this is bbc news with the headlines. western leaders put forward a unified front in their support for ukraine, days before the first anniversary of the russian invasion. ukraine needs more artillery, armoured vehicles and air defence, so now is the moment to double down on our military support. nearly two weeks after the earthquakes in turkey and syria, the body of the ghanaian footballer christian atsu is found in the rubble in turkey.

hello and welcome to bbc world news. 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. 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 putin 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 prove him wrong again. together we are delivering as much equipment in the next few months as in the whole of 2022. and together we must help ukraine to shield it city from russian bombs and iranian drones. and that's why the united kingdom will be the first country to provide ukraine with longer—range weapons. and it's why we're working with our allies to give ukraine the most advanced air defence systems and build the air force they need to defend their nation. our correspondentjenny hill was at the munich security conference and sent us this update. we've heard a lot of statements of support for ukraine both today and indeed yesterday. the world leaders, the senior diplomats who are gathered here are united in their conviction that russia must not be allowed to win this war. and that, of course, is because of their concerns

for the ramifications of such a situation. these people are used to gathering here every year in munich to discuss the latest threats to global security. but you really get the sense that never before have they felt the fragility of what they would probably call the international order, certainly western democracy. and that is why they want to send out that message. presumably, they hope that vladimir putin is listening, that they will support ukraine militarily, financially. they will do whatever it takes to make sure that russia doesn't emerge victorious. now, amongst many of those sweeping statements, i think two particular things caught my eye. we heard, first of all, rishi sunak, the british prime minister, suggesting that ukraine needs some kind of long term security guarantee. and this was echoed and welcomed by the nato�*s secretary general, jens stoltenberg. almost immediately afterwards, both men said they need some kind of framework before ukraine becomes a nato member, which will ensure

its longer term security. this will probably be codified, discussed certainly at the nato summit this summer, a guarantee for its security once the war is over. and a second comment from ursula von der leyen, who was talking, if you like, about the practicalities of that ongoing support to ukraine. she was talking specifically about ammunition. now, ukraine is getting through ammunition almost faster than its western allies can keep producing it to replenish stocks. she said, well, look, during the pandemic we produced vaccines at mass scale across the eu using a model which made it easier for companies to take contracts to do that, she said. why don't we try and replicate that kind of model when it comes to the production of ammunition? so we'll have to watch that space. nearly two weeks after the earthquake sin turkey and syria, the body of the ghanaian footballer christian atsu has been found in the rubble of his home in turkey.

this afternoon, his former clubs chelsea and everton paid tribute with a minute's applause. the 31—year—old was currently playing for turkish club hatayspor. the death toll from the quakes is now more than 45,000, with millions left homeless. the turkish city of antakya is one of the most severely damaged, with residential areas and some significant historic monuments 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 antakya. for 20 years, mehmet led tourists around these ancient streets. now even he can't find his bearings. "everything has changed," he says.

stones and debris of collapsed homes block our path at almost every turn. translation: this was a beautiful | area where we took our groups to. | 0ld antakya houses, old anta kya streets, all destroyed, unfortunately. known as antioch in roman and mediaeval times, the city has been significant forjudaism, islam, and was one of the earliest centres of christianity. now, the gaping arches are all that remains of the orthodox church here. bell towers and minarets crumbled. outside a restaurant, mehmet makes a call to the owner. translation: i'm afraid to call people because i don't know- if they are dead or alive, so i'm scared. i am relieved to hear your voice.

the owner is alive but his business partner and their entire family have been killed. this was how the streets used to look. full of life and noise. now drained and empty. outside a butcher's shop, this man weeps for his nephew who used to work there. "my dear one has gone, the world has ended for me," he says. across antakya, the devastation is still raw. but mehmet is taking comfort in the city's 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. caroline davies, bbc news, antakya. 0n the sidelines of the munich security conference,

the uk prime minister rishi sunak and president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, held talks over brexit. they said 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". arguments over the protocol, negotiated after the uk voted to leave the european union, have led to political deadlock in stormont. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright reports. after a dash to belfast on friday, today a meeting in munich. while this summit in germany is focused on ukraine, rishi sunak and the eu leaders seems to be edging close to a deal on an issue which has soured relations for ages — the rules governing trade between great britain and northern ireland. we are working through them hard and we will work through them intensely with the eu but we are by no means done

