worthjust reminding you about the origins of the alliance and its central article of collective defence. the north atlantic treaty organisation was established in 1949 in a bid to stop soviet expansion following the second world war. it was initally made up of 12 countries including the us uk canada and france. since then, the membership has grown to 31 with finland the very latest to join. the central principle of nato, is its commitment to collective defence. under article 5 of the treaty, all member countries agree to help each other, if one of them is attacked. and it s that commitment which makes many countries wary about allowing ukraine to join. let s cross live to my colleague lewis vaughanjones in vilnius. over lewis vaughanjones in vilnius. to you. over lewis vau:han jones in vilnius. to ou. ., , plenty of warm words and support for ukraine in the last couple of hours, or updates like denmark, training f-165, or updates like denmark, training f 16s, fighterjets, ukr
course, that makes it difficult as well forjournalists. there is what is known as the contempt of court act, which restrains what anyone can say in these circumstances, it limits any speculation, but it is fair to say that this is a huge development, a very high profile politician, a former first minister, scotland s longest serving first minister, arrested today and being questioned as we speak in connection with this investigation into her party s finances are. party s finances are. very big moment. party s finances are. very big moment. as party s finances are. very big moment, as you party s finances are. very big moment, as you say. - party s finances are. very big moment, as you say. just - party s finances are. very big moment, as you say. just in | party s finances are. very big - moment, as you say. just in terms of what impact this will have on the snp, the us operation for a long time, it began in 2021, has been casting a shadow over the snp. it has, but i t
back to our may news over the course of the last few hours. prince harry s spokesman says he, his wife meghan and her mother were involved in a near catastrophic car chase while being followed by photographers after an event in new york. a statement says the pursuit lasted more than two hours and resulted in multiple near collisions last night, the duke and duchess of sussex and ms ragland were involved in a near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi. this relentless pursuit, lasting over two hours, resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two nypd officers. these pictures have just come in a warning there s flashing photography. they show prince harry and meghan leaving the gala in new york. on leaving the gala in new york. tuesday night. thoss recently on tuesday night. those pictures are recently ended and we have also been hearing in the last little while new york s mayor, eric ad
the department of defence to develop options to take down the blue safety over our territorial waters while closely monitoring its path and intelligence collection activities. this action was to cash taken in coordination and with the simple support of the canadian government and we thank them. the reason why they are thinking cap motor is because you may remember it spent a bit of time over canada over to montana, and that is where those sensitive security sites in the us were, and that is where with this chinese surveillance balloon. and thatis chinese surveillance balloon. and that is when this news went global, and since then, we have been tracking it heading and now no more, now it is in the waters, us waters just off south carolina. if now it is in the waters, us waters just off south carolina. now it is in the waters, us waters just off south carolina. if you were here earlier. just off south carolina. if you were here earlier, my just off south carolina. if you w