the prime minister promises to send further military support to ukraine. ukraine tells its citizens to leave russia immediately. meanwhile a defiant president putin says the security of his country is �*non—negotiable�*. here, the prime minister defends the scale of government sanctions imposed on russian billionaires and banks after further criticism from the labour party. the prime minister promised that in the event _ the prime minister promised that in the event of an invasion he would unleash— the event of an invasion he would unleash a — the event of an invasion he would unleash a full package of sanctions. if not_ unleash a full package of sanctions. if not now. — unleash a full package of sanctions. if not now, then when? it is unleash a full package of sanctions. if not now, then when?— if not now, then when? it is vital that after this _ if not now, then when? it is vital that after this first _ if not now, then when? it is vital that after this first barrage, - if not now, then when? it is vital that after this first barrage, we | that after this first barrage, we work_ that after this first barrage, we work in — that after this first barrage, we work in lock_ that after this first barrage, we work in lock step _ that after this first barrage, we work in lock step with - that after this first barrage, we work in lock step with friends l that after this first barrage, we . work in lock step with friends and allies— work in lock step with friends and allies around _ work in lock step with friends and allies around the _ work in lock step with friends and allies around the world _ work in lock step with friends and allies around the world and - work in lock step with friends and allies around the world and we i allies around the world and we squeeze — allies around the world and we squeeze him _ allies around the world and we

squeeze him simultaneously. we'll be live on the border with russia and in the capital of ukraine. here, the grieving mums fighting for the truth about why their babies died in one of biggest maternity care scandals in nhs history. i'm still coming out of my general anaesthetic and she said, "he's dead". and that was it. and she left. pupils who fail maths and english gcse could be barred from going to university in england, under new government proposals. a children's charity accuses facebook of �*corporate neglect�* as a bbc news investigation shows children are at risk of grooming and sexual abuse in the world of virtual reality. and the captain of birmingham city calls for the teaching of black and minority ethnic history to be made mandatory in schools in england. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: amid the ukraine—russia crisis, uefa says it's likely this season's

champions league final will no longer be held in st petersberg. borisjohnson says "even more" sanctions are coming against russia if it continues to threaten ukraine. in parliament within the last hour, the labour leader sir keir starmer pressed the prime minister to impose further measures because, he said, there'd "already been an invasion". adding "if not now, when? the prime minister also confirmed the uk will be providing more military support to ukraine. ukraine's urged its nationals to leave russia immediately. today president putin said the security of russia and its citizens is "non—negotiable".

earlier this week president putin said he was recognising two areas in eastern ukraine — called donetsk and luhansk as "independent". these areas have been controlled by russian backed fighters since 2014. mr putin said he was sending in troops as peace keepers. the united states says that's an invasion. our moscow correspondent caroline davies is in the city of rostov on don, 100km from the border with ukraine. so far the kremlin have been dismissive about some of the sanctions, suggesting they wouldn't have an impact on russia. the russian people may feel differently and concerned about how it will affect them. today is te defenders of the fatherland in russia.-

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move. the russian president's decision to recognise the areas has had consequences with sanctions from the uk, us and others around the world. �* , . . , the uk, us and others around the world. . , ., ., ,., , the uk, us and others around the world. ~ , ., ., , ., , world. australians always stand up to bullies. and _ world. australians always stand up to bullies. and we _ world. australians always stand up to bullies. and we will _ world. australians always stand up to bullies. and we will be - world. australians always stand up to bullies. and we will be standing i to bullies. and we will be standing up to bullies. and we will be standing up to russia, along with all of our partners and those who believe that it is unacceptable that russia could invade its neighbour. back it is unacceptable that russia could invade its neighbour.— invade its neighbour. back at the border, invade its neighbour. back at the border. the _ invade its neighbour. back at the border, the evacuation _ invade its neighbour. back at the border, the evacuation buses - border, the evacuation buses continue from the rebel—held areas. these tents have been erected in the last few days by the russian ministry of the emergency for the evacuees that are coming through. this tent said it is for mothers and children. here they're preparing for more to come through too. filling out paperwork, recent arrivals were feeling emotional about vladimir putin's decision to recognise the

