chief says turkey s president erdogan has now agreed to support sweden s bid tojoin nato. that was a priority for us presidentjoe biden, who touched down in vilnius on the eve of the summit. it s clears the last major hurdle for sweden s accession. let s take a listen to what the nato secretary general jens stoltenberg, had to say. i think what we did today builds and we did in madrid because they agreed to invite finland and sweden to become members and the ratification process has been finalised or finland, finland is already a full member and now president erdogan has indicated they are ready to ratify sweden. our correspondent lewis vaughanjones has been following developments in vilnius. it seems this nato summit here in vilnius will be getting under way after a very significant concrete achievement. ian s stoltenberg, the head of nato, announcing that turkey had agreed sweden could start the process to membership. ,jens. why is that so significant? within nato, each a
aged 20 , has claimed via a lawyer that nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place, and that the claims that first emerged in the sun newspaper are rubbish , and an invasion of their privacy. the sun says it stands by its story. meanwhile, the metropolitan police say they are making further inquiries but there is currently no investigation under way. the male presenter, who has been suspended, has not been named. here s our media editor katie razzall. for the first time at the bbc we ve had our own person talking to the person involved in this. they told us that the story as reported by the sun is untrue. now the sun says there is something quite another. the pants had to stand by their account and an interview say we did this to help, and that the presenter has got into their loved ones had come as they put it. the claims tonight on behalf of that empress are not true and they accused the bbc of lying about what happened when they made their complaint. so where
these are very well paid jobs, 0k? and the fear of losing a coveted position of that nature would mean that people would go the extra mile to meet the quotas and the targets. ijm told us that its targets aim to evaluate impact so its work can be most effective. but it denies staff are penalised if they don t meet them. fatima and the other children were able to return home after social services concluded they had not been trafficked and criminal charges against two of their relatives were also dropped. not without consequences. translation: whatever we got from our fish - and business to feed ourselves, we spent everything on the case. ijm ghana told us that it does not decide whether any individual is arrested or prosecuted with offences, and said that it is social workers who independently decide when the child might be put into care even if they are not victims of trafficking. after the raid, fatima stayed in the shelter for about four months. while you were away, what wer
at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. let s talk to our north america correspondent nada tawfik. terrible time for people in buffalo. i have seen it described as the blizzard of the century, a monster storm, the worst weather people have ever experienced. what does today hold for people in new york state? exactly right, lucy, a number of people have said they have never seen anything quite like this. a winter advisory is still in effect in buffalo, until the afternoon they expect another 13 centimetres of snow so while the worst is over they ll still very much in this. the priority at the moment is as the emergency responders start to take out buffalo from this immense amount of snow they are trying to get vehicles that have been trapped,
in merseyside on christmas eve. four other people were injured in the incident. britain s west midlands police begin a murder investigation after a man was stabbed on the dance floor in a birmingham nightclub. the 23 year old was fatally injured at a club in the digbeth area of the city. you are watching bbc news. next it s time for martin s mountain, conquering kilimanjaro. gentle string music. i wanted something that people looked and thought, he s doing what?! it s hard enough for somebody with legs to do it, and here s a guy doing it in a wheelchair. it is a risk. i m putting my life on the line doing it. one, two. it was such a relief to get there. and know that we d done it. just so proud, just so proud. clapping and whooping. goodjob, goodjob, goodjob. hello, hello, hello! how are you doing? i m good, and i ve got all of our stuff, as well. how are you? 0k? martin hibbert has set himself an unbelievable challenge to climb the highest mountain in africa, kilimanjaro