this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. i'm shaun ley. our top stories: uk prime minister rishi sunak is to urge world leaders to "double down" on military support for ukraine in a speech in munich in the coming hours. mr sunak has also met with european commission president, ursula von der leyen, on the sidelines of the conference to discuss northern ireland's post—brexit trading arrangement. rescue teams pull three people out alive, from under collapsed buildings in turkey — almost two weeks after the quakes that killed nearly 16,000 people. a qatari consortium bids to buy manchester united — after a rival offer from a british business. and — there's been an increase in people taking up detectoring in the british countryside —

but should their discoveries be finders keepers? hello and welcome to bbc news. next week will mark the one year anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. us president biden is scheduled to give a speech on tuesday in neighbouring poland — on the same day that vladimir putin is due to give an address in moscow. ukraine's president zelensky has again called on western allies to speed up their delivery of weapons — warning that delays would cost lives.

it all comes as the munich security conference is under way with calls for nato to give kyiv long term security assurances. in the next few hours, the uk prime minister, rishi sunak will address the conference, telling western countries they need to redouble their military support for ukraine. he'll also tell delegates that kyiv needs security guarantees even after the war has ended. let's get more now on our top story and cross live to munich — which is hosting that annual security conference, this yearfocusing on ukraine — our correspondentjenny hill is there. what mikejenny, good to speak to you today. this is a cast of hundreds of the leading figures on the global stage in terms of security. but the message really seems to be not much different from the message that would have been deliver three months ago or six months ago. stand by us into crane, and pressure on the west is to stick to what could be a long path? hello,

es, ou to what could be a long path? hello, yes. you are — to what could be a long path? hello, yes. you are right- — to what could be a long path? hello, yes, you are right. we _ to what could be a long path? hello, yes, you are right. we have - to what could be a long path? hello, yes, you are right. we have a - to what could be a long path? hello, yes, you are right. we have a worldl yes, you are right. we have a world leader after world leader after senior diplomat, come out and express their continuing support for ukraine, their desire to keep sending that support, following president zelensky�*s appealed to leaders here. he once again urge them to keep sending weapons and to do it as quickly as possible. i suppose that most of the leaders here are struggling to agree to a greater or lesser extent, depending on the country they represent, with three dilemmas. first of all, how can they send more weapons to ukraine, without risking an escalation of this conflict. second, what is the public mood back home? what are their voters make of the current strategy? is public support starting to dwindle? it is a serious concern that the german chancellor, olaf scholz, and thirdly, how do they keep sending that military support, whilst safeguarding their

own military capabilities at home? we have heard from various political leaders over recent weeks, but also here in germany, where military capabilities are not that strong. if you start sending all of your tanks to ukraine, does that leave you vulnerable in case the worst should happen? these are the tenor of the conversations that are going on. as you said at the beginning, broadly speaking, the message coming out of this rather unique annual conference, at which world leaders, security experts and senior diplomats get together, is indeed one of continued support for ukraine. we are expecting to hear from the british prime minister, rishi sunak, in the next few hours. he, like many others, will say it is time to double down on that support. in terms of mr sunak�*s address, it gives him, as it always does, the opportunity over the informality is as well as the formal events, to grab somebody by the arm and take

them into the corner to have a quick word over a cup of coffee. we shouldn't underplay the importance in this age of remote conferencing, the importance of these face—to—face gatherings, particularly one like this, which is in the calendar every year? this, which is in the calendar every ear? ., ., ~ ., ., ., year? you and i know that the real olitics, year? you and i know that the real politics. the _ year? you and i know that the real politics, the real _ year? you and i know that the real politics, the real business, - year? you and i know that the real politics, the real business, is - year? you and i know that the reali politics, the real business, is done offside in those corners over a cup offside in those corners over a cup of coffee or glass of wine. usually between a couple or small group of leaders. interestingly, iwas speaking to a diplomat lot long ago, and he said that, now the world is back face—to—face post covid, that is when you can really do the work. it is just not the same when you're meeting over a computer screen, as of course, this conference was forced to do for a couple of years during the pandemic. rishi sunak is, i think, very much relying on that part of the importance of the sideline today, not least because,

