Hello and welcome, the white house says an invasion of ukraine is imminent, the Ukrainian Government think the imminent nature of the threat is over dramatised, the Russian Foreign ministry suggest there is yet room for diaologue, despite the fact their main demands over ukraine have not been met. It is a high stakes game of cat and mouse, but the cat is wily and an instinctive predator which is why the nato members are twitchy. So here are the main developments on ukraine today. The german government, under considerable pressure from nato allies, have hardened their position regarding sanctions. We have made it clear that further military action against ukraine will have massive consequences for pressure. It is on this basis we are working on a strong package of sanctions in case of further aggression in the full range of responses are available including. The Russian Foreign Ministry Said the best way to reduce tensions was for nato to withdraw its forces from eastern europe, again i
Data on a key question today. How do current vaccines hold up to the new variant . And heading to kentucky. President biden arrives in kentucky. He arrived in kentucky moments ago to see the Tornado Devastation firsthand. Lets begin with the congressional investigation into the attack on the u. S. Capitol. The Justice Department now must decide whether to pursue a prosecution of mark meadows. The house voted last night as we know to hold the former Trump White House Chief Of Staff in Criminal Contempt Of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the Panel Investigating the insurrection. Meadows is now the first former member of Congress Held in contempt since 1832. The vote was mostly along party lines with liz cheney and Adam Kinzinger as the only republicans voting with democrats on this. Before the vote, the January 6th Committee shared more revealing Text Messages from unnamed that unnamed lawmakers sent to meadows as the siege unfolded in realtime. Lets get to Paula Reid In Washingt
Tornado hit. The girls got in to the bathtub in preparation for the tornado doing everything that they should. But the family was about to be thrown in to the air with a force that nothing could stop. And tragically anniston, the 9yearold of the Three Sisters didnt survive. Her two sisters miraculously did. 7yearold avalyn on the left, hours later, described to her aunt what it felt like. She said yes, i was flying around in the tornado. I prayed to jesus to take care of me. He spent me out. The tornado spit me out in to the minus. Martha incredible story of that family and this little baby, oakland, two months old made it through the weekend, but she passed away monday. Succumbing to her injuries. They think she had a stroke in the middle of this. We tell you these stories so we can remember these little ones and also to impress on you the shear unbelievable force of this historic tornado that our country is in the process of recovering from. You have 100 people that are still missing
Migration is not a problem of the middle east. Not a problem of north africa. Not a problem of europe and of greece. It is a problem of the world. At least 1a people have been killed after a volcano erupts on the indonesian Island Ofjava for The Second Time in less than a year. Good afternoon. The rules around travelling into the uk have been tightened again in a bid to control the spread of the new omicron variant of covid. The British Government says the move is necessary because of an increase in cases of the strain which are directly linked to foreign travel. Anyone arriving into the uk from Tuesday Morning will need proof of a negative covid test taken within 48 hours prior to depature they will also need to take a pcr test before the end of their second day in the uk and will have to self isolate until they receive their negative test result. But the Travel Industry has strongly criticised the move with one industry executive saying, the introduction of Pre Departure Testing with
Also in the programme we report from yemen as the war reaches a turning point. Houthi rebels are gaining ground in the seven year conflict a war thats caused shocking levels of suffering and forced many into makeshift desert camps. The people here are suffering because of the fault lines that run right through the middle east. And barbados has spent its first day as a republic with a president not the queen as its Head Of State. Well be live from the capital. Theres evidence the Omicron Variant Of Covid was present in europe days before International Travel restrictions were introduced and before it was first reported by south africa. A lot to show you on the pandemic. Lets start with bbc Health Correspondent laura foster. We had thought that the first cases came to the netherlands over the weekend, but it now transpires that there were two test samples between the 19th and the 23rd. Why am i telling you those dates . Thats because south africa reported its findings, which started this