steve, thank you, steve rosenberg, live in - you, steve rosenberg, live in moscow.ng football in a moment. the british government has joined with the us and the eu, in announcing new sanctions against russia's central bank. individuals and businesses are banned from making transactions with the bank, its finance ministry and its wealth fund. it comes as the russian rouble crashed against the dollar, and interest rates hit 20%. our economics editor, faisal islam, has more on the economic impact of international sanctions. beyond the military front lines, western nations counteract the bombardment of ukraine by fomenting financial crisis in moscow and beyond. the value of the russian currency slumping today and concerns rising about the stability of the nation's major banks. the uk and japanjoining in efforts from the us and eu to prohibit trade with russia's equivalent of the bank of england. this normally never happens and was designed to prevent russia from using its war chest of reserves to protect its currency. the rouble was down an incredible 25% today, having

steve rosenberg in moscow. - table at the moment. steve l rosenberg in moscow.ning in the capital. last time we spoke to you, the air sirens were going for the very first time in the city. we now understand that police cars are driving around using loudspeakers to tell people to get off the sidewalks and into shelter. our people heating their words and going home? from our vantage point, we are quite central in the city. it seems to be very quiet. you have signature cobbled streets

steve rosenberg in moscow, here in russia. steve rosenberg in moscow. thank— here in russia.issile launches, cruise and ballistic, have so far been observed in the battle for ukraine, but that russia hasn't yet captured any highly populated areas. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale assesses russia's military strategy, and what might come next. russia's armoured columns are still rolling, but they're also taking casualties. this, day two of their unprovoked invasion of ukraine — a sovereign, democratic country. russian units have moved in from multiple directions, from the north, east and from the south. their most significant advance so far is from belarus to the capital kyiv. russia now says it's captured the airport of hostomel, 20 miles to the north of the city, despite ukrainian efforts to retake it. russian troops have also now entered the suburbs of kyiv itself, in 0bolon, to the north of the city. they're also reported to be advancing from the east, but british military intelligence assesses that russian forces have so far made limited progress and they've been m

steve rosenberg in moscow. - table at the moment. steve l rosenberg in moscow. thank table at the moment. steve - rosenberg in moscow. thank you. let's cross back to james waterhouse for what is happening in the capital. last time we spoke to you, the air sirens were going for the very first time in the city. we now understand that police cars are driving around using loudspeakers to tell people to get off the sidewalks and into shelter. our people heating their words and going home? from our vantage point, we are quite central in the city. it seems to be very quiet. you have signature cobbled streets that winds through the historic part of kyiv, you have saint michael's cathedral there, the square in front, the traffic seems to be polite here. we have got reports of heavy traffic in more of the outskirts of the city, presumably as people try to get out. as you say, we have heard an air raid, an air siren go off twice now, and it is the way ukrainians hope they wouldn't hope they wouldn't be waking up this morning. the crisis has intensified over the last few da

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. >> steve rosenberg joins us now from moscow.en how forceful vladimir putin was in the speech, do you expect he will stop in that region? >> the problem throughout the whole crisis is that we don't know what his aim is. some people think that he could stop there. other people think he could go further. some believe that he is, his ultimate goal is to upturn the whole european security border. we don't know. interestingly, it was moscow that actually was behind the creation of these rebel publics in eastern ukraine around eight years ago, after they intervened militarily in eastern ukraine. president putin's official recognition of their independence really is a watershed moment i think because , first of all, it kills off, basically, the internationally recognized peace process in eastern ukraine that has been ongoing, hasn't got very far, but president putin himself recommitted himself to it just a few days ago. now how you -- now he has gone and recognized the independence of these republics. it also opens the way for western s

