longer term. liam fox, thank ou or not in the longer term. liam fox, thank you very _ or not in the longer term. liam fox, thank you very much _ or not in the longer term. liam fox, thank you very much indeed - or not in the longer term. liam fox, thank you very much indeed for - or not in the longer term. liam fox, thank you very much indeed for your time. in the last 30 minutes, ukraine's foreign ministry has urged its citizens to leave russia immediately and not to travel there, because of what is called the escalating russian aggression against ukraine. let's talk to our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. we have heard warnings from the australian prime minister, amongst others, scott morrison, saying he expects a full invasion in the next 24 hours. does it feel like that there, where you are? i think that is a continuation of the west's assessment of things. for ukrainians here in the capital, that changes very little. we have to remember that some intelligence officials predicted an invasion

would happen as specifically as last wednesday. ukrainians are used to eight years of russian aggression. in a strange way, this last fortnight, some are getting used to the strange situation of the west giving grim forecasts, while the ukrainian government takes a very different assessment of things. that said, this advice for ukrainians to leave russia immediately, and for citizens not to travel to russia, it represents a bigger shift in tone from president zelensky and his government. until now, the message has been a stay calm, don't panic. he has given a second such address in as many days in front of a full map of ukraine, making the point that included all of the occupied territories in the crisis. he described patriot is a somebody who defends their land against their enemy. he signed an orderfor reservists to be called up to the armed forces. this follows from an address from his defence minister to troops, saying there will be losses

ahead, there will be ordeals ahead. hold your nerve, hold the line. that is very much a shift in how ukraine is very much a shift in how ukraine is viewing this crisis.— is viewing this crisis. james, in terms of the — is viewing this crisis. james, in terms of the scale _ is viewing this crisis. james, in terms of the scale of _ is viewing this crisis. james, in terms of the scale of ukraine, | is viewing this crisis. james, in | terms of the scale of ukraine, if there was a full invasion, just give us an idea of how hard would it be for russian troops to hold down such a vast country. we know many, many ukrainians have said they would fight, they would resist. how mammoth a task would that be for russia? , , , , ., russia? this is the best that doesnt russia? this is the best that doesn't compute. _ russia? this is the best that doesn't compute. if - russia? this is the best that doesn't compute. if you - russia? this is the best that | doesn't compute. if you have ukraine, a country where the vast majority do not want to be occupied, they do not want to be taken over. you could argue that the russian leaning parts of ukraine have already fallen, with the annexation of crimea and what has happened in the east, in the donbas region. then you have the historical trait over the past eight years, the more

aggressive russia is, the more ukraine's sense of national identity is galvanised. its sovereignty. and the more politically it leans to the west on issues like eu membership and nato membership. if you put all of that aside, you then have, yes, granted, 150,000 estimated russian troops gathered along the border. they have been for some time. russia is a military superpower. but then you also have the ukrainian army, thatis you also have the ukrainian army, that is much stronger than it was eight years ago, when it was caught by surprise. it has received billions of dollars in funding, training, equipment. president zelensky has given a number of 200,000 troops that would be willing to fight. the majority of those troops are based on the east, where all of this instability is happening. we should say it is hard to tell at the moment whether russian troops have indeed crossed the border. you remember with crimea, they were called the little green men, soldiers started popping

up green men, soldiers started popping up before a more sizeable official military presence was imposed by russia. with all of that apparatus in place, any potential incursion would be drawn out and it would be bloody, frankly, and catastrophic. this is why the west is so desperate to avoid this. yes, they are lining up to avoid this. yes, they are lining up sanctions. at the other concern for ukrainians is nato members have made it clear that it is extremely unlikely that any nato troops will fight and help with ukraine's defence, in an escalation of this war. yes, they are moving troops to the east, and stationing them their more permanently, but the overall picture is a messy one. it would be farfrom picture is a messy one. it would be far from straightforward and it would be ordinary people at the heart of it on both the russian and ukraine side, that bear the brunt. many thanks indeed, james waterhouse, our correspondent in kyiv. more than 60 flood warnings remain in place across england,

