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 sweden s 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
spending was bipartisan. the big difference, of course is inflation, the shock to the world economy. real wage growth was slow or stagnant for most american workers from 2017 to 2019. average hourly earnings rose 14.8% during biden s first three years in office, but it doesn t cover the cost of the weekly inflated shop. and that perhaps is what colours people view of how the economy has been handled. 0ur panel, leslie vinjamuri, brian stelter and joe walsh. that is the challenge, we have set it out, lots of other things, housing, jobs, creation, wage growth, lots of areas that you can look at, but broadly speaking, his handling of the economy has been pretty good. handling of the economy has been pretty good- pretty good. christian, such great stuff, and when pretty good. christian, such great stuff, and when you pretty good. christian, such great stuff, and when you look- pretty good. christian, such great stuff, and when you look at - pretty good. christian, such great
that her husband had been tortured for three years on president putin s orders and then murdered. applause in her address in strasbourg, which received a standing ovation, yulia navalnaya said that people outside russia need to understand that putin is not a politician, but the head of an organised crime gang. she said he can t be negotiated with, and is capable of anything. she promised to continue his work towards a free russia. in her speech to meps, yulia navalnaya spoke of the treatment her husband received during his prison sentence. on his orders, alexei was tortured for three years. he was starved in a tiny stone cell, cut off from the outside world and denied visits, phone calls and then even letters. and then they killed him. even after that, they abused his body and abused his mother. on the one hand, the public murder has once again showed everyone that putin is capable of anything and that you cannot negotiate with him. and let s just take a moment to remind ou
good afternoon. prince harry has lost his high court challenge against the removal of his police protection when he visits the uk. the duke of sussex took legal action when the government downgraded his security status four years ago after he stopped being a working royal. but his lawyers claimed he d been singled out and treated less favourably than other members of the royal family. in the last few minutes they have said they will appeal against today s ruling. sean dilley reports. from the moment he was born, prince harry has been surrounded by armed metropolitan police protection. they used to travel the world with him and go with him wherever he went. but that was when and because he was a working royal. when he stepped down and left the country in 2020, that routine taxpayer funded protection was downgraded. government lawyers said armed security would still be provided but only when it was believed to be necessary and on a case by case basis. prince harry s case was th