translation: yes, i am ready. you say invasion? _ translation: yes, i am ready. you say invasion? i _ translation: yes, i am ready. you say invasion? i have _ translation: yes, i am ready. you say invasion? i have different - translation: yes, i am ready. you say invasion? i have different views | say invasion? i have different views of this. i am ready to provide charity again. translation: i am ready to fight together with _ translation: i am ready to fight together with the _ translation: i am ready to fight together with the russians - translation: i am ready to fight together with the russians from l translation: | am ready to fight | together with the russians from the territory of belarus in only one case. if so much as one soldier from hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is outside source. ukraine's president speaks to the bbc — and warns belarus against helping russia launch a new offensive. the united nations launches a billion dollar aid appeal for victims of the devastating earthquakes in turkey. another energy company posts record profits — this time it's centrica, the owner of british gas.

let's start with the war in ukraine. russia has launched a fresh wave of missile strikes against ukraine — speaking to the bbc, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has ruled out conceding any territory to russia in a potential peace deal. our world affairs editor, john simpson, reports from kyiv. with the anniversary of the russian invasion coming close, president zelensky is showing signs of increasing confidence. he's been visiting several of his main backers in britain and other nato countries, and the promises of weapons and support that he's received have clearly buoyed him up. when i met him today, he was defiant and seemed more than usually sure of his position. i asked what he felt about the threat that vladimir putin might strike at ukraine

through neighbouring belarus, and he dismissed it out of hand. it will be a big mistake for him and for belarus. it will be a historical mistake. but if belarussia does involve itself, can you survive? we will fight. we will survive. yeah. how certain was he that ukraine could withstand the increasing attacks which the russians are likely to unleash for the anniversary of their invasion? "attacks are going on from several directions," he told me, switching into ukrainian. "our defence is holding. we need powerful modern weapons. they're the only language russia understands, we're responding in their language." russian forces have been making gains in eastern ukraine during the past week or so. but president zelensky certainly

isn't in any mood to make concessions to russia. "any territorial compromises," he told me, "are only going to weaken our country. so it's not about compromise. we make millions of compromises every day. but the question is, with putin, no, because we don't trust putin." of course, president zelensky knows he's got to look and sound confident. otherwise it would be seen as weakness. but there's no doubt that he's talking much tougher and more uncompromisingly now. our world affairs editor, john simpson there. lukashenko says he's ready to allow russia to use his country as a staging post for a new offensive in ukraine. remember, russian troops were sent into ukraine

through belarus's border when president putin launched a full scale invasion a year ago. this is what mr lukashenko told the bbc. translation: i am ready to fight together with the russians - from the territory of belarus in only one case. if so much as one soldier from ukraine comes to our territory with a gun to kill my people. i'm joined now by hannna she—lest in odesa. she's from the centre for european policy analysis. thanks for coming on the programme. let's talk about belarus. lukashenko. how important do you think his role in all of this? we should not _ think his role in all of this? , should not overestimate it but not underestimated because of belarus senior shares a significant order with ukraine and the russian armed

forces being soviet side and still been quite prepared as a is trying to mobilise within the last month. there armed forces have significant amount of equipment. they have been transferring a lot of them to the russian armed forces but that is additional ammunition, russian armed forces but that is additionalammunition, equipments, additional ammunition, equipments, air forces additional ammunition, equipments, airforces that additionalammunition, equipments, airforces that can additionalammunition, equipments, air forces that can be used and can significantly influence the north. so it could potentially influence the situation but what about the relationship with vladimir putin, and how do you think, strategically, that america who attend will use their relationship with belarus? especially coming so close to the offensive that happens to be at the one year anniversary. that offensive that happens to be at the one year anniversary.— one year anniversary. that history will hel. one year anniversary. that history will help. before _ one year anniversary. that history will help. before 2020 _ one year anniversary. that history will help. before 2020 before - one year anniversary. that history will help. before 2020 before the | will help. before 2020 before the fake elections happened to stop mr

lukashenko always said that nato alliance was not a problem and he had approached ukrainian statement. in the kremlin, and mr putin are really playing with them and the of mr lukashenko as his fears as the so called leader of this country. at the same time in the country, the people of belarus do not support this work. it is not the same as what we have in russia where 87% support the invasion. he understands that he is not cannot politically states or russia that he would support or more than just provided them with hospital roses and territories for the russian armed forces. that can also have quite a significant opposition with the gun country. significant opposition with the gun count . ., �* , significant opposition with the gun count . ., v ., significant opposition with the gun count . . �*, ., ,

country. that's an interesting distinction — country. that's an interesting distinction to _ country. that's an interesting distinction to draw— country. that's an interesting distinction to draw their - country. that's an interesting - distinction to draw their between the populations of the two countries. let's move away from belarus and look at this offensive that we feel like we've been talking about for a long time. the exposition is that because the one year anniversary of the invasion is coming up that vladimir putin will want some good headlines around that time and would launch an offensive there. what do you make of that and how do you assess things on the ground? we how do you assess things on the round? ~ , ., , ground? we see that it is the accumulation _ ground? we see that it is the accumulation of _ ground? we see that it is the accumulation of horses - ground? we see that it is the accumulation of horses on i ground? we see that it is the | accumulation of horses on the ground? we see that it is the - accumulation of horses on the east, around donetsk and separation regions. we are seeing more troops coming. we are seeing additional air attacks with different infrastructure in ukraine. at the same time, we don't see the preparation for a full fledged invasion on all three fronts, north to south and east. he needs something for the public, for the anniversary. we expect something at the end of february, but most

probably, that would be on the east. originally, he stated one year ago that he would like to fully protect the donetsk region and done vice region. he would like to at least get to the borders of these region to demonstrate to his people that everything was not in vain. l to demonstrate to his people that everything was not in vain. i see everything was not in vain. i see it. i “ust everything was not in vain. i see it. ijust finally, _ everything was not in vain. i see it. ijust finally, before - everything was not in vain. i see it. ijust finally, before we - everything was not in vain. i see it. i just finally, before we let i it. ijust finally, before we let you go. we heard from president zelensky they are in our report there, sounding tough and meaning it. how to use ss cranes preparedness for what's to come? definitely. ukraine preparedness will depend on the amount of ammunition we receive in the next days and now that was significantly influence the battle. at the same time, i am talking with different so sure the soldiers and their readiness to fight and they understand the next weeks would be extremely difficult, is very high.

