We are just about to change the month and we also about to change the weather. Quite a variety at the moment. We will see very much more of this over the coming days. This is the scene in south wales. This the scene in the western side of scotland, what a contrast. Through the rest of the evening, the cloud and rain will push away and skies will stay clear in scotland. A widespread frost with freezing fog developing. Quite a contrast to the temperatures. The eastern side of scotla nd temperatures. The eastern side of scotland could be 10. Watch out for that freezing fog which could linger in the central belt all day but a bit of brightness and in the east of the pennines as well. Increasingly dank and murky in northern ireland, north west of england, wales, the midlands and the south west but at least it gets to 12. Cooler on that site but we will eventually all get milder and cloudier and wetter and windier. 0h milder and cloudier and wetter and windier. Oh dear. Hello. This is bbc ne
The job of nato Secretary General isnt an easy one, this alliance is supposed to worked by consensus. And achieving that consensus just got a whole lot harder for my guest today, jens stoltenberg, natos chief. Why . The United States, natos dominant member, is now being led by President Trump, who has voiced grave doubts about natos future. So, will trumps assent hasten the demise of nato . Jens stoltenberg, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much. Would you agree the presidency of donald trump brings an unprecedented amount of uncertainty into Global Security policy . Nato is an alliance of 28 democracies and in democracies, people elect different leaders. With different ideas, different perspectives. And nato has been able to handle that for almost 70 years. You have 28 members, one dominant member, the United States of america. The United States of america now has a president who, just a few days ago, declared nato obsolete. Nato is the most successful alliance in history, because we
Carl Mirra A careful evaluation of recent history illustrates that the claim that US and NATO expansion threatens Moscow’s existence is an exaggeration. That Russia would inflate fears of NATO to pursue its global aspirations is understandable. What is less comprehensible is the degree to which influential Western thinkers, particularly on the anti-imperial US left, have promoted this narrative.