February 18, 2022: Ukraine shelling, Canada protest, Trump, children to testify, Cuomo, Storm Eunice

February 18, 2022: Alarm as east Ukraine, Canada protest, Trump, children to testify, attorney general probe, Storm Eunice

1. Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels reported increased shelling in eastern Ukraine for a second straight day, an escalation that Washington and other Western allies say could form part of a Russian pretext to invade.

2. Canadian police are poised to clear out hundreds of truck drivers from Ottawa who have staged a three-week-long protest against pandemic restrictions that has crippled the capital and prompted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to assume emergency powers for the first time in more than 50 years.

3. A New York judge ruled that former U.S. President Donald Trump and two of his adult children must answer questions under oath within 21 days in the state attorney general's civil probe into their family company.

4. A New York state trooper who has accused former Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment sued Cuomo and a top aide on Thursday, stating that she was subjected to discrimination and retaliation after making the allegations.

5. An Atlantic storm battered Britain and Ireland with record winds of up to 122 miles per hour, knocking out power for tens of thousands of people, forcing planes to abort landings, uprooting trees and ripping off roofs across the land.

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