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chief says turkeys president erdogan has now agreed to support swedens bid tojoin nato. that was a priority for us presidentjoe biden, who touched down in vilnius on the eve of the summit. its clears the last major hurdle for swedens accession. lets take a listen to what the nato secretary general — jens stoltenberg, had to say. i think what we did today builds and we did in madrid because they agreed to invite finland and sweden to become members and the ratification process has bee...

aged 20 , has claimed via a lawyer that —— nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place, and that the claims that first emerged in the sun newspaper are "rubbish", and an invasion of their privacy. the sun says it stands by its story. meanwhile, the metropolitan police say they are making further inquiries — but there is currently no investigation under way. the male presenter, who has been suspended, has not been named. heres our media editor katie razzall. for the first ti...

these are very well paid jobs, 0k? and the fear of losing a coveted position of that nature would mean that people would go the extra mile to meet the quotas and the targets. ijm told us that its targets aim to evaluate impact so its work can be most effective. but it denies staff are penalised if they dont meet them. fatima and the other children were able to return home after social services concluded they had not been trafficked and criminal charges against two of their relatives we...

at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. lets talk to our north america correspondent nada tawfik. terrible time for people in buffalo. i have seen it described as the blizzard of the century, a monster storm, the worst weather people have ever experie...

in merseyside on christmas eve. four other people were injured in the incident. britains west midlands police begin a murder investigation after a man was stabbed on the dance floor in a birmingham nightclub. the 23—year—old was fatally injured at a club in the digbeth area of the city. you are watching bbc news. next its time for martins mountain, conquering kilimanjaro. gentle string music. i wanted something that people looked and thought, "hes doing what?!" its hard enough for ...

in a birmingham nightclub. at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. earlier our north america correspondent nada tawfik gave us this update. a number of people have said they have never seen anything quite like this. a winter advisory is still in effec...

at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. our north america correspondent nada tawfik has this update. the worst is over in buffalo but it is not over yet, they expect around 13 centimetres of snow. numerous people had said they have never experienced a...

and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so. it really doesnt stop. and science fiction made reality as nasa plans to try to divert an asteroid by crashing a rocket into it. we start in the uk — where the bank of england says it wont hesitate to take action to control inflation, after the pound slumped to an all time low against the dollar. take a look at this chart from this mornings asia trading. at one point sterling fell to $1.03 — the lowest since 1971 — though its since rec...

killed. italys prime and, mario draghi has resigned. the doctors have effectively cured the rare bleeding disorder, haemophilia b. and no ordinary telescope. a first—time that scientists will be able to detect the smashing together of neutron stars. welcome to the programme. the foreign secretary, liz truss, says the treasurys economic economic policies have failed to deliver growth for two decades, including the past 12 years of conservative rule. shes rejected concerns that the tax...

the man who said those words, chris patten, now lord patten, is my guest today. has that promise been broken? and could the uk have done more to honour it? lord patten, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. has that promise, that hong kong would be run by hong kong people, been broken? yes. and it was based on the perhaps misguided assumption, which some of us had occasional doubts about, that the chinese were... the chinese communist party, let me make a distinction, would keep their word, ...