this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at two... president putin accuses the west of starting the war in ukraine. in a speech almost a year after the invasion, mr putin claimed the west is threatening the existence of russia itself. translation: everyone was pretending nothin: was translation: everyone was pretending nothing was happening. _ translation: everyone was pretending nothing was happening. i _ translation: everyone was pretending nothing was happening. i want _ translation: everyone was pretending nothing was happening. i want to - nothing was happening. i want to repeat it is they who are guilty who are culpable for the work and we are using force to stop it. meanwhile us presidentjoe biden is in poland — where he'll respond to mr putin's claims and call the war a struggle between democracy and autocracy. a fresh earthquake in turkey and syria leaves more people dead —

two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands. the government spent less than it received in tax injanuary leaving a £51; billion surplus and finances. a bbc investigation has found that a quarter of england's grammar schools have hardly any pupils from poorerfamilies, despite most taking steps to be more inclusive. the russian leader vladimir putin has accused the west of starting the war in ukraine. almost a year after launching the invasion, mr putin has made a two—hour state of the nation address — delayed from december.

he claimed the west is seeking to destroy russia in a global confrontation — the existence of our country is at stake, he said. he also announced he's suspending russian participation in last major nuclear arms control agreement with the us. ukraine says president putin has lost touch with reality. our correspondent richard galpin reports. for almost a year now, russia and ukraine have been at war. what was supposed to have been a quick strike by russian forces to defeat the ukrainian military failed. instead it has become a prolonged war, something vladimir putin had not expected. in his state of the nation speech today, the president once again portrayed his country as the victim, claiming it is the west, and not russia, that had started the war in ukraine. russia, said the president, wasjust

trying to stop the conflict. translation: i want to repeat that it was they who are guilty, | are culpable, for the war, and we are using our force to stop it. the president went further, with a long held claim that ukraine was home to large numbers of neo—nazis. translation: a year ago, in order to defend our historical lands, - to liquidate the threat that came from the neo—nazi regime, we decided to conduct a special military operation, and step by step, we have carefully, consistently, will settle the task we are facing. the president also made the claim that the war was supported by a majority of the russian population. translation: the people - of our country supported our actions

in defending the donbas, they showed real patriotism then. in another key statement, vladimir putin said russia would be suspending its participation in a key nuclear weapons agreement with the united states. the agreement places limits on nuclear warheads and allows inspections of nuclear facilities. president putin threatened to restart nuclear testing if america did the same. translation: we are not going to do it first, - but if the united states conducts such a test, we will conduct our own too. we should not be delusional about the impossibility to destroy the strategic parity. meanwhile, the us president, joe biden, was in kyiv yesterday

and is now in poland, where he will be delivering a key speech in which he is highly likely to contradict most if not all of what president putin has said. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, had this assessment of vladimir putin's speech. his special military operation has not gone at all according to plan. it's resulted in heavy russian military casualties. but in this address today, we saw no hint of remorse, no hint of regret, no hints that mr putin is looking for a compromise or an off—ramp. quite the opposite. he came across actually as super confident that he could survive international sanctions, that he would retain the support of the russian people, and that he would secure some kind of victory in ukraine. not only do we see no compromise, but we saw escalation with vladimir putin suspending russia's participation in this last remaining key nuclear arms control

treaty between russia and america. and one more point to make — i only watched vladimir putin on television today because journalists from so—called "unfriendly countries", in russia's view, were not invited to the state of the nation address today. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse had this reaction from kyiv. what vladimir putin said, he has said throughout this conflict and even before his full—scale invasion, he used very provocative references towards the four ukrainian regions which he claims to have annexed. the the reality is that russian forces don't have complete control of any of them. he described ukrainians bravely voting to become part of russia through sham referendums he staged and this is part of the russian occupation playbook, where they fight to seize territory and then stage sham referenda to try and legitimise and consolidate what they have taken.

we've had some response from senior government officials describing vladimir putin as confused and irrelevant, and for them it underlines their belief that russia needs to be repelled completely and — crucially for ukraine — punished for what it's done. but i think the reason there is less fear coming out of kyiv certainly is because vladimir putin has already escalated, in the words of so many people you speak to, how much worse can it get? as we've heard — following his visit to ukraine yesterday, president biden will deliver a speech in poland this afternoon, in which he'll respond to mr putin's claims. mr biden is expected to describe the war in ukraine as a struggle between democracy and autocracy. well, many people in poland see the war being foughtjust across the border from them as a real threat to their own security — as our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports.

racing across eastern poland towards nato's latest line of defence. these are german troops, sent to stop the war in ukraine from spilling across the border. we were given access to their camp to see these patriot air defence systems now planted on polish farmland. the landscape of eastern europe is being transformed by a war that seemed unimaginablejust a year ago. and how effective are they? about 90%? so we are not the aggressors, we are just defending our own territory, our nato territory. the commander tells me all this is a message to moscow to keep its missiles out of nato airspace. and can you definitely shoot those down, can you definitely take them out? yeah, i'm convinced we can do it, as soon as it crosses the border, doesn't matter if it is a helicopter, an aeroplane

or a missile, we are allowed to engage this target. the ukrainian border isjust about 35 kilometres in that direction, the way that those missiles are pointing, and the german forces who operate them have told us that if there was a russian jet or a russian missile that crossed that border, then they would have under two minutes to react. the patriots were brought in after two farmers were killed not farfrom here. that time, it seems a ukrainian air defence missile misfired, but it shook people in these borderlands. adam tells me villagers worry the war that's so close to them will cross the border. they discuss that a lot here. it's why poland has pushed its allies to arm ukraine better for the fight, including with leopard ii battle tanks. we saw ukrainian soldiers training on them here before they're sent to the front line. like all western weapons,

the route in is through poland. it's why there's talk of a power shift now in europe to the east. and poland aims to back that up with force. weekend soldiers, like sylwia, are part of a drive to boost interest in the military, and create the biggest land army in europe. people here say the threat from russia seems more immediate, more real, though sylwia herself isn't rushing to enlist. the war is since one year with ukraine. i need to feel more safety, so that's why i do this training. i will be very happy if i never use it, but i would like to have these skills. the war russia is waging on its neighbour is changing poland, too, right on the front line of the west's response. sarah rainsford, bbc

news, in eastern poland. at least six people have been killed in the latest earthquake to hit the border region of turkey and syria. yesterday's tremor — with a magnitude of 6.3 — prompted a fresh wave of panic in the area. it came two weeks after the first quakes, that killed more than 1;1;,000 people. many buildings that had been weakened then have now completely collapsed, and rescuers are once again searching for people trapped under rubble. anna foster reports from southern turkey. they felt it and they knew. the ground heaved and twisted. the lights went out. another powerful quake two weeks after the first. the fear is still fresh and raw. across southern turkey and northwest syria, people wondered if they'd survive again.

translation: iwas in front of the building. . the road moved like waves. the building was moving. the cars were going from left to right. we felt the first earthquake and this one was even worse. translation: it was really scary. i'd never experienced such a strong earthquake. i came to hatay as a volunteer to help earthquake victims. it made me understand the mental state because it was really scary moment. for many, the first thought was protecting their families. they gathered up everything that was precious to them and ran. this volleyball court was set up as a relief centre after the first earthquake, and by yesterday it was almost deserted. but when people felt the ground shake under their feet again last night, they fled back here looking for a place of safety. felice and her sister are homeless now. holding her nephews tight, she doesn't know what's next. translation: i'm -

concerned for our future. i'm afraid for our children. i don't want them to be orphans. mentally, i'm upside down. i hope good things will happen. we are in a miserable situation, running here and there with so little belongings with us. the recovery effort is already huge. adana's mayor came here to try and offer reassurance. translation: people filled this place up, and thousands - are on the streets again. it's ourjob to erect them tents, provide them blankets and food. now there are fresh images of loss and grief. millions of people desperately trying to heal have been traumatised again. in syria and here in turkey, there seems no end to the agony. anna foster, bbc news, adana. the headlines on bbc news...

president putin accuses the west of starting the war in ukraine. in a speech almost a year after the invasion, mr putin claimed the west is threatening the existence of russia itself. meanwhile us president joe biden is in poland, where he'll respond to mr putin's claims and call the war a struggle between democracy and autocracy. a fresh earthquake in turkey and syria leaves more people dead — two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands. the media watchdog ofcom says it is written to itv and sky to ask them to explain the reporting on the net in the reporting of nicola billy. it comes up to the report and criticised part of the media during the search for her. ofcom said it

was extremely concerned with his remarks. now, how would you like to work fewer days for exactly the same pay? well, nearly 3,000 workers across the uk have been doing that as part of what's thought to be the world's biggest trial of a four—day week. our business correspondent, emma simpson, has the story. you're through to citizens' advice. they're at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis. i mean, that money is in your account with the supplier. they've never been busier, but they're also doing something radical. this 200 strong team in gateshead are getting full pay and an extra day off a week. i just feel like a completely different person. i'll be honest, ifeel like i've got more time on a weekend because i've got that day through the week. bethany�*s a team manager on her day off. after the pandemic she was up for trying something new. hello. hello, 0tis.

we'd been through so much change and were just adapted to it, i was like, "well, i'm sure we'll be able to manage it." and i did feel like i'd won the lottery. so did faye. she bakes cakes with her free time. i found that just having that one extra day off per week gives me so much more time to recover and recuperate after having such an emotionally draining and demanding job. it would take a lot for me to look for a job elsewhere now. they're not the only ones feeling the benefit. out of the 61 firms that took part in the trial 39% of employees surveyed said they were less stressed. there was a 65% reduction in sick days, and companies who provided data said revenues stayed broadly the same. uk workers do some of the longest hours in europe. the results of this trial suggest that doing fewer hours can be more productive. it hasn't been easy, though, for the firms involved. this four—day week is still a long

way before becoming mainstream. here, they're sticking with the trial for now. the boss needs to make sure the benefits do outweigh the costs. we really want it to be a success. of course we do. but it has to stack up for the business. we are a charity at the end of the day, so all of the things that we want around increased flexibility to be able to have extended opening hours, improvements in customer service, they need to be there as well. and they are in the majority of the places where we have piloted this in our business, but they're not everywhere yet, we've been wedded to the traditional five day week for so long. time for a change? this trial suggests there's another way of working for those able and willing to take the plunge. emma simpson, bbc news, gateshead.

junior doctors in england have become the latest health workers to vote for strike action in a dispute with the government over pay. members of the british medical association are expected to stage a 72—hour walk—out, possibly as early as mid—march. 0ur health correspondent katharine da costa has this report. this winter's seen the biggest wave of industrial action in nhs history — affecting nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists. nowjunior doctors in england willjoin other health unions on the picket line in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay. when 98% of us vote to strike, i think it says a lot. dr andrew meyerson moved from the us to london eight years ago to study medicine. now a junior doctor in a&e, he says too many of his colleagues feel burnt out, can't provide the patient care they'd like, and are looking for better—paid jobs overseas. we're not asking for a crazy amount of money here. we're really, really not. we're asking to be able to afford to live in this country, to afford to be able to pay our bills, and to afford to continue working in the jobs that we absolutely love. we don't want to see... i wish that we don't see another day

of strike action in the nhs. junior doctors in england received a 2% rise in april as part of a four—year deal worth a total of 8%. the basic salary of a junior doctor in theirfirst year's just over £29,000, but average wages can exceed 1;0,000 once overtime and night payments are included. but the bma estimates their pay has fallen steeply over the last 15 years as a result of rising inflation. it's calling for an increase of 26% to restore it to 2008 levels. not safe, not fair! junior doctors last went on strike in 2016 in a dispute over their contract. this time, bma members plan a three—day walk—out in march, and to withdraw both routine and emergency care. more than 140,000 appointments have been cancelled due to strikes so far this winter. nhs leaders say an escalation of action is deeply concerning. the junior doctors represent a crucial part of the nhs workforce,

and obviously with them out for a continuous 72—hour period, that'll present serious challenges for nhs organisations. and we really do need to see a resolution to this spiralling industrial action — not least because of the huge disruption for patients. the health secretary steve barclay's described strike action as deeply disappointing, and wants to continue discussing what's fair and affordable, as well as wider concerns around workload. elsewhere, discussions on pay are ongoing in wales, while the bma's preparing to ballot junior doctors in scotland very soon. katharine da costa, bbc news. a bbc investigation has found that a quarter of england's grammar schools have hardly any pupils from poorerfamilies — despite most taking steps to be more inclusive.this comes after an informal agreement between the government and the schools, intended to make them more socially diverse, expired last year. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys has been investigating.

