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nato, they say, has done little or nothing to help. my guest is nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg. are internal divisions undermining nato s ukraine response? secretary generaljens stoltenberg, at nato headquarters in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. i ve got to begin with the stinging comments just a couple of days ago from ukraine s foreign minister, dmytro kuleba, who said that nato had in effect done nothing to help ukraine. what s your response to that? so, first, i would like tojust say that i have great respect for the government, the political leadership, president zelensky, prime minister, kuleba and ukrainian people for what they are able to demonstrate, their courage and unity, standing up against the russian putin led invasion of ukraine. nato allies and nato have supported ukraine for many years. since 2014, tens of thousands of ukrainian troops have been trained and espec ....
former police officer killed exchanging gunfire with the shooter. survivors of the attack describe a terrifying rush to escape. my daughter was crouched down to the front end for the entire shooting. i got all the way to the back door and the back door was stuck but morris, my co-worker, who told us to run to the back, he s also the one who was able to get the door open for us to get out of the building. we were afraid, we didn t know if someone was on the other side of the door. she was in panic mode and she did not move because she did not want to be noticed she was there. buffalo s mayor called for the city to pull together to overcome the trauma of the attack. we re heart broken. many people with tears in their eyes, families that have lost loved ones. i m telling the community to grieve but let s stay strong, let s stay together and let s get through this as a community. police have identified the suspect and 18-year-old peyton gendron. authorities are comb ....
had he not been stopped. tell us what we know so far about his motivation? well, obviously from what all of the evidence that we ve gathered so far, the motivation at this stage appears to be pure hatred. pure racial hatred. now there happens to be a penal law in the state of new york that is entitled a domestic act of terrorism motivated by hate. that particular crime right now is a crime that i m focusing on. i ve already got him charged mika with the highest murder charge in the state. murder if the first-degree. so we got that charged. we got him hold on that. so now, the next legal step is we have a felony hearing scheduled for thursday. it is a probable cause hearing to determine whether or not a felony has been committed. i m confident that the murder in the first-degree meets the probable cause standard. so he s going to be either held for the grand jury on thursday, or he s going to waive to the grand jury. so i m already in grand jury mode right now. so what ....
the horror started immediately in the parking lot. as the gunman emerged from his car heavily armed and wearing tactical gear, he shot four people, killing three of them. to eyewitnesses, it was clear he came to do maximum damage. when i first saw him shooting, he shot a woman, he shot a deacon, he shot another woman. and then, he went in the store and started shooting again. a retired buffalo police officer was working security, and shot the gunman. but he was unharmed because of his armour. the shooter then returned fire, killing the security guard. the entire horrific episode of people being killed in cold blood in the store was streamed live online. the suspect was taken into custody alive, after putting his gun to his neck and threatening to shoot himself. he has been identified as an 18 year old white male, and has been charged with murder in the first degree. officials said evidence showed the attack was racially motivated. we are investigating this incident as b ....
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. 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 ai ....