Their last match. Hello and welcome. President biden has sought to underline Americas Support for nato, striking a very different tone to that of his predecessor donald trump. Joe biden said that the Military Alliance was critically important to the usas interests. He was speaking at a Nato Summit Belgium as our North America Editor Jon Sopel reports. Theres a new sheriff in town, and if nato members could have thrown Rose Petals in front Ofjoe Biden s motorcade, they probably would have done. He is resetting the relationship after the hostility of his predecessor. And look at the Body Language the Mock Double take. There was the hybrid Fist Cum Elbow bump, and even a jokey hello with Turkeys President erdogan. Joe biden likes nato, and nato seems to like him. Let me make it clear. Nato is critically important to us interests, in and of itsself. If there wasnt one, wed have to invent one, and i just want all of europe to know that the united states is there, the united states is there
Has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for 40 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. just a day old and the royal baby is, tonight, sleeping i in his cot at home. early this evening, - the new prince was taken by his mother and father to theirapartment- in kensington palace. germany s parliament, the bundestag has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova. the world s first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of - the russian woman in space? i think it s a wonderful achievement, and i think we might be able to persuade the wife. it would be a good idea, if i could, to get her to go up there for a little while. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. president biden underlines america s strong support for nato as leaders warn of the mi
Euro cup matches. yesterday she disappointed german fans as she pulled out the french flag. meaning france is set to win. they are the current reiging world champions, so she may be correct. kickoff is tomorrow evening local time in munich. guess we ll have to wait and see. curious though because some elephants never forget but i did not know they were blessed with the power of prediction. maybe someone will give the elephant a crystal ball? a reminder of our top story.. nato leaders have warned of the growing threat posed by china to the security of the alliance. the secretary general of nato, jens stoltenberg, warned that beijing was coming closer, through its military activities in the north atlantic and africa, in cyberspace and through chinese investment in nato members critical infrastructure. the leaders also said that russia s military build up on nato s eastern front contributed to instability. they warned russia that there
And authoritarianism. while all nato members are happy to sign up to compete against china, they re very worried that it could tip into confrontation. and then there s russia, where relations are at a low ebb. there seems to be a much greater willingness to confront vladimir putin over what he s doing, but also the state and non state actors responsible for election interference and ransomware attacks, like the one that crippled the colonial pipeline supplying fuel to america s east coast. biden will meet his russian counterpart on wednesday in geneva. it s not going to be a meeting of minds. jon sopel, bbc news, brussels. zhaoyin feng is from the bbc s chinese service. she has more details on china s
Their last match. hello and welcome. president biden has sought to underline america s support for nato, striking a very different tone to that of his predecessor donald trump. joe biden said that the military alliance was critically important to the usa s interests. he was speaking at a nato summit belgium as our north america editor jon sopel reports. there s a new sheriff in town, and if nato members could have thrown rose petals in front ofjoe biden s motorcade, they probably would have done. he is resetting the relationship after the hostility of his predecessor. and look at the body language the mock double take. there was the hybrid fist cum elbow bump,