this afternoon, asjens stoltenberg has been discussing the war in ukraine, with the big announcement from him today is that finland will join nato, formallyjoining the alliance on tuesday. that join nato, formally joining the alliance on tuesday. that helps turke in alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the fight alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the fight against, - alliance on tuesday. that helps turkey in the fight against, for- turkey in the fight against, for instance, the pkk, which is regarded as a terrorist organisation by finland and the european union. of course, we work together to fight this type of organisation. it also helps sweden in addressing some of the organised crime that sweden is seeing taking place in its own streets. we know there is a close link between these terrorist organisations and their objectives and organised crime and drug traffic in a country like sweden. i strongly agree that we
our other main news this lunchtime. intense security as the man convicted of murdering liverpool schoolgirl olivia pratt korbel arrives at court for sentencing. a 26 year old woman is detained after the killing of a military blogger who supported russia s war in ukraine. and remembering mobile phones the size of bricks it s 50 years today since the first call was made on one. coming up on the bbc news channel: sacking season in full flow. chesley and leicester s search for a new manager and way after saying goodbye to brendan rodgers and graham potter. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. schools in england are facing more strike action after members of britain s biggest teaching union overwhelmingly rejected a government pay offer. 98% of national education union members who voted turned down a one off thousand pound payment on top of a wage rise. the union s leaders described the offer as insulting , while the government called it fair and reasonable . the
hello, i m lucy hockings. finland is set to officiallyjoin nato on tuesday tomorrow. the country applied to join the military alliance in the wake of vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine the finnish border with russia is over 1300km long, and nato leaders are hoping finland s accession will improve the overall security provided by the alliance. turkey was the last of nato s members to accept finland s application last month, clearing path for the blue cross on a white background to join 30 otherflags outside nato headquarters in brussels. this is a historic week. tomorrow, we will welcome finland as the 31st member of nato, making finland safer and our alliance stronger. we will raise the finnish flag, for the first time, here at the nato headquarters. it will be a good day for finland s security, for nordic security and for nato as a whole. a defence correspondentjonathan beale has more on the significance of this. it is beale has more on the significance of this. it is
in russia, the pro war blogger killed by a bomb concealed in a statuette handed to him during a meeting in a st petersburg cafe. ladies and gentlemen, your artemis ii crew! and the four astronauts taking humankind on a mission around and coming upon the bbc news channel. what next for chelsea and their hunt for a new boss as graham potter becomes the 13th premier league manager sacked this season. good evening. the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel in her own home in liverpool last year by a gunman who was chasing a fellow drug dealer shocked the entire country. today, her killer thomas cashman was sentenced to a minimum of 42 years in prison, meaning he will be in his mid 70s before he can be considered for early release. cashman refused to appear in the dock for the sentencing but the judge told the court in manchester that olivia s future had been cruelly snatched away and that cashman s actions were chilling. our north of england correspondent judith moritz re