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In rebirth for NATO, Europe unites in face of Putin’s ambition

Now have taken more of the official steps to join nato and this is something that russia says its very concerned about, basically their deputy foreign minister says dont expect us to take this lying down. youve spent so many years working in, around, covering russia for the cia. how big of a deal is it with finland joining nato? >> this is a huge deal. you can see the border here, its an over 800 mile border with russia. who would have thought three months ago with both of these countries, swede...

And you need unanimous votes, and it means its a slow time-consuming, incredibly complex, diplomatic and political effort. when it comes to the reasons the turkish president is giving right now, i just dont buy those. they are distractions from the bigger issue, and thats that putins actions have created such incredible geopolitical uncertainty, that the turkish leader, hes very important on trade relations with russia, and finds himself in a very interesting kind of geopolitical situation, a me...

To wills point, more gun violence over the weekend. three american were killed and two critically injured at a houston area flea market money officials say a fight morning five men escalated, pistols were drawn and no bystanders were injured. >> and two nordic nations ditching decades of neutrality to join nanato. ♪ three times the electorlytes and half the sugar. ♪ pedialyte powder packs. feel better fast. (heartbeats) pedialyte powder packs. inoducing icy hot pro.

Call on saturday, and putin was fairly calm, and he said rejecting the neutrality would be a mistake, and we dont know what kind of decisions are being made under the calm exterior. one of the reasons on the face of it that he launched this conflict in ukraine was that. >> thats the irony in all of this. many thanks to both of you to bring us up-to-date. we will continue to watch that. many nato countries have voiced support for finnish and swedish bids, and turkish officials have accused those ...

The parliament of that country voting hours ago to join the military alliance following years of neutrality. sweden could soon follow suit but one nato member may throw a wrench into these plans. joining us now is jim sciutto, anchor and cnns chief of nationality correspondent. i wonder what your take is on what turkey said about this process because, of course, it has to be a unanimous decision. i wonder if you think that is going to potentially cause a bump in the road. >> erdogans comments ce...

Destabilize the e.u., and instead, finland and sweden are going to join these blue nations in nato and look at this. right now, youve got a border of about 225 miles between nato and russia with latvia and estonia, but when finland joins, thats going to add about 804 more miles of nato border with russia. epic, epic failure on russias part. >> putin is losing on the northern flank as well. and sweden has not been in a war or alliance since 1814, yes, 1814. shattering important decision for them,...

Russia will hear. mark levin, bbc news, turin. thats it for now. the next news on bbc one is at 6.35 — bye for now. you are watching bbc news. lets return now to nato expansion. finland has formally announced that its abandoning decades of neutrality, to apply for membership. the decision, in direct response to russias attack on ukraine, will still need to be approved by finlands parliament. it comes as natos foreign ministers wrap up a second day of talks in berlin, which they hope will smoot...

Topping the poll for the first time in the century since ireland was partitioned. to discuss all of that we have brian oconnell, a bureau chief in london for the irish broadcaster rte, a portuguese journalist and university lecturer and newly british citizen, and jeffrey goffman, who has been able corresponding and new news anchor in canada and the united states. good to have you with us. we start with nato expansion. sweden and finland. the sweden president said he is going on friday, to ring p...

End of Nordic neutrality