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this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... western leaders make further appeals for military support for ukraine at the munich security conference. ukraine needs more artillery, armoured vehicles and air defence, so now is the moment to double down on our military support. 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 46 thousand people.
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and there's been an increase in people taking up detectoring in the british countryside, but should their discoveries be finders keepers? western leaders have put forward a unified front in their support for ukraine, days before the first anniversary of the russian invasion. a meeting in germany of foreign ministers from the g—7 richest countries agreed to tighten sanctions against moscow and quickly provide more weapons to kyiv. the uk prime minister rishi sunak said that the sovereignty and security of every nation was at stake in the war.
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iamat i am at the munich security conference at a pivotal moment in the ukrainians fight for freedom. that's why it is time to double down on the support we provide for ukraine. i've been having meetings with leaders from the united states and europe and we're united to make sure that ukraine succeeds and russia fails. i want everyone to follow our lead in giving ukraine that support, but not only do we need to help them when the war, we need to ensure a lasting peace, and that is something that i have been talking about two allies today. you been talking about britain helping to lead the effort to help ukraine and one of the examples is fighting their training fighter pilots. are you pushing allies to do the same thing? in my message to everybody here, it is to join the uk in stepping up support to ukraine, to double down on what we are doing. we are at a pivotal moment in this conflict, where if we provide ukraine with the extra means
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that they need, then they can turn the tide and liberate their country. that is what i want to see happen, and that is why the uk is doing more. we were one of the first countries to provide main battle tanks and we are the first country to announce we will start training ukrainian pilots on nato standard aircraft, and provide long—range weapons. all of those are vital parts of how ukraine will win this war and we want everyone to do the same. ukrainian said we need fighterjets to, they say they need they need them to win, and it is just a matter of time. privately, that is what allies are saying, and if that is the case, why not say it in public? i am pleased the united kingdom is the first country i announced just a couple of weeks ago that would be training ukrainian pilots on nato standard aircraft. that is uk demonstrating leadership on this issue. these are complex bits of equipment. they do need training and that is what we are doing and starting out as early as possible. what i said today is that we will
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happily provide assistance to any country that is able to provide ukraine with fighterjets right now. uk stands to support those countries as well. have you talked about that with poland? what i have done is say to all allies that we stand ready to support them if they can provide fighterjets to ukraine now, and for our part, we are also leading the world in training ukrainian pilots are nato standard aircraft. that is the right thing to do, because it is about giving ukraine the means to defend themselves and win the war. that is about more air defence, armoured vehicles, it is long—range weapons, uk is different and all of these things and it is important we continue to do so, because we all want to see ukraine see seed and this russian aggression to go checked and punished. that was rishi sunak speaking earlier. vladimir putin is due to give an address in moscow on tuesday — with us presidentjoe biden scheduled to give a speech in poland on the same day. the us vice—president, kamala harris has also been addressing the munich conference.
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she spoke of "unprovoked" and "horrendous" crimes having been commited in ukraine. in the case of russia's actions in the ukraine, in the case of russia's actions in ukraine, we have examined the evidence. we know the legal standards. and there is no doubt these are crimes against humanity. john herbst is a former us ambassador to ukraine, and a senior director with the atlantic council's eurasia centre who is at the conference in munich. i asked him about what he's been hearing. strong rhetorical support for ukraine. but collectively, not a clear indication from nato countries that they are going to send
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additional weapons ukraine needs right now the british prime minister said the right things but unfortunately, he's not a single decision—maker. we haven't seen similar resoluteness from washington and other key capitals to send right now, not in months right now more tanks, the f—16s or comparable western aircraft or of course longer range. western aircraft or of course longer ranue. ~ , ., western aircraft or of course longer ranue.~ , ., i. western aircraft or of course longer ranue.~ , ., ~ ., �*, ., range. why do you think that's not ha enin: range. why do you think that's not happening are they _ range. why do you think that's not happening are theyjust _ range. why do you think that's not happening are theyjust running i happening are theyjust running out of money? ida. happening are they 'ust running out of mone ? ., ., , happening are they 'ust running out of mone ? ., .,, ., happening are they 'ust running out of mone ? ., ., , ., ., happening are they 'ust running out of mone ? ., .,, ., ., ., of money? no. it has nothing to do with money- _ of money? no. it has nothing to do with money- it _ of money? no. it has nothing to do with money. it has _ of money? no. it has nothing to do with money. it has everything - of money? no. it has nothing to do with money. it has everything to i of money? no. it has nothing to do i with money. it has everything to do with money. it has everything to do with timidity. putin has done one thing effectively in this war which is otherwise been a disaster for him, he has committed an amazing con job that he's ready to use nukes over crimea or other parts of ukraine. and that has in fact prompted western leaders, including washington to self deter in taking the more resolute steps necessary to defend. so recently we saw good
