mis—characterising what you have said, but the argument is, we could do it, it might well help in the immediate approximate case of ukraine, but the consequences of it would actually mean probably more violence, more death, on a wider scale because of the way russia would react to nato doing that? is that the argument? that would react to nato doing that? is that the argument?— that the argument? that is right. nobody can _ that the argument? that is right. nobody can predict _ that the argument? that is right. nobody can predict with - that the argument? that is right. nobody can predict with certainty how russia would react, but nato countries' — how russia would react, but nato countries' judgment is that it is too big — countries' judgment is that it is too big a — countries' judgment is that it is too big a risk to escalate a wider wan _ too big a risk to escalate a wider wan we — too big a risk to escalate a wider wan we are _ too big a risk to escalate a wider war. we are faced with one other most _ war. we are faced with one other most powerful states militarily in the world — most powerful states militarily in the world and a considerable nuclear arsenal. _ the world and a considerable nuclear arsenal, and that risk of a widening conflict _ arsenal, and that risk of a widening conflict is _ arsenal, and that risk of a widening conflict is too great. a no—fly zone would _ conflict is too great. a no—fly zone would require nato to shoot down russian _ would require nato to shoot down russian aircraft in order to enforce it, russian aircraft in order to enforce it. so— russian aircraft in order to enforce it. so we _ russian aircraft in order to enforce it, so we would then be a war with russia _ it, so we would then be a war with russia. . ,

it, so we would then be a war with russia-- it _ it, so we would then be a war with russia-- it is _ it, so we would then be a war with russia.- it is important i it, so we would then be a war with russia.- it is important to russia. yasmin? it is important to remember — russia. yasmin? it is important to remember how— russia. yasmin? it is important to remember how complex _ russia. yasmin? it is important to remember how complex these - remember how complex these situations are and what you do not want is putin to resort to chemical warfare or even nuclear attacks. but at the same time, surely it nato has to decide, what will they do if he goes for two more countries? what putin wants is to recreate the old soviet union, and what if it goes beyond ukraine? where does nato say we cannot let this go on? that beyond ukraine? where does nato say we cannot let this go on?— we cannot let this go on? that is difficult. sanctions _ we cannot let this go on? that is difficult. sanctions will _ we cannot let this go on? that is difficult. sanctions will work - we cannot let this go on? that is difficult. sanctions will work but| difficult. sanctions will work but the take difficult. sanctions will work but they take time, _ difficult. sanctions will work but they take time, and _ difficult. sanctions will work but they take time, and in - difficult. sanctions will work but they take time, and in the - difficult. sanctions will work but - they take time, and in the meantime people are dying. maybe malcolm can explain why the us has stepped in to stop poland from giving ukrainians these fighter jets.

stop poland from giving ukrainians these fighterjets._ these fighter 'ets. sure, ithink it is precisely — these fighterjets. sure, ithink it is precisely the _ these fighterjets. sure, ithink it is precisely the reason _ these fighterjets. sure, ithink it is precisely the reason i - these fighterjets. sure, i think it| is precisely the reason i explained earlier, _ is precisely the reason i explained earlier, that there is an american concern, — earlier, that there is an american concern, and _ earlier, that there is an american concern, and indeed a polish concern about— concern, and indeed a polish concern about escalation to a wider war. so far, about escalation to a wider war. so far. the _ about escalation to a wider war. so far, the distinction has been made, which _ far, the distinction has been made, which has _ far, the distinction has been made, which has some validity between defensive weapons and weapons which could be _ defensive weapons and weapons which could be used for offensive purposes. almost all weapons being supplied _ purposes. almost all weapons being supplied are light weapons for use by ukraine, but not something which could _ by ukraine, but not something which could be _ by ukraine, but not something which could be used at a longer range potentially against russia itself. and fighter aircraft are maybe somewhere in that grey area, but the ' poles were concerned they would become a target, _ ' poles were concerned they would become a target, so _ ' poles were concerned they would become a target, so decided - ' poles were concerned they would become a target, so decided to . ' poles were concerned they would | become a target, so decided to put forward this proposal about flying to germany.

