this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. finland has announced formally that the country will apply for nato membership, in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. we have reached today an important decision. a british military intelligence assessment suggests russia may have lost one third of its ground forces since the start of its invasion of ukraine. ten people have been killed and three injured in a mass shooting in buffalo — president biden says america must do everything in its power to end hate—filled domestic terrorism. lebanon holds parliamentary

elections for the first time since an economic collapse sparked widespread anger against the political elite. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote in italy. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. within the past hour, finland has formally announced that it's abandoning decades of neturality, to apply for membership of nato. the decision, in direct response to russia's attack on ukraine, will still need to be approved by finland's parliament.

it comes as nato�*s foreign ministers hold a second day of talks in berlin, which they hope will smooth the way for finland and sweden to join the alliance. turkey has voiced misgivings about their membership, accusing them of sheltering kurdish militants, but other member states hope they can secure ankara's approval. let's listen to the announcement made by finland's pm sanna marin. we have reached today an important decision including cooperation between the government and the president of the republic. we hope that the parliament will confirm the decision to apply for nato membership during the coming days. it will be based on a strong mandate. with the president of the republic, we have been in close contact with governments of nato member states and nato itself. i wish to thank the support we have received so far. in finland, we still

have the parliamentary process ahead of us but i trust that the parliament will debate this historic decision with determination and responsibility. on her way into the meeting of nato foreign ministers, britain's liz truss expressed her support for finland joining the alliance. we are very pleased to be joined by ourfriends finland and sweden. if they do apply to join nato, the uk is strongly supportive of that and we are also working closely with the ukrainians, the polls and others to make sure that ukraine has nato standard defence. it's also important today that we focus on a global nato because as well as protecting euro atlantic security, we also need to watch out for indo pacific security, too, thank you. that nato meeting has been going on all morning in berlin.

our europe correspondent nick beake is there for us. two extra the dinner table, the sort of image that vladimir putin did not want to see. he has got the opposite of what he desired the invasion of ukraine. this is not a straightforward process, it needs the agreement of all of the existing 13 countries and turkey has indicated that it could present a stumbling block. we do not know if this is a temporary position represent something more fundamental that the turkish foreign minister was prettyjovial today that the turkish foreign minister was pretty jovial today and that the turkish foreign minister was prettyjovial today and in good spirits which i think raises hopes amongst the allies hear of this western military partnership that they can overcome this and ratification can go through. british military intelligence

believes russia has lost a third of the ground forces it used to invade ukraine. the latest report from the ministry of defence claims moscow's offensive has lost momentum and fallen behind schedule. the assessment is in stark contrast to briefings coming from the kremlin, which have consistently painted the invasion as making steady progress. president zelensky warned the situation in the east of the country remains difficult. our correspondentjoe inwood reports from lviv. that was not the picture painted by a convoy of 2000 cars which

yesterday arrived in ukrainian territory. translation: ourflat was translation: our flat was destroyed by two impacts. these were either shells or bombs. everything got burned to the ground. nearly a month we lived in the basement and then we decided to sneak to a ukrainian controlled area. we don't recognise the dynastic people's republic. it is not “ust dynastic people's republic. it is not just civilians _ dynastic people's republic. it is not just civilians leaving the ruins notjust civilians leaving the ruins of mariupol. russia seems to be drawing trips away from the siege. you only need to look at the disastrous attempts to cross the river to see why they may be needed. an entire battalion white out over a couple of days. it is now led british military intelligence to suggest they have lost more than a third of troops. the top diplomat is suggesting his country is the

victim, not the aggressor. translation: we did everything to avoid a direct clash _ we did everything to avoid a direct clash but _ we did everything to avoid a direct clash but since the challenge was thrown, — clash but since the challenge was thrown, we of course accepted it. we are no_ thrown, we of course accepted it. we are no strangers to sanctions, they were _ are no strangers to sanctions, they were almost always there in one form or anothen _ were almost always there in one form or another. what is surprising is the absolutely cavernous rational phobic— the absolutely cavernous rational phobic surge that is occurred and also called — phobic surge that is occurred and also called civilised countries. this_ also called civilised countries. this is— also called civilised countries. this is not_ also called civilised countries. this is not how the work is seen across europe. finnish troops have been on exercise as its country firmly as firm nato membership. the one thing that vladimir putin has hoped to avoid this coming into effect. an 18—year—old man has appeared in court charged with murder, after ten people were killed in a shooting at a supermarket in the city of buffalo, in new york state. three others were wounded. of the 13 people shot, 11 were black. police said the gunman, payton gendron, livestreamed the killings. he's suspected of being a white supremacist. nada tawfik reports from new york.

