the us has banned all imports of russian oil and gas in retaliation for russia's invasion of ukraine. the uk, too, says it will phase out russian oil imports by the end of the year, and the eu says it will cut its use of russian gas by two thirds by the end of 2022. in russia, more protests against the war, despite the threat of prison. more companies are halting trade in russia. mcdonald's and coca cola are the latest. after days of shelling in the north—eastern city of sumy, a temporary ceasefire has allowed residents to leave. but efforts to evacuate civilians from the besieged port of mariupol have failed for a fourth day. and ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has become the first foreign leader to address britain's parliament, receiving a standing ovation.

hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is henry bonsu, who is a broadcaster, and lord digbyjones, who is the former trade minister. tomorrow's front pages, here's the update for you. the i says ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky channelled winston churchill in his house of commons address, in which he vowed to fight russia in forests and on the streets. "we will never surrender" — that's the defiant message from president zelensky on the front page of the mirror. the metro reports that president zelensky received a standing ovation, after that address to mps earlier today. the financial times leads with the decision, by the us and the uk, to ban russian oil, as countries harden their response to the invasion of ukraine. the same story makes the front page of the guardian.

the newspaper says borisjohnson described the move as "a blow to the putin regime". the telegraph reports that poland has has offered all its mig—29 fighterjets to the us government, as part of a plan to get them to the ukrainians — although in a twist, america denies knowing about the plan. and the times also leads with that aircraft deal which, the paper says, is a "significant escalation" of the ukraine crisis. we will talk about that deal in a moment. but digby, do you want to kick us off? i was saying and passing we will look at the mirror, but we should talk about the more substantive detail in the front of the i as to what he said. it's a very moving picture on the mirror, and it speaks to itself. "we will

fight in the forests in the streets." fight in the forests in the streets- "— fight in the forests in the streets.“ , ., , ., ., streets." yes, it was one of the most moving — streets." yes, it was one of the most moving things _ streets." yes, it was one of the most moving things i've - streets." yes, it was one of the most moving things i've ever i streets." yes, it was one of the - most moving things i've ever seen. when i was in the lords and often sat in the public gallery and look at the collins, i've never seen anything quite so moving. i watched it live this afternoon almost in tears, it was just so wonderful to see a democratically elected leader of a country that is over 1000 miles from where you are i are, and he was speaking directly into the chamber of one of the oldest democracies on earth who has himself had to stand up earth who has himself had to stand up to the tyranny coming from russia, but this time 75 years ago, we stood up to nazis in germany. and never ever in the history of our nation has any leader of any cake democrat nation spoken to the

chambers. and it was a privilege to be there to watch, and regular viewers will know i usually wear a white shirt for this, but i thought that i would put on yellow and blue. i think the more people all around the world who can show that this nation under siege, the people know and care, it doesn't matter, gestures are not deeds that will help accept or boost —— except boost morale. i thought president zelensky wasjust morale. i thought president zelensky was just really morale. i thought president zelensky wasjust really good, morale. i thought president zelensky was just really good, and the interpreter, as i said earlier, his english is much better than my ukrainian, and he did it mechanically, and if he had put some bounce into it would have you read more residents, because he did echo

two of britain's great heroes, he echoed shakespeare, and secondly the famous speech, "we will fight them and the beaches, we will never surrender," he evoked all of that. it's a special day today, and if i may evoke another shakespearean quote from henry v,... and if people canjust go on quote from henry v,... and if people can just go on to the parliament channel orjust download it on youtube, if you missed it, watch it because it was history in the making. ifeel because it was history in the making. i feel privileged to have been on the end of a television screen and watch a bit. it's covered in all the newspapers, this is a newspaper review, all of them cover in one way or another. and it deserves to be covered. the

