completing a historic security policy shift. that was triggered by the invasion of ukraine by russia, with which finland shares a long border. in response to this, moscow said it would strengthen its military capacity in its western and northwestern regions. while sweden remains in the waiting room still, nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg says as a result, sweden will also be safer . let s get the latest from kyiv and our correspondent hugo bachega. asi as i mentioned there, hugo, this sparked by russia s invasion of ukraine just over a year ago. what is ukraine s reaction to this? yeah, i think the ukrainians is ukraine s reaction to this? yeah, i think the ukrainians are is ukraine s reaction to this? yeah, i think the ukrainians are watching | i think the ukrainians are watching it very closely and obviously, as you said, this decision by finland was triggered by russia s invasion of ukraine. and today is a major symbolic moment. finland abandoned decades of mili
has died at the age of 91. he was the longest serving chancellor of the 20th century, before he resigned in 1989 over thatcher s choice of economic advisor. political figures have been paying tribute to him. prime minister rishi sunak tweeted this: one of the first things i did as chancellor was hang a picture of nigel lawson above my desk. he was a transformational chancellor and an inspiration to me and many others. my thoughts are with his family and friends at this time. the current chancellorjeremy hunt said: nigel lawson was a rarity amongst politicians, someone who transformed our thinking as well as transforming our economy. since he stepped down as chancellor, his shoes have been impossible to fill but he inspired all his successors, leaving the country more prosperous and enterprising. and former prime minister borisjohnson wrote: nigel lawson was a fearless and original flame of free market conservatism. he was a tax cutter and simplifier who helped transform
dispense on new york. when we get in a movement that we will cross back over. the bbc has discovered more problems for anyone trying to get a new passport. the passport office had already warned it could take up ten weeks to get your passport renewed. they are offering a more expensive fast track option, where you get it in a week, but it looks like that system is not operating. with more on this is our correspondent paul mossi. first of all, just remind us what the situation is with the passport offices. . . , the situation is with the passport offices. , ., , the situation is with the passport offices. , ., ., offices. this really dates back to 2021 after the offices. this really dates back to 2021 after the end offices. this really dates back to 2021 after the end of offices. this really dates back to 2021 after the end of the - offices. this really dates back to 2021 after the end of the covid l 2021 after the end of the covid lockdown. people were applying for pa
Angeles. Israel Conducting Airstrikes and localized ground raids in gaza at this hour, the Israeli Military says the latest rounds of attacks killed a senior hamas member involved in planning last saturdays horrific attacks in israel. Murad abu murad was killed in a strike targeting a building in the gaza strip. It comes as israel continues to urge palestinian is to leave the northern part of the gaza strip, warning the combat will intensify. Theyve also extended a 24 hour window to leave that was issued early friday local time. And new video also coming in overnight showing damage from the israeli city of ashkelon. Hamas armed wing al qassam saying friday that it launched 150 rockets toward that city. There are now reports whether or no new reports yet whether any israelis were injured in that attack. Its been exactly one week now since hamas staged those shocking, brutal and deadly attacks against israel. Israel has been striking back hard all week. In addition to airstrikes and targ
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