welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. two presidents, and two versions of history. the american and russian leaders clash over the conflict in ukraine. translation: to defend our historical lands and liquidate | the threat of the neo—nazi regime, we launched a special operation. we are seeing again today what the people of poland and the people across europe saw for decades — appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased. vladimir putin has also suspended moscow's involvement in a key nuclear arms treaty, we'll examine the implications. also in newsday this hour mexico's former security chief is found guilty of taking bribes in return for allowing

safe passage for drugs. empty food shelves in the uk. why are some supermarkets having to limit sales of fruit and veg? live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to the programme. we have a tale of two presidents for you this hour from the us and russia. we'll get to the american president joe biden in a moment — but first — russian leader vladimir putin. he's announced he's suspending russian participation in the last major nuclear arms control agreement with the us. in his two—hour state of the nation address, mr putin accused the west of starting the war in ukraine and seeking to destroy russia in a global confrontation.

our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. the world according to vladimir putin feels like a parallel universe. who started the war in ukraine? "not russia," he says. translation: responsibility - for fuelling the ukrainian conflict, for its escalation, and for the growing number of victims lies fully with the west and, of course, with the regime in kyiv. i wish to repeat, they started the war, we are using force to stop it. but it was russia that invaded ukraine. western military aid has helped kyiv resist. it hasn't forced the kremlin, though, to de—escalate. today, president putin suspended russia's participation in the last—remaining nuclear arms control treaty with america — an agreement that limits nuclear

arsenals and provides for missile inspections. no longer topical, says the kremlin. translation: we know that the west has directly helped kyiv _ to launch strikes on airbases where our strategic nuclear bombers are located. now they want to carry out inspections of our military sites. in light of today's confrontation, that is absurd. applause. support here, but unpicking that treaty risks a nuclear arms race. in order to avoid nuclear war, it's better to have a framework, but losing this framework, we are witnessing the real threat of a nuclear war. washington says the kremlin�*s decision to halt participation in the nuclear treaty is deeply unfortunate and irresponsible. the bbc wasn't allowed to attend the kremlin leader's big speech.

journalists from what russia calls "unfriendly countries" were not sent an invitation. but after watching president putin on tv, this is what struck me most about him. his "special military operation" has not gone at all according to plan, but regret, there was no hint of that, and no sign at all that putin is looking for an off ramp. instead of compromise, he favours confrontation. applause. and this audience loved it. translation: russia will respond to any challenge we face, - because we are one country, one people. we believe in ourselves,

in our strength. truth is on our side. after one year of war, the kremlin is still managing to persuade most russians to believe that. to president biden now — who has said democracies are stronger and autocracies weaker, one year on from vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. in a speech in warsaw in the past few hours, he said western support for ukraine would never waver and nato would never be divided. our north america editor sarah smith, who's travelling with president biden, has this report from the polish capital. in front of the blue and yellow ukrainian colours, president biden came here to project american might and to pledge to use it to protect ukraine, democracy and freedom. when russia invaded, it wasn'tjust 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 are being tested and the questions we faced were as simple as they were profound. would we respond or would we look the other way? we know the answer, we did respond, we would be strong, we would be united, and the world would not look the other way. and ukraine — ukraine will never be a victory for russia. never. cheering. this is a direct appeal to nato allies — as well as to the american people — to keep up their commitment to ukraine, even if this conflict could last for years to come. refuting vladimir putin's assertion that the us provoked this war, he spoke directly to the russian people. 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, who only want to live in peace with their neighbours, are not the enemy. earlier today, mr biden met polish president andrzej duda. this display of solidarity is to demonstrate america's guarantee of poland's security and its promise to defend every inch of nato territory. but they want more than that. poland backs ukraine's demands for f—16fighterjets. the us is not ready to send planes yet, but that could change. and we will keep standing up for these same things, no matter what. with public support for the war slipping in america, the president made a direct appeal to americans' fundamental values and the need to fight for them. freedom. stand with us. we will stand with you.