in one way or another. and it deserves to be covered. the front of the telegraph _ deserves to be covered. the front of the telegraph has _ deserves to be covered. the front of the telegraph has a _ deserves to be covered. the front of the telegraph has a photograph - deserves to be covered. the front of the telegraph has a photograph of l the telegraph has a photograph of the mps listening on the government benches with the prime minister down bottom right, and the picture of president zelensky above as he addresses mps. but the story the telegraph goes with it is one about poland offering fighterjets to ukraine. the committee still wrangles internally over whether there is any purpose to some kind of air exclusion zone, or at least in finding ways to beef up ukraine's air defences if they can't stop russian aircraft flying over at. yes, but before i come to that, can i dwell_ yes, but before i come to that, can i dwell on_ yes, but before i come to that, can i dwell on the picture for a moment? it is in _ i dwell on the picture for a moment? it is in sharp— i dwell on the picture for a moment? it is in sharp contrast to the one in the _ it is in sharp contrast to the one in the i. — it is in sharp contrast to the one in the i. a — it is in sharp contrast to the one in the i, a close—up of president zelensky on_ in the i, a close—up of president zelensky on his own. here we have them at _ zelensky on his own. here we have them at the — zelensky on his own. here we have them at the very top of the picture, and what _ them at the very top of the picture, and what it's about 70—100 mps sitting _ and what it's about 70—100 mps sitting there, in the prime minister at the _

sitting there, in the prime minister at the front, all of them wearing their_ at the front, all of them wearing their headphones and listening to slightly— their headphones and listening to slightly robotic interpretation. i've slightly robotic interpretation. i've done _ slightly robotic interpretation. i've done translation, it's very difficult — i've done translation, it's very difficult to _ i've done translation, it's very difficult to convey the emotion because — difficult to convey the emotion because you are focusing so hard on getting _ because you are focusing so hard on getting the — because you are focusing so hard on getting the meaning right. but they actually— getting the meaning right. but they actually looked chastened, they know they are _ actually looked chastened, they know they are in _ actually looked chastened, they know they are in a big moment, which they are almost— they are in a big moment, which they are almost being drowned by — because — are almost being drowned by — because think about it, normally when _ because think about it, normally when these people get up, they are grandstanding, a lot of what they are saying, and i watch a lot of parliament, won't be recognised in years— parliament, won't be recognised in years to _ parliament, won't be recognised in years to come as a great speech. but they know— years to come as a great speech. but they know they're listening to something truly extraordinary. but when _ something truly extraordinary. but when it— something truly extraordinary. but when it comes to the point of this story, _ when it comes to the point of this story, it _ when it comes to the point of this story, it is — when it comes to the point of this story, it is very interesting be — story, it is very interesting because people have been saying, "you've _ because people have been saying, "you've got to help, put in a no—fly zone: _ "you've got to help, put in a no—fly zone. protect — "you've got to help, put in a no—fly zone, protect our skies," nato countries have not wanted to do this because _ countries have not wanted to do this because they think it will provoke russie _ because they think it will provoke russia. the polls have said we've

-ot russia. the polls have said we've got these — russia. the polls have said we've got these fairly ageing mig—29 five from the _ got these fairly ageing mig—29 five from the soviet union democrat era, we won't _ from the soviet union democrat era, we won't give them directly to the ukreinians— we won't give them directly to the ukrainians because that might be too evocative. _ ukrainians because that might be too evocative, this must be a neato decision — evocative, this must be a neato decision. so we will fly them to ron stein. _ decision. so we will fly them to ron stein. the _ decision. so we will fly them to ron stein, the us will pick them up —— nato _ stein, the us will pick them up —— nato decision. then they will fly them _ nato decision. then they will fly them themselves and controlled the skies over— them themselves and controlled the skies over ukraine. the big question is, one. _ skies over ukraine. the big question is, one. why— skies over ukraine. the big question is, one, why weren't the americans consulted _ is, one, why weren't the americans consulted if— is, one, why weren't the americans consulted if that is indeed true? and two. — consulted if that is indeed true? and two, what will prudent make of this? _ and two, what will prudent make of this? wilt_ and two, what will prudent make of this? will it — and two, what will prudent make of this? will it be seen as an act of war, _ this? will it be seen as an act of war. not— this? will it be seen as an act of war, not defensive weapons but offence — war, not defensive weapons but offence of — war, not defensive weapons but offence of weapons? and three, will it be offence of weapons? and three, will it he a _ offence of weapons? and three, will it be a game changer? | offence of weapons? and three, will it be a game changer?— it be a game changer? i feel sorry for the telegraph, _ it be a game changer? i feel sorry for the telegraph, having - it be a game changer? i feel sorry for the telegraph, having gone i it be a game changer? i feel sorry| for the telegraph, having gone so big with the times. at the pentagon spokesman has pre—much firmly slapped it down already, saying, "we will continue to consult with poland and other nato allies about this issue and the difficult challenges they face. but we do not believe