following high rainfall from storm franklin. two severe warnings — meaning there's a danger to life — have been issued for the river severn in ironbridge and in bewdley in worcestershire. dozens of homes near the river have been evacuated. it's one of the biggest scandals in the history of the nhs. many babies died, while others were left with life—changing injuries following repeated failures in maternity care at hospitals in shropshire. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchannan, has been following the investigation into what went wrong. he's been speaking to one mum who lost her child after being encouraged to have a natural birth — even though her baby wasn't in the correct position. these are all his clothes. in preparation for him? yeah. kamaljit uppal�*s son should be 18 years old. the prices are still on them? the prices are still on them, yes. they are all hung in the wardrobe for him to come home. instead, she clings to the memory

of what could have been. during her pregnancy, she was told that manpreet was in a breech position, lying on the wrong direction. i was told, you're not having a normal delivery, it will be a c—section. but when she went into labour, the royal shrewsbury hospital encouraged her to have a normal birth. 18 hours later, her son hadn't been born. she needed an emergency cesarean. i was still coming out of my general anaesthetic, and she said, "he's dead." and that was it. they plonked the baby in my arms, and said, "say goodbye." i just didn't know how to say goodbye. and, erm... ijust gave him a kiss, and that was it. in march 2003, just a month before manpreet�*s death, mps held a hearing amid concerns over the rising number of caesareans. panorama has discovered that clinical leaders

from the royal shrewsbury hospital told the mps how they managed to have the lowest c—section rate in the country. the evidence we have seen show them telling the health select committee... the promotion of natural birth was part of a wider national effort, though in shropshire the evidence suggests they proceeded to vigorously. following her son's death, kamaljit uppal was called to a meeting with a hospital consultant. she still remembers what he told her. "i took the wrong option of delivering." and, basically, if we'd given him a c—section earlier, 3.45, he would have lived a normal life, there would have been nothing wrong with him. the midwife overseeing the official review,

which is looking at nearly 1900 cases, over almost two decades, says cesarean rates of the trust were consistently lower than the england average. there were cases when an earlier recourse to a cesarean section, rather than a persistence towards a normal delivery, may well have led to a better outcome for mother or baby, or both. bernie bentick retired in 2020 after spending nearly 30 years of the trust. the gynaecologist says he repeatedly raised problems with managers. i was increasingly concerned about the level of bullying . and adverse culture within the trust. - i believed that some of the ways they responded to problems - were to try to preserve _ the reputation of the organisation. in a statement, the trust say they apologise for the distress caused, but that they had made strong progress, including investing in staffing and training.

next month, a full report into shropshire's maternity michael buchanan, bbc news, shropshire. the world health organization 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 breast—feeding. a bbc investigation has found children could be exposed to grooming and sexually explicit material, in some parts of the so—called metaverse. that's the name given to a range of games and experiences which can be accessed using virtual reality headsets. it's a world which facebook founder, mark zuckerberg, has called the future. angus crawford reports. meetjess, she's 25, a bbc journalist, but in virtual reality, she's pretending to be a child. going in.

into vr chat — one of the most popular apps. the age limit�*s 13. some rooms look innocent enough. but there's pole dancing and strip clubs, too. 0h, hello, miss, we can hang out, watch a movie or something. isn't it school time right now? there are two people to the side of me now, who are trying to get on top of each other. ok, so there's like a group of people that are, like, simulating sex. i want to say there's like five of them and they're definitely children, i'm pretty sure because of how they sound. the avatars can go naked. and thenjess is assaulted. oh, my god! what was that like? horrible. it was strange. it felt like it was happening to me. stop it. leave me alone. it's like the wild west, and i wouldn't feel safe

as a sibling of younger children, having my siblings play on this. and if i was a parent, i wouldn't let my children in that kind of area. it's too adult. we showed whatjess had found to andy burrows at the nspcc, and he's horrified. it'sjust the most shocking breach of any responsibility. i am angry because facebook promised us disney levels of safety. this isn't a theme park. this is a set of virtual worlds, where children are at risk of grooming, of sexual abuse, of really harmful experiences. it speaks to a corporate neglect. these are sites that are dangerous by design. today, we're going to talk about the metaverse. mark zuckerberg thinks the metaverse is the future of the internet, even rebranding facebook as meta, spending billions of dollars on the quest headset, which dominates the market. you need a facebook

