been forced to put a number of games on hold due to the pandemic. there's been a number of outbreaks at clubs and calls for some quarters for the league to take a break completely. the covid outbreak with spanish team real madrid is also grown. the club says four players have tested positive. baltic and central european leaders have told an eu summit that the bloc is under assault from russia on �*multiple fronts'. the latvian prime minister identified russian disinformation, energy prices and russia's deployment of troops close to its border with ukraine. the kremlin denies it's planning to invade ukraine. comedians, from dave chappelle in the us tojohn cleese in the uk, have spoken out about cancel culture — the practice of cancelling, or publicly expressing disapproval or putting social pressure on people. in an interview with the bbc, mr cleese addressed this topic. he's in asia for a new comedy tour in the region. he spoke to me earlier.