by russia s invasion of ukraine. in response, moscow says the finland nato alliance increases the risk of conflict and that it will strengthen its military presence in the region. the head of the military alliance, jens stoltenberg, is calling finland s accession a historic moment. here s what he said earlier. in a few hours we will welcome finland as the slst member of our alliance. this will make finland safer and nato stronger. on this very day in 1949 the washington treaty, nato s founding treaty, was signed in washington, and it s hard to imagine a better way of celebrating our anniversary than to have finland becoming a full member of the alliance. nato s foreign ministers meet at a pivotal time for our security. we see that president putin s war of aggression against ukraine grinds on. we will meet in the nato ukraine commission with the foreign minister where we will address how to sustain and ramp up support from nato allies to ukraine. both the urgent needs, but als
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sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan. we start with the english premier league. four matches to come later. chelsea s first game after sacking manager graham potter is against liverpool. both sides have struggled this season and are desperate for a win. interim chelsea boss bruno saltor says it ll be the first time he s picking a team but he s hopeful the players will respond. seeing it as an opportunity for the players. we are representing chelsea, a club with an amazing history and it s about winning and dominating and what we need to do and preparation helps a lot to the performance and that is what the players need to focus on. luke shaw has signed a new four year contract with manchester united that will keep him at the club until 2027. the 27 year old moved to old trafford from southampton in 2014 and has played 249 times for the club, winning both the league cup and europa league. he s made 36 appearances this season under erik ten