elections for the first time since an economic collapse sparked widespread anger against the political elite. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote in italy. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we are going to go to bbc pick is live now, breaking news in berlin. this is at the foreign ministers meeting. this is actually in helsinki. trying to smooth over the problems on the finish declaration of membership of nato, its desire to join nato. this is the scene in helsinki at the moment where government ministers are outlining the proposals. we are expecting that what we have been waiting as announcement, finland will be joining. to discuss why the finns were going tojoin nato, the suggestion is sweden will make a decision on that. the swedish labour party reaching their decision on their policy position later today, we think. this is the scene in helsinki. we are expecting a formal application fr
elections for the first time since an economic collapse sparked widespread anger against the political elite. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote in italy. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. within the past hour, finland has formally announced that it s abandoning decades of neturality, to apply for membership of nato. the decision, in direct response to russia s attack on ukraine, will still need to be approved by finland s parliament. it comes as nato s foreign ministers hold a second day of talks in berlin, which they hope will smooth the way for finland and sweden to join the alliance. turkey has voiced misgivings about their membership, accusing them of sheltering kurdish militants, but other member states hope they can secure ankara s approval. let s listen to the announcement made by finland s pm sanna marin. we have reached today an important decision including cooperation between t
the horror started immediately in the parking lot. as the gunman emerged from his car heavily armed and wearing tactical gear, he shot four people, killing three of them. to eyewitnesses, it was clear he came to do maximum damage. when i first saw him shooting, he shot a woman, he shot a deacon, he shot another woman. and then, he went in the store and started shooting again. a retired buffalo police officer was working security, and shot the gunman. but he was unharmed because of his armour. the shooter then returned fire, killing the security guard. the entire horrific episode of people being killed in cold blood in the store was streamed live online. the suspect was taken into custody alive, after putting his gun to his neck and threatening to shoot himself. he has been identified as an 18 year old white male, and has been charged with murder in the first degree. officials said evidence showed the attack was racially motivated. we are investigating this incident as both a
Multiple stabbings took place. A man entered the Shopping Centre with a knife, five people were killed, several others are in hospital right now with serious critical conditions. You can see from these live pictures, Armed Police Presence still there. The area is still in lockdown. We dont know the motive for this attack but police saying, as things stand, they believed that he acted alone and they dont believe there is a continuing threat. As we just look at the various different, three different lives feeds we have on the scene right now. I will take you back a couple of hours to this afternoon when there was still daylight and we have these pictures of people basically being evacuated from the Shopping Centre. You can imagine a hugely busy Shopping Centre, hundreds of people inside, and as soon as the alarm was raised, police managed to get hundreds of people out of that Shopping Centre. Now, nearby when this happened, about 3 20 p m local time in sydney, when that happened a Police
Records this year. The latest International Conference on certain i cant will get underway on friday in new york. Russia and the u. S. Leading the talks. But as ross cylinder jordan repor reports. The civil war in syria is folder that five years old. Diplomats will try to create a plan to stop the fighting and restore the peace. The russian president said on thursday, he is on board. We basically support the u. S. Initiative on practicing a. The u. S. Secretary of state arrived in moscow. Putin is a lodgetime supporter of bashar alassad. He told reporters, the International Community cant decide who will run the country. Another question which members of the opposition will actually join the talks . It is clear isil is considered a terrorist o. They should not be part of negotiations or the ceasefire. There are other organizations recognized as terrorists. I hope we can all agree. The opposition which recently met in riyadh said it wont bargain with assad and he has to leave. U. S. Sec