poland's proposal is a tenable one," which is a surprising slap in the face. the reason paul and have done this, and it's hinted by the spokesman and the article. i can see this panning out _ spokesman and the article. i can see this panning out at _ spokesman and the article. i can see this panning out at the _ spokesman and the article. i can see this panning out at the right - - spokesman and the article. i can see this panning out at the right - if- this panning out at the right — if they've gone to america and said here's a plan, and we want nato to own this, they probably got told no. 0n the other hand if they publicly said we are delivering them to edit airfield in germany and the whole of nato goes with this, it embarrasses the us. it nato goes with this, it embarrasses the us. , , , the us. it embarrasses them but they sa it's not the us. it embarrasses them but they say it's not tenable. _ the us. it embarrasses them but they say it's not tenable. so _ the us. it embarrasses them but they say it's not tenable. so if _ the us. it embarrasses them but they say it's not tenable. so if it's - say it's not tenable. so if it's untenable... it say it's not tenable. so if it's untenable. . ._ say it's not tenable. so if it's untenable... it leads to another question. _ untenable... it leads to another question, which _ untenable... it leads to another question, which is _ untenable... it leads to another question, which is if _ untenable... it leads to another question, which is if you - untenable... it leads to another question, which is if you follow | untenable... it leads to another i question, which is if you follow the argument that nato doesn't want to get involved, so let's put it

bluntly, british, french and american, polish pilot doesn't want to be killing a russian, they don't want to put a boot on the ground that kills a russian. now if you work on the basis that you don't do that because you either fear and escalation without or with nuclear weapons because of the men in the kremlin, at what point do you decide you've got to? because this guy won't stop in ukraine, and if he thinks, well, they ain't gonna do anything to me, then he mightjust go into nato territory and go to estonia, latvia, all of whom were part of the ussr and were targets of putin's decision to make the ussr whole again— at that point, will they do it then? at what point to the allies say that enough is enough? how many people have to die?

it's a good debate and what i'm sure we will come back to. i know czechoslovakia only lasted after five months after the sudetenland. five months, that's all it took for germany to completely absorb what had been czechoslovakia. but i'm sure historians will argue over that one. i wanted to move on because we've got about ten minutes. henry, the front of the ft, "us bands wrestled oil and the uk will do so by the end of the year." —— bands russian oil. by the end of the year." -- bands russian oil-— russian oil. first of all, the picture, — russian oil. first of all, the picture, president - russian oil. first of all, the picture, president zelensky russian oil. first of all, the i picture, president zelensky on russian oil. first of all, the - picture, president zelensky on the streets _ picture, president zelensky on the streets of— picture, president zelensky on the streets of kyiv. very important for people _ streets of kyiv. very important for people to — streets of kyiv. very important for people to know where he is, and know that he _ people to know where he is, and know that he is— people to know where he is, and know that he is actually in the capital, there's— that he is actually in the capital, there's not— that he is actually in the capital, there's not a green screen behind him, _ there's not a green screen behind him. there — there's not a green screen behind him, there is a real sand bags, trees— him, there is a real sand bags, trees and — him, there is a real sand bags, trees and snow, he's there and it's very important in terms of morale. but very— very important in terms of morale. but very important also this decision— but very important also this decision by washington to ban