account tojoin in. there are games and apps made by meta and by other companies, too. ok, here we go. the so—called metaverse doesn't actually exist yet. that's just the name given to a series of games and virtual reality experiences you get to using a headset like this one. choose what you want to look like, your avatar, and you can start exploring. the question is, how safe is this world for children? katherine allen studies vr. i met her in her virtual office while sitting beside her in the real world. not everything's perfect in this space, is it? no, it's a bit of a wild west, . simulated sex is something that you see quite commonly. if we don't get on top of it, if it's not regulated and legislated, if the public aren't aware of what's really happening, children going to these spaces unsupervised, then we could see really a hotbed for potential grooming, predators and also experiences that

children are having that may well be too early for them in their development. predators are just having a free—for—all with these kids. this man has been investigating vr chat rooms for months. he's worried for his safety and wants to remain anonymous. he's made a youtube film and even met and interviewed a 14—year—old, who says he was groomed and raped in virtual reality. did they try to do things to you? yes. you'll see 40—year—old men hanging out with 12—year—old boys and girls. it's like a nightclub. but if you are running a nightclub and you can't afford a bouncer, so you just leave the doors open, well, you're going to get shut down because, yeah, i get it. it may be expensive to hire a bouncer, but you got to do it. you have to do it because the alternative is to let kids just wander in and get destroyed. vr chat says it is working hard to make itself a safe and welcoming place for everyone.

predatory and toxic behaviour has no place on the platform. meta stresses it's not responsible for other companies' apps and says... "we provide tools that allow players to report and block users. we will continue to make improvements as we learn more about how people interact in these spaces." for children, the metaverse can be an exciting adventure, but it also poses a real risk of harm. angus crawford, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. she has just she hasjust had her she has just had her breakfast, she hasjust had her breakfast, i am reliably informed! we have a weather front crossing scotland and northern ireland, bringing some rain, turning colder

behind that, and we will see increasingly wintry showers. wherever you are today, it will be windy, particularly to start the day across the north—east and south—east scotland. we are looking at gales across the north and also the worst. this evening and overnight, the rain sinks southwards, fragmenting, but popping up across the far south—east, and it will turn much colder behind it with snow showers to sea level in some areas. a risk of ice on untreated surfaces. tomorrow, we lose this band of rain from the south, it is going to be windy, snow levels at sea level across scotland and northern ireland, but on higher ground we could see as much as 30 centimetres of snow. in between, some sunshine, but feeling cold, and with the strength of the wind, it will feel quite beautiful some of us. —— quite

bitter. the foreign secretary has said that an invasion of ukraine is highly likely and insist that nothing is off the table after the government's sanctions on russia were criticised for being too weak. president biden has abandoned plans for a summit with president putin. uefa is almost certain to switch this season's champions league final away from st petersburg, i made the continuing tensions over ukraine. in other news, one of the biggest scandals in the history of the nhs, bbc panorama reports on repeated failures in maternity care at hospitals in shropshire. and more than 60 flood warnings are still in place across england after heavy rainfall from storm franklin.

sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. the bbc understands european football's governing body, uefa, is almost certain to switch to a different host city amid the escalating crisis after several countries, including the uk, introduced sanctions against russia. the 68,000—seater gazprom stadium in st petersburg had been selected as this season's venue. uefa said it was "closely monitoring the situation" and "any decision would be made in due course if necessary." the game is still expected to be played on the 28th may. london mayor sadiq khan said the english capital was ready to step in, with the tottenham hotspur stadium one option. wembley is also under consideration but is due to host the league two and championship play—off finals that weekend on may 28th and 29th. manchester united are one of four english clubs hoping to reach the final.

