that russia may give to justify invading ukraine and prevent them from moving. the president said his assessment was based on significant intelligence. mr biden s comments came after a phone call with other world leaders, including borisjohnson, who is heading to the munich security conference later with a message that there is still a chance to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. the view of downing street is that the uk continues to reserve judgement on whether russia has decided to invade ukraine. the white house says the transatlantic leaders are united in their determination to continue pursuing diplomacy, while preparing to impose swift, co ordinated economic costs on russia should it choose further conflict. vladimir putin has again insisted that large scale military exercises close to the ukrainian border are purely defensive and don t represent a threat to any other country, but western intelligence suggests that a further 7,000 troops have arrived on the border in recent
rest of today, cancelling a simply red concert that had been postponed by the pandemic. the band had said it is tragic for the music industry after all the disruption of the last few years. they have been engineers on site today, but those are custom fabric panels, so it is unclear how long it will actually take to repair this building. long it will actually take to repair this building. vincent, thank you. we will keep this building. vincent, thank you. we will keep you this building. vincent, thank you. we will keep you up-to-date - we will keep you up to date with that operation and bring you some of the other main stories today. us presidentjoe biden has said he is convinced vladimir putin has decided to invade ukraine and an attack could happen within days. it is as the prime, minister, borisjohnson prepares to address world leaders in germany today, where he is expected to say there is still a chance to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. our north america correspondent peter bowes
borisjohnson has returned his questionnaire about allegations of downing street lockdown breaches to the metropolitan police. around 50 people received the document, which has the same status as information given in an interview under caution. the prime minister has previously said he didn t believe he had broken any rules but apologised for the things we simply didn t get right. more than 17,000 chain store outlets shut cross britain last year according to new research. the figures, which include big household names like debenhams and the arcadia group, also reflect the closure of restaurants, banks, hairdressers and gyms. researchers say the findings demonstrate the rise of online shopping and the impact of the pandemic. the biggest shift has been a shift to online. that doesn tjust affect retailers, so things like clothing retailers, so things like clothing retail and grocery retail shifting online, but it also affect services. so if you have the we have fewer bank branches on ou
president biden about having - president biden about having significant intelligence that an attack could happen within days. but he is also saying, as is boris johnson who is talking in munich today, that there is room for diplomacy. there s still time to talk this through. diplomacy. there s still time to talk this through. typically, if the president of talk this through. typically, if the president of the talk this through. typically, if the president of the united talk this through. typically, if the president of the united states . talk this through. typically, if the i president of the united states says he believes that vladimir putin has decided to launch an invasion, and that kyiv would be targeted first as part of that invasion, that would be alarming to people. but remember this has been a way that people expected an attack on wednesday. in regards to this security conference in munich, we can expect western leaders, including borisjohnson, leaders, including boris j
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