this is bbc world news. i'm anjana gadgil. our top stories: president zelensky urges world leaders to speed up their military support for ukraine, in the fight against russia. there is no alternative to speed because it is speed that life depends on. five former police officers in the us plead not guilty to murdering the young black man, tyre nichols, last month. his mother demands justice. i want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they haven't done that yet. they couldn't even do that today. rescue teams pull three people out alive from under collapsed buildings in turkey, almost a fortnight after the quakes that killed

more than 16,000 people. bulgarian police make four arrests, after 18 migrants, including a child, were found dead in a truck. a qatari consortium bids to buy manchester united. a british businessman has already put in a rival offer. and the latest marvel superhero movie sets out to conquer the us box office over the presidents day weekend. hello and welcome to bbc news. president zelensky has called on western allies to speed the delivery of weapons to ukraine. addressing world leaders, who gathered in germany for the annual munich security conference on friday,

he warned that dithering and delays also posed a threat to their country's security. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in munich and he sent us this report. ukrainian troops on the front line in bakhmut. a moment to rest and eat before the next russian assaults. their fate top of the agenda for world leaders gathering in munich. a chance for them to hear once again from — well, you know who. he wants more tanks, he wants more ammunition, and he wants them fast. there is no alternative to speed, because it is the speed that the life depends on. delay has always been and still is a mistake. this is part of what he is talking about. ukrainian troops being trained how to use western air defence systems to protect their skies. france's president appeared

to heed president zelensky�*s call, telling the conference russia must not and could not win the war. translation: we need to intensify our support. to increase our effort and in order to help ukrainian people so that ukraine itself can launch a counteroffensive. but what of germany? its chancellor urged nato allies to deliver the battle tanks they had promised ukraine. but... translation: we will continue to strike a balance _ between providing the best possible support for ukraine and avoiding an unintended escalation. caution must take priority over hasty decisions, and unity over going it alone. that caution is a source of frustration in kyiv. the western ministers here assured me their tanks, their artillery shells will arrive in time for any russian offensive.

many lives depend on them being right. james landale, bbc news, in munich. also at the conference, the german chancellor olaf scholz said to allies that it would be wise to prepare for a long war. i've been speaking to michael o'hanlon, director of research in foreign policy at the us thinktank, the brookings institution, about whether those comments might mean a change in nato policy. well, i'm afraid that the chancellor may be correct. i don't see a trend line that makes me think this is gonna suddenly go one way or the other. i guess the good news is i don't see any acute threat to ukraine developing from the russian mobilisation orfrom vladimir putin's of stubbornness and the ongoing willingness to throw soldier after soldier into the meat grinder this war has become. but the bad news is, you know, we're not sending that many new weapons to ukraine right now, it's taking a while for them to get there, ukraine is outnumbered in this war, they only have so capacity to conduct multiple, simultaneous offences

and russia still sits on i7% of their territory. so, when i put it all together, i think there'll be back and forth movement to some extent this upcoming fighting season, spring and summer, but i don't expect change from the basic reality of a stalemate and then we're going to have to see, let's say, towards the end of the summer if that can create the conditions necessary for negotiation or for an even longer haul. we heard volodymyr zelensky just there, saying that dithering could potentially pose a threat to other european countries. do you think he has a point? well, i understand why he says that. i don't blame him for saying that. the word �*dithering' is a little dismissive of a western effort that's already pumped $100 billion into his country in the last 12 months and the pace at which we've helped the ukrainian military arm itself to a higher level of technological sophistication is really without precedent. so, it's not dithering. the tank decision may have been a little slow but, you know, it's gonna take some time to train people on these systems and the same thing would be true for aircraft. so i understand him wanting

to create a sense of urgency but if he creates a sense of false, unrealistic expectation, that could be dangerous as well because i think what we're going to have to recognise is even if we did accelerate the delivery of more tanks or some attack helicopters or longer—range missiles, chances are this is still gonna be a long, slow grind. so, the german chancellor also told the conference that leopard tanks will be arriving in ukraine soon. how much difference will they make to the ukrainian offensive? i would say, notionally speaking, ten or 20%. that's a little bit of an imprecise figure but i guess what i mean by that is if ukraine was going to win back, you know, 500 square kilometres of territory without the tanks, maybe it wins back a few hundred square kilometres more with the tanks — it's that sort of thing. i mean, we'll have to see, and i like the idea that we're signalling this resolve, starting with britain and also now the united states and germany and other countries like poland, but it doesn't really change battlefield realities that fast. ukraine's already had tanks. they had a lot of t—72 tanks last year.

