and i expect we re going to get a progress report when they come out and address reporters in a couple minutes. finland s, the most notable here, finland of countries, its neutrality is historic, tried to maintain neutrality between russia and the west. that is changing here. we did see the turkish president, turkey a nato member, reiterate, at least its public opposition to sweden and finland joining, saying he could reject it. i wonder how serious a potential roadblock they see that is? this is about sweden s support, turkey argues, for what turkey calls terrorist groups, kurdish national groups that have a base in sweden. do they believe they can get over that obstacle? they do. but it s a significant one. look, turkey is an outlier in some ways within the nato alliance because of the nature of the erdogan regime and they have had maintained their
but many in the west, including america, say there s a lack of evidence and are calling for his immediate release, including europe s top human rights body, which is considering kicking out turkey for attempting to silence human rights defenders. but the international community is also working with turkey as it attempts to mediate between russia and ukraine to end the war there. turkey calls the attacks from its international partners politically motivated . but the philanthropist in the dock says it s the judiciary that has been used to carry out an act of assassination. for many of kavala s supporters, this was a litmus test of the rule of law in turkey, with alarming results. mark lobel, bbc news. the funeral of harry billinge, one of the first british soldiers to storm gold beach during the normandy landings in
billionaire george soros. now, kavala has been sentenced to life behind bars. he was found guilty of charges related to the nationwide protests in 2013 and the failed coup attempt in 2016. but many in the west, including america, say there s a lack of evidence and are calling for his immediate release, including europe s top human rights body, which is considering kicking out turkey for attempting to silence human rights defenders. but the international community is also working with turkey as it attempts to mediate between russia and ukraine to end the war there. turkey calls the attacks from its international partners politically motivated . but the philanthropist in the dock says it s the judiciary that has been used to carry out an act of assassination. for many of kavala s supporters, this was a litmus test of
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