they're away at atletico madrid in their last—16 tie this evening. their manager says there is a huge amount to work through and cosider. this is something for uefa and maybe even for some politicians to decide upon. i think we all hope — not only here in england, but in the whole of europe, if not in the rest of the world — that things will de—escalate. nobody could really be interested in a sort of war within europe. so this is more important, actually, than a champions league game, if we're honest. chelsea, owned by russian billionaire roman abrahomvich, are a step closer to the quarterfinals after beating lille in the first leg of their last—16 tie. no place in the side for romelu lukaku last night. his replacment, kai havertz, got chelsea's first, american christian pulisic with their second, leaving chelsea in control of the tie ahead of the second leg in three weeks' time. afterwards, though, questions centred on the absence

of £97 million signing lukaku and whether he'll feature in the league cup final on sunday. not only mentally tired, but also physically tired, which i can understand — he played, i think, since the liverpool game, and he started every match for us and then there were some extra times in it, as well. and for sunday, we have four days to decide and to recover and, of course, he has every chance to play. in last night's other match, villarreal drew 1—1 at home tojuventus. juventus took the lead almost from kick—off. a long ball to new signing dusan vlaovic, a great finish, and juve were a goal up after 33 seconds. villarreal equalised midway through the second half. dani parejo got behind the visitors' defence. they pressed for a winner, but 1—1 is how it finished. england women play germany tonight

in theirfinal match of their international tournamnet which has served as a warm—up to this summer's euros. the republic of ireland beat wales in their invitational tournament in spain. the only goal came from denise 0'sullivan in the first half in what is the second defeat in a row for wales, after they lost on penalties to belgium on saturday. a happy debut for scotland keeper eartha cummings. her save meant the scots won 3—1 on penalties after a 0—0 draw with hungary. they finish fifth in the competition. emma raducanu was forced to retire in a real marathon match overnight, her first competitive outing since defeat at the australian open. the reigning us open champion was top seed at the guadalajara 0pen, but she was clearly struggling — she had some strapping on her leg. three hours and 36 minutes she was out on court against australia's daria saville. that's the longest match of the wta season so far. it was one set all, with raducanu down a break in the third when she called it a day.

so a marathon for raducanu, and you'll remember yesterday we told you about alexander zverev�*s epic match in the men's singles. a contest that ended just before 5am local time. well, it seems he might have been suffering from a lack of sleep after his doubles match, because he was decidedly tetchy following his defeat with partner brazilian marcelo melo, in the doubles overnight, in a long match that went to a tie break which eneded in defeat for the pair. zverev let his frsutrations out on the umpire's chair. an unsavoury incident. very close to actually hitting the umpire. as a consequence, he has been stop to play second round match in the singles, but he has been disqualified for unsportsmanlike

conduct. ben, that is all from me. i always wonder, surely they damage their rackets when they do that, they cost a fortune! i presume they have a decent supply of rackets! but i have got to say, in all the times i have been watching tennis, i have never seen a player... we have seen them smash rackets, but not taking want to be in by a's chair quite like that. thank you very much indeed, john watson. following days of fast—paced developments in the ukraine crisis, the bbc�*s ros atkins has been taking a look at some of the key moments of russia's military build—up. on monday evening, president putin gave a televised address. he also signed russia's recognition of the independence of donetsk and luhansk in eastern ukraine and ordered troops into the territories. within hours, unidentified military vehicles were filmed near them. and vladimir putin says any russian troops will be peacekeeping,

to which the us says this. he calls them peacekeepers. this is nonsense. we know what they really are. all this has come after months of a russian military build—up near to ukraine. back in mid—november, this was the warning from nato. in recent weeks, we have seen large and unusual concentrations of russian forces close to ukraine's borders. moscow said this was alarmist, but neither the troops nor the concerns went away. 0n the 8th of december, the washington post published this recent satellite image showing russian deployment. it reported a us estimate of 70,000 troops close to the border. russia didn't deny this, but in an address in late december, president putin said this. translation: the strengthening of us and nato military groupings - on russia's borders and the organisation of large—scale military manoeuvres are a serious cause for concern.

to this, we can add putin's long—standing frustration that nato has expanded further east. and byjanuary, russian troops were arriving in belarus. it neighbours both russia and ukraine, and moscow said its actions were about repelling external aggression. it talked of compromises, too. but by february, this was the american assessment. we're in a window when an invasion could begin at any time. 0n the same day, russia claimed, "our country is not going to attack anyone." but russia's military activity continued. there were naval manoeuvres in the black sea. this satellite image showed helicopter deployments close to the border. another showed a new pontoon bridge in belarus, less than six kilometres from ukraine. at this time, russia was also claiming it was pulling some troops out. it released these images to prove it, but nato was unconvinced. so far, we have not seen any sign of de—escalation on the ground. by this point, the americans were claiming there were 150,000 russian troops

