clearing the path for a major shift in european security. the breakthrough came on the eve of a summit in madrid. the nordic countries have been neutral for decades. post to join the military alliance after russia invaded ukraine. their application was initially blocked by turkey. turkey. yeah. fillum and sweden ha signed on a memorandum that addresses trickiest concerns, including around arms, exports on the fight against terrorism. no ally has suffered more brutally toast attacks. dr. kia, including from the texas group, p k, k, and john hall has more from the dread when a round of tripartite talks this afternoon between that turkey mister heard one and the leaders of finland in sweden clearly produced a breakthrough. the 3 signed a memorandum a memorandum quote to extend their full support against threats to each other s security. jen stilton burg. hailing the successful search for common ground, he said nato has resolved its differences. now turkey had been the only hold
Hello and has him seeka in doha, the top stories on edge is eda forest johnson has pulled out of the race to become a u. K. Prime minister a decision. Theyre almost certainly paves the way for finance minister richie soon act. Johnson returned to the country on saturday, feeling speculation of a comeback. Just months after he resigned. Alan fisher has more money. Now, he is the front runner for the job is britains makes Prime Minister. But rushes to neck is preceding cautiously. A short written statement, promising integrity, professionalism and accountability, and then off to rally, support. I the only other declared candidate is cabinet minister penny more than she has backing, but as yet not enough to hit the magic mark of 100. 00 and p supporting her to get in to a run off election. I am very confident about the progress we are making and i will say to you that i am in this to win it. I think its important for our party. We have a contest. I am very confident about our numbers. And
Im sterile than you in doha, we have the headlines, the you al jazeera, former u. K. Chancellor richie sooner has announced that he is running to become the next prime minister. Is expected to face off against former liter, boris johnson, who has yet to announce his candidacy at johnston and snack met, face to face on saturday. If need and decker has the details on that. There was some speculation that the meeting last night between the 2 men who do not get on something very well known was perhaps to strike a deal to have maybe one of them not run to figure out how to move forward for the best of the party. And indeed the country, but we got an already sent. The new deal had been struck from bars johnson this morning saying that there was no deal that he was going to run and that he was the right man. The one with the mandate basically refer back to 2019 election when he was elected to solve this issue. So weve already got a sentence that no deal was met. Now we have officially heard f