a busy grocery store in a predominantly black community. this was the shooter's intended target. the horror started immediately in the parking lot as the gunman emerged from his car, heavily armed and wearing tactical gear — he shot four people, killing three of them. to eyewitnesses it was clear he came to do maximum damage. when i first saw him shooting, he shot a woman, he shot a deacon, he shot another woman, and then he went in the store and started shooting again. a retired buffalo police officer was working security and shot the gunman, but he was unharmed because of his armour. the shooter then returned fire, killing the security guard. the entire horrific episode of people being killed in cold blood in the store was streamed live online. officials said evidence showed the attack was racially motivated. we are investigating this incident as both a hate crime

and a case of racially motivated violent extremism. a white supremacist who has engaged in an act of terrorism — and will be prosecuted as such — in a cold—hearted, cruel, calculating way. a military—style execution, targeting people who simply want to buy groceries. the suspect was taken into custody alive after putting his gun to his neck and threatening to shoot himself. he's been identified as an 18—year—old white male and has been charged with murder in the first degree. distraught community members have been gathering at the scene, trying to come to terms with the fact that a toxic mix of guns and racism has ended their neighbours' lives in an instant. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. professor greg barton is an expert in counter—terroism from deakin university in australia.

he says elements of the shooting echo past terror attacks from around the world. there is the manifesto which was pretty clear. it echoes the manifesto the christchurch terrorist used in march 2019, and that in turn echoed a manifesto used by a norwegian terrorist in 2011. all of them speaking about a so—called great replacement thesis, saying that white christians are being replaced by brown people, by muslims and asians. awful racism, awful bigotry, but it is used forjustification for a violent response. so this is an all too familiar thesis in etxreme right violent extremisim or terrorism. there is really no ambiguity here about the justifying motive that's being espoused by the gunman. the questions that will be asked, there will inevitably be further

debate within the united states about gun ownership and the apparent ease in which someone can obtain a gun at a reltively young age. but then again if that person has no previous predilection to violence, that would not neccesarily prevent an attack of this kind. it has a resonance around the world, is the question of how somebody would be indoctrinated in this way. it is interested that the killer, if his words are to believed, explained that he was bored during the covid pandemic lockdowns and went online and we know that he went to places like lichan but also free—to—air and cable television content. so he looks like he was self—radicalised and he came out of an ecosystem of hate that's both online and unfortunately around the edges of our mainstream media, justifying toxic nationalism justifying hatred to others and saying we need to fight back or else.

we do not know more intricate details and what friendships he had, but although he acted alone, he is, as i said, coming out of an ecosystem of hate that is unfortunately becoming too familiar now. people in lebanon are voting in the first parliamentary election since an unprecedented financial collapse fuelled new anger and distrust of the political elite that's ruled the country for decades. the devastating explosion in beirut in 2020 deepened the sense among many lebanese that the political system needed to be changed. but analysts say that there is little expectation that this election will bring a major shift in the power structure in lebanon. our middle east correspondent anna foster is following events from beirut. this is one of the polling stations. this scene has been repeated across lebanon this morning with a steady stream of people arriving, and you can see the very tight security, pay checked as you come in, they are brought through, checked for weapons and they come and cast their vote, but the thing about this particular polling station is this is the fire station where they come in and see these ten pictures on the wall here,

