helen catt, thank you for keeping _ individuals.. helen catt, thank you for keeping us up-to-date - individuals. helen catt, thank you for keeping us up-to-date on - individuals. helen catt, thank you for keeping us up-to-date on the| for keeping us up—to—date on the latest news on that story. one of the biggest challenges in overcoming this crisis has been europe's dependence on russian energy. in the uk, the british prime minister met with leaders of the offshore oil and gas industry to discuss boosting the uk's supply. britain has set it will phase out imports of russian gas and oil, including a ban on oil by the end of the year. 0ur science editor, rebecca morelle, has been looking at how reliant european nations are on russia for energy, and where they might find alternatives. gas is one of russia's most strategic assets, but it's becoming one of europe's biggest headaches. as the war in ukraine forces an overhaul of our energy supply, there could also be consequences for climate change. we can actually use this as a huge wake—

studio: thank you very much, helen catt.he winter paralympics is under way in beijing. the build up to the games has been dominated by the war in ukraine. athletes from russia and belarus have been barred because of the invasion. our sports correspondent laura scott watched the opening. a new paralympics begins, helping to promote the positive power of sport and the strength and resilience of para—athletes, but eight years since the winter paralympics in sochi began under the cloud of russia's invasion of crimea, these beijing games open and made another crisis, the russian invasion of ukraine. more than 600 athletes will compete on the snow and ice. the eight gold medals, but as many paraded in the birds nest today, there were none from russia or belarus as they were banned from the games, punished for their government's actions. moscow described the decision is monstrous but it is one which, despite their efforts, they cannot challenge. against all the odds, the full ukrainian team have made it to beijing. their coach tell

helen catt, bbc news.ors are maintained in order to safely evacuate civilians. addressing crowds from the vatican he countered russia's assertions that it is a military operation, saying it is a war leading to death, destruction and misery. translation: in ukraine, rivers l of blood and tears are flowing. l this is notjust a military operation, but a war that sows death, destruction and misery. the victims are ever more numerous, as well as people fleeing, especially mothers and children. the need for emergency humanitarian assistance is growing dramatically hour by hour in that martyred country. i address a heartfelt appeal so humanitarian corridors are ensured, and access to aid in the areas under siege is guaranteed and facilitated to offer life—saving help to our brothers and sisters suffering under the bombs and from fear. i thank all those who are welcoming the refugees. above all, i plead for an end to the armed attacks and that negotiation prevails and common sense as well, and that international l

here's our political correspondent helen catt.regime. a multi—million pound yacht belonging to a russian oligarch, seized in italy. the uk government has been criticised for lagging behind. it's now changing the law to speed up sanctions on individuals. labour will back it in a vote tomorrow, but wants ministers to reduce how long overseas owners have to register their assets. the government initially said, "well, we'll give people 18 months to register." the government's retreated because of our arguments and said, "well, six months." but six months is still more than enough time to sell property here in the united kingdom. so, tomorrow, we want to push them further to say reduce that down to 28 days, make it a really effective sanction so that we can put maximum pressure on russia. borisjohnson will host the prime ministers of canada and the netherlands in downing street tomorrow to discuss further international action to support ukraine and isolate russia. but this morning, there are questions about his role in the admittance o

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helen catt, bbc news.e as of 10am. some 5,535 online applications have been completed and submitted online and 2,368 people had booked a visa appointment to submit their application and biometric information, the government said. the home secretary priti patel responded to criticism by the french interior minister that british officials were not doing enough to help ukrainians stuck in calais. it is wrong to say that we are turning people back. we are not. i have staff in calais. we have surged staff in calais, the home office has a team of people in calais. we are making sure that people have been coming from france to the united kingdom to be reunited with their family and that is working and we will continue to have a presence on the ground and our staff in calais to make sure that people that want to come to the united kingdom, can come. mrs patel was speaking after visiting a ukrainian social club in london. also at that meeting was the ukrainian ambassador to the uk who was asked what more the uk cou