imports — decision by washington to ban imports of russian oil and gas, they can do— imports of russian oil and gas, they can do so, _ imports of russian oil and gas, they can do so, they don't import a huge amount— can do so, they don't import a huge amount either by volume or percentage, and the same goes for the uk _ percentage, and the same goes for the uk. president biden says he wants— the uk. president biden says he wants to — the uk. president biden says he wants to cut off the artery of the russian — wants to cut off the artery of the russian economy. the problem for the eu countries— russian economy. the problem for the eu countries as they absorb far more imports _ eu countries as they absorb far more imports of— eu countries as they absorb far more imports of russian oil and gas. and look at _ imports of russian oil and gas. and look at a _ imports of russian oil and gas. and look at a country like finland, 93%, the battic— look at a country like finland, 93%, the baltic states depend entirely. so they— the baltic states depend entirely. so they will take much longer. but if you _ so they will take much longer. but if you look— so they will take much longer. but if you look at a quote from the international energy authority, they say their— international energy authority, they say their group of members are prepared— say their group of members are prepared to release more oil from emergency stockpiles, but a number of countries — emergency stockpiles, but a number of countries aren't playing ball at the moment, like saudi arabia and the moment, like saudi arabia and the uae _ the moment, like saudi arabia and the uae who have fairly good relationships with russia, and they have thus — relationships with russia, and they have thus far refused to increase their— have thus far refused to increase their supply. but things may change, it was— their supply. but things may change, it was lyndon who said there are decades— it was lyndon who said there are decades when nothing happens, and there are _

decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks where in decades may happen _ there are weeks where in decades may happen -- _ there are weeks where in decades may happen. —— lennon. this is something that is— happen. —— lennon. this is something that is really, — happen. —— lennon. this is something that is really, really big, it will give _ that is really, really big, it will give president putin who recently told president macron the other day that he _ told president macron the other day that he won't stop until ukraine essentially surrenders. if his country— essentially surrenders. if his country goes bankrupt, it doesn't have _ country goes bankrupt, it doesn't have any— country goes bankrupt, it doesn't have any reserves, all these companies are pulling out in the world _ companies are pulling out in the world is— companies are pulling out in the world is isolating his country in a way that— world is isolating his country in a way that it — world is isolating his country in a way that it had democrat never has to any— way that it had democrat never has to any country of that size and scale. — to any country of that size and scale, that might be a game changer. dighy. _ scale, that might be a game changer. dighy. the _ scale, that might be a game changer. digby, the international energy agency... and deal with some of the short term concerns come up with a longer term concerns are quite significant, aren't they? at a time when we are already worried about inflation, and indeed in this country, especially stagnant inflation and very little growth.

this would've been an enormous challenge, but it came off the back of 2—3 years of good quality global growth. but it hasn't, it's come off the back of definite global recession. the pandemic has had the most enormous effect. it doesn't matter whether it's china or russia, anywhere, the balance sheets of every country are in a very bust state. therefore the economies that will withstand this are the ones that have got the ability, the framework, the substance to weather the storm. henry is on to something when he says that russia hasn't got that framework. it's got one source of income, oil and gas, and the trouble is it's being stolen off the russian people over years and given to a few mates. the problem is you don't have any substitute, any muscle around your guns. not even at

the height of the cold war was russia excluded from the soviet union the way that it is now. they still played football against the world, i'm serious. i still played football against the world, i'm serious.— still played football against the world, i'm serious. i know, i'm not lauuuhin world, i'm serious. i know, i'm not laughing at— world, i'm serious. i know, i'm not laughing at it, _ world, i'm serious. i know, i'm not laughing at it, you're _ world, i'm serious. i know, i'm not laughing at it, you're making - world, i'm serious. i know, i'm not laughing at it, you're making the i laughing at it, you're making the point about the range of options being perceived at this time. in a core social— being perceived at this time. in a. core social media, which there never was before in times like this, there's an enormous way... what i think this will really test is the population of france, germany, america — america already has huge inflation and gas prices, they are through the roof — the test is where and it will her in the pocketbook. not because of getting over the pandemic or the supply shortages about everything, but purely because

of the sanctions against russia. and it will hurt all of us. do we stand up it will hurt all of us. do we stand up for democracy and against aggression, or do we let our souls be purchased? that will be an enormous test of democracies and leaderships. enormous test of democracies and leaderships— enormous test of democracies and leadershis. . ., ., .,~ ., leaderships. what do you make of the su: uestion leaderships. what do you make of the suggestion in — leaderships. what do you make of the suggestion in the _ leaderships. what do you make of the suggestion in the telegraph - leaderships. what do you make of the suggestion in the telegraph that - suggestion in the telegraph that borisjohnson is considering lifting the ban on fracking precisely to give us the options that might help weather the storm? does that make sense? . , ~ ., ,, , weather the storm? does that make sense? . , ~ .~ , , , sense? why i think it makes sense in that specific, — sense? why i think it makes sense in that specific, and _ sense? why i think it makes sense in that specific, and i _ sense? why i think it makes sense in that specific, and i think _ sense? why i think it makes sense in that specific, and i think of the - that specific, and i think of the telegraph covered this quite well, i would've thought they were more in favour of fracking than the guardian — at the end of the day, all that's happening, and i use the words all that are happening, instead of enforcing the fracking drillers, the people looking down there to say how much oil in hydrocarbon we got down there, they were this week going to