let us move forward with faith and conviction and an abiding commitment to be allies, not of darkness, but of light. 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 of ukraine. proud that mr putin's expectations of a weak and divided west have been met with a firm, united front against his war, president biden�*s biggest task now is trying to keep his allies as committed as he is, for as long as it takes. sarah smith, bbc news, warsaw. well, the chinese government has expressed concern that the conflict could escalate and spiral out of control. president xi is due to outline his country's plans for the conflict later this week. our china correspondent is stephen mcdonell is in beijing. what's your assessment

of china's role at the moment? well, as you mentioned, china's former minister has issued this rather ominous warning that beijing thinks the conflict in ukraine could spiral out of control, and his words, if certain countries keep pouring fuel onto the fire. now, we didn't mention the us, but that is who he is accusing her of pouring on the fuel. china has been accusing the fuel. china has been accusing the us of prolonging the war. now, it doesn't mention the war or invasion, lest it offend russia, but now you have the us saying that china is the one that could be making the word go longer if it starts supplying arms and ammunition for the russian war effort. beijing says its neutral. researchers in north america saved this country has already supplied these dual use

technologies. so equipment that could be used to fix fighterjets or jamming gear. later this week, china's leader will be making a speech and apparently calling for negotiated settlement in ukraine. but if the work keeps going, it looks like vladimir putin is facing a humiliating defeat on the battlefield. it is unclear what china might do. however, there is one other thing that he did mention in his speech. he stressed that china wants all sides to avoid straying into a nuclear conflict. so there is some concern about that here in beijing. there is some concern about that here in beijing-— here in beijing. indeed, steve mcdonnell. — here in beijing. indeed, steve mcdonnell, thank _ here in beijing. indeed, steve mcdonnell, thank you - here in beijing. indeed, steve mcdonnell, thank you so - here in beijing. indeed, steve| mcdonnell, thank you so much here in beijing. indeed, steve - mcdonnell, thank you so much for joining us on us on the programme. we can pick up that top—down concern over potential escalation in the ukraine war when it comes nuclear technology with lynn rusten who serves as a vice president

at the nonprofit organisation, the nuclear threat initiative in washington and was involved in the negotiation of this treaty which putin has now suspended. it is great to get you on this programme. just to say, you are intimately involved in this, weren't you? and at the time, why is this treaty important? what was the thinking behind a? it's what was the thinking behind a? it�*s important because it is the only treaty that puts limits on both us and russian nuclear arms as well as provide verification mechanisms to make sure that both sides are complying. this is one in a series of... i complying. this is one in a series of... ., ., ., , ., complying. this is one in a series of... .,., , ., of... i do apologise for the delay, lease of... i do apologise for the delay, please go — of... i do apologise for the delay, please go ahead. _ of... i do apologise for the delay, please go ahead. i _ of... i do apologise for the delay, please go ahead. i was _ of... i do apologise for the delay, please go ahead. i wasjust - of... i do apologise for the delay, please go ahead. i wasjust going j of... i do apologise for the delay, i please go ahead. i wasjust going to please go ahead. i was 'ust going to sa , this please go ahead. i was 'ust going to say. this has — please go ahead. i was 'ust going to say, this has been _ please go ahead. i wasjust going to say, this has been winning - please go ahead. i wasjust going to say, this has been winning a - please go ahead. i wasjust going to say, this has been winning a seriesl say, this has been winning a series of agreements since the early 1970s where the united states and soviet union, now russia, have thought it was in their mutual interest to engage in these agreements that provide mutual restraint, so it's concerning now that putin... what

concerning now that putin... what does putin's _ concerning now that putin... what does putin's announcement, - concerning now that putin... what does putin's announcement, as you say, as he referred to, what does that mean for the us and russia? well, it is very concerning. it's also important to note that what the russians have said and what putin has said, that they intend to abide by the numerical limits of the treaty. what they are suspending is the participation in onside inspections, which both sides had to spend it during the pandemic, but in the last six months or so, the united states has said, ok, it is time to work out the protocols for inspections and we can manage the pandemic. the russians haven't been willing to do that to come and apparently they may now also be suspending their obligation to provide data and information according to the treaty. so this is very troubling because you can't pick and choose and selectively implement on the parts of the treaty. it's putting the whole treaty. it's putting the whole treaty at risk.—

