we are liable morning at one of the many community organisations where people are desperate to offer practical help and support and above all solidarity with the people of ukraine. the sporting sanctions continue for russia. football s governing bodies fifa and uefa have suspended them from all competitions until further notice. the biggest railfare rise in nearly a decade. millions of train passengers in england and wales face a big jump in ticket prices this morning. i ll have all the details. a cold and frosty start to the day across england, northern ireland and scotland. maintaining turning heavier during the day. all the details throughout the programme. the rain turning heavier. it s tuesday 1st march. our main story. president zelensky has condemned
ukraine. it was due to be played in the gazprom arena at the end of may and the decision will be made to move the showpiece event to another venue. the fifa president says a decision about potential sporting sanctions will be taken in due course. in fact, he now confirmed russia s world cup 2022 play off game against poland is being reviewed as a matter of urgency. the polish, czechoslovakian and swedish federations wrote to fifa, is a game that should not be played back, citing the military escalation and lower safety. russia is scheduled to host a play off semifinal against poland on march 2a in moscow for the right to also host the winner of a meeting between the czech republic and sweden for a place in qatar. ukraine are in a separate pool with scotland, wales and austria. wales and austria. regarding the football wales and austria. regarding the football matters - wales and austria. regarding the football matters in - wales and austria. regarding the football matters in both l
russia should be excluded from the world cup. they cannot take part in and that should apply across all of the international sporting bodies, from chess, swimming which they are hosting later this year and everything else. while they undertake such a barbaric and illegal invasion in ukraine, they will become the pariah state when it comes to sporting and cultural events. . comes to sporting and cultural events. , , ., ., ,, comes to sporting and cultural events. , ., ,, ., events. interesting you talk about that to see events. interesting you talk about that to see whether events. interesting you talk about that to see whether that - events. interesting you talk about that to see whether that will i that to see whether that will actually happen. we are keeping a close eye on the changing sporting sanctions. also claims about ofcom wanting to investigate russia today. dipping a step should be followed in the uk? dipping a step should be followed in the uk? do you think these st
quickly as possible. ensuring they can all get home as quickly as possible. you touched on the sporting quickly as possible. you touched on the sporting sanctions. quickly as possible. you touched on the sporting sanctions. they - quickly as possible. you touched on the sporting sanctions. they are i the sporting sanctions. they are things that affect russia. i went to the world cup a few years ago and that was very important to vladimir putin personally and the russian people. why do you think fifa has taken a step that has taken on said russia can still take part in the world cup qualifiers but under a different name and whether different flag? latte different name and whether different flan ? ~ . different name and whether different fla ? . ., , different name and whether different flan ? . . , , different name and whether different flan? ., , , flag? we have seen sporting bodies takin: their flag? we have seen sporting bodies taking their time flag? we have seen sporting bod
has been announced just. the shipping giant mersk put it do you get a sense of where support is in the russian population for the president and what he s doing in ukraine, as all of these economic and financial and cultural and sporting sanctions start to squeeze the country? it’s sporting sanctions start to squeeze the country? the country? it s a difficult question the country? it s a difficult question to the country? it s a difficult question to answer - the country? it s a difficultl question to answer because the country? it s a difficult - question to answer because it s such a vast country. the people you are getting their information from state television don t really know what is going on in ukraine. they might have a particular set of opinions. 0thers a particular set of opinions. others who have access to independent media are horrified by what they are seeing we have seen a small but significant protest, it s difficult for people to do that here but the fact they