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attacks. and we re days away from the winter olympics, and china just reported more covid infections. we ll have a live report from beijing. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, in just a matter of hours the u.n. security council will gather for an urgent meeting as tensions along the border between ukraine and russia show little sign of easing. the meeting, the latest push for a diplomatic solution to the crisis amid fears russia is planning to invade ukraine. the american ambassador to the u.n. says the u.s. is ready to listen but will not be distracted by what she called russian propaganda. and while efforts to stop further escalation push on, the british foreign secretary offered this stark assessment. we think it s highly likely that he is looking to invade ukraine. that is why we re doing all we can through deterrence and diplomacy to urge him to desist. ukraine s foreign minister als ....
buildup on the border continues. we ll bring you a live report from kyiv. plus, more information on north korea s latest missile test, its 7th this month. we re live in hong kong with the details. and the winter olympics are just around the corner, but the covid case count among olympic personnel is growing. we ll bring you the latest out of beijing. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. and we begin with a new push for diplomacy as tensions between russia and ukraine remain high. the u.n. security council will convene in the hours ahead with the u.s. ambassador saying this meeting will offer russia another opportunity to find a diplomatic way out of the crisis. this comes as more than 100,000 russian troops remain massed near ukraine, intensifying fears of a possible invasion. the british foreign secretary had this stark assessment. we think it s highly likely that he is looking to invade ukr ....
we ll have the latest in a live report from hong kong for you. plus, facing the music, major artists forces spot identspotify to clamp down on misinformation. but does it go far enough? announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. hello, everyone. welcome to the show. it is monday, january 31st, and we are now just hours away from an urgent meeting of the u.n. security council as tensions between ukraine and russia show really little sign of easing. the u.s. sees this meeting as an opportunity for russia to explain its intentions for massive military buildup, but also an opportunity to find a diplomatic way out of a crisis. have a listen. we re going to go in the room prepared to listen to them, but we re not going to be distracted by their propaganda and we re going to be prepared to respond to any disinformation that they attempt to spread during this meeting. ukraine s foreign ministers also pushing diplomacy saying it s the only res ....
and career. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. glad you could join us. it s newsday. glad you could join us. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7:30am in pyongyang, where north korea s state television is reporting that officials are considering a missile attack on the us territory after donald trump up his rhetoric dramatically over north korea s nuclear ambitions, saying pyongyang would be met with fire and few we threatens the us. mr trump spoke after a washington report cited us official said north korea had produced a nuclear warhead small enough to fit inside its missiles. let s have a listen to his comments. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal state, and as i said they will be met with the fire and fury and, frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never ....
now, it s time for welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. there are writers of world renown whose reputation rests on one great book. there are others who write more prolifically, but always in the same territory. and then there s my guest today. margaret atwood s output fizzes with energy, diversity and experimentation. she s best known for her novels, the handmaid s tale, the blind assassin, oryx and crake. but she s written poetry, blog fiction and, this year, a superhero comic book, too. she has a worldwide legion of fans. so what keeps her creative juices flowing? margaret atwood, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. ijust referred to your prolific and diverse output over many years. but you ve just done something you ve never done before. you ve taken on adapting shakespeare. and you ve always said shakespeare is pretty much your favourite author. so how daunting was that? very, very daunting. first of all you knew that you were going to get a lot of people saying th ....