partially correct. if, in fact, putin was hoping that one of the effects of him invadingef ukraine would be a brush back to nato, that he would be able to worry less aboute nato and somehow starti this war s would make that happ, sorry. when putin invaded ukraine there were 30 i countries in nato. now there are about to be 32. finland was the 31st country to join in april. that gave russia 800 more miles of border directly with a nato country. and now as of tonight we know that sweden is going to join natoat as well. sweden said months ago that they wanted to join, but this is something that really until today looked like it couldn t happen and that s because for a new country to join nato, it has to be a unanimous decision. all the nato countries have to agree with h the decision, if o country doesn t agree it doesn t happen. and inre the case of sweden it s an original nato it was a nato w member, a single nato country,in turkey, that said no. they saidid finland was okay
i m laura ingraham from washington tonight. [shouting] laura: those are some of the horrific scenes from hamas massive terrorist attack against early over the week. the trauma inflicted on the innocent israelis will be felt for years to come. you can see in the background their bodies. i went out. i saw loads of bodies of terrorists civilians cars shot up sea of bodies inside along the road other places, loads of bodies. it is sad. it is tragic. we are at war. i don t know when it will all end. laura: in addition to the more than 800 israelis killed in the attacks the witt whippet announced 11 americans were also slaughtered. while the president called a press meeting this morning, israel can be thankful they have a strong leader prime minister benjamin netanyahu called for the world to united against these barbaric animals. hamas will understand by attacking us they ve made a mistake of historic proportions. we will exact a price that will be remembered by them and
is deepening this hour. it all began when a minister in president erdogan‘s government was blocked from addressing a rally in rotterdam. that prompted mr erdogan to describe the dutch government, led by mark rutte, as nazi remna nts . a second turkish minister has now been stopped from entering the netherlands, and in ankara, the dutch ambassador has been told he isn t welcome. mark lowen reports. they love his nationalism, his bluntness, his standing up to the west, and today recep tayyip erdogan doled it out. after his foreign minister was blocked from landing in the netherlands, president erdogan hit back at the dutch, his diplomacy typically undiplomatic. translation: they don t know anything about politics or international diplomacy. they are very nervous and cowards. they are nazi remnants, they are fascists. the foreign minister had wanted to rally turkish voters in the netherlands before a referendum on boosting mr erdogan‘s powers. but with the dutch election ne
looking forward to next week, when it is expected the government will fire the starting gun on brexit. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the world s facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1916. that is the assessment of the united nations, which says more than 20 million people face the threat of starvation and famine in four countries in africa and the middle east. £3.5 billion are said to be needed byjuly to avert disaster. this report from our world affairs correspondent richard galpin contains images you may find distressing. for months now, it has been known that millions of people, including this young baby, in yemen, have been starving. she was just four months old when a bbc team met her in december. across yemen, hundreds of thousands more children have so little to eat they are struggling to stay alive. and the threat of mass starvation is affecting three other countries. this is a refugee camp in south sudan, which, like yemen, has been torn apart by con
is deepening still further. it all began when a minister in president erdogan‘s government was blocked from addressing a rally in rotterdam. that prompted mr erdogan to describe the dutch government, led by mark rutte, as nazi remnants. a second turkish minister has now been stopped from attending the rally, and is being held by the dutch authorities. well, these are live pictures from outside the dutch consulate in istanbul, where pro government demonstrations are taking place. it is a similar scene at the dutch embassy in ankara. both have been closed off for security reasons, according to turkish officials. rounding up the day s events, here is mark lowen. they love his nationalism, his bluntness, his standing up to the west, and today, recep tayyip erdogan doled it out. after his foreign minister was blocked from landing in the netherlands, president erdogan hit back at the dutch, his diplomacy typically undiplomatic. translation: they don t know anything about politics