the ten firefighters from the station who died in the beirut blast and it's important to say, you mentioned that there, that nobody has yet been found responsible for that with the investigation stalling several times because when powerful politicians have been called to give evidence, they have not brought it up or they have brought a legal challenge, so that is one thing in people's mind, the devastating financial crisis here, there has been a lack of fuel and food for people, 80% of lebanese live in poverty and many of them blame the ruling class for that, many blame politicians for financial mismanagement. the system itself is a very rigid, one that see normally voting by religion and sector which is what they will do today, the results will be watched closely but this is the first time since the uprising in 2019 the people have had a chance to pass official comment on their politicians and the job

being done but make no mistake this is a fragile country that is angry and wants to send a message, whether they will manage to do that are not today, we will see when the polls close at 7pm. a lot of independent candidates are standing this time, why is there such scepticism among analysts that they will not be able to make an impact? because of the way the system is set up here. at the end of the cival war in 1990, they drew a system that set up officers held by... of course this country is very much split along religious lines so it makes it very difficult to effect any kind of change. this time round, there are more independent candidates then there has ever been before. they hope to take power, it will be very hard to take a majority from those who had it in the last parliament in 2019. they want to send a message and make things more difficult, have some sort of influence when it comes

to plastic legislation. it will be interesting to see how many pillowy and go independent. the hope in the expectation is there, but things tomorrow may look very same as they have done in the last four years. the headlines on bbc news... finland has announced formally that the country will apply for nato membership, in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. a british military intelligence assessment suggests russia may have lost one third of its ground forces since the start of its invasion of ukraine. ten people have been killed and three injured in a mass shooting in buffalo — president biden says america must do everything in its power to end

hate—filled domestic terrorism. the uk business secretary kwasi kwarteng says he does not think there will be a trade war with the eu over the northern ireland protocol. reports say the uk government is poised to introduce legislation to strip away parts of the protocol, a deal struck by borisjohnson which governs trade after between britain and northern ireland after brexit. earlier our political correspondent david wallace lockhart gave me this update. step one was the brexit deal involved a provision called the northern ireland protocol. and that means when goods are some goods, at least when they go from england, scotland and wales into northern ireland, they get checked at that point and they do it. why that check happens internally within the uk is to keep the border open between northern ireland and the irish republic because once part of the uk, once part of the eu and the historic situation there means that that border must stay open. northern ireland had elections recently. sinn fein, a nationalist party who ultimately believed in a united ireland, came out on top. they've nominated a first minister, the dup, the biggest unionist party, therefore get to in northern ireland, get to nominate deputy first minister.

but because of that northern ireland protocol, because they're unhappy about those checks, because they don't like northern ireland having that border for goods with the rest of the united kingdom, they're saying, well, that remains in place. we will not get into government. so therefore they're stalemate in northern ireland. a government cannot be formed. borisjohnson is himself going to go to northern ireland tomorrow to try and help resolve this matter. but he is also sending a message to the eu, he would like there to be more flexibility to reform that protocol. he doesn't like how it's working in practice, despite this being part of a deal. he set up. his cabinet colleague kwasi kwarteng, the business secretary, has been speaking to the bbc this morning, defending it, saying that when he signed up to it, there were provisions down the line that mean it should be modified and that's just what's playing out right now. opposition party labour have also been speaking. they don't like the rhetoric here, worried about the prospect of a trade war. and that was something addressed by their shadow environment secretary,

ed miliband, when he was on the television speaking to the bbc this morning. and here's what he had to say. i'm afraid itjust proves once again that borisjohnson is not a serious person about the real issues this country faces. he signed the agreement. he said it was a triumph. he said it was a triumph for the people of northern ireland. he refuses to negotiate on things like a veterinary agreement that could make a real difference. powersharing collapsed two and a half months ago in northern ireland. he's finally getting around actually to going to northern ireland. you know, what i hope he doesn't do is try and use northern ireland as a political weapon, because that would be absolutely the wrong thing to do. what he needs to do is engage seriously, engage seriously with the people of northern ireland and with europe and find a solution to these issues, not go around making threats, a trade war. at this moment of all moments would be the worst thing. but what the uk government are saying is essentially they don't believe the eu is acting in good faith here. now the eu is saying it's willing

