nato, they say, has done little or nothing to help. my guest is nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg. are internal divisions undermining nato s ukraine response? secretary generaljens stoltenberg, at nato headquarters in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. i ve got to begin with the stinging comments just a couple of days ago from ukraine s foreign minister, dmytro kuleba, who said that nato had in effect done nothing to help ukraine. what s your response to that? so, first, i would like tojust say that i have great respect for the government, the political leadership, president zelensky, prime minister, kuleba and ukrainian people for what they are able to demonstrate, their courage and unity, standing up against the russian putin led invasion of ukraine. nato allies and nato have supported ukraine for many years. since 2014, tens of thousands of ukrainian troops have been trained and especially
and north korea is battling its first reported covid outbreak. we will look at what south korea is offering. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. we begin with a seismic shift for european security. on sunday finland s government f formally announced it would join nato. parliament is widely expected to endorse the decision, and from there nato leaders said the approval process could move quickly. sunday s announcement mark a historic policy change for two countries that remained neutral for decades and it s likely to anger russian president, vladimir putin, who long considered nato expansion a threat to russia. claire sebastian is standing by with reaction. and first, let s go to nic robertson live in helsinki. a vote will come on whether to join nato, and probably that s a forgone conclusion. how does the process move on from here? reporter: it is a forgone conclusion, and the president yesterday, when
heading through monday and we re going to be seeing this frontal system, this area of rain slowly moving northward. so the morning pretty wet for northern ireland, north wales and northern england. during the afternoon, that area of rain becomes slow moving across central scotland and could bring some thunder and lightning. a return to sunnier skies towards the south. still one or two showers and top temperatures around 22 degrees. bye bye. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines. finland has announced formally that the country will apply for nato membership, in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. in response to russia s a british military intelligence assessment suggests russia may have lost one third of its ground forces since the start of its invasion of ukraine. ten people have been killed and three injured in a mass shooting in buffalo. president biden says america must do everything in its power to end hate filled domestic terrorism. lebanon holds p
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. finland s government has announced it will apply to join nato. its parliament is expected to approve the application within days. sweden is likely to do the same. nato foreign ministers, who are meeting in berlin, say they want a rapid accession because of the crisis in ukraine. the secretary general of nato, jens stoltenberg, welcomed finland s application, and said it would increase nato s shared security. president putin has already called finland s move a mistake. 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 ukrainian stand against a relentless russian bombardment. but as well as by land and by sea, russia continues its assault from the air, foc
coming up at a30, the media show ros atkins speaks to the chief executive of channel 4 about its future. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. finland s government has announced it will apply to join nato. its parliament is expected to approve the application within days. sweden is likely to do the same. nato foreign ministers, who are meeting in berlin, say they want a rapid accession because of the crisis in ukraine. the secretary general of nato, jens stoltenberg, welcomed finland s application, and said it would increase nato s shared security. president putin has already called finland s move a mistake. 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 ukrainian stand against a relentless russian bombardment. but as well as by land and by sea, russia continues its assault from the air, focusing its fight o