# it's like a story of love. # can you hear me? not a typical grammar school. the pupils chosen through an academic test come from a wider range of backgrounds. a quarter of pupils are from families with very low incomes. # only you. because here, places are set aside for girls who've had free school meals. i sat down with some of these pupils for a chat, and they told me they were encouraged to be ambitious. i didn't know how inclusive it was compared to other grammar schools, and i think it's really good that we have this kind of environment here. my friends, for example — one wants to be a lawyer, j one wants to be something else. and it's like... they push you to be the best you can be and that's what i find really- grateful in a school like this — that you can be pushed - to your limits. grammar schools have a separate admissions test, and wealthier parents can pay for lots of tutoring. but these birmingham grammar schools have pioneered changes — a quarter of their plaaces are set

for poorer children who've passed the test. as a result, their numbers have doubled. we represent more fairly the society and the communities that we serve. and that's what grammar schools should be about. they should be an academic elite — that's why they're there — but they shouldn't be a social elite. for example, put a simile in there... this grammar school has changed. others are trying — aware they look more like private schools for the wealthy. some head teachers have told me better—off parents resist change. grammar—school places have grown by i9% since 2010 — twice as fast as the number of pupils overall. 62 now have a quota for poorer pupils — a big increase from when we last looked. almost as many give them priority in another way. a quarter have fewer than 5% of pupils from poorer families. almost all other secondary schools in england have many more. grammar schools will continue to face lots of questions, but no—one is suggesting getting

rid of them. labour opposes the expansion of grammar schools — i don't think that's what we need right now — but at the same time, i think structural change shouldn't be the priority for government. my priority as secretary of state would be to deliver higher standards for all children in every state school. grammar schools offer a good experience for those that get in, but research shows they widen inequality and that's because, whether they take the test or not, pupils who go to nearby schools do less well than children in areas where grammar schools don't exist. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. dr stephen curran is a teacher and education commentator. he's also a former national curriculum adviser to the government. welcome, good to have with us. you would like to see a grammar school in town, why? i

would like to see a grammar school in town. why?— would like to see a grammar school in town, why? i think the problem we have at the — in town, why? i think the problem we have at the moment _ in town, why? i think the problem we have at the moment as _ in town, why? i think the problem we have at the moment as many - in town, why? i think the problem we. have at the moment as many grammar schools because they are just in certain areas they become a target for parents, obviously, and the fact that there is pressure on places just increases the level of competition. i think if there was a fairer distribution, i am competition. i think if there was a fairer distribution, iam not advocating going back to a full grammar school system, advocating going back to a full grammarschool system, i advocating going back to a full grammar school system, i don't think thatis grammar school system, i don't think that is feasible but i do thinkjust as i think the head teacher says it should not be a social elite and i agree with that, there should be an academic elite, i'm not against that but i do think we need a fairer spread across the country. i noted the labour party politician didn't want to see that but i think that would be a better option and a lot of the entry procedures i am in

favour of, there is more inclusiveness, making sure children from pupil premium backgrounds or socially disadvantaged backgrounds are helped. light that was the whole point of branwenjeffreys report, to say a lot of grammar schools are not managing to do that at all, they are not seeing that inclusivity that they are supposed to aim for. how can you justify selective education on the state anyway if the taxpayer is paying, surely we should be aiming for high quality education for all children. aiming for high quality education forall children. i aiming for high quality education for all children. i agree with that but don't forget the comprehensive system is not a nonselective system. it is selection bite well. if you can move to a very wealthy area with a nice leafy suburb comprehensive, you have effectively put in place a very well positioned school and that

is true of many comprehensives. i myself have worked in a comprehensive that was full of children who were from middle and upper—class backgrounds and coming from very wealthy homes, and i also worked in a school in a poor area where there were many challenges in that school and it was harder and difficult for teachers and there are many social problems. the idea that there is no such thing as non—selectivity and comprehensive education is complete nonsense. it is highly selective. it is more selective than a grammar school is in my view. selective than a grammar school is in my view— in my view. how do you ensure grammar— in my view. how do you ensure grammar schools _ in my view. how do you ensure grammar schools serve - in my view. how do you ensure grammar schools serve the - in my view. how do you ensure - grammar schools serve the purpose they were set up for, to offer an extra opportunity to a child based on their ability, when some families just can't afford and do know how to access a tutoring which means their

children have an advantage when they sat the exam? i children have an advantage when they sat the exam?— sat the exam? i understand tuition can be a problem _ sat the exam? i understand tuition can be a problem but— sat the exam? i understand tuition can be a problem but it _ sat the exam? i understand tuition can be a problem but it is - sat the exam? i understand tuition can be a problem but it is more - sat the exam? i understand tuition can be a problem but it is more of| sat the exam? i understand tuition | can be a problem but it is more of a problem when you have got a real pressure on places. in northern ireland there are a lot of grammar schools, about 80, and there is less pressured to tutor, simply because there are just many more places available and the way into the grammar schools and an easier pathway, so i think tuition tends to grow as a result of pressure and the pressure in the system right now is almost at bursting point. the fact that so many parents want grammar schools is something that should be taken into account by politicians. the other thing i can throw into the mix here is we are not the only country that has grammar schools. germany does and they have gymnasia and what they do this around at a later age, at 13, they divide children in one pathway or another,

academic, about 30%, the other 70% to vocational and technical and it is not looked down on in germany and if they can move from one to the other, if that choice or decision is not correct, it works. 0ne other, if that choice or decision is not correct, it works. one of the things we have problems with here is an overvaluing ofjust the academics so that everybody thinks these people are better than other people, they are not, they are just different. i think we need to recognise that children from poorer backgrounds should be given the same academic opportunities as children from wealthier backgrounds. that is my view and i think we have to think

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£21.8 billion paid by self—employed people is a record going back to the 19905 people is a record going back to the 1990s receives a huge inflow of money into the exchequer and you had bigger money from other taxes. we got vat which is up by 12.9% and stamp duty up, income tax up by 10.9%, corporation tax up by 17%, these are all the things the government will not tell you when it is saying why it cannot afford, for example, to help households with energy bills or pay nurses a bigger pay rise. energy bills or pay nurses a bigger -a rise. ,, , �* ., ., pay rise. surely if we've got all this money _ pay rise. surely if we've got all this money around, _ pay rise. surely if we've got all this money around, how - pay rise. surely if we've got all this money around, how much | pay rise. surely if we've got all- this money around, how much more pressure will the chancellor be under to look again at public sector

pay? these are self—imposed rules after all by the government. exactly. when we talk about what the government can afford, we should remember we are talking about political choices. the government's finances are about as unlike household's finances as it is likely to get. we don't have a printer to print all the money we want. that's exactly what it is for the government, they have a magic money tree which can print money from nothing, it's called the bank of england, it did it in the pandemic, £300 billion to get us through that, so the government is not limited in what it spends by what it receives in taxes but even if it was limited by taxes, we see a huge upsurge so in the financial year to date, £81 billion more was received in taxes by this time the previous year. when you see figures like that, you raise questions as to why £2.6 billion is

not affordable and it becomes apparent when you're talking about what the government can afford, it's more a matter of priority and it is for the cash—strapped households. if we did start having our own printing press, that would be a lot of pain coming our way. it press, that would be a lot of pain coming our way-— coming our way. it sounds like a fun idea but if everyone _ coming our way. it sounds like a fun idea but if everyone had _ coming our way. it sounds like a fun idea but if everyone had one - coming our way. it sounds like a fun idea but if everyone had one you - idea but if everyone had one you would have hideous inflation so the real constraint on spending isn't an arbitrary fiscal target, the real constraint is how much capacity the economy has so how much money can be spent without the thing overheating and generating inflation. at the moment we are seeing inflation coming down and that is because it was global pressures that pushed inflation up in the first place, not domestic ones, now it is global pressures bringing it down. now it's time for a look at the weather.

mild out and about but we could see 11; and 15 celsius. but into the evening, the rain is approaching from the west, showers potentially this side of midnight. ahead of the weather front. this side of midnight. ahead of the weatherfront. tends to this side of midnight. ahead of the weather front. tends to fragment but with the cloud and freeze overnight it will be mild. however, it turns chillier towards the northwest and that's a change in wind direction for later and tomorrow. it will bring far more blue skies across the uk tomorrow to scotland, northern ireland, northern england but we do have showery bursts of rain and more cloud further south but we start to notice a cooler feel, cloud further south but we start to notice a coolerfeel, temperatures across scotland down to 1; celsius lower and feeling chillier despite the sunshine and night—time frosts are coming up as well in the coming few nights. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall.

sport now. good afternoon. wales rugby head coach warren gatland says he's confident the match against england in the six nations will go ahead this weekend, despite delaying the team announcement. the match at the principality in cardiff hangs in the balance because of threats by the wales players to strike over their contracts and a training session this afternoon has been cancelled so players could continue negotiations. the wru have insisted it is working on a deal with the four regions ahead of wednesday's deadline to resolve the player demands. i think with the uncertainty, there's been a lot of meetings and things going on, so i wanted to make sure we got clarity. the boys half a day off tomorrow then come back on thursday and will announce a team.

—— they have a day off. it's been challenging to the players. they put their training his own and trained well, we had a good week last week. are you hopeful this game will take place? are you hopeful this game will take lace? ., are you hopeful this game will take lace? . , to cricket and england are currently on xx for xx england's decision to bat after winning the toss got off to a bad start after losing sophia dunkley and alice capsey early in the innings. but half—centuries by danni wyatt and nat sciver—brunt helped them put up a strong score in their bid to win and top the group. england have already qualified for the semifinals but a win today could see them potentially avoid the champions australia in the finalfour. leeds united are expected to announce former watford manager

the spaniard led watford to the fa cup final in 2019 before managing valencia and al—sadd in qatar. leeds have been without a manager for two weeks since sacking jesse marsch and are currently 19th in the premier league. they face bottom club southampton in a must—win game for both sides. in the champions league, jurgen klopp says liverpool will need to be on top form as they take on real madrid in the first leg of their last 16 match at anfield. it's the first meeting between the two since the champions league final in paris last may, which the spanish giants won narrowly 1—0. liverpool go into the game after back—to—back wins following a dismaljanuary in which they secured just one point while real madrid are in good form having won the club world cup earlier this month. wales are playing scotland in both nations�* final match at this year's pinatar cup. a win for either side would send them top above current leaders

iceland, who face bottom placed phillippines tonight. currently scotland have taken the lead — a goal coming in the eighth minute from sophie howard. you can watch the game live on the bbc sport website. suzann pettersen will lead europe fpr consecutive solheim cups after being announced as skipper for the 2021; match in the us. it means the two—time major winner will lead europe in consecutive solheim cups and aims to help europe get a hat—trick of wins against the us following wins at gleneagles in 2019, which pettersen scored the winning point and the inverness club in toledo in 2021. great britain's olympic gold medal—winning sailor eilidh mcintyre has announced her retirement from the sport. the 28—year—old won gold in the women's 1;70 event at the delayed tokyo 2020 games, alongside her team—mate hannah mills. mcintyre joined british sailing at the age of 15 and during her decade—long career won seven medals at major 1;70 class events but thinks now is the right time to let go.

yeah, heartbreaking. without a doubt, i would love to go to the next 0lympics doubt, i would love to go to the next olympics and when another medal —— and win another medal, but there is realism and i've always lived by being realistic with myself and i guess ijust don't... yeah, i can't push forward. it's really hard because i am giving up on a dream but because i don't believe. that's all the sport for now. vladimir putin has accused the west of provoking the war in ukraine and escalating the conflict. in a state of the nation speech, he also claimed it would be "impossible" to beat russia on the battlefield. ukraine has accused him of living in a different reality. joining me now from moscow

is our correspondent will vernon. he certainly covered a lot of ground and basically the west is to blame for everything. and basically the west is to blame for everything-— for everything. that's right, the president's— for everything. that's right, the president's speech _ for everything. that's right, the president's speech today - for everything. that's right, the president's speech today was i for everything. that's right, the l president's speech today was full for everything. that's right, the - president's speech today was full of patriotic bluster and the same claims that we've heard from him and countless speeches over the last months. he again portrayed russia as the victim and accused the west of starting this war. russia, he said, was finishing it. he also accused the west of using ukraine as a weapon in its battle against russia, its war against russia. putin even accused the west of occupying ukraine. really a staggering case of what we call what about ism where you accuse your opponents of the same misdemeanours you have committed. it was russia who invaded

ukraine and last september it was russia who illegally annexed for ukrainian regions —— four ukrainian regions, but there was a lot of patriotic bluster today but the main announcement, really the only announcement, really the only announcement, was that russia will be suspending its participation in a key nuclear—weapons agreement, control agreement with america, this is the treaty which places limitations on warheads and allows inspections of nuclear sites. mr putin even threatened to restart nuclear testing in russia if america does it first. so i think quite a worrying development. this is the last remaining major nuclear weapons treaty between america and russia. how worried for the west be by that withdrawal from that treaty? the kremlin has talked about the nuclear

threat and the potential for the use of nuclear weapons during the conflict with ukraine. that's right, there have been several nuclear threats from mr putin since he launched his invasion one year ago. in fact, we all remember that quite chilling speech he gave on the night of the invasion where he warned that anyone who got involved or would stand in russia's way would face consequences they haven't faced in their entire history. after mr putin signalled that russia would withdraw its participation today, america said that this was an irresponsible move and called for russia to abide by all its obligations but actually last month, washington accused russia of violating the new treaty. this was by preventing inspections of nuclear sites.

thank you very much. the snp leadership candidate, kate forbes, has insisted her campaign can survive after losing the support of four senior colleagues for her position on gay marriage. ms forbes said she would have voted against the same—sex marriage bill had she been an msp when it was debated in 2011;. 0ur scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, is in glasgow with the latest. how did this come up? kate forbes has done a — how did this come up? kate forbes has done a round _ how did this come up? kate forbes has done a round of _ how did this come up? kate forbes has done a round of media - how did this come up? kate forbes l has done a round of media interviews and she has, in her own words, tried to give straight questions and straight answers. she's always been open about being a practising christian but what's happened over the last 21; hours or so is that what that means to her has been unpicked a little. it's worth looking at some

of her comments. she has said that in her personal opinion, it's wrong, according to herfaith, to have children outside of marriage, albeit its up to other people to do what they want and in a free society you can do what you want. she also said she would have voted against same—sex marriage legislation had she been an msp when it became law but she would not overturn that legislation if she succeeds nicola sturgeon. she also said she would defend everybody�*s rights in a tolerant society to live free of harassment and fear. i think she realised perhaps the controversy she has caused by later comments she made two times radio when she says she regrets enormously the pain or hurt caused by her comments on gay marriage and that she would seek forgiveness if this is how it came across. in the interest of fairness, there are three candidates and humza

yousaf, his position on one of those issues, he was absent for the final vote on equal marriage in 2011; but backeditin vote on equal marriage in 2011; but backed it in the earlier stages and said he would fight for the equal rights of others regardless of who they are. the third candidate is ashe reagan, she is yet to be questioned in detail about her position on these social issues but i think it's fair to say this has been a difficult 21; hours for kate forbes. it's a campaign that has only touched upon that main raison d'etre for the snp, how best to pursue the campaign for a second independence referendum and thus far has focused on the candidates who have spoken their position on social policies and face and how their beliefs might cut across their positions politically. also interesting in the sense it points to the fact that the snp is quite a

broad tent. it has people from across the political spectrum and what you are seeing in a party that has had rigorous discipline for many years now is that some of those divisions are coming to the fore. this is meant to be a five—week campaign. it's been a tough 21; hours for kate forbes and she was asked earlier whether she would continue with the campaign, would she see it through, and she said at the moment, yes, she would. the government are expected to announce reforms to the laws around gambling in the coming weeks. it'll be the first significant change to legislation for 18 years and much has changed in the industry over that time. our culture and media editor, katie razzall, has this report. and it's in! the beautiful game and gambling. it's in the stadiums.

