and we want to maintain that. it s important we communicate with our neighbour, we don t ask permission. each and every member country of nato has the possibility to prolong the process. there can be delays in the national parliaments and so forth. countries might have their own concerns but i am confident that in the end we will find a solution and finland and sweden will become members of nato. abortion rights supporters are protesting in cities across the united states against a probable supreme court decision to overturn the roe v wade case, that legalised abortion nationwide. large rallies have taken place in houston, new york, washington, los angeles and chicago. last week an unpublished draft draft ruling on abortion rights was leaked, suggesting the court will overturn the 1973 decision. on friday us senate democrats failed to pass a bill to make the right to abortion
border and it is peaceful and we want to maintain that. it s important we communicate with our neighbour, we don t ask permission. each and every member country of nato has the possibility to prolong the process. there can be delays in the national parliaments and so forth. countries might have their own concerns but i am confident that in the end we will find a solution and finland and sweden will become members of nato. this is bbc news our main story. ten people have been killed in a mass shooting by a lone gunman at a grocery store in the us city of buffalo. the 18 year old suspect, who drove for a number of hours to reach the supermarket, still in the us, demonstrations in support of a woman s right to abortion are taking place in cities across the united states. organisers say there ll be what they call a summer of rage if the supreme court overturns
10% of finland s electricity comes from russia. both sweden and finland are attending an informal meeting of nato foreign ministers in berlin. speaking ahead of that meeting, finland s foreign minister, pekka haavisto explained why his country wanted to join nato and why his president had spoken to president putin. we have 1,300 kilometre common border and it is peaceful and we want to maintain that. it s important we communicate with our neighbour, we don t ask permission. each and every member country of nato has the possibility to prolong the process. there can be delays in the national parliaments and so forth. countries might have their own concerns but i am confident that in the end we will find a solution and finland and sweden will become members of nato. norway s foreign minister has said oslo would fully support finland and sweden joining the organisation.
each and every member country of nato has the possibility to prolong the process. there can be delays in the national parliaments and so forth. countries might have their own concerns but i am confident that in the end we will find a solution and finland and sweden will become members of nato. norway is already a member of nator and its foreign minister says oslo would fully support finland and sweden joining the alliance. from a norwegian perspective, we are 100% behind finland and sweden if they decide to apply for membership in nato and it would strengthen nordic cooperation, because we chose differently after the second world war, so i think this is a historic moment. let s get some more on this. our europe correspondent nick beake is in berlin and has been explaining the timescale finland and sweden are facing if they are to join nato. over the weekend, sweden in particular, the governing party
russia s president vladimir putin has warned his finnish counterpart thatjoining nato and abandoning finland s neutral status would be a mistake . finland is expected to formally announce its intention tojoin the western military alliance tomorrow. as this map shows, russia and finland share a 800 mile border and russia says it has no hostile intentions towards finland and sweden, but has warned that their membership of nato would lead to the militarisation of the baltic region. the finnish president is said to have told president putin that russia s invasion of ukraine had altered his country s security environment. speaking ahead of a meeting of nato foreign minsiters finland s foreign minister pekka haavisto explained why his country wanted to join nato and why his leader had spoken to president putin. we have 1,300 kilometre common border and it is peaceful and we want to maintain that. it s important we communicate with our neighbour, we don t ask permission. each and every m