welcome to bbc news. i'm lisa—marie misztak. our top stories: two presidents, two versions of history. the leaders of america and russia 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 across poland and across europe saw for decades, appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased. born in the rubble. the baby who lost her entire family in the deadly turkish earthquake, who now has new hope. the east coast of madagascar is being lashed by high winds and heavy rain as cyclone freddy makes landfall.

and nearly 60 years after his death, the family of malcolm x say they're going to sue the cia and fbi. presidents putin and biden have given their competing views of the war in ukraine. president biden, who was in ukraine's capital kyiv on monday, has made a major speech in poland where he said the west's support for ukraine "will not waiver." in his state of the nation address, vladimir putin defended his full—scale invasion, blaming the west for provoking the war, and he announced he's suspending russian participation in the major nuclear arms control agreement with the us. here's our russia editor steve rosenberg. 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 foran off ramp. instead of compromise, he favours confrontation. applause and this audience loved it. mind you, the president here was preaching to the converted. all main russian tv channels carried the speech live. from these images alone, you'd never know things had gone badly wrong for russia on the battlefield. 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. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the us has rejected president putin's claims as absurd. president biden delivered his own speech in poland, where he described the war as a battle for democracy. our north america editor sarah smith has been travelling with the president and reports now from warsaw. 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'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 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 america 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. band plays star spangled banner 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. we can now speak to mark montgomery, who is a former us navy rear admiral and nuclear—trained surface warfare officer. he previously was assigned to the us national security council serving as director for transnational threats. thank you forjoining us. i want to firstly ask what you make of president putin's state

of the nation address on tuesday, in particular in terms of his views on the future? thank you for having me. i think his speech yesterday, especially when contrasted with president biden�*s comments, he was disappointing, president putin was. but i'm not surprised by that. when it comes to this nuclear treaty issue they have been trying to slow world cooperation for the last year to try to get us, the united states, to back off support for ukraine. so they have used these arms control agreements as diplomatic tools repeatedly, and you can go back to the 1980s to see the former soviet union do that as well. soviet union do that as well. so disappointed, but not surprised. and, really, almost a whiff of desperation in putin's speech. 50 a whiff of desperation in putin's speech.- putin's speech. so how significant _ putin's speech. so how significant you - putin's speech. so how significant you think i putin's speech. so how significant you think it| putin's speech. so howl significant you think it is that putin mentioned eventual —— potentials suspending of the nuclear arms agreement? the

current agreement _ nuclear arms agreement? tue: current agreement extends nuclear arms agreement? tte: current agreement extends all the way through the beginning of 2026 and his suspension is less dramatic than it sounds, but still it's concerning in the sense that it's the last remaining arms control agreement between us due to the abrogation of the intermediate nuclear forces treaty and the open skies treaty. so it is concerning, barthe, as i said, i think it shows desperation on his part and his attempt to use any tool at his fingertips to try to influence the us and the west from supporting ukraine in the strong where we have in the past year. 50 the strong where we have in the ast ear. ., i. the strong where we have in the past year-— past year. so do you see this as an escalation _ past year. so do you see this as an escalation from - past year. so do you see this| as an escalation from russia? on top of the invasion itself, no, i think still the most dramatic point between us is the status of the conflict in ukraine. and that's where it is very important, president biden did a greatjob rallying united

states and western allies, it looks like a stalemate right now, it's not. this is a critical time where the united states and our allies have to be providing the critical weapons systems that ukraine needs, whether it is 155 artillery tanks, long—range artillery, these systems have to come and what president biden was saying is the united states stands by ukraine, when he was both in ukraine and polity made this clear, and it contrasted very well with president putin's desperate speech. president putin's desperate seech. ~ ., , ., ~ speech. mark montgomery, thank ou for speech. mark montgomery, thank you fervour— speech. mark montgomery, thank you for your time. _ speech. mark montgomery, thank you for your time. thank - speech. mark montgomery, thank you for your time. thank you. - let's get some of the day's other news. 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. a train operator has been

ordered to fund the entire cost of cleaning up contamination after one of its freight trains derailed earlier this month. the accident caused hundreds of tons of chemicals to be spilt in east palestine, ohio. now the head of the environmental protection agency says norfolk southern would bear the cost for the trauma it inflicted on the town. rescuers in southeastern brazil are scrambling to find dozens of people still missing after record rainfalls caused flooding and mudslides. 46 people have been killed. almost 70 centimetres of rain fell in 2a hours around the popular beach city of sao sebastiao — more than double what would be expected in a whole month. emergency teams in southern turkey have been carrying out more searches of the rubble after another earthquake on monday, just two weeks after two massive quakes devastated the region. buildings weakened by those first tremors finally collapsed.