it's on the shirts. 0nline betting is now embedded in british culture. instant access to a casino thanks to the smartphone. fun or exploitation? it depends who you are. out of interest, have any of you gambled before? just put your hand up if you've gambled or if you gamble. james grimes has questions for students at the ua92 in manchester, the university set up by former footballer gary neville. james hasn't put a bet on for almost five years, but when he did, he tells them, it got out of hand. i had 20 payday loans, i owed every single person i knew money. i had the bailiffs coming round. james has invited us in for this workshop, an insight into what the students think about gambling. they literally put it on shirts and it's influencing the younger generation to think it's normal. james tells me when he was gambling, he was on the minimum wage but treated like a celebrity. i was losing thousands of pounds with a gambling company

and they gave me a vip box at a premier league football match. they gave me tickets to the horse racing, there would be a £100 free bet in my account every week. i still get emails now, and i haven't gambled in nearly five years, and i still get emails from gambling companies saying, "come back in. here's 100 free spins." it's 18 years since the last big change in gambling law. there were no smartphones back then, and many agree the law needs to catch up. reformers are hopeful the industry will now be forced to pay a percentage of what they make, a so—called statutory levy, to fund education, treatment and research. reformers also want new affordability checks to make sure gamblers can afford to lose what they spend. the levels will probably be decided after a consultation. and the government is looking at tightening controls on advertising and marketing around sport. when it gets to the weekend, he gambles. case management between health workers at the nhs northern gambling clinic in leeds. three in ten people they now see here are women.

typically, our service users are gambling from the moment they wake up in the morning in their bed, they take their phone into the bathroom with them. they're gambling at work. the wide availability of the products, the instant nature of it, the way the industry is advertising and marketing to people creates a significant public health crisis and that's what we have. # where it began...# the adverts show the more sociable, celebrity—endorsed side of gambling, and the betting and gaming council, which declined an interview, says most of the more than 22 million people who have a bet each month do so safely and responsibly. # sweet caroline...# it was only afterjon myers' son ryan took his own life that the family discovered he had a gambling addiction. ryan had even emailed the gambling company a few months before, after waking up to find he'd emptied his bank account. "i know i don't deserve it," he said, "but i was wondering if you could find it in your heart to maybe somehow refund some of what i deposited last night and then ban me." well, the adverts need curbing.

i'd like to see the government bring out adverts like they did with cigarettes and alcohol and show the downside of it. jon hopes whatever the government proposes in the white paper, it will protect future ryans from gambling harm. row, row, row your boat! katie razzall, bbc news. for more on this, i'm joined by will prochaska, strategy director at gambling with lives. what do you make of these proposals, do they go far enough for you? ihe’ll do they go far enough for you? we'll have to wait — do they go far enough for you? we'll have to wait and _ do they go far enough for you? we'll have to wait and see _ do they go far enough for you? -ii have to wait and see what's actually announced. i think it will represent announced. i think it will represent a willing of the argument by people on the side of reform who have worked extremely hard since the last gambling act was published many years ago. the devil will be in the detail whether or not these reforms actually prevent the harm that we want to see prevented, depending on

the gambling commission's ability to enforce any new rules and our levels of affordability checks whether it will be preventative or whether the industry wins the next argument and manages to get checks which would be astronomical, so i think the government white paper which is imminent will be the start of the next battle rather than the end of the story. families have experienced suicide and we see this as the start of the process to make sure that in the future we have no deaths from gambling —related suicide in the uk. the regulations would appear to concentrate very much on the financial impact that gambling can have. what more would you want to see in terms of the health impacts that gambling can have as well? we know it can destroy lives. i’m that gambling can have as well? we know it can destroy lives.— know it can destroy lives. i'm glad ou know it can destroy lives. i'm glad you raised — know it can destroy lives. i'm glad you raised it _ know it can destroy lives. i'm glad you raised it because _ know it can destroy lives. i'm glad you raised it because i _ know it can destroy lives. i'm glad you raised it because i think - know it can destroy lives. i'm glad you raised it because i think a - know it can destroy lives. i'm glad you raised it because i think a lotl you raised it because i think a lot of the coverage has overtly focused on the financial harm and that plays

very much in the industry's territory to the industry would like to frame the harm caused by its products around financial harm is debt, but it starts with a mental health crisis and ends with a mental health crisis and ends with a mental health crisis. gambling in its modern incarnation poses a real threat to mental health. we are talking about repetitive, dangerous, addictive games, some of them have higher addiction rates than heroin so the fact that these products are even allowed on the market as a sign probably talking about the tougher regulations we want to see, at the moment we are trying to limit the harm these games cause. in the future, there is an argument we need to see this as a health farm and whether we should be allowing products which are such an obvious risk to mental health to be allowed on the market in their current form in the current environments which are so dangerous.— are so dangerous. what about advertising? _ are so dangerous. what about advertising? what's _ are so dangerous. what about advertising? what's the - are so dangerous. what about i advertising? what's the evidence around that? you do see quite a lot

of adverts on television still. you see far too _ of adverts on television still. you see far too many _ of adverts on television still. ym. see far too many adverts on tv as well as direct marketing by the industry, particularly targeted adjunct people —— at young people. 30% of the market are women so we know that advertising is the start of a route into harm. the industry for that tooth and nail and try to claim there is no link between advertising and the harm that their products because which is surprising because they spend £1 billion on advertising every year and they know that generates a lot of profit and there is a correlation between profit and the scale of the harm in the uk so we would like to see an end to all gambling in the industry in its current form. it is a dangerous product which should not be allowed to be stimulated. in future, if the industry were able to show it was acting responsibly and the products were safe, advertising should be considered again but at

the moment i would like to see an end to all advertising. it doesn't seem like the government is going to go that far and they are going to come up with a negotiated, compromise solution but at least we would have won the argument that gambling advertising is harmful in itself and from there we can start the fight to make sure we protect people from that in future. it’s a people from that in future. it's a erfectl people from that in future. it's a perfectly legitimate _ people from that in future. it's a perfectly legitimate pastime - people from that in future. it's a perfectly legitimate pastime if you want to engage in it. thank you for joining us. if you've been affected by any of the issues raised you can find organisations offering help and support on the bbc action line website. there's a warning today the clock is ticking for farmers and growers who are struggling to deal with a combination of high inflation, labour shortages, climate change and avian flu. the president of the national farmers' union is calling on the government to protect the uk's home—grown food supply. today, the ministers said farmers will get 168 million worth of grants this year to help boost food production.

0ur rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports. using her smartphone, abi reader checks the electronic tags in the ears of her young cows. next year, these animals should start to provide her farm and a top uk supermarket with milk. but she says climate change, the war in ukraine, the lack of labour, the rising price of fertiliser, is leading to a crisis in the food supply chain. there are empty sheds out there that should be growing fruit and veg. there are empty sheds that should have poultry in them to produce eggs. and this food just isn't coming through the system. from pandemic panic buying and more recent egg shortages to shoppers met this week with empty shelves of tomatoes. the system is vulnerable. today, farmers and landowners swapped the fresh fields for conference halls in birmingham. this message was delivered from the podium by the president.

the rhetoric of successive governments that we are a wealthy country, we canjust import our food, must be exposed as naive in the extreme in a rapidly and challenging world. for the delegates was a pre—recorded pat on the back from the pm. i've worked with farmers and the nfu for years. i've even rolled up my sleeves and done the early morning milking in wensleydale. they also got a bit more detail on how they will be paid post—brexit. i think we all want to keep our focus on the opportunity we now have to secure a sustainable, productive and profitable future for farming so that we strengthen the resilience of our environment, our businesses and our communities. there's a chill wind being felt by those living and working in the countryside. just so many pressures. if the outlook doesn't improve, then the rural landscape could change forever.

to save livelihoods along with nature the hope is that some answers may be found. claire marshall, bbc news, birmingham. in 1982, as the bbc�*s correspondent in buenos aires, it fell to harold briley to break the news that argentina had invaded the falkland islands, and his reports continued throughout the conflict. now, more than four decades later and at the age of 91, harold is being honoured by the islanders for his work during the war. chrissie reidy reports. the voice of bbc world service journalist harold briley, reporting on the radio during the falklands war of 1982. his reports were invaluable to the islanders and now, four decades on, harold, who's 92 next month, has been honoured by the people of the falklands who've named a new children's park after him.

it's a recreation ground sandwiched between two roads, one of which is named after the then governor, sir rex hunt. the other road is named after the commander of the task force, sir sandy woodward. and in between is my recreation park named after me, harold briley! harold was based in buenos aires for two and a half months. it was a very dangerous place to be because the argentine dictatorship in six years had a period of repression in which they killed 30,000 of their own, mostly innocent people, including 130 journalists. so it was dangerous to be there. and i got quite a few death threats because they were listening to bbc broadcasts. can you tell me what the first indications were that this military invasion had taken place? yes, in fact, as the invasion was taking place, we got word on an argentine news agency saying

it was going ahead. harold was awarded the 0be for his services to journalism and broadcasting in 1990. but this latest honour from the islanders, he says, means something different. chrissie reidy, bbc news. the princess of wales has been making pancakes at an oxford nursing home. she told them not to eat the one she made because the ones made earlier were much nicer. today is shrove tuesday, also known as pancake day. let's take a look at the weather forecast. mild today with the cloud but for north—eastern scotland, the pennines, parts of the midlands, we

could see 11; and 15 celsius but the rain is approaching from the west into the evening. some showers potentially this side of our weather front. this fragments but with all the cloud and the breeze overnight, it will be mild. it turns chillier towards the northwest which is a change in wind direction for later tonight and tomorrow. for the southwest of the northwest. it will bring far more blue skies across the uk tomorrow but we do have some showery bursts of rain and a lot more cloud further south stop we start to notice a cooler feel, temperatures across scotland 3 celsius or 1; celsius down on today and feeling chilly despite the sunshine. night—time frosts are coming up as well in the coming few nights.

this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall — the headlines at three... president putin accuses the west of starting the war in ukraine. in a speech almost a year after the invasion, mr putin claimed the west is threatening the existence of russia itself. translation: i want to repeat that it was they who are guilty, | are culpable, for the war, and we are using our force to stop it. meanwhile us president joe biden is in poland, where he'll respond to mr putin's claims and call the war a struggle between democracy and autocracy. a fresh earthquake in turkey and syria leaves more people dead —

two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands. a bbc investigation has found that a quarter of england's grammar schools have hardly any pupils from poorerfamilies, despite most taking steps to be more inclusive. the russian leader vladimir putin has accused the west of starting the war in ukraine. almost a year after launching the invasion, mr putin has made a two—hour state of the nation address — delayed from december. he claimed the west is seeking to destroy russia in a global confrontation — the existence of our country is at stake, he said. he also announced he's suspending russian participation in last major nuclear arms control agreement with the us. ukraine says president putin has

lost touch with reality. 0ur correspondent richard galpin reports. for almost a year now, russia and ukraine have been at war. what was supposed to have been a quick strike by russian forces to defeat the ukrainian military failed. instead it has become a prolonged war, something vladimir putin had not expected. in his state of the nation speech today, the president once again portrayed his country as the victim, claiming it is the west, and not russia, that had started the war in ukraine. russia, said the president, wasjust trying to stop the conflict. translation: i want to repeat that it was they who are guilty, | are culpable, for the war, and we are using our force to stop it.

the president went further, with a long held claim that ukraine was home to large numbers of neo—nazis. translation: a year ago, in order to defend our historical lands, - to liquidate the threat that came from the neo—nazi regime, we decided to conduct a special military operation, and step by step, we have carefully, consistently, will settle the task we are facing. the president also made the claim that the war was supported by a majority of the russian population. translation: the people - of our country supported our actions in defending the donbas, they showed real patriotism then. in another key statement, vladimir putin said russia would be suspending its participation in a key nuclear weapons agreement with the united states.

the agreement places limits on nuclear warheads and allows inspections of nuclear facilities. president putin threatened to restart nuclear testing if america did the same. translation: we are not going to do it first, - but if the united states conducts such a test, we will conduct our own too. we should not be delusional about the impossibility to destroy the strategic parity. meanwhile, the us president, joe biden, was in kyiv yesterday and is now in poland, where he will be delivering a key speech in which he is highly likely to contradict most if not all of what president putin has said. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, had this assessment of vladimir putin's speech.

his special military operation has not gone at all according to plan. it's resulted in heavy russian military casualties. but in this address today, we saw no hint of remorse, no hint of regret, no hints that mr putin is looking for a compromise or an off—ramp. quite the opposite. he came across actually as super confident that he could survive international sanctions, that he would retain the support of the russian people, and that he would secure some kind of victory in ukraine. not only do we see no compromise, but we saw escalation with vladimir putin suspending russia's participation in this last remaining key nuclear arms control treaty between russia and america. and one more point to make — i only watched vladimir putin on television today because journalists from so—called "unfriendly countries", in russia's view, were not invited to the state of the nation address today.