that is important. when you have a high morale and understanding of this moment among the armed forces and the society, that brings additional, public probably, evidences for the president to say ukrainian nation is ready to fight. thank you for talking to us hanna. just want to show you these life pictures. this is washington, dc. we are expecting president biden to arrive and speak there any moment now. what is going to talk about? he's going to talk about the us response about high altitude chinese balloon. you remember it was shut down and three other objects shut down and three other objects shut down by us fighterjets over the last few days. the us has said so far that the first balloon that was shut down was being use to spy on sensitive military sites. china has

denied that. we don't have many details i thought about the other objects that were recently shut down, so we are looking to get some details from that when president biden walks up to that lectern. as soon i see does, just a marker card, we will interrupt whatever we are talking about and come back to resident biden there. now to the us — where a judge in the us state of georgia has released parts of a report — on whether former president donald trump and his allies broke the law in their attempts to overturn his election loss in 2020. first, the report says there wit says: "a majority of the grand jury believes that perjury may have been committed by one or more of the witnesses testifying before it." in other words, some witnesses may have lied under oath. it did not say who. and, it recommended the district attorney "seek appropriate indictments for such crimes

where the evidence is compelling". again, it did not say who. and — they agreed there had been no election fraud in 2020. here's barbara plett usher. we do know that the grand jury heard from a number of trump allies, including his former lawyer, rudy giuliani, including the republican senator, lindsey graham, who said he felt he was confident in his testimony, and the grandjury hadn't contacted him. we know that the jury spoke to the secretary of state and the governor of georgia, both republicans, whose who stood up to trump's demands, but they spoke to a range of different witnesses. they have also made detailed recommendations of who they think should be indicted and who should not be indicted. we know this because the judge said so previously, but he did not

we will interrupt barbara biden is about to speak about those objects. in our airspace to pick up slow—moving objects flying over our country. in doing so, they were alerted to objects over alaska, the yukon, and the us. the debt with them within the parameters. with their recommendation, i take the order to take down these objects because of objection to air traffic and we could not rule out the sensitive facilities will stop i spoke with prime minister trudeau from canada on saturday, and just as critical of the we acted under an abundance of caution that allowed us

to take down these objects safely. our military and the canadian military are seeking to recover the debris so we can learn more about these objects. our intelligence community is still assessing these objects. they are reporting to me daily and i will communicate that information to the congress. we still don't know exactly what these objects are but nothing right now suggests they were related to china's bite balloon programme or surveillance from other countries. the intelligent intelligence community current assessment is that these were balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying whether. when i came into office, i instructed our intelligence community to dictate look at the broad phenomenon of areas identified objects. we know

other countries and research organisations operate areas objects for purposes that are not nefarious. i want to be clear. we don't have any evidence that there is a increase in the number of objects in the sky. we are now seeing more of them partially because of the steps we have taken to increase our radars. we have to keep adapting our approach to dealing with these turning challenges. that is why i have directed my team to come back to me with sharper rules for how we will deal with these unidentified objects moving forward. distinguishing between those likely to post security risk and those that will not. but make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of american people i would take it down. i will share with congress these classified parameters when they are completed and that we are men classified so we

don't give our road map to our enemies to try and invade our defences. going forward, these parameters will guide what are actions we take with unmanned and unidentified objects. in addition, i have directed my national security adviser lead a government wide effort to make sure we are positioned to deal and safely and effectively with objects in our airspace. we will first establish a better inventory of unmanned objects in space above united space airspace. and make sure that information is accessible and up—to—date list of second, we will implement further measures to detect objects in our airspace. third, we will update the rules and regulations for launching and maintaining objects in the skies

above america. fourth, my secretary of state will lead at two establish global norms dealing with airspace. this is the insurer skies for our military, travellers are safe. that is myjob as your commander in chief. as the events of the previous day have shown, we will act to ensure the safety of the american people. since i've come to office, we have been able to navigate and identify high surveillance balloons. when one of these balloons from china entered our airspace earlier in the month i give the order to shoot it down as soon as it was safe to do so. it was the size of

multiples whose school buses and it was shut down overland it would be dangerous. we checked it closely, we analyse its capabilities and learned about how it's operate. because we were able to detect its path, we were able to detect its path, we were able to safeguard sensitive information. we shut it down over us to retrieve since sensitive parts for analysis. and shooting it down since a clear message sends the violation of our sovereign borders is unacceptable. this past friday, we put restrictions on firms that assist the people's republics air departments. we must fight our

apartments around the world and we know about china's programme and where the balloons have flown. some of them have also raise our concerns directly with china. our experts have attempted relifted information from the balloon off china. we are also continuing to engage with china as we have throughout the last two weeks. as i said, since the beginning of my administration we seek competition and not conflict with china. we are not looking for a new cold war. i don't apologise or make no apologies and we will compete, and we will responsibly manage that competition so it doesn't veer into conflict. this episode underscores maintain open lines of communication between our diplomats and editor professionals. our diplomats are making gains and i

was maintain in touch with president g. i am was maintain in touch with president g. iam proud of was maintain in touch with president g. i am proud of our work in the last few weeks who have proved once again to be most capable professionals in the world. i want to thank you all. i also want to point out that we will keep our allies and congress informed of all we learn and know and i expect to be speaking with president g i do hope we can get to the bottom of this. but i make no apologies for taking on that balloon us up thank you very much. give mea give me a break man. is this in ova or give me a break man. is this in ovary or action _ give me a break man. is this in ovary or action that _ give me a break man. is this in ovary or action that was - give me a break man. is this in ovary or action that was done l ovary or action that was done because of political pressure? mr

president why have you chosen... what's your message?— president why have you chosen... what's your message? when are you s-ueakin to what's your message? when are you speaking to president _ what's your message? when are you speaking to president she _ what's your message? when are you speaking to president she mr- speaking to president she mr president? 50 speaking to president she mr president?— speaking to president she mr president? ., , , president? so that is president biden making _ president? so that is president biden making that _ president? so that is president biden making that statement l president? so that is president i biden making that statement and president? so that is president - biden making that statement and a visually walking off and decided not to take any questions with a smile on his face. what do we learn? not a great deal to be honest. he did make some some interesting observations. he said of the three objects shut down by the us he gave the order. two reasons he gave for shooting down these objects was separate of course from the alleged surveillance balloon. one was the risk to aircraft, the second reason he couldn't rule out that they were surveillance objects in some way. he emphasised that he shut them down over an abundance of caution, was his phrase. we don't know what they

are, he said but there's nothing to suggest that these later at three objects were chinese spy objects. he said they are probably, in the assessment so far, belonging to private companies carrying out science, research, whether gathering information that way. also, interestingly, he said there is no evidence of the increase in the number of these objects in the skies over the us. let's go back to the alleged chinese surveillance balloon that was shut down. we do know a few more details about that. this decision to shoot that down overwater, one for safety but also to allow the us to collect more of the object itself and learn things from it, potentially. so, there were measures, they are going to take measures, they are going to take measures against china in response to that but he said they are

analysing what they are gathering from the sea bed and watch her there as we speak. so, i expect some sort of update on that. on the broader relations with china, he said not looking for another cold war and he with continue his engagement with the president of china. let's look at the story were looking at before biden came up to speak. now to the us — where a judge in the us state of georgia has released parts of a report — on whether former president donald trump and his allies broke the law in their attempts to overturn his election loss in 2020. first, the report says there wit says: "a majority of the grand jury believes that perjury may have been committed by one or more of the witnesses testifying before it." so let's remind ourselves of what this investigation is all about — it focuses on the state of georgia. essentially, it revolves around mr trump's conduct in the aftermath of the election — focusing on his unsubstantianted claims of voter fraud in the state. dozens of witnesses and prominent republicans were interviewed. president biden won

the state of georgia by a razor—thin margin - 0.3 %. central to the investigation was a phone call between mr trump and georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger injanuary 2021 — have a listen. harry litman is a former us department ofjustice official, he joins me from los angeles,who could the people be — indicted with perjury. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the - programme._ thank for programme. get to be here. thank for the little delay — programme. get to be here. thank for the little delay or _ programme. get to be here. thank for the little delay or as _ programme. get to be here. thank for the little delay or as we _ programme. get to be here. thank for the little delay or as we listen - the little delay or as we listen to and to president biden and we may come back so that if we have time at the end. this report has come out from georgia and is quite technical and detailed. please start in the