forward this proposal about flying to germany-— forward this proposal about flying to german . , . , . ~ to germany. then germany and america would both be — to germany. then germany and america would both be complicit _ to germany. then germany and america would both be complicit in _ to germany. then germany and america would both be complicit in the _ would both be complicit in the decision _ would both be complicit in the decision. i am would both be complicit in the decision. lam not would both be complicit in the decision. i am not sure would both be complicit in the decision. lam not sure it would both be complicit in the decision. i am not sure it is the right— decision. i am not sure it is the rightjudgment but i understand why thatjudgment has been made. the big picture _ thatjudgment has been made. the big picture is _ thatjudgment has been made. the big picture is that putin is not winning this war — picture is that putin is not winning this war he — picture is that putin is not winning this war. he is under enormous pressure — this war. he is under enormous pressure. so we should not be too pessimistic— pressure. so we should not be too pessimistic about how this turns out. yasmin, that takes us to the telegraph, quote russia plotting chemical attack on quote. russia is ca able of chemical attack on quote. russia is capable of anything, _ chemical attack on quote. russia is capable of anything, after- capable of anything, after witnessing what they did in serie a. and they are not in the same area as afghanistan, when they were pushed out, but since then, their whole —— as they did in syria. i can imagine

that there are some really big disasters coming. what is interesting in the telegraph, it is the only paper so far that i can see that has made the connection with syria. if we want to understand what putin is doing now, we must ask ourselves the question, while he was doing this, why were we embracing him and his oligarchs? it is a question we really have to honestly answer, because that built him up and his reputation and his wealth. it is not the russian people, he is facing opposition from within. as malcolm said, he is not really dominating the scene as much as he thought, oras dominating the scene as much as he thought, or as easily, and people in his own country, brave souls are opposing this. i really fear that this man and his cronies are beyond fear, and they will do what they

want to do. the west will have to step up somewhere along the line. irate step up somewhere along the line. we will talk about that in our next payback review at 11:30pm. for now, thank you both very much, thank you for your company. thank you both very much, thank you foryour company. some thank you both very much, thank you for your company. some sport and whether coming up, and we will be joining our colleagues in singapore for newsday at the top of the hour. but you can follow the latest developments on the war by going to our online life coverage. —— online life coverage. good evening — this is your update from the bbc sport centre. we start with football and the champions league. a brilliant karim benzema hat—trick saw real madrid come from behind to beat paris saint—germain 3—1 on the night, to progress

to the quarterfinals. manchester city are also comfortably through, with a 5—0 aggregate win over sporting lisbon. joe lynskey was watching... they were two goals down to football's super—rich, but for real madrid, it's football's super—rich, but for real madrid, its extraordinary, i come to go through that was inspired by karim benzema, their 34—year—old striker. all this in a that was set “p striker. all this in a that was set up for a different frenchman, kelly and mbappe gave psg the first leg lead. here he was to double it. with each match, the case grows he is the best player in the world, but for all that psg talent, there is frailty. at the back, they pondered, and gave ends in his first opening. tapping brought real madrid back in it. he thrived off the bed bow for 13 years, but this night would be a standard. that goal brought them level at 2—2, then just seconds from the kick—off, this. in front for the

first time in the tie and in the cup they have won more than any club, but psg spent all the cash for this prize and once more they miss out. it is the title too that manchester city want the most, but they know greater challenges lie ahead. they lead sporting lisbon 5—0 on aggregate, so sat back. though it is just the last 16, even for the champions league's most successful club, this was some night. some night indeed. england women will play the defending european champions the netherlands in a warm up match at elland road before the home tournament begins this summer. england manger sarina wiegman won the 2017 euros with her home country the netherlands. the lionesses will also take on belgium injune at molinuex. to the cricket now, and england's bowlers had a tough

day on the second day of the first test against west indies. england took four wickets in the afternoon session in antigua — but the hosts managed to make 202 after england ended their first innings on 311. joe wilson sent this report from antiguia. the cricket ground is definitely this way, the outskirts, rural antigua, and many had other commitments. the wickets were taken in front of a uk crowd. it rained intermittently. jonny bairstow had made 140 when he finally offered this chance to jason holder, six foot seven at full extension. 311 all out. england's tend to every woman, man and creature on the planet knows what that means. stuart broad and james anderson. well, not now, not here. england opened the bowling and the batters enjoyed it. john campbell could barely believe his dismissal. well, 83—1, england

and 0verton had something. wood and stokes added energy and when the third wicket fell, england were finally warming up. but they soon met jason finally warming up. but they soon metjason holder at finally warming up. but they soon met jason holder at the batter. finally warming up. but they soon metjason holder at the batter. a genial man who loves to defy england. west indies will resume 109 behind and holed up with the balance of the match in his hands. —— and jason holder with the balance of the match in his hands. no british medals today from the winter paralympics in beijing, and a worry for the wheelchair curling team as britain's david melrose had to be taken to hospital after falling during their defeat to canada. the team had to replace melrose with gary smith after he fell from his chair while reaching for a delivery stick. melrose suffered a shoulder injury, but was later able to return to the athletes accommodation. gb went on to lose that match 6—3 and were then beaten by south korea, so their medal chances are over. meanwhile, hope gordon has made history by becoming paralympics gb�*s first female para—nordic skier.