in place. which brings us to this week — with vladimir putin talking of ukraine as ancient russian soil and ordering his troops into ukraine. and while the west imposes new sanctions, he now considers his next move. there are calls for sanctions on russia to be made tougher, after vladimir putin ordered troops into those two rebel—held regions of eastern ukraine. the west has responded with a range of sanctions on russia. the uk has imposed sanctions on five russian banks and three wealthy russian businessmen. president biden announced sanctions on two major banks and has cut off part of the russian economy from international financial systems. germany has shelved the nord stream two pipeline, which would have doubled the flow of russian gas to the region. and the eu is cutting off russia's access to their banks and financial markets, as well as banning trade from the two rebel—held regions. earlier, on bbc breakfast,

liz truss was asked by dan walker about russian—linked donations to the conservative party. every donation to any political party has to be fully declared. the person donating has to be on the electoral register in britain. and, of course, there are people who've moved out of russia and become british citizens who are part of our country. and what is important is the people we are targeting with the sanctions. those are oligarchs close to vladimir putin. that is not a general comment about russian citizens or people from russia who may have become british citizens. so i think we've got to be very careful to distinguish between those who are supporters of the regime, those who are propping up vladimir putin, and those people who may have moved from russia years ago and who are part of the british political system. i understand that you're making that differentiation, but let me show you a picture

from may of 2019. this is when theresa may was prime minister. this was from your instagram. i think the thing you posted with this was "ladies night". there you are next to theresa may. 0n the other side of theresa may is lubov chernukhin, who is the wife of a former russian minister who's given the conservative party more than £1.8 million. that makes her the biggest female donor in recent british political history. her wealth comes from her husband, vladimir, who has strong links to the kremlin. now, in that picture, at the time there were six female cabinet members. liz truss, that shows us, doesn't it, that the closeness of the british government to russian money? what i can say to you today is that we will target anybody who we believe has links to the putin regime, who is helping support and prop up the putin government, and nothing is off the table in terms of who we target.

are you embarrassed by seeing photographs like that? no, i'm not, i, um...attended the dinner at the time. i make my decisions as foreign secretary on the basis of what is right. and as i've said, without prejudice, we will target anybody who is of interest in terms of the russian regime, who is helping prop up vladimir putin's appalling regime, and there are no other considerations as far as i'm concerned. do you think that the money that has been donated to the conservative party should be given back? as i've said, there is money donated to the conservative party. everybody who donates is on the british electoral register. they are fully vetted before making those donations. i think it's very important that we don't conflate people with russian heritage and russian background with people who are close

to the putin regime. what i'm clear about is that we will target people who are close to the putin regime. we will target companies who are supportive of the putin regime and who are helping prop up the economy, and we will do that without prejudice. joining me now is the chair of the all party parliamentary group on anti—corruption and labour mp, dame margaret hodge. cani can i just ask you first of all about that issue of donations to the conservative party? should the tory party hand that money back, a couple of million pounds, we understand. well, actually, i have looked at the records, and i think it is at least £3.6 million, if not more. and i think it is questionable. you

highlighted the donor, and it is not in question that the wife gets money from the husband who has close links to the putin regime. i have looked at cases where russians who have accumulated wealth on the whole because they have stolen from the russian people at the disintegration of the ussr, and they had laundered their money into the uk because it is so easy, it is easy to launder money here, and then they tried to establish some credibility in uk society, partly through donating to the conservative party. 3.6 million... the conservative party. 3.6 million- - -— the conservative party. 3.6 million... , , ., ., million... let me 'ust repeat what liz truss million... let me 'ust repeat what u: truss was — million... let me just repeat what liz truss was saying, _ million... let me just repeat what liz truss was saying, everyone - million... let me just repeat what. liz truss was saying, everyone who donates has to be on the electoral register, they are fully vetted, and we shouldn't be conflating, you know, naturalised british citizens of russian heritage with people who are very close to vladimir putin,

