developing rain, temperatures are in the low 20s in many places. that is the theme, really, through the week ahead. there is some warmth and some sunshine at times, but every now and again there is potentialfor some heavy and even thundery downpours. hello, this is bbc news. we ll be taking a look at tomorrow morning s papers in a moment. first, 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
but we all move on. there have been lots of things happen in between that period that time and now and we re in a new situation now. of course, we know sweden very well they know us very well, too. so we re preparing what we have seen lately from them, and what we want to do and how we want to play. ronda rousey says she hid concussions and neurological injuries from ufc s governing body for years during her time as bantamweight champion. the american became the first woman tojoin ufc in 2012, defending her title six times before tasting defeat in 2015 to holly holm. rousey says she finds it hard to watch that fight back and that the loss caused her to self assess her career for the sake of her long term health. it s hard looking back at footage in that match because i can see in my eyes that i am literally suffering from a neurological injury decades in the making and there is one point that i saw, mind i don t remember any of these things, i saw that i took a wild
Hello from qatar, head of the start of the world cup quarterfinals, with both brazil and argentina in action today. here, a short distance from the england team hotel, their preparations continue ahead of the huge game to come against france tomorrow. eurovision success and topping the charts 2022 has been quite a year for sam ryder, and he s here to tell us how he s seeing it out in style. it is cold. it is staying cold as well. there is some snow, some ice. this weekend we add freezing fog into the mix. full forecast on breakfast. good morning. it s friday, december 9th. the family of harry dunn is calling for a review of the us uk extradition treaty, ahead of a meeting with the foreign secretary, james cleverly. it comes after an american woman, anne sacoolas, was yesterday handed a suspended sentence for causing