while attempting to land in stormy weather. authorities say more than 20 people survived the crash, and were taken to hospital. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk from helsinki. i m stephen sackur. when vladimir putin launched his invasion of ukraine, he probably didn t consider the impact it would have on another neighbour, finland, but maybe he should have, because after decades of pragmatic coexistence, finland has made a big strategic decision to join nato, to send weapons to kyiv, and to build a big fence along the border with russia to keep russians out. my guest today is the president of finland, sauli niinisto. do finns now see russia as the enemy next door? president sauli niinisto. welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mr president, finland hasjust made a major strategic shift. this country is now prepared to join naito. prepared tojoin nato. how big a deal is that? it is, but if you look back, let s say time before.after cold war ende
from now. we will bring you those comments from that podium there live. white house officials say today s meeting will allow the three nations to, quote, coordinate a path forward and compare notes on the move. this comes just hours before president biden leaves for his first trip to asia since taking office. over the next several days he will make stops in south korea and japan with hopes of reinforcing those alliances, of course, with china in mind there. plus, we are watching a continuing losing streak on wall street. the dow down again this morning, though, not quite as far as it was earlier. this on the heels of its worst days in nearly two years yesterday. let s begin with white house correspondent john harwood on the north lawn. this meeting, an important show of support for the allies making an enormous strategic change here. do they believe this is baked in? turkey continues to make bones about standing in the way. i don t think baked in, but there does seem to be
it comes just a day after a gunman killed ten people in a suspected racially motivated terror attack at a supermarket in the city of buffalo. now on bbc news, dateline. hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast for audiences back home from the dateline london. it s been a convention busting week, this one a queen s speech delivered for the first time in 70 years by a royal other than the queen. two countries strictly neutral for 80 years, preparing to take sides. in northern ireland, a party in favour of reuniting the island of ireland topped the poll for the first time in the centuries since ireland was partitioned. to discuss all that and more, in the studio are brian 0 connell, former bureau chief in london for the irish broadcaster rte, eunice goes, portuguese journalist and university lecturer and newly created british citizen, and jeffrey kofman, who s been both a war correspondent and news anc
hello and welcome to the programme that brings together the foreign journalists who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. it s been a convention busting week, this one a queen s speech delivered for the first time in 70 years by a royal other than the queen. two countries strictly neutral for 80 years, preparing to take sides. in northern ireland, a party in favour of reuniting the island of ireland topped the poll for the first time in the centuries since ireland was partitioned. to discuss all that and more, in the studio are brian o connell, former bureau chief in london for the irish broadcaster rte, eunice goes, portuguesejournalist and university lecturer and newly created british citizen, and jeffrey kofman, who s been both a war correspondent and news anchor in canada and the united states. good to have you back with us. jeffrey, let s start with nato expansion. sweden and finland, finland s president, sauli niinisto, said on f
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. first, 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 accession because of the crisis in ukraine. from berlin, our europe correspondent, nick beake, reports. a fresh aerial attack lights the sky above the besieged mariupol steelworks. this is where the last of the city s defenders have been holed up, a final