in addition to a number of bilateral meetings, official ones, he is expected to meet ursula von der leyen, the president of the euchre mission, and that meeting has been described as key in getting that deal done when it comes to the post—brexit trading relationship with northern ireland, such a knotty problem. sources are telling the bbc that a deal is coming tantalisingly close. we're not going to see a deal signed and sealed today, but that meeting with ursula von der leyen may prove be crucial in moving it a little bit closer to completion. jenny hill, thank you forjoining us from the munich security conference. joining us now is dr patrick bury, a defence specialist at the university of bath. he's a former nato analyst. thank you for being with us. i wanted to pick up on whatjenny was

saying about staying the course, and i know we have talked about this on a number of occasions, how long that might be. in terms of concrete steps, the ukrainian foreign minister was saying that he has had a meeting with the boss of one of the big german arms manufacturers, we have another call this time from the polish prime minister to help. but only in the context of a broad coalition led by the usa. despite all the words and commitments, getting stuff to the front line is proving difficult? it getting stuff to the front line is proving difficult?— getting stuff to the front line is proving difficult? it takes time, that is the _ proving difficult? it takes time, that is the thing. _ proving difficult? it takes time, that is the thing. as _ proving difficult? it takes time, that is the thing. as the - proving difficult? it takes time, i that is the thing. as the weapons platforms become more complex and heavier, and more effective, really, unlike some of the things like the javelins and stingers that went on at the start of the war, the training time and logistics is much more difficult, as are the escalator

e risks. you can also sympathise with the ukrainians is the stuff cannot come fast enough as we are losing people everyday. similarly you can see why there is an air of caution. even within an alliance with nato of course there are different opinions within that, and getting consensus is often based on how things evolve on the ground. with the tanks, look at that. it was basically, if you do not give us tanks, we won't be able to attack in the summer because of the lead times. hence why most of the country started to come round. it had to get to the precipice of looking at what happened if we don't give the tanks. it may be the same with the fast jets, it may come to the point where ukraine have to cede ground or there is a russian breakthrough. i don't think it is likely but if russia were able to punch through the lines and make gains, then the clamourfor giving jets would rise considerably

because of the evidence on the ground they need them is much stronger. the problem then is, at least britain is getting ahead of the curve by starting to train pilots. the problem is the lead times and the maintenance and training times. it isjust times and the maintenance and training times. it is just basically getting consensus is difficult, because, unless you are looking over the edge of that precipice, some nations are more reticent. i think the bigger thing about this conference is, people preparing the ground. ithink conference is, people preparing the ground. i think they are trying to prepare the ground, saying we are in this for the long haul and we are doubling down. there are two warnings. one, at home, and too importantly, vladimir putin is trying to play along game. that is what wants to do. he wants to test european and us economic and political will and see if he can last this out on a basic weapons production capacity and a lot of

people throwing things at the problem and willing to take casualties, and we'll see if the westies. if you look at head of the us military, this end with a negotiated outcome, more likely. no side is willing to go there at the moment. emmanuel macron has said the same today. down the line, that is how it will go. the final part of this is unity and trying to widen the struggles to explain to the global south, that this is a values based,it global south, that this is a values based, it is a clash between an autocracy invading a democracy, and yes, everyone has made mistakes to get here, some more than others, of course, but if you fundamentally believe that someone shouldn't come into your house and tell you what to do, then you should believe in the righteousness of ukrainian resistance.— resistance. and it's really important. _ resistance. and it's really important, you _ resistance. and it's really important, you are - resistance. and it's really. important, you are making resistance. and it's really - important, you are making that resistance. and it's really _ important, you are making that point about the message that is sent to the rest of the world, and the

argument is that they do have a dog in the fight, particularly the democracies. we have china represented at the conference, we had a whole session on taiwan. real concerns that ukraine could provide a testing ground for whether unity can hold against a country taking action just as russia can hold against a country taking actionjust as russia has claimed, that it has great historic interest in ukraine, so china says, notwithstanding what president mao said decades ago, he said china is not interested in taiwan. now china sees taiwan as part of its natural territory. there is really big resonance here.— territory. there is really big resonance here. , ., resonance here. massively, and the world is looking _ resonance here. massively, and the world is looking on. _ resonance here. massively, and the world is looking on. you _ resonance here. massively, and the world is looking on. you have - resonance here. massively, and the world is looking on. you have got . world is looking on. you have got the competition between the us and china, and i was in taiwan back in november, and although china views it as part of itself under the one

