we won t play her games, we won t play roles in a tense game, when there is real work to be done, real work on the cost of living crisis, real work to invest in public services. the white house calls the deaths of 46 people found in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of the texan city of san antonio, absolutely horrific and heartbreaking . ghislaine maxwell is due to be sentenced in the next few hours for recruiting and grooming minors for herformer partner, paedophilejeffrey epstein. borisjohnson faces a row over increased defence spending, as he heads to a nato summit likely to be dominated by the need to boost military resources to counter russia in ukraine. the odds of it being a war in europe have shortened almost as much as the timeline, so we must act. we cannot protect the british people or our allies with transformation strategies and glossy equipment. and coming up in sport, we ll be live at wimbledon as 23 time grand slam champion serena williams prepares to go o
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putin. well, if that would be the case that we join, what my response would be is that you caused this. look at the mirror. back in the u.s., a milestone almost unthinkable just a few years ago. 1 million americans have died of covid. the president ordering flags lowered to half staff in a country changed forever. we are also learning more today about this amazing story involving nerves of steel and an emergency landing soft as a willow. what happened minutes before a passenger had no choice but to take controls. let s begin with finland s decision to pursue nato membership. nic, is there any doubt that nato would rush to approve finland s application? they ve already given them a green light, if you will. nato secretary general today said that they will be warmly welcomed. there s been a lot going on behind the scenes in brussels at nato head quarters. a lot of conversations between different nations. and all of it coming to the same point. if finland joins nato whic