simplest terms possible, explaining what has come out today.— what has come out today. actually, it is not very _ what has come out today. actually, it is not very detailed. _ what has come out today. actually, it is not very detailed. it _ what has come out today. actually, it is not very detailed. it is - what has come out today. actually, it is not very detailed. it is a - it is not very detailed. it is a much, much bigger reports and the judge permitted only those sections that mentioned no names to come out. so, what we have, you have given the top lines. they found unanimously there wasn't fraud in the election. that would be a linchpin for recommending charges. it is clear, they recommended charges. in addition, they found that some witnesses, again, unnamed, committed perjury. on her than that it is pretty bland. it is just, perjury. on her than that it is pretty bland. it isjust, here's perjury. on her than that it is pretty bland. it is just, here's our reports and thanks for your help. and much, much more is missing than revealed. find and much, much more is missing than revealed. �* ., �* , and much, much more is missing than revealed. �* ., �*, revealed. and what's your reaction to that then? _ revealed. and what's your reaction to that then? well, _ revealed. and what's your reaction to that then? well, we _ revealed. and what's your reaction to that then? well, we knew - revealed. and what's your reaction to that then? well, we knew that i to that then? well, we knew that that was a _ to that then? well, we knew that

that was a case _ to that then? well, we knew that that was a case because - to that then? well, we knew that that was a case because the - to that then? well, we knew that| that was a case because the judge was so adamant about the due process concerns under the georgia constitution for naming people having a chance to defend themselves. it's a thin rule. what it gave is about the lee's it could have and we are too much new its already. we knew they were going to charge people and it looks as if they have. so, for that we knew they wouldn't find fraud. and we knew there were concerns about line and they said the p word, perjury. short of that, we learned not very much and it is back in the hands of the district attorney to do with as she with her. she has said her charging decisions are imminent but we are talking almost three weeks ago that she said that. so, i guess there is immanence and there's imminent. thank you so much for coming up on the programme harry and i'm afraid we're right at the end of the show.

we appreciate your analysis, thank you. that's it for me. i'll be back in a moment, is bbc news. hello. after what's been a relatively quiet day weather—wise, the winds are now starting to ratchet up across the northern half of the uk. in fact, those strong winds across scotland's over the tops of the pennines and into northeast england could well cause some travel disruption as we head into friday morning. so what's going on? well, on the earlier satellite picture, we can see this stripe of cloud out in the atlantic. and just about here, we've started to see an area of low pressure developing and that low is deepening as it pushes eastwards. it's been named storm otto by the danish weather service because of the impacts it's expected to have in denmark. but even for us, it's going to bring some very strong winds through the night across northern ireland, but more especially scotland and northern england, some outbreaks of rain pushing through as well. further south, it will be breezy,

mostly cloudy and a mild night for just about all of us. temperatures generally between seven and 11 degrees. so, into tomorrow morning. if you do have travel plans early on across the north of scotland, we could see wind gusts of 80 miles per hour for exposed coasts and hills. but more broadly across scotland, gusts of 60, 70, 75 miles per hour. and the other place that really will be very gusty indeed is across the tops of the pennines and into northeast england. if you're planning to drive in a high sided vehicle, for example, over the transpennine routes, that could well cause you some difficulties. as we go through the day, this band of cloud and very patchy rain will sink southwards, brighter skies behind, but with some showers in scotland, some of those will be wintry over higher ground because we will see something a little bit chillier developing in northern areas, very mild again down towards the south. those winds slowly easing as the day wears on. now, as you move out of friday and into saturday, well, here comes another area of low pressure. this one should move through quite quickly. it won't bring such windy weather either,

but still some outbreaks of rain, maybe some snow over high ground in scotland for a time. but much of that will tend to clear away eastwards. then we'll see some spells of sunshine, but some fairly large amounts of cloud could be some more patchy rain pushing northwards through northern ireland, the far north of england, and up into scotland through the day. we'll be quite breezy in the south, but also very mild, m or 15 degrees. and then for sunday, the strongest winds transfer back northwards. again, we will see some outbreaks of rain further south, mainly dry and very mild.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is outside source. ukraine's president speaks to the bbc — and warns belarus against helping russia launch a new offensive. it russia launch a new offensive. will be big mistake for it will be big mistake for him and for belarus. historical mistake. the united nations launches a billion dollar aid appeal for victims of the devastating earthquakes in turkey. also in the programme. another energy company posts record profits — this time it's centrica, the owner of british gas.

the latest on the earthquakes in the latest on the earthquakes in syria and turkey. the un the latest on the earthquakes in s ria and turke . ., , syria and turkey. the un has launched _ syria and turkey. the un has launched a — syria and turkey. the un has launched a $1— syria and turkey. the un has launched a $1 billion - syria and turkey. the un has launched a $1 billion appeal l syria and turkey. the un has| launched a $1 billion appeal to syria and turkey. the un has - launched a $1 billion appeal to help those in need. more than 41,000 are now confirmed to have died. the head of nato is in turkey meeting its president. turkey is a member of the alliance and nato is supplying it with eight and support. this alliance and nato is supplying it with eight and support.- alliance and nato is supplying it with eight and support. this is the deadliest natural _ with eight and support. this is the deadliest natural disaster - with eight and support. this is the deadliest natural disaster on - deadliest natural disaster on alliance territory since the foundation of nato. the focus going forward will be on reconstruction and supporting the displaced. that is why nato is now setting up temporary housing for thousands of displaced people. still temporary housing for thousands of displaced people-— displaced people. still getting extraordinary _ displaced people. still getting extraordinary drone _ displaced people. still getting extraordinary drone footage i displaced people. still getting i extraordinary drone footage that shows the devastation of this earthquake. this is the turkish city

of antakya and you can see how many buildings have been destroyed there. this is one of turkey's tent city that have been built tens of thousands have been living in places like these. our correspondent carolina has been speaking to some of those displaced. here a food market is now a camp. but not for long. these tents have been in position over the course of the last ten days, but the authorities here are saying now they are displaying telling them. you can see the tens overhear people taking some of their belongings as well. that is because authority say that there is greater need closer to the epicentre that people who have been living here tell us that they are very worried. the authority say that people will be moved to live in other accommodation but some feel that they are removing on too quickly. fatima has been living up in camps since the earthquake hit. translation: ll since the earthquake hit. translation:— since the earthquake hit. translation: ., , ., , ., since the earthquake hit. translation: ., , ., translation: it was rainy and cold. plus we had — translation: it was rainy and cold. plus we had to _ translation: it was rainy and cold. plus we had to see _ translation: it was rainy and cold. plus we had to see dead _ translation: it was rainy and cold.