fill them full of concrete. which is actuallyjust fill them full of concrete. which is actually just closing fill them full of concrete. which is actuallyjust closing down your options. what they're saying instead of that, had that to an independent organisation, put them as custodians so that you could open them up sometime in the future. now that is just sensible and anybody�*s life, don't close on your options when you haven't got to. so they're not saying let's go back to fracking, they're not saying, let's have the fight again... they are just keeping their options open in terms of global energy uncertainty. that doesn't mean they'll do it, they just won't fill it full of concrete. henry, i know you can do this, take us from that and seamlessly get us into the seamless demo for closure of mcdonald's in moscow. the into the seamless demo for closure of mcdonald's in moscow.— of mcdonald's in moscow. the hour cometh for— of mcdonald's in moscow. the hour cometh for politicians _ of mcdonald's in moscow. the hour cometh for politicians with - of mcdonald's in moscow. the hour cometh for politicians with vision. l cometh for politicians with vision. boris _ cometh for politicians with vision. borisjohnson has tried cometh for politicians with vision. boris johnson has tried to cometh for politicians with vision. borisjohnson has tried to present

himself— borisjohnson has tried to present himself as — borisjohnson has tried to present himself as a green premised or, being _ himself as a green premised or, being the — himself as a green premised or, being the custodian of cop26 in gtasgow— being the custodian of cop26 in glasgow — he will say we are in uncharted _ glasgow — he will say we are in uncharted waters, we have to try and confront _ uncharted waters, we have to try and confront the — uncharted waters, we have to try and confront the unthinkable. so the kind of— confront the unthinkable. so the kind of pressure he would've been under— kind of pressure he would've been under had — kind of pressure he would've been under had he made this decisionjust a few— under had he made this decisionjust a few months ago will melt away, because we are now on the verge of a nato russia _ because we are now on the verge of a nato russia war. and you can tell the extent — nato russia war. and you can tell the extent at which times have changed — the extent at which times have changed by the extraordinary decision— changed by the extraordinary decision of major global corporations like mcdonald's, like mike _ corporations like mcdonald's, like nike, like — corporations like mcdonald's, like nike, like coca—cola which employs tens of— nike, like coca—cola which employs tens of thousands of people in russia, — tens of thousands of people in russia, huge amounts of customers, are now— russia, huge amounts of customers, are now saying, "we feel the pressure. _ are now saying, "we feel the pressure, we've read the room and we are putting _ pressure, we've read the room and we are pulling out of russia for now." some _ are pulling out of russia for now." some of— are pulling out of russia for now." some of these companies will pay a price. _ some of these companies will pay a price. it _ some of these companies will pay a price. it will— some of these companies will pay a price, it will hit them, but they feel if— price, it will hit them, but they feel if they want to look at themselves in the mirror and their consumers — themselves in the mirror and their consumers around the world in the mirror— consumers around the world in the mirror or— consumers around the world in the mirror or face—to—face, it's something _ mirror or face—to—face, it's something they have to do. i�*m mirror or face-to-face, it's something they have to do. i'm not

