where rishi sunak is speaking in london. a top five exporter of iron or and a steal, a leader in energy, pushing forward renewables, hydrogen and electric vehicles, and a start up nation which helped spark names like paypal, whatsapp and revolut with a thriving tech sector that had a thriving tech sector that had a thriving year in 2022. the truth is that opportunity is still there today. in fact, the war has proved how much ukraine has to offer. when i visited kyiv last november i saw this for myself. i saw ukraine s incredible spirit. a spirit, yes, of strength and defiance. but also of ingenuity and innovation. in a converted office block i met tech experts, civilian and military, who were working together to find new ways to bolster the country s defences. they were networking
antony blinken announcing $1.3 billion of funding for ukraine focused on digitising ukrainian systems, supporting businesses and entrepreneurs, and also investing money to help overhaul the ukrainian energy network. you can find out plenty more about what is going on in london over the next two days. we have already heard from rishi sunak, volodymyr zelensky and ursula von der leyen. you can find the details for yourself on our website, bbc.co.uk/ news, or on the bbc news app. but now let s turn attention to the us because us coastguards have said that a canadian aircraft detected underwater noises during the search for the submersible that went missing in the north atlantic with five people on board. earlier american and canadian officials said the effort to find the sub near the titanic wreck is intensifying, as the five people on board are believed to have just over a day s supply of oxygen left. heavy equipment and private companies capable of launching deep sea rescue operations a
conventional artillery, a shield that covers an entire country, or even that covers an entire country, or even a that covers an entire country, or even a region to shelters in every schoois. even a region to shelters in every schools, and infrastructure that can be built schools, and infrastructure that can be built that cannot be destroyed by the iranians shaheds, to cyberspace that remains resilient even in the face of that remains resilient even in the face of constant cyberattacks. we are doing face of constant cyberattacks. we are doing all this in ukraine and we need are doing all this in ukraine and we need the are doing all this in ukraine and we need the experience of our partners in ail need the experience of our partners in all this need the experience of our partners in all this. we build security together in all this. we build security together and thus we convince the world together and thus we convince the world that together and thus we convince th
protect that an ideological defeat. we will protect ukraine and verse we protect freedom protect ukraine and verse we protect freedom. and then we build ukraine and we freedom. and then we build ukraine and we will freedom. and then we build ukraine and we will build freedom in the country. and we will build freedom in the country, region, continent, world. it is country, region, continent, world. it is a country, region, continent, world. it is a global country, region, continent, world. it is a global task and i want to thank it is a global task and i want to thank you it is a global task and i want to thank you. and i think germany, france, thank you. and i think germany, france, italy, switzerland, every country france, italy, switzerland, every country where we have agreed. at this conference we must move from region this conference we must move from region to this conference we must move from region to agreements and agreements to real region to agreements an
president of the european commission ursula von der leyen as and when they take the stage and we will bring those pictures and comments. i m joined by. apologies, i mjoined by. apologies, we i m joined by. apologies, we have just lost him. ukraine s former economy minister and apologies for the slight mishap without autocue. thank you forjoining us. we are expecting to hear an awful lot of commentary for the next couple of days. talk us through what is on the agenda here in london. the defence effort and the agenda here in london. the defence effort and the recovery agenda here in london. the defence effort and the recovery because - agenda here in london. the defencej effort and the recovery because they are complimentary. the conference focuses on what needs to be done right now for the economy of ukraine and post war. the government of ukraine is going to present its vision about the key sectors, the key needs, the key opportunities, there will be a lot of discussion about speci