the russian for peace. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: ukraine's ambassador to the uk has told the bbc that his country may contemplate dropping any ambitions ofjoining nato, in order to avoid military conflict with russia. police have cleared the remaining protesters blocking a key bridge between canada and the united states, after a week of disruption. we're now into the second week of the winter olympics in beijing. hosting a global sporting event is often seen as an opportunity for countries to project power and influence. and these games are no different. in the context of the ongoing covid pandemic and allegations of human rights abuse, the chinese authorities will be hoping the games can help them