areas as independent. this 74—year—old said she has been waiting since the first day of the war. how long can you hide she says? translation: we hope things will settle down and there is no more war. d0 settle down and there is no more war. y ., settle down and there is no more war. ,, ., settle down and there is no more war. i. ., ., settle down and there is no more war. ., ., , settle down and there is no more war. ., .,, ., war. do you want to be part of russia? of — war. do you want to be part of russia? of course, _ war. do you want to be part of russia? of course, we - war. do you want to be part of russia? of course, we love i war. do you want to be part of- russia? of course, we love russia. the russian — russia? of course, we love russia. the russian president _ russia? of course, we love russia. the russian president has - russia? of course, we love russia. | the russian president has promised that this is a step towards peace. around the world there are concerns that he has something else in mind. vladimir putin has said that he still is open to diplomacy, but after weeks of talks, many in the west may be wondering what diplomacy means to president putin. thank you. well ukraine's urged its citizens in russia to leave immediately. our correspondentjames waterhouse is in kyiv. why have they made that call? they have tried to stay calm. is

that still the case? i they have tried to stay calm. is that still the case?— that still the case? i think the action and _ that still the case? i think the action and words _ that still the case? i think the action and words of— that still the case? i think the action and words of vladimir. that still the case? i think the - action and words of vladimir putin have finally forced a change in tone from ukrainian ministers. the border agency has increased restrictions on the boundaries between russia, belarus and the occupied territories in the east of the country. we have had a state of emergency declared by the security officials. that is subject to a vote by mps. but we expect measures to include patrols, check points and transport restrictions. something we haven't seenin restrictions. something we haven't seen in the capital to this point. that along with the decision by the foreign ministry to urge ukrainians to return home from russia and not to return home from russia and not to travel there, represents two things. the diplomatic effort�*s running out of road and ukraine's starting to assess its own readiness should the crisis escalate.— should the crisis escalate. thank

ou. here the foreign secretary has defended the speed and scale of british sanctions against russia after labour and some conservative mps said they didn't go far enough. new restrictions have been imposed on five banks and three billionaires, following president putin's decision to order troops into those two regions of eastern ukraine. our political correspondent nick eardley has more. are you going to toughen up sanctions prime minister. if are you going to toughen up sanctions prime minister. if the concern is _ sanctions prime minister. if the concern is significant, _ sanctions prime minister. if the concern is significant, but - sanctions prime minister. if the concern is significant, but does | sanctions prime minister. if the i concern is significant, but does the west need to go further in imposing sanctions? yesterday the uk announced a crackdown on three allies of vladimir putin, five banks, some of which are key to the russian military face asset freezes and ministers have promised sanctions on russian politicians. the foreign secretary said it was the start. ., , ., the start. there would be an escalation — the start. there would be an escalation in _ the start. there would be an escalation in the _ the start. there would be an escalation in the sanctions, l the start. there would be an - escalation in the sanctions, nothing would be off the table in the event of a full invasion and we are

working closely with our allies, the americans and europeans and the g7 to inflict pain on the vladimir putin regime.— to inflict pain on the vladimir putin regime. to inflict pain on the vladimir putin reaime. ., ., ., putin regime. some want the uk to go further faster- — putin regime. some want the uk to go further faster. like _ putin regime. some want the uk to go further faster. like ukraine's - further faster. like ukraine's foreign furtherfaster. like ukraine's foreign minister who said, the pressure needs to step up to stop putin. hit his economy and cronies. there is concern in parliament that promise of an immediate, firm crackdown haven't been matched by action. we crackdown haven't been matched by action. ~ . . crackdown haven't been matched by action. ~ ., ., ., action. we all want to deter aggression in europe. - action. we all want to deter aggression in europe. we . action. we all want to deter. aggression in europe. we are action. we all want to deter - aggression in europe. we are not dealing with breakaway republics, vladimir putin is not a peace keeper, a sovereign nation has been invaded. the prime minister promised that in the event of an invasion he would unleash a full package of sanctions. if not now, then when? there is more to come and we will be