treaty. it's putting the whole treaty at risk. treaty. it's putting the whole trea at risk. ~ ., ., , , ., treaty at risk. what does this mean for other nuclear _ treaty at risk. what does this mean for other nuclear countries - treaty at risk. what does this mean l for other nuclear countries because? i'm thinking about china, for instance, wejust spoke i'm thinking about china, for instance, we just spoke to our correspondent there that china has tried to remain neutral on this issue. . , ., , issue. there are several different asset -- facets _ issue. there are several different asset -- facets to _ issue. there are several different asset -- facets to the _ issue. there are several different asset -- facets to the china - asset —— facets to the china question. on one hand, the president of china probably has more ability to influence president putin and any other world leader. and when the whole international community was so concerned last summer and fall when president putin was kind of rattling the nuclear sabre and making veiled threats, it was very significant that the chinese president publicly said there is no place for nuclear threats in this conflict. and i'm sure he had private counsel to. so to the extent that they were concerned about the actual use of nuclear weapons, concerned about the actual use of nuclearweapons, i concerned about the actual use of nuclear weapons, i think china can play a moderating role. china has no

interest in seeing nuclear weapons used in this conflict or any conflict. there is another... i was just going to say on the negotiations though, it is troubling if the us russian arms control architecture completely unravels, thatis architecture completely unravels, that is going to make it all the harder to engage china in any kind of arms control negotiations going forward. . ~ of arms control negotiations going forward. ., ~ , ., of arms control negotiations going forward. ., ~ of arms control negotiations going forward. . ~' . of arms control negotiations going forward. ., ~ . . forward. thank you so much, vice resident forward. thank you so much, vice president at _ forward. thank you so much, vice president at the _ forward. thank you so much, vice president at the non-profit - president at the non—profit organisation in washington, thank you so much forjoining us and i do apologise for the delay in the line between singapore and washington. to other stories now, at least six people have been confirmed dead in yesterday's earthquake — the latest — to hit the border region of turkey and syria. the tremor, with a magnitude of 6.4 which prompted a fresh wave of panic in the area. the turkish city of antakya, close to the border with syria, was worst hit. rescuers are once again searching

for people trapped under rubble. this quake came two weeks after the first onw that killed tens of thousands of people. a new york court has found mexico's former security chief guilty of taking bribes in return for allowing safe passage for drugs. prosecutors said genaro garcia luna was secretly taking millions from the country's biggest crime group, the sinaloa drug cartel, the same one he was supposed to be pursuing. luna faces ten years to life in prison. you're watching newsday on the bbc. net a topic has been following the trial for a. net a topic has been following the trialfora. he net a topic has been following the trial for a. ., , trial for a. he was the highest-ranking - trial for a. he was the highest-ranking law l trial for a. he was the - highest-ranking law official in highest—ranking law official in mexico and was trusted by the former president, a top partner, really, for us officials and fbi, but what we heard through this trial, and it has to be said it was mainly through the testimony of cartel members who have been convicted of their own drug crimes, we heard how old he

essentially allowed the cartel to become a global cocaine empire by passing on to them sensitive law enforcement investigations, at one point even giving them federal police officer uniforms and escorts so they could ship their cocaine. all of that for bribes, and all of that to betrayal of his country. nada tawfik reporting for us there. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... it's getting harder to find your "five a day" in the uk. we'll look at why some supermarkets there are having to limit sales of fruit and vegtables. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this has had its fair share of bullets, a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malaca nang. the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest

regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of the best film was la la land, the only trouble was it wasn't. the mistake was only put right in the middle of gushing speeches by the team behind the modern musical. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope very soon for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will in his own words be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines... ——to the uk now and the royal college of nursing has

suspended next week's 48—hour strike in england as they re—start talks with the government over pay. the rcn originally asked for a pay rise of 5% above inflation, but has since said it would be willing to meet the government half—way. next week's walk—out, from 1—3 march, was set to be the biggest strike of this winter's pay dispute, with half of front line services affected. the action would have included nursing staff from emergency departments, intensive care units, cancer care and other services that were previously exempted. some british supermarkets — including asda and morrisons — have started limiting the amount of fruit and vegetables that you can buy. the shortage of produce such as cucumbers, broccoli or packets of tomatoes — is being blamed on bad weather and poor harvests in europe and north africa. the bbc�*s rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports. asda and morrisons say they've had problems getting hold of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and other salad and vegetable crops

