nearly 16,000 people. there s been an increase in people taking up detectoring in the british countryside but should their discoveries be finders keepers? next week will mark the one year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. in the past hour, the uk prime minister rishi sunak has told world leaders meeting munich that the international response to russia s aggression in ukraine has not been strong enough. mr sunak said that the sovereignty and security of every nation was at stake in the war. we need a military strategy for ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield, to win the war, and a particle strategy to win the peace. to win the war, ukraine needs more artillery, armoured vehicles and air defence so now is the moment to double down on our military support. when vladamir putin started this war, he gambled that our resolve would falter. even now, he is betting that we will lose our nerve, but we have proved him wrong then and we will prove him wrong
and northern ireland brexit and in particular what happens to good that go from great britain to northern ireland. at the moment they get checked effectively at a border in the irish sea. it was crating all sorts of problems for northern irish businesses and it is a problem for those who support brexit as well because they are concerned about what it means for the integrity of the uk if part of the uk is treated differently to others. northern ireland is treated differently than england, scotland and wales, the key sticking point is how those checks should be carried out on goods that are destined to stay in northern ireland. we have also had rishi sunak talking about it at that conference. the swirling speculation that we could be heading towards a deal. rishi sunak was keen to dampen that down slightly, or temperate. that might be posturing but we don t know. again, there is a real expectation that in the coming days, we could hear about a new agreement.
i don t know where that goes, i m not going to point any fingers, but they are swirling speculation. there s a rule in politics, the moment you bring up the podium it s a matter of when you are going to leave. if your cabinet official. harris: wow! if you are a senator governor you can survive it a little bit, but his moment of time. harris: the moment you bring up the podium. what s next? this administration is taking a lot of criticism for having so many high-level job openings. asked. well, look, i think president trump finds he likes to have acting secretaries. he s got a number of them. one, you don t have to have them confirmed by the senate and have a drawn-out process. second, i think he kind of likes having leverage over this. harris: why? is not helping on defense at this point. a load of criticism that by the time we replaced the second acting in the last few months, we might have gone a complete year without a defense secretary . there s been a number we have
sandra: this is breaking right now. we are learning that house speaker paul ryan is considering retirement after the 2018 midterms. this is being reported by politico at this moment. thank paul ryan has made it known to some of his closest confidant that he plans to retire after the 2018 elections, amid swirling speculation that he could step down even sooner. his most likely successors have been meeting, should a leadership shake-up occur. if so, house speaker paul ryan considering retirement after the 2018 midterms, after potentially a major legislative victory, his baby, tax reform. jason: i have no first-hand knowledge as to whether or not he would do that. it will not surprise me. he cares deeply about his family and his kids. it is an incredibly difficult job, being speaker of the house. and the crescendo of his career,
president to be going in a different direction than his own party. boris sanchez in washington. thank you. still ahead, ticking clock. as he mentioned, congress returns to washington with a busy agenda. will the senate be able to pass a crucial vote on taxes? swirling speculation that former national security adviser michael flynn may be about to flip on his former boss. and later, stunning images of not one but two volcanic eruptions happening right now. we ll show you much more of these images and tell you more about where it s happening live in the cnn newsroom.