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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
has sweden become europe s most polarised country? tobias billstrom, in stockholm, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. 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 isn t 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
Done things better, it s put its director general up in the socks to have rotten through thrown at him, i don t think it could have been more transparent. could it possibly have done things better, well yes. but hindsight is a wonderful thing. jonathan we have to leave you there, but thank you so much joining us life on bbc news, thank you for your time. another really important story, becausejust in time. another really important story, because just in the last few minutes the royal mail have issued that their workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a deal to end a long running dispute over payjobs and conditions, that sjust come from the communication workers union so the royal mail they have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a deal to end their dispute. 0ver pay and conditions, that hasjust come from the cw you. now let s move to nato and lithuania, the summit in