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Senior government figures believe President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine despite the West’s attempts to ease tensions, The Times writes.

Prince Charles’ charity is at the centre of a police investigation, amid cash-for-honours allegations at the Prince’s Foundation.

US President Joe Biden has said he doubts Russian claims that it is withdrawing some troops from the Ukraine border, The Times reports.He has also warned President Putin that America will “rally the world” to punish Russia if it invades its neighbour.

Boris Johnson is hopeful that diplomacy can still prevent war between Ukraine and Russia, The Times reports.

International leaders will make a last-ditch effort to prevent war in Ukraine amid warnings a Russian invasion could come “any day now”, The Times reports.

President Biden’s national security adviser,
Jake Sullivan, has said the US had “reason
to believe” that Russia could invade
Ukraine “any day now” and before the
end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing
next week, according to The Times.

The Times writes there is now a “scramble” for a new Metropolitan Police chief after Cressida Dick’s abrupt resignation. 

Boris Johnson is expected to be among
50 people in Downing Street who will
be questioned by police over lockdown breaching
parties, The Times reports.

The prime minister has been warned by MPs that his plan to clear the NHS backlog is “not ambitious enough” after conceding that waiting lists would rise for another two years, The Times reports. 

Conservative MPs have said that Boris Johnson has endangered Sir Keir Starmer after protesters ambushed the Labour leader outside parliament and accused him of protecting Jimmy Savile.