it for more than a day, really, since landing home. and it hasjust been very confusing, and just heartbreaking since the news broke, so even returning home, didn t really have the chance to celebrate the metal whatsoever. lewis hamilton says he is ready to attack again ahead of the new formula 1 season, which starts next month. speaking at the launch of mercedes s new car on friday, the seven time champion admitted that he had a difficult time coming to terms with last season s title climax when he controversially lost to max verstappen on the final lap of the abu dhabi grand prix. the race director, michael masi, who was removed from his position, this week, failed to follow the the rules correctly late on after the safety car had been on the track. obviously took time to digest what had happened, which is, ithink, still difficult to fully understand everything. but to come back stronger, you know, what doesn t kill you makes you stronger. so i ve
vincent, what s the latest? we saw some really striking pictures of the damage injames s report. good morning. well, you can see the full impact of storm eunice s 80 mph winds in east london on the o2 arena, formerly, of course, the millennium don t. in the past few minutes we have seen and heard more of the roof tearing. if you have never visited this site in the last 20 years, it is essentially a giant tent structure with a fabric roof. inside, at the centre, there is a 20,000 seat arena which is enclosed, but all the way around the outside is essentially an open street to that roof, which has restaurants and shops. now, it is the shopping section where the roof has torn. they were, as you say, around 1000 people in there yesterday. they heard a loud bang and had to be evacuated. the emergency services declared it a major incident, but thankfully no one was hurt. but the building had to close, and it will, we understand, remain closed for the
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 7000 troops have arrived on the border in recent days, and field hospitals have been spotted close to the divide between the two countries. there is also increased activity in the separatist held east of the country, with sirens wailing in the city of don yet, local leaders have claimed ukraine is about to attack and that women and children are being evacuated to russia donettsk. but western allies say it is russian backed misinformation to try and justify a full on invasion of ukraine.