plus we had to see dead bodies - plus we had to see dead bodies coming out of the building nearby. it was like a nightmare. i could not wash for ten days. this is the situation we are in. our mental strength has broken. now i want to show you these pictures — a 17—year—old being rescued from under the rubble of a building — after being buried for more than ten days. thousands of refugees — who have been living in turkey since the outbreak of the syrian war — are now returning home — after their homes have been destroyed. the bbc�*s laura bicker is in antakya — close to the turkish border. the last time these assyrian families across this border it was for dreams of a better lives. —— syrian. their homeland has been ripped apart by a civil war and their homeland lies in ruins because of the earthquake and once again they are on the move carrying whatever they have left. she has lived in antakya for nine years. her

children were born there, but she believes hostility between syrians and her host country is worse since the quake. translation: ~ the quake. translation: ., ., , . translation: we lost our house. we t to find translation: we lost our house. we try to find another _ translation: we lost our house. we try to find another place _ translation: we lost our house. we try to find another place to _ translation: we lost our house. we try to find another place to say - translation: we lost our house. we try to find another place to say but - try to find another place to say but they keep chasing us away asking us to return to syria. should i stay in the street with my children? where should be the street with my children? where should he go? _ the street with my children? where should be go? the _ the street with my children? where should be go? the turkish - the street with my children? where should be go? the turkish government has said syrians can come back within two months but many ask, what do they have to come back to? this is a broken city phil of loss and fallen concrete. it is no longer a home. those who choose to stay have nowhere else to go. he knows that there is little here for him and his family but there is nothing less —— left in syria. he is stuck. translation: l left in syria. he is stuck. translation:— left in syria. he is stuck. translation: ~ ., translation: i think about the children a lot. _ translation: i think about the children a lot. about _ translation: i think about the children a lot. about their - children a lot. about their situation and what will happen to them. that night turns to terror and ifearfor

them. that night turns to terror and i fear for them them. that night turns to terror and ifearfor them more than myself. let's head ohio in the us where you may remember a train derailed, spilling toxic chemicals. there was a public meeting to reassure people who live nearby. but the train company didn't show up, saying they were worried about possible violence. that made things worse. here's the mayor. we're trying to get information out to our citizens. everybody�*s concerned. i'm concerned. but, you know, it's not norfolk southern here — it's the epa. the people who have been working with us trying to get our citizens back into their home safe. that's what we need right now. we need our citizens to feel safe in their own homes. you sound frustrated. i'm very frustrated. here's what happened. on february 3rd, a freight train carrying 20 cars of hazardous materials slid off the rails and caught fire along the norfolk southern railway in east palestine. the next day residents were ordered to evacuate their homes. three days later officials decided to intentionally burn the chemical

cargo in some of the cars rather than risk an explosion. this is the public meeting we mentioned — the meeting where the rail company didn't show up. they said it was because had security concerns. here's what locals had to say. we all know that we won't every answer so we come here and hope that we will get the right ones. and i think how it was set up tonight with the withdrawal of norfolk it did not really represent how much they care about the concerns that we have as a community. if this did happen somewhere else it would have been handled totally different. i think that maybe they feel like they can take advantage of us because we are a smaller town. what rolls through on those tracks is of more value than the lives of the residents of this community. it's been great when we moved in here. l

the train did not bother me at all. all of the sudden i could see that there was more and - more activity and now— they are going through here faster. so if they are going - through faster and they are hauling all of these unknown - chemicals and tanks and everything who's to say what will happen. the company involved, norfolk southern, are providing over $1 million in reimbursements to residents. but there's a lot that's still unknown about the health risks. authorities say five of the cars were carrying vinyl chloride, a colourless gas used in making plastic products. it can cause dizziness, headaches and drowsiness when inhaled, and can lead to a rare form of liver cancer after chronic exposure. but the environmental protection agency says "air monitoring since the fire went out has not detected any levels of concern". there's also been confusion about the safety of drinking water — on tuesday officials told residents to only drink bottled water, with concerns over contamination. but the next day, ohio governor mike dewine tweeted... "new water testing results show no detection of contaminants in east palestine's municipal water system.

with these test results, ohio epa is confident that the municipal water is safe to drink. let's hearfrom a chemical spills and clean up expert. the main cause of concern is the lack of information. the epa has provided downstream testing and from what we have been given they have done some testing at a water treatment facility nearby. it has all been deemed as safe. there is also air monitoring in place so it seems that they had the situation under control but should be reporting that directly to the members in the local town. so those are the concerns, let's take a look at what's been happening since the derailment. thousands of dead fish have appeared in the creeks in the town, and some residents have reported rashes, sore throats and respiratory problems. investigators are also looking into what caused the train to derail. these are national transportation safety board investigators at the scene two days after the incident.

they've since had to leave the site until it's decontaminated. but the ntsb says "surveillance video showed what appears to be a wheel bearing in the final stage of overheat failure moments before the derailment." let's hear from the white house press secretary who spoke about the incident a short time ago. we're going to get to the bottom of this. we're going to try and figure out an answer to what occurred. so, we're going to get through this together. we are going to hold norfolk southern accountable. and, right now, our message to the folks in ohio in that area is to listen to your state and local officials. here in the uk, more huge profits for an energy company. this time it's centrica, which owns the energy provider british gas.

oil and gas pricesjumped last year after russia's invasion of ukraine. and centrica's profits have more than tripled. profits hit 3.3 billion pounds for 2022 — about 4 billion us dollars. that's compared with the £948 million pounds it made in 2021, more than 1.1 billion dollars. now to understand those numbers it's easiest to think of centrica as two different businesses. the part of the business that extracts oil and gas is the part that made these huge profits. the other bit, which makes much less money, is the bit that supplies energy to people's homes, british gas. despite that — let's hear from a campaignerfor the �*end fuel poverty�* coalition. these profits are being made off of the back of people who are vulnerable of the elderly, of people with families with young children, disabled or people with long—term health conditions who have been condemned to live in cold, damp homes. the energy market is broken,

it is not working, it is hurting the vulnerable the worst and we need to see a whole review of britain's broken energy system. the boss of centrica has a different view. chris o'shea said the company invested £75 million last year in supporting customers of british gas, an that they've "been able to provide much needed stability and support". let's hear now from an independent energy consultant on whether centrica is making unfair profits. no, i don't think centrica is profiteering. these record profits are driven by its upstream business. that is the production of gas, primarily and also its share in the nuclear energy production in britain both of which have done unusually well this year. but it has to be remembered particularly with upstream oil and gas extraction is that it is a very difficult and challenging activity which is already pretty highly taxed in this country. taxing gas and oil companies is another contentious issue. centrica says it paid about £1 billion in tax relating to its 2022 profits. of that, about £54 million was paid as result of the windfall tax —

called the energy profits levy — which was introduced by the government last year. the current windfall tax rate is 35%. the opposition labour party thinks that isn't enough — and the shadow chancellor called on the government to "bring in a proper windfall tax on oil and gas giants to stop energy prices rising in april". that's when a cap the government has put on the average household energy bills, is due to go up. here's the assesment of the price comparison service uswitch.com. there is a big question around the government and what it can and should do and should it target its support to the more vulnerable which we usually think it should but in principle should it or should it try and do stuff for everyone. but does not absolve the suppliers from feeding pressure to try and get cheaper prices through as soon as humanly possible. we cannotjust sit there and rely on the government alone because but we would be waiting

to an election and what happens after that there's no time for consumers for that. this brings us back to the two different parts of the centrica business. government regulation means the parent company can't sell energy more cheaply to its own energy supplying operation than it does to other suppliers, so it can't lower prices for british gas customers, for example. that would be an unfair competitive advantage. the bbc�*s vishala sri pathma explains. it is actually not from the money that they are charging customers in their homes or businesses, the bulk of the profit at this time around is from extraction. extraction from somewhere like the north sea, the extraction of oil and gas, and the profits made on the wholesale market, which they go to trade from, that is where they are making the money. we have seen oil and gas go up quite considerably in terms of price, particularly when russia invaded ukraine. that has done quite well for anyone that trades on the wholesale market, and that is what has happened here with centrica. at the moment, the tax is about 35%, i think, in the uk, there are calls for that to be higher given