to sit down to negotiate changes to the protocol to try and make it work as smoothly as possible. but they are saying if the uk goes ahead and changes, it unilaterally uses domestic legislation to to alter it, then they'd be breaking international law because they signed this treaty. they signed this agreement. now, as i said, kwasi kwarteng, business secretary, cabinet colleague of borisjohnson, is saying that's not the case. if you read this treaty, it was always envisaged that there would be the possibility of of acting unilaterally to change it. that's something that the uk government reserves the right to do and in doing so he thinks they would not be breaching international law and he doesn't think the consequences could be as bad as what labour are saying. we can have a look now at what he said this morning. it's going to be a trade war. idon't think that that's— something talking about retaliation. they're talking about action that they would take. there's a lot of talk, as we've seen over the last six years. _ the vote happened six years ago i and there's been a lot of talk, i a lot of threats about what the eu will or won't do— if that's up to them. as far as i'm concerned, i our primary duty as british, the british government is to look

after political stability— in northern ireland. and if that means - relooking at the protocol, we absolutely have to do that. now, borisjohnson saying his number one priority as of tomorrow will be going to northern ireland, telling the politicians to form a government to start managing the bread and butter issues of the people of northern ireland, whether that's cost of living or the health service there. but there is this massive elephant in the room of this northern ireland protocol and right now between the eu and the uk government, there doesn't seem to be agreement on how to go forward. the government says the cost of prescriptions in england will be frozen at their current rates, in a bid to help ease the rising cost of living. they claim the move will save families in england more than £17 million. it's the first time the payments have been frozen, despite the increase in inflation, for more than 10 years. prescriptions are free in the rest of the uk.

north korea has reported another 15 deaths from what it called fever, as it confronts the spread of coronavirus. a further 300,000 cases of the fever were recorded on sunday. the state news agency admitted the population lacked awareness of the illness. shanghai's deputy mayor says some businesses will start reopening from monday. china's economic capital has been in lockdown for over six weeks, with most residents shut in their homes, because of the spread of coronavirus. denmark is suspending its general immunisation programme for coronavirus because of high vaccine coverage in the population and a waning pandemic. as of sunday, officials will stop sending out invitations for vaccinations, though another programme will be launched in the autumn. vaccination rates in adults stand at ninety percent, and as many as 70% of the population may have caught the omicron variant of covid — helping denmark achieve widespread immunity. ukraine's president zelensky says his country will do its best to host the eurovision song contest

next year — after ukraine won the competition in italy on saturday night. the united kingdom came second — its best result in more than 20 years. mark lowen reports from turin. let the eurovision song contest 2022 begin! europe's fanfare of fun came to turin with that unique mix of glam glitter and glorious tunes. a europe seeing wall for the first time in three decades coming together in a plea for peace before the entries took to the stage. the sparkles of spain belting it out with slomo, her sequin filled dance, anything but. then italy with an all male falsetto love song. sweden. eurovision once gave birth to abba, remember them? then the hand washer

of serbia asking why meghan markle's hair is so shiny. then the uk, too many nul points in recent years but with sam ryder hits stratospheric notes with spaceman. then ukraine's folk hip—hop number. one band member stayed in the country to fight and the rest got permission to leave. the final results... as the votes came in from the europeanjuries, it was heading for a close race, the uk, sweden, spain and ukraine leading at the top before it went to the public votes. 183 points. he did so well. there it is.

sam ryder was pipped at the post by ukraine. eurovision triumph in its darkest moment. the spaceman had hoped to take the uk over the moon but in the end the public was with ukraine. for the very worthy second place sam, relief for the uk's best resulting years, a success to build on next time. the whole team held themselves with such credit, such positivity. being in that arena and witnessing just this tangible energy of light was incredible. everybody is standing up, everybody is enjoying, everybody is in peace in this arena. fighting back on the ground, standing proud on stage, living up to its national slogan, glory to ukraine. thank you so much, thank you for supporting ukraine.

this victory is for every ukrainian. slava ukraini! what an emotional night. a reminder of our top story. within the past hour, finland has formally announced that it's abandoning decades of neturality, to apply for membership of nato. the decision, in direct response to russia's attack on ukraine, will still need to be approved by finland's parliament. it comes as nato's foreign ministers hