welcome to newsday it s 8am in singapore, and 7pm in washington, where the us state department has ordered eligible family members of its embassy staff in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, to leave. it said there were reports that russia was planning significant military action against ukraine and urged us citizens to leave the country now, using commercialflights. us secretary of state antony blinken has promised a significant response if moscow invaded its neighbour. later on monday, european union foreign ministers are to discuss ukraine at a meeting in brussels. here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. in california, fresh supplies of american weapons destined for ukraine. hardly enough to defeat an invading russian army, but the message to moscow is clear if you do this, it ll come at a price. but now the foreign office says it s seen signs of a russian plan to install a puppet government in kyiv after an invasion, pro russian politicians, in contact with russian
mindfulness to the west. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to newsday. it s 9:00 in the morning in singapore, and 8:00 in the evening in washington, where the us state department has ordered eligible family members of its embassy staff in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, to leave. it s also advised americans against travelling to russia. it said there were reports that moscow was planning significant military action against ukraine and urged us citizens to leave the country now, using commercial flights. us secretary of state, antony blinken, has promised a significant response if moscow invaded its neighbour. later on monday, european union foreign ministers are to discuss ukraine at a meeting in brussels. here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. in california, fresh supplies of american weapons destined for ukraine. hardly enough to defeat an invading russian army, but the message to moscow is clear if you do this, it ll come
thousands mourn the late vietnamese monk and peace activist thich nhat hanh, who s credited with bringing mindfulness to the west. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday stop welcome to newsday its seven in the morning in singapore and six in the evening in washington where the us secretary of state has said it is too soon to impose stricter sanctions against russia for its hostile stance towards ukraine. antony blinken said the deterrence value of the measures would be lost if they were triggered prematurely. it comes as yevhen murayev a former ukrainian mp dismissed an allegation from britain that the kremlin is planning to install him as the head of a russian puppet government in kyiv. an adviser to the ukrainian president said the british allegation needed to be taken seriously, but downplayed the status of mr murayev within the country s political scene. here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. in california, fresh supplies of a
peter singer, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. it s good to be with you again. it s great to be here and have you here with me, and partly the reason is because you ve written an updated, rewritten version of that book you almost five decades ago, animal liberation. it s called animal liberation now. is the publication of this update recognition that your call, your demand for a new relationship between humanity and all the other creatures on this planet, that that call failed? well, it failed to achieve what i had hoped it would achieve and what i believe ethically it needs to achieve, that s true. it didn t totally fail because there is now an animal rights movement which is a powerfulforce in many of the countries in the world and many people kindly credit my book as having triggered or inspired that movement. and that movement has had some achievements in some countries, i wouldn t deny that, but if we look at it globally, there are more animals in factory farms t