york of the criminal investigations by the city of new york, and that anything that donald trump says or doesn t say, whether he takes a bit, whether he refuses to testify in this civil investigation, could prejudice the criminal investigation, therefore they want all of this to be put on hold until the criminal investigation is done. thejudge did not agree the criminal investigation is done. the judge did not agree with that, however it is fairly certain that donald this higher up the legal chain and try to get all of this put on hold until the criminal investigation is done. ., , until the criminal investigation is done. ., done. communities across the southwest done. communities across the southwest ring done. communities across the southwest ring in done. communities across the southwest ring in an - done. communities across the southwest ring in an south i done. communities across the - southwest ring in an south wales are bracing themselves for the full force of one of the
power cuts and major travel disruption. in the rest of the country, there is an amber warning for wind across much of england and wales, also less severe alerts for wind and snow in much of scotland, the north of england and northern ireland. are science editor, rebecca morelle. storm eunice hasn t yet hit, but it is already making its presence felt. in weston super mare, the floodgates are shutting. ready for whatever the weather will throw at them. but also preparing ahead in st ives. irate weather will throw at them. but also preparing ahead in st ives. preparing ahead in st ives. we have not our preparing ahead in st ives. we have got our flood preparing ahead in st ives. we have got our flood defence preparing ahead in st ives. we have got our flood defence boards - preparing ahead in st ives. we have got our flood defence boards that i preparing ahead in st ives. we have| got our flood defence boards that go on the front the pub. with sandbags behind them. hopefully we ll st
the next few days. it s quiet right now but you only have to walk through these trenches in the middle of what used to be a holiday village to realise that, for all the talk of the risk of conflict, this country is already at war. still, western leaders are warning that russia plans to escalate. every indication we have is they are prepared to go into ukraine, attack ukraine. so volodymyr zelensky had a shout out for the navy today, too. he s trying to keep the nation calm under immense pressure, including from those hinting ukraine will have to make concessions to pacify russia. i just want to understand from you if ukraine is in any way ready to drop its ambition ofjoining nato? it s not ambition, we lost 15,000 people, yes, you know, from the very beginning of this war. it is not ambitions, it isjust our life.
in kyiv, at the end of thisjourney, in a city that feels weary with the endless speculation about war, i met vitaliy and his wife 0lga with their two day old baby. translation: we can t be sure there won t be another putin - tomorrow who will want to create chaos, but i think peace - will prevail and we will do - everything we can to create peace. translation: we need to think about a better life, especially now when we have such a miracle in our arms. we can t think about bad things any more. they ve named himjaroymr. it means peace , a name given out of the hope that remains constant here and further north in the quiet towns and villages closer to the border, despite the nervousness about the days to come.
it s just a pause in what remains a very tense situation. major khomenko grew up in a border town, his father served in soviet times. now his task is to help keep moscow out of ukraine. translation: the independence of ukraine is enshrined in all our documents, it is in our constitution. as a military man i need to protect this. we drove south along the road towards kyiv, to hear the voices of those who must live with the attention of these days. the tension of these days. this is slavutych, a soviet model town built after the nuclear disaster at nearby chernobyl in 1986. a place where evacuated workers and their families could start life again and where they know the cost