those tanks aren't as good and they wore out, but it's not as if any one weapon is gonna be the silver bullet. michael o'hanlon. five former police officers in memphis, tennessee, have pleaded not guilty to second—degree murder and other charges in the case of tyre nichols. mr nichols — a young black man — died in hospital three days after being beaten in memphis last month. videos showed the officers repeatedly kicking and punching mr nichols after he'd fled a traffic stop. the five officers, all out on bail, entered their not—guilty pleas during an arraignment hearing in shelby county criminal court. tyre nichols�* mother made this statement outside the court. i know my son is gone, i know i'll never see him again, but we have to start this process ofjustice right now. and i want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they — they haven't

done that yet. they couldn't even do that today. they didn't even have the courage to look at me in my face after what they did to my son, so they're going to see me at every court date, every one... exactly. ..until we get justice for my son. lj abraham is regional director of the equity alliance an advocacy group for black rights. she has been co—leading and planning the protests and has been telling me more from memphis about what needs to change right now in memphis, i think that it starts down with our entire police force. the unit that stopped him, the scorpion unit in particular, is a part of a larger unit called the multi—agency gang unit and the organized crime unit. those need to be dismantled. those largely are derived of unmarked cars and plainclothes officers and they usually don't identify themselves as officers until they're too late.

in this case, when it came down to tyre, they were uniformed but they were still aggressive and they still had those practices that they learned in the mgu and the ocu, so i think as long as we can try to get a hold on these rogue units, and thenjust the policing in general, like, reform, i think that would be a huge problem solved for the citizens of memphis. so, you're organising and planning protests on the ground there in memphis. what form are these protests taking? we've been pretty peaceful for the most part — i mean, there's been no burning of buildings, there's been no windows knocked out. the one — we've done two major things so far. so, we did shut down the i—55 bridge that connects memphis, tennessee, to west memphis, arkansas, and we then did take over an intersection that was close to the prison that people are — not the prison but the jail that people are normally taken to when they are first arrested

for their crimes here in memphis. we've also been doing things that included going to city council meetings and going to county commission meetings and asking them to make changes and pass ordinances that would make memphians safer. tensions must be running high, though, lj, so how do manage to you keep it peaceful? what do you say to people? we literallyjust let them know that, like, there are things that we can do to reform the police here in memphis and i think these reforms that we're trying to make here in memphis would spread across the united states because policing is not only a problem here in memphis, it is a problem systematically with black people and police across the united states. so, if we can get these ordinances passed that we're asking for, like dismantling the multi—agency gang unit, the organized crime unit, stopping pretextual stops — traffic stops, which consist of people being pulled over for headlights being out or tags being expired, that would kind of eliminate

some of the issues that we're running into now, where people are put into positions to where they might be put in a place of danger when it comes to policing in memphis. lj abraham. let's get some of the day's other news: six people have been shot dead in mississippi in the united states. the sheriff of tate county says the killings were in various locations and a suspect is now in custody. the victims were all in the small community of arkabulta. the shooter's former wife was one of the victims. police in the city of karachi in pakistan have retaken control of their headquarters, hours after it was stormed by pakistani taliban militants. seven people died in the attack. some reports say the attackers were wearing police uniforms. the pakistani taliban said they carried out the assault. iran has seen its most widespread anti—government protests in weeks, after crowds took to the streets of numerous cities, including the capital tehran.