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member sylvia arenas submitted a formal proposal to in san jose sister city relationship with you catt aaron burr. that is russia's 4th largest city. she sent us a statement saying ending their relationship with their sister city since a clear message. she says san jose will lend his voice to the massive international diplomatic effort to isolate russia completely. she went on to say that even though sales is rolled and international relations is limited, they must take action. the proposal will be heard on wednesday by san jose rules committee. it has the power to immediately place proposals on the council agenda for the following tuesday. if the aggression by russia, many companies are now worrying about their cybersecurity kron four's justin campbell explains. >> as there were in ukraine continues, many bay area tech companies are concerned about their cybersecurity. the level of concern has skyrocketed over the last 5 to 10 is a lot of related to how they can protect themselves rife us. it is ceo of hackers strike says there has been an uptick in cyber attacks and companies are rea

£350 a month if they take in a refugee for at least six months. 0ur political correspondent helen catto be for people who have been named ukrainian refugee who will come to stay with them stopping the process moves on again on friday when they will need to fill in a longer form and they will name that person that they want to come in with them. the reason for doing that at this stage is because it is the quickest way to get the scheme up and running and then after that those who do not already have somebody that they know they want to bring over, there will be a process for matching those people, probably using charities and organisations to try to match people to come over. because the uk government has been criticised for being too slow for this, the other visa route has brought in, 4000 visas have been granted under that for family members. the bbc understands the uk foreign secretary liz truss is likely to announce new sanctions on tuesday on more than a hundred individuals with links to president putin's regime. the move by the government has been made easier after emergency legis

a short time ago, i spoke to our political correspondent, helen catt. this scheme. it's website went live mid to late afternoon this afternoon where people can register their interest to say i have a spare room, somebody could stay in and a property that a reference you can stay in. that number has been snowballing. we were told it was initially 1500 people, then up to 20,000. the most recent figure we have was around 113,000, and i think that is sort of reflective of the feeling in the uk that a lot of people do just want to do something to help. the process starts with that registering your interest, but initially, it is only going to be for people who have a named ukrainian refugee who will come to stay with them. the process moves on on friday, when they need to fill in a longer form and name that person that they want to stay with them. the government says this reason is because it's the quickest way to get the scheme up and running. after that, those who do not have somebody they know they want to bring over, there'll be a process for matching peo

over to westminster now and our political correspondent, helen catt.ukrainian refugees and the home secretary has been under real pressure on this issue. yes, she has, from mps from all parties actually come under pressure to make the process easier for people who are fleeing ukraine. the government has been insistent it needs to carry out biometric checks on people coming in for security reasons. the home secretary has said today she has had new advice from security services that for many people the checks can be done here in the uk once they have arrived and the application system can go fully online. here is what she told the commons earlier. from tuesday, i can announce that ukrainians with passports will no longer need to go to a visa application centre to give their biometrics before they come to the uk. instead, once their application has been considered and appropriate checks completed, they will receive direct notification that they are eligible for the scheme and can come to the uk. in short, ukrainians with passports will be able to get perm

our political corresopndent helen catt had the latest.f length of time, and as you said, what we are told from downing street is that it was a frank and candid conversation. some of the bits that we do know that they spoke about were, for example, the prime minister again expressing his sympathy for the victims of the flight that crashed in china last week. president xijinping asking the prime minister to convey his best wishes to the queen on herjubilee. beyond that, we are told that they discussed a range of issues of mutual interest, which did include the situation in ukraine. now, if they were discussing, for example, the possibility of sanctions on china if china were to aid russia, we are told that wasn't planned to be in the conversation, but we're told that the prime minister put forward the uk's position on ukraine and his belief that pressure should be put on president putin to withdraw his troops. ukrainian refugees escaping to the uk are facing difficulties getting visas under the government's homes for ukraine scheme accordin