sure if you — something they have to do. i'm not sure if you have _ something they have to do. i'm not sure if you have been _ something they have to do. i'm not sure if you have been to _ something they have to do. i'm not sure if you have been to that - sure if you have been to that mcdonald's, but they have photos all over the wall showing that extraordinary day injanuary 1990 extraordinary day injanuary1990 where they had 30,000 people queuing for a burger and fries, for a taste of america. i for a burger and fries, for a taste of america-— for a burger and fries, for a taste of america. . , ., ., , of america. i have been, and those photographs _ of america. i have been, and those photographs are — of america. i have been, and those photographs are amazing. - of america. i have been, and those photographs are amazing. i - of america. i have been, and those photographs are amazing. i think i photographs are amazing. i think that if we conclude that because of retrenchment it's in because of wherever this ends up, the big iron curtains will be up again somehow and somewhere, is that the death of globalisation? we come to regionalisation — it is globalisation that has enabled the squeeze to go the consumer in russia because of the pulling out of the companies in the method that henry just described. brute companies in the method that henry just described-— just described. we are out of time, for: ive just described. we are out of time, forgive me, — just described. we are out of time, forgive me, gents, _ just described. we are out of time, forgive me, gents, for— just described. we are out of time, | forgive me, gents, for interrupting, i promise faithfully the next time when you're in here with me, you'll

be able to interrupt me. the technology will allow you to do that. lovely to see you both, thanks so much for your time. two brief but we'll talk again, thanks for your company. coming up soon democrat is the weather, thenjoin company. coming up soon democrat is the weather, then join our colleagues for newsday. hello, i'm marc edwards with your sport. a brilliant century from jonny bairstow helped england recover from a terrible start on the opening day of their test series in west indies. bairstow arrived at the crease with the visitors wobbling at as—a, but his unbeaten 109 guiding england to 268—6 by the close of play. 0ur sports news correspondent joe wilson is in antigua. the sweetest of traditions — with covid considerations. you know where we are. well, this is definitely antigua, and not australia.

and for england, anywhere is better than australia, right? well, they don't win very often in the caribbean either. alex lees, on his england debut, lasted nine minutes. fingergoes up! next, zak crawley, 17—2 — good time to remember england have won one series here since 1968, well, how about now? joe root undone by the outstanding kemar roach. yes, captain clean bowl. johnny bairstow led the recovery. this ground is open to the elements and the vaccinated tourists, england fans everywhere. ben foakes — sublime wicketkeeper, but england have doubted his batting. well, he looked good here. foakes had scored 42 when the eternally—accurate jason holder got him lbw. but bairstow, over ten years all over the world, he's repeatedly reminded england of his worth. his eighth test match hundred,

in this time of restarts and resets, the value of experience. joe wilson, bbc news, in antigua. and the women's cricket world cup continues, with england playing west indies as they look to bounce back from their opening defeat to australia. you can keep up to date with all the action on 5live sports extra, and on the bbc sport website. liverpool are through to the quarter finals of the champions league, despite losing 1—0 to ten—man inter milan at anfield. teams showed their support for ukraine ahead of the champions league ties. inter milan were two down from the first leg and, while liverpool hit the woodwork three times, the moment of the match belonged to lautaro martinez. a fabulous strike giving the italian champions hope on the hour mark. but moments later, alexis sanchez was sent off for his second yellow card. liverpool hanging on to win 2—1 on aggregate. in the night's other tie, bayern munich thrashed rb salzburg 7—1 to win 8—2 on aggregate. robert lewandowski scored

a hat—trick inside the opening 23 minutes, two from the penalty spot, and this one was gifted to him after some poor defending. thomas muller got two of his own on a comfortable night for the six—time champions. meanwhile, premier league matches will no longer be screened in russia, following the country's invasion of neighbouring ukraine. all 20 flights clubs unanimously agreed at a meeting in london today. 0urfootball reporter simon stone has the details. the premier league clubs, all 20 clubs, have met for four hours today. but i'm told there was just 15 minutes of discussion around the russia situation, and basically, it was just to agree that the broadcast of premier league games into russia will be suspended with immediate effect. so, the four games that take place on thursday will not be shown in russia, and neither will the matches at the weekend. so the decision has been made, there were no dissenting voices.

