forces along the flanks but ukraine s president is far less alarmed than president biden who warned an invasion may be eminent. today president zelensky said he understands the situation better and the situation isn t worse than what ukraine has seen in the past. in russia today russian foreign min stir lavrov said he doesn t see room for compromise and russia would not let the rights to be trampled but doesn t want war he insisted. the u.s. boor ambassador to moscow said the actions say something else. if i say i come in peace and put a gun on the table, that s threatening. that s what we see now. reporter: what comes next? the diplomatic efforts continue.
russia and the us continue a war of words over ukraine amid a warning about possible cyber attacks in the uk. social distancing rules are lifted in wales as limits on numbers in pubs and restaurants are scrapped and nightclubs can reopen. british sign language is on course to becoming a legally recognised language in england, which would see it being more widely used and promoted. and questions over the timing of a positive covid test used by novak djokovic to enter australia. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news.
pressure on borisjohnson from his party to delay april s rise in national insurance but ministers says it s needed to fund health and social care. russia and the us continue a war of words over ukraine amid a warning about possible cyber attacks in the uk. social distancing rules are lifted in wales, as limits on numbers in pubs and restaurants are scrapped and nightclubs can reopen. mps have backed plans to make british sign language a legally recognised language in england. and questions over the timing of a positive covid test used by novak djokovic to enter australia. hello and welcome to bbc news. there s confusion around the publication of the civil servant
he has been banking on western weakness, that the nord stream 2 would go ahead, because the west needs energy supply and didn t think the germans would be willing to delay the start of that pipeline. briefly, what would you rate the percentage chances of conflict in ukraine? ii ~ percentage chances of conflict in ukraine? .i ,, , ukraine? yeah, i think it is difficult to ukraine? yeah, i think it is difficult to say. ukraine? yeah, i think it is difficult to say. we - ukraine? yeah, i think it is difficult to say. we have i ukraine? yeah, i think it is- difficult to say. we have heard some statements from vladimir putin s most hawkish security officials over the weekend, including the head of security council in russia. he is the most hawkish russian official. but even he said russia doesn t want war and the idea that russia is threatening ukraine is absurd. but
there is a distinct possibility that russia might invade ukraine next month. it comes as uk businesses and organisations are being urged to boost their defences in case cyber attacks linked to the conflict over ukraine have an impact here. our diplomatic correspondentjames landale explains the situation. the russian foreign minister said this morning that russia doesn t want war and if it is up to them, but the troop build up continues. the us ambassador said that is the equivalent of man putting a gun on a table and say let s talk peace. the rhetoric is there but the diplomacy continues as well. president macron of france spent an hour on the phone to president putin and he will talk to president zelenskiy who spoke to president biden last night and the german foreign minister spoke to our foreign minister and is talking to her russian counterpart. so talks are continuing. that is the first point.