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.a: there has been a loud chorus of international condemnation, and data will convene a meeting of its 30 leaders--nato will convene a meeting of its 30 leaders on friday to discuss and accept after russia's invasion. president joe biden has announced harsh new sanctions along with the eu and u.k. targeting moscow's financial sectors, exports, and the country's elite. take a listen to what world leaders believe is at stake, starting with president biden. pres. biden: putin is the aggressor. putin chose this war. and now he and his country will bear the consequences. today i am authorizing additional strong sanctions and new limitations on what can be exported to russia. this is going to impose a severe cost on the russian economy both immediately and over time. we have purposely designed to maximize the long-term impact on russia and to minimize the impact in the united states on our allies. >> we will hold flesh accountable for this outrageous violation --hold russia accountable for th

that is jeffrey rosenberg's view.this seachange has unpredictable consequences on markets and to try to get your hands around them speech that noise." i would say an historic day but i'm not telling the truth. a historic 40 hours from london to frankfurt. thank you to manus cranny from london -- from frankfurt. all i can say today is stunning. stay with us on radio and television. this is bloomberg. ♪ jonathan: dear remember when everybody told you to ignore it? they got -- they're not ignoring it now. monster upside surprise on the payrolls report. "the captains the open" -- the countdown to the open" starts right now. >> everything you need to get set for the start of u.s. trading. this is "bloomberg: the open" with jonathan ferro. jonathan: we begin with the big issue. a totally unpredictable payrolls report. >> the january number. >> payrolls numbers. >> do not see the expected omicron impact. >> is a just omicron, final pair back in hiring. >> the labor market is extremely tight. >> you adjusting the biggest sick

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.d a new package of sanctions at an emergency meeting on thursday, which they said would have severe consequences on russia, but which some critics say didn't go far enough. and the us presidentjoe biden has announced new sanctions, on technology exports, banks and individuals, which he said would impose a "severe cost" on the russian economy. putin is the aggressor. putin chose this war. and now he and his country will bear the consequences. today i'm authorising additional strong sanctions and new limitations on what can be exported to russia. this is going to impose severe costs on the russian economy, both immediately and over time. we are purposely designing the sanctions to maximise the long—term impact on russia, and minimise the impact on the united states and our allies. let's cross live to washington now and speak to dr alina polyakova, president and ceo of the center for european policy analysis think tank. thank you forjoining us. we have spent some time watching this eu sum

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.denis 0swald, says the case itself still hasn't been decided — but it wants to see the team around the skater, investigated. is clearly a wish and decision of the aoc to examine all aspects of this case and improving the situation the entourage of the girl because you can imagine regular 15 would not do something wrong herself. so, yes, the entourage will be investigated. lets herself. so, yes, the entourage will be investigated.— will be investigated. lets talk with our correspondent - will be investigated. lets talk with our correspondent in - with our correspondent in beijing. we are getting more bits of information. 0swald saying part of the defence is that there was a mix—up the positive test with her grandfather's medication. you can imagine — grandfather's medication. you can imagine all _ grandfather's medication. you can imagine all eyes - grandfather's medication. you. can imagine all eyes will be grandfather's medication. mt, can imagine all eyes will be on that event. in ho

that is the claim from david rosenberg. tom: it is the other side of the coin.e going to have no dudley on, who is clearly in a different position. oh, dudley we do not have today. thank you for telling me that, amy. got two sides of the argument, and we are going to bring that to you through the entire week. blanchflower, rosenberg, others. they don't buy it. jonathan: we will catch up with patrick harker. i've got to ask and how useful the payrolls report will be for him on friday, how useful will it be when so many people are choosing to look right through it. lisa: and frankly, when inflation is their primary mandate, it sounds like they are buying into the story that is a very heated labor market. i do find it interesting, disco and back to the david riesenberg -- just going back to the david rosenberg place, do they feel like they are in a better place than they were? jonathan: consumer sentiment i think speaks loudly on that. my favorite tom keene line of the morning, "i'm not going to share what he told me. it was a private conversation. but this is what

steve rosenberg, bbc news, vladimir.analyst at the brookings institution. good to have you with us. welcome. picking up on that last point by my colleague, steve rosenberg, whether president putin will compromise. how do you think it looks? we hear about the deployments by the united states, for example, but the military might buy russians on the ukraine border.— military might buy russians on the ukraine border. there is no compromise — the ukraine border. there is no compromise possible. - the ukraine border. there is no compromise possible. either. compromise possible. either ukraine is in nato or it is not. on the point, i think putin will be pretty adamant. if what you mean is does he have to invade or will he be content with creating enough anxiety and fear in western circles that we perhaps rethink our concept for future our concept forfuture ukrainian membership in nato, yes, i think you might back. in fact, i don't know whether he ever really intended to. really? ever really intended to. reall ? ., ever really i

