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chief says turkey's president erdogan has now agreed to support sweden's bid tojoin nato. that was a priority for us presidentjoe biden, who touched down in vilnius on the eve of the summit. it's clears the last major hurdle for sweden's accession. let's 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 been finalised or finland, finland is already a full member and now president erdogan has indicate...

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. here's our media editor katie razzall. for the first time at the bbc we've had our own person talking to the person involved in this. they told us that th...

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 don't 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 were also dropped. not without consequences. translation: whatever we got from our fish - and busines...

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. let's 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 experienced. what does today hold for people in new york state? exactly right, lucy, a number of people ha...

in merseyside on christmas eve. four other people were injured in the incident. britain's 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 it's time for martin's mountain, conquering kilimanjaro. gentle string music. i wanted something that people looked and thought, "he's doing what?!" it's hard enough for somebody with legs to do it, and here's a guy doing it in a wheelchair. it is a risk. i'm putti...