in addition, the premier league has agreed to donate £1 million to the disasters emergency committee to provide humanitarian aid into ukraine, and it also repeated that it strongly condemns what it describes as a russian invasion of ukraine and repeats its call for peace. wales' world cup play—off semifinal against austria will go ahead this month, despite the postponement of scotland v ukraine. the winners of the two ties were due to face each other for a place at qatar 2022. fifa has accepted ukraine's request to push back their tie in glasgow. 15 players in ukraine's last squad came from teams competing in the country's domestic league, which has been paused for at least a month. to rugby union — and ireland captain johnny sexton has confirmed he will retire after the 2023 world cup. the 36—year—old leinster fly—half made the announcement today after signing a contract extension

until the end of the tournament in france. 0nto beijing — no medals for the british athletes today at the winter paralympics, and a set—back for gb�*s wheelchair curlers. they had increased their chances of reaching the semi—finals, after beating estonia 10—5 in the morning session. but they are now seventh in the standings after losing to table—toppers sweden, with only the top four advancing. despite athletes struggling with news from home, ukraine are second in the medal table with six gold medals. they took two clean sweeps of the podium in the biathlon. iryna bui took gold in the women's middle distance standing biathlon, 0leksandra kononova took silver, with liudmyla liashenko in bronze. there was also a full ukrainian podium in the men's middle distance vision impaired. so far, all of great britain's medals at the games have come from the visually—impaired alpine ski team. following her bronze medal in the super combined yesterday,

we caught up with britain's most decorated winter paralympian, menna fitzpatrick, to find out what makes them so successful. we've had some really good skiers in the past, and we've learned from all the things that they've gone through, all their experiences, and yeah, going forward and working well on how to build a good team, i think. and, yeah, it really makes a difference when everyone's reading from the same book. yeah, it definitely makes it a lot easier. finally, andy murray has pledged to donate his prize—money earnings for the rest of the year to help children affected by russia's invasion of ukraine. the british former world number one and unicef ambassador is working with the charity to provide medical supplies and development kits. and that's all your sport for now. bye— bye. hello. east—west differences in our weather across the uk for another day on wednesday. on tuesday, it's western areas that saw some rain. another weather front moving

in on wednesday with wind and rain, but another one that will weaken considerably as it attempts to move further east across the uk. low pressure on the scene now, and the flow of air around that coming in from the south. so it is milder — but it feels mildest where you're staying dry and seeing some occasional sunshine, more especially in the east for wednesday. it's western areas where the cloud and rain gradually moving in. this is where we'll have the strongest winds, as well. many will start the day dry, no frost out there, there'll be some sunny spells around, but quite quickly in the morning, it'll be turning wetter through northern ireland. some of this rain will be heavy and into the western side of scotland, as well. and the rain very slowly moves in the afternoon towards the far south west of england, western counties of wales. by the evening, pushing into parts of northwest england. ahead of that, plenty of sunny spells breaking through, especially in the afternoon across the eastern side of england. it's blustery everywhere. gales, though, in the west and, for a time in the morning

in the western isles, some severe gales gusts 60—70mph could be disruptive before those winds ease later. and a contrast in temperatures, too — just nine in the rain in belfast, but up to 13—14 celsius in the sunny spells in eastern england. now notice how this weather system weakens, moving east overnight and into thursday. on its back edge, it will have some snow towards the highlands and southern uplands for a time. and in the clear spells in northwest scotland and through northern ireland as thursday begins, there'll be a frost here — and particularly in northern ireland, there is a risk of seeing some fog, whereas for wales in england, it's a fairly mild start to the day. we're left with a weak weather front sitting somewhere through scotland, wales and england on thursday. still some uncertainty about where any patchy rain from it may linger during the day. there'll also be a few sunny spells around. into northern ireland, well, belfast, a very different day at nine celsius. any sunny spells in eastern england could turn out to be very mild here, 15—16 celsius — but again, still some uncertainty about where the cloud will be sitting and any patchy rain. here comes another weather front on friday —

so thursday's looking like a somewhat quieter day, won't be as windy. the winds pick up again on friday, it stays blustery through the weekend. there'll be some rain or showers around, but not wet all the time.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... the west steps up economic pressure on russia as russian forces continue to shell civilian areas in ukraine. 0n the frontline — ukrainian soldiers dig in — north—west of the capital kyiv — with russian forces circling the city. there is a tangible fear in this place that that russian offensive which has been stalled may be ready to regain momentum. america bans imports of russian oil and gas, as britain and the eu also target moscow's energy exports. we are enforcing the most significant economic sanctions package in history and it's causing significant damage