more than 16,000 people. bulgarian police make four arrests, after 18 migrants, including a child, were found dead in a truck. a qatari consortium bids to buy manchester united. a british businessman has already put in a rival offer. and the latest marvel superhero movie sets out to conquer the us box office over the presidents day weekend. hello and welcome to bbc news. president zelensky has called on western allies to speed the delivery of weapons to ukraine. addressing world leaders, who gathered in germany for the annual munich security conference on friday, he warned that dithering and delays also posed a threat to their country s security. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in munich and he sent us this report. ukrainian troops on the front line in bakhmut. a moment to rest and eat before the next russian assaults. their fate top of the agenda for world leaders gathering in munich. a chance for them to hear once again from well, you know who. he wants more
facing tough questions over the railway company s safety practices in the wake of the train derailment in east palestine, ohio, and now he has explaining to do before congress. shaw has apologized more than once for derailment, and he has said that the company is making changes, and they will do right by the people of east palestine. and let s get to the testimony from washington. and sunlen, what have you heard so far? some frustration from the residents of east palestine, but we did hear from the ceo of norfolk southern, and the company and the person who has specifically had so much criticism in the aftermath of this train derailment, and we have heard from mr. shaw. he said that he is deeply sorry of what happened, and he promised to see this through, to get it right for the residents there, and he said point-blank, it is clear that the safety mechanisms that we had in place were not enough. this is more of what he had to say. i am determined to make this right. norfo
security can conference next hour. we ll have is a live preview of what s on the agenda. you want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they haven t done that yet. a plea from tyre nichols mother as the five police officers charged in the beating of her son awe peer in court. heartbreak and hope in syria. we ll take you toist stand bull for a look at the miraculous rescues that are still happening. the war in ukraine is dominating this year s agenda at the security conference in germany, one of the largest and most influential diplomatic forums. kamala harris is leading a large american delegation there and is expected to deliver a major speech next hour ukraine s president pleaded with allies to hurry up with deliveries of the advanced weapons they promised including tanks pledged by the u.s. and nato al lice. ukraine s military is expected to launch its own counteroffensive once it has those. volodymyr zelenskyy called for uk
are for open to banning assault weapons. they ll hammer that message. alexi, thank you for being with us this morning. we appreciate it. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this thursday morning. jack-packed morning joe starts right now. one of the constants over the years is baseball. america has rolled by like an army of steamrollers, built like a blackboard, erased and erased again. but baseball has marked the time. this field, this game, it s a part of our past, ray. it reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again. oh, people will come, ray. people will most definitely come. willie. there you go. good morning. that line. welcome to morning joe. all that was good. 30th. all can be good once again. so many l opening day. opening day, yes. very exciting, huh? best part about opening day is, no matter who you are, any team, there s hope. right now, sitting here this morning, there s hope. now, hey there s a point
another beating, the dow sinking into the bank that set off the crisis, silicon valley, not cut like goldman sachs. the banks work from hold culture is partly to blame for the collapse? or not. a story you see first out front. the chinese president xi jingpin facing record unemployment and unrest, how could this figure into a potential invasion of taiwan? it a good evening. out front tonight, new video just in. these are ukrainian soldiers shooting down a russian fighter jet. what i am about to show you i think will stand out to you, for the fact that the act appears to be so easy for ukrainians to take out a russian fighter jet that it almost takes him by surprise. so, here it is. what you are looking at is a ukrainian using a surface to air missile. so, shooting from the ground here, takes about three seconds to reach his target and the white circle, you see it, then the clash or explosion there, the soldiers reaction is total shock. it hit the plane. [ bleep ] as i sai