the turkish city of antakya is one of the most severly damaged, with some of the country s significant historic monuments lying in ruins. now on bbc news, our world: on the battlefields of ukraine, you won t just find local soldiers. slava ukraini. ..but volunteers from all over the world. guatemala, portugal, america. ukrainian officials say 20,000 international volunteers have travelled to help fight back against the russian invasion. many of them came from britain. they needed help so that is why i got up and went. i ve got a purpose in life out there. you didn t have any military experience previously? 100% civilian. from those who d never held a weapon, to experienced soldiers, british volunteers are fighting and dying alongside the people of ukraine. i did not find out until the day before he was coming. a lot of people are like, why you are here and why are you doing this? is there a kind of war tourism? as i tracked down the people who did not have to be in this war,
translation: this was - a beautiful area we took our groups to, all down turkey houses, all down turkey streets. all destroyed, unfortunately. hello there. welcome to the programme. welcome to the programme. just days before the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine, western leaders have appealed for countries around the world to unite in providing long term military support for kyiv. speaking at a security conference in munich, rishi sunak said russia was betting the west would lose its nerve, and now was the time to double down and provide more weapons. a separate meeting of g7 foreign ministers in the city agreed to tighten sanctions against moscow, and quickly provide more weapons to kyiv. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports from munich. this is a conference like few others a chance for western allies, yes, to put on a show of unity, but also a chance to reaffirm their support for ukraine and demonstrate their resolve to stay the course.
the turkish city of antakya is one of the most severly damaged, with some of the country s significant historic monuments lying in ruins. now on bbc news, click. this week, it s game on in helsinki. a cityjust the size of glasgow that houses some of the most innovative, influential and successful mobile games companies in the world. we re going wild in the scottish town that s turning your phone into a one stop tourism shop. it turns visiting - a city into a game. absolutely. look out, alasdair! there s a lion on the loose! and we re crossing the multiverse to see the bedroom artist behind the bafta nominated everything everywhere all at once. there s something very big and bright going on in north london. come on in and we ll show you. this is an exhibition called luyang netineti. chinese multimedia artist luyang takes us on a journey through their weird world the company by avatars created using motion capture and sd game engines. what i like is the artist has created all
old anta kya streets. all destroyed, unfortunately. a uk based iranian broadcaster which has covered anti government protests in iran extensively says it s had to suspend its operations in the uk following threats against its journalists. beeping. and there s been an increase in people taking up treasure hunting in the british countryside but should their discoveries be finders keepers? hello and welcome to bbc news. just days before the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine, western leaders have appealed for countries around the world to unite in providing long term military support for kyiv. speaking at a security conference in munich, rishi sunak said russia was betting the west would lose its nerve and now was the time to double down and provide more weapons. a separate meeting of 6 7 foreign ministers in the city agreed to tighten sanctions against moscow and quickly provide more weapons to kyiv. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from