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
And why the uks last Killer Whales are under threat. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. After announcing her retirement, 11 time british javelin champion Goldie Sayers says she leaves athletics feeling a deep sense of injustice. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The European Unions Chief Brexit Negotiator has been setting out his priorities for the talks, warning that they will be complex and not painless. Michel barnier insisted that the uk would not be punished for leaving but said that the accounts had to be settled. It came after reports that the uk could be asked to pay up to 100 Billion Euros to leave the eu. Mr barnier said the top priority was to establish the rights of eu citizens living the in the uk and of britons in the eu. Heres our Political Correspondent ben wright. In the toriess sights this morning, Jeremy Corbyns tax plans. The conservatives claim there is a huge hole and his sons, a Charge Labour strongly denies. But what about the cost of brexi
There is no punishment, there is no brexit bill, the financial settlement is only about settling the accounts. Im nicholas owen. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. A 20 year old student is found guilty of Planting A Home made bomb on a busy London Underground tube train. Ten years on from the disappearance of Madeleine Mccann we return to praia da luz as British Police say their investigation remains open. A big fall in profits at sainsburys. The Supermarket Giant blames tough Market Conditions and a fall in the value of sterling. Good afternoon imjane hill at westminster on the day that the general Election Campaign officially got underway. Theresa may has launched an attack on european officials accusing someone on european officials accusing someone to try to influence the outcome of the british General Election by using threats. She said that talks would be tough and the position of the uk had been represented the standards of the European Commission hardened. The Prime Minis