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movement on tanks. that's because essentially the brits and the polls embarrass the germans and americans into doing what they should've done it months ago. now similar hesitation on the f—16 and longer—range artillery. hesitation on the f-16 and longer-range artillery. how do you reclaim the — longer-range artillery. how do you reclaim the advantage _ longer-range artillery. how do you reclaim the advantage when - longer-range artillery. how do you reclaim the advantage when it - longer-range artillery. how do you i reclaim the advantage when it comes to vladimir putin? it’s reclaim the advantage when it comes to vladimir putin?— to vladimir putin? it's really very simle. to vladimir putin? it's really very simple- we're — to vladimir putin? it's really very simple. we're vastly _ to vladimir putin? it's really very simple. we're vastly stronger - to vladimir putin? it's really very. simple. we're vastly stronger than he is. with our not even top—of—the—line but advanced military technology, ukraine will defeat the active feet put it on the battlefield. they will reclaim most if not all of their country for that and putin will suffer serious defeat which will make it harder for him to achieve his long term ambition to states that used to be part of the former soviet union, states that are now part of nato.— now part of nato. fiercely, you are a former us — now part of nato. fiercely, you are a former us ambassador— now part of nato. fiercely, you are a former us ambassador to - now part of nato. fiercely, you are | a former us ambassador to ukraine, explained to us the relationship between ukraine and russia. these
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are two separate _ between ukraine and russia. these are two separate countries, - between ukraine and russia. these are two separate countries, unlikel are two separate countries, unlike what the russian state ukraine is essentially part of russia. in the ukrainian people are now in a very large majority wants to pursue a policy that is in terms of orientation towards the west, in terms of domestic orientation wants to be a democracy, want to be an open society. none of those things are palpable in moscow. and this war which putin had launched in 2014 and greatly escalated last year is designed to prevent the ukrainian people from choosing their own destiny. people from choosing their own destin . ., ., , ., people from choosing their own destin . ., ., , ., , , destiny. how do you see this ending and how long _ destiny. how do you see this ending and how long do _ destiny. how do you see this ending and how long do you _ destiny. how do you see this ending and how long do you see _ destiny. how do you see this ending and how long do you see it - destiny. how do you see this ending and how long do you see it taking? l and how long do you see it taking? in the ukrainian people understand that if they want to live as ukrainians, not as "russians. "and the russian speakers them as russians are not ukrainian they need to win this war. so they see no alternative to victory. this war
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will end when the russian leadership decides they cannot subdue ukraine by military means. the fastest way to bring that outcome is to ramp up our military assistance to ukraine, send them all the things they need to destroy the land bridge, which connects russia to crimea and force all russian troops in the south of ukraine onto the crimean peninsula. this would be a huge defeat or putin, it would provide problems for him to supply crimea. the last point is tentative but possible. that him to supply crimea. the last point is tentative but possible.— is tentative but possible. that was former ambassador _ is tentative but possible. that was former ambassadorjohn _ is tentative but possible. that was former ambassadorjohn herbst. l the uk prime minister rishi sunak and president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, say there's been "good progress" in trying to reach an agreement to resolve the dispute over trade in northern ireland. but both agreed "intensive work in the coming days is still needed at official and ministerial levels". our political correspondent, tony bonsignore reports
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on today's discussions, held on the margins of the security conference in germany. rishi sunak arrived in munich today with much at stake, and not only in ukraine. as he meets european leaders, the pm knows that another more immediate prize is now within his grasp. a new agreement on the rules governing trade between great britain and northern ireland. there are still, though, difficult issues to be resolved. we are working through them hard and we will work through them intensely with the eu, but we are by no means done, there is no deal done, there is work to do and that is what we are doing. under the current protocol, which took effect in 2021, goods are checked for compliance with eu rules before they enter northern ireland, effectively creating a border in the irish sea, which means those goods can freely travel on to the republic, which remains part of the eu, avoiding a barrier between the two. but many unionists and brexit
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supporting mps dislike the protocol, saying it is too costly for business, and threatens the integrity of the united kingdom by treating northern ireland differently. the dup has boycotted the government in stormont in protest. so what could a new deal look like? a big sticking point has been the role of the european court ofjustice in settling disputes. the uk is pushing for it to be at arm's length. we could see different rules for goods, depending on whether they are likely to stay in northern ireland or go south of border, so—called green and red lanes. the hope is that this will make it much easier for firms just trading within the uk, by applying minimal checks. the eu, which wants to move on from brexit, is also keen to reach an agreement. there is a willingness on both sides to find a compromise, to find a way out. i think it is important, important for the eu, but it is important for the united kingdom. talks will continue
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over the next few days. if they are successful, a new deal could be announced and put to mps in a crucial vote early next week. tony bonsignore, bbc news. the death toll from the quakes is now more than 45,000 — with millions left homeless. —46,000 the turkish city of antakya is one of the most severly damaged, with residential areas and some significant historic momuments destroyed — as our correspondent caroline davies reports. the devastation only gets closer until you weave in the gaps between the slip slabs of concrete. deep into the old city of and jackie l. for 20 years men met lead tours around these ancient streets. now even he can't find his bearings.