steve rosenberg, live in moscow. _ fatal mistake. ok. steve rosenberg, live in moscow.scow. never mind - fatal mistake. ok. steve rosenberg, live in moscow. never mind the i fatal mistake. ok. steve rosenberg, live in moscow. never mind the viewj live in moscow. never mind the view on the ground in russia, what about the rest of the world? leaders around the world have been expressing their outrage at the invasion and promising unprecedented sanctions against russia. the eu, which is holding an emergency summit this evening, called it a "barbaric attack" that threatened the stability of europe. borisjohnson said it was "an attack on democracy and freedom around the world." our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. four days, four weeks, western politicians played court to vladimir putin, doing what they could to pull the russian leader and his ministers back from the brink, but their diplomacy, their deterrence and phone calls failed. now the world must face the consequences of this man's defiance. it was, said the french president, a turning point in europe's

steve rosenberg, _ fatal error? 0k, steve, many thanks. steve rosenberg, live _ fatal error? 0k, steve, many thanks. steve rosenberg, live in moscow. - leaders around the world have been expressing their disgust and outrage at the invasion. the eu, which is holding an emergency summit this evening, called it a "barbaric attack" that threatened the stability of europe. borisjohnson said it was "an attack on democracy and freedom around the world". and this evening the us presidentjoe biden announced new sanctions, on technology exports, banks and individuals, which he said would impose a "severe cost" on the russian economy. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports on the global response. four days, weeks, western politicians paid court to vladimir putin, doing what they could to pull the russian leader and his ministers back from the brink. yet their diplomacy, the deterrence, their phone calls failed. now the world must face the consequences of this man's defiance. a burden that inevitably falls largely on this man's shoulders.— man's shoulders. putin is the aggres

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. first, our top story tonight.afghanistan, up to 80 million people are at risk for starvation including one million children. the former head of britain's armed forces has told the bbc it is time to accept the world -- the war has been lost and to work with the new taliban leaders to protect the afghan people. reporting from afghanistan now. >> just under six months after the taliban to park, afghanistan is facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. in cities like kabul, there is no actual shortage of food but people don't have the cash to buy it. as a result, up to 8 million people are facing starvation. the economy has simply collapsed. the west has frozen afghanistan's financial assets, nearly $10illion worth. and cause the taliban are still cast as a terrorist organization, sanctions have been imposed which means the country has run out of cash. >> difficult and challenging for the people. but they need us to help revive their whole economy and livelihood. that is not possible. >> this was a minister in

from russia, steve rosenberg reports.: the day began by the kremlin at the tomb of the unknown soldier. a song of respect for russia before difficult paloma c. she has only been foreign secretary five months. sergey lavrov has been at the job 18 years. >> we cannot ignore the buildup of over 100,000 troops on the ukrainian border. steve: on the situation in ukraine they were never going to see eye to eye. >> the conversation we had was like a deaf person talking to someone who was mute. we were listening, but not hearing each other. steve: it is moscow's military activity near ukraine that is causing concern in the west. like joint drills involving russia and belarus. mr. lavrov insisted russia has no plans for an invaon. >> we need to see those words from sergey lavrov translated into action of de-escalating and removing troops from the border. steve: how do you expect the russians to take that message seriously, when back home, there is a prime minister fighting for his survival and the russians know that very well? >>

steve rosenberg, bbc news.the pentagon said tonight that while the ukrainians are resisting effectively, putin has significant combat power at his disposal. for more on the military strategy, jonathan beale. >> the russians have made advances, slower than expected. their most significant gains have been in the south. one of russia's early objectives was to recreate a land bridge in crimea and make -- towards donetsk and luhansk. as of yet, they have bee able to take main cities in the northeast. like kharkiv. from the north, russian forces continuing their efforts to surround the capital kyiv. again, they meet fierce resistance. last week, russia claimed it had taken an airport, but british milita intelligence day said it is still held by ukrainian forces. western oicials believe the invasion so far is not going according to plan. laura: jonathan beale reporting. for more analysis, let's bring in retired brigadier general kevin ryan. welcome to the program. there are these satellite images tonight of this 17 mi

