community will need to come in and help and that is why the un was warning there is an impending humanitarian emergency. at least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the south african township of soweto. and in the tennis defending champion novak djokovic faces nick kyrgios in the men s final at wimbledon later today. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. nine candidates have now entered the race to become the next leader of the conservative party and prime minister. the trade minister, penny mordaunt, and the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, are the latest to declare their candidacies. tax is high on the agenda, with sajid javid and jeremy hunt both saying they will cancel the planned rise in corporation tax and reduce it further. mr hunt set out some of his plans on the sunday morning programme. no conservative should offer unfunded tax cuts and i think no conservative should raise taxes either. what you need are
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 isnt 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 Prime Minister of sweden, and the secretary general of nato. Well, you say youre very sure it seems to me that mr erdogan, in turke
And all 400 wilko stores will close by early october. 12,500 staff will probably lose theirjobs because the business couldnt be saved. And Amputee Milly Pickles has completed the worlds steepest race, the red bull a00 in slovenia. Milly, who lost part of her leg when she was 20, said the slope sprint was unbelivably tough. She is the first amputee to ever reach the finish line. Time now, then, for 10 seconds of the hokey cokey. This is perhaps the most british thing ever a hot weekend and hundreds were out in dorset doing the hokey cokey. I thought i would give it a go. No, do you know what . Im glad i wasnt there. Youre all caught up now. See ya this is bbc news. Well have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The people of sweden have had a lot to get their heads around in the last year. Membership of nato hasnt happened yet, but it is coming, and that means stockholm is rethinking its strategic pos
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
Across the region. food, water, shelters. california s national guard has prepositioned supplies and thousands of other workers have been deployed to respond to the storm. russia is reporting two new drone strikes from across the border in ukraine. the mayor of moscow says one drone was shot down south over the capitol while another alleged drone wounded five people in the city of kirsk. the attack damaged railway station but train service is up and running. ukraine now says 15 children are among the wounded following the russian missile strike on the city of chernaiv. seven killed and 150 others injured after a missile hit the city center on saturday. ukraine wants to add f-16 fighter jets onto the fleet of aircrafts. it s looking at other options, too. one is the swedish gripen fighter.