A member of this alliance. But even once that decision was made, none of this was easy, none of this was obvious. It has taken nearly three years of tireless diplomacy, together with extraordinary Secretary General of nato to achieve ratification by every nato member. Again, the determination of swedens leadership, the extraordinary diplomacy it has exerted, making sure every question was answered, every challenge met, every obstacle overcome, that is what brought us to today. Now, some doubted we would get here, we never did. Here we are. This of course is also built on an extraordinary foundation of partnership between sweden and nato that goes back many years. Sweden has long been an active partner with nato allies, training together, exercising, working together. Fundamentally, the reason this is such a strong powerful fit is because sweden embodies and promotes the core values that are at the heart of nato. Democracy, liberty, the rule of law. And it also brings unique capabilitie
this is bbc news. the headlines. fighting appears to be intensifying around the ukrainian city of lysychansk. an adviser to the defence ministry in kyiv said the situation there was very difficult, but the city was not yet under full russian control. one week after the us supreme court s decision to remove the constitutional right to an abortion rallies have been taking place around the world. protesters took to the streets in australia, france and the united states. greece has welcomed the first of more than 200 foreign firefighters to help contain summer wildfires. last year greece saw the worst wildfires in a decade amid severe heatwaves. passengers are facing more disruption as the travel industry struggles to recruit staff in time for the holidays. thousands of flights in the us have been cancelled as americans celebrate independence day weekend. let s get all the sport now with gavin. good morning to you. good morning! it s middle sunday at wimbledon with action o
at downing street. at the height of coronavirus lockdowns, people in the uk were banned from socialising, or even attending funerals because of the pandemic. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. on the show today we have gotjohn micklethwait, editor in chief at bloomberg. we are taking a look at a new podcast that charts the rise of reality tv with one of the co hosts, pandora sykes. and, wagatha christie how can we not talk about it? and we have got one of the key players here in the whole drama, simon boyle, who is the executive editor of the sun and their bizarre column, which is a0 this weekend. he faced significant pressure to stand as a witness. simon, i have got to ask, who would play you in the movie? it s funny, we actually had this conversation in the office. what is the answer? well, my hairline is going rather quickly, probably from the stress of thisjob, so ross kemp was mooted. that is harsh. martin compston would suit me. great. and the other person we hav
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and nearly a million people have been affected. water levels in rivers are also running high in bangladesh where about two million people have been hit by the floods. coming up at six o clock, breakfast with ben thompson and sima kotecha. but first on bbc news, the media show. hello. on the show today we have gotjohn micklethwait, editor in chief at bloomberg. we are taking a look at a new podcast that charts the rise of reality tv with one of the co hosts, pandora sykes. and, wagatha christie how can we not talk about it? and we have got one of the key players here in the whole drama, simon boyle, who is the executive editor of the sun and their bizarre column, which is a0 this weekend. he faced significant pressure to stand as a witness. simon, i have got to ask, who would play you in the movie? it s funny, we actually had this conversation in the office. what is the answer? well, my hairline is going rather quickly, probably from the stress of this job, so ross kemp was