0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse had this reaction from kyiv. what vladimir putin said, he has said throughout this conflict and even before his full—scale invasion, he used very provocative references towards the four ukrainian regions which he claims to have annexed. the reality is that russian forces don't have complete control of any of them. he described ukrainians bravely voting to become part of russia through sham referendums he staged and this is part of the russian occupation playbook, where they fight to seize territory and then stage sham referenda to try and legitimise and consolidate what they have taken. we've had some response from senior government officials describing vladimir putin as confused and irrelevant, and for them it underlines their belief that russia needs to be repelled completely and — crucially for ukraine — punished for what it's done. but i think the reason there is less

fear coming out of kyiv certainly is because vladimir putin has already escalated, in the words of so many people you speak to, how much worse can it get? arkady 0strovsky is the russia editor at the economist. thank you forjoining us. what would you conclude and what would you think president putin wants us to conclude from his speech? he clearly wants us to — conclude from his speech? he clearly wants us to conclude _ conclude from his speech? he clearly wants us to conclude that _ conclude from his speech? he clearly wants us to conclude that there - conclude from his speech? he clearly wants us to conclude that there is - wants us to conclude that there is no way back and that he will continue this work. he has tried to normalise it, this is the new reality, that russia is now on the path of confrontation with the west, and he wants to conclude that he and the russian people are together and everything is going according to plan. like with everything else putin has said from the beginning of

this war, the worst conflict in europe since the second world war, all of it is lies. it is important to understand just how little he has achieved other than kill innocent people in ukraine and destroy the future of his own country. to what extent will — future of his own country. to what extent will it _ future of his own country. to what extent will it give _ future of his own country. to what extent will it give the _ future of his own country. to what extent will it give the west - future of his own country. to what extent will it give the west pause | extent will it give the west pause that he has chosen to suspend rush at�*s involvement in his last nuclear treaty? at's involvement in his last nuclear trea ? ., , , at's involvement in his last nuclear trea ? . , , , at's involvement in his last nuclear trea ? , , . ., treaty? putin has been using nuclear sabre rattling _ treaty? putin has been using nuclear sabre rattling from _ treaty? putin has been using nuclear sabre rattling from the _ treaty? putin has been using nuclear sabre rattling from the very - sabre rattling from the very beginning, of this war. he is trying to blackmail the west and nuclear powers, i don't think this will have any impact at all on america, britain and france because you cannot give in to the nuclear blackmail. if you do that you basically devalue your own nuclear

power. so i don't think this. western powers from continuing to provide support for ukraine. it clearly will not stop ukrainians from fighting and liberating their own territory. so i think he literally had nothing to announce in this address. nothing to celebrate, could not even say russian forces have captured a tiny place in eastern ukraine which they have been throwing their own soldiers into the meat grinder for months now. throwing their own soldiers into the meat grinderfor months now. the invasion has clearly installed and putin, is addressed to the russian people basically says we are now in this permanent state of war and

struggle and this will be... it is incredibly depressing to watch. it is untrue, i think he is desperate to portray it as having support of the people, we have some very serious doubts about that. hora; the people, we have some very serious doubts about that. how do we now liven serious doubts about that. how do we now given there _ serious doubts about that. how do we now given there are _ serious doubts about that. how do we now given there are so _ serious doubts about that. how do we now given there are so few— serious doubts about that. how do we now given there are so few sources i now given there are so few sources of information for the russian people to partake of?- of information for the russian people to partake of? public opinion is very limited _ people to partake of? public opinion is very limited in _ people to partake of? public opinion is very limited in a _ people to partake of? public opinion is very limited in a militarised - is very limited in a militarised regime and dictatorship, but even with all the fear, 20% of russian people and a high portion of the young people say they oppose them and it to me suggests that the number of people who oppose this war is much higher. 20% ready to play

they oppose the war, on the opposite side of the scale, the radical side of the right—wing, probably another 15 or 20% of people who want war to continue even if putin were to strike some sort of truce and i think the people in the middle who are confused, scared, who want to protect their own state of psychological health, clearly side with whatever message comes across loud and clearly, the pro—war party is the only one that comes through but i will pay attention to the things that were happening before the war and the reasons why putin had started it because a year on that question of why putin started the census of war continues to linger and the answer lies not in ukraine, orthe linger and the answer lies not in ukraine, or the west, linger and the answer lies not in ukraine, orthe west, but linger and the answer lies not in ukraine, or the west, but it lies inside russia where the society was

modernising, we saw the transforming generational shifts which they wanted to stamp out and interestingly on the eve of this speech, alexei navalny, the opposition leader who is now injail in solitary confinement, he has come out with a very clear 15 point statement in which he i think quite rightly attributes the grants for this war of putin trying to hang onto power at all costs and to basically try to take the entire population of russia and turn it into accomplices, and i think the statement was much more substantial than what putin had to say and the emptiness, the lack of anything to declare, people, he said sounded like a broken record, it suggests russia is not making much progress on the battlefield and he is trying

to say to his people that everything, this is the new normal. thank you. as we've heard, following his visit to ukraine yesterday, president biden will deliver a speech in poland this afternoon, in which he'll respond to mr putin's claims. mr biden is expected to describe the war in ukraine as a struggle between democracy and autocracy. well, many people in poland see the war being foughtjust across the border from them as a real threat to their own security — as our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports. racing across eastern poland towards nato's latest line of defence. these are german troops, sent to stop the war in ukraine from spilling across the border. we were given access to their camp to see these patriot air defence systems now planted on polish farmland.

the landscape of eastern europe is being transformed by a war that seemed unimaginablejust a year ago. and how effective are they? about 90%? so we are not the aggressors, we are just defending our own territory, our nato territory. the commander tells me all this is a message to moscow to keep its missiles out of nato airspace. and can you definitely shoot those down, can you definitely take them out? yeah, i'm convinced we can do it, as soon as it crosses the border, doesn't matter if it is a helicopter, an aeroplane or a missile, we are allowed to engage this target. the ukrainian border isjust about 35 kilometres in that direction, the way that those missiles are pointing, and the german forces who operate them have told us that if there was a russian jet or a russian missile that crossed that border, then they would have under two minutes to react. the patriots were brought in after two farmers

were killed not farfrom here. that time, it seems a ukrainian air defence missile misfired, but it shook people in these borderlands. adam tells me villagers worry the war that's so close to them will cross the border. they discuss that a lot here. it's why poland has pushed its allies to arm ukraine better for the fight, including with leopard ii battle tanks. we saw ukrainian soldiers training on them here before they're sent to the front line. like all western weapons, the route in is through poland. it's why there's talk of a power shift now in europe to the east. and poland aims to back that up with force. weekend soldiers, like sylwia, are part of a drive to boost interest in the military, and create the biggest land army in europe.

people here say the threat from russia seems more immediate, more real, though sylwia herself isn't rushing to enlist. the war is since one year with ukraine. i need to feel more safety, so that's why i do this training. i will be very happy if i never use it, but i would like to have these skills. the war russia is waging on its neighbour is changing poland, too, right on the front line of the west's response. sarah rainsford, bbc news, in eastern poland. the headlines on bbc news... president putin accuses the west of starting the war in ukraine. in a speech almost a year after the invasion, mr putin claimed the west is threatening the existence of russia itself. meanwhile us president joe biden is in poland,

where he'll respond to mr putin's claims and call the war a struggle between democracy and autocracy. a fresh earthquake in turkey and syria leaves more people dead — two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands. at least six people have been killed in the latest earthquake to hit the border region of turkey and syria. yesterday's tremor — with a magnitude of 6.3 — prompted a fresh wave of panic in the area. it came two weeks after the first quakes, that killed more than 1;1;,000 people. many buildings that had been weakened then — have now completely collapsed, and rescuers are once again searching for people trapped under rubble. anna foster reports from southern turkey. they felt it and they knew. the ground heaved and twisted. the lights went out. another powerful quake two weeks after the first.

the fear is still fresh and raw. across southern turkey and northwest syria, people wondered if they'd survive again. translation: iwas in front of the building. . the road moved like waves. the building was moving. the cars were going from left to right. we felt the first earthquake and this one was even worse. translation: it was really scary. i'd never experienced such a strong earthquake. i came to hatay as a volunteer to help earthquake victims. it made me understand the mental state because it was really scary moment. for many, the first thought was protecting their families. they gathered up everything that was precious to them and ran. this volleyball court was set up as a relief centre after the first earthquake, and by yesterday it

was almost deserted. but when people felt the ground shake under their feet again last night, they fled back here looking for a place of safety. felice and her sister are homeless now. holding her nephews tight, she doesn't know what's next. translation: i'm - concerned for our future. i'm afraid for our children. i don't want them to be orphans. mentally, i'm upside down. i hope good things will happen. we are in a miserable situation, running here and there with so little belongings with us. the recovery effort is already huge. adana's mayor came here to try and offer reassurance. translation: people filled this place up, and thousands - are on the streets again. it's ourjob to erect them tents, provide them blankets and food. now there are fresh images of loss and grief. millions of people desperately

trying to heal have been traumatised again. in syria and here in turkey, there seems no end to the agony. anna foster, bbc news, adana. the media watchdog, 0fcom, says it's written to itv and sky to ask them to explain their reporting on the disappearance of nicola bulley. it comes after her family criticised parts of the media for their conduct during the search for her. 0fcom said it was "extremely concerned" by those remarks. a disciplinary hearing has heard that eight metropolitan police officers were part of a whatsapp group which shared sexist, racist, homophobic and transphobic messages. the group, made up of seven men and one woman, is said to have shared messages, memes and videos in what was described as a toxic abhorrent culture. let's get more on this from our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. how did this group come to light?

that is not clear, it hasn't been set at this hearing. that is not clear, it hasn't been set at this hearin-. as that is not clear, it hasn't been set at this hearing. that is not clear, it hasn't been set at this hearin-. as well that is not clear, it hasn't been set at this hearing. that is not clear, it hasn't been set at this hearin-. as well as that is not clear, it hasn't been set at this hearing. that is not clear, it hasn't been set at this hearin-. as well as all set at this hearing. as well as all the offensive remarks in terms of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, also we heard this morning that they made a very disparaging comments about disabled people, including harvey price the son of the celebrity katie price. because these messages are so vile, we can't report the language they used butjust to give you an indication, one message compared someone to a holocaust survivor, there was also others uploading violence against women, with one officer described as getting away with rape. another officer talked of naming his dog fred after the serial killer fred west and another reference to the holocaust, it was talked about naming a dog auschwitz,

so that was the whole level of the offensive language that runs throughout all this evidence we had this morning. find throughout all this evidence we had this morning-— throughout all this evidence we had this morning. and these officers are still in service? _ this morning. and these officers are still in service? some _ this morning. and these officers are still in service? some of _ this morning. and these officers are still in service? some of them - this morning. and these officers are still in service? some of them are. l still in service? some of them are. what we have _ still in service? some of them are. what we have is _ still in service? some of them are. what we have is a _ still in service? some of them are. what we have is a group _ still in service? some of them are. what we have is a group of- still in service? some of them are. what we have is a group of eight, l what we have is a group of eight, six of them have left and the last one to go only left the met on sunday and he is a sergeant who was in charge of this group and he has now admitted in evidence that we heard today that he should have done more to control the group because obviously he was the officer who had the disciplinary role. six of them have gone. they are not at the hearing. two of them who are still serving in the met art at the hearing. they are all accused of gross misconduct, in terms of the two that are here, one of them, we are not being told his name, he is known only as officer b, we are told the chair of the hearing said he had done that for good reasons, granting

him anonymity, but it hasn't been made clear why, but they all work together in south—east london, bexley, on a safer neighbourhood team and this went on for two years. they are accused of gross misconduct. some of them have admitted gross misconduct, some have admitted gross misconduct, some have admitted the lesser charge of misconduct, so this is what this hearing is exploring, it is due to go on for two more days and we will have the conclusions and obviously if these officers haven't left because they would have been dismissed, the ones who have gone, but the whole point, people might say why have a disciplinary hearing if they are already gone, this is to stop these people having any future role in policing, that if they are formally dismissed it means i can't actually began work as police officers. ., ~ actually began work as police officers. ., ,, , ., a bbc investigation has found that a quarter of england's grammar schools have hardly any pupils from poorerfamilies — despite most taking steps to be more inclusive.

this comes after an informal agreement between the government and the schools, intended to make them more socially diverse, expired last year. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys has been investigating. # it's like a story of love. # can you hear me? not a typical grammar school. the pupils chosen through an academic test come from a wider range of backgrounds. a quarter of pupils are from families with very low incomes. # only you. because here, places are set aside for girls who've had free school meals. i sat down with some of these pupils for a chat, and they told me they were encouraged to be ambitious. i didn't know how inclusive it was compared to other grammar schools, and i think it's really good that we have this kind of environment here. my friends, for example — one wants to be a lawyer, j one wants to be something else. and it's like... they push you to be the best you can be and that's what i find really- grateful in a school like this — that you can be pushed - to your limits. grammar schools have

a separate admissions test, and wealthier parents can pay for lots of tutoring. but these birmingham grammar schools have pioneered changes — a quarter of their plaaces are set for poorer children who've passed the test. as a result, their numbers have doubled. we represent more fairly the society and the communities that we serve. and that's what grammar schools should be about. they should be an academic elite — that's why they're there — but they shouldn't be a social elite. for example, put a simile in there... this grammar school has changed. others are trying — aware they look more like private schools for the wealthy. some head teachers have told me better—off parents resist change. grammar—school places have grown by 19% since 2010 — twice as fast as the number of pupils overall. 62 now have a quota for poorer pupils — a big increase from when we last looked. almost as many give them priority in another way. a quarter have fewer than 5%

of pupils from poorer families. almost all other secondary schools in england have many more. grammar schools will continue to face lots of questions, but no—one is suggesting getting rid of them. labour opposes the expansion of grammar schools — i don't think that's what we need right now — but at the same time, i think structural change shouldn't be the priority for government. my priority as secretary of state would be to deliver higher standards for all children in every state school. grammar schools offer a good experience for those that get in, but research shows they widen inequality and that's because, whether they take the test or not, pupils who go to nearby schools do less well than children in areas where grammar schools don't exist. branwen jeffreys, bbc news.

the uk government took more in tax than it spent injanuary. that's despite the amount it paid out to help with energy bills. it comes ahead of chancellorjeremy hunt's budget next month. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity told me how it happened. the office for budget responsibility were taken by surprise because the public finances looked much less under pressure as a result of them numbers this morning then we have been given to think so we have heard a lot from the government about what it can't afford and about how the public finances are stretched, this morning we saw a lot of blood pressure was just lifted. for a couple of reasons, one is injanuary we had lots of money coming in from self—employed people so £21.9 billion of tax money paid by self—employed people, but as a record, going back to the 1990s.

a huge inflow of money into the exchequer and you had bigger money from other taxes. we got vat which is up by 12.9% and stamp duty up, income tax up by 10.9%, corporation tax up by 17%, these are all the things the government will not tell you when it is saying why it cannot afford, for example, to help households with energy bills or pay nurses a bigger pay rise. surely if we've got all this money around, how much more pressure will the chancellor be under to look again at public sector pay? these are self—imposed rules after all by the government.

