we must all work together to address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of america. our hearts are heavy once again, but our resolve must never, ever waver. the uk government says it wouldn t be deterred from taking action over post brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland to try to help restore power sharing at stormont. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. sweden and finland have confirmed they will apply for nato membership ending decades of military non alignment. the finnish president, sauli niinisto, called his country s decision historic. however, sweden s governing social democrats, said that as members they would not accept nuclear weapons or alliance bases on swedish territory. reports say both countries are planning to hand their membership applications to nato on wednesday. nato foreign ministers who are meeting in berlin say they want a rapid access
we must all work together to address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of america. our hearts are heavy once again, but our resolve must never, ever waver. payton gendro. the uk government says it wouldn t be deterred from taking action over post brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland to try to help restore power sharing at stormont. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote. good evening. in response to russia s invasion of ukraine finland and sweden have abandoned their military neutrality and announced their intention to join nato. the alliance s secretary general yens stoltenberg has described jens stoltenberg has described the move as historic while president putin, talking of finland, called the plan a mistake . nato the north atlantic treaty organization is a military alliance, formed in 1949 by 12 countries, including the us, uk, canada and france. after the soviet union s collapse in 1991,
this is bbc news the headlines at 7:00pm: sweden s ruling social democrats have backed the countryjoining nato it s after finland also confirmed it will apply for nato membership, in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. their membership in nato would increase our shared security, demonstrate that nato s door is open, and that aggression does not pay. a british military intelligence assessment suggests russia may have lost a third of its ground forces since the start of its invasion of ukraine. pictures have been released of buffalo supermarket shooting suspect payton gendro. president biden has been speaking about the attack. president biden has been speaking about the attack.
we must all work together to address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of america. our hearts are heavy once again, but our resolve must never, ever waver. payton gendro. the uk government says it wouldn t be deterred from taking action over post brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland to try to help restore power sharing at stormont. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote. good evening. in response to russia s invasion of ukraine finland and sweden have abandoned their military neutrality and announced their intention to join nato.
this is bbc news the headlines at 7:00pm: sweden s ruling social democrats have backed the countryjoining nato it s after finland also confirmed it will apply for nato membership, in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. their membership in nato would increase our shared security, demonstrate that nato s door is open, and that aggression does not pay. a british military intelligence assessment suggests russia may have lost a third of its ground forces since the start of its invasion of ukraine. pictures have been released of buffalo supermarket shooting suspect payton gendro. president biden has been speaking about the attack. president biden has been speaking about the attack.