we must all work together to address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of america. our hearts are heavy once again, but our resolve must never, ever waver. the uk government says it wouldn t be deterred from taking action over post brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland to try to help restore power sharing at stormont. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. sweden and finland have confirmed they will apply for nato membership ending decades of military non alignment. the finnish president, sauli niinisto, called his country s decision historic. however, sweden s governing social democrats, said that as members they would not accept nuclear weapons or alliance bases on swedish territory. reports say both countries are planning to hand their membership applications to nato on wednesday. nato foreign ministers who are meeting in berlin say they want a rapid access
hello, this is bbc news with chris rogers. the headlines. sweden s ruling social democrats have backed the country joining nato. it s after finland also confirmed it will apply for nato membership, in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. their membership in nato would increase our shared security, demonstrate that nato s door is open, and that aggression does not pay. a british military intelligence assessment suggests russia may have lost a third of its ground forces since the start of its invasion of ukraine. president biden says america must do all it can to end hate filled domestic terrorism, after ten people are killed in a shooting in buffalo. the uk government says it wouldn t be deterred from taking action over post brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland to try to help restore power sharing at stormont. now on bbc news, the travel show, and carmen is back in chile, where the ancient chinchorro have been recognised by unesco. this week, on the show. meeti
and coming up a full lunar eclipse, giving people the chance to see what s known as a super blood moon. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. finland and sweden have abandoned their military non alignment and announced their intention tojoin nato in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. the alliance s secretary general jens stoltenberg has described the move as historic while president putin, talking of finland, described the plan as a mistake . nato, the north atlantic treaty organization, is a military alliance which was formed in 1949 by 12 countries including the us, the uk, canada and france. after the soviet union s collapse in 1991, many former eastern bloc countriesjoined nato. finland which has a border of more than 1,300 kilometre russia and sweden want to join now. nato foreign ministers, who have been meeting in berlin, said they wanted a rapid accession because of the ukrainian crisis. our europe correspondent, nick
the northern ireland trade row, post brexit. the government is set to publish legisation to give ministers the power to override parts of the deal with the eu. the controversial us preacher who s accused of being politically extreme draws thousands of people and also protesters at the start of a uk tour. and chelsea lifts the trophy after beating manchester city in extra time to win the women s fa cup final at wembley. good evening. the bbc has seen further evidence of apparent war crimes committed by russian soldiers in ukraine. since russian forces were pushed back from kyiv at the end of march, the bodies of more than 1,000 civilians have been discovered in the bucha region, just outside the capital. many were found in shallow, temporary graves. now, the bbc has learned more than half of the dead, around 650 people, were shot in what a senior police official has described as executions. in this special report, our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has be