in march. the local police chief has said that more than half had been shot. finland and sweden have formally announced their intention tojoin nato, in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. the alliance s secretary general, jens stoltenberg, has described the move, which amounts to abandoning their military non alignment, as historic while president putin described the plan as a mista ke . one person is dead and four others critically wounded when a gunman opened fire at a church in california. he s later overpowered. it comes just a day after a gunman killed ten people in a suspected racially motivated terror attack at a supermarket in the city of buffalo. now on bbc news, stephen sackur is in washington with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from capitol hill, washington with me, stephen sackur.
to pregnant women and how severely they can be affected. so pregnant women have been advised for several months now, to have it, but this shows how severely they can be affected and is causing us to urge pregnant women to think about this again and to consider having the vaccine. ., . ., , again and to consider having the vaccine. ., , ., , vaccine. doctorjones, thanks very much. the family of a health care worker, who died after the manchester arena bombing, have criticised some emergency services saying they made mista ke, after mistake. the inquiry into the bombing has heard john atkinson might have survived, if he d been treated more quickly. today his family refused to accept an apology from the ambulance service s operational commander on the night. mr atkinson suffered a fatal cardiac arrest, more than an hour after the blast, in 2017. with more details, here s judith moritz. john atkinson was badly hurt in the bombing at manchester arena but it was nearly an hour before he g