And all 400 wilko stores will close by early october. 12,500 staff will probably lose theirjobs because the business couldnt be saved. And Amputee Milly Pickles has completed the worlds steepest race, the red bull a00 in slovenia. Milly, who lost part of her leg when she was 20, said the slope sprint was unbelivably tough. She is the first amputee to ever reach the finish line. Time now, then, for 10 seconds of the hokey cokey. This is perhaps the most british thing ever a hot weekend and hundreds were out in dorset doing the hokey cokey. I thought i would give it a go. No, do you know what . Im glad i wasnt there. Youre all caught up now. See ya this is bbc news. Well have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The people of sweden have had a lot to get their heads around in the last year. Membership of nato hasnt happened yet, but it is coming, and that means stockholm is rethinking its strategic pos
has sweden become europe s most polarised country? tobias billstrom, in stockholm, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr billstrom, sweden has, for many months now, had its request in to become a full fledged member of nato. you applied alongside finland. finland got in, in april. sweden still isn t in. how frustrated are you? well, i have to say that one should stay calm and join nato, as it says on the, you know. ..in the writing. i have to say that i think that, when all is said and done, the summit in vilnius with nato was a great success. we got a clear statement between turkiye, between sweden, and between nato that we will move forward, and that turkiye will now finally deliver our document of ratification to its grand national assembly in october, once the summer vacation is ended. and then the ratification will start. and we feel confident that this is going to happen on part of a swedish government. there was a clear handshake between the president of turkiye
a big part of her actual program is immigration. nations only exist if there are borders and those are defended, she says. promising a naval blockade, if that is what it takes to stop the flow of illegal migrants from the mediterranean. the appeal of sweden democrats, the far-right party, centers also around immigration. the party talks a great deal about the rise of crime, gang violence, and abuse of the country s generous welfare state, but the main proposal what a 30-point plan designed to turn squeezen, arguably one of the most generous immigration systems in europe, into the most restrictive. it is time to put sweden first, says jimmy akison, the 43-year-old leader of swedish democrats. there is lots of demagoguery, in these two politicians and their parties, but there is also an important truth at the heart of their ap appeal. immigration in many
she says. promising a thnave aid blockadef that s what it takes. the appeal of sweden democrats, the far-right party, centers also around immigration. the party talks a great deal about the rise of crime, gang violence and use of the country s generous welfare state. but the main proposal what a 30-point plan designed to turn sweden into the most restrictive immigration places in europe. it is time to put sweden first, says jimmy akison, the 43-year-old leader of swedish democrats. there is lots of demagoguery, but there is also an important truth at the heart of their appeal, immigration in many european countries is out of control. by out of control, i do not mean it s too high. it s impossible to say what the
could look like in 20, 40 years when birthrates have dropped and are connelling to skyrocket against muslims. will: here is a consist theme. this is starting to roll back the idea that sweden is a refugee status country for anyone in the world. the accompanying changes in culture and safety as you ve led with that theory over the last half a century. pete: they re leading the idea of multiculturalism and diversity but what if the group you re letting in isn t interested in assimilating swedish cowelture? culture? will: same thing in france where pence has gained influence and power in the last several years. winning seats, winning more influence in france and all based again, pete, on the same populous themes. pete: basic populations and might say france first is the idea, sweden first is the idea you re seeing in these places.