who are part of the regime. we should who are part of the regime. - should welcome those russians who come here and genuinely want to settle here and whose money is legitimate, not laundered money stolen from the russian people. but many of the people who have settled status in the uk came in through the golden visa system which was a system established under the previous labour government and carried on under the conservative government, whereby if you had a lot of money, you could jump through all the loops of immigration checks, and you got a golden visa into the uk. now, at the height of that, i think it was about 2014, over 1100 people settled here in the uk, got a golden visa. 0f settled here in the uk, got a golden visa. of those 1100 people, 60% were either russian or chinese, and that was ain which there was kleptocrats,

oligarchs who are still close to putin got themselves in here, so they may well be on the electoral register, but that does not mean that they are not still close to putin, and it does not mean their money is legitimate money, a lot of it is illicit wealth. you money is legitimate money, a lot of it is illicit wealth.— it is illicit wealth. you are saying there is too _ it is illicit wealth. you are saying there is too much _ it is illicit wealth. you are saying there is too much russian - it is illicit wealth. you are saying | there is too much russian money washing around britain, as a result of not only tory governments but labour governments, as you have indicated. i labour governments, as you have indicated. ~ ., labour governments, as you have indicated. ~' ., indicated. i think we tried to open our economy _ indicated. i think we tried to open our economy to — indicated. i think we tried to open our economy to attract _ indicated. i think we tried to open our economy to attract capital - indicated. i think we tried to open our economy to attract capital in, | our economy to attract capital in, but despite promises that i have had from the conservatives going back to 2015-16, from the conservatives going back to 2015—16, from david cameron and joe born, when it emerged that there was a loosening of the economy to allow capital income are leading to dirty money coming into the uk, and we are now thejurisdiction of money coming into the uk, and we are now the jurisdiction of choice for masses of dirty money from kleptocrats, criminals and drug smugglers, when we did that, no

action was taken. let me say, there is too much secrecy, so property is bought and we do not know the ownership of it. there has recently been a report from transparency international which suggests there is £1.5 billion worth of property in the uk owned by russians. we have a very lax regulatory regime which was about the fault of the labour government but has been carried on by the conservative government. we don't enforce our existing regulations well, and there is no accountability. too many people in the financial services sector in the uk, the bankers, the lawyers, the accountants, what i call the enablers, are there supporting these very rich, highly rich individuals to bring the dirty money into the uk, to hide it, then bring it into the legitimate system and spend it. but even if the government and the regulators were able to stop all

that dirty money and to turn off the taps, you know, vladimir putin has factored all of these in, hasn't he? he is not going to change is mind over ukraine, he is quite ideological about ukraine. i don't think he is going to be detailed, easy, on sanctions on this kind of money in britain and in london? == money in britain and in london? -- detailed. well, i don't know, but i think we should have a go. zelensky, the president of ukraine, said at the president of ukraine, said at the munich conference last weekend, he actually said, get on with the sanctions, because that is one of the only routes in which the west could have an impact. and then the other thing is navalny, the opposition leader to putin, when he was put in prison, he said, if the west really wants to help, then please sanction those kleptocrats who are close to putin, who are

living in the right. and let mejust say this, these are people who have a very good lifestyle, they are close to putin. if you hit them where it hurts, in their wallets, hit their lifestyle, there is a chance that they will then think, is it worth putin pursuing these ideological, terrible attacks on the ukraine, orshould ideological, terrible attacks on the ukraine, or should we hold him back? these are his allies, so i don't think it will work, ben, but it is important to try now. one final thing is, what i felt disturbed about in liz truss's comments on the media rounds this morning, she said we holding that back in our pockets. there is a bit you might want to hold back, but from what everyone is telling us, including the ukrainian leadership and the opposition in russia, is now, act with massive sanctions now, because that is the best bet of notjust stopping any

further incursion into the ukraine, but also forcing a de—escalation of the crisis. dane margaret hodge, always good to talk to you, thank you so much for being with us on bbc news, thank you. a new report by healthwatch england has said nhs services are "failing to communicate properly" with people who are blind, deaf or have a disability. just outlined the scale of the problem, would you, chris? tiara problem, would you, chris? two thirds of was — problem, would you, chris? twp thirds of nhs trusts in england are failing to meet their legal duty to provide health care information on accessible formats and communication support for people who are deaf, blind or have a learning disability. that puts those trust in breach of the duty under a legal requirement created by nhs england in 2016. what that means is there are thousands of people who are blind, deaf or having a learning disability who are facing