gordon, who's also a para—canoeist and para—swimmer, only took up the event six months ago. she finished 17th in qualifying in the women's sprint event, with the top 12 going through to the semi—finals. it is cool that i am the first girl, but i think the thing for me is that as long as i am not the only and of a platform for female athletes out there. . on to tennis — and the first masters series event of the year gets under way on thursday at indian wells in california. but novak djokovic won't be there. djokovic confirmed on social media that he won't be able to play, as he's not vaccinated against covid—19. this is what the world number two had to say. "while i was automatically listed in the bnp paribas 0pen, "and miami 0pen draw, i knew it would be unlikely i'd be "able to travel." the cdc has confirmed that regulations won't be changing, "so i won't be able to play in the us. "good luck to those playing

in these great tournaments. djokovic missed the australian open back injanuary after being deported because of covid vaccination status. in formula one, haas have confirmed that kevin magnussen will return to drive for the team on a multi—year contract. the dane was at haas from 2017 to 2020 and replaces russian driver nikita mazepin, who was let go on sunday as a result of russia's invasion of ukraine. and england netball captain serena guthrie has retired from the sport after announcing she is pregnant. guthrie, who was expected to captain the roses at the commonwealth games later this year, represented her country 110 times and played at three world cups during her 15—year career. and that's all the sport for now. good evening. it's been a rather wet day for some western parts of the uk sitting under an active weather front, but that will push eastwards through the night and start

to peter out. but there will be further rain at times over the coming few days, breezy weather, but with the winds coming up from the south, it should be, for most, relatively mild. this is the cloud band associated with today's rain. it will, as i say, continue to peter out and push eastwards, but still some snow over the hills here and some heavier bursts of rain for a time, not that much rain getting its way further eastwards, just a band of cloudier weather, damp weather, and actually where it clears away from northern ireland and northwest scotland, some dense fog will form and some frost, a frosty night here. but for most, with the cloud and the breeze and some rain, it will be relatively mild. but quite grey and misty, particularly over the hills first thing. the dense fog patches further north and west taking a few hours to clear, but it looks much brighter for northern ireland and drier for western scotland too, western wales, western england. to the east of our weather front as well, if it brightens up in east anglia, it will be a very mild day, despite the fresh breeze, 15—16 degrees. 0therwise, underneath that band of cloud, there will be pulses of rain from time to time, light and patchy for the most part.

we could pick up more across the channel islands, and pushing into central southern england through the evening. and that's ahead of this next slightly more active weather front once again, which will give more rain across the southwest of england through friday across wales, a stronger wind as well, that will freshen through thursday night into friday, pushing across northern ireland into southern and western scotland. perhaps the far northeast of scotland escaping, but the brightness further east will diminish to the afternoon. temperatures are still a bit above average, though, because were pulling in a south—southeasterly wind on friday, albiet a fairly brisk one. pushes that through then into the start of saturday, before saturday night brings in the next developing area of low pressure, wet and windy weather. so, it will stay changeable this weekend, certainly not a wash—out, but there will be some rain around. some brighter skies follow this main rain band, then, into saturday afternoon and evening. the next rain band arriving in the southwest, we think, towards tea—time. in between some brighter weather, relatively mild, another 12 or 13, but the wind will be escalating all the time to push

more rain overnight saturday and into sunday and shower as well then follow. so not a wash—out, as i say, but there will be some rain around into the weekend and some strong winds too.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... ukraine has accused russia of bombing a maternity and children's hospital in the besieged city mariupol. global condemnation followed that air strike. ukrainian officials say many people have been killed since russia began its bombardment. the attack happened while a ceasefire was supposed to be in place — mariupol�*s mayor says president putin has destroyed a peaceful city. translation: they wanted to take the lives of our children, _ our women, our doctors. we've been fighting for 14 days of war for the lives of every child who came under fire from enemy weapons.

in eastern ukraine, a ceasefire in sumy does hold,