"woman, life, freedom" and "death to khamenei" — a reference to iran's supreme leader. the protests mark the 40th day of mourning for two men who were executed on protest—related charges. the united nations has said they faced unfair trials based on forced confessions. a spy at the british embassy in berlin, who sold secrets to russia, has beenjailed for more than 13 years. thejudge in london said david smith, a former security guard, had wanted to damage the uk's interests. the prosecution told the court that he was motivated by his support for president putin of russia, and hatred for britain rescue teams pulled three people alive from under collapsed buildings in turkey on friday, 11 days after an earthquake that has killed more than 16,000 people. the disaster has left millions homeless, and sparked a huge relief effort. hundreds of syrians living in turkey returned home for the first time since the earthquake hit yesterday,

as simon jones reports. against all odds, extraordinary stories of survival and hope. in southern turkey, a man in his 40s is rescued alive, spending 278 hours under the debris. earlier in hatay and other success but these rescues are becoming rarer by the hour. the main task now is to clear away the rubble. any rescue operation instead a recovery one. hundreds of syrian refugees who once fled the conflict in their own country are now queueing to get back into it. this is a rare crossing point from turkey into syria and people here say the life they once had in turkey has been left in ruins. translation: , ., , translation: everything was destroyed- _ translation: everything was destroyed- i — translation: everything was destroyed. i have _ translation: everything was destroyed. i have lost - translation: everything was destroyed. i have lost my - translation: everything was destroyed. i have lost my four| destroyed. i have lost my four brothers. we have nowhere else

to say and that is why we are living. to say and that is why we are livina. .,, w ., living. those returning face an uncertain _ living. those returning face an uncertain future. _ living. those returning face an uncertain future. in _ living. those returning face an uncertain future. in the - uncertain future. in the north—west, a football stadium provides shelter for those who have lost everything. translation:- have lost everything. translation: after the earthquake, _ translation: after the earthquake, there - translation: after the earthquake, there were | earthquake, there were after—shocks and we no longer felt safe staying in our houses because they were destroyed and cracked. we were afraid for our children. right now the 10th of the safest thing. you have seen how many families we have lost and how many houses have been destroyed. and how many houses have been destroyed-— destroyed. bank intake, this sensitivity — destroyed. bank intake, this sensitivity but _ destroyed. bank intake, this sensitivity but it _ destroyed. bank intake, this sensitivity but it shows - destroyed. bank intake, this sensitivity but it shows at. destroyed. bank intake, this| sensitivity but it shows at the moment the earthquake struck. in the city of kata, this rock was broken into, assign of the power of nature that has claimed thousands of lives and disrupted millions more. simon jones, bbc news. this is bbc news. the latest headlines:

president zelensky has urged world leaders to speed up their military support for ukraine in the fight against russia. five former police officers in the us plead not guilty to murdering the young black man, tyre nichols, last month. his family are demanding justice. bulgarian police have arrested four suspects in connection with a deadly incident of human trafficking. 18 people have been found dead in an abandoned truck in bulgaria, near the capital sofia. police believe they were asylum seekers from afghanistan, being smuggled into europe illegally. a little earlier i spoke to our reporter sofia bettiza, who's been following the story. so, on friday, bulgarian police found an abandoned truck in the village of lokorsko, which is near the capital sofia, and they discovered a gruesome scene with bodies scattered on the grass and on the vehicle. now, that truck was transporting 52 migrants who were hiding in a compartment under some wood. police believe that they were all from afghanistan and they were being illegally smuggled to serbia.

now, 18 people have died and one of them was a child, and bulgaria's health minister has said that the cause of death was suffocation — too many people in a small place. we have a clip from him. translation: the people locked in the truck died due _ to a lack of oxygen. they were freezing and wet. they had not eaten for several days and they had injuries on their bodies. sofia, do we know what happened to the smugglers? so, once they realised that people inside the truck had died, they ran away and left everyone there. now, police say that they made four arrests and they also said that 3a people survived, including five children. they've all been taken to hospital but some of them are in a critical condition. bulgaria, of course,

has struggled for a long time to cope with migrants who are coming illegally from the middle east and from afghanistan. that's right. bulgaria is located on a trafficking route that migrants use to get to the european union from turkey. now, they don't necessarily want to stay in bulgaria — many of them want to move onto richer countries. but, you know, if we look at what happened on friday, this is believed to be the deadliest accident involving migrants in bulgaria. you know, similar tragedies happened a few years ago — you remember, in the uk and in austria — but the timing of this is significant because the number of asylum seekers who are trying to get to the eu from the west balkans is going up. and, infact, earlierthis month, the eu introduced new, tougher measures to protect its external borders. the video game industry was worth £4] billion