it is arguable that this kind of profit is not necessarily earned but from higher wholesale prices. that is where the argument is. it will be interesting to see what happens. we see other energy companies doing well, bp and shell announcing record profits as well. prices fluctuate, prices go up and down, energy prices are set to go down a little this year, so it'll be interesting to see how that translates into their profits. stay with us on outside source — still to come. an underwater robot has found that glaciers in antarctica are more sensitive to sea temperature changes than previously thought. we have a report from the bbc�*s climate editor, who's the process for selecting the successor to scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has begun. she announced her resignation yesterday — and now her party — the scottish national party — will meeting this evening to draw up

a timetable for the leadership race. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. who will be scotland's next first minister? the country has had five since the advent of this devolved scottish parliament more than 20 years ago, but who will be the sixth after the unexpected announcement from nicola sturgeon that she is going? i think over the past couple of years there have been many moments when i thought that maybe she will go, particularly after the pandemic, or after an election where there is maybe a natural break. i expected maybe there to be more of a succession plan in place. she is leaving the door wide open. nicola sturgeon was unopposed when she took over from alex salmond, but her successor is likely to face a competition, not a coronation. no one has yet formally declared their intention to stand. those who might throw their hat into the ring include the deputy first minister, john swinney, who has done thejob before, or angus robertson, the former snp westminster leader

and now constitution secretary. the finance secretary, kate forbes, who is currently on maternity leave, the health secretary, humza yousaf, or the mp joanna cherry, a critic of nicola sturgeon's leadership. one former deputy leader of the snp is calling for this notjust to be a change of leader but style of leadership as well. someone who understands that you never again will develop the cult of personality inside the snp. that's been the undoing of alex salmond and it's been the undoing of nicola sturgeon. whoever takes over from nicola sturgeon will have an in—tray full of challenges — health, education, the gender recognition reform bill and that constitutional issue that divides voters, whether or not scotland should be an independent country.

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. almost a year on from the start of the war in ukraine — the president of belarus says he'd to allow russian troops to launch a new offensive from his country. staying in ukraine because another special bbc report now since the invasion there has been little diplomacy between the two countries but one area of cooperation has been around prisoner of war exchanges. the bbc�*s james waterhouse has been given access to one facility where captured russian soldiers are being held. under the watchful eye of ancient ukrainian rulers, and guards, march these russian prisoners of war. both sides have been accused of abusing captured soldiers in the past. so these are the belongings of some prisoners of war who arrived last week.

now, it's unlikely they're going to speak freely. but what this is is an insight into ukraine's information war, as well as a look at how prisoners of war are used as currency. now kyiv wants to show us these men, who they insist are being treated fairly. they're using this workshop to take shelterfrom russian missiles. some hide their faces to further protect their identities. ukraine needs these soldiers to trade for their own. we're under supervision, but the guards don't interfere. this prisoner tells us he surrendered near the eastern town of soledar last month. several say they just want to go home. some here are just days off the battlefield, a mixture of conscripts, soldiers and mercenaries. many are pale, their

eyes glazed over. sometimes history has echoes. this gritty fortress once held soviet and then german inmates in the second world war. everyone here appears to know the drill. air raid alerts seem to be the only breaks from a monotonous routine. the bite of the cold is followed by the relief of lunch. today it's corn soup and barley and meat before a choreographed finish. "thank you for lunch," they say, in ukrainian. this might look like free time, but the guards have the remote. the pick of the day — a documentary on ukrainian history. but not everyone will speak the language.

translation: more or less, i'mj starting to understand ukrainian. these programmes are educational. this looks more like a re—education. these inmates are waiting to make a phone call home. the conversations are recorded. "where are you?" asks his mum. "i'm in captivity — i can't say more," he says" "with the bloody ukrainians?" she asks. "enough, mum," he replies. "the most important thing is that i'm alive and healthy." this economy of prisoner exchanges has grown, which means they're more valuable to both sides regardless of whether they return to the fight. james waterhouse, bbc

news, western ukraine. we finish in antarctica — where an underwater robot hs found that glaciers may be more sensitive to changes in sea temperature than was previously thought. if it melted completely, the thwaites glacier would raise sea levels by more than half a metre. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, is there. west antarctica is a challenging place to work. it is the stormiest part of the world's stormiest continent. it took more than a month and more than a dozen flights to get the scientists and their equipment to the front of the glacier. ice—hardened ships brought in fuel and other bulky supplies, which were then dragged over the ice in an epic 1,000 mile overland journey. this was the final destination. a campsite at the point this vast glacier goes afloat. if we are thinking about what is sea

level going to be like in ten years, this glacier is the place to be. boilers turned snow into water. hot water was used to melt down into the ice. for the first time ever, scientists could take measurements under the ice, to the surprise of some local creatures. they sent down ice fin, a remotely operated robot submarine, packed with scientific instruments. oh—ho—ho! yes! what we can see is instead of this flat ice that we all pictured, there were all kinds of staircases and cracks in the ice that weren't really expected. a team from the british antarctic survey using different instruments also found that the overall melt rate was lower than expected. it showed how sensitive the glacier is to even small changes in sea water temperature. what the results show us, is that you don't need toincrease

the rate that much to drive a very fast retreat. so has the glacier passed a tipping point where collapse becomes inevitable? our observations don't necessarily tell us that, but what it does tell us is how the ice shelf is currently melting, and we can use that knowledge from today to produce better models which will tell us more about the future. thwaites is at the bottom of the world, but what happens here will affect us all. the better the processes that work under this glacier are understood, the better forecasts we will have of how our seas will rise in the decades to come. forewarned is forearmed, they say. that is particularly important because carbon emissions, which are driving the processes warming this glacier, continue to rise rapidly. i'm joined now emily shuckburgh, the director of cambridge zero, the university of cambridge's major climate change initiative. thank you for coming on to the

programme. what do you make of the science going on here what does it mean? it science going on here what does it mean? , . , , science going on here what does it mean? , . _ ., mean? it is incredibly important. you heard _ mean? it is incredibly important. you heard in _ mean? it is incredibly important. you heard in that _ mean? it is incredibly important. you heard in that piece just - mean? it is incredibly important. you heard in that piece just nowl you heard in that piece just now about how measurements were being taken under the glacier. that is because the glacier is melting from underneath as the warmer ocean waters that are warming because of our carbon emissions and our global warming are getting underneath the ice and melting it from below. the critical question is —— have we already potentially reached a tipping point beyond which that glacier will months —— melt and eventually raise sea levels, as set in the piece, half a metre. half a metre would completely transform our coastlines, significant damage across the world. the key question that this research is trying to address is understanding and be able to predict how long it would take to

see that level of sea level rise. to understand that, you need to understand that, you need to understand exactly the critical processes that are occurring below the sea. we can only do that by going in and taking measurements. [30 going in and taking measurements. do we not know enough already. do we know that actually things are getting pretty dicey out there and we need to do something about it? well we do and it is very clear that if we want to of worked —— avert the worst of the impacts of climate change we need to take change today. global emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are continuing to increase. for my point of view climate scientists working on this, for decades it is incredibly frustrating that we know it technologies exist to move to a cleaner, greenerfuture it technologies exist to move to a cleaner, greener future and they are just not being implemented at the scale and pace that is required around the world. there is another key point about this as well is that

it is notjust about reducing emissions. it is also about making sure that we are adopted as a global society to the climate change that is already playing out around the world in terms of extreme weather events. so we need to be both reducing emissions but also increasing our resilience to extreme weather events. increasing our resilience to extreme weather events-— weather events. fascinating stuff. thank ou weather events. fascinating stuff. thank you very — weather events. fascinating stuff. thank you very much, _ weather events. fascinating stuff. thank you very much, emily - weather events. fascinating stuff. thank you very much, emily for. thank you very much, emily for coming the programme. just before i go i want to show you this. footage of the titanic ship wreck. the first ever dive from the titanic. most of this new video has never been made available. the footage was shot about three km below the ocean's surface. this is bbc news. hello.

