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
welcome to the programme. i m yalda hakim. we start in bangladesh where thousands of refugees have seen their homes destroyed or damaged by a powerful cyclone. the weather system hit land on sunday, narrowly avoiding a direct hit on the world s largest refugee camp in cox s bazar. at least 29 people were killed in myanmar, which bore the brunt of the storm. in a moment we ll have an exclusive interview with bangladesh s prime minister sheikh hasina. they were forced to see out the storm in their flimsy shelters. agency say a nightmare situation was just averted a stop that serves as a reminder of the vulnerability of almosti million refugees. in reminder of the vulnerability of almosti million refugees. in a moment, we will have an exclusive interview with the prime minister, but earlier this month, the bbc was given special access to the camp. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan and her team report now on the story of anwar a five year old boy who has only kno
The king and president make their way underneath the Arc De Triomphe, just in the position below where i am standing a few hundred metres away, we are seeing the Republican Guard battalions heading out towards the Champs Elysees. This has been the first formal Set Piece Event of this visit, just in the last 90 minutes or so, the king and green touched down in france, made their way to central paris, the roads have been closed for a good few hours here down the Champs Elysees and around the Arc De Triomphe. This formal welcome was made by president macron and the events unfolded, the laying of the reef, the rekindling of the flame underneath the Arc De Triomphe. Spectacular images which will baby much notjust across france but around the world. And i hope from both the french and uk government is that this is a very visual powerful way of expressing solidarity, friendship, unity. And the last couple of years since brexit, of course, have tested some of those themes and part of the aims
Which i believe according to the laws of physics is impossible, and of course driven by ill motives. The story broke land wednesday. We are six days into this and the speed i guess we knew there was a whistleblower complaint coming out of the dni. One of the defining features of the trump era is the incredible speed, ferocity with which information happens. It was apt that we would end up here after all these months of waiting around, that the thing that turned out to be the trigger could turn it this quickly. Its a great point, it was last wednesday the Washington Post broke the story about the whistleblower complaint being tied to the president s conduct with ukraine. It snapped everyone square in the face. Theres nancy pelosi. Tuesday we observed the anniversary of the adoption of the constitution on september
17th. Sadly, on that day, the Intelligence Community Inspector General formally notified the congress that the administration was forbidding him from turning over a whistleblo
met. will that be strong enough for president zelensky? will he want more than that? up put exactly that question to the prime minister of latvia just in the last hour or so, take a listen to his response. is it as fast as president zelensky would response. is it as fast as president zelensky would want? response. is it as fast as president zelensky would want? know, - response. is it as fast as president zelensky would want? know, is . response. is it as fast as president zelensky would want? know, is it. response. is it as fast as president i zelensky would want? know, is it as fast as zelensky would want? know, is it as fast as i zelensky would want? know, is it as fast as i would want? know. but what we have fast as i would want? know. but what we have right now and this is extremely important, not to diminish the complete unity around the nato team the complete unity around the nato team. primary unity, unwavering support team. primary unity, unwavering surmort to team