Amid the ongoing escalation of violence and the catastrophic increase in civilian casualties. It was emphasized that a longterm peaceful settlement is possible exclusively on the basis of the approved the Security Council is implementing a twostate formula that provides for the creation of an independent palestinian state within the 1967 borders with its capital in east jerusalem. The aggravation of the palestinianisraeli conflict became one of the central topics and negotiations between the Foreign Ministers of russia and iran sergei lavrov. Talked with a colleague on the phone, as reported in our media, the heads of Foreign Affairs departments of the two countries exchanged views on the situation in the region , both sides emphasized the importance of an early ceasefire and settlement of the situation on an International Legal basis. Since the beginning of the escalation of the conflict, the list of dead has already included at least 1,200 israelis; in the gaza sector there are about
Mr billstrom, sweden has, for many months now, had its request in to become a full fledged member of nato. You applied alongside finland. Finland got in, in april. Sweden still isnt in. How frustrated are you . Well, i have to say that one should stay calm and join nato, as it says on the, you know. In the writing. I have to say that i think that, when all is said and done, The Summit In Vilnius with nato was a great success. We got a clear statement between turkiye, between sweden, and between nato that we will move forward, and that turkiye will now finally deliver our document of ratification to its grand National Assembly in october, once the Summer Vacation is ended. And then the ratification will start. And we feel confident that this is going to happen on part of a swedish government. There was a clear handshake between the president of turkiye, the Prime Minister of sweden, and the secretary general of nato. Well, you say youre very sure it seems to me that mr erdogan, in turke
And all 400 wilko stores will close by early october. 12,500 staff will probably lose theirjobs because the business couldnt be saved. And Amputee Milly Pickles has completed the worlds steepest race, the red bull a00 in slovenia. Milly, who lost part of her leg when she was 20, said the slope sprint was unbelivably tough. She is the first amputee to ever reach the finish line. Time now, then, for 10 seconds of the hokey cokey. This is perhaps the most british thing ever a hot weekend and hundreds were out in dorset doing the hokey cokey. I thought i would give it a go. No, do you know what . Im glad i wasnt there. Youre all caught up now. See ya this is bbc news. Well have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The people of sweden have had a lot to get their heads around in the last year. Membership of nato hasnt happened yet, but it is coming, and that means stockholm is rethinking its strategic pos
Of building the russians into this 10foot tall man that they are not today. The russians have also admitted they are increasing their operational tempo. Of the previous head of the russian navy stated in 2015, their submarine activities had increased 50 in 2015 compared to 2014. As part of the study the Team Productivity to travel throughout the region, stopping in uk, sweden, finland and warsaw. We conducted another workshop here in dc. These were ultimately helpful in building out our findings and making sure we were tempering the report conclusion correctly. This is a useful image, actually taken from a study that looked at nato, any submarine more pair, science and Technology Cooperation during the cold war, so there are some things about it that are a bit off, notably the Breakout Group of russian subs from the baltic sea into the north sea. Might not be the operational construct of the day, but this really captures sort of the scope of the problem. For us looking to the north, yo
Period. Good question, curt. I guess were through. Tonight on cspan3s American History tv in primetime, the start of two weeks of our series the contenders. At the ran and lost but changed political history. Programs about henry clay lead off the series. Well show you a profile of the former House Speaker from kentucky known as the great compromiser in the early 19th century. Well also tour his ashland estate in lexington. Also, senator Mitch Mcconnell talks about the legacy of henry clay as a member of the house and nat for overfour deckeds and then a look at the compromise of 1850 and the impact of slavery on the compromise that preserved the union. All of this. Coming up on American History tv on y span 3 begins at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time. Now, British Embassy defense material minister Steve Mccarthy and others examining russias underwater warfare capabilities and intentions. They also talk about a report titled under sea warfare in northern why you were. It was released by the cent