he had repeatedly complained of nato s expansion before his full scale invasion of ukraine. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale has more from brussels. a near perfect day at nato headquarters to welcome its newest member. finland only applied a year ago, soon after russia s invasion of ukraine. and approved in record time, despite moscow s warnings about nato expansion. this sends a clear message that every nation has the right to choose its own path. that nato s door remains open and no one can close it with force or coercion. welcome to the alliance. nato membership brings with it security guarantees. an attack on one is seen as an attack on all. it is why ukraine wants tojoin nato. but for now, like these supporters, it has been kept outside. finland is also a neighbour of russia but until now
security. the abandoned years of neutrality to apply to join nato, they started to build a fast fence along the border. yet it wasn t really an issue in the election for the simple reason that all parties seemed to agree on what needs to be done. 0ne seemed to agree on what needs to be done. one of the first thing is that the leader of the national coalition party did when a sanna marin granted that he had won, he said to ukraine, don t worry, we are still behind you. so in many ways, that major issue didn t feature and i don t think there will see any major changes from finland now as a result of this contest. their application tojoin of this contest. their application to join nato seems to be going full steam ahead and will probably be approved this year. it is steam ahead and will probably be approved this year. approved this year. it is good to talk to you- approved this year. it is good to talk to you. thank approved this year. it is good to talk to you. thank you. - approv
get enough detailfrom disappointing is we didn t really get enough detail from the eu foreign policy chief years at the last night, didn t answer questions and he has really told us precisely what is going to be agreed, beyond a couple of outlines that european union. clearly a lot of details to be filled in. union. .. clearly a lot of details to be filled in union. clearly a lot of details to be filled in. ., ., be filled in. and when we hear that serbia s president, be filled in. and when we hear that serbia s president, aleksandar - serbia s president, aleksandar vucic, is refusing to sign the eu proposal, has he said what changes he would need to see like to see before he is prepared to normalise relations? he before he is prepared to normalise relations? , ., , ., relations? he says he has got red lines on those relations? he says he has got red lines on those red relations? he says he has got red lines on those red line relations? he says he has got red lines on those
he would need to see, or what he would like to see, before he s prepared to normalise relations? he says he has got red lines, and those red lines are as follows. serbia will not recognise kosovo s unilateral declaration of independence from serbia, and serbia will not accept kosovo s application tojoin the united nations and will do what it takes to prevent it from joining the united nations. that s what he s saying. he s not saying there s a compromise which would change that. at least 1a people have been killed after an earthquake in ecuador. 13 of the casualties were in and around the southern province of el 0ro and one young girl also died in northern peru, when her family home collapsed. the us geological survey says the tremor had a magnitude of 6.8.
because their houses were completely flattened by boulders and trees that destroyed them due to the aftermath of cyclone freddy. most of them say they have also not been able to trace their families which will now be a hard task because of the whether and how it s changed. this would mean that the rescue teams now need more time to retrieve bodies from under the rubble. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for russian president vladimir putin for his alleged role in deporting ukrainian children to russia. tiktok reportedly under investigation in the united states over allegations the video sharing app spied onjournalists. turkey says it s decided to start the process of ratifying finland s application tojoin nato after long delays. but it says more talks are needed about sweden s bid. president recep tayyip erdogan says finland has kept