stars of the silver screen are getting ready for the baftas later tonight. we ll look at which films might take home the awards. good morning. we are looking at a brighter day, with a few more cloudbreak surround, so some sunny spells developing for many. probably quite a nice sunrise for some of you. in scotland we have to get cloud with rain on the way and here it is going to turn progressively windier, with severe gales on the way, tonight across the north. more on but a bit later on. it s sunday, the 19th of february. our main story: the british medical association says the government is standing on the precipice of a historic mistake by failing to stop strike action in the nhs. 16,000 junior doctors in england are being balloted over industrial action. that vote closes tomorrow, when a large number of ambulance workers in england and wales will also walk out. vincent mcaviney has the latest. escalating strikes across the nhs. ambulance workers in england, wales and nor
mr sunak has met 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 more than 46 thousand people across southern turkey and northern syria. and a qatari consortium has submitted a bid to buy manchester united bbc sport understands that a rival bid was also tabled by ineos, owned by british billionaire, you re watching bbc news. now, its time for the last of albania s sworn virgins. 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 b
coach passengers returning to the uk from france face delays at calais of up to six and a half hours. 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. 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
to the uk from france face delays at calais of up to six and a half hours. coming up in sport. arsenals title hopes are alive again. they are two points clear of manchester city with a game in hand at the top of the english from your league. english premier league. 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 was at stake in the war. need a military strategy fo ukraine we need a military strategy for ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield to win the war in a political strategy to win the peace. to win the war ukraine needs more artillery, armoured vehicles and air defense. so now is the moment t