despite strong opposition. people in northern ireland prepare to mark the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday, when british soldiers opened fire on a civil rights march. in the uk, two people die including a nine year old boy after being hit by falling trees during storm malik. and in the us, a fierce snowstorm hits the northeast of the us bringing high winds and flooding in some areas. hello and welcome to bbc news. britain is considering sending hundreds more troops to bolster the defences of nato allies in eastern europe amid the build up of russian forces on ukraine s border. the prime minister, borisjohnson says he s ordered the armed forces to prepare to deploy across europe next week. russia has massed. around 100,000 troops, as well as tanks, artillery and missiles near ukraine s border, but denies it plans to invade the former soviet republic. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale reports. britain already has more than 800 troops in estonia as part of nato
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. britain is considering sending hundreds more troops to bolster the defences of nato allies in eastern europe amid the build up of russian forces on ukraine s border. the prime minister, borisjohnson says he s ordered the armed forces to prepare to deploy across europe next week. russia has massed around 100 thousand troops as well as tanks, artillery and missiles near ukraine s border, but denies it plans to invade the former soviet republic. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports. britain already has more than 800 troops in estonia as part of nato s response to reassure allies after russia s invasion of crimea in 2014. now, borisjohnson says he is considering doubling that number in the baltic state and sending more military hardware, including long range artillery rockets, to bolster the defences on nato s eastern flank. rafjets based in cyprus could fly nato air policing missions over bulga
fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uk s biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames water s 15 million customers they won t lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. ministers are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewage. certainly, up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, but there s a lot of infrastru
few spots of rain left over here and towards the north west of the uk the weather is beginning to deteriorate. another band of rain starts to move its way and across scotland and you can see the rain working into western counties of northern ireland right now and that rain will continue to edge its way in over the next few hours but that still leaves large areas of wales, the north midlands, northern england, eastern scotland, with glorious weather and plenty of sunshine and for many of you it continues to be pretty mild. temperatures 14 17 for england and wales, about 12 13 for scotland and northern ireland, temperatures a bit closer to average for the time of year. overnight quite a bit of cloud, a few mist and fog patches, a few patches of light rain and drizzle here and there as well but not desperately cold, temperature is about 9 12. tomorrow, a changeable kind of weather day. this is a band of rain, cold front, that will be bringing wet weather across northern ireland,