and there is no deal that is done. there is work to do and that is what we will set about doing. the northern ireland protocol is a product of brexit, the decision approved by the uk and eu to effectively put a trade border down the irish sea. it means goods can travel freely between northern ireland and the republic. but many unionist politicians hate the way it is disrupting trade and treats northern ireland differently from the rest of the uk. after rishi sunak�*s talks today with the head of the european commission, downing street said there had been very good progress to find solutions, so what might those be? a big sore for the uk has been the role of the european court ofjustice in settling disputes — compromise on that will be tough. more straight forward, a so—called green lane for goods staying in northern ireland and a red lane with more checks on goods heading south. that should mean lighter regulation for firms trading within the uk. politically, this is a very tricky needle for the prime minister to thread. first, he wants a deal that meets the concerns of unionist politicians in belfast and persuades them back into government at stormont.

second, he needs to think about his own tory mps here. will it be sellable to the brexit purists who want much of the current protocol ripped up? labour has said it would support a new deal but rishi sunak might be very wary of getting a plan through parliament on the back of labour votes. third, of course, he needs the eu to agree that it's time to do a deal. there is a willingness on both sides to find a compromise, to find a way out, and i think it is important for the eu but i also think it is important for the uk. applause. there has been a clear shift in tone as both sides look to finalise a deal that could mark a reset in uk—eu relations for the first time since brexit. but for rishi sunak there are still big political hurdles to clear. ben wright, bbc news. there's been widespread condemnation of north korea after it fired a suspected long—range ballistic missile from the area around pyongyang airport.

japanese authorities say it landed in the water west of japan's exclusive economic zone. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, urged countries to step up enforcement of sanctions against north korea. the japanese prime minister, fumio kishida, called the launch an outrageous act. mpre now on western leaders putting forward a unified front in their support for ukraine, days before the first anniversary of the russian invasion, at a meeting of foreign ministers from the g—7 richest countries in munich. well, i've been speaking to lesia vasylenko, a ukrainian member of parliament, about whether the conference in munich will make a difference. i'm hoping that there's more to these words than just words and notions that actually that all of these promises materialise into concrete action. and that concrete action is really what the world needs for long term peace.

there needs to be a mobilised effort to arm ukraine with the most sophisticated weapons, with the long range missiles, but also with the necessary air defense, because the tanks will make a difference once they start arriving and working on the ground in ukraine. but also, our skies cannot continue to be the vulnerability point which they are, and which they have been for the last year. and for that, we need the air defence so very much hoping that these promises of a new effort to arm ukraine and for pledges made that's ready in 2023, there will be double or triple the numbers of weapons arriving in ukraine. we need to look into the detail of what is going to be delivered and at what speed. and it is your view that it's the interests of the west to deliver these weapons? well, absolutely. i mean, another year of an all out war in the middle of europe.

it's not something that the world can take. that democracy should be taking. and i mean, every every chance that is given to russia and every hope that is given to russia to actually follow through with this invasion and to come out of it with more territories under its effective control, is also sending signals to other dictators and authoritarian rulers and regimes out there, saying that it's ok and that they can follow suit. i don't think this is something that the world needs or wants, and i'm pretty sure that countries like the us and the uk who have been standing at the defence of democracy for decades, for centuries. it's definitely not something that they would like to deal with. much is being made of the possibility of a russian spring offensive. is that of great concern in ukraine that that could come from a variety of different directions and presents a large threat? well, absolutely.