to the uk economy in 2022, but there's another country punching above its weight in the sector. finland made £2.8 billion in that time, despite having a population 12 times smaller than the uk. our gaming correspondent steffan powell has been to its capital find out why when you think of the cities of the world that are hotbeds for innovative technology, you're probably imagining silicon valley or tokyo. you might not be thinking of this place. but it is these streets here in helsinki, a cityjust the size of glasgow, that has some of the most innovative, influential and successful mobile games companies in the world. this place is home to some of the best games talent out there. it is the birthplace of world—famous games like the original snake, angry birds, and clash of clans. it is where netflix chose to set up its first internal games studio. so how has this happened? i think we are just generally

very interested in technology. we have this ability of, and it is in the culture, that we can try and then we can fail and then we can try again. you don't have to worry about failing. and when you don't have to worry about failing, you are obviously much braver. we have a social security network so we don't actually have to mortgage your own house if you want to start a company. and also the government is supporting gaming companies a lot. more than 30% of the developers who work in the games sector here have moved to live in helsinki from around the world. and there is an organisation whose job it is to attract them. where are people coming from? i think they are coming from all the places, america, from europe, of course it is the easy way of moving around in europe, but from everywhere, from the states and asia, so there is no limit. helsinki is known for its work—life balance. we don't have those money incentives for many things but actually you get more here because, yes, we have maybe less salaries than in silicon valley but you don't have to pay for the schools so you don't have to pay for the health insurance and everything like that is covered so actually you have more money

in your pocket. success stories like super cell, the studio behind clash of clans, have also been helped to grow by a heritage of mobile technology expertise that dates all the way back to nokia phones in the 1990s. expertise that is still paying off, all these years later. steffan powell, bbc news, helsinki. a consortium led by the head of one of qatar's biggest banks has submitted a bid to buy manchester united. it's the second bidder to have confirmed making an offer before yesterday's deadline, after ineos, a company owned by british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe, also made a bid. the value of the offers isn't yet known but it's understood the current owners, the american glazer family, are asking for more than £5 billion. here's our sports news correspondent andy swiss. it is one of the biggest clubs in world foot all and it might

soon have a new owner. among the bidders for manchester united, this man, sheikh jassim bin hamad al thani, the boss of one qatar of�*s biggest banks. in a statement he said the consortium plans to return the club to its former glories, both on and off the pits, and will seek to please the fans at the heart of manchester united. qatar has become increasingly influential in world foot all after hosting the men's world cup last year. but as than some fans have expressed concerns over the country's human rights record. another confirm bidder is sirjim ratcliffe, one of britain's august man who owns the petrochemical company ineos and has already invested in a number of sports. manchester united's fans have long protested against the current owners, the american glazer family announced last year they would consider selling the club. now the battle to buy it is firmly under way. andy swiss, bbc news.

the latest superhero film from marvel, ant—man and the wasp: quantumania, is projected to earn $100 million in north america over the four—day presidents' day opening weekend. the star paul rudd has been in the uk promoting the movie, and was pranked by fellow actor olivia colman, as part of a radio segment entitled agony ant—man. welsh accent: if your friend had also a brief trip, - but over to, let's say, america, and they went and saw that friend and they had a cup of tea together, would you be offended if they didn't do the same back to you? i, personally, if it is me, absolutely not. i tend to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. reveal yourself, please. hi, paul, it is olivia colman. it's olivia colman! god, you really can do every accent, can't you? i think you will find

the welsh listeners are going "what the hell was that?" i've been speaking to los angeles based entertainment journalist kj matthews about the film. very, very up—to—date. this is what they are saying. for the three—day weekend, friday, saturday, and sunday, slightly over $100 million at the box office. that it is what it's expected to do. if you include monday, because remember we have a holiday — a federal holiday, here, in the states, called president's day — friday, saturday, sunday, and monday, you will get somewhere between $100 and $125 million. if it even breaks $100 million, it will be doing better than the first ant—man, from 2015, and ant—man and the wasp from 2018, which did something like $76 million. it never hurts when you have an extra day off. most people who are working for government agencies here in the us will take monday off, like banks and post offices, and so on. even schools are closed.