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everything is change, he says. stones and debris of collapsed homes almost at every turn.— almost at every turn. translation: this was a beautiful— almost at every turn. translation: this was a beautiful area. _ almost at every turn. translation: this was a beautiful area. all - almost at every turn. translation: this was a beautiful area. all the - this was a beautiful area. all the houses and streets with all destroy, unfortunately. houses and streets with all destroy, unfortunately-— unfortunately. known as antioch in roman and — unfortunately. known as antioch in roman and mediaeval _ unfortunately. known as antioch in roman and mediaeval times - unfortunately. known as antioch in roman and mediaeval times the i unfortunately. known as antioch in l roman and mediaeval times the city has been significant forjudaism, islam and one of the early centres of christianity. now the gaping arches are all that remains of the orthodox church here. bell towers and minarets crumbled. outside a restaurant monette makes a call. translation: i'm afraid to call people because i don't know if they
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are dead or alive. so i am scared. i am relieved to hear your voice. the owner is alive _ am relieved to hear your voice. the owner is alive but his business partner and their entire family killed. this was how the streets used to look. full of life and noise. now drained and empty. outside a butcher shop this man weeps for his national... nephew who used to work there. my dear one is gone, the world is ended for me, he says. a cross and tacky at the devastation is still raw. but he is taking comfort in the cities history and its record of resilience. translation: so many cultures and civilisations have been and gone here. it has been destroyed and rebuilt and this time it will be reborn again.
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staying in turkey and the body of the ghanaian footballer, christian atsu, has been found in the rubble of his home. the 31—year—old played in the premier league for everton and newcastle before moving to turkey to join hatayspor. queues are building in france as people returning from half—term break are hit by the impact of border staff strikes — with reported ferry boarding times on the french side in excess of six hours. our money & work reporter peter ruddick is with us. hello, peter. six hours, not the way you want to end your half term break. . . . . , you want to end your half term break. , , . ., , ., you want to end your half term break. ,, .._ ., �* break. especially not if you're in charue of break. especially not if you're in charge of 86 _ break. especially not if you're in charge of 86 school— break. especially not if you're in charge of 86 school and - break. especially not if you're in charge of 86 school and you - charge of 86 school and you looking after them on a ski trip in austria. obviously, if you are a parent or teacher of the key thing is they duty of care you're after, six and a
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half hours people can be tired without needing drinks and food and things like that. there's a a few things like that. there's a a few things going on here. this is the busiest day of the year for school travel because it's all of these half turn trips coming back. there are problems with the infrastructure at calais. however, combined with the borderfor a strike, that's what's causing the real issues, we see pictures of cues and cues of coaches. look at that. this is essentially what happens, why there is a real problem with coaches is that although trucks and cars go through onto the fairies very quickly, coaches are taken off to a separate area and then border force officials have to check a couple of passports and take a few people away. clearly, when there's so many coaches this always a really big issue for that this is been exacerbated by the strike. what's different today is that we have 1000
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pcs members on strike at ports at calais and dunkirk, which is where they do the border checks. that should be happening with these coaches you are saying. it's the second of a four day walk out today. we're expecting this disruption to carry on probably for the rest of the afternoon and possibly into tomorrow. i the afternoon and possibly into tomorrow-— the afternoon and possibly into tomorrow. ., , ., ., ., , ., ., tomorrow. i was going to ask you how lona could tomorrow. i was going to ask you how long could we — tomorrow. i was going to ask you how long could we be _ tomorrow. i was going to ask you how long could we be seeing _ tomorrow. i was going to ask you how long could we be seeing those - long could we be seeing those cues for. . ~ . . ~ for. using the weekend. the peak time for these _ for. using the weekend. the peak time for these coaches _ for. using the weekend. the peak time for these coaches coming . for. using the weekend. the peak i time for these coaches coming back tends to be saturday at lunchtime afternoon, now, really. at the moment still saying cues of six and a half hours, advising people to make sure you gone to the toilet before you arrive at the port, stocked up with water and food for the kids while you're waiting. very difficult scenes.— difficult scenes. peter, thank you very much- _ a consortium led by the head of one of qatar's biggest banks has submitted a bid to buy manchester united.