china policy, being there and seeing it functioning, and speaking to taiwanese people, you get the sense that this is absolutely not part of china. how that will be squared in the coming years, we will wait and see. i do think that's the wider context and what china does is a couple of interesting things. xi jinping publicly ticked off vladimir putin at the shanghai organisation. it showed publicly that china was not happy about the russian invasion of ukraine. i think behind—the—scenes, it is in china's interest. it has taken a huge amount of political and economic focus and it is giving china time to prepare its forces if it wanted to invade. secondly it is it has kept the pressure on taiwan. this matters

because if the us is so heavily invested in ukraine and its having to put a lot of its weapon production in there just to keep ukrainian demands to match it, what does that mean if china makes a move on taiwan? that is really the big strategic problem that the us is grappling with. i think the biden administration at the moment has come to the assessment that it has a bit of time, and therefore this is more about, basically, strategic, not hedging, but sequencing, so that you can have maybe a couple of years to serve the ukrainian issue out as favourably as possible for the security environment in europe, before you have to be orientated towards the taiwan question. is always good to speak to you, thank you very much. on that i should say we have had some remarks at munich from japan's prime minister, who is saying that the north korean missile, which was launched this

morning, appears to have landed west of hokkaido, but well withinjapan's territorial zone of exclusion. that is quite important, because again, it underlines the continuing stability in that part of the world and why this is notjust about europe, and why ukraine is a signal of how the powers, what they call themselves, these powers, may play their part in other parts of the world. as well as the meeting in the conference hall, rishi sunak, on the high sidelines, will be talking to the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, and her deputy, about the northern ireland protocol. expectations arise that a deal will soon be reached on post—brexit arrangement which has led to political deadlock. lets talk more about this

our political correspondent tony bonsignore is here. on the surface it did not like he had much to tell them. h0 on the surface it did not like he had much to tell them.- on the surface it did not like he had much to tell them. no and both sides are keeping _ had much to tell them. no and both sides are keeping the _ had much to tell them. no and both sides are keeping the details - had much to tell them. no and both sides are keeping the details of - had much to tell them. no and both sides are keeping the details of the | sides are keeping the details of the deal close to their chest. the concern is that if too much of this gets out it can inflame either side and scupper an agreement. the noises we are getting are as positive as we have had for a long time. speculated mounting that this deal could happen within a matter of days. both sides also stressing that there is work to do. notjust to get a deal, of course, but to sell it to the relevant parties.— course, but to sell it to the relevant parties. seeing as there are two audiences _ relevant parties. seeing as there are two audiences that _ relevant parties. seeing as there are two audiences that really - are two audiences that really matter, one is the democratic unionists in northern ireland, who have said they will not return to power sharing and serve with sinn fein, unless there is a deal on this that they regard as satisfactory. the other is conservative backbenchers. the prime minister talked yesterday about the

democratic deficit, solving the democratic deficit, solving the democratic deficit, solving the democratic deficit, which is about the european court ofjustice, whether it gets the last say. the brexit ministerjames duddridge, said he won't vote for anything that leaves the ecj intact. he says it will start to unravel brexit. when you get to those kinds of passions, it is difficult to see the route through? it is difficult to see the route throu~h? , ., , , , through? details will be absolutely crucial. i think _ through? details will be absolutely crucial. i think there _ through? details will be absolutely crucial. i think there are _ through? details will be absolutely crucial. i think there are two - crucial. i think there are two sticking points. one is the european court ofjustice, and how far it still has a role in northern ireland. what we might get here is some sort of fudge, but what we might get normally, the european court ofjustice retains a role, but it is downplayed. perhaps even more crucial here is what happens. there is talk of green and red lanes dot white with get searched.-

is talk of green and red lanes dot white with get searched. yellow, and the reds would _ white with get searched. yellow, and the reds would be _ white with get searched. yellow, and the reds would be assuming - white with get searched. yellow, and the reds would be assuming those . the reds would be assuming those goods go from northern ireland into the republic of ireland and the eu single market, and the green lane would be for goods that are intended to stay in northern ireland, and they would be subject to much lighter touch regulation, but how much lighter touch? i lighter touch regulation, but how much lighter touch ?_ lighter touch regulation, but how much lighter touch? i think this is absolutely key. _ much lighter touch? i think this is absolutely key. while _ much lighter touch? i think this is absolutely key. while the - much lighter touch? i think this is i absolutely key. while the european union want to maintain the integrity of their single market, so does the uk, and wants to maintain the integrity of the united kingdom. so detail is absolutely crucial, it needs to be sold to the democratic unionists, as you say, but also to mps. we are hearing, sources are suggesting to us, and this is all very fluid, that we may have a vote in the house of commons next week, if you have been missing those big set piece brexit moments, and that may well be a moment of truth especially for those tory mps who are worried that this, in a way,

