this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... uk prime minister rishi sunak is in germany to urge world leaders to "double down" on military support for ukraine in a speech in munich. we'll bring you his speech live shortly. mr sunak will also meet 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.

the uk prime minister, rishi sunak is about to address the munich security conference — he's expected to tell kamala harris is winding up her comments. in the next few minutes, we expect her to be replaced by rishi sunak. an audience of professionals in the security and intelligence field, as well as world leaders including the japanese prime minister, the taiwanese foreign minister, the taiwanese foreign minister, president of finland. i could go on, it is a huge list. also

of course, the conference was opened remotely by ukraine's president a lenskl remotely by ukraine's president a lenski. we will be live in munich for the speech by the british prime minister. 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 underway 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. but in the meantime our correspondentjenny hill spoke to me

about the general message coming from world leaders in munich. we've heard 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 appeal to leaders here. he once again urged 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 do 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. the vice president is taking questions from the floor that will last for a few and it's an then we will move on with the british prime minister's address. 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

5,800, orjust 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. north korea fired one suspected long—range ballistic missile from the area around pyongyang airport, according to south korea's military. japan's coastguard says it landed in the water west of japan. initial analysis shows that that millie flew to an altitude of 5,700 kilometres and covered a range of around 900 kilometres.

japan's prime minister is speaking in munich this morning and said the missile had actually landed in the exclusive economic zone which japan claims around its islands which again is another revocation, japan finding itself caught up in the crossfire. the aggression message which is really aimed at the united states and south korea, involving regional powers as well. very much a subject of discussion in munich where they have been hearing this morning from the chinese government and there has also been a separate discussion about taiwan and how that might be protecting, whether taiwan is more vulnerable because of what has happened in ukraine, in other words, china may be looking at what russia has done and calculating whether america and the other western allies could possibly also

intervene there, whether they would have the capacity or the bandwidth to discuss the subject effectively and that is something that western allies are worried about. the intention is all on europe and that is a danger of neglecting the area around taiwan and some of the big concerns in the pacific region. the us military says it's completed its search for debris from the alleged chinese surveillance balloon shot down off the coast of south carolina two weeks ago. a statement said the debris recovered was being sent to an fbi laboratory for analysis. meanwhile, speaking at the munich security conference, china's top diplomat condemned america's actions as a violation of international rules. translation: this is, i would say, absurd and hysterical. _ this is 100% abuse of the use of force. it is a violation of of international customary practice, in particular, the chicago convention

on international civil aviation. we do not accept this. across the globe there are many balloons in the sky from different countries. do you want to down each and every one of them? that question and answer session is continuing with kamala harris but we will continue as soon as rishi sunak gets to the podium. the death toll in new zealand from cyclone gabrielle has now risen to nine. the cyclone hit last sunday, causing widespread flooding on the north island, with high winds and torrential rain. prime minister chris hipkins warned that the total death toll was likely to rise as crews made contact with hundreds of cut—off communities. 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. david willis has more details — his report contains some disturbing images. theirfaces masked, the five memphis police officers made their first court appearance as the mother of the young man they are accused of killing looked on. huddled before the judge, it was left to the lawyers dotted amongst them to enter pleas on their behalf. a plea of not guilty. urging patience, thejudge said the case would take time to come together. but there are those, tyre nichols' family among them, who believe these brutal bodycam

images speak for themselves. they capture what their own police chief described as a "wolf pack" mentality on the part of the officers involved. having pulled mr nichols over only yards from his home, they drag him from his car and punch, kick and beat him with a baton as he calls out for his mother. tyre nichols was taken to hospital but died three days later of his injuries. he has been described as a sweet—natured young man, who had his mum's name tattooed on his arm. what prompted the officers to pull him over is still unclear, but five — tadarrius bean, demetrius haley, emmit martin, desmond miller and justin smith — are facing charges of second—degree murder. all were part of a specialised street crimes unit, disbanded in the wake of tyre nichols' death. six weeks on from her son's arrest, tyre nichols' mother described what she has been going