stopping _ there is more to come and we will be stopping russia from raising sovereign debt, stopping companies, russian _ sovereign debt, stopping companies, russian companies from raising money and stopping russian companies, as i said yesterday, even clearing in sterling — said yesterday, even clearing in sterling and dollars on international markets and this that will hit _ international markets and this that will hit vladimir putin where it hurts — will hit vladimir putin where it hurts. ., , ., , ., hurts. there are questions too about russian money _ hurts. there are questions too about russian money and _ hurts. there are questions too about russian money and influence - hurts. there are questions too about russian money and influence in - russian money and influence in london. ~ , ., �* russian money and influence in london. �* , ., ., london. we shouldn't be waiting for russia to attack _ london. we shouldn't be waiting for russia to attack others _ london. we shouldn't be waiting for russia to attack others to _ london. we shouldn't be waiting for russia to attack others to clean - london. we shouldn't be waiting for russia to attack others to clean up i russia to attack others to clean up the corruption _ russia to attack others to clean up the corruption and _ russia to attack others to clean up the corruption and russian - russia to attack others to clean up the corruption and russian money| the corruption and russian money that has— the corruption and russian money that has treen— the corruption and russian money that has been in— the corruption and russian money that has been in the _ the corruption and russian money that has been in the uk. - the corruption and russian money that has been in the uk. under. the corruption and russian money| that has been in the uk. under the tories, _ that has been in the uk. under the tories, a _ that has been in the uk. under the tories, a sewer— that has been in the uk. under the tories, a sewer of— that has been in the uk. under the tories, a sewer of dirty— that has been in the uk. under the tories, a sewer of dirty russian- tories, a sewer of dirty russian money— tories, a sewer of dirty russian money has _ tories, a sewer of dirty russian money has been _ tories, a sewer of dirty russian money has been allowed - tories, a sewer of dirty russian money has been allowed to - tories, a sewer of dirty russian money has been allowed to runj money has been allowed to run through— money has been allowed to run through london— money has been allowed to run through london for— money has been allowed to run through london for years. - money has been allowed to run through london for years. he l money has been allowed to run through london for years. he is riaht we through london for years. he is right we need — through london for years. he is right we need to _ through london for years. he is right we need to stop _ through london for years. he is right we need to stop corrupt i right we need to stop corrupt russian — right we need to stop corrupt russian money in london. the government — russian money in london. the government says _ russian money in london. tie: government says further measures are likely soon. as the west seeks to send a message to russia about the cost of invading ukraine. let's talk to nick. the prime minister said

more sanctions could be coming, what can we expect? i more sanctions could be coming, what can we wiped?— can we expect? i understand that a full list is being _ can we expect? i understand that a full list is being drawn _ can we expect? i understand that a full list is being drawn up _ can we expect? i understand that a full list is being drawn up already i full list is being drawn up already by the foreign secretary liz truss about what could happen next. that is likely to target more banks, more oligarchs and would look at russian companies in the defence sector, the tech sector, the chemical sector and others as well. we also heard in the past hour that the government has a asked ofcom to look at the licence that rt, formerly known as russia today has in the uk. that is a decision for ofcom, not the government. but shows the concern about what ministers see as russian disinformation in the uk. i think the rhetoric is still increasing. i think some of the tension is still increasing. that has been reflected increasing. that has been reflected in comments made by the defence secretary ben wallace, unguarded

comments he made when speaking to the military and talked about vladimir putin going full tonto and talked of crimea war and the uk kicking the backside of tzar then. so some of the tensions will keep increasing and some of the sanctions are likely to increase too.— are likely to increase too. thank ou. the are likely to increase too. thank you the price — are likely to increase too. thank you. the price of— are likely to increase too. thank you. the price of petrol - are likely to increase too. thank you. the price of petrol has - are likely to increase too. thank you. the price of petrol has hit. are likely to increase too. thank| you. the price of petrol has hit a new reach and could reach £1.50 a litre. it is down to the crisis between ukraine and russia increasing the price of oil. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith is here. what is happening in ukraine may feel a long way away from us in the uk, but already we are seeing some immediate impacts with petrol prices

around the £1.5 mark. we have already of course seen that big increase in energy prices, because of global gas rises ore the last six or eight months. this impact of what is happening in ukraine and russia will push that price up further. and that means that when there is another increase in the price cap that we will see in september, that is likely to go up again, we are sure that will go up again and of course that will hit households hard. the bank of england bosses have been speaking to mps today and they think that what is happening globally will hopefully be a temporary situation, but they're worried the increase in prices that we are seeing in all our household goods may get baked into the system if we are not careful.— and the latest details on the crisis are being reported on the bbc news website every minute, every hour. just go to bbc.co.uk/news — where you'll get the developments as they happen as well, as on the bbc news channel.