waters down the brexit that they wanted. . ~ waters down the brexit that they wanted. ., ~ , ., waters down the brexit that they wanted. . ~' , ., , waters down the brexit that they wanted. ., ~ i. , . the death toll in the earthquake that struck turkey and syria nearly two weeks ago is now approaching a6,000. many international rescue teams have now left the region, but domestic teams are continuing to search through flattened buildings. the disaster has left millions homeless and sparked a huge international relief effort. caroline davies reports from southern turkey. nearly two weeks on from the earthquake, there are still incredible stories of rescue missions that are happening, with people being pulled alive from the rubble. just yesterday, two more were pulled from the rubble in antakya, one a a 14—year—old boy and another a 34—year—old man, that, as he was rescued, was shown a video message from his parents, a video call where they showed him his newborn child. he has since been reunited with his wife and his child in hospital. but of course, these rescue missions are the exception at the moment. we know that the death toll has now risen to over 16,000 and that is potentially expected

to rise further. the vast majority of those reported dead are within turkey and in syria, the number stands at 5800, or just over. but at the moment, the authorities haven't updated that tally for several days. three people, including a child, were rescued alive from the rubble of a building in antakya in southern turkey on saturday — 296 hours after the earthquake. search teams in southern turkey also found the body of the ghanaian international footballer, christian atsu, in the rubble of his home. the block of high—rise flats in the city of antakya. atsu played for the turkish side, hatayspor, and previously appeared in the english premier league with newcastle. he was 31. a consortium led by the head of one of qatar's biggest banks has submitted a bid to buy manchester united. they're 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. with the deadline having passed, and the details now public, and the swiss can explain more. it is one of the biggest clubs in world football, 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's biggest banks. in a statement he said the consortium plans to return the club to its former glories, both on and off the pitch and will seek to place the fans at the heart of manchester united. qatar has become increasingly influential in world football after hosting the men's world cup last year. but — as then — some fans have expressed concerns over the country's human rights record. another confirmed bidder is sirjim ratcliffe, one of britain's richest men who owns the petrochemical company ineos, and has already invested in a number

of sports. manchester united's fans have long protested against their current owners, the american glazer family, who announced last year they would consider selling the club. now the battle to buy it is firmly under way. andy swiss, bbc news. there's been an increase in people taking up detectoring in the british countryside, but should their discoveries be finders keepers? the government wants to change the legal definition of what's classed as "treasure", so that when important historical artefacts are found, museums get to keep them for the public to see, instead of them being sold to private collectors. if successful, it will be one of the biggest changes to the treasure act since it came into effect 26 years ago. tim muffett reports. eyes down, fingers crossed. detectorists live in hope. brian and julian have been metal detecting for decades.

are you feeling excited? oh, very much so. let's hope it's that gold coin. yeah, ora ring pull — you never know. and still find it exciting. why do you love this hobby so much? why this hobby? that's a question i've been asked by several ex—wives as well. it's one of those things that you just don't know what you're going to come across. these machines are like having access to a time machine. what is that you've found here? tarpaulin ring from a wartime tent. you just don't know what is coming up, and that's the wonder of the hobby. but if you do find something significant, what happens next in england, wales, northern ireland, defends make depends on whether it's defined as treasure. as things stand, an artefact is classed as treasure if it's more than 300 years old and made in part from a precious metal, such as gold or silver, or if it's more than 300 years old and one of a number

of items found together — or a horde, as it's known. treasure is offered to museums first to see if they want to buy it. it's a way of keeping nationally important items on public display. the treasure act protects our heritage, enables finds that we make in fields like this to go into national museums so everyone can share them. if it isn't treasure, it can be sold straight to a private collector. that's what happened to this roman helmet found in cumbria. made of copper, which is not a precious metal, it wasn't deemed treasure, and was sold for more than £2 million to a private collector. chelmsford museum almost missed out on this rare roman figurine because it's made of a copper alloy, and not a precious metal. because it wasn't classed as treasure, when we were looking to acquire this, the detectorist had sold to a buyer abroad. we had to have the government intervene, essentially,

