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
We have breaking news on the ongoing scandal we have been telling you about about the south korean president. According to Reuters News Agency, Danish Police have arrested the daughter of a long time friend, choi soon sil, at the centre of an influence peddling scandal. Many former ministers and some Government Officials have been arrested. Her friend has been arrested as well. According to Reuters News Agency her daughter has been arrested in denmark, according to south korean broadcasterjtbc, which reported on wednesday. Just over 2a hours since a gunman forced his way into an Istanbul Nightclub and opened fire. He killed 39 people, most of them foreign visitors, before disappearing into the night. Turkish police have launched a massive manhunt. A leader of the kurdish militant group, the pkk, has denied any involvement. The mood was of celebration. One of istanbuls top nightclubs, reina, counting down to 2017. Five, four, three, two. They expected a night ofjoy, a fresh start not th
We have breaking news on the ongoing scandal we have been telling you about about the south korean president. According to Reuters News Agency, Danish Police have arrested the daughter of a long time friend, choi soon sil, at the centre of an influence peddling scandal. Many former ministers and some Government Officials have been arrested. Her friend has been arrested as well. According to Reuters News Agency her daughter has been arrested in denmark, according to south korean broadcasterjtbc, which reported on wednesday. Just over 2a hours since a gunman forced his way into an Istanbul Nightclub and opened fire. He killed 39 people, most of them foreign visitors, before disappearing into the night. Turkish police have launched a massive manhunt. A leader of the kurdish militant group, the pkk, has denied any involvement. The mood was of celebration. One of istanbuls top nightclubs, reina, counting down to 2017. Five, four, three, two. They expected a night ofjoy, a fresh start not th
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan began a rare visit to Iraq on Monday aiming to reset ties between the Middle East neighbours by inking a raft of deals covering security cooperation against Kurdish PKK militants, energy and trade.