coming up at a30, the media show ros atkins speaks to the chief executive of channel 4 about its future. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. finland s government has announced it will apply to join nato. its parliament is expected to approve the application within days. sweden is likely to do the same. nato foreign ministers, who are meeting in berlin, say they want a rapid accession because of the crisis in ukraine. the secretary general of nato, jens stoltenberg, welcomed finland s application, and said it would increase nato s shared security. president putin has already called finland s move a mistake. from berlin, our europe correspondent, nick beake, reports. a fresh aerial attack lights the sky above the besieged mariupol steelworks. this is where the last of the city s defenders have been holed up, a final ukrainian stand against a relentless russian bombardment. but as well as by land and by sea, russia continues its assault from the air, focusing its fight o
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
so our big question this morning, as the temperature drops can the nhs avoid a terrible winter? to answer that question, victoria atkins in her first interview with us as health secretary. would labour have it any easier? the shadow business secretaryjoins us too. israeli strikes on gaza are most definitely back. mark regez is with us. and nelson mandela s granddaughter activist ndelika joins us from dubai where she s pressing the flesh with world leaders at the climate change summit. good morning. with me at the desk jane moore, the columnist and broadcaster. historian lord andrew roberts. and professor kamila hawthorne the chair of the royal college of general pracitioners. we re going to spend a lot of the morning talking about health. victoria atkins is with us. one of your colleagues said to me what you do is going to make the difference to whether the toys can hang on at the next election. feel the pressure? the nhs is one of the reasons i came into politics.
i know i m a woman. today a day of sunshine and showers. tonight, heavy rain and strong winds coming our way tonight, heavy rain and strong winds coming ourway and tonight, heavy rain and strong winds coming our way and will be with us tomorrow. all the details later. it s tuesday the 7th november. it s one month on since the murderous hamas attack on israel that left moo people dead and around 240 taken hostage. 0vernight the israeli prime minister said the country will have overall security responsibility for the gaza strip for an indefinite period once the fighting is over. it comes as the health ministry in gaza run by hamas reported more than 10,000 people have been killed since the war began. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. one month on from the darkest of days. here by the western wall, the holiest place wherejews can pray, a candle was lit for each of the estimated moo lives lost. and o
quiet singing. a moment to pause, grieve and recall israel s deadliest attack in its 75 year history. 0ne israel s deadliest attack in its 75 year history. one month on, still no news, no release of the vast majority of those sites those hostages seized by hamas on october seven as this country continues to pursue its military offensive inside gaza, where there is no silence, the bombs continue to rain down on the gaza strip as israel continues to pursue its aim of, in its words, obliterating hamas. 0vernight israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu said this country would, in his words, had security responsibility for the gaza strip for an indefinite period once the fighting is over. it comes as the health ministry in gaza, run by hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk, reported more than 12,000 people have been killed in the territory since war began. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. one month on from the darkest of days. here by the w