the 6.3 magnitude quake struck near the turkish city of anta kya, close to the border with syria. our correspondent anna foster sent this report. there seems no end to the agony. today, fresh images of loss and grief. millions of people, desperately trying to heal, have been traumatised again. 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're in a miserable situation, running here and there, with so little belongings with us. in north—west syria, afraa has already lost her parents and sisters. she was born in the rubble, as her mother died, rescuers cutting the umbilical cord. thousands of people offered to give her a new home. now her aunt and uncle have adopted her, to raise alongside their own baby daughter. translation: she will lack for nothing. - i'll never spare a penny raising her. she's as dear to me as my children are. even more. cousins, now sisters. a final memory of the lost mother whose name she now bears. anna foster, bbc news, adana.

a court in iran has sentenced a german—iranian dissident to death on the charge of corruption on earth. jamsheed sharmahd is accused of being a leader of a pro—monarchist terrorist group. he denies the claim and amnesty international condemned what it called a sham trial and forced confession. mr sharmad lived in the united states and is believed to have been kidnapped by iranian agents in dubai, then forcibly taken to iran. his daughter spoke to the bbc after his sentencing. we have to stand together, we have to give them hope. my dad, some many _ have to give them hope. my dad, some many people _ have to give them hope. my dad, some many people in _ have to give them hope. my dad, some many people in isolation i some many people in isolation and they can't even hearers. if they knew we were standing here, we don't forget the names, that helps them surviving the cell that they are in right now. in the second thing is to make government in germany, to my government in the us, show us with your actions that this is not ok. show us with your actions that you mean this, show us with

your actions which side you are standing on. show me what you are going to do so we can trust our governments again. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the us braces itself for a massive winter storm which may blanket cities from coast to coast. 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 had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang, 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 i produced a sheep called dolly using a cell- from another sheep. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of 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, ifor the sake of the credibility. and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, j be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. i this is bbc news — the latest headlines: two presidents, two versions of history. the leaders of america and russia clash over the conflict in ukraine. emergency teams in southern turkey have been carrying out more searches of the rubble after another earthquake on monday. the us is bracing itself for a massive winter storm, which will blanket cities from coast to coast this week, despite other parts of the country experiencing early summer temperatures. more than 30 million people in 22 states were issued winter weather alerts bracing for a mix of heavy snow, rain and wind.

the national weather service has warned the storm will be extremely disruptive to those in affected areas. i'm joined now by professional storm chaser kory hartman. thank you forjoining us in the programme. now, you are based on medicine, what is the situation like right now? so we have already had one round of light snow come through the madison area and other parts of the state, and as you get into parts of the central wisconsin and portions of minnesota it is getting heavier and will last pretty much all night with the possibility of up to eight inches of snow. that is round number one and then we will go round number two.— round number two. what does round number two. what does round number _ round number two. what does round number two _ round number two. what does round number two entail? - round number two. what does i round number two entail? yeah, sadly round _ round number two entail? yeah, sadly round number— round number two entail? yeah, sadly round number two, - round number two entail? yeah, sadly round number two, we - sadly round number two, we could be measuring in feet in

parts of minnesota, the dakotas, there could be 18 additional inches on top of whatever falls additional inches on top of whateverfalls tonight, additional inches on top of whatever falls tonight, and then the winds will pick up, 40, 45, possibly even 50 mph winds. there are winter storm warnings and blizzard warning stretching from wyoming to the lower peninsula of michigan. almost 22 states are expected to be impacted due to this weather, just how unusual is this type of weather for this time of year?— this type of weather for this time of year? yes, i would say that things _ time of year? yes, i would say that things are _ time of year? yes, i would say that things are running - time of year? yes, i would say that things are running about i that things are running about three orfour that things are running about three or four weeks that things are running about three orfour weeks ahead that things are running about three or four weeks ahead of schedule, a lot of times in mid march or late march we will get kind of a last winter push and a dynamic storm system like this, and then of course it would be enemy that we have tornadoes, so there is a lot of energy with this storm, a lot of moisture with storm, and a lot of wind with its storm, so all those things coming together, really packing a big

punch again across many states, as you said. punch again across many states, as you said-— as you said. now those people who will be — as you said. now those people who will be impacted - as you said. now those people who will be impacted due - as you said. now those people who will be impacted due to i as you said. now those people | who will be impacted due to the winter weather have been sent alerts. what are people being asked to do prepare themselves? yeah, my phone has been buzzing all day today with various alerts and really the best thing to do is have a couple of days' worth of supplies. this isn't going to be a long duration thing, round one of snow tonight, a little bit more snow tonight, a little bit more snow today — back tomorrow in the daytime and a lot on the night of course, but on the weekend the temperature will warm back up into the 30s and 40s fahrenheit on most of the upper midwest with sunshine, so melting will take place, it won't last for a week. t melting will take place, it won't last for a week. i do ho -e won't last for a week. i do hope you _ won't last for a week. i do hope you stay _ won't last for a week. i do hope you stay safe, - won't last for a week. i do hope you stay safe, thankj won't last for a week. i do hope you stay safe, thank you for your time.— staying with severe weather and the east coast of madagascar is being lashed by high winds and heavy rain as cyclone freddy makes landfall. it's the second cyclone to hit the island this year, afterjanuary�*s devastating cyclone cheneso which killed 33 people, and left

