federation, fina, has voted to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women s events. now on bbc news, it s time for political thinking with nick robinson. hello. welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than interrogation of someone whose political thinking helps to shape ours. once again, london and brussels are at loggerheads. once again, the row between the uk and the eu is about the status of northern ireland. once again, politics in belfast is deadlocked, with unionists refusing to share power with sinn fein. my guest this week is someone whose life and career is based on a refusal to take sides in that political battle. it is a decision that has paid dividends for naomi long, who leads the alliance party, which won a record number of seats in the recent elections. brought up in one of the most fiercely loyalist parts of east belfast, she insisted that politics should not be defined by whether you want northern ireland to stay in th
Is held for daniel anjorin, the 14 Year Old School Boy who died in a sword attack near his home in east london two weeks ago. Good evening. After Russian Troops crossed the border into North Eastern ukraine last week, President Putin has said there are no plans to capture the countrys second city kharkiv at least for now. The area around kharkiv has been under frequent attack since russias incursion. Mr putin, on a visit to china, said his forces were advancing to protect the russian border region. Here is the latest Battlefield Situation from uk military intelligence. The red areas are russian occupied, with the arrows showing several likely points of russian attack. The recent focus of attention is here, in the north east, near kharkiv, where fierce fighting has been taking place. The yellow represents new gains claimed by russia. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, sent this Special Report from the front line. Near the village of lipsi, the russians are closing in. The fire f
has sweden become europe s most polarised country? tobias billstrom, in stockholm, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr billstrom, sweden has, for many months now, had its request in to become a full fledged member of nato. you applied alongside finland. finland got in, in april. sweden still isn t in. how frustrated are you? well, i have to say that one should stay calm and join nato, as it says on the, you know. ..in the writing. i have to say that i think that, when all is said and done, the summit in vilnius with nato was a great success. we got a clear statement between turkiye, between sweden, and between nato that we will move forward, and that turkiye will now finally deliver our document of ratification to its grand national assembly in october, once the summer vacation is ended. and then the ratification will start. and we feel confident that this is going to happen on part of a swedish government. there was a clear handshake between the president of turkiye
the capital is preparing for the most high profile event to be held in india in years. security is tight, and the budget for hosting is reported to be more than $100 million. the two day event will be attended by several world leaders, including us presidentjoe biden seen here boarding his plane earlier thursday. india s moment on the global stage. to the world, it s promoting itself as a leader. at home, it made the 620 part of daily discourse. let us remind ourselves that this grouping bears an exceptional responsibility. ..holding 200 meetings in 60 different cities. sustainable development goals. ..making the 620 matter. 620 means a lot to me as an indian and it is the biggest achievement i feel for the government. it feels like we are the ones hosting it. that sense of collectiveness is what india is about. and, yes, i m very excited for it. new convention centre, new statues, 620 billboards everywhere. delhi has been getting a makeover worthy of bollywood stars, prese
hello, i m victoria valentine. we start in india where world leaders are expective to arrive in new delhi in the coming hours, ahead of this weekend s 620 summit. this was earlier us presidentjoe biden departing washington for the summit. uk prime minister rishi sunak is also expected to attend. the 620 group consists of 19 of the world s wealthiest economies and the european union. it accounts for 85% of global economic output and two thirds of its population. it s a key forum for international issues but there are deep divisions over some of these, like the war in ukraine. live now to siddarth varadarajan, the founding editor of the independent indian news website the wire. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. what hope is there that india is able to push to the fore the agenda of the global south? i think for india, the 620 has always been about, in a sense, pushing the ideas, views and interests of the global south. we ve been doing this since 2008,