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
the best goalkeeper. elsewhere, lionel messi unsurprisingly picked up the award for the best player in men s football. he led argentina to the world cup win in qatar. it was a clean sweep for the argentinians in the men s side, who were nominated for awards. the manager picked up the best coaches, and martinez was voted the best goalkeeper. earlier this evening, sarina wiegman had a word with her and said that the award that she and the team were nominated for was an acknowledgement of the success they have had. they ll be hoping that picking up trophies is a good omen. well, one of the biggest cheers of the night was for polish amputee player marcin oleksy, who won the puskas award for the best goal of the year. here s his effort for his club warta poznan a perfectly executed bicycle kick that flew past the opposition goalkeeper. he beat off competition from the likes of richarlison to win the award. swansea and rotherham shared the points in the championship after a 1 1 d
and this was the glorious sight over stonehenge. maybe the image of the night. and if there are clear skies tonight, there could be an action replay. our scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie joins us from oban on the west coast. time for a look at the weather. here s louise lear. it is happening again. i was pessimistic if you were watching the six o clock news about how much of the northern lights we would be able to see. this was the western isles around an hour ago and it isn tjust scotland. where we have breaks in the cloud we have beautiful dancing light displays. this was actually in wiltshire about an hour ago. the reason why i was pessimistic is because we have more cloud today and there is certainly more cloud around. might not be quite as widespread but take a chance on it, just take a peek because if the cloud breaks up you might get to see it. the reason why we have more cloud is this high pressure, still sitting with us and this nagging north easterly wind
creatures grew so big or how they came to die out, but their size and their success for millions of years puts our own existence into sharp perspective. rebecca morelle, bbc news. now it s the weather with darren bett. we had more rain today but at least it is a little bit warmer. temperatures in northern ireland reached 16 degrees today and it s actually a bit warmer than normal for the time of year across many western parts of europe. in south west france temperatures were topping 30 degrees. of course it will not last and as we change month we will change the weather. it will turn cooler across many western parts of europe but it should also be turning drier at the same time. looking at the rain we had over the past few hours, this is continuing to push across scotland. heavy rain developing across england and wales. a bit further north now. that rain will tend to slide away into the north sea but we will keep some patchy rain going across northern england. 0therwise turni
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. republicans have criticised president biden over the amount of time it took to shoot down a chinese observation balloon that flew across the united states. china has said shooting down the balloon was an obvious over reaction. the diplomatic fall out is continuing, as warships try to recover the debris. secretary of state antony blinken was due to be in beijing this week, but he postponed the trip after the balloon was discovered. barbara plett usher reports from beijing. for days, this solitary object floated serenely through us airspace, putting a diplomatic crisis onto television screens in real time. was it a harmless weather balloon, as the chinese claimed, or a spy in the sky? moments after it arrived over the atlantic, the us brought an explosive end to the drama. that trail of white vapour you see on the left of the screen is an american fighterjet heading for the balloon. the second vapour trail is fr