30,000 homeless. freddy has been developing across 6,500km of the indian ocean, for weeks now, taking its time. but now it's here, bringing with it winds of more than 150 kilometres per hour. as it travels across the madagascar landmass it will weaken, but not for long, strengthening once again across the waters to mozambique by friday. the bbc�*s correspondent in madagascar, dorcas wangira sent this update. it might look calm here in the capital antananarivo but it is another story on the east coast where cyclone freddy has started to make landfall. the authorities in madagascar say that at least two million people will be affected and schools have been closed and movement restricted in the most affected areas. the national disaster management office has sent tents, ropes, chainsaws and other supplies to those in the eastern districts most likely to be affected. the intense tropical storm has already caused heavy rains

and some damage to the neighbouring islands of reunion and mauritius where the airport was closed. the storm caused minor damage to neighbouring union island and flooded beachside hotels in mauritius. many businesses were also forced to close. in madagascar, the island is not expected to get away so lightly, emergency teams are preparing to deal with heavy rains, floods and even landslides in areas that will be affected. those living in the areas have been advised to strengthen their doors and roofs, cut down dangerous trees and stay indoors during tropical storm. kenya's parliament has ordered an inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse on tea plantations revealed in a bbc report. it found more than 70 women had been abused by managers at plantations operated by two british companies, unilever and james finlay. the companies say they have suspended the three managers

in question and are shocked by the claims. the fairtrade foundation said the investigation by bbc africa eye and panoroma was, "a �*metoo' moment for tea." it is 58 years since the civil—rights campaigner malcolm x was shot dead in the city of new york. now his daughter is suing the police, the fbi and the cia, saying they covered up evidence regarding his death. the family are seeking a hundred—million dollars in damages. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. he was an iconic figure, in black america's struggle for civil rights. his death, a shocking moment in a decade marked by political violence. there have long been questions about the murder of malcolm x. now at the very place where he was killed his daughter says she wants answers. for years, ourfamily has fought for the truth to come to light concerning his murder

and we would like our father to receive the justice that he deserves. this man, thomas hagan, was convicted of killing malcolm x, along with two other men who were later acquitted. black people should realise that freedom is something that they have when they are born. the family of malcolm x accuses various government bodies, including the fbi and cia, of failing to prevent his wrongful death. it is also claimed they concealed evidence that would have cleared the two men that were wrongly convicted of his murder. and so for this great injustice, we will be filing a wrongful death lawsuit against these government entities for $100 million. the new york police department says it won't comment on pending legal action, and there has been no word from the fbi or cia. for nearly 60 years, the death of malcolm x has been

shrouded in mystery. his family hope this lawsuit may finally reveal the truth. tim allman, bbc news. a reminder of the top story — president putin has delivered a fiery state of address as he seeks to justify his invasion of ukraine, blamed the west for the war, accusing it of trying to make ukraine into an empty brochure, he says the existence of his nation was at stake. president biden hedman having a speech of his own in poland, he said ukraine struggles were a generational conflict for freedom, addressing a cheering crowd in warsaw, he said that as he put it, president putin was not lust for power and land would fail. that is all for now but you can get more information, just go to bbcnews.com. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lmmisztak.

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 nine 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president putin's delivered a fiery state of the union address — as he seeks to justify his invasion of ukraine. he blamed the west for the year—long war — accusing it of trying to make ukraine into an anti—russia. he said the existence of his nation was at stake. president biden has been giving a speech of his own in poland. he said ukraine's struggles was a generational conflict forfreedom. addressing a cheering crowd in warsaw, mr biden said that — as he put it — president putin's lust for power and land would fail. emergency teams in southern turkey have been carrying out more searches of the rubble after another earthquake on monday, just two weeks after two massive quakes devastated the region. buildings weakened by those first tremors finally collapsed. the 6.4 magnitude quake struck

close to the border with syria. the royal college of nursing has called off next week's strike action in england while it engages in what it calls "intensive talks" with the government on pay, terms and conditions. the union's members had planned a 48—hour walk—out, starting on 1 march. the government said both sides are committed to finding a fair settlement. here's our health editor hugh pym. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! it was the first strike action of its kind in the history of the royal college of nursing. members joining picket lines at hospitals at different times in england, wales and northern ireland. the sticking point in england has been pay for the current financial year, with ministers at westminster insisting a wage award of around 4% could not be increased. the rcn response was to carry on with strikes.

now the union seems to have been reassured that everything's back on the table.