pupils who fail their maths and english gcse could be barred from going to university in england. the plans are part of the government's response to a review of higher education which will be published in full tomorrow. the government wants to limit the numbers of people going to universites and encourage more to consider alternatives to university — like apprenticeships or other higher qualifications. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys is at a university in east london. tell us the details of this plan, branwen. well, this is the first slice of a very big plan, which is about the future of study for all over 18s, whether they go on to do higher technical qualification or whether they study at university. there is a clear push from ministers to try and divert some students into thinking

about their options more widely. so, they want to make sure that they're consulting fully on a proposal that no one who doesn't have either two es at a—level or gcse and maths at... and maths, gcse english and maths, won't get access to student loans. now, they say that this should prevent people going to university who won't do well and get a decentjob. they also suggest that some courses may not be offering good value for money in terms of where they go after and they don't lead to employment and because they don't pay off their loans in full, we as taxpayers end up picking up the pill. so more on this —— picking up the pill. so more on this —— picking up the bill. we expect more tomorrow. up the bill. we expect more tomorrow— 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 over the last two decades. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchannan has been following the investigation into what went wrong. he's been speaking to one mum whose baby died. you may find some of his report upsetting. 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, yeah. yeah, they have 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 in 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'm still coming out of my general

anaesthetic and she says, he's dead. and that was it. they had plonked the baby in my arms and said, say goodbye. i just didn't know how to say goodbye. and... 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 cesareans. 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've seen show them telling the health select committee... the culture of our organisation is that we have low intervention rates and once that is known, we attract both midwives and obstetricians who like to practice in that way. the promotion of natural birth was part of a wider national effort,

though in shropshire the evidence suggests they pursued it too 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 had given him a c—section earlier at 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 at the trust were consistently lower than the england average. there were cases where 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 with the trust. the gynaecologist says that while he questioned management, others were frightened to. 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 apologised for the distress caused but they had made strong progress, including investing in staffing and training. next month a full report into shropshire's maternity failings will be published, a public recognition of two decades of private grief. michael buchanan, bbc news, shropshire. you can watch the full panorama investigation �*maternity scandal: fighting for the truth' tonight at 9, on bbc one. our top story this lunchtime.

the prime minister promises to send further military support to ukraine as the country tells its citizens to leave russia immediately. and waiting for river levels to peak — we'll be in bewdley in worcestershire where flood defences were breached following heavy rainfall on tuesday. coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. thrown out of the tournament for unsportsmanlike conduct — world number three alexander zverev�*s mexican 0pen is over after he attacks the umpire's chair. a bbc investigation has found evidence of child grooming and sexually abusive behaviour on apps that allow people to interact using virtual reality headsets. the nspcc charity says it's shocked and angry by the revelations, which have sparked concerns about children's safety in the so—called "metaverse".

this report by angus crawford, and a warning that it does contain some disturbing content of a sexual nature. meetjess. she is 25, a bbcjournalist. but in virtual reality, she is pretending to be a child. enter vrchat, one of the most popular apps. the age limit is 13. some rooms look innocent enough. but there is pole dancing and strip clubs too. hello, miss. we can hang out, watch a movie or something... men chase a child, demanding she strip. oh, my god! put your clothes back on, you're14. there are rooms with condoms and sex toys. 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. there's avatars, right? can't go naked. someone threatens to rape her. oh, my god! and thenjess's avatar is assaulted. he is shoving a beer bottle up all of the female characters, like in their private areas. what was that like? horrible. it was strange, i felt like it was happening to me. stop it, leave me alone. today, we are 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. there are games and apps made by meta, and by other companies too. the so—called metaverse doesn't actually exist yet. that is 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? it's just the most shocking breach of any responsibility. iam 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. vrchat says it's working hard to make itself a safe and welcoming place for everyone. predatory and toxic behaviour has no place on the platform. meta told us it wants everyone to have a good experience and said, we provide tools that allow quest players to report and block users. we will continue to make improvements as we learn more about how people interact in these spaces. children and the metaverse, an exciting virtual adventure, but also a very real risk of harm.

