let s go straight to gavin at the bbc sport centre. the africa cup of nations kicks off in ivory coast on saturday. despite going through a civil war just over a decade ago, the country has produced some of africa s greatest players such as didier drogba and yaya toure. since the conflict ended, ivory coast has become a growing power in west africa. earlier, we looked ahead to the tournament with bbc sport africa s ian williams, who s in abidjan. the first in a0 years in the ivory coast, notjust excitement but pride as well that is coming back after so long. you see those distinctive orange, white and green everywhere you go, traders weaving through the traffic selling their flags, hats and horns. not so long ago, a country torn apart by civil war. they are spread over $1 billion on new infrastructure including forney stadiums. the idea turn the country into a west african sporting hub so the facilities do not go to waste. we are told there is great interest in as globally
let s go straight to gavin at the bbc sport centre. the africa cup of nations kicks off in ivory coast on saturday. despite going through a civil war just over a decade ago, the country has produced some of africa s greatest players such as didier drogba and yaya toure. since the conflict ended, ivory coast has become a growing power in west africa. earlier, we looked ahead to the tournament with bbc sport africa s ian williams, who s in abidjan. the first in a0 years in the ivory coast, notjust excitement but pride as well that is coming back after so long. you see those distinctive orange, white and green everywhere you go, traders weaving through the traffic selling their flags, hats and horns. not so long ago, a country torn apart by civil war. they are spread over $1 billion on new infrastructure including forney stadiums. the idea turn the country into a west african sporting hub so
message, the united kingdom stands with ukraine. rishi sunak has come here notjust to see the devastation for himself but also promise ukraine more support, to try and show a little bit of british leadership while america and europe hesitate. but the new money is only for one year and has been promised later than some mps wanted. but mr sunak s host was happy, notjust with the new money, but also the sheer fact of the prime minister s presence, the first world leader to visit this year. they signed a new agreement committing britain to support ukraine s security in the long term, mr sunak spoke of a new hundred year partnership. but in a speech to ukrainian mps. i come from the world s oldest parliament to address the world s bravest. amid the solidarity there was a warning too. we meet today at a difficult moment in the struggle for ukraine s freedom.