barriers to care because of communication needs not being met. so at healthwatch england, we have formed a coalition with leading charities, such as the rnib and the rnid, in calling for the implementation of the accessible information standard. mit? implementation of the accessible information standard.— implementation of the accessible information standard. why do you think there _ information standard. why do you think there are _ information standard. why do you think there are these _ information standard. why do you think there are these failures? - information standard. why do you i think there are these failures? what is it down do? are people not thinking it through, are they lazy, is it money, what are the reasons? well, we think that they are not currently fulfilling their responsibility because trusts don't always have a policy in place. sometimes they do, but many that have not put it into practice are still working on implementation. some of the biggest barriers to accessible formats are a lack of resources, a need to update it

systems, needs for better staff awareness. so we know that this is a major impact on patients, particularly the most vulnerable. people need clear information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health and care, to get the most out of services. if they cannot understand the information or have access to communication support, they might miss appointments, struggle with prescriptions. we have one particular example where a blind person was given paper forms to order a white cane. and we have seen examples were deaf people have been asked to do gp appointments over the phone. we need greater accountability, we need trusts and health and care providers to step up on this issue. mil health and care providers to step up on this issue-— on this issue. all right, well, thank you — on this issue. all right, well, thank you very _ on this issue. all right, well, thank you very much - on this issue. all right, well, j thank you very much indeed, on this issue. all right, well, - thank you very much indeed, chris mccann, director of communications for england, thank you. we live in troubled times, so let's have some light relief.

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. ex hale exhale and down... the classes are held to raise money to keep the animals happy and healthy at their sanctuary. do you fancy a bit of a yoga class with alpacas in the canadian snow? i could see you there, actually! there's no is putting mine to shame! but don't they look gorgeous as well! —— there is no. there are a lot of alpacas there, wow! are you a yoga person? i

suspect you might be! i wish i was! i would certainly like to try it with them, they were so cute, theirfringes to try it with them, they were so cute, their fringes as well, very nice. they had a lot more snow than i am going to give you today. we have got this weather front which is steadily sinking, a cold front. behind it, the air is turning colder, and we will see snow in parts of scotland and northern ireland. england and wales, drier weather, sunshine, a few showers. strong winds across south—east scotland and north—east england easing through the day, the weather front taking the rain south. these are the temperatures, 10 degrees, tempered by the wind in the north and west, which will be strong. through this evening and overnight, they weather front goes southwards, fragmenting but pipping up again as it pushes into the south—eastern corner, and increasingly we will have snow to sea level across

scotland and northern ireland. where we have got damp surfaces, a risk of ice, and we will see some frost. tomorrow, this band of rain moves away, it will be windy wherever you are, and we are looking at a fair bit of snow. 0n the tops of hills and mountains in scotland, as much as 30 centimetres. at lower levels, to— ten centimetres, just knocking on the door of four edges, so there will be blizzards in the hills. there will hill snow in northern ireland, the pennines, the lake district, the midlands, but all on high ground. in between all of that, there will be some sunshine. it will feel cold tomorrow largely because the temperatures will be lower, but we are looking at quite gusty winds, so 4—8 is what you'll see on your thermometer, but against your skin, out in the wind, it will feel subzero for many parts of the

country, minus two in the north, so something to bear in mind if you are stepping out. into friday, still windy down the north sea coastline to start with, we will have some showers here, but a ridge of high pressure building the west will calm things down quite nicely. still windy, as i mentioned, to start with. 5-11 windy, as i mentioned, to start with. 5—11 degrees. as for the weekend, the high pressure will very much be with us, so for england and wales, mostly dry with sunshine, it will be windy, though. windy in scotland and northern ireland, and for you a weather front overnight saturday into sunday is likely to bring some rain.

this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. ukraine tells citizens not to visit russia and warns those already there to leave the country, amid an intensification of russian aggression against the country. president putin says the security of russia and its citizens are non—negotiable in a speech marking a public holiday to another country's armed forces. the british foreign secretary liz truss defends the speed and scale of the uk sanctions against russia, after labour and some conservative mps said those sanctions do not go far enough. if we see, which i fair grotheer we are likely to see, a full—scale invasion of ukraine, we will similarly act rapidly and we will act in concert