remains rock solid. in his brief visit to london en route to lithuania the president called in on the king at windsor and then on number 10. we will dig into what the purpose of that visit might have been. yevgeny prighozin led a mutiny on moscow two weeks ago. five days later he and his wagner generals were sitting in a meeting with vladimir putin. what was discussed, what does it mean for their future role in ukraine. and deep sea mining returns a two year moratorium comes to an end. why do we to go hunting beneath the waves, and what danger could that pose to pristine deep water habitats. our panel tonight is the former head of the russia desk at mi6 christopher steele and media law expert, david banks we are going to start with those allegations made on friday evening that a bbc presenter paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images. the young person, now aged 20, is being represented by a lawyer who has issued a statement in the last few h
last time the lib dems got into bed with the conservatives , a first taste of government. is it isita is it a nightmare scenario or a dream ticket? meanwhile, the snp seek to make sir keir starmer a puppet on a string. does it pact put you off a few get in touch. here is the news. a jury in a civil case has found donald trump sexually abused a magazine writer in a new york department store in the 905. the jury also found the former president liable for defamation for calling ejean carrolls accusations a hoax and a lie . but mr trump has been found not liable for rape. the first baby with the dna of three people has been born in the uk. the child has dna from the mum and dad as well as 0.1% from an egg donor. the pioneering technique is trying to prevent children inheriting genetic disorders which can be fatal. lawyers for prince harry and three other alleged victims of illegal activities byjournalists at mirror group newspapers will begin a seven week trial in the civil co
finland will become the 31st member of nato later on tuesday. the application to join the western military alliance was prompted by the invasion of ukraine by russia, with which finland shares a long border. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, has this story. finland only said it wanted to join nato last year. this afternoon, its flag will be raised at the headquarters in brussels, the quickest accession process in nato s recent history. president putin went to war against ukraine with a declared aim to get less nato. he wanted nato to remove our forces, our structures, from all allies that havejoined after 1997, meaning all allies in central and eastern europe. and he wanted nato to make it absolutely clear that nato s door was closed for any new membership. he s getting the exact opposite. he s getting more nato presence in the eastern part of the alliance, and he s getting two new members, with finland and sweden. finland s long frontier with russia, the scene of fig
to give you an idea about how far we have come in yesterday, president erdogan started today talking about the need for the eu to allow turkey to join the need for the eu to allow turkey tojoin before he could then the need for the eu to allow turkey to join before he could then allow sweden into nato stop now, just in the last hour, we have had as you heard from is 0ldenburg confirmation processes are now under way. some information about key leaders, sweden s prime minister saying it s a good day for sweden, taking a very big step towards nato membership. german foreign minister said good news from vilnius, just on the eve of the nato summit. joe biden from the us saying looking forward to welcoming sweden and it will be the 32nd member of nato, 31st before sweden. sweden finland. this is a