steve rosenberg bbc news moscow. jane: still lots of uncertainty ahead.e andrew and virginia giuffre, the woman who accused him of sexual assault, reached an out-of-court settlement in a civil case in new york. originally said he wanted to contest claims in front of a jury. there is no admission of guilt by the duke, who has always maintained his innocence. he has pledged to demonstrate his regret for association with the convicted sex trafficker jeffrey epstein by supporting its victims. the duke of york is to make a substantial donation to ms. giuffre's charity supporting victims' rights. reporter: f all the show a public defiance that he would fight the case in court, it was always thought by lawyers and others he would have to settle out of court, and that is what andr has done. without any admission liability, but with the promise of a substantial donation to virginia giuffre's charity in support of victims' rights. a statement filed to the civil court in new york said prince andrew never intended to malign ms. giuffre's character and established she

steve rosenberg, bbc news, vladimir. >> the view from vladimir the town.ghanistan, for the first time since the taliban seized power, some universities reopened, allowing female students in the classroom. will seconry schools rn anytime soon to girls? boys are allowed to go to school in afghanistan, but girls are not. it will change on march 21. many are skeptical. >> a few days ago, i was speaking to a leader from the taliban who insists on the 21st of march when the spring term opens, there will be movement on this front. i asked why it is taking so long. before the 15th of august, these schools were open. what is the problem now? even then, there were segregated classrooms. there are issues to sort. as far as transport from their homes to school. he also talked about technical issues about being able to pay salaries to the teachers. foreign funding that ran this country has stopped coming in. that has sent the economy into a crisis. an important thing he did say was an admission saying this is a conservative society. if we do things too quickly, our gov

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.e. sarah, the front line in russia's quarrel over the last eight years with ukraine has been where you are in the east, what is the picture looking like now?— in the east, what is the picture looking like now? that line could be movin: , looking like now? that line could be moving. but — looking like now? that line could be moving. but if— looking like now? that line could be moving, but if ukrainian _ looking like now? that line could be moving, but if ukrainian forces - looking like now? that line could bej moving, but if ukrainian forces have been battling pro russian, russian backed forces for the eight years and kept that line pretty much in place, now there militias are backed by the russian army. we know that they have rolled into some areas of they have rolled into some areas of the donbas, and we know that there is some heavy fighting going on along the contact line, as it is known, to the south of where i am now. we know there have been civilians killed today in one area, and

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.lle: we go now to ukraine, kyiv, our chief international correspondent. thank you for joining us this evening. vladimir putin sounding very uncompromising saying that he is prepared to use military force in getting the support of his lawmakers. i'm curious what the reaction has been from th government or you are. >> we don't need to hear from the government, we know what they will say. vladimir putinoday essentially making an ultimatum to ukraine saying you cannot join nato. you have to recognize that crimea belongs us and you have to demilitarized. he knows that this is something that ukrainians can never accept, that the international community can never accept and yet he keeps pushing on with plans that no one is certain how far he will go and in response what the west will do in reaction to his actions. we are getting a carer idea now with his recognition of those rebel held republics, ordering forces into the area. we are still waiting for confirmed signs of that. what can the ukr

our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg hamore.: the one sentence i found myself saying a lot in recent years is relations between russia and the u.s. have reached a new low. but yet again they get lower and lower and attention gets higher and higher until we get to where we are today with much amassing troops near the border with ukraine with a string of military exercises, demanding security guarantees from the west, and america sending troops to europe. what i have asked on here a lot is, what is vladimir putin planning? what is he thinking? is he planning a major escalation in ukraine? is he planning to dismantle european security order as it is? is he planning to carve out a new sphere of influence for russia? the reporters are supposed to have all of the answers, aren't we? sometimes you have to put your hands up and say i don't know. i don't know what the kremlin's aim is here. there has been so much speculation. all we can do really is to follow events on the ground, follow all the dipper medic activity, what is being sent

from moscow, steve rosenberg reports.as the kremlin's plan becomes any clearer, for months, pollutant cap the world -- putin kept the world in suspense. then invasion of ukraine. now of -- an appeal to topple the ukrainian government. >> take power into your own hands. i think it would be easier for us to deal with you than with the drug addicts and neo-nazis that have installed themselves in kyiv. steve: the state media is backing the kremlin's war. russia'foreign minister tried to justify it. mr. lavrov has put euphemisms aside. this is not a special military operation, is it? it's a full-scale russian invasion of ukraine. how can you possibly justify invading a sereign nation, your neighbor? >> in terms of euphemisms, we've a lot to learn from you anglo-saxons. you call the discussion of iraq a battle for democracy. russia will ensure the demilitarization of ukraine. steve: it's time, the west thinks, for sanctions against sergeyavrov and vladimir putin. their foreign assets are being frozen by britain and the eu. pers

