let s get down to business. as promised, we have more for you on the nato summit that will be getting under way in a few hours time. where, as you ve been hearing, finland and sweden have joined the alliance after turkey dropped its opposition against their membership. so, two of the hot topics at the summit are deciding whether russia or china is the biggest threat to world stability currently, and how to share the combined costs of defence security. members are expected to meet the nato target of spending 2% of gross domestic product on defence. the uk presently spends 2.1% of its gdp on security, but there have been calls for an increase after russia s invasion of ukraine. michael rowe is vice president of aerospace and defence at frost & sullivan. good morning to you, michael. first of all, finland, sweden joining nato. what does that mean in money terms? good morning- mean in money terms? good morning. when mean in money terms? good morning. when you - mean in money
up, all the bills have gone up. it s just really difficult. and all the food prices, the fuel prices. we ll be asking when we might hope for better economic news and what the two people vying to become prime minister might do to help. also on the programme. china releases images of the country s launch of ballistic missiles into waters around taiwan, in response to a senior us democrat visiting the island nation yesterday. the bbc should have done more to explore claims of sexual misconduct made against the former dj tim westwood says an internal review. and at the commonwealth games, geraint thomas suffers a bruising crash but still takes bronze in the men s cycling time trial. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll have the latest from the women s open at muirfield, where japan s hinako shibuno has impressed with a first round of 65. good evening. the bank of england has given a very downbeat assessment of the state of the economy warning that it will fall into
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. polling stations have opened across france, in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. at stake is control of the 577 seat national assembly, where the liberal party founded by president emmanuel macron has held sway for the last five years. but, president macron s candidates are facing strong opposition in the form of an alliance of left wing parties. our paris correspondent hugh schofield told me more a big challenge, surprising challenge, this time, but from the left. this coalition which has been created by the force of will of one man, jean luc melenchon, the man who came third in the presidential election, who came from the far left of french politics but by dint of personality and tactical genius has got all of the left or most of the left into his camp and persuaded the very demoralised socialists, communists and greens to fly under his banner, and together, as a group, they are set to
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