In the war in ukraine. It is their direct participation and this, of course, significantly changes the very essence and the very nature of the conflict. This will mean that nato countries are at war with russia. Meanwhile, moscow s defence ministry says its forces have recaptured 10 settlements over the past two days and that ukraine s military has suffered heavy casualties. But president zelensky says kyiv anticipated russia s counteroffensive and knows how to respond. As russian troops continue to push back against ukrainian forces in kursk, the international committee of the red cross says says three of its workers were killed in an air strike. A spokesperson said the icrc is outraged by the attack. The bbc s ukraine correspondent james waterhouse is following reaction from kyiv. Attacks like this or humanitarian vehicles being struck in this way is rare. I think a couple of months ago we saw a vehicle belonging to the international food kitchen get hit. But this is certainly cert
worthjust reminding you about the origins of the alliance and its central article of collective defence. the north atlantic treaty organisation was established in 1949 in a bid to stop soviet expansion following the second world war. it was initally made up of 12 countries including the us uk canada and france. since then, the membership has grown to 31 with finland the very latest to join. the central principle of nato, is its commitment to collective defence. under article 5 of the treaty, all member countries agree to help each other, if one of them is attacked. and it s that commitment which makes many countries wary about allowing ukraine to join. let s cross live to my colleague lewis vaughanjones in vilnius. over lewis vaughanjones in vilnius. to you. over lewis vau:han jones in vilnius. to ou. ., , plenty of warm words and support for ukraine in the last couple of hours, or updates like denmark, training f-165, or updates like denmark, training f 16s, fighterjets, ukr
manchesterjust the south east heading towards manchester just as they were trying to get on the bus. the showers are starting to ease away, things will turn quieter through the night. they will not be that much more comfortable for trying to get a good night s sleep. temperatures will hold up, quite a lot of cloud around as well across the south and west. a pretty warm start once again to our day and there will be lots of sunshine, yes, clouding the south west but no, there are no showers across england and wales, just a few isolated ones but you will be unlucky if you catch them. most of the showers will be further north and west, across northern ireland and north west scotland. heavy once again with rumbles of thunder but in comparison to today, really more straightforward. 21 to 27 in scotland, high perhaps around 27, may be 28 across england and wales. the rest of the week stays dry, settled and sunny but more importantly, it will feel a bit more comfortable, less humid.