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
said. colleagues here to berlin. as i said, informal is perhaps not what automatically springs to mind when you think automatically springs to mind when you think of nato, but these times are different from what they do is to he are different from what they do is to he and are different from what they do is to he and i are different from what they do is to be and i believe that this was exactly to be and i believe that this was exactly the right kind of meeting in this extremely different situation. it is really this extremely different situation. it is really sad, yens, that you as secretary general have not been able to attend secretary general have not been able to attend in secretary general have not been able to attend in person, although the meeting to attend in person, although the meeting has basically been hosted and organised and prepared by nato. with the and organised and prepared by nato. with the g7 meeting and a nato meeting with the g7 meeting and a