through as a nightmare. 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, they didn't even have the courage to look at me in my face, after what they did to my son. no justice... ..no peace! tyre nichols' death prompted protests across the country and renewed calls for police reform in america. a proposed tyre nichols law would compel police to intervene if they saw a fellow officer assaulting a suspect — though previous legislation of the kind has come to nothing. the police officers accused of killing tyre nichols are now out on bail. they are due to appear in court again on 1st may. david willis, bbc news. 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. here's our sports news correspondent, andy swiss. 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? 0h, 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. 0urjob 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. we have another news line coming out of the conference. the we have another news line coming out

of the conference.— of the conference. the us secretary of the conference. the us secretary of state antony _ of the conference. the us secretary of state antony blinken _ of the conference. the us secretary of state antony blinken says, - of the conference. the us secretary of state antony blinken says, we i of state antony blinken says, we have determined that members of russian forces and other russian officials have committed crimes against humanity. that is the scene inside the conference centres. delegates arrive and leave, people rush off to have a coffee in between speakers. they have just heard from kamala harris who was interviewed by the chairman of the conference who used to be representative at the united nations until two years ago. this is very much driven by the foreign policy, particularly retired officials, former ambassadors and officials, former ambassadors and officials at the foreign ministry. i was hoping that was going to be the announcement for rishi sunak but i think we are now going to get the european correspondence who is going to introduce rishi sunak and after he speaks, we will bring you live here on bbc news, he will be

following that up with a few words of welcome and also some questions and answers to rishi sunak. we are going to stay with this for a moment because we can public take the introduction because it would be very long and then because they are running about 20 mitts behind schedule, they will want to get back on schedule which will mean they will want to get a rishi sunak quickly. i should say that one of the things that is most striking in this appearance in munich this time around is because this is the first security conference, although it is an annual event, to be held in the wake of the ukraine invasion, the turnout has been stellar and the people at the conference or a range of guests which would be something thatis of guests which would be something that is significant in terms of the political and military challenges that await the world. we have the

chinese foreign minister notjust talking to the people who are specifically concerned about long—term concerns about kid security in western europe, which was the origin of the munich security conference, but also the new challenges, cyber security in particular, one of the big challenges facing emissions now in terms of securing their security. here we go, this is prime minister rishi sunak who will address a question raised by blood mia zielinski in his opening address, how to sustain support for ukraine. the united kingdom will always be on the side of freedom, democracy and the side of freedom, democracy and the rule of law. the security of our european continent will always be our overriding priority. there is no greater example of those commitments than our response to the war in ukraine. just this year, we became the first country in the world to provide tanks to ukraine, and the first to train pilots and marines.

we gave it to 3p last year and we will match or exceed that in 2023. other allies can tell a similar 0ther allies can tell a similar story and our collective efforts are making a difference. but with every day that passes, russian forces inflict yet more pain and suffering the only way to change that is for ukraine to win. so, we need a military strategy for ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield to win the war and a political strategy to win the peace. to win the war, ukraine needs more artillery, armoured vehicles and air defence, so now is the moment to double down on our military support. when blood mia put started this war,

he gambled that our resolve would falter, even now he is betting that we will lose our nerve, but we proved him wrong then and we will proved him wrong then and we will prove him wrong now. together, we are delivering as much equipment in the next few months as in the whole of 2022. together, we must help ukraine to shield its cities from russian bombs and iranians drones and that is why the united kingdom will be the first country to provide ukraine with longer range weapons and it is why we are working with our allies to give ukraine the most advanced air defence systems and build the air force they need to defend their nation. now, of course, the uk stands ready to help any country provided planes that ukraine can use today, but we must also train ukrainian pilots to use the most advanced jets and that is exactly what britain is doing so

that ukraine has the capability to defend its security for the long—term. but to win the peace, we also need to rebuild the international order on which our collective security depends. first, that means upholding international law. the whole world must hold russia to account. we must see justice through the icc for their sickening war crimes committed whether in bucha, mariupol or beyond. russia must also be held to account for the terrible destruction it has inflicted. we are hosting the ukraine recovery conference in london thisjune and we should consider together how to ensure that russia pays towards that reconstruction. second, the treaties and agreements of the post—cold war