when you see figures like that, you raise questions as to why £2.6 billion is not affordable and it becomes apparent when you're talking about what the government can afford, it's more a matter of priority and it is for the cash—strapped households. if we did start having our own printing press, that would be a lot of pain coming our way. it sounds like a fun idea but if everyone had one you would have hideous inflation so the real constraint on spending isn't an arbitrary fiscal target,

the real constraint is how much capacity the economy has so how much money can be spent without the thing overheating and generating inflation. at the moment we are seeing inflation coming down and that is because it was global pressures that pushed inflation up in the first place, not domestic ones, now it is global pressures bringing it down. mild today even with the cloud, 12 and 13 but with some sunshine, north—eastern scotland, east of the pennines, wales and parts of the midlands, we could see 11; and 15 but as we go to the evening, this train is approaching from the west, turning right across northern ireland in western scotland, showers potentially the side of midnight. ahead of our weather front. potentially the side of midnight. ahead of our weatherfront. this tends to fragment but with the cloud and breeze overnight it will be mild. it turns chillier towards the northwest and that's the change in wind direction for later tonight and tomorrow. from the southwest of the

northwest. it will bring far more blue skies across the uk tomorrow to scotland, northern ireland and northern england but we have showery bursts of rain and more cloud further south but we will start to notice a cooler feel, further south but we will start to notice a coolerfeel, temperatures across scotland three or 1; celsius down on lows of today and the breeze as well, despite the sunshine, feeling chilly and some night—time frosts are coming up as well in the coming few nights. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. president putin accuses the west of starting the war in ukraine. in a speech almost a year after the invasion, mr putin claimed the west is threatening the existence of russia itself. meanwhile, us presidentjoe biden is in poland, where he'll respond to mr putin's claims and call the war a struggle between democracy and autocracy. a fresh earthquake in turkey and syria leaves more people dead two weeks after the tremors that

killed tens of thousands. a bbc investigation has found that a quarter of england's grammar schools have hardly any pupils from poorerfamilies, despite most taking steps to be more inclusive. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. leeds united have announced javi gracia as their new boss in their bid to climb out of the relegation in the premier league. the spaniard lead watford to the fa cup final in 2019. he also has managed valencia and al—sadd in qatar. 19th place leeds have been without a manager for two weeks since sacking jesse marsch. they're hoping his first game in charge will be saturday's premier league clash against bottom placed southampton at elland road.

i understand it's a fairly narrow style he brings, we've seen that with jesse marsh style he brings, we've seen that withjesse marsh before him but what we have to say is —— what we have to see is an effective style, because it rests on staying in the premier league. there will be relief somebody has come in and that the board have acted because doing nothing was going backwards and just heading one way and that was into the championship. in the champions league,jurgen klopp says liverpool will need to be on top form as they take on real madrid in the first leg of their last 16 match at anfield. it's the first meeting between the two since the champions league final in paris last may, which the spanish giants won narrowly 1—0. liverpool go into the game after back—to—back wins following a dismaljanuary in which they secured just one point, while real madrid are in good form having won the club world cup earlier this month. warren gatland has confirmed a training session has been cancelled this afternoon so his wales players can focus

on their contract negotiations. wales are due to play england at the principality on saturday in the third round of the six nations, but that match remains in doubt because of a dispute between the players and the wru over contract terms. gatland has delayed the team announcement until thursday and the wru have insisted it is working on a deal with the four regions ahead of wednesday's deadline to resolve the player demands. i think with the uncertainty of what was happening, there's been a lot of meetings and things going on, so i wanted to make sure we got clarity. the boys have a day off tomorrow then come back on thursday and we'll announce a team. i'm confident with the discussions taking place something will be resolved today. it's been a challenge to the players.

this morning, they put their training his own and trained well, we had a good week last week. are you hopeful this game will take place? yeah, absolutely. to cricket and england are well on the way to securing top spot in their group at the women's t20 world cup after making 213 for five against pakistan in cape town. england have already qualified for the semifinals but a win today could see them potentially avoid the champions australia in the final four and they've got off to the perfect start with a half century by danni wyatt and 81 by nat sciver—brunt, which has helped them put up their highest total of the tournament so far. pakistan are currently on 54—7. suzann pettersen will lead europe fpr consecutive solheim cups after being announced as skipper for the 2021; match in the us. it means the two time nowegian major winner will aim to help europe get a hat—trick of victories against the us following wins at gleneagles in 2019, which pettersen famously holed the winning putt and at the

inverness club in toledo in 2021. that's all the sport for now. head over to the bbc sport website now where you can watch the latest from the pinetar cup, where wales have equalised with scotland — both teams looking to take the win to put them above current leaders iceland. that's available on bbc.co.uk/sport. breaking news from romania. we are hearing a court in romania has confirmed that andrew and tristan tate are going to remain in preventative custody for a further 30 days until the end of march. andrew tate is a very well known social influencer and tristan tate is his brother. prosecutors had applied for this extension earlier today. you may recall that andrew and tristan tate have been taken

into custody following allegations that they were involved in human trafficking in romania, two romanian women being held with the brothers. they will be kept under house arrest. but andrew and tristan tate to remain in preventative custody for a further 30 days in romania. an energy firm has announced a big gas discovery in the surrey hills. uk oil and gas says the find is worth 120 million and is one of the uk's largest onshore. it hopes gas production can start in 2026. the local council has previously warned of "irreversible harm" to the environment. let's talk now with the the leader of waverley borough council, liberal democrat councillor paul follows, who isjoining us from the council's office in godalming, surrey. what are your concerns about this site being explored?—

what are your concerns about this site being explored? waverley, like many councils. _ site being explored? waverley, like many councils, has _ site being explored? waverley, like many councils, has declared - site being explored? waverley, like many councils, has declared a - many councils, has declared a climate emergency so we are nervous about the extraction of any fossil fuels. this is a centre—right in the surrey hills, a picturesque area which is occupied already by multiple residences and businesses that are going to be adversely impacted by anything that happens in this area. when you look at government policy which apparently wants to set us on a net zero trajectory, even by their own fairly minimal ambitions of 2050 by allowing coalmines in cumbria and gas extraction in places like the surrey hills, it's difficult to see how those objectives are anything but words. how those ob'ectives are anything but words. ., u, how those ob'ectives are anything but words. ., .. , ., how those ob'ectives are anything but words. ., , but words. how can you stop it happening _ but words. how can you stop it happening then? _ but words. how can you stop it happening then? we've - but words. how can you stop it happening then? we've been l but words. how can you stop it - happening then? we've been trying for some time, _ happening then? we've been trying for some time, we've _ happening then? we've been trying for some time, we've been - happening then? we've been trying for some time, we've been workingj for some time, we've been working with neighbouring authorities through the planning process to try to stop this and have certainly written several times to the secretary of state. we are at

another final hearing on the subject at the high court on march the 2nd but realistically these are things that government policy says is ok and we've been trying to fight that every step but when the government says that the sort of extraction is something that is appropriate and acceptable, it's very difficult for acceptable, it's very difficult for a local authority to do something about it unfortunately. it a local authority to do something about it unfortunately.— about it unfortunately. it doesn't seem that it's _ about it unfortunately. it doesn't seem that it's covered _ about it unfortunately. it doesn't seem that it's covered by - about it unfortunately. it doesn't seem that it's covered by what i about it unfortunately. it doesn't. seem that it's covered by what we would know as fracking which is impermissible but at a time when everybody knows we are struggling with energy bills, wouldn't it be a goodidea with energy bills, wouldn't it be a good idea to have our own source of gas? it good idea to have our own source of as? ., ., ,., , good idea to have our own source of as? ., . , ., good idea to have our own source of as? ., . , . . ., gas? it would also be a good idea to exand gas? it would also be a good idea to exoand solar — gas? it would also be a good idea to expand solar power _ gas? it would also be a good idea to expand solar power provision - gas? it would also be a good idea to expand solar power provision on - gas? it would also be a good idea to j expand solar power provision on and offshore wind and other types of green energy but these are things that government policy is restricting left right and centre. the idea of tapping further resources at somewhere like duns fold is obscene and there is

absolutely no stipulation here that they couldn't export the gas outside of the uk, rendering some of these national energy security elements they flag to be irrelevant so from my point of view, the fact they are not providing any kind of bond to protect the environment despite the amount of money that they are attaching to the scheme is more evidence that this is not a safe thing to be doing. you've referred to the distinction in this country about what qualifies as fracking and what isn't. i think any reasonable person looking at the techniques they are going to deploy in the scheme would qualify it as similar if not equal to fracking and the government made it very clear that the moratorium on fracking, if there were going to be such schemes, would only be done with the support of the local population and if you speak to anybody in the local area, particularly the businesses that are going to be potentially adversely affected by this, there was not support for this but it's technically not fracking in this

country, the government haven't even replied to our questions on the subject. replied to our questions on the sub'ect. ~ ., , ., ., m subject. where do you go next? we ho -e we subject. where do you go next? we hope we will _ subject. where do you go next? we hope we will get — subject. where do you go next? we hope we will get something - subject. where do you go next? we hope we will get something at - subject. where do you go next? we hope we will get something at the l hope we will get something at the high court next week on the 2nd of march but ultimately we have previously had the support of our mp in fighting this, the now chancellor jeremy hunt. since his elevation to the chancellor position we've heard nothing from him and we hope you will get involved in this and try and fight it because ultimately it doesn't achieve the aims that even his government are trying for on net zero or indeed energy security. we will follow the progress of that. thanks for talking to us, councillor.— the government are expected to announce reforms to the laws around gambling in the coming weeks. it'll be the first significant change to legislation for 18 years and much has changed in the industry over that time. our culture and media editor katie razzall has this report. and it's in!

the beautiful game and gambling. it's in the stadiums. it's on the shirts. 0nline betting is now embedded in british culture. instant access to a casino thanks to the smartphone. fun or exploitation? it depends who you are. out of interest, have any of you gambled before? just put your hand up if you've gambled or if you gamble. james grimes has questions for students at the ua92 in manchester, the university set up by former footballer gary neville. james hasn't put a bet on for almost five years, but when he did, he tells them, it got out of hand. i had 20 payday loans, i owed every single person i knew money. i had the bailiffs coming round. james has invited us in for this workshop, an insight into what the students think about gambling. they literally put it on shirts and it's influencing the younger generation to think it's normal. james tells me when he was gambling, he was on the minimum wage but treated like a celebrity.

i was losing thousands of pounds with a gambling company and they gave me a vip box at a premier league football match. they gave me tickets to the horse racing, there would be a £100 free bet in my account every week. i still get emails now, and i haven't gambled in nearly five years, and i still get emails from gambling companies saying, "come back in. here's 100 free spins." it's 18 years since the last big change in gambling law. there were no smartphones back then, and many agree the law needs to catch up. reformers are hopeful the industry will now be forced to pay a percentage of what they make, a so—called statutory levy, to fund education, treatment and research. reformers also want new affordability checks to make sure gamblers can afford to lose what they spend. the levels will probably be decided after a consultation. and the government is looking at tightening controls on advertising and marketing around sport. when it gets to the weekend, he gambles. case management between health workers at the nhs northern gambling clinic in leeds. three in ten people they now

see here are women. typically, our service users are gambling from the moment they wake up in the morning in their bed, they take their phone into the bathroom with them. they're gambling at work. the wide availability of the products, the instant nature of it, the way the industry is advertising and marketing to people creates a significant public health crisis and that's what we have. # where it began...# the adverts show the more sociable, celebrity—endorsed side of gambling, and the betting and gaming council, which declined an interview, says most of the more than 22 million people who have a bet each month do so safely and responsibly. # sweet caroline...# it was only afterjohn myers' son ryan took his own life that the family discovered he had a gambling addiction. ryan had even emailed the gambling company a few months before, after waking up to find he'd emptied his bank account. "i know i don't deserve it," he said, "but i was wondering if you could find it in your heart to maybe somehow refund some of what i deposited last

night and then ban me." well, the adverts need curbing. i'd like to see the government bring out adverts like they did with cigarettes and alcohol and show the downside of it. john hopes whatever the government proposes in the white paper, it will protect future ryans from gambling harm. row, row, row your boat! katie razzall, bbc news. will prochaska is strategy director at the charity gambling with lives, which supports families bereaved by gambling—related suicides. i think it will represent a winning of the argument by people on the side of reform who have worked extremely hard since the last gambling act was published many years ago. but the devil will be in the detail whether or not these reforms actually prevent the harm that we want to see prevented, depending on the gambling commission's ability to enforce any new rules

and it'll depend on our levels of affordability checks whether it will be preventative or whether the industry wins the next argument and manages to get affordability checks, which would be astronomical, so i think the government white paper, which is imminent, will be the start of the next battle rather than the end of the story. families have experienced suicide and we see this as the start of the process to make sure that in the future we have no deaths from gambling—related suicide in the uk. the regulations would appear to concentrate very much on the financial impact that gambling can have. what more would you want to see in terms of the health impacts that gambling can have as well? we know it can destroy lives. i'm glad you raised it because i think a lot of the coverage on the bbc today has overly focused on the financial harm and that plays

very much into the industry's territory so the industry would like to frame the harm caused by its products around financial harm as debt, but gambling starts with a mental health crisis and ends with a mental health crisis. gambling in its modern incarnation poses a real threat to mental health. we are talking about repetitive, dangerous, addictive games, some of them have higher addiction rates than heroin, so the fact that these products are even allowed on the market as a sign that we're probably talking about not quite the regulations we want to see, at the moment we are trying to limit the harm these products cause. there's a very good argument that in the future, we need to see this as a health farm and whether we should be allowing products which are such an obvious risk to mental health to be allowed on the market in their current form in the current environments which are so dangerous. what about advertising? what's the evidence around that? you do see quite a lot of adverts

on television still. we see far too many adverts on tv as well as direct marketing by the industry, particularly targeted at young people. 30% of people going through nhs clinics are women, so we know that advertising is the start of a route into harm. the industry have fought that tooth and nail and try to claim there is no link between advertising and the harm that their products because which is surprising because they spend £1.5 billion on advertising every year and they know that generates a lot of profit and there is a correlation between the scale of their profit and the scale of the harm in the uk, so we would like to see an end to all gambling advertising in the industry in its current form. it is a dangerous product which should not be allowed to be stimulated. in future, if the industry were able to show it was acting responsibly and the products were safe, advertising should be considered again, but at the moment i would like to see an end to all advertising.

