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arrangements in northern ireland to try to help restore power sharing at stormont. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. first, sweden and finland have confirmed they will apply for nato membership ending decades of military non alignment. the finnish president, sauli niinisto, called his country s decision historic. however, sweden s governing social democrats, said that as members they would not accept nuclear weapons or alliance bases on swedish territory. reports say both countries are planning to hand their membership applications to nato on wednesday. nato foreign ministers, who are meeting in berlin, say they want a rapid accession because of the crisis in ukraine. from berlin, our europe correspondent, nick beake, reports. a fresh aerial attack lights the sky above the besieged mariupol steelworks. this is where the last of the city s defenders have been holed up, a ....
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Peace talks are still ongoing, but they seem far removed from what is going on on the ground. the rapid takeover of territory by the insurgents has been startling. according to the un, more than 1000 afghan civilians have been killed in the past month, with thousands more travelling to kabul to seek refuge. 0ne estimate says that more than 70,000 children arrived in recent days, with most sleeping rough. with the fall of a significantly strategic city, the fear is that kabul could fall sooner rather than later. we can now speak to amin saikal who s an author on afghanistan and adjunct professor of social sciences at the university of western australia. it is very good to have you with us. it is very good to have you with m it is very good to have you with ve it is very good to have you with us. ~ ., , with us. when we look at these ra - id with us. when we look at these rapid advances with us. when we look at these rapid advances of with us. when we look at these rapid advances o ....