after what's been a relatively quiet day weather—wise, the winds are now starting to ratchet up across the northern half of the uk. in fact, those strong winds across scotland's over the tops of the pennines and into northeast england could well cause some travel disruption as we head into friday morning. so what's going on? well, on the earlier satellite picture, we can see this stripe of cloud out in the atlantic. and just about here, we've started to see an area of low pressure developing and that low is deepening as it pushes eastwards. it's been named storm otto by the danish weather service because of the impacts it's expected to have in denmark. but even for us, it's going to bring some very strong winds through the night across northern ireland, but more especially scotland and northern england, some outbreaks of rain pushing through as well. further south, it will be breezy, mostly cloudy and a mild night for just about all of us. temperatures generally between seven and 11 degrees. so, into tomorrow morning. if you do have travel plans early on across the north of scotland, we could see wind gusts of 80 miles

per hour for exposed coasts and hills. but more broadly across scotland, gusts of 60, 70, 75 miles per hour. and the other place that really will be very gusty indeed is across the tops of the pennines and into northeast england. if you're planning to drive in a high sided vehicle, for example, over the transpennine routes, that could well cause you some difficulties. as we go through the day, this band of cloud and very patchy rain will sink southwards, brighter skies behind, but with some showers in scotland, some of those will be wintry over higher ground because we will see something a little bit chillier developing in northern areas, very mild again down towards the south. those winds slowly easing as the day wears on. now, as you move out of friday and into saturday, well, here comes another area of low pressure. this one should move through quite quickly. it won't bring such windy weather either, but still some outbreaks of rain, maybe some snow over high ground in scotland for a time. but much of that will tend to clear away eastwards. then we'll see some spells of sunshine, but some fairly large amounts of cloud could be some more patchy rain pushing northwards

through northern ireland, the far north of england, and up into scotland through the day. we'll be quite breezy in the south, but also very mild, 14 or 15 degrees. and then for sunday, the strongest winds transfer back northwards. again, we will see some outbreaks of rain further south, mainly dry and very mild.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is outside source. ukraine's president speaks to the bbc and warns belarus against helping russia launch a new offensive. it will be big mistake for him and for belarus, it will be historical mistake. president biden says he has no regrets about downing a chinese surveillance balloon. but make no mistake. if any object presents a trip to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. and the united nations launches a billion dollar aid appeal for victims of the devastating earthquakes in turkey.

let's start with the war in ukraine. russia has launched a fresh wave of missile strikes against ukraine as we approach the one—year anniversary of the war next week. i want to talk about... speaking to the bbc, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has ruled out conceding any territory to russia in a potential peace deal. our world affairs editor john simpson reports from kyiv. with the anniversary of the russian invasion coming close, president zelensky is showing signs of increasing confidence. he's been visiting several of his main backers in britain and other nato countries, and the promises of weapons and support that he's received have clearly buoyed him up. when i met him today, he was defiant and seemed more than usually sure of his position.

i asked what he felt about the threat that vladimir putin might strike at ukraine through neighbouring belarus, and he dismissed it out of hand. it will be a big mistake for him and for belarus. it will be a historical mistake. but if belarussia does involve itself, can you survive? we will fight. we will survive. yeah. how certain was he that ukraine could withstand the increasing attacks which the russians are likely to unleash for the anniversary of their invasion? "attacks are going on from several directions," he told me, switching into ukrainian. "our defence is holding. we need powerful modern weapons. they're the only language russia understands, we're responding in their language."

russian forces have been making gains in eastern ukraine during the past week or so. but president zelensky certainly isn't in any mood to make concessions to russia. "any territorial compromises," he told me, "are only going to weaken our country. so it's not about compromise. we make millions of compromises every day. but the question is, with putin, no, because we don't trust putin." of course, president zelensky knows he's got to look and sound confident. otherwise it would be seen as weakness. but there's no doubt that he's talking much tougher and more uncompromisingly now. our world affairs editor john simpson there. another development to bring you. belarusian leader alexander lukashenko says he's ready to allow russia to use his country as a staging post for a new offensive in ukraine.

remember, russian troops were sent into ukraine through belarus's border when president putin launched a full scale invasion a year ago. this is what mr lukashenko told the bbc. translation: i'm ready to fight together with the russians - from the territory of belarus in only one case — if so much as one soldier from ukraine comes to our territory with a gun to kill my people. let's get more on this from kateryna khinkulova —— let's bring you the latest from the ground. according to ukraine, russia has launched a total of 36 air and sea—based cruise missiles, guided air—to—surface missiles and anti—ship missiles at ukraine overnight. at least 16 were shot down. we've also heard from general mark milley, chair of america's joint chiefs of staff. this is his assessment of the conflict...

i asked hanna shelest from the center for european policy analysis how important the belarusian president's role is in the conflict. we should not over estimate it, but at the same time not underestimate it, because belarus shares quite a significant border with ukraine and the belarusian armed forces are much more prepared than all those newly mobilised orformer more prepared than all those newly mobilised or former prisoners that rushes trying to mobilise with the last month. plus, belarus armed forces has quite a significant amount of equipment, ammunition. they have been transferring a lot of them to the russian armed forces, but still that is additional munition, equipment, airforces that can be used and can significantly

influence the situation on the ground. influence the situation on the round. , . ., , ., ground. interesting comments of it could potentially _ ground. interesting comments of it could potentially influence - ground. interesting comments of it could potentially influence the - could potentially influence the situation. what about the relationship with vladimir putin and how do you think strategically vladimir putin will use that relationship with belarus, especially coming so close to this perceived offensive that is due to happen with the one year anniversary?— happen with the one year anniversary? happen with the one year anniversa ? �*, ., anniversary? let's make a small histo , anniversary? let's make a small history, because _ anniversary? let's make a small history, because they _ anniversary? let's make a small history, because they believe i anniversary? let's make a smalll history, because they believe will help. before 2020, before those elections in belarus, mr lukashenko said nato is not a problem. everything went up to 2020, and the kremlin and mr putin are really playing with them. they are minute playing with them. they are minute playing with the fears of mr lukashenko about his future as the so—called president of this country. but at the same time, mr lukashenko understands the country, the people of belarus but is not supporting this war. it is not the same of what

we have in russia, when 87% support the invasion. he understands that in case he would notjust politically state to russia that he will support or if he will do something more than just provide them with hospitals, territories, equipment, that can also have quite a significant opposition within the country. to the us now, where in the past hour president biden gave an update on "unmanned aerial objects" in north american airspace. he said that he plans to establish a better inventory of what is in american skies. a high—altitude chinese balloon was shot down earlier this month, as well as three other objects shot down by us fighterjets. the us says it was being used by beijing to spy on sensitive military sites. china denies that and has accused

the us of flying at least ten balloons over its own airspace. this was president biden earlier. iam directing i am directing my team to come back to me with sharper rules for how we will deal with these unidentified objects moving forward, the suturing between those that are likely to oppose safety and security risk that necessitate action and those that do not. but make no mistake. if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. president biden said this episode underline the importance of communication with china and said that the us was not looking for a new cold war. he did have this for beijing. i expect to be speaking with president xi and i hope we can get to the bottom of this, but i make no apologies for taking down that balloon. thank you. let's get the latest on the earthquakes in syria and turkey now. the united nations has launched a $1 billion appeal, to help those in need of aid.