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.r borisjohnson has condemned the harassment on monday of the labour leader sir keir starmer, near the houses of parliament. he was escorted to safety by police after shouts of �*traitor�* hurled at him, and someone can be heard shouting �*jimmy savile�* — taken to be a reference to the false accusation made by borisjohnson — that sir keir had failed to prosecute the late tv personality savile for child sex offences when he was director of public prosecutions. in his statement mrjohnson made no reference to the accusation despite calls from senior aides and party colleagues for him to withdraw it in full. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. this is not normal rough—and—tumble, but abuse and untrue accusations being hurled at the leader of the accusation — one false claim that he protected the paedophile jimmy savile. all shouting. keir starmer bundled to a police car. two arrests were made. it happened outside parliament, where, seven days ago, the prime minister made a false

steve rosenberg from the bbc has been _ people.has been reporting all week and it looks like — has been reporting all week and it looks like regular russians in russia — looks like regular russians in russia are not buying into the propaganda to the same extent putin anticipated band that may be one of his key— anticipated band that may be one of his key undoing is if his own people revott— his key undoing is if his own people revolt against this war. but looking at social _ revolt against this war. but looking at social media, the amounts of this information. — at social media, the amounts of this information, whether intentional or accidental— information, whether intentional or accidental coming out of ukraine, this fog _ accidental coming out of ukraine, this fog of— accidental coming out of ukraine, this fog of war and i have spoken about— this fog of war and i have spoken about is— this fog of war and i have spoken about is very much alive online. the photograph— about is very much alive online. the photograph of a woman who

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet, is in the capitalcting on the events of the past 2a hours. this crisis in ukraine has whipped up a storm that this crisis in ukraine has whipped up a storm that has gone right around the world but here in kyiv, look at the stunning skyline behind me. the mood is strangely calm but last night around this time when president putin had given his speech in which he basically said that ukraine was a fake country and shouldn't exist i heard ukrainian friends, ukrainian politicians using the word terrified for the first time, terrified of what could lie ahead and to the day today began as it often does with president zelenskiy saying to the west, what are you waiting for to take action? russian aggression is already here and now tonight ukrainian politicians are looking at the fine detail of those sanctions that are being imposed in one country after the other. president zelenskiy has called up president zelenskiy has called up reservists, saying it is not a general mobilisation, just for a special period, he

steve rosenberg, bbc news, vladimir.nior director of the center on military and political power at the foundation for defense of democracies. his thoughts on latest us troop deployment would be viewed as a threat by russia. i think they are zero threat to russia. nato is a collect of defence alliance. nato is not napoleon threatening russia, nato is not nazi germany threatening russia and putin knows it. as the chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff said, this is a situation entirely fabricated by the kremlin to try to coerce kyiv. it is based on a might makes right model where vladimir putin says i am more powerful than you, ukraine, i can tell you what to do and with whom to associate, so these are prudent steps the biden administration is taking to send a clear message that the united states will honour its article five nato commitments, but will not send combat troops to ukraine. instead they are sending six shipments, already, of defensive weapons to ukraine so ukraine can defend itself. so what do you think would be

