the hosts were leading going into the closing stages, before this penalty from simmonds saw the chiefston park. exeter are up to fifth whilst newcastle stay in eleventh. ulster are up to second in the ultimate rugby championship after beating the dragons 12 points to 0. the game was played in tough conditions but a a couple of tries from the away side, including this one from john andrew saw them over the line. dragons stay second bottom after their seventh defeat in nine this season. amir khan has hinted at retirement after admitting his defeat to kell book last night could be his last. the two former world champions finally fought in front of a packed out manchester arena and it was brook who got the victory in the sixth round, with the referee stopping the contest, to settle one of the most bitter and long—running feuds in british boxing. afterwards, khan said he's concerned about taking any more "harmful punishment" and wants to spend more time with his family. i'v e i've done more than i ever expected to do in boxing, maybe i peaked too early in my career. 17, was at the olympics,

this is bbc news with samantha simmonds. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines. in a phone call with ukraine's leader, president biden says he'll respond �*swiftly and decisively�* if russia invades the country. more than a dozen countries tell their citizens to leave ukraine — over 100,000 russian troops remain at the border. canadian police say they've removed the covid restrictions protest which has blocked a key bridge to the us. 13 people are injured after a mezzanine floor collapses at a pub in east london. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. i'm joined by thejournalist daisy mcandrew, and the broadcaster matthew stadlen. tomorrow's front pages. starting with. .. the daily mail�*s headline is �*frantic 48 hours to save europe from war�* as western allies continue to fear an imminent russian invasion of ukraine. the daily telegraph says borisjohnson is urging vladimir putin to �*step back from the brink�*, insisting there

this is bbc news with samantha simmonds.t biden says he'll respond �*swiftly and decisively�* if russia invades the country. more than a dozen countries tell their citizens to leave ukraine — over 100,000 russian troops remain at the border. canadian police say they�*ve removed the covid restrictions protest which has blocked a key bridge to the us. 13 people are injured after a mezzanine floor collapses at a pub in east london. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

well earlier, my colleague samantha simmonds spoke to sir mark lyall grant — former uk ambassador to a former national security adviser. she asked him if at this stage, there was any hope for a diplomatic breakthrough. i think it's important that there is still diplomacy going on, and i don't think that we should just assume that a conflict is inevitable. all the signs are that president putin hasn't taken a final decision on exactly what he's going to do. there were a number of military options that he has at his disposal, including a full—scale land invasion, marching to kyiv, but his other options short of that, and also non—military options that he has too. i think it's important that diplomacy continues. you mentioned the various talks that have been happening today and in the last couple of days, and i think chancellor schultz of germany is planning to visit moscow next week. it's important to keep those lines of diplomacy open at the same time as preparing for the worst and making clear that there will be very severe consequences for russia if they do engage in the military ag

this is bbc news with me, samantha simmonds.pond "swiftly and decisively" if russia invades the country. more than a dozen countries tell their citizens to leave ukraine. over 100,000 russian troops remain at the border. canadian police say they have cleared the covid—restriction protests which had closed a key bridge to the us for almost a week. 13 people are injured after a mezzanine floor collapses at a pub in east london. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. i'm joined by thejournalist daisy mcandrew and the broadcaster matthew stadlen. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the daily mirror's front page — the "world holds its breath" as russia massed its troops along ukraine's border. "countdown to war" is its headline. the times reports how western leaders will make a last—ditch for diplomatic talks as fears of an imminent russian invasion of ukraine continue.

nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmonds is in moscow and nbc foreign correspondent matt bradley is in ukraine, 25 miles from the russian border. good morning to you both. matt, let me start with you there along the border in ukraine. what is the feeling right now about whether this may be imminent, despite all of the talks and the potential for this summit between biden and putin, which still is a long way off, what is the feeling among the ukrainian people on the ground and ukrainian officials about whether and when this may happen? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, willie, it is a good question and something i have been talking about ever since i got here a month ago. it is really remarkable the massive disconnect between what we're hearing internationally from washington and we're seeing on the ground. yesterday at this hotel where i'm staying at, again, 25 miles from the border, there was a massive children's dancing competition in the hotel. so about 700 children from all over ukraine, their parents felt like they could drive them to within 25 miles of the border with

i wonder if maybe keir simmonds could address this. do ukrainians think this counts as an invasion and are they expecting the united states and nato allies to move with the severe penalties that we've been promising for weeks? >> reporter: i think you can be sure that the zelenskyy government believes it is an invasion. i think whatever words you use, the debate over what words to use will be watched by the kremlin, and they will see that as cracks in the alliance, in the western alliance. i think there's another thing to reflect on too and it is pretty stunning frankly, which is that if president putin had done this, had sent openly russian troops into this area of european ukraine just a year ago, a few years ago, there would have been complete outrage. now we are looking at debates over what levels of sanctions there should be. now, i'm not suggesting which kind of sanctions there should be, what actions the take. the west has very, very few options. one example why that is no one did anything about germany's dependence on russian g

we want to turn to nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmonds in moscow.r, for weeks the world has wondered will vladimir putin do it and if he does it how will he do it. we learned last night, yes, he is happy to cross that line and that he has gone big in the early hours here. >> reporter: that's right. just picking up on what richard was saying there, the kremlin spokesman just now briefing russian journalists and he has just said that russia's goal is to, quote, neutralize ukraine's military potential. so question marks through the morning about exactly what the russian aim is here. clearly we need to take these things with a pinch of salt because, bluntly, there have been so many lies. right now demitri peskov saying it is the goal. i suppose you could say it appears to fit with what is reported by correspondents on the ground like richard that it is military targets that are being hit. in fact, on russian television military leaders are telling the russian public and have been telling the russian public that all morning. russians woke up here, willie

weekend, but plenty of rugby on, as exeter edged past newcastle in the premiership after a late joe simmondslster are up to second in the united rugby championship after beating the dragons 12—0. the game was played in tough conditions, but a a couple of tries from the away side — including this one from john andrew — saw them over the line. and finally... we've already had one hat—trick for celtic this morning — how about another? on paper, well, it's perfect. left foot. right foot. header. however, new zealand's meikayla moore did just that at the shebelieves cup against the usa. the only problem? they were all own goals — and all inside the first 36 minutes of play. 0h, oh, dear! she had actually scored the first two within six minutes, and then when the third went in her manager, surely out of sympathy rather than anything else, decided to substitute her. the liverpool player was then comforted by her team—mates on the bench. ican imagine i can imagine it is a hard time for her~ _ i can imagine it is a hard time for her. , . it is i can imagine it is a hard time for her-_ it is a _ i can