more than 41,000 are now confirmed to have died. the head of nato, jens stoltenberg, is in turkey, meeting its president recep tayyip erdogan. turkey is a member of the alliance, and nato is supplying it with aid and support. jens stoltenberg spoke about that. this is the deadliest natural disaster on alliance territory since the foundation of nato. the focus going forward will be on reconstruction and supporting the displaced. that is why nato is now setting up temporary housing for thousands of displaced people. so, nato is focused on re—housing survivors. that's a priority for humanitarian agencies too. people, they need everything. those who were affected by the earthquake, they are in need of everything, the top priority is no doubt shelter.

people, i have seen them in this freezing weather, under the trees and different places here. in addition to that, as you know, they need food, hot food. we're still getting extraordinary drone footage in that shows the devastation of this earthquake. this is the turkish city of antakya. you can see just how many buildings have been destroyed. and this is one of turkey's many "tent cities" that have been constructed — tens of thousands are living in places like these. i also want to show you these pictures, a 17—year—old being rescued from under the rubble of a building after being buried for more than ten days. if you're wondering how it's possible to survive that, this doctor explains. to survive long—term, let's say over a week or ten days or something like that, you need mainly access to two things, airand that, you need mainly access to two things, air and some sort of water source. so we say people can survive without water intake may be for

three to five days or so. but i do think there is probably a huge psychological components, in the sense that if people have hope and they believe that they will be rescued and that determination probably does play a factor. now let's go to syria. thousands of refugees who have been living in turkey since the outbreak of the syrian war are now returning home, after their homes have been destroyed. the bbc�*s laura bicker is in antakya, close to the turkish border. the last time these syrian families across this border, it was with streams of a better life. their homeland has been ripped apart by a civil war, their new life in turkey lies in ruins after the earthquake. so once again, they are on the move. carrying whatever they have left. reem has lived in antakya for nine years. her children were born there. but she believes hostility towards syrians in her host country is worse

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stay with us on outside source. still to come: an underwater robot has found that glaciers in antarctica are more sensitive to sea temperature changes than previously thought. we have a report from the bbc�*s climate editor. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order but the army defeated in the task it was sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect for the morale of the people. i'm terrified of the reprecussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. explosions as the airlift got under way, there was no let—up in the erruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea

to the east of the island, away from the town for the time being. it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded the next generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they called it mir — russian for peace. this is outside source live from the bbc. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our lead story: almost a year on from the start of the war in ukraine, the president of belarus says he'd to allow russian troops to launch a new offensive from his country. now to the us, where a judge in the us state of georgia has released parts of a report on whether former president donald trump and his allies broke the law in their attempts to overturn his election loss in 2020. first, the report says...

in other words, some witnesses may have lied under oath. it did not say who. and it recommended the district attorney "seek appropriate indictments for such crimes where the evidence is compelling". again, it did not say who. and they agreed there had been no election fraud in 2020. here's barbara plett usher. the grand jury heard from a number of trump allies, including his former lawyer rudy giuliani, including the republican senator lindsey graham, who said he felt very confident in his testimony and that the grand jury hadn't contacted him. we know that the jury spoke to the secretary of state and the governor of georgia, both republicans, who stood up to mr trump's demands, and so they spoke to a range of different witnesses. they have also made detailed recommendations of who they think

should be indicted and who should not be indicted. we know this because the judge said so previously, but he did not want to release the full report until the district attorney had made up her mind about what sort of decisions to make with those recommendations. so let's remind ourselves of what this investigation is all about — it focuses on the state of georgia. essentially, it revolves around mr trump's conduct in the aftermath of the election, focusing on his unsubstantianted claims of voter fraud in the state. dozens of witnesses and prominent republicans were interviewed. president biden won the state of georgia by a razor—thin margin — 0.3%. i spoke to harry litman, a former us department ofjustice official, who explained what the report means for donald trump. it is not very detailed. it is a much, much bigger report, and the judge permitted only those sections that mentioned no names to come out, so really what we have, you have given the top lines. they found

unanimously there was not fraud in the election, that of course would be a linchpin for recommending charges the pretty clear they recommended charges. and then in addition they found that some witnesses, again unnamed, committed perjury. other than that, witnesses, again unnamed, committed perjury. otherthan that, it witnesses, again unnamed, committed perjury. other than that, it is pretty bland, it is just, perjury. other than that, it is pretty bland, it isjust, here is our report and thanks for all your help, and much, much more is missing thenis help, and much, much more is missing then is revealed.— then is revealed. interesting. and what is your _ then is revealed. interesting. and what is your reaction _ then is revealed. interesting. and what is your reaction to _ then is revealed. interesting. and what is your reaction to that, i then is revealed. interesting. and i what is your reaction to that, then? that fact? we knew that that was the case because the judge was so adamant about the due process concerns under the georgia constitution, for naming people without a chance to defend themselves, but it is pretty thin gruel. wade gave is about the least it could have, and we pretty much knew it already full tub we knew they were going to charge people and

it looks as if they have, so for that, we knew they would find there was not fraud. and then we knew there were concerns about lying, and they said the p word, perjury. short of that, we learned not very much and it is back in the hands of the district attorney to do with as she will. she has said or charging decisions are imminent, but we are talking almost three weeks ago that she did say that, sol talking almost three weeks ago that she did say that, so i guess there is imminentand she did say that, so i guess there is imminent and there is imminent. thanks to harry litman for that. want to bring some news that has just come into us. hollywood actor bruce willis has been diagnosed with untreatable dementia of this come from his family. it comes a year after retiring from acting because of drawing cognitive difficulties. in spring 2022 he was diagnosed with

aphasia, which causes difficulties with speech, but his family said this had progressed and he has been given a more specific diagnosis. they added, as bruce's condition advances, we hope any immediate attention can be focused on shining attention can be focused on shining a light on this disease that needs far more awareness and research. 0k, ok, we are going to stay in the us. let's head to ohio now, where you may remember a train derailed, spilling toxic chemicals. there was a public meeting to reassure people who live nearby. but the train company didn't show up, saying they were worried about possible violence. that made things worse. here's the mayor. we're trying to get information out to our citizens. everybody�*s concerned. i'm concerned. but, you know, it's not norfolk southern here, it's the epa, the people that have been working with us trying to get our citizens back into their home safe. that's what we need right now. we need our citizens to feel safe in their own homes.

