Have been giving evidence about alleged russian Cyber Hacking before a powerful congressional committee. Russias always denied the accusations that relate to last years us president ial election. Nick bryant sent this report. Washington is investigating what could be the biggest political break in since watergate. In the 70s, it was the building belonging to the Democratic National committee that was burgled. In 2016, it was the Computer System at the partys present headquarters. A robbery in cyberspace, rather than in person. And Us Intelligence believes it was orchestrated by vladimir putin, from the kremlin, to help donald trump win the election. I want to welcome all our members back to the committee. Today, those allegations were aired publicly on capitol hill at this republican controlled congressional committee. Every american should be alarmed by russias attacks on our nation. There is no National Security interest more vital to the United States of america than the ability to
and resumed arms exports to turkey. stoltenberg lauded the deal earlier. nato will also significantly step up its work in this area and i will established for the first time at nato, the pulse of special co ordinator for counterterrorism. completing sweden s accession to nato is an historic step that benefits the security of all nato allies at this critical time. it makes us all stronger and safer. our correspondent katya adler is in vilnius, and has more on the significance of this announcement. turkey had been blocking sweden joining nato because it said the country was to soft on kurdish separatists but also not respectful enough towards
stoltenberg lauded the deal earlier. turkey and sweden agreed today to establish a new bilateral security contract. nato will also significantly step up its work in this area and i will established, for the first time at nato, the post of special co ordinator for counterterrorism. completing sweden s accession to nato is an historic step that it affects the security of all nato allies at this critical time. it makes us all stronger and safer. our correspondent katya adler is in vilnius, and has more on the significance of this announcement. turkey had been blocking sweden joining nato because it said the country was too soft on kurdish separatists but also not respectful enough
turkey s president erdogan has agreed to support sweden s bid to join the western defence alliance, after resisting it for many months. our europe editor, katya adler, is in the lithuanian capital, vilnius, for us. katya, how significant is this? it is really significant. and important for nato. turkey have been blocking swedenjoining nato because it said the country was too sympathetic and too soft on kurdish separatists and also not respectful enough towards muslims, it said. there have been a number of incidents of the burning of the koran. sweden says it was working towards allaying some of those fears and tonight, a huge sigh of relief from a toe. my phone has been alive with messages from nato diplomats because tonight is the eve of a high profile nato summit withjoe biden, rishi sunak, emmanuel macron
but if there is a connection with pkk, it s common for kurdish militant groups to operate out of iraq or syria where they can more easily operate than perhaps they can in turkey. because the turkish authorities have been in conflict with kurdish separatists for, really, the last four decades, costing tens of thousands of lives in the process. there have also been terror attacks, either claimed by islamic extremists or kurdish militants, that have plagued turkey. but not in the last few years. turkey has been trying to get tourists to come to the city, to come to the country, as of late. especially given the economic difficulties facing the country. yesterday afternoon was a perfect example of a perfect day for turks and tourists to be out. the weather was perfect on a sunday afternoon onn istiklal