worthjust reminding you about the origins of the alliance and its central article of collective defence. the north atlantic treaty organisation was established in 1949 in a bid to stop soviet expansion following the second world war. it was initally made up of 12 countries including the us uk canada and france. since then, the membership has grown to 31 with finland the very latest to join. the central principle of nato, is its commitment to collective defence. under article 5 of the treaty, all member countries agree to help each other, if one of them is attacked. and it s that commitment which makes many countries wary about allowing ukraine to join. let s cross live to my colleague lewis vaughanjones in vilnius. over lewis vaughanjones in vilnius. to you. over lewis vau:han jones in vilnius. to ou. ., , plenty of warm words and support for ukraine in the last couple of hours, or updates like denmark, training f-165, or updates like denmark, training f 16s, fighterjets, ukr
the struggle to take back what is theirs has begun in earnest. this was russian held ground two weeks ago, and for this brigade, the journey to the front takes longer now. here in the east and the south, there is still a long way to go. ukraine is on the offensive. russia fought hard to keep the ground and this brigade fought harder. step by step it was russian mines. this is all russian equipment and uniforms? yes, equipment. rations, everything. we travel to another front and another ukrainian breakthrough. the men of the 68th brigade fought russian marines for three days to take this village. here is very difficult, very difficult because this is the main difference, the main area of activity for russian soldiers. what we can see here is there has been fighting house to house and room by room, very close? yes, very difficult. andrei is already giving orders for the next attack. it is imminent. translation: listen, it is very important, i you need to listen to people, you n
for millions of homeowners if the government stuck to its plan. here s our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. soaring food prices, sky high energy bills, rents and mortgages going through the roof. today the prime minister again sought to calm growing fears about the state of the economy. this week you have told people it is going to be ok. do you understand why people looking at their mortgage bills, shopping bills, worrying about keeping the roof over their heads, they will listen to you and think, it is not going to be ok for me ? i have never said it is not challenging, i have never said it will not be a difficult time to get through, but i want to give people the reassurance and confidence we have a plan, the plan will work and we will get through this. that is exactly what people should be hearing from their prime minister and government. but with interest rates already at a 15 year high and more rate rises likely from the bank of england, there are fears this c
high pressure that is across england and wales and across scandinavia as well. there will be a huge amount of rain on them. on saturday, clouding up rain on them. on saturday, clouding up to scotland and northern ireland but we should see some bright or hazy sunny spells coming through. one or two spots of rain possible, more especially later in the day. for england and wales it is warm in the sunshine and temperatures could reach 18 to 21 degrees. perhaps a bit lower than that given the onshore winds around the north sea coast. similar story on sunday, the cloud could be thick enough for a few patches of rain across the north west. there will be occasional brighter spells, west. there will be occasional brighterspells, but west. there will be occasional brighter spells, but england and wales, fine and dry david temperatures getting into the low 20s in the warmer spots. it could be received the warmest weather of the year so far this weekend, but that doesn t say that much be