leaders from the g7 group of wealthy nations have announced a new security pact with ukraine. the deal s been signed at a meeting of the military alliance in lithuania. those security commitments are a broad international framework to deliver modern advanced military equipment, such as fighter jets, training, and intelligence sharing. it s been welcomed by president zelensky who has swallowed his disappointment at the lack a of a timetable for ukraine tojoin nato. welcome to you, president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky. our dear friend volodymyr zelensky, president of ukraine, welcome to you, volodymyr, it s good to have you here. applause ukraine may not yet be a member of nato, not by a long way. but today, it was embraced, almost, as one of their own, taking part in a new council where kyiv can raise concerns on an equal footing. translation: we ve discussed in detail the confrontation - with russia and what can be done to keep ukrainians safer. we re grateful to our partn
the intensity of that loss reduces over time and the frequency. but there are obviously moments where our relationship is thrust front and foremost. the documentary is one. so, you know, i ve been closer to yog over this last two or three years than i had for a little while. and obviously you love him still, dearly. yeah, i think anyone who knew him loved him and had a great affection for him. you know, he was an exceptionally kind and generous friend and he was bloody funny, as well. andrew ridgeley, thank you very much for talking to us. you re very welcome. thank you, victoria. the documentary is called wham. we have some of the front pages of the newspapers tomorrow. many of them have the same story. the times newspaper, life reveals huw edwards is a bbc star in eye of storm. and then a story about european temperatures edging towards 50 degrees. the front page of the mirror, bbc star huw is in hospital after scandal. wife names news anchor as cops say no crime committed.
defending mr. biden s controversial decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. the hard but necessary choice amounted to this. if we didn t do it, if we don t do it, then they will run out of ammunition. if they run outof ammunition, they will be defenseless. every ally said they understand why we re doing this, when we re doing it. my conversation this morning with nato s secretary-general, one day after he successfully worked with turkey and sweden s leader to alleviate concerns and pave the way for sweden to join nato. sweden will become a member of the alliance. that s good for sweden. it s good for turkey. it s good for whole of nato. with both in the alliance, the whole task of protecting the baltic area becomes so much easier for this alliance. this is important for the whole nato, but in particular this region. good day. i m andrea mitchell in lithuania. we begin with the scene moments ago. president zelenskyy at a concert here at nato just hours after he
full fledged invasion in february last year or in 2022, most experts feared last year or in 2022, most experts feared that last year or in 2022, most experts feared that russia would control the key feared that russia would control the key kyiv feared that russia would control the key kyiv within days and all of you can key kyiv within days and all of you can weeks. the reality is that the ukrainians were able to push lrack the ukrainians were able to push back the the ukrainians were able to push back the russian forces and they have back the russian forces and they have liberated 50% of the territory that russia occupied at the beginning of the war. they have enabled beginning of the war. they have enabled to inflict heavy losses on the russian armed forces, more than 300 casualties, thousands of armed vehicles 300 casualties, thousands of armed vehicles have been destroyed and hurrdreds vehicles have been destroyed and hundreds of planes. this i
being held by hamas, a group deemed a terrorist group or organisation by many western governments. lucy manning reports. iris haim held out hope her son yotam would return, that he would be a hostage who came home. last month, yotam, a heavy metal drummer, was metres from safety. he d escaped his hamas captors with two other hostages. they d left signs saying sos and help, three hostages and waved a white flag. but israeli troops mistakenly thought it was a hamas trap and killed them. iris is clear who she blames. hamas is in charge of all of this terrible day, 7th of october, and all the murdered people and all the soldiers that are killed now, it s just the hamas fault. and in an act of forgiveness, days after yotam s death, iris released a message telling the israeli soldiers involved she didn t blame them. why was that important for you? what did you want to say to them? these soldiers, they also have families and mothers. and i was worried for them also. she sobs. this