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say truth to all the world. - so the band is already hugely popular with ukrainians, including those now living abroad as refugees. the hope is that on eurovision night, they�*re going to win over the rest of europe with their music and give their country a big morale boost. and with politics always playing a part in eurovision votes, ukraine is already the favourite to win this year�*s contest. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. martine will be with you at top of the hour with the one o�*clock news. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. it feels cold because of the strength of the wind. on the picture we can see this swirl of cloud, an area of low pressure, it has brought pretty hefty downpour, wintry showers for some and on the back edge of that low a cold north or
or the bbc news app. now i'll hand you back to martine in london. our top story this lunchtime... the government's national insurance increase starts to hit many pay packets from today — to fund health and social care. coming up: all large restaurants in england will have to print calorie information on menus from today — but not everyone is happy with the idea. coming up on the bbc news channel... final preparations are under way for the start of the masters tomorrow, with all eyes on tiger woods, who says he does intend to play in the first men's golf major of the year. the biggest reform to divorce law in 50 years has come into force with no fault divorces becoming
counting the cost of storm malik, with another powerfulfront, threatening more homes, in scotland and northern england. remembering the dead of bloody sunday. 50 years on, after 13 were killed by the british army, in londonderry. manchester united footballer mason greenwood has been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault following allegations on social media. our sports presenter jane dougal gave this update. well, just a few hours ago, martine, greater manchester police confirmed that a man in his 20s had been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault and the bbc understands
i'm afraid at times putin feels very sad about that soviet union going and doesn't really care about the self—determination of those countries that were in those days satellite countries of the soviet union. lord west. manchester united footballer mason greenwood has been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault following allegations on social media. our sports presenter jane dougal gave this update. well, just a few hours ago, martine, greater manchester police confirmed that a man in his 20s had been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault and the bbc understands that this man is in fact the manchester united striker, mason greenwood, and his arrest follows allegations on social media. it is thought that greenwood remains in custody for questioning and inquiries are ongoing and, in a statement, greater manchester police said that they had been made aware of social media images and videos, posted by a woman, reporting incidents of physical violence. this update comes after manchester united suspended
this is going on, the kremlin is continuing to intensify its efforts to control the narrative, to suppress dissent. the radio station moscow echo, which the authorities took off there are a couple of nights ago, has now announced it is going to close. meanwhile, this morning the authorities have yet again warned citizens not to take part in anti—war protests, reminding them that participation in such demonstrations could result in up to eight years in prison.— eight years in prison. jenny hill in moscow. much _ eight years in prison. jenny hill in moscow. much more _ eight years in prison. jenny hill in moscow. much more from - eight years in prison. jenny hill in moscow. much more from me - eight years in prison. jenny hill in moscow. much more from me at| eight years in prison. jenny hill in i moscow. much more from me at six o'clock this evening, but now it's back to you, martine, in london. thank you very much. here in the uk, 15 british aid agencies have launched a joint fundraising appeal to help ukrainians affected by the russian invasion. the government says it will match every pound donated up to £20 million. but it's notjust charities that
the ground. the table but most of all here on the ground-— the ground. lyse doucet, many thanks, reporting _ the ground. lyse doucet, many thanks, reporting from - the ground. lyse doucet, many thanks, reporting from kyiv. i well, here in the west of ukraine from where i've been reporting for the last two weeks, the situation remains relatively calm. but still there are nightly air raid sirens, roadblocks, sandbags and boarded up windows — all signs that nothing anywhere in this embattled country is normal at all. well, that is all from me and the team here in lviv. now it's back to martine in the studio in london. reeta, thank you very much. later today, the government will publish the long—awaited online safety bill. from hate speech, to fraudulent adverts, revenge porn to child abuse material, ministers say it will bring an end to big tech regulating itself and for the first time impose a duty of care on platforms. but some critics fear it could pose a threat to privacy and freedom of speech. angus crawford reports. overwhelmed, quite nervous, shocked. mostly just confused about why it had happened to me.
to our british comrades that are helping us. back in western ukraine, people's sense of security is shaken by the russian attack. here, heading for an air raid shelter amid fresh alarms. translation: before, - it was something we only saw in the media, but finally it has affected us as well here, as sad as that may sound. the attack here in the west is an escalation, but it's not a surprise. it's weapons coming across the border from poland that have helped ukraine to mount a stiff resistance, and this is a signal from russia that it intends to expand its campaign and to try and stop the shipment of those weapons. fergal keane, bbc news, near yavoriv military base. my colleague yalda hakim, is in the city of lviv in western ukraine. martine, thank you, and as fergal was saying there,
leaders are saying as many as as fourin leaders are saying as many as as four in ten people are not keeping their appointments, and downing street acknowledges part of that is because so many people are actually catching covid and having to put their boosters off. —— martine. as their boosters off. —— martine. as the pandemic persists, so do the political challenges. borisjohnson clearly doesn't like to follow scotland, wales and northern ireland down the road of further restrictions, which is why i think he is using part of his new year message to want people to getjabbed otherwise they could end up in intensive care. but chris hopson, in charge of nhs trusts, says, they will have to be prepared to increase restrictions as the number of older people seriously ill in hospital begins to spiral. if he does do that, then borisjohnson could be on a collision course with many of his own mps when parliament resumes next week. but there are also challenges for labour. in his new year message, keir starmer is saying he will set out in detail labours plans for the country next year. the challenge is
this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm martine. our top stories... scientists cautiously welcome uk studies suggesting that the highly—contagious omicron covid variant is milder than previous versions. britain's health secretary warns that the sheer number of infections could still lead to hospitals being overwhelmed. we do know with omicron that it does spread a lot more quickly, it's more infectious than delta, so any advantage gained from reduced risk of hospitalisation needs to be set against that. new south wales proposes to charge unvaccinated people for covid medical costs — the doctors�* union says it's unethical.