and we think that this offensive might be happening sooner rather than later, especially given that for russia the window of opportunity is before the tanks and all the other heavy weapons start arriving in ukraine and start being used on the ground. so really for them to strike would be — the ideal time would be now within the next couple of weeks with an even increased offensive in number and in force. of course. ukraine — ukraine is in a position that, come what may, our men and women will be standing around and will be defending our land with whatever we have at the moment. so this is why the urgent calls, the urgent appeals that you hear from ukrainian politicians, government officials, the president of ukraine to send those weapons in and make them available as soon as possible. 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. 0ur money and work reporter peter ruddick gave me an update earlier. we know there are massive queues at calais, mainly of coaches trying to get back to the uk from these big have turned trips. it's actually one of the busiest days of the year for schools returning from ski trips during half term. we've seen pictures of incredible cues just outside calais. as you were saying, pno have been tweeting warning people there is a six and a half hour wait at calais for coaches at the moment. these pictures were taken by a teacher who had just texted to say they through passport control and waiting for the next ferry, they hope to be on board in the next 30 minutes or so but it is seven hours

after they arrived there. now, these cues coincide with a board of force strike, which is happening by uk border force staff but on the calais side. however, the home office are very keen to point out they do not think the cues we are seeing here are down to the industrial action itself. they say there are issues with the calais infrastructure and they say it is one of the busiest days of the year of the year for coach travel. clearly, the strike dates are not helping or are exacerbating the situation. either way, if you're faced with a six hour wait with a coach full of kids after a long week away, that's not the best time to be dealing with... it's quite triggering, those pictures. is it getting any better? at the moment p&0 say they 08 is still around six hours. the peak travel for these coaches coming back tends to be at lunchtime, mid afternoon to around now.

we should expect things to ease off. as i say, massive cues. a whole host of factors going on. the infrastructure at calais, the fact that it's such a busy day anyway and of course exacerbated by the industrial action. do we know what it was like a week ago when people were heading out there? not as busy as that. definitely not a six hour wait. lets moove to sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzie. beat aston villa a2. villa lead twice in the first half this their second goal but arsenal kept up the pressure and scored two stoppage time goals to take a win which puts them two points clear of manchester city with a game in hand. in the evening kick off liverpool boost to the top four chances with a comfortable win at newcastle. there was a minute applause though before

the match to pay tribute to the former newcastle striker who was amongst those killed in the earthquake that hit turkey and syria this month. his agent confirmed he was found in the rubble of a collapsed building nearly two weeks after the disaster in the city. his family were in the crowd for the game. fans of both clubs paid their respects. liverpool went on to control the game early on. the goal inside the opening, 17 minutes. liverpool are now six points off the champions league. elsewhere in the parlor league, the headlines although chelsea lost a bottom side and southampton, everton beat leads to move out of the regulations on but for the first time in a long time. and as i've said manchester city our second after touring at nottingham forest. in the scottish partnership, celtic maintain a nine point league at the top of the table

after thrashing aberdeen a—0. rangers kept the pressure on the old firm rivals. the roads are also wins for saintjohnston and st mirren. cricket and women still are at the top of the group of the world cup after a crucial win over india and theirfirst real after a crucial win over india and their first real test of the tournament. they struggled initially, slipping to 29 for three, but they recovered 250 ia7. unbeaten a7 but it wasn't enough to get them over the line. england will play pakistan in their final game over the line. england will play pakistan in theirfinal game next week and if they win that they will avoid raining champions australia in the semifinals. now the uk indoor athletic championships are taking place in birmingham this weekend. taken victory in the final of the 60 metres. she won the time of 7.17 seconds, claiming a place in the european indoor championship sport. prescott has his place confirmed to with his win and the men 60 metres.

prescott won in a time of 6.5a seconds. that's a sport for now but as always there is much more on a website. but for me it's goodbye. turning to iran now — and a woman who threw her headscarf away on stage at a public meeting is reported to be facing prosecution. this video — circulated widely online — shows the woman throwing her headscarf to the ground during a meeting of the engineering association in tehran. initial reports say she was disqualified from standing as a candidate for election to the local branch because she was not wearing her headscarf. the current wave of anti—government protests in iran was triggered in september — by the death of a young woman who'd been detained for allegedly not wearing her hijab correctly. protests have surged again in the past few days. this was the scene on friday in zahedan, the capital of the southeastern sistan—baluchistan province.

