hello, i m lucy hockings. finland is set to officiallyjoin nato on tuesday tomorrow. the country applied to join the military alliance in the wake of vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine the finnish border with russia is over 1300km long, and nato leaders are hoping finland s accession will improve the overall security provided by the alliance. turkey was the last of nato s members to accept finland s application last month, clearing path for the blue cross on a white background to join 30 otherflags outside nato headquarters in brussels. this is a historic week. tomorrow, we will welcome finland as the 31st member of nato, making finland safer and our alliance stronger. we will raise the finnish flag, for the first time, here at the nato headquarters. it will be a good day for finland s security, for nordic security and for nato as a whole. a defence correspondentjonathan beale has more on the significance of this. it is beale has more on the significance of this. it is
money. but if they were in the pain i m in, i think i might go into work tomorrow and get their fingers out. the health secretary says a 35% pay rise is completely unaffordable. also tonight, gary lineker and the bbc agree a deal that sees his return to match of the day. a man has died after a gas explosion at a house in swansea. has died after a gas explosion at a - house in swansea. and house in swansea. michelle yeoh. and the oscars and coming up on the bbc news channel. andy murray takes to the indian worlds court later as he looks to secure a play from the last 16 against fellow britain jack draper. it s the biggest strike by doctors in the history of the nhs. tens of thousands ofjunior doctors across thousands of junior doctors across england thousands ofjunior doctors across england have begun three days of industrial action over pay. they may be called junior but in reality many are very experienced. consultants however are not on strike. junior doctors make up 40%
millions face hunger in 31 degree temperatures. it s in! and the marvel of darvel how the sixth tier side felled a scottish premiership giant. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: ten years after she won her last grand slam title, victoria azarenka reaches the semi finals of the australian open, where the wimbledon champion awaits. after the organisers go bust. another borough. good evening. a bbc investigation into abuse and neglect at three children s homes and schools in doncaster has found that more than 100 reports of concern were made before they were closed. leaked documents show that children were said to have been badly mistreated, yet the regulator, 0fsted, continued to rate the homes as good, and there d been a0 separate alerts over three years. 0fsted s chief inspector says she s deeply sorry, and the hesley group, which ran the homes, has also apologised. some of the details in this report from noel titheridge you may find distressing. it has
good morning. it s thursday october 20th. our main story. the prime minister s position is looking increasingly vulnerable today after some of her own mps called for her to resign. it followed a chaotic day for the government with the resignation of the home secretary, accusations of bullying, and confusion over whether the chief whip had resigned. our political correspondent ione wells reports. reporter: is this a coalition of chaos, mr schapps? - another day, another new cabinet minister. grant shapps, sacked just six weeks ago by liz truss, returns as her new home secretary. look, obviously it s been a turbulent time for the government, but i think the most important thing is to make sure that people in this country know that they ve got security and that s why it s a great honour to be appointed as home secretary. he stepped up after suella braverman stepped down, resigning over two data breaches. but have a look at her resignation letter. she wrote to the prime minister
it s six in the morning in singapore, and 11 pm in london, the end of a day of unrelenting chaos for prime minister liz truss and her government. it was just after 4 pm when reports started coming in about the resignation of home secretary, suella braverman. it wasn t long before her resignation letter was made public containing sweeping criticism of the government. later, there was chaos in the house of commons during a vote on fracking, with allegations of mps being manhandled to support the government. our political editor, chris mason has the latest from westminster. tonight at westminster, rolling case studies in chaos crises engulfing the government by the hour. the home secretary resigns. those at the highest level in government don t even know if others have followed her. at teatime, a man who was rebelling against liz truss just days ago was appointed by her as home secretary. i accept that the government has obviously had a very difficult period. what i do know is