brussels, ukrainian security analyst hanna shelest and from virginia, ian brzezinski, a former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for europe and nato. hello, welcome to the programme. the nato summit in madrid will go down as a major turning point. today, the alliance extended a formal invitation to finland and sweden that when ratified will extend nato s border with russia by more than 800 miles. alongside that, the alliance has outlined its new strategic vision, which puts a more muscularfocus on the defence of nato s eastern flank. the high readiness forces will be expanding seven fold to more than 300,000 troops. president biden has announced there will be a new permanent us base in poland, the first time the americans have had a standing force so close to russia s border, and he will also send two additional american destroyers to join the european fleet. we re going to approve a new nato strategic concept and reaffirm the unity and determination of our alliance to
Yeah and, i mean, the way he the way he left was uncalled for. He never he was never someone that hurt anybody. He died in a way which was it didnt take long. In august last year, ingrids Husband Duane was shot and killed by Armed Intruders at the gates of their farm. A person was standing there with a 9mm weapon in his hand and he said to me, im going to shoot, he said to me. Didnt say anything else. And then, i look and there was another guy with another 9mm and an ak lfl weapon as well. Thats when they shot through my shoulder. I went to him and collapsed. And, yeah, he was he was as he was, sitting next to the door, with his weapon was still there. South africas murder rate is now at a 20 year high and the fear is that there may be worse to come. How do you feel about the state of crime, you know, in the country right now . I feel its a dire situation. Its chaos. People are working very hard at being farmers to keep our country on the go. Theres shortages of everything. And then,
Being held in gaza. A third convoy of more than a dozen aid trucks is at the Rafah Crossing from egypt, waiting for permission to head into gaza. The head of the Main Un Agency Helping Palestinians in gaza says hundreds of truckloads of aid are needed every day, rather the few dozen which have been allowed in so far. The agency has called forfuel to be allowed in, with only a minimal supply left for hospitals, Water Desalination Plants and bakeries. Israel says its not permitting Fuel Deliveries because they could be commandeered by hamas. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza says the israeli bombardment of gaza has killed more than 5,000 people, including 2,000 children. Attacks by hamas on israel this month killed more 1,400 people. Lets get more now from our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet, whos in southern israel. This is day 17 of the Israel Gaza War and israels Defence Minister has made it absolutely clear that this Military Operation could last as long as three mo
Journalist, brian stelter. First, the latest headlines. The uk is out of recession, after stronger than expected growth at the start of the year. The economy shrunk towards the end of 2023 as people faced higher prices in shops and higher Interest Rates. Piran ditta khan, the man who last month was found guilty of the 2005 murder of West Yorkshire Police Officer Sharon Beshenivsky has been jailed for life. The mother of three was shot dead as she and her colleague responded to a break in at a Travel Agents in bradford. The judge said that beshenivsky s courage and commitment to her duty that day cost her life. A Commuter Train has crashed in the argentine capital, buenos aires, injuring dozens of people. 30 people have been admitted to hospital, but there are no reports of fatalities. The train had just left one of the citys main stations when it hit the back of a stationary maintenance train. The duke and duchess of sussex have begun their visit to nigeria at an event in abuja. Its th
one israeli man, whose wife and two daughters were among the israeli hostages released, says he won t celebrate until the last of the kidnapped return home. translation: i m happy that. i have received my family back. i m allowed to feeljoy and it is ok to shed a tear. that is a human thing. but i m not celebrating. i will not celebrate until the last of the hostages returns. israel says it has received a list with the names of the next 13 israeli hostages to be released by hamas. most of them are children. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has more on the hostage release and what s expected next. well, it was in a hospital close to tel aviv that eight of the israeli hostages were taken. they were the four children released today, and four women three mothers and one grandmother. the director of that hospital said they were in good physical condition, but that they were carrying out further medical and emotional checks on them. we have also had the other is really h