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.former us assistant secretary of state for european and asian affairs. i asked him just how serious a situation it was now that biden has asked american citizens to leave ukraine. vladimir putin could launch a full—scale war against ukraine. it would look like scenes from world war ii. it doesn't mean that vladimir putin will do this, it means he can, he might, he's threatening in the biden administration is properly warning americans. it would rather warn them and have nothing happen, then failed to warn them and have them caught in a full—scale invasion. now, putin may not invade. this may be his attempt at coercive diplomacy to intimidate the ukrainians by the threat of war. but we cannot rule out a full—scale war. signs are not great. i5 full-scale war. signs are not areat. , ., ., , ., ., ., great. is a former diplomat to the administration, _ great. is a former diplomat to the administration, what - great. is a former diplomat to the administration, what kind| the administration,

steve rosenberg there. drop in the number of cases recorded. on average 116,990 cases were recorded each day in the last week. hospital admissions have also fallen, with an average of 11,555 patients being treated in hospital, over the last seven days. 158 deaths were reported in the latest 24—hour period, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test, although some will have died of other causes. on average this week, 147 deaths were announced every day. our health editor hugh pym is here. it's a big day on monday, with an announcement on the future of covid restrictions in england — what does this data point us towards? well, reeta, a group that is part of the age group of experts has published predictions today suggesting a continued fall in hospital admissions by early march, perhaps to half, and are continual fall in daily deaths, and the government think that this is a bright background to the set of announcements planned on monday, borisjohnson has already indicated that further legal r

steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk.ttawa, have cleared a main protest site near parliament, which had been occupied by demonstrators for over three weeks. they've defended the use of pepper spray and stun grenades, saying officers faced aggressive resistance from protesting truck drivers. for their part, the demonstrators — who object to covid manadates — claim the police were heavy—handed. dozens of people have been arrested. downtown residents, we're focused on your safety. we are not going anywhere until you have your streets back. we are aware of protesters leaving the parliamentary precinct moving to surrounding neighbourhoods. we are working with our partners and we will remove these protesters peacefully from your area. this operation is still moving forward. it is not over and it will take more time until we have achieved our goals. well, earlier i spoke to sean 0'shea, of canada's global news, who was at the protests in ottawa and described the events that took place earlier. todayis today is the second day of

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ccused russia of blocking its access to the sea as russia prepares for naval exercises next week amid spiralling tension in the region. six russian warships equipped for amphibious landings have arrived in the crimean military port of sevastapol. some have travelled all the way from russia's bases in the baltic to reach the black sea. the map released by the ukrainain navy shows the areas of sea they allege are being covered by the planned maneuvres. while not formally a blockade, it could severely limit routes for ukrainian shipping, including cutting the straights of azov between crimea and russia. the naval drills do not occur in isolation. thursday saw the start of 10 days ofjoint military excercises between russia and belarus. and images collected over the last 48 hours by satelitte company maxar technologies have shown additional military buildup on ukraine's eastern border, stretching to ukraine's south in russian—annexed crimea(, as well as near ukraine's northern border with b

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ssian forces have captured and air base, apparently, on the outskirts of the city and the disused chernobyl nuclear plant. the white house said it is alarmed by a credible report of hostages at chernobyl following rusher�*s invasion of ukraine. putin is the aggressor. putin chose this war. and now he and his country will bear the consequences. today i'm authorising additional strong sanctions and new limitations on what can be exported to russia. this is going to impose a severe cost on the russian economy, both immediately and over time. we have purposely designed the sanctions to maximise the long—term impact on russia and minimise the impact in the united states of our allies. impact in the united states of our allies-_ our allies. well, for many ukrainians _ our allies. well, for many ukrainians their _ our allies. well, for many ukrainians their worst - our allies. well, for many i ukrainians their worst fears became a reality on thursday morning, just about 2k hours ago, as they

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the eu in announcing new sanctions against russia's central bank. individuals and businesses are banned from making transactions with the bank, its finance ministry and its wealth fund. it comes as the energy giant shell announced an end to itsjoint ventures with gazprom. russia has more than doubled its interest rate to 20% in an attempt to prevent a futher fall in the value of the rouble, that's taken a big hit over the last week. our economics editor, faisal islam, has more on the economic impact of the sanctions. on british forecourts tonight, the putin premium for petrol. the record average price of over £1.50 per litre arising from the spike in the price of crude oil, a by—product of the russian invasion. the economic impact seen today across russia, though, was very much intended — western financial sanctions leading to a slump in the russian currency and fears about the stability of major banks. the uk and japanjoining in efforts from the us and eu to prohibit trade with russi