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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. 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
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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. an investigative jounalist from bulgaria says he has been banned from attending the bafta awards in london due to take place tomorrow, over security concerns. christo grozev features heavily in the nominated film navalny, a documentary about the poisoning of the russian opposition leader alexei navalny. we're joined by christo grozev now. now, there'll be plenty of metal detectorists out searching this weekend — it's become an increasingly popular hobby.
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we're joined by christo grozev now. hello to you. how are you feeling about this?— about this? well, it's an odd feelin: about this? well, it's an odd feeling of — about this? well, it's an odd feeling of being _ about this? well, it's an odd feeling of being disinvited i about this? well, it's an odd i feeling of being disinvited from about this? well, it's an odd - feeling of being disinvited from an event where i had tickets also for my son and then finding out we cannot attend. i do understand in an abstract way why this is done. it security for the rest of the guests, i understand that the bafta decision. but i also think it should not be a simple decision, it's something that has to be taken into account, the other side of the equation the message that something like this, and exclusion like the sense basically to journalists around the world and sends to dictators who are quite happy with the decision outcome. what dictators who are quite happy with the decision outcome.— dictators who are quite happy with the decision outcome. what sort of messaue the decision outcome. what sort of message with _ the decision outcome. what sort of message with this _ the decision outcome. what sort of message with this said _ the decision outcome. what sort of message with this said to - the decision outcome. what sort of
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message with this said to russia. l message with this said to russia. because it is them that have been alleged to have put together this plot to try or attempt to poison alexi navaly. that's the subject matter of the film, which makes this man even more ironic because the film investigates and i believe bruce held the russian government has a system of trying to assassinate opposition leaders in russia. we find out in the last couple of months is that this system extends also to journalists that the russian government is unhappy with an i've received tips of my colleagues have received tips that from different law enforcement agencies that our lives are at risk. so the message this gives to the kremlin is that bullying works. i'm pretty sure that actually this exclusion of me and my family and other investigative journalist is on the desk of president putin at the
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moment, being reported as a win. what has bafta said to you about this? where the band come from? i wouldn't call up a band, it's a disinvited. because before that —— a band. the team of navaly had a certain number of seats and for the event tomorrow was up about a week ago the organisation behind the navaly documentary received a message from bafta management saying unfortunately, we have to exclude christos and his family from any events related to bafta. this is on the advice of police and has to do with national security. this is how it came about. after that i tried to submit a replacement name, another colleague from russia who lives in london at the moment who is deeply involved in the investigation of the 802 poisoning. unfortunately, he
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received a similar band —— navaly. very quickly, a segment from the metropolitan police statement said that fred spicer two foreign states from journalists are a reality and we're absolutely concerned. would you expected more? would you have expected it upgrade and security, perhaps? expected it upgrade and security, erha s? . �* . expected it upgrade and security, --erhas? . v , expected it upgrade and security, ”erhas? , �*, , ., expected it upgrade and security, --erhas? , �*, ., expected it upgrade and security, --erhas? . v perhaps? yes. it's very hard to sit in the issues _ perhaps? yes. it's very hard to sit in the issues of _ perhaps? yes. it's very hard to sit in the issues of professionals - perhaps? yes. it's very hard to sit l in the issues of professionals whose job is to protect the public. it may have been the right decision ultimately, what i wanted to do with my tweet about it is to raise awareness of the other side of the equation, things like this should be decided, taking into account the message it sends to journalists who are taking risks on a daily basis and expect society at large to take also some risks to support them. when this doesn't happen this
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incentivised journalist from taking risks. incentivised “ournalist from taking risks. . ~ incentivised “ournalist from taking risks. ., ~' , ., incentivised “ournalist from taking risks. ., ~ ., incentivised “ournalist from taking risks. ., ., ~ risks. thank you for your time. and thank ou risks. thank you for your time. and thank you for— risks. thank you for your time. and thank you for congratulations - risks. thank you for your time. and thank you for congratulations on i risks. thank you for your time. and | thank you for congratulations on the film, navalny. now, there'll be plenty of metal detectorists out searching this weekend — it's become an increasingly popular hobby. what, though, should happen to the objects they unearth? the government wants to widen the legal definition of "treasure" finds which have to be declared so that, when important historical i think it's really important that objects of national and potentially worldwide importance that could rewrite our history could end up in museums and not in private collections, so i think it is really important that these new legislations come in and that museums are able to acquire those objects if they wish. how did you both win the great british treasure hunt? what did you find? i think we were just being consistent more than anything, and wejust dug more holes! is that what it means? a lot of digging, a lot of mud, a lot of walking in fields?
