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Retaliate if finland joins nato. >> im not that concerned, they have their -- they have their hands full in ukraine. they made a strategic blunder when they invaded. i dont think they will want to take on yet another front against finland and sweden. they are responsible, its their actions that are causing them to give up neutrality and seek to join nato. >> you know,age bass door, ukraine is often called the bread basket of the world, officials are worried about the possibility that really the ...

Partitioned. to discuss all of that we have brian oconnell, a fury 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 letter states. good to have you with us. generally, we start with nato expansion. sweden and finland. the sweden president said he is going on friday, to wring president putin and tell him that the situation has c...

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Many here to reassess decades of neutrality. >> i have very old father, 96, here when we had our wars in finland with russia. hes been talking about, you know the russians could come anytime. fact youre back in -- take it easy. you never know with the russians, they could always come. take it easy. now i had to say to him, you were right. >> reporter: in a way finland has been preparing for this moment more than a generation. been involved in plenty of nato and other international military opera...

Wont bring stability, that they will retaliate militarily if they feel that their national security is weakened by this. what the finnish president had to say yesterday when asked what do you say about president putin about whats happening because its the opposite of what putin has wanted, he said putin should look in a mirror. these were his words. >> well, if that would be the case that we join, what my response would be that you caused this. look at the mirror. >> reporter: this is a massive ...

Neutrality? t abandon their traditional stance of neutrali ? ~ ., ., neutrality? i think for fenland versus an _ neutrality? i think for fenland versus an extremely - neutrality? i think for fenland. versus an extremely important moment. neutrality perhaps covers the early years of the cold war and does not cover the last 20 years during which time fenland joined nato partnership programme in 1995. itjoined the eu in 1995. it has shared intelligence with nato, joint exercises with nato, for many...

That had thick vegetation, had not burned in probably a decade. so that contributed to how fast this spread yesterday. >> all right, natasha on the scene there in lagouna niguel where this fire has taken out many homes. thank you for that report. leaders in finland announcing theyre going to seek nato membership ending decades of neutrality. sweden might be right behind them. russias response this morning. and then we have some really terrific video out of florida. a group of good samaritans...

Extraordinary is you have countries once committed to neutrality, im talking to sweden and finland now openly stating they want to join nato, which to me is a seismic shift in european politics and certainly something that vladimir putin did not want at all. >> lets talk about that because finland had put this off and sweden had put this off. when you talk to finnish people, they were saying what was going on in ukraine really solidified their desire to join nato. the numbers out of that country...

Today. finland saying it would break decades of neutrality and afor membership to nato. responsible. >> russias invasion of ukraine altered the security environment. >> russia would double its shared border with nato countries by another 800 miles. sweden looks like it will join nato ranks. approval from the appliance is expected. russia is threatening unspecified action. >> nato expansion does not make our continent more stable and secure. >> thats not all from moscow. with the u.s. and western...

Tech and streaming giants suck up vast amounts of bandwidth, so the EU this week revived a long-standing idea to make them pay the telecom firms who maintain the infrastructure.But the idea, which sounds simple, has sparked wails of disapproval not...