era have failed ukraine. so we need a new framework for its long—term security. from human right to reckless nuclear threats, from georgia to moldova, russia has committed violation after violation. against countries outside the collective security of nato. the international community's response has not been strong enough. ukraine will become a member of nato but until that happens, we need to do more to bolster ukraine's long—term security. we must give them the advance nato standard capabilities that they did for the future and we must demonstrate that willie will remain by their side, willing and able to help them defend their country again and again. ukraine needs, and deserves assurances of that support so ahead of the nato

summit, we will bring together our friends and allies should begin building those long—term assurances. 0ur building those long—term assurances. our aim should be to forge a new charter to help protect ukraine from a future russian aggression. let me conclude with one final thought, what is at stake in this war is even greater than the security and sovereignty of one nation. it is about the security and sovereignty of every nation because russia's invasion, its apparent war crimes and irresponsible nuclear rhetoric or symptomatically of a broader threat to everything we believe in. from the skies over north america, to the suffering on the streets of tehran, some would destabilise the order that has preserved peace and stability for 80 years. they must

not prevail, and we need not be daunted. as president zelensky said when he addressed the uk parliament last week, we are marching towards the most important victory of our lifetime. it will be a victory over the very idea of war and we could have no greater purpose than to prove him right. thank you. your speech was very clear, basically ukraine has to win the war and rush it loses but you said something i want to pick up on. you spoke about assurances for ukraine, what does that mean and do you do them when the war is still ongoing? don't you fear that russia will say, we are right, we don't fight ukraine, we fight nato. titer?

we are right, we don't fight ukraine, we fight nato. very nice to see but first — ukraine, we fight nato. very nice to see but first of _ ukraine, we fight nato. very nice to see but first of all, _ ukraine, we fight nato. very nice to see but first of all, it _ ukraine, we fight nato. very nice to see but first of all, it is _ ukraine, we fight nato. very nice to see but first of all, it is clear - see but first of all, it is clear that the security guarantees, the architecture that was in place before this war has failed ukraine, thatis before this war has failed ukraine, that is a statement of fact. ukraine have received assurances when it gave weapons up. russia has continually violated, whether it is human right treaties or arms—control treaties, so what happened before has not worked. we should be clear about that and ourjob is to look forward and say, what is the right thing going forward? ukraine will be a member of nato but between now and then, what i think we need to work on is providing ukraine with the means to win at the world right now and that means very specifically artillery, long—range weapons, armoured vehicles, air defence. that is the most critical thing. we can also make sure we are trading —— training them on standard equipment. that is what we are doing. what we do need to do is think about the

future of how we protect ukraine security and we need to have that conversation with our allies and talk about the longer—term provision of supporting ukraine and that is the conversation i think we should start having because the summit is a good place to conclude that. the assurances _ good place to conclude that. the assurances which, this year? there has been debate, he talked about the fighterjets and there has been debate here about the ammunition, the risk they may not have enough and emission but also the long—range missiles, concerned that one of the target would be crimea. under your watch, would you approve long—range missiles that could hit crimea? the most missiles that could hit crimea? tue most important missiles that could hit crimea? he most important thing missiles that could hit crimea? ttj: most important thing here to recognise is the sort of nato, it is a defensive alliance. what is ukraine doing? it is trying to defend itself. it is suffering unprovoked aggression, it's territorial integrity, its sovereignty has been violated, its people are being killed and it has every right to defend itself. that is what we should be doing and that

is what we should be doing and that is the support that we collectively in this room are providing and critically, there are things that ukraine needs to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield and thatis advantage on the battlefield and that is why the provision of heavy tanks were so important and why air defence is critical. you are right to mention artillery and longer range missiles which also help in these other things that will allow ukraine to defend itself and repel russian aggression and yes, to have a counteroffensive that moves russia outside its own country. that is entirely reasonable and we should be fully behind ukraine in that ambition. th fully behind ukraine in that ambition-— fully behind ukraine in that ambition. i. , , . .,, ambition. in your speech, there was ambition. in your speech, there was a lot of bravado, _ ambition. in your speech, there was a lot of bravado, the _ ambition. in your speech, there was a lot of bravado, the sense - ambition. in your speech, there was a lot of bravado, the sense that - a lot of bravado, the sense that ukraine has to win at the war and russia has to be proven wrong. some would say, you may get clear that you still believe the uk is a big geopolitical agent. president zelensky went to london and he sees value in the uk but some here would believe, to really be the strong