it's a pity, it doesn't seem like the government is going to go that far and they are going to come up with a negotiated, compromised solution, but at least we would have won the argument that gambling advertising is harmful in itself and from there we can start the fight to make sure we protect people from that in future. if you've been affected by any of the issues raised you can find organisations offering help and support on the bbc action line website. two of the uk's biggest supermarkets, asda and morrisons, have started rationing some fruit and vegetables because of supply problems. temporary limits will be applied to products, including tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce. 0ther supermarkets have also been affected. let's get more on this with our business correspondent, theo leggett. why is this happening? partly because of— why is this happening? partly because of the _ why is this happening? partly because of the weather - why is this happening? partly because of the weather and i why is this happening? partly - because of the weather and partly the cost of energy. this time of yearin the cost of energy. this time of year in the uk we don't grow a lot

of the produce we consume, it's too cold, some is grown in greenhouses but there is a problem for a start because energy prices have been very high. they have delayed planting in greenhouses so they don't have to use as much heating. but the biggest problem is when we are not buying stuff from the uk, we buy a lot from southern spain. in southern spain there has been a spate of cold weather which has reduced crop yields and delayed them as well. when there are problems in southern spain, importers tend to buy from morocco, but morocco has experienced storms and flooding which has affected crops and also ferries have been cancelled or delayed which has made it difficult to get that produce back to northern europe. we also get produce from large greenhouses in the netherlands which tends to grow a lot of projects over the winter and they've been affected by high energy costs which have spent prices —— which have sent prices shooting upwards and limited the amount coming onto the market because many farmers have been planting crops later than they

normally would so it's all of these things coming together.— normally would so it's all of these things coming together. couldn't we 'ust -a things coming together. couldn't we just pay more? _ things coming together. couldn't we just pay more? some _ things coming together. couldn't we just pay more? some parts - things coming together. couldn't we just pay more? some parts of - things coming together. couldn't we | just pay more? some parts of europe are doinu just pay more? some parts of europe are doing that's _ just pay more? some parts of europe are doing that's so _ just pay more? some parts of europe are doing that's so prices _ just pay more? some parts of europe are doing that's so prices have - just pay more? some parts of europe are doing that's so prices have gone l are doing that's so prices have gone up are doing that's so prices have gone up a lot but in this country, supermarket chains are very price sensitive and don't feel that consumers will accept a very large increases in costs and i was being quoted by wholesalers earlier today talking about the prices of some items having tripled so that means that there is a scramble for the available supplies, those supplies are going where people are willing to pay for them and where there are more price sensitive markets like the uk and ireland which has been experiencing similar problems, there have been shortages of some items so we're talking tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, that kind of thing. now, how would you like to work fewer days for exactly the same pay? daft question! well, nearly 3,000 workers across the uk have been doing that — as part of what's thought to be

the world's biggest trial of a four—day week. our business correspondent, emma simpson has the story. you're through to citizens' advice. they're at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis. i mean, that money is in your account with the supplier. they've never been busier, but they're also doing something radical. this 200—strong team in gateshead are getting full pay and an extra day off a week. i just feel like a completely different person. to be honest, ifeel like i've got more time on a weekend because i've got that day through the week. bethany�*s a team manager on her day off. after the pandemic, she was up for trying something new. hello. hello, 0tis. we'd been through so much change and werejust adapted to it, i was like, "well, i'm sure we'll be able to manage it." and i did feel like i'd won the lottery. so did faye. she bakes cakes with her free time.

i found that just having that one extra day off per week gives me so much more time to recover and recuperate after having such an emotionally draining and demanding job. it would take a lot for me to look for a job elsewhere now. they're not the only ones feeling the benefit. out of the 61 firms that took part in the trial 39% of employees surveyed said they were less stressed. there was a 65% reduction in sick days, and companies who provided data said revenues stayed broadly the same. uk workers do some of the longest hours in europe. the results of this trial suggest that doing fewer hours can be more productive. it hasn't been easy, though, for the firms involved. this four—day week is still a long way before becoming mainstream. here, they're sticking with the trial for now. the boss needs to make sure the benefits do outweigh the costs. we really want it to be a success. of course we do.

but it has to stack up for the business. we are a charity at the end of the day, so all of the things that we want around increased flexibility to be able to have extended opening hours, improvements in customer service, they need to be there as well. and they are in the majority of the places where we have piloted this in our business, but they're not everywhere yet, we've been wedded to the traditional five day week for so long. time for a change? this trial suggests there's another way of working for those able and willing to take the plunge. emma simpson, bbc news, gateshead. conservationists say thousands of starlings, that were once an attraction in east belfast, have been displaced due to light pollution. it's thought new led lighting in the area may have played a role. jake woods reports. the beautiful aerial display of starling dipping and diving is known as the commemoration.

—— is known as a murmuration. large crowds gather at albert bridge to photograph the natural spectacle, known to be one of the best of its kind in the uk and ireland. however, conservationists are concerned that the roost of starlings at albert bridge have been displaced and light pollution may be to blame. the murmur oration has moved, and we have reason to suspect development in the area has been the cause. in what way does light pollution disturb the starlings? light ollution disturb the starlings? light pollution has _ disturb the starlings? light pollution has a _ disturb the starlings? l g�*uii pollution has a physiological impact on as an wildlife sew on birds it keeps them awake, it causes extra stress, it prevents them from sleeping, so if you have a lot of light pollution within an area, it may well be the starlings have decided that they don't want that

additional stress, they don't want that decreased sleep quality that they require. in that decreased sleep quality that they require-— that decreased sleep quality that they require. in a statement, the department _ they require. in a statement, the department for — they require. in a statement, the department for infrastructure - they require. in a statement, the | department for infrastructure said that the new lighting on the bridge was converted to led in december 2019 and that it meets all the required safety and environmental standards. the princess of wales has been making pancakes on a visit to an oxford nursing home but they fell a 0xford nursing home but they fell a bit flat. catherine cooked the pancake, flip the pancake and then apologised to residents for the pancake. she told them not to eat that one as all the ones made earlier are much, that one as all the ones made earlierare much, much that one as all the ones made earlier are much, much nicer. today is shrove tuesday, also known as pancake day. lemon and sugar with mine, please. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen. hello, it's mild out and about again today, even where we have cloudy

skies, but once we clear some rain through tomorrow, it will turn colder. back down to the february average. but with very little rain after the weather front which moves through tonight and tomorrow. this weather front active initially and it is behind that weather front we have that cold air which is in place for thursday and friday. with that high pressure close by to us, it looks set to stay with temperatures round about average, 6 celsius 29 celsius. but it is 11 or 12 where we have the cloud at the moment, where we see the rest of the sunshine across the moray firth, east of the pairings, the north wales coast, there is less freeze today and so it could be 15 or 16 celsius and pleasantly warm, but the winds are strengthening in the west and more rain moving in. that's really the story through this evening and overnight. there will be some heavier rain pushing through northern ireland for the evening and across the west of scotland. ahead of that, there is likely to be showers the side of midnight and then behind it, we will see broken

skies and a broken cloud and a few showers but for the most part it is mild overnight because we got the cloud and rain in the breeze but just a hint of something cooler coming into the northwest during tomorrow and the reason for that is a change in wind direction. behind this weatherfront, a change in wind direction. behind this weather front, southwesterly winds, and a cool direction and so the colder air pushes southwards during tomorrow. it will take its time, our clouds are slow to clear but once they do, they will be a scattering of showers following and they could be wintry over the hills in the north, just 1; celsius to 7 celsius for scotland, 7 celsius to 10 celsius further south which is a few degrees down on today and yesterday. high pressure moves in on thursday so we could have a return to frost on thursday morning, quite a chilly start, still some showers around, wintry over the welsh hills in the mirror is potentially first thing before they clear away and just like wednesday, more bright

skies around, more sunshine for many except north of scotland. the next weather front is topping in except north of scotland. the next weatherfront is topping in here except north of scotland. the next weather front is topping in here and northern ireland. there will be some of that remaining across southern and eastern areas before it clears away that it looks dry and fine for many.

this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines... us presidentjoe biden is to give a speech in poland, he's expected to describe the war in ukraine as a struggle between democracy and autocracy. this is the scene in warsaw, we'll bring you president's biden's speech live very shortly. in moscow, president putin accuses the west of starting the war. in a speech almost a year after the invasion, mr putin claimed the west is threatening the existence of russia itself. a fresh earthquake in turkey and syria leaves more people dead, two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands. a bbc investigation has found that a quarter of england's grammar schools have hardly any pupils from poorerfamilies, despite many taking steps

to be more inclusive. two of the uk's biggest supermarkets, asda and morrisons, have started rationing some fruit and vegetables, because of supply problems. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president biden is in poland following his visit to kyiv yesterday. we'll be hearing from joe biden shortly as he delivers a speech in warsaw. this is where he'll be speaking at the royal castle's garden in warsaw. he's expected to respond to vladimir putin's claims that the war in ukraine was started by the west and that they are seeking to destroy russia in a global confrontation. he also announced he's suspending russian participation in last major nuclear arms control agreement with the us. ukraine says president putin has

lost touch with reality. that is people assembling in the polish capital ahead of this visit byjoe biden, the polls extremely happy to have the american presence there because they feel their security could be at risk with russia so nearby. president biden is expected to urge countries to continue to maintain their stance against russian aggression. let's get more on vladimir putin's state—of—the—nation speech in moscow earlier where he said the existence of russia is at stake. 0ur correspondent richard galpin reports. for almost a year now, russia and ukraine have been at war. what was supposed to have been a quick strike

by russian forces to defeat the ukrainian military failed. instead it has become a prolonged war, something vladimir putin had not expected. in his state of the nation speech today, the president once again portrayed his country as the victim, claiming it is the west, and not russia, that had started the war in ukraine. russia, said the president, wasjust trying to stop the conflict. translation: i want to repeat that it was they who are guilty, | are culpable, for the war, and we are using our force to stop it. the president went further, with a long held claim that ukraine was home to large numbers of neo—nazis. translation: a year ago, in order to defend our historical lands, -

to liquidate the threat that came from the neo—nazi regime, we decided to conduct a special military operation, and step by step, we have carefully, consistently, will settle the task we are facing. the president also made the claim that the war was supported by a majority of the russian population. translation: the people - of our country supported our actions in defending the donbas, they showed real patriotism then. in another key statement, vladimir putin said russia would be suspending its participation in a key nuclear weapons agreement with the united states. the agreement places limits on nuclear warheads and allows inspections of nuclear facilities. president putin threatened to restart nuclear testing if america did the same. translation: we are not going to do it first, -

but if the united states conducts such a test, we will conduct our own too. we should not be delusional about the impossibility to destroy the strategic parity. meanwhile, the us president, joe biden, was in kyiv yesterday and is now in poland, where he will be delivering a key speech in which he is highly likely to contradict most if not all of what president putin has said. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, had this assessment of vladimir putin's speech. his special military operation has not gone at all according to plan. it's resulted in heavy russian military casualties. but in this address today, we saw no hint of remorse, no hint of regret, no hints that mr putin is looking for a compromise or an off—ramp.

quite the opposite. he came across actually as super confident that he could survive international sanctions, that he would retain the support of the russian people, and that he would secure some kind of victory in ukraine. not only do we see no compromise, but we saw escalation with vladimir putin suspending russia's participation in this last remaining key nuclear arms control treaty between russia and america. and one more point to make — i only watched vladimir putin on television today because journalists from so—called "unfriendly countries", in russia's view, were not invited to the state of the nation address today. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse had this reaction from kyiv. what vladimir putin said, he has said throughout this conflict and even before his full—scale invasion, he used very provocative references towards the four ukrainian regions which he

claims to have annexed. the reality is that russian forces don't have complete control of any of them. he described ukrainians bravely voting to become part of russia through sham referendums he staged and this is part of the russian occupation playbook, where they fight to seize territory and then stage sham referenda to try and legitimise and consolidate what they have taken. we've had some response from senior government officials describing vladimir putin as confused and irrelevant, and for them it underlines their belief that russia needs to be repelled completely and — crucially for ukraine — punished for what it's done. but i think the reason there is less fear coming out of kyiv certainly is because vladimir putin has already escalated, in the words of so many people you speak to, how much worse can it get?

arkady 0strovsky is russia editor at the economist, i asked him what we can conclude from putin's state of the nation address? he clearly wants us to conclude that there is no way back and that he will continue this war. he has tried to normalise it, this is the new reality, that russia is now on the path of confrontation with the west, and he wants to conclude that he and the russian people are together and everything is going according to plan. like with everything else putin has said from the beginning of this war, the worst conflict in europe since the second world war, all of it is lies. it is important to understand just how little he has achieved other than kill innocent people in ukraine and destroy the future of his own country.

to what extent will it give the west pause that he has chosen to suspend russia's involvement in this last nuclear treaty? putin has been using nuclear sabre rattling from the very beginning, of this war. he is trying to blackmail the west and nuclear powers, i don't think this will have any impact at all on america, britain and france because you cannot give in to the nuclear blackmail. if you do that you basically devalue your own nuclear power. so i don't think this will stop western powers from continuing to provide support for ukraine. it clearly will not stop ukrainians from fighting and liberating their own territory. so i think he literally had nothing

to announce in this address. nothing to celebrate, could not even say russian forces have captured a tiny place in eastern ukraine which they have been throwing their own soldiers into the meat grinder for months now. the invasion has clearly stalled and putin, his address to the russian people basically says we are now in this permanent state of war and struggle and this will be... it is incredibly depressing to watch. it is untrue, i think he is desperate to portray it as having support of the people, we have some very serious doubts about that. how do we know, given there are so few sources of information for the russian people

to partake of? public opinion is very limited in a militarised regime and dictatorship, but even with all the fear, 20% of russian people and a high portion of the young people say they oppose the war and it to me suggests that the number of people who oppose this war is much higher. 20% ready to declare they oppose the war, on the opposite side of the scale, the radical side of the right—wing, probably another 15 or 20% of people who want war to continue even if putin were to strike some sort of truce and i think the people in the middle who are confused, scared, who want to protect their

own state of psychological health, clearly side with whatever message comes across loud and clearly, the pro—war party is the only one that comes through. we are waiting for personaljoe biden to appear here in warsaw, the polish capital where he is likely to expect a speech, it could be in the next 20 minutes but these are prone to drift, these things. president biden has drawn quite a large crowd as you can see during his trip to poland. people gathering early ahead of his address outside the royal castle in warsaw. we are expecting him to describe the war in ukraine is a struggle between democracy and autocracy after his visit to kyiv yesterday. he also will no doubt want to respond to the state of the

nation address given by vladimir putin when he spoke at length about russia's war against ukraine and blaming the west for provoking that war and escalating it, claims that have been rejected as a different take on reality by ukraine. at least six people have been killed in the latest earthquake to hit the border region of turkey and syria. yesterday's tremor — with a magnitude of 6.3 — prompted a fresh wave of panic in the area. it came two weeks after the first quakes, that killed more than 1;1;,000 people. many buildings that had been weakened then — have now completely collapsed, and rescuers are once again searching for people trapped under rubble. anna foster reports from southern turkey. they felt it and they knew. the ground heaved and twisted. the lights went out. another powerful quake two weeks after the first.