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what is involved ? i think detecting is all about perseverance and patience, because the vast majority of the time we are digging up an awful lot of rubbish. it's one in those 100 signals that you hold out for, that it could be something really good and interesting. we are out in all weathers, rain, hail or shine, with our detectors in the fresh air. how do you go about making this legislation? i assume a lot of people won't actually declare something. if they know it's valuable, what would stop them exporting it outside of the country as much or how would the government go about implementing the legislation? i think a lot of detectorists do disclaim things they have found,
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and i think a lot of people do, and once it goes through the treasure process, if the museum want to claim it, then it goes through the proper process and gets claimed and stays in the country. i think this new legislation is a way of saying that. i think the vast majority of detectorists currently record and report a lot of what they are finding. most detectorists' dream is to have their artefacts on display in a museum where everyone can see them. you have been watching bbc world news. bye—bye. hello there. we've seen a lot of cloud streaming our way today on a westerly breeze. earlier on, the best of the sunshine was across northern parts of scotland. other parts of scotland have seen some cloud and some rain. that will pull away this evening and overnight. and many other parts of the country
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will become dry as well. a few breaks in the cloud, perhaps the best of those probably in northeast scotland. so the risk of some icy patches here with temperatures close to freezing. otherwise those numbers are more comfortably sitting at around seven or eight degrees. tomorrow will be a windy day in scotland. we'll see the cloud thickening. some rain at times, very different day in northern scotland. that rain will be heavy at times. we've got a cloudier picture across northern ireland, northern england. it may well stay dry. further south brighter, more in the way of sunshine than we've had today across southern parts of england and south wales. another mild day temperatures. 11 to 13 degrees. so those temperatures are a little bit higher than they were today in scotland, despite that stronger west to south—westerly wind which will be touching gale force in the far north—west of scotland later on. and we'll see that rain moving away from northern areas of scotland, the northern isles. and then the second weather front slips down into the northern half of scotland. to the south of that, we still have a lot of cloud around. many places may well be dry overnight and a pretty mild one.
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the lowest temperatures probably across east anglia and the south east of england after those high temperatures during the day. heading into the beginning of next week, we still have this very mild west to south—westerly wind. along that temperature boundary, of course, we find a weather front that will get stuck in scotland and there is quite a deep area of low pressure well to the north of scotland, that will bring some windy weather overnight. first thing on monday morning, the winds could be touching gale force. it'll be a breezy day. elsewhere across the country, we've got the weather front bringing that patchy rain across central parts of scotland and to the south a lot of places will be dry. there'll be a lot of cloud. probably the best breaks in the cloud, eastern england and eastern parts of wales. and those temperatures still sitting around 11 to 13 degrees. so we have a mild start to the new week. it'll probably be mild into tuesday as well. middle part of the week could see a little bit of rain arriving and then the wind direction changes and things will cool down just a little bit. so these are our city forecasts over the week ahead and you can see how those temperatures do drop away a bit later on in the week. not desperately cold and we start
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the week with temperatures as high as 14 or even 15 celsius.
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this is bbc news, the headlines uk prime minister rishi sunak urges world leaders to "double down" on military support for ukraine in a speech to the munich security conference. he says allies must give the country "advanced, nato—standard ca pabilities".

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