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. stay with us on bbc news. a look at the mood in ukraine's capital, from our correspondent who is in care. —— in kyiv. first, the plates slipped gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb on a remote pacific atoll. the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier and so, my heart went - bang, bang, bang! the constitutional rights of these marches are their rights of the citizens of the united states, and they should be protected, even in the right to test them out, so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy — i don't know you want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up when you get the states? well, it bothers me, yes, i but i hope everything will be all right in the end of

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's take a look at some other stories in the news. people have died and ii are missing after a spanish fishing boat sank off the east coast of canada. three crew members have been rescued, and efforts to find more survivors are continuing. spain's prime minister pedro sanchez said he was following the rescue operation "with concern". the police chief in the canadian capital, 0ttawa, has resigned over his handling of protests against covid vaccine mandates. peter sloly has faced growing criticism from residents angry that parts of the city have been brought to a standstill for nearly three weeks. �*the world's most trusted gunmaker�* — that is the advertising slogan of the oldest gun manufacturer in the us, remington arms. but the company has, for the first time, been held liable for the mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut, where 26 staff and students were killed by a single gunman in 2012. remington has reached a settlement with some of the victims' families, who argued that the weapon used by the 20—year—old

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.n 15 january, a volcano located nearly 65km north of the capital erupted. the sheer scale of the explosion was unprecedented. nasa said it was hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima during the second world war. tonga was covered in ash and power lines were damaged, severing its connection from the rest of the world. tsunamis triggered by the eruption destroyed houses and threatened people's livelihoods. the international community sent aid supplies to the disaster—struck nation to help with the recovery effort. but the aid effort was complicated in part due to tonga's strict covid measures, and ash cloaking a key runway. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, my colleague karishma vaswani spoke to tonga's prime minister siaosi sovaleni. we were at home that night. and that explosion was nothing — i mean, i haven't heard something like that. it was terrible, but at the same time, you know, all of a sudden, it was nightfall. just like in 20—30, to half

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.th america correspondent, david willis, with more on those talks between biden and scholz. president biden went as far as to say if russia were to invade ukraine, there would be, as he put it, "no longer any nord stream 2 pipeline". america has been long opposed to the project, and this meeting at the white house today seems pretty crucial as far as establishing germany's position to the package of economic sanctions that the united states and europe are looking to unveil. today, 0laf scholz didn't go as far as mr biden in actually specifying what would happen to nord stream 2. he said he would put all options on the table, but he wouldn't get into specifics. when he was asked how he would actually bring an end to the nord stream 2 project in the event of a russian invasion, mr biden wouldn't go into specifics. but the german leader did express, however, germany's strong commitment to economic sanctions, which is just what the united states was hoping to hear. germany has been criticis

here's our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg.the west — don't push russia. president putin summoned his military chiefs and gave them an order. translation: top officials of leading nato countries i are making aggressive statements about our country. therefore i'm ordering the ministry of defence and the chief of the general staff to put the strategic nuclear forces on special alert. would putin really use them? he practised a week ago, overseeing exercises of russian strategic deterrence forces. typically unsubtle hints to america and nato not to stand in his way over ukraine. today's special alert, more presidential muscle flexing. across from the kremlin, muscovites gathered on a bridge to remember boris nemtsov, the putin critic gunned down right here seven years ago. for vladimir, this was a day for remembering a friend and condemning the war. this is not russia's war, not a war by the russian people or ukrainian people, this is yet another military adventure, military crime by an unelected, unaccountable, authoritarian and

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.o consta nze stelzenmuller, who's a senior fellow in foreign policy at brookings institution. she's in washington. serghei marghiev attempt to saying it was like a conversation with a deaf person and liz truss responding in kind —— serghei marghiev attempt to. how difficult is this language when it comes to europe and russia?— europe and russia? good evening- _ europe and russia? good evening- it _ europe and russia? good evening. it seems - europe and russia? good evening. it seems to - europe and russia? good evening. it seems to me | europe and russia? good - evening. it seems to me that russian diplomats have been uniformly bruised and rude to all of the european diplomats they've encountered. remember that in the press conference between president macron and vladimir putin, putin actually lied to the president by saying that russian mercenaries in mali were not supported by the russian government and the world knows the truth is otherwise, so liz truss did not get treated any diff