so they will probably — it will probably make a little bit more than $100 million, i would say, because people are very excited to see a marvel film. that's good for the film, but it isn'tjust american audiences — the stars will be in london and it's incredibly popular throughout the world, isn't it? they are saying globally — my numbers are telling me that it could make slightly over $250 million. can you believe that? $250 million, globally, over the four—day weekend. it's massive. as well as paul rudd, who are the breakout stars of ant—man? you have jonathan majors, who is new to the scene, and angeline lilly, jonathan majors, michelle pfeiffer — it's just a great cast. it is the first marvel film of the year. —— evangeline lilly. i think they have about five or six marvel films coming up

through the year,but this is the very first one to come out this year, so a lot of people are excited for it. you know that many people around the world are hard—core marvel fans. so i think they will be pleasantly pleased with the third instalment of this ant—man series. and so what do you think of the film, then, kj? is it up your street? just today, it came out. some of the reporters got to see it earlier. it's hard when you have a franchise — everyone always compares. they did the same thing with the black panther. is it as good as the first one? i'll let you guys be the judge of that. i think this one delivers. i think it's great. i think audiences will love it. it's probably what they've been looking for. and it's definitely a form of escapism, and really well done. great characters, good acting, and i think they will be surprised

with this marvel film. she definitely makes it sound good. that is it for me. you are watching bbc news. hello. storm otto was the dominant force in our weather on friday. it brought some very strong and gusty winds to the northern half of the uk. a gust of 83 miles per hour on the coast of aberdeenshire. but further south, it was all about mild weather. temperatures at pershore in worcestershire got above 17 celsius, unusually mild for this point in february. that curl of cloud there on the satellite picture, that was storm otto, now quickly moving away eastwards. this is our next weather system that's been bringing some rain and indeed some snow in places through the night. ice likely to affect some parts of scotland as we start saturday morning. but much of the rain pulling away eastwards. a lot of dry weather through the day on saturday. this band of cloud and some patchy rain for a time in the south of england, that will tend to clear. we will also keep this band of cloud and some patchy rain in central and southern parts of scotland and into north—east england. but elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, just

the odd rogue shower. 6 or 7 degrees in northern scotland, 15 in the east of england. some of this rain turning a little heavierfor a time in eastern scotland and north—east england before clearing on saturday night. then a drier interlude before more rain starts to push in to the western side of scotland on sunday morning. a mild start to sunday for the majority. so, that rain in the west of scotland comes courtesy of this frontal system approaching from the atlantic. further south, high pressure keeping things mainly fine and dry, so split fortunes for the second half of the weekend. cloud and some rain across scotland, the rain heaviest over hills in the north—west. a few spots of rain from the cloud into northern ireland, the far north of england. but further south, some high cloud turning the sunshine hazy, but essentially, a fine—looking day. quite breezy, in fact, quite windy in the north, and again, it's going to be mild — 10 degrees there for aberdeen, 13 the top temperature in london, and it stays mild into the start of the new week. we see frontal systems just running across the far north of the uk, high pressure to the south of us, often quite breezy, but we will be within this wedge of very mild air. so, some unusually high temperatures for the start of the new week likely to be up to 15 or 16 degrees in parts of the south.

later in the week, though, it will turn a bit more unsettled and perhaps a little bit chillier as well.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president zelensky has urged western world leaders to speed up their delivery of military support for ukraine in the year—long fight against russia. mr zelensky was addressing delegates at the annual munich security conference. he also warned that dithering could threaten their country's security. five former memphis police officers charged with murder over the death of tyre nichols, have pleaded not guilty in theirfirst court appearance. mr nichols�* death sparked protests against police brutality in the us. videos showed the officers, who are all black, kicking and punching him. almost a fortnight after the turkey earthquake, a man has been rescued from the rubble of a building in hatay province. turkish authorities have been

criticised by quake survivors,