sirens drone. a citywide curfew has come into effect as people head to basements and bomb shelters in brace for another night of attacks. i just saw one explosion lighting up the night sky, and throughout the day we've had the blaring of air raid sirens warning people that explosions and attacks were to come. hundreds of thousands are desperate to leave. chaotic scenes at one railway station in the west, en route to neighbouring poland. this is hard to credit, to believe, in the europe of 2022. people are just crushing all around me trying to get onto these trains. we will also hear about international condemnation of russia's invasion with protests taking place around the globe. and we will consider whether russian banks could be cut off in the global payment system. more leaders are