you sound frustrated. i'm very frustrated. here's what happened. on february 3, a freight train carrying 20 cars of hazardous materials slid off the rails and caught fire along the norfolk southern railway in east palestine. the next day, residents were ordered to evacuate their homes. three days later, officials decided to intentionally burn the chemical cargo in some of the cars rather than risk an explosion. this is the public meeting we mentioned — the meeting where the rail company didn't show up. they said it was because had security concerns. here's what locals had to say. we all know we are not going to get every answer, so we come here in hope that we will get the right ones, and i think how it was set up tonight, and with the withdrawal of norfolk, it didn't rep is and how much they care about the concerns that we have as a community. tt much they care about the concerns that we have as a community. if this did ha en that we have as a community. if this did happen somewhere _ that we have as a community. if this did happen somewhere else, i that we have as a community. if this did happen somewhere else, it i that we have as a community. if this did happen somewhere else, it would have been— did happen somewhere else, it would have been handled totally different, and i think that maybe they have

taken _ and i think that maybe they have taken advantage of us because we are a smaller— taken advantage of us because we are a smaller town. what roaster on those _ a smaller town. what roaster on those tracks is of more value than the lives _ those tracks is of more value than the lives of— those tracks is of more value than the lives of the residents in this community. it the lives of the residents in this community-— the lives of the residents in this communi . . , ., community. it was great when he moved in- — community. it was great when he moved in. train _ community. it was great when he moved in. train did not _ community. it was great when he | moved in. train did not bother me all of— moved in. train did not bother me all of the sudden, _ moved in. train did not bother me all of the sudden, it _ moved in. train did not bother me all of the sudden, it seemed i moved in. train did not bother mej all of the sudden, it seemed there was more — all of the sudden, it seemed there was more and _ all of the sudden, it seemed there was more and more _ all of the sudden, it seemed there was more and more and _ all of the sudden, it seemed there was more and more and more i all of the sudden, it seemed there i was more and more and more activity, now they're _ was more and more and more activity, now they're moving _ was more and more and more activity, now they're moving through _ was more and more and more activity, now they're moving through faster. i now they're moving through faster. if now they're moving through faster. if they're _ now they're moving through faster. if they're moving _ now they're moving through faster. if they're moving through _ now they're moving through faster. if they're moving through faster- now they're moving through faster. | if they're moving through faster and they are _ if they're moving through faster and they are hauling _ if they're moving through faster and they are hauling through _ if they're moving through faster and they are hauling through all - if they're moving through faster and they are hauling through all these . they are hauling through all these unknown — they are hauling through all these unknown chemicals, _ they are hauling through all these unknown chemicals, tanks - they are hauling through all these unknown chemicals, tanks and i unknown chemicals, tanks and everything. _ unknown chemicals, tanks and everything, who's— unknown chemicals, tanks and everything, who's to _ unknown chemicals, tanks and everything, who's to say i unknown chemicals, tanks and everything, who's to say what i unknown chemicals, tanks and i everything, who's to say what is going _ everything, who's to say what is going to — everything, who's to say what is going to happen? _ the company involved, norfolk southern, are providing over $1 million in reimbursements to residents. but there's a lot that's still unknown about the health risks. authorities say five of the cars were carrying vinyl chloride, a colourless gas used in making plastic products. it can cause dizziness, headaches and drowsiness when inhaled, and can lead to a rare form of liver cancer after chronic exposure. but the environmental protection agency says "air monitoring since the fire went out has not detected any levels of concern".

let's hearfrom a chemical spills and clean up expert. the main concern is a lack of information. the epa have provided downstream testing, from all the reports we been given, testing at a nearby treatment facility. there is also air monitoring in place. so they seem to have the situation under control, but they should report that to the members directly in the town. let's take a look at what's been happening since the derailment. thousands of dead fish have appeared in the creeks in the town. some residents have reported rashes, sore throats and respiratory problems. investigators are also looking into what caused the train to derail. these are national transportation safety board investigators at the scene two days after the incident. they've since had to leave the site until it's decontaminated. but the ntsb says "surveillance video showed what appears to be a wheel bearing in the final stage of overheat failure moments

before the derailment." let's hear from the white house press secretary, who spoke about the incident a short time ago. we're going to get to the bottom of this. we're going to try and figure out an answer to what occurred. so, we're going to get through this together. we're going to hold norfolk southern accountable. and, right now, our message to the folks in ohio in that area is to listen to your state and local officials. we are going to finish in antarctica, where an underwater robot has found that glaciers may be more sensitive to changes in sea temperature than was previously thought. our climate editor justin rowlatt has more. west antarctica is a challenging place to work. it is the stormiest part of the world's stormiest continent. it took more than a month and more than a dozen flights to get the scientists and their equipment to the front of the glacier.

ice—hardened ships brought in fuel and other bulky supplies, which were then dragged over the ice in an epic 1,000 mile overland journey. this was the final destination. a campsite at the point this vast glacier goes afloat. if we are thinking about what is sea level going to be like in ten years, this glacier is the place to be. boilers turned snow into water. hot water was used to melt down into the ice. for the first time ever, scientists could take measurements, to the surprise of some local creatures. they sent down ice fin, a remotely operated robot submarine, packed with scientific instruments. oh—ho—ho! yes! what we could see is, instead of this flat ice

that we all pictured, there were all kinds of staircases and cracks in the ice that weren't really expected. a team from the british antarctic survey using different instruments also found that the overall melt rate was lower than expected. it showed how sensitive the glacier is to even small changes in sea water temperature. what the results show us is you don't increase the rate that much to drive a very fast retreat. so has the glacier passed a tipping point where collapse becomes inevitable? our observations don't necessarily tell us that, but what it does tell us is how the ice shelf is currently melting and we can use that knowledge from today to produce better models which will tell us more about the future. thwaites is at the bottom of the world, but what happens here will affect us all. the better the processes that work under this glacier are understood, the better forecasts we will have of how our seas will rise in the decades to come. forewarned is forearmed, they say. that is particularly important because carbon emissions, which are driving the processes warming this glacier, continue to rise rapidly.

that is it. i am lewis vaughan jones. this is bbc news. hello. after what's been a relatively quiet day weather—wise, the winds are now starting to ratchet up across the northern half of the uk. in fact, those strong winds across scotland's over the tops of the pennines and into northeast england could well cause some travel disruption as we head into friday morning. so what's going on? well, on the earlier satellite picture, we can see this stripe of cloud out in the atlantic. and just about here, we've started to see an area of low pressure developing and that low is deepening as it pushes eastwards. it's been named storm otto by the danish weather service because of the impacts it's expected to have in denmark. but even for us, it's going to bring some very strong winds through the night across northern ireland, but more especially scotland and northern england, some outbreaks of rain pushing through as well. further south, it will be breezy,

mostly cloudy and a mild night for just about all of us. temperatures generally between seven and 11 degrees. so, into tomorrow morning. if you do have travel plans early on across the north of scotland, we could see wind gusts of 80 miles per hour for exposed coasts and hills. but more broadly across scotland, gusts of 60, 70, 75 miles per hour. and the other place that really will be very gusty indeed is across the tops of the pennines and into northeast england. if you're planning to drive in a high sided vehicle, for example, over the transpennine routes, that could well cause you some difficulties. as we go through the day, this band of cloud and very patchy rain will sink southwards, brighter skies behind, but with some showers in scotland, some of those will be wintry over higher ground because we will see something a little bit chillier developing in northern areas, very mild again down towards the south. those winds slowly easing as the day wears on. now, as you move out of friday and into saturday, well, here comes another area of low pressure. this one should move through quite quickly. it won't bring such windy weather either, but still some outbreaks of rain,

maybe some snow over high ground in scotland for a time. but much of that will tend to clear away eastwards. then we'll see some spells of sunshine, but some fairly large amounts of cloud could be some more patchy rain pushing northwards through northern ireland, the far north of england, and up into scotland through the day. we'll be quite breezy in the south, but also very mild, 14 or 15 degrees. and then for sunday, the strongest winds transfer back northwards. again, we will see some outbreaks of rain further south, mainly dry and very mild.

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