bowel cancer campaigner dame deborah james, host of the bbc podcast you, me and the big c, has died at the age of a0. and a shock first round defeat for the seven time wimbledon champion serena williams in herfirst singles match ina year. hello and welcome to the programme. world leaders are to hold talks on the future direction of nato in the wake of russia s invasion of ukraine. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, will call on member states to increase their military spending because he believes threats will only continue to grow. the leaders received an early boost after turkey dropped its opposition to finland and sweden joining the alliance. our europe editor katya adler reports from madrid. it s taken weeks of negotiations, but sweden and finland are now well on their way to becoming nato members after they signed an agreement with turkey to counter threats to each other s security. applause ukraine of courses on everyone s minds here. but so is the wider security
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This is bbc news. i m sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. nato members meet in madrid: the war in ukraine and the future direction of the alliance are on the agenda as turkey drops its opposition to sweden and finland joining. welcoming to sweden and finland joining. finland and sweder into welcoming finland and sweden into the alliance will make them safer, nato is stronger and the area more secure. this is vital as we face the biggest security crisis in decades. damning testimony about donald trump: a former white house aide tells a congressional committee the former president wanted to join the capitol hill rioters.