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
in bangladesh, exploding chemical containers hamper efforts to extinguish a huge fire at a storage depot. and how a power nap could save lives. latest research points to the risks for patients from medical staff working night shifts. four days of non stop celebration have drawn to a close, with queen elizabeth saying she s been humbled and deeply touched by the jubilee events marking her 70 year reign. she took a decision to step back from some of her scheduled appointments but ended the last day of festivities with a further appearance on the balcony of buckingham palace. thousands had gathered around the gates of her home to watch a 2 mile long pageant. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has more. the closing moments of a memorablejubilee celebration. back on to the palace balcony came the queen accompanied by prince charles and the duchess of cornwall and the cambridges. 0ne current and three future monarchs, charles, william, and george. it was the image which th
Singapore and midnight in london, where relations between the british Prime Minister, theresa may, and the head of the European Commission have reached a new low. Theresa may warned that she will prove to be a Bloody Difficult Woman during talks to separate britain from the eu. It follows reports that she was accused of being deluded about the entire process. Theresa may spoke to our political editor. We have seen that times are going to be tough. During the conservative Party Leadership campaign i was described by one of my colleagues as a Bloody Difficult Woman. I said at the time that the next person to find that out would be jean claude juncker. Did he, over the weekend . These are going to be tough negotiations as we going to be tough negotiations as we go ahead. I am asking the british people to give me a mandate to go into those negotiations. Every vote for me and my team is a vote to strengthen our hand and ensure we get the best possible deal for the uk. Did Jeanclaude Juncker