this ukrainian lawmaker reportedly also fell ill after the meeting and the investigative site alan cattuded the symptoms could be the result of poisoning with an under identified chemical weapon. the last time play this saying it could be caused by environmental factors. and this is the assessment of a former uk intelligence officer. if we look at the forward that have come out summer come from those close to abramovich well, putin is close to abramovich well, putin is close to abramovich well, putin is close to abramovich. some have come from unknown american sources and there just is not enough information to make a call when we are the other. we have to look at who would benefit from trying to poison roman abramovich who was acting as go—between between zelensky and and it is difficult to work out what the reason would be behind it. turning back to the — reason would be behind it. turning back to the talks _ reason would be behind it. turning back to the talks this _ reason would be behind it. turning back to the talks this week. - reason would be behind it. turningl back to the talk

here's our correspondent helen catt.ht belonging to a russian oligarchs eased initially. uk government has been criticised for lagging behind. it is now changing the law to speed sanctions and individuals. labour will back it in a vote tomorrow but once ministers, ministers to reduce how long overseas and have to register their assets. the government _ register their assets. the government initially - register their assets. tue: government initially said, register their assets. tte: government initially said, well, register their assets. tt2 government initially said, well, we will give people a vote tomorrow but once ministers, ministers to reduce how long overseas owners have to register their assets. the government initially said, well, we will give people 18 months here in the united kingdom so tomorrow we want to push them further to reduce that down to 20 days, make it a really effective sanction, so that we can put maximum pressure on russia. �* ., , we can put maximum pressure on russia. 1, _ ., ., russia. boris

catt catt translation...we have been debating for years to find out can europe counteract? this is why in recent years, we have talked more about defence issues than in the past and begun to set up joint military programmes and that is why the european parliament itself has voted to set this european defence fund and the member states have created this european peace facility that now we are mobilising in order to provide arms to ukraine. the european council will look at the strategic compass and with invasion of ukraine by russia we must amplify our reflection, just our means and anticipate our responses. because one of the lessons that we have to learn from the invasion of ukraine is that more than ever, europe must think strategically about its self, its environment and the world. this is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity. europe must amplify its reflection on security issues and the european parliament has an important role to play in this regard. we need to think about the instrument of coercion, re

let's speak to our political correspondent helen catt.what it is is really sort of pulling together all of the things that the international community are already doing into this one plan. so the six points in it are mobilising international humanitarian coalition for ukraine, talks about supporting ukraine in its efforts for its own self defence, maximising the economic pressure on vladimir putin's regime, which we have seen through the tough sanctions being applied by a number of countries, preventing what he calls the ripping normalisation of what russia is doing in ukraine. part of the plan is to keep pursuing diplomatic piles to try to de—escalate that, though he is clear that should have the full involvement of ukraine's legitimate government. also beginning a rapid campaign to strengthen security across nato. those are all things that are already happening. we will see a lot of diplomatic efforts this week, in downing street on monday we have the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, and mike russia will be there on tuesday, it

let's speak to our political correspondent helen catt.e both sanctioned more of these individuals than the uk has, and in recent days we have seen the eu go even further, seizing a yacht in france, for example, so what ministers are planning to do is to change the legal process, change the law about how sanctions are brought against individuals, they are going to use the economic crime bill, which goes before mps on monday, expected to be fast tracked through the house of commons, they are going to use that to make changes that they say will make it more straightforward to get a legal basis to move against these individuals. foreign secretary liz truss says that lindsay will be able to go faster and harder on those closest to vladimir putin. labour backs it, although they say that they do need to move faster, acting against these individuals in the days not months. helen, thank you so much. the time now is 8.16. the ceasefire will start from 7.00 are time for five hours, which the ceasefire will start from 7.00 are time forfive hours, whi

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we're joined now by our political correspondent helen catt.uestion. government ministers _ situation? that is the big question. government ministers were - situation? that is the big question. government ministers were quick. situation? that is the big question. | government ministers were quick to come out and condemn what p&0 did, but they was certainly an appetite in government and pressure from outside government for its take some sort of action. earlier this week borisjohnson suggested the government was going to take legal action. there have been questions about whether there are grounds for that. they have also been questions about how far or how much the government can do given that p&0 is a private company, but i think we got an answer this morning, which is that it can make life very difficult for the firm. you heard grant shapps saying he instructed this review that has led to that ship being detained, p&0 has put out a statement this morning, p&0 ferries. they said the european because they had undergone an inspection by the nca in