and their producing limits on what you can buy. the reason? extreme weather across the key producer region of southern spain and north africa. this is morocco. snowstorms have led the government to hand out emergency aid to thousands of families. retailers are saying the limits will be temporary, which means there is no reason to panic buy. where we are anticipating maybe two or three weeks of disruption, more produce is grown here during the summer months but according to the british retail consortium we import around 95% of tomatoes and 95% of lettuces between december and march. we expect this to be short—term disruption due to bad weather at the moment but genuine supply is really good from these parts of europe and north africa so people don't need to be worried. a little bit frustrating at the moment but it will soon pass. but should there be shortages in the uk? at the national farmers' union conference in birmingham, there's been criticism of the government's record on food security. 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 challenging world. the farming minister mark spencer, though, told us that some empty shelves can be seen as an opportunity. there has been some shortages. now, that actually is an opportunity for uk producers, if they can make those figures stack up, to produce more food here domestically. we want to try and support them in doing that. the shelves in the dairy aisle of one major uk supermarket get filled with milk created by abi reader's cows, but business is hard. climate change, the war in ukraine, the lack of labour, the price of fertiliser and the rising cost of the feed these animals eat are all having an impact. 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. 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. the fact is that there are a growing number of hungry mouths, and it's becoming more expensive and difficult to feed them. claire marshall, bbc news. now, back to our main story. this week marks a year since russian forces invaded ukraine. as the conflict between russia and ukraine continues, many families have been forced to flee the country over the last year and some remain unable to return for fear of their safety in the country. today, president biden spoke in warsaw about the 1.5 million ukrainian refugees that have settled in poland and in the uk, over 115,000 refugees have arrived under the homes for ukraine scheme. olga kravchenko is the co—founder and ceo of musemio — a virtual reality app for children to explore arts, culture and history. we've spoken to olga a few times on the programme over the last year

and shejoins us now from portsmouth. great to get you on the programme and so glad to see that we are able to speak to you. would you mind explaining how the past year has been for you and your family explaining how the past year has been for you and yourfamily in ukraine? been for you and your family in ukraine? ., ~ been for you and your family in ukraine? ., ,, , ., ., ., ukraine? hi, thank you for having me. it ukraine? hi, thank you for having me- it has — ukraine? hi, thank you for having me. it has been _ ukraine? hi, thank you for having me. it has been a _ ukraine? hi, thank you for having me. it has been a horrible - ukraine? hi, thank you for having me. it has been a horrible year, l ukraine? hi, thank you for having | me. it has been a horrible year, it is been the toughest year that an ukrainian has been through, and unfortunately, we will be marking the anniversary since the start of the anniversary since the start of the invasion and a couple of days' time. it's been a real roller coaster from trying to rescue my family, my mum and grandma, getting them out of the country, they are now settled in the uk for the foreseeable future, volunteering trying to encourage people to donate and also managing my team who is

also based in ukraine with the daily challenges that the war would when you are running a business, not the challenge i was ready for, but something we are all adjusting to, the new reality. something we are all ad'usting to, the new realityfi something we are all ad'usting to, the new reality. indeed. i remember when we last — the new reality. indeed. i remember when we last spoke, _ the new reality. indeed. i remember when we last spoke, you _ the new reality. indeed. i remember when we last spoke, you are - the new reality. indeed. i remember when we last spoke, you are not - the new reality. indeed. i remember| when we last spoke, you are not able to get in touch with your mum. i'm glad to hear that she is indeed safe and with you in the uk, butjust talk us through those days when you had not had any contact and how you manage to get her and other members of yourfamily to manage to get her and other members of your family to where you are. we had of your family to where you are. - had contact at the beginning of the war, because they would end up going into the underground parking during the sirens. —— we did not have much contact. and eventually they managed to move to the south of kyiv and they stayed there for around three weeks —— kyiv since the beginning of the invasion and itjust wasn't safe

to leave. it was my mum and my grandma driving. for them it was a real challenge. it was really hard to find any petrol, but eventually around three weeks later, two and half, they managed to find enough petrol that would last until they would actually get to the western part of ukraine. the western part of ukraine has been followed because all the refugees will be pretty much coming through these areas, and dan ornate when they managed to get close to the border, they couldn't find any place to sleep, so they ended up sleeping in the car. they were likely to have a car. i mean, there are so many more people who had to cross the border on foot. and eventually they managed to reach hungry, and that's when me and my husband flew there to pick them up, to help them, likely by this plains, the uk had set up a very good