the fear is still fresh and raw. across southern turkey and northwest syria, people wondered if they'd survive again. translation: iwas in front of the building. . the road moved like waves. the building was moving. the cars were going from left to right. we felt the first earthquake and this one was even worse. translation: it was really scary. i'd never experienced such a strong earthquake. i came to hatay as a volunteer to help earthquake victims. it made me understand the mental state because it was really scary moment. for many, the first thought was protecting their families. they gathered up everything that was precious to them and ran. this volleyball court was set up as a relief centre after the first earthquake, and by yesterday it was almost deserted. but when people felt the ground shake under their feet again last

night, they fled back here looking for a place of safety. felice and her sister are homeless now. holding her nephews tight, she doesn't know what's next. translation: i'm - concerned for our future. i'm afraid for our children. i don't want them to be orphans. mentally, i'm upside down. i hope good things will happen. we are in a miserable situation, running here and there with so little belongings with us. the recovery effort is already huge. adana's mayor came here to try and offer reassurance. translation: people filled this place up, and thousands - are on the streets again. it's ourjob to erect them tents, provide them blankets and food. now there are fresh images of loss and grief. millions of people desperately trying to heal have been traumatised again. in syria and here in turkey, there seems no end to the agony. anna foster, bbc news, adana.

the headlines on bbc news... us presidentjoe biden is to give a speech in poland , he's expected to describe the war in ukraine as a struggle between democracy and autocracy. in moscow, president putin accuses the west of starting the war. in a speech almost a year after the invasion, mr putin claimed the west is threatening the existence a fresh earthquake in turkey and syria leaves more people dead, two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands.

we are keeping a close eye in warsaw, people are gathering in the polish capital ahead of that speech but we are expecting in the next 20 minutes or so from president biden. 0ur correspondent adam easton is in warsaw and he will be listening to that speech as well. how important is it for the poles that president biden has chosen to visit? hugely important- _ biden has chosen to visit? hugely important- the — biden has chosen to visit? hugely important. the poles _ biden has chosen to visit? hugely important. the poles are - biden has chosen to visit? hugely important. the poles are very - biden has chosen to visit? hugely i important. the poles are very proud of the fact that this unprecedented visit, this is the second time in less than a year that the leader of the free world for them has visited warsaw, it has never happened before. that is a source of great pride for poland and as the polish president said in his opening remarks to president biden, just before their meeting, he said this is a strong signal that the us is

continuing to support ukraine, but not only ukraine but countries on a night or�*s eastern flank including poland which have legitimate fears about future designs on ukraine and the whole region so this is hugely symbolic, the visit president biden is making, one that poland is very proud that he is making it for the second time this year and also one of the polish deputy foreign ministers said that this is perhaps a sign that balance in europe is shifting somewhat perhaps temporarily from the west to the east and this visit is a sign that the voices of the countries of central and eastern europe including poland are now being listened to carefully by the west in terms of their opinion on russia and their

opinion on russia's behaviour. hour opinion on russia's behaviour. how much does — opinion on russia's behaviour. how much does president biden have to manage expectations? ukraine has had plenty of support and even more was offered yesterday by the united states but america it will not want to do that for everybody in eastern europe. to do that for everybody in eastern euro e. ., , to do that for everybody in eastern euroe. . , ., , europe. that is right. there does have to be _ europe. that is right. there does have to be a _ europe. that is right. there does have to be a level— europe. that is right. there does have to be a level of— europe. that is right. there does have to be a level of realistic- have to be a level of realistic achieve ability here in terms of promises, whether it is military equipment for poland. poland has given 250 of its own soviet era thanks to ukraine and it wants to replace those with more modern tanks from the us, it is getting support from the us, it is getting support from the us but it wants the us to speed that up so it needs to temper its expectations as do other countries in this region, but this visit is seen very much as a that support, making sure, president biden is here in warsaw to make sure

that the nato alliance and the western alliance remains firm and consistent in its support for ukraine because this is the big danger of course, there is a possibility that people will start to be weary of the russian war in ukraine and their focus will be removed from that and they will not be as resolute in supporting ukraine so this is why president biden is here, to site listen, we are staying resolute, or support as he put it is unwavering, and that is vitally important for ukraine because without the support, humanitarian and military support from the west, thatis and military support from the west, that is crucially vital for ukraine to remain, a large counteroffensive for example, against the russians, and to remain undefeated in ukraine,

it cannot continue the work indefinitely without western support, so this is what the visit of president biden is about, don't get tired of this, we are with you and the west and this region remain with you and we will continue to do so for as long as it takes.— so for as long as it takes. exactly what he said _ so for as long as it takes. exactly what he said yesterday. - so for as long as it takes. exactly what he said yesterday. thank i so for as long as it takes. exactly i what he said yesterday. thank you. at the podium at the moment is the polish president, speaking to the crowd ahead of presidentjoe biden's speech. the us, polish and ukrainian flags very much in evidence amongst the crowd as the polish public gather to show their support for the visit of the us president. we will keep an eye on that and whenjoe biden appears we will be right back there. the media watchdog, 0fcom, says it's written to itv and sky to ask them to explain their reporting on the disappearance of nicola bulley.

it comes after her family criticised parts of the media for their conduct during the search for her. 0fcom said it was "extremely concerned" by those remarks. in the last hour a court in romania has announced that it has extended the detention of the controversial influencers andrew and tristan tate by a further 30 days, until the end of march. the two brothers have been in custody in romania since december on allegations of rape and human trafficking, which both men deny. earlier today, prosecutors had applied for an extension to their detention. a bbc investigation has found that a quarter of england's grammar schools have hardly any pupils from poorerfamilies — despite most taking steps to be more inclusive. this comes after an informal agreement between the government and the schools, intended to make them more socially diverse, expired last year. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys has been investigating. professor lindsey macmillan is the founding director of the centre for education policy and equalising 0pportunities

at university college london and an expert in how education impacts life chances. thank you very much forjoining us. to what extent or grammar schools meeting their remit? i to what extent or grammar schools meeting their remit?— meeting their remit? i think it is a very important _ meeting their remit? i think it is a very important question _ meeting their remit? i think it is a very important question given i meeting their remit? i think it is a | very important question given that grammar schools are benefiting from an expansion fund during a time at which spending in the state sector has declined in real terms over the last decade, so grammar schools have access to this very selective pot of cash and in return they have been asked to increase their inclusivity. what the bbc report has shown is thatis what the bbc report has shown is that is not really happening. what that is not really happening. what would work _ that is not really happening. what would work better, _ that is not really happening. what would work better, because we don't have grammar schools in every part of the country, and as we now parents work very hard to get their children in, if they can afford to tutor them for the exam at 11 they

will doubt. ., , tutor them for the exam at 11 they will doubt. . , .. , will doubt. that is exactly the oint. will doubt. that is exactly the point- this — will doubt. that is exactly the point. this is _ will doubt. that is exactly the point. this is a _ will doubt. that is exactly the point. this is a very _ will doubt. that is exactly the point. this is a very select i will doubt. that is exactly the i point. this is a very select group of schools in particular areas that are very important broader point thatis are very important broader point that is often not made when we are talking about, schools, they impact all the schools around them in the selective areas of they have parents who pay to tutor the kids to get them into grammar schools while you also have a group of families who are unable to access these and end “p are unable to access these and end up an equivalent fleet secondary modern schools and this has a real impact on their life chances. they are less likely to go to university, they will earn less as grown—ups, so grammar school systems as a whole are increasing inequality. but grammar school systems as a whole are increasing inequality.— are increasing inequality. but there is an argument _ are increasing inequality. but there is an argument that _ are increasing inequality. but there is an argument that where - are increasing inequality. but there is an argument that where you i are increasing inequality. but there| is an argument that where you have got a successful school in an affluent area, parents willjust pay the house prices i need to pay to get their children into that, so even outside the grammar school systems, you have parents

understandably you might argue trying to do the best for the children and creating those divisions in a different light. i always say parentsjust divisions in a different light. i always say parents just do the best thing for the children in a system they are living in, so in secondary camp, hence vary as you get selection by house prices. what happens in grammar school areas is you get selection by house prices on top of this election by ability, so it exacerbates the in equal access by schools so you get the social divide of who is able to access this kind of selective group who benefit from government funds in a way other schools aren't. from government funds in a way other schools aren't-— schools aren't. what would be the best wa , schools aren't. what would be the best way. if _ schools aren't. what would be the best way. if we — schools aren't. what would be the best way, if we were _ schools aren't. what would be the best way, if we were starting i schools aren't. what would be the | best way, if we were starting from scratch, which we are not, i realise... a stupid question, let me rephrase. given we have the system we have got, how can the current system be changed to make it in your

view more equal and more socially diverse and more inclusive? {line view more equal and more socially diverse and more inclusive? one of the wa s diverse and more inclusive? one of the ways in — diverse and more inclusive? one of the ways in which _ diverse and more inclusive? one of the ways in which this _ diverse and more inclusive? one of the ways in which this can - diverse and more inclusive? one of the ways in which this can happen l the ways in which this can happen which has been shown by the bbc report is the use of quotas. there are some grammar schools that have increased the use of quotas to around a quarter of their intake having to be people that are eligible for pupil premium, and these are shown to have pretty large numbers of disadvantaged students in them but i think the bigger point and appoint a centre's evidence calls for is if you actually want a more inclusive society you need to move away from systems that are selecting based on elements that can be gained with the use of money, so you need to move towards a system where you are allowing individuals to thrive based on their talent, whether that is based on fair banding, the use of lotteries within certain areas, moving beyond the catchment areas and selection by ability that happens in grammar

schools. ,., ., ., ability that happens in grammar schools. ., ., ,, ., ., ,, schools. good to talk to you, thank ou. we are going back to warsaw. we are waiting to see presidentjoe biden, speak to the polish people who have gathered there in front of the royal castle in the polish capital. we have the polish president speaking now. we have some translation. let's listen in. translation: so now. we have some translation. let's listen in. translation:— listen in. translation: so that the defenders of — listen in. translation: so that the defenders of ukraine _ listen in. translation: so that the defenders of ukraine have _ listen in. translation: so that the defenders of ukraine have weapons | listen in. translation: so that the | defenders of ukraine have weapons to fight with, do not hesitate, do not be afraid, there is no place for business as usual with russia any more. where blood is being said, honest people do not do business. it has to be stopped at all costs. it can be stopped only by modern ornaments because this is what

ukraine needs. thank you to presidentjoe biden for his exceptional courage and his determination. thank you to the american nation, thank you to the authorities of the united states, to the american congress for all the donations ukraine, with a great support offered to ukraine, thanks to this huge military assistance of the united states ukraine is fighting. others are also providing support because this is the role of nato, to defend the free world, to support the free world. we stand in

solidarity with people in poland are very, very pleased that president biden has chosen to come and speak in their capital and wejust heard chosen to come and speak in their capital and we just heard president duda say there is no place for business as usual with russia any more and then he thanked president biden for his courage and support. poland has long argued that russia is a threat to security, to it and

other neighbours. we will be back there in a second but let's take a look at the weather. we've got more cloud around today than yesterday when we had 17 celsius. i've seen the odd 15 today where we have had the sunnier skies around aberdeenshire through the east of wales and across into east anglia so there is cloud gathering towards the west and that is our next weather front so through this evening, some wetter weather for scotland and northern ireland, up through the channel islands into central and eastern england and all of that is gradually pushing eastwards but because we have a lot of cloud in the skies over night and a fairly brisk wind, it should be brisk. the rain is pulled out of the way tomorrow. some heavy bursts for a time, brighter skies coming tomorrow but a few wintry showers

over the hills so temperature —wise after today's 12 to 15 celsius, tomorrow it is neither average at 8 celsius to 10 celsius and that stays with us pretty much for the rest of the week. very little rain in the forecast so it could be one of the driest februarys we've seen in quite some time. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: us presidentjoe biden is to give a speech in poland — he's expected to describe the war in ukraine as a struggle between democracy and autocracy. in moscow, president putin accuses the west of starting the war. in a speech almost a year after the invasion, mr putin claimed the west is threatening the existence of russia itself. a fresh earthquake in turkey and syria leaves more people dead, two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands. two of the uk's biggest supermarkets — asda and morrisons —

have started rationing some fruit and vegetables because of supply problems. sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. leeds united have agreed terms with javi gracia to become their new boss in their bid for premier league survival. the former watford boss led the hornets all the way to the fa cup final in 2019 and has also managed valencia and al—sadd in qatar. leeds hope to have all the paperwork sorted to have him in place on the bench for their next match on saturday — against bottom of the league southampton at home. i understand it's a fairly narrow style that he brings, we've seen that a little bit with jesse marsche

before him but we need an effective style because everything rests on leeds united and their future saying in the premier league. i think there will be relieved that somebody has come in and the board have reacted because doing nothing was going backwards and heading one way, and that was into the championship. england have beaten pakistan by a record breaking margin of 111; runs at the women's t20 world cup to secure top spot in group two and avoid a semifinal clash against champions australia. england won the toss, chose to bat and put up 213—5 in their innings with opener danni wyatt hitting a half century and nat sciver—brunt top scoring with 81. it was the highest total in a t20 world cup match ever. they were just as impressive with the ball leaving pakistan on 99 for nine. england finished the group stage unbeaten and in great form going into the knockout stages. the world anti—doping agency is seeking a four—year ban for teenage figure skater kamila valieva and has

referred her case to the court of arbritration for sport. the russian skater failed a drugs test in december 2021. she was 15 at the time. details of the result only surfaced after she had won gold in the team event at the beijing winter olympics in february 2022. earlier this year, the russian anti—doping agency found she bore "no fault or negligence" for a positive doping test. but wada have called the decision "wrong under the terms of the world anti—doping code" and have appealed. warren gatland has confirmed a training session for this afternoon has been cancelled this afternoon so his wales players can focus on contract negotiations. wales are due to play england at the principality on saturday in the six nations, but that match remains in doubt because of a dispute between the players and the wru over contract terms. gatland has delayed the team announcement until thursday and the wru have insisted it is working on a deal