angus crawford, bbc news. strong winds and heavy snow are expected to hit parts of the uk as 60 flood warnings remain in place across england. two severe warnings, meaning there's a danger to life, have been issued for the river severn in ironbridge, in shropshire — and in bewdley in worcestershire. 0ur corrrespondent andrew plant is in bewdley for us. what is happening? they are right by the river severn. you can get a good idea ofjust how swollen and it is. so much water rushing past this morning and it has very firmly burst its banks. but would not be such a problem if it would stay on the flood plains but these temporary flood plains but these temporary flood barriers have not quite managed to hold everything back. you might be able to see that the water has just come over the top and that means quite a few properties have

been affected. about 30 or so we are told, about a dozen people have been evacuated but quite a lot of people we talk to this morning decided to stay because they are kind of use to this and in fact some of them have permanent pumps in their basements to deal with this sort of thing. a couple of those houses were built in the 1600s so they've already survived a flutter to another time. the environment agency say they think the flood might have peaked and when they are sure that they will try to push all this water back into the river where it is supposed to be. the captain of birmingham city troy deeney, has called for the teaching of black, asian and minority ethnic history and experiences to be made compulsary in england. he's has written to the education secretary and launched a petition — saying that change is needed to combat racist beliefs and stereotypes from an early age. 0ur sports editor dan roan has the story. he has been a driving force at whatever club he has played for. and who else but the talismanic troy deeney! and now he's laying down

a challenge to the government. former watford striker troy deeney telling me he wants more diversity to be mandatory in the school curriculum. no—one is saying that every single history lesson has to be about black, asian and mixed ethnicities. we are saying that over the course of a 12 month period where kids are at school, we can learn a little bit about everybody and keep doing that from a younger age. i think a lot of what is going on in the school curriculum right across the board is very much a horse racing mentality, the blinkers are on and we are looking here. troy deeney was a key figure behind the premier league players' decision to take the knee before matches in support of racial equality and he has now written an open letter to the education secretary claiming the current system is failing children from ethnic minorities. i always find it quite disheartening really that the only representation we have from a black perspective is always one of what i would consider negative. we always learn about the slave trade and how things were. it's like, well, there is a lot more.

ijust realised that everyone has a different lens on the world. as well as launching a petition, deeney has commissioned a yougov survey of a thousand teachers which he says showed 54% of those who took part believe the school system has a racial bias while only 12% feel empowered to teach diverse topics. i think that is very dangerous because the people we are putting in charge or empowering to teach our kids don't feel confident enough within their role to talk about subjects happening in the world. in response, the department for education said the curriculum already offers pupils the opportunity to study significant figures from black and ethnic minority backgrounds. this morning the education secretary nadhim zahawi thanked deeney for raising what he called an important issue. saying he was open to discussing it with the footballer. when we talk about history, the biggest message i have to say is i'm never asking for anything to be removed. maybe just add a bit more. do you expect resistance to your suggestion? hundred percent, hundred percent. that you will get stick and abuse for it?

i expect resistance, i expect online abuse, i expect... but i'm already living that anyway. so what what have i got to fear in that regard? in wales, the teaching of black and other ethnic minority histories will soon become mandatory. now at birmingham city, deeney hopes his efforts will build the pressure for english schools to follow suit. dan roan, bbc news. the bafta award—winning drama �*peaky blinders' returns this sunday night for its final series. the bbc one show starring cillian murphy follows the lives of gangsters in birmingham between the first and second world wars. the city has taken the programme to its heart, as our midlands correspondent phil mackie has been finding out. it's nine years since tommy shelby first rode into town. since then, peaky blinders has become a global phenomenon. now it's time to say farewell to tommy and the shelby clan,

at least for a while. season six will be the last on the small screen. but the man whose creation this is has plans to start making a big—screen sequel in his home city, where fellow brummies have taken the show to their hearts. birmingham is a hard place to please. brummies are hard people to satisfy. and ijust feared that people would say, this isn't us. but it seems to have really, you know, struck a chord in birmingham. most of what you see in the show never happened, it is completely made up. of course it is a drama, it is a fiction. but there are some elements of truth in there too and there were real criminals called the peaky blinders who operated in this part of birmingham. and this was one of them. edward derrick. it was here in this birmingham

backstreet that the first attack took place in march 1890 by men who were called peaky blinders. and this is his great grandson, professor carl chinn, whose books have debunked some of the show�*s myths. it's really important to bear in mind that the real peaky blinders were not glamorous, well—dressed, charismatic antiheroes. they were vicious and vile backstreet thugs. super fans love dressing up to show their devotion. there is even a peaky blinders festival in birmingham later this year. it's lovely to see places you know as a brummie. because you're like, i've been there, i've been in that pub, i know that road. you have a very powerful enemy... now the waiting is nearly over, and it doesn't look like tommy shelby is going to go quietly. this won't be the end of it. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. time for a look at the weather, here's ben rich. those places that had flooding today i seeing something brighter and