limits in hand luggage. a ceremony is due to be held in brussels within the next few hours to officially welcome nato s newest member. this nato s newest member. is the scene live in brusse where this is the scene live in brussels, where officials are arriving to witness the raising of the finished flag here. finland has abandoned its long standing commitment to neutrality in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. the head of the military alliance, jens stoltenberg, told reporters it was a historic day; he said it would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. in response, moscow says it will strengthen its military presence in the region. let s listen to what mr stoltenberg had to say. in a few hours we will welcome finland as the slst member of our alliance. this will make finland safer and nato stronger. on this very day in 1949 the washington treaty, nato s founding treaty, was signed in washington and it s hard to imagine a better way of celebrating our anniversary
by russia s invasion of ukraine. in response, moscow says the finland nato alliance increases the risk of conflict and that it will strengthen its military presence in the region. the head of the military alliance, jens stoltenberg, is calling finland s accession a historic moment. here s what he said earlier. in a few hours we will welcome finland as the slst member of our alliance. this will make finland safer and nato stronger. on this very day in 1949 the washington treaty, nato s founding treaty, was signed in washington, and it s hard to imagine a better way of celebrating our anniversary than to have finland becoming a full member of the alliance. nato s foreign ministers meet at a pivotal time for our security. we see that president putin s war of aggression against ukraine grinds on. we will meet in the nato ukraine commission with the foreign minister where we will address how to sustain and ramp up support from nato allies to ukraine. both the urgent needs, but als
So who really does speak for the president . And the israeli Prime Minister arriving in washington to start a new relationship with the white house. Iran, hezbollah, syria and settlements. There is plenty to discuss. This story begins at the end of december. President obama had just imposed new sanctions on russia in retaliation for moscow hacking the election. Donald trumps senior Foreign Policy advisor, general mike flynn, hopped on the phone with russias ambassador to discuss the penalty. Now us law bars any private citizen from conducting Foreign Policy. But the greater mistake was to mislead the Vice President. The National Security advisor told mike pence that sanctions never came up in his calls with the Russian Ambassador. Not true. The conversation had been bugged by us intelligence, disproving the generals account. In his resignation letter, flynn sai, unfortu nately, because of the fast pace of events, i inadvertently briefed the Vice President elect and others with incomple
Killed more than 100 civilians. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The uk independence partys only mp, Douglas Carswell, has announced hes leaving the party. He said he decided to leave because the party had achieved its goal of Pulling Britain out of the European Union adding that he was going on amicable terms. He will now represent clacton as an independent mp, but there are calls for him to face a by election. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports. Shall we shake hands . shall we shake hands . I dont think we need to. We are relaxed about it. Fixed grins, but no handshake. There has been no love lost between Douglas Carswell and has been no love lost between Douglas Ca Rswell and some has been no love lost between Douglas Carswell and some in ukip for some time. When hejoined the party in 2014 it was a big deal. For some time. When hejoined the party in 2014 it was a big dealli am today leaving the Conservative Party and joining ukip. But his relationship with the th
Killed more than 100 civilians. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The uk independence partys only mp, Douglas Carswell, has announced hes leaving the party. He said he decided to leave because the party had achieved its goal of Pulling Britain out of the European Union adding that he was going on amicable terms. He will now represent clacton as an independent mp, but there are calls for him to face a by election. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports. Shall we shake hands . shall we shake hands . I dont think we need to. We are relaxed about it. Fixed grins, but no handshake. There has been no love lost between Douglas Carswell and has been no love lost between Douglas Ca Rswell and some has been no love lost between Douglas Carswell and some in ukip for some time. When hejoined the party in 2014 it was a big deal. For some time. When hejoined the party in 2014 it was a big dealli am today leaving the Conservative Party and joining ukip. But his relationship with the th