new political leaders. ukraine s ambassador to britain urges allies to stand with them. that urges allies to stand with them. is our message to parties, that is our message to international parties, if you would like to help us and you can find the nerve and this point, we are fighting ourselves anyways. the world health organization s european director says it s plausible the region s moving towards a kind of pandemic endgame . former british conservative party government minister nusrat ghani says she was sacked from herjob because of her muslim faith. the government chief whip says the claims are false. the taliban meet civil society groups and women s rights activists in norway, in an attempt to access to billions of dollars frozen in us banks. 50 years ago this month, paratroopers shot dead 13 innocent civil rights marchers in northern ireland. it is forever known as bloody sunday. peter taylor analyses what happened. this programme contains scenes some viewers may find
the taliban meet civil society groups and women s rights activists in norway, in an attempt to access billions of dollars frozen in us banks. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk government says it has intelligence suggesting russia is plotting to install a pro moscow leader in ukraine. it says there s a very significant risk, that russian forces will invade the country. president putin has already sent tens of thousands of troops to ukraine s border, but moscow is now accusing the uk, of spreading disinformation . with the latest, here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. in california, fresh supplies of american weapons destined for ukraine. others, including britain, also sending equipment. hardly enough to defeat an invading russian army, but the message to moscow is clear, if you do this it will come a price. but now the foreign office says it is seeing signs of a russian plan to install a puppet government in kyiv after an
hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says it s completely unacceptable that some patients are waiting up to 13 hours in a&e. in an exclusive bbc interview, he paid tribute to the hard work of staff, but said the problems of high demand were not unique to the nhs in england. our health editor hugh pym has more. nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a&e units since records began more than a decade ago. jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said that the problems of high patient demand were not unique to the nhs and all leading health systems were grappling with the same challenge. he said there was no silver bullet. i think it s wrong to suggest to people that these profound cha