and put in a trade export ban to keep this within the country. the government is proposing to change the legal definition of treasure. it would encompass all exceptional finds over 200 years old, regardless of what metal they're made of. and a new significance test would apply. if an item is connected to a particular area, individual, or historical event, it could be classed as treasure. what do you make of these proposed changes? will they help your museum? yes, they'll be very positive for us. we'll be able to get first refusal on keeping any items like this that are historically significant, but not made of a precious material. julian and brian might share a love of metal detecting, but on the proposed law change, there's a difference of opinion. do you worry about these proposed changes and impact they might have? yes i do. it will make it difficult,

for a start, because nobody will know what the rules are again. so what the government needs to do, if they're going to change it, is publicise it well and make sure it's explained well. i welcome them with open arms because, at the end of the day, it's an extension of metal detecting. ourjob is to protect, find, save, and conserve our heritage. if anyone else is going to develop laws and legal issues to help us do that, that is absolutely brilliant. no spectacular discoveries today in this farmer's field in essex. piece of coke from an old engine. but with metal detecting, you never know what is around the corner, or below your feet. tim muffett, bbc news. the first full scale carnival in rio dejaneiro since the start of the pandemic has officially begun. one of the first street parties was the annual carmelitas in the bohemian neighbourhood of santa teresa.

every year, hundreds of street bands and thousands of tourists — as well as locals — seeking a good time descend on rio during the world—famous party. it will peak on sunday and monday night with the annual samba school parade competition. hello there. in the aftermath of storm otto, there are still lots of people suffering from power cuts, with aberdeenshire particularly badly affected. and of course it was aberdeenshire where we had the strongest gust of wind — a gust of 83 mph recorded at inverbervie. now, today's weather, for most of you is a cloudy day today. a bit of light rain or drizzle at times and mild, but for some across the hills of northern scotland, we've seen some snow overnight and at first this morning. so one or two of you waking up to a wintry start to the day. now, the satellite picture shows storm otto working into north—east europe. we've had a weak area of low pressure bringing that snowfall across the hills of northern scotland. and today, as you can see from the charts, there will be extensive cloud around, a bit of light rain or drizzle, particularly for wales

and western england. we'll see some rain returning i think to northern ireland and south west scotland later on today. breaks in the cloud probably are few and far between, but at times eastern england will brighten up and the far north of scotland also seeing some bright or sunny spells. temperatures as high as 15 degrees. in norwich, well, that's seven above average for the time of year. overnight tonight it stays predominantly cloudy. indeed, the cloud will continue to thicken across western scotland with outbreaks of rain arriving here later in the night. the rain, though, shouldn't be too heavy. a mild night and a frost—free night for most, temperatures between five and nine degrees celsius tomorrow. tomorrow we still have that mild flow of south—westerly winds bringing extensive cloud. but in scotland, weather fronts will bring some thicker cloud and some fairly heavy and persistent rain, particularly to the northwest of the country. probably a slightly better chance of seeing cloud breaks for eastern wales, across the midlands, eastern and southern areas of england. but otherwise, again,

pretty cloudy and mild. temperatures about 11 to 13 degrees for most. now for sunday night, we'll start to see the winds really increase across northern scotland. gales, severe gales, blowing in here once again, gusts of around 60 to 70 mph. that's not great weather for engineers trying to reconnect those properties to the national power grid. for monday we've still got that flow of mild air coming around. weather fronts continue to affect scotland, but as we head into the middle part of the week, we'll start to get north westerly winds move in, bringing cooler air. i say cooler, actually temperatures towards the middle part of the week will be just dropping closer to average for the time of year. but often the weather looks quite cloudy with the threat of some rain. that's the latest.

this is bbc news. the headlines: uk prime minister, rishi sunak, is to urge world leaders to double down on military support for ukraine in a speech to the munich security conference. he will say allies must give the country "advanced, nato—standard ca pabilities". mr sunak is expected to meet with european commission president, ursula von der leyen, on the sidelines of the conference as speculation grows that a deal is close on northern ireland's post—brexit trading arrangement. rescue teams pull three people out alive, from under collapsed buildings in turkey — almost two weeks after the quakes that killed nearly 16,000 people, left millions homeless and sparked

a huge relief effort.