demonstrations were also reported in tehran and other major cities. meanwhile in germany, opponents of the iranian regime have been holding rallies on the sidelines of the munich security conference. at a meeting in munich, a group of exiled iranians, including reza pahlavi — the son of the toppled shah — said they will increase support for opposition movements in the country. pressure does weaken the system but is it enough to do the job because mac we are trying to persuade the world that if you come to support the iranian people. 50 world that if you come to support the iranian people.— the iranian people. so they can better organise _ the iranian people. so they can better organise themselves, i better organise themselves, communicate, have financial means to support strikes and what have you. that is what is going to ultimately cause the regimes demise. the only acceleration is how quickly this can be done.

the model katie price has published a letter she has received from the metropolitan police detailing inappropriate and derogatory images about her disabled son that were shared by a number of serving officers via whatsapp. eight officers are alleged to have targeted her son, harvey, who has prader—willi syndrome and autism. 0ur correposndent sean dilley updated us on the publication of the letter. this story really came to light 18 months ago when katie price had heard that this whatsapp group had existed. she had asked for the officers to be named and shamed. now an update she's posted to her 2.6 million followers on instagram. "i feel the need to share this hand—delivered letter "from metropolitan police. "it's disgusting. she said, that police officers from here felt the need to laugh and use disgusting content on harvey by creating a whatsapp group. so pretty.

pretty robust response from katie price there. the metropolitan police have said on their website about upcoming misconducts that the allegations concern the officers membership of a whatsapp group between 2016 and 2018. it's alleged, they say, that the whatsapp message group was used by those officers, and we should say that they are retired, and serving officers to post discriminatory content. now, 18 months is how long this has been in the public consciousness. some may see this as potentially an investigative team prevaricating, but they would say generally in the sense when investigators look at these things is it takes time to look at all the allegations. and under the police misconduct regulations, there's an awful lot of paperwork that they need to go through. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has told a summit of african leaders he's deeply concerned about a rise of violence across the continent. speaking at the start of the annual african union gathering, mr guterres also announced an increase in cash to combat famine

as well as addressing and funding emergencies. in our world today people are in need of military aid. an increase of more than 25% since last year. and so today, here, i am announcing the largest ever allocation from our united nations central emergency response fund, $250 million. to combat famine and to address and defund emergencies. i'm talking about 18 countries in the world, of which 12 are in the african continent. these resources will support some of the most vulnerable people and some of the most forgotten crisis around the world, including those at risk of famine in africa including those at risk of famine an investigative journalist 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. bafta said in a statement, �*the safety of all our guests �*and staff at the ceremony is always our highest priority, �*and we have robust and appropriate security arrangements in place every year.�* we spoke to christo grozev earlier, who told us how he felt afterfinding out he'd been uninvited from the ceremony. it's an odd feeling of being disinvited from an event where i had tickets. also for my son, and finding out we cannot attend. i do understand in an abstract way why this is done. it is a security concern for the rest of the guests, i understand that's the bafta decision based on advice from police. but i also think it should not

be a simple decision. it's something that has to take into account the other side of the equation which is a message something like this, and exclusion like this sends to investigative journalists around the world also sends to dictators who are going to have outcome. twelve cheetahs from south africa have arrived in central india as part of plans to reintroduce the animals. an agreement between the two governments will see dozens of the big cats sent over the next decade. under a similar deal last year, eight of the animals were delivered from namibia. now on bbc news, the weather with darren bett. 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 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.

0therwise, 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. 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 again. 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 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 the week with temperatures as high as 1a or even 15 celsius.

this is bbc news. the headlines: western leaders put forward a unified front in their support for ukraine. a meeting of g7 foreign ministers in germany agreed to tighten sanctions against moscow and quickly provide more weapons to kyiv. it's almost a year since russia invaded ukraine. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has met with european commission president, ursula von der leyen, about the post—brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. he said good progress has been made.

rescue teams have pulled out three people from under a collapsed building in turkey — almost two weeks after the earthquakes there and in syria. the death toll is now more than a6,000 — with millions left homeless. coach passengers returning to the uk from france face delays at calais of up to six and a half hours. border force staff at several ports, including calais, are on the second day of a a day strike about pay. you are watching bbc news. political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. it's not every week that a political party declares that the man who led it in the last election,

the man the party proposed to be our next prime minister is now