helen catt is in westminster — lots of people signing up for this scheme? yes, there are.been criticism of the government's, this is the second route that has been set up. the first one was only open to people who were family of ukrainian nationals who had settled status here in the uk. so far, a000 visas have been issued through that route. ministers, as you heard there, very keen to stress that this other route, known as homes for ukraine, doesn't have a cap on to people who have an identified 90 person in ukraine that they want to bring to the uk. the government says it to be up and the key test will be how quickly can and then move on people who don't already have that link and that sort of wider sense of let's go to some other news — and china's government has ordered a province of 2a million people into lockdown as it tries to contain a covid—19 outbreak that has spread to multiple locations. authorities reported 1,a37 new cases across the country. just under 900 cases were found injilin province, which was put under lockdown measures. people living in the province h

let's talk to our political orrespondent helen catt.of sanctions if russia was helped by china that was not planned to be in the conversation but the prime minister put forward the uk's position on ukraine and his belief that pressure should be put on president putin to withdraw his troops. it has been a very busy couple of days on the diplomatic front. borisjohnson meeting other eu leaders and present biden but then excluded from that final meeting, it seems. there's been a lot of concern about any sort of chemical weapon use. has there been some briefing on those concerns? we know some briefing on those concerns? - know diplomatic efforts continue throughout this. boris johnson know diplomatic efforts continue throughout this. borisjohnson said what they want is to isolate version we've seen him upping the pressure in recent days. 0ther we've seen him upping the pressure in recent days. other leaders of done that too. at the weekend boris johnson spoke about it being a considerable dilemma for countries wanted to need to stand apart f

we're joined now by our political correspondent helen catt.ssure to try and make sure that happens. so actually, in the short term, you would expect there are likely to be more sanctions coming down the track. but she does talk about the conditions for lifting them and she doesn't very much in the context, i think, of trying to influence russian behaviour going forward. —— does that very much. she says that as borisjohnson said, western countries made mistakes in the aftermath of 2014, when putin, russia, invaded crimea. she talks about using sanctions as a hard lever. things like, she says, the conditions for lifting them could only, she says, come off with a full ceasefire and withdrawal, but also commitments there there would be no further aggression. commitments there there would be no furtheraggression. she commitments there there would be no further aggression. she also wants the opportunity to have what she calls snaps back sanctions, which are as they sound. the idea of imposing restrictions if russia falls out of loud. she says that i

let's go live to our political correspondent helen catt in westminster.ughout the course of what has happened in ukraine, and that this was part of the prime minister's wider engagement with world leaders to set out what the uk's position is. of course we know that what boris johnson and other leaders have been pushing for is for china to come out and condemn what president putin has been doing in ukraine. brute and condemn what president putin has been doing in ukraine.— been doing in ukraine. we have at resent b been doing in ukraine. we have at present by the _ been doing in ukraine. we have at present by the medically - been doing in ukraine. we have at present by the medically to - present by the medically to president xi —— we heard that president xi —— we heard that president biden made it clear to president biden made it clear to president xi that there would be serious consequences if china supported russia. br; serious consequences if china supported russia.— serious consequences if china suuorted russia. j �*, ., ., ., supported russia. by then

we can speak to our political correspondent helen catt, who is in westminster this morning. be turning round to government and asking what they are going to do. so far i am hearing that this is unacceptable, but in practical terms what can the government do? that certain is the _ what can the government do? that certain is the sense _ what can the government do? twat certain is the sense here in westminster. there is a unanimous agreement that what p&o have decided to do, particularly the way they have gone about it, is, as he said, unacceptable. if you sort the maritime minister robert courts in the commons yesterday speaking with barely restrained fury, his opposite number the transport secretary, shadow transport secretary, describing this as beneath contempt. the action of thugs. we know ministers have already had discussions with bosses at p&o, i would expect those, we would get more of those. the department for transport has said it will review if the government itself has any contract with p&o and update mps in due course but there is a real sense from mps that someho