Mr billstrom, sweden has, for many months now, had its request in to become a full fledged member of nato. You applied alongside finland. Finland got in, in april. Sweden still isnt in. How frustrated are you . Well, i have to say that one should stay calm and join nato, as it says on the, you know. In the writing. I have to say that i think that, when all is said and done, The Summit In Vilnius with nato was a great success. We got a clear statement between turkiye, between sweden, and between nato that we will move forward, and that turkiye will now finally deliver our document of ratification to its grand National Assembly in october, once the Summer Vacation is ended. And then the ratification will start. And we feel confident that this is going to happen on part of a swedish government. There was a clear handshake between the president of turkiye, the Prime Minister of sweden, and the secretary general of nato. Well, you say youre very sure it seems to me that mr erdogan, in turke
And all 400 wilko stores will close by early october. 12,500 staff will probably lose theirjobs because the business couldnt be saved. And Amputee Milly Pickles has completed the worlds steepest race, the red bull a00 in slovenia. Milly, who lost part of her leg when she was 20, said the slope sprint was unbelivably tough. She is the first amputee to ever reach the finish line. Time now, then, for 10 seconds of the hokey cokey. This is perhaps the most british thing ever a hot weekend and hundreds were out in dorset doing the hokey cokey. I thought i would give it a go. No, do you know what . Im glad i wasnt there. Youre all caught up now. See ya this is bbc news. Well have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The people of sweden have had a lot to get their heads around in the last year. Membership of nato hasnt happened yet, but it is coming, and that means stockholm is rethinking its strategic pos
has sweden become europe s most polarised country? tobias billstrom, in stockholm, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr billstrom, sweden has, for many months now, had its request in to become a full fledged member of nato. you applied alongside finland. finland got in, in april. sweden still isn t in. how frustrated are you? well, i have to say that one should stay calm and join nato, as it says on the, you know. ..in the writing. i have to say that i think that, when all is said and done, the summit in vilnius with nato was a great success. we got a clear statement between turkiye, between sweden, and between nato that we will move forward, and that turkiye will now finally deliver our document of ratification to its grand national assembly in october, once the summer vacation is ended. and then the ratification will start. and we feel confident that this is going to happen on part of a swedish government. there was a clear handshake between the president of turkiye
abortion a crime was unconstitional because it violated the rights of those who can have children. the ruling opens the door for mexico s health care system to start providing abortions and is a major victory for abortion rights advocates in the mostly catholic country. mexico is the latest in a wave of latin american nations to loosen abortion restrictions. live now to mimi swaby, who s monitoring this story for the bbc world service. as we mentioned, a sweeping ruling, practically speaking, what will this mean for the country and for women in mexico? country and for women in mexico? , ., ., , . , ., mexico? this unanimous decision by mexic0 s mexico? this unanimous decision by mexico s highest mexico? this unanimous decision by mexico s highest court - by mexico s highest court obliges all public health institutions to provide abortion services for anybody who requests it. this means women across mexico can access these procedures without fear of any legal repercussion
where a hunt is continuing for a suspected terrorist who escaped from a london prison. daniel khalife escaped by clinging to the underside of a food delivery van on wednesday morning. thejustice secretary has ordered an urgent investigation into what happened, and why the former soldier wasn t held in a higher security prison. our reporter simonjones has more. currently britain s most wanted man. the hunt for daniel khalif, facing serious charges of threats to the state, is being described as urgent and extensive. despite all the security that should have been in place here at wandsworth prison, the former soldier managed to escape from the jail s kitchen by strapping himself to the bottom of a food delivery van. he was wearing his distinctive chef s uniform. he could be anywhere in the country at the moment and, yes, of course we re mindful of the risk of him potentially leaving the country. we re focusing our efforts in london at the moment. so we have counter terrorism off