with the four regions ahead of wednesday's deadline to resolve the player demands. i think with the uncertainty of what was happening, there's been a lot of meetings and things going on, so i wanted to make sure we got clarity. the boys have a day off tomorrow then come back on thursday and we'll announce a team. i'm confident with the discussions that are taking place that something will be resolved today. it's been a challenge to the players. in fairness, this morning, they put their training heads on and trained well, we had a good week last week. are you hopeful this game will take place? yeah, absolutely. wales are top of the pinatar cup table after drawing their final match of the tournament against scotland. but they'll have to wait for tonight's result between iceland and the phillipines to see if they'll manage to lift the trophy. scotland took and early lead in the first half with an

eighth—minute goalfrom sophie howard before wales equalised through ceri holland just before half time. it was the midfielder�*s fourth international goal there. the game finished 1—1. iceland just need a point to go top, thanks the their better goal difference. suzann pettersen will lead europe fpr consecutive solheim cups after being announced as skipper for the 2021; match in the us. it means the two—time norwegian major winner will aim to help europe get a hat—trick of victories against the us following wins at gleneagles in 2019, which pettersen famously holed the winning putt and at the inverness club in toledo in 2021. that's all the sport for now. the us president, joe biden, is due to make a speech in the polish capital, warsaw. he's expected to urge countries to continue their stance against russian aggression. this is the royal castle in warsaw

where you can see plenty of people have turned out to here mr biden speak. i imagine he will feel compelled to address the state of the nation speech that vladimir putin made earlier today where he blamed the west for the war in ukraine and said the west was entirely to blame for the escalation of the conflict. this comes almost a year since the russian invasion of ukraine. we saw that president biden yesterday made that very surprise visit to kyiv to meet volodymyr zelensky, the ukrainian president, and president biden offered further support, financial, political and military support to ukraine, and he said the united states and allies in the west would stand with ukraine for as long as it took. there is a little bit of activity there on the podium underneath the castle. it

looks like a very pleasant night, everyone wrapped up warm, waving their american, everyone wrapped up warm, waving theiramerican, polish everyone wrapped up warm, waving their american, polish and everyone wrapped up warm, waving theiramerican, polish and ukrainian flags. we'll be back there as soon as we see mr biden arrive —— polish flags. eight metropolitan police officers were part of our whatsapp group that shared sexist, racist, homophobic and transphobic messages. the group, made of seven men and women, are said to have shared messages in what was described as a toxic, abhorrent culture. typically, istop was described as a toxic, abhorrent culture. typically, i stop talking about president biden and he appears on the podium! the fanfare has started. we heard from the polish president who said there was no place any more for business as usual

with russia, those days have gone. we had vladimir putin saying today he was removing russia, suspending russia from participation in our major arms control agreement with the united states which some commentators are saying increases the tension over any potential nuclear threat. the tension over any potential nuclearthreat. it's the tension over any potential nuclear threat. it's called new start, that particular treaty and it was extended for five years in 2021, it was the last remaining nuclear arms treaty between moscow and washington so whether it leads to any nuclear activity, many are saying that's not likely but it does send a message. here is mr biden appearing on the stage.

hello, poland! cheering one of our great allies. president duda, mr prime minister, mr mayor, all the foreign ministers and presidents. as well as leaders from all across the country, thank you for welcoming back to poland. it was nearly one year ago i spoke at the royal castle here in warsaw, just weeks after vladimir putin had

unleashed his murderous assault on ukraine, the largest land war in europe since world war ii had begun and the principles that had been the cornerstone of peace, prosperity and stability on this planet for more than 75 years were at risk of being shattered. one year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. i have just come from a visit to kyiv and i can report, kyiv stands a strong. kyiv stands proud. it stands tall and most importantly, it stands free. when russia invaded, it wasn't just ukraine being tested, the whole world faced a test for the ages. europe was being tested, america was being tested, nato was being tested, all democracies were being tested and the questions we faced were

simple as they were profound. would we respond or would we look the other way? would we be strong or would we be weak? would the allies be united or divided? one year later, we know the answer. we did respond, we would be strong, we would be united in the world would not look the other way. we also face fundamental questions about the commitment to the most basic of principles. would we stand up for the sovereignty of nations? would we stand up for the right of people to live free from naked aggression? would we stand up for democracy? one year later, we know the answers. yes, we would stand up for sovereignty and we did. yes, we would stand up for the right for

people to live free from aggression and we did. and we would stand up for democracy and we did. and yesterday, i had the honour to stand with president zelensky in kyiv to declare that we will keep standing up declare that we will keep standing up for these same things, no matter what. when president putin ordered his tanks to roll into ukraine, he thought we would roll over. he was wrong. the ukrainian people are too brave. america, europe, a coalition of nations from the atlantic to the pacific where to unified. democracy was too strong —— were too unified. putin left with burnt out tanks and russia's forces in disarray. he

natoisation of sweden and finland. he thought nato would fracture and divide but nato is more united and unified than ever. he thought he could weaponise energy to crack your resolve, europe's resolve. instead, we are working together to end europe's dependence on russian fossil fuels. europe's dependence on russian fossilfuels. he thought europe's dependence on russian fossil fuels. he thought autocrats like himself were tough and leaders of democracy were soft, and he met the iron will of america and the nations that would refuse to accept a world ruled by fear and force. he found himself at work without nation whose leader would have a courage forged in fire and steel, president zelensky. president putin was confronted with something today he didn't think was possible a year ago, the democracy of the world has grown stronger, not weaker, but the

autocrats of the world have grown weaker, not stronger, because in moments of great upheaval and uncertainty, knowing what you stand for is most important as knowing who stands with you makes all the difference. the people of poland know that. you know it better than anyone here in poland because that's what solidarity means, through partition and oppression, when the beautiful city was destroyed after the warsaw uprising after decades under the iron fist of communist rule, poland endured because you stood together. that's how brave leaders of the opposition and the people of belarus continue to fight for their democracy. that's how the resolve of moldovan people, the resolve of moldovan people, the resolve of moldovan people, the resolve of the people of moldova to live in freedom gained them

independence and put them on the path to eu membership. their president is here today and i'm proud to stand with you and the people of moldova. give her a round of applause. one year into the war, putin no longer doubts the coalition but he still doubts our conviction and staying power. he doubts our continued support for ukraine, he doubts whether nato can remain unified but there should be no doubt, oursupport unified but there should be no doubt, our support for ukraine will not waver, nato will not be divided and we will not tire. president putin's craven lust for land and power will fail and the ukrainian people's love for their country will

prevail. democracies of the world will stand guard overfreedom today, tomorrow and forever. that's what is at stake here, freedom. that's the message i carried to kyiv yesterday, directly to the people of ukraine. when president zelensky said he came to the united states in december, he said" the struggle will define the world and what our children and grandchildren, how they live and their children and grandchildren." he wasn't only speaking about the children and grandchildren of ukraine, he was speaking about all of our children and grandchildren, yours and mine. we are seeing today what the people of poland and the people across europe suffered decades, appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased, they must be opposed. autocrats only understand

one word, no. no, you will not take my country, no, he will not take my freedom, you will not take my future, and i will repeat tonight what i said last year in the same place, a dictator building an empire will never be able to ease the people's love of liberty, brutality will never grind down the will of the free and ukraine will never be a victory for russia. never. for free people refuse to live in a world of hopelessness and darkness. this has been an extraordinary year in every sense, extraordinary brutality of russian forces and mercenaries. they have committed

depravity, crimes against humanity without shame or compassion. they've targeted civilians with death and destruction, used rape as a weapon of war, stolen ukrainian children in an attempt to steal ukraine's future. bond train stations, maternity hospitals, schools and orphanages —— bombed stations, hospitals, schools and orphanages. no one can turn away from the atrocities russia has committed against ukraine, it is abhorrent. the response from ukraine has been extraordinary. russian tanks rolled into ukraine and one year later, ukraine are still independent and free. from kherson

to kharkiv, cave, ukrainian fighters have reclaimed their land and the 50% of the territory russia held, the blue and yellow proudly waves once again. president zelensky still leads a democratic government that represents the will of the ukrainian people. the world has already voted multiple times including the united nations general assembly to condemn russia's aggression and support a just peace. that vote in the un has been overwhelming each time. in october, 143 nations of the united nations condemned russia's illegal annexation. only four in the entire un voted with russia, four. so tonight, i speak once more to the people of russia. the united states and the nations of europe do not seek to control or destroy russia.

the west was not plotting to attack russia, as putin said today. and millions of russian citizens only want to live in peace with their neighbours are not the enemy. this war was never a necessity. it is a tragedy. president putin chose this war. every day the war continues is his choice. you could end the war with one word —— he could end the war with one word. if ukraine stop defending itself against russia, it would be the end of ukraine, that's why we are making sure ukraine can defend itself. the united states has assembled a worldwide coalition of more than 50 nations to get critical weapons and supplies to the brave ukrainian fighters on the front

lines, air defence systems, artillery, ammunition, tanks, armoured vehicles. the european union and its member states have stepped up with unprecedented commitment to ukraine. notjust in security assistance, but economic and humanitarian refugee assistance and humanitarian refugee assistance and so much more. to all of you here tonight, take a moment. and i'm serious when i say this. turn around and look at one another. look at what you have done so far. poland is hosting more than 1.5 million refugees from this war, god bless you. poland's generosity and your willingness to open your hearts and your home is as extraordinary, and the american people are united in our resolve as well. all across my, big cities and small towns, ukrainian flags fly from american

homes. democrats and republicans in the united states congress have come together to stand for freedom. that's who americans are and that's what americans do. the world was also coming together to address the global fallout from also coming together to address the globalfallout from president putin's war. putin tried to starve the world, blocking the ports to the black sea to stop ukraine from exporting its grain, exacerbated a global food crisis that has hit developing nations in africa especially hard. instead, the united states and the g7 and partners around the world answered a call with historic commitments to address the crisis and bolster global food supplies. this week, my wife, jill biden, is travelling to africa to help bring attention to this critical issue. our commitment is to

the people of ukraine and the future of ukraine. ukraine that is free, sovereign and democratic. thousand stream of ukraine's independence 30 years ago, who led the orange revolution of dignity, who braved nights of fire and the hundreds who died there. those who still continue to root out the criminal�*s efforts to root out the criminal�*s efforts to coerce and control. it's a dream for those ukrainian patriots who fought for years against russia's aggression in the donbas and the heroes who have given everything, given their lives in the service of their beloved ukraine. i was honoured to visit their memorial in kyiv yesterday to pay tribute to the sacrifice of those who lost their lives, standing alongside president zelensky. the united states and our partners stand with ukraine's

teachers, hospital staff, partners stand with ukraine's teachers, hospitalstaff, emergency responders, the workers in cities across ukraine who are fighting to keep the power on in the face of russia's cruel bombardment. we stand with the millions of refugees of this war who found a welcome in europe and the united states, particularly here in poland, ordinary people across europe doing whatever they could to help and continue to do so. polish businesses, cultural leaders including the first lady of poland who is here tonight have lead with a heart and determination showcasing all that's good about the human spirit. madame first lady, we love you, thank you all. i'll never forget last year visiting with refugees from ukraine who had just arrived in warsaw. seeing their faces, exhausted and afraid, holding their children so close, worried

they might never see their husbands, fathers, brothers and sisters again, in their darkest moments, you the people of poland offered them safety and light. you embraced them, literally, i watched the looks on their faces. literally, i watched the looks on theirfaces. meanwhile, we made sure that russia is paying the price for its abuses. we continue to maintain the larger sanctions regime ever imposed on any country in history —— the largest sanctions regime, and we will announce more sanctions this week with our partners. we will hold accountable those responsible for this war and we will seekjustice for war crimes and crimes against humanity that continued by the russians. there is much of us to be proud of —— there is much for us to be proud of and what we have achieved together this past year but we have to be honest as we look at

the year ahead, the defence of freedom is not the work of a day or a year, it's always difficult, it's always important. as ukraine continued to defend itself against the russian onslaught and lunch at counteroffensive of its own, we will continue to be —— there will continue to be —— there will continue to be hard and bitter days, tragedies, but ukraine is steeled for the fight ahead. allies and partners will continue to have ukraine's back as it defends itself. next year, i will host every member of nato for our 2021; summit in the united states. together, we will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the strongest alliance in the history of the world, nato. let there be no doubt the commitment of there be no doubt the commitment of the united states to our nato

alliance under article five is rock—solid. and every member of nato knows it. russia knows it as well. an attack against one as an attack against all. it's a sacred oath. a sacred oath to defend every inch of nato territory. over the past year, the united states has come together with our allies and partners in an extraordinary coalition to stand against russian aggression but the work in front of us is notjust what we are against, it's about what we are for. what kind of world do we want to build? we need to take the strength and capacity of this coalition and apply it to lifting up the lives of people everywhere, improving health, growing prosperity, building peace and security, treating everyone with dignity and respect. that's our

responsibility. the democracy of the world has delivered for our people. as we gather tonight, the world in my view, the decisions we make over the next five years or so are going to determine and shape our lives for decades to come. that's true for americans, it's true for the people of the world and while decisions are ours to make now, the principles and the stakes are eternal. the choice between chaos and stability, between building and destroying, between hope and fear, between democracy that lifts up the human spirit and the brutal hand of the dictator who crushes it. between nothing less than limitation and possibilities. the kind of possibilities when people who live not in captivity but

in freedom, freedom, there is no sweeter word than freedom. there is no more noble goal than freedom. there is no higher aspiration than freedom. americans know that and you know it. and all that we do now must be done so our children and grandchildren will know it as well. freedom. stand with us, we will stand with you. stand with us, we will stand with ou. , ., ., ., ., you. let us move forward with faith and conviction _ you. let us move forward with faith and conviction in _ you. let us move forward with faith and conviction in a _ you. let us move forward with faith and conviction in a binding - and conviction in a binding commitment to be allies not of darkness but of late. not of oppression but of liberation. not of captivity but, yes, of freedom. may god bless you all, may god protect our troops and may god bless the heroes in the ukraine and all those who defend freedom around the world. thank you poland, thank you, thank

you for what you're doing and