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 europ
raducanw a fitting end to a fairytale year we ll look back on a that remarkable victory in the us open with teenage tennis star emma raducanu. i would never have expected it, but i would never have expected it, but i am just i would never have expected it, but i am just really grateful. all the hard i am just really grateful. all the hard work i am just really grateful. all the hard work that i ve done at some point hard work that i ve done at some point in hard work that i ve done at some point in my hard work that i ve done at some point in my life just all paid off in such point in my life just all paid off in such a point in my life just all paid off in such a great year. good morning. i cold and frosty start, a lot of cloud with brighter breaks. is it going to be a white christmas? it might be for some. details later. good morning. it s monday, the 20th of december. our main story. downing street has defended the prime minister, after a photograph showed
following spain s world cup triumph a fortnight ago. he says it was consensual. she says it was not. rubiales has resisted calls to resign. on monday, we ve seen three key developments. meetings have been held with two separate organisations to discuss his conduct and future. spanish news agency efe have reported his mother is staging a sit in hunger strike at a church. and spanish prosectors have now opened a preliminary investigation into rubiales conduct. we can cross to madrid and join our correspondent guy hedgecoe. what more can you tell us? the latest development was that announcement that the prosecutor will investigate mr rubiales for that kiss to see if there is evidence of a case they can be brought against him in a court of law for sexual assault. now this is just preliminary, but it is potentially significant for mr rubiales, and he s facing so much pressure on so many different fronts at the moment. there s also that spanish sports tribunal meeting today which
of the match rachin ravindra, who hit the winning runs on his world cup debut to condemn england to a thumping nine wicket defeat. england have plenty more games to redeem themselves in this 10 team tournament. disappointed. we were completely outplayed, but the first thing that springs to mind is whether you do lose by a run or a defeat like that, it is one loss at the start of a very long tournament, so i think thatis very long tournament, so i think that is what i will be encouraging everybody to remember. it was certainly a tough loss to take, we were outplayed, but we have a lot of experienced guys in the room who have been through lots of things and have been through lots of things and have face to face like that before. suggest if we had won the game we don t get too high, and we won t get too low as well. the england football manager, gareth southgate, has recalled aston villa striker ollie watkins for their upcoming games against australia and italy at wembley. watki