process for the family scheme for us to come for homes for ukraine. looking back now, at that time, did you think that the war would last for this long? ha. you think that the war would last for this long?— for this long? no. no. ididn't think--- _ for this long? no. no. ididn't think--- i— for this long? no. no. ididn't think... i think— for this long? no. no. ididn't think... i think everyone - for this long? no. no. ididn't| think... i think everyone really hoped, especially in the first few weeks in that there will be in and, there will not be so many deaths, semi civilians and so many military men dying as a result of the invasion, and i could never have imagined that we will be marking the one—year anniversary and the second anniversary because this is just impossible to imagine that there is still a full—fledged war going on in the middle of europe. still a full-fledged war going on in the middle of europe.— still a full-fledged war going on in the middle of europe. indeed. thank ou so the middle of europe. indeed. thank you so much — the middle of europe. indeed. thank you so much for— the middle of europe. indeed. thank you so much forjoining _ us on us on the programme and i wish you and yourfamily the us on the programme and i wish you and your family the very best of luck. that brings us to the end of

newsday for this hour. thank you for joining me. to stay with bbc news for your latest headlines. —— do stay with bbc news for your latest headlines. hello there. we're seeing a change to cooler weather on wednesday, even with some rain around as well. now, it has been really dry for many central and eastern parts of england this month. we started the week with temperatures as high as 17 celsius. but things are changing because we've got this cloud that's moving up from northern france to bring some showers, and that's ahead of this thicker band of cloud that's bringing the rain on that weather front there. that's going to continue to push its way steadily eastwards, and then following on from that, this is where we get the cooler air coming in from the atlantic. and we start the day with temperatures around about 5—6 celsius with a lot of cloud around. we've got the rain across eastern scotland that will move away, sunshine and showers will follow wintry over the hills, perhaps, and a cool wind for northern ireland, sunshine and showers here. more cloud for england and wales, could keep some rain across some

northern and eastern parts of england, may well turn a bit brighter with some sunshine, but again, some showers for wales, the south west and later the midlands. and for all of us, it's a bit cooler, the temperatures typically around 9 celsius or so. now we've got cooler weather because we're changing the wind direction. instead of that very mild south—westerly that we started the week with, it's more of a north westerly wind turning northerly across england and wales as we head into thursday. around the top of that area of high pressure, some weather fronts will bring some wetter, windy weather across the north, but we've still got some rain to clear from overnight across southern parts of england. that cloud could be very slow to break up, other parts of england, of wales seeing some sunshine, more cloud coming into scotland and northern ireland, wet and windy weather coming into the far north of scotland. temperatures could make double figures in scotland and northern ireland, but it's chilly 8—9 celsius for england and wales. that high pressure is not really dominating just yet. instead, we've got this weather front, an area of low pressure

sliding down through the north sea. now, there's not going to be much rain left on that weather front. it's a band of cloud, most of the rain dying out, we'll get a northerly wind following on behind, maybe a bit of sunshine coming back into scotland and some sunshine perhaps towards wales and the south west of england. probably quite a bit of cloud on friday, although it won't be quite as cold, those temperatures generally around 9—10 celsius. so we've got some wet weather around the middle part of the week, that's going to introduce something a little bit colder. but then with high pressure building through the rest of the month, looks like we're back into dry weather.

good evening — this is your update from the bbc sport centre. there's always drama and plenty to talk about when liverpool and real madrid meet in europe. and this evening's match at anfield didn't disappoint but for liverpool, they were on the end of a heavy loss. on a goal packed evening, andy swiss was there to see it all unfold. can you tell us more, andy? it was an extraordinary match. liverpool 2—0 up after 15 minutes and losing 5—2. that was the headline. the match was complicated than that. liverpool got onto a brilliant start after that goalfrom darwin nunez. that was followed up by a second from mohamed salah after that horrific goalkeeping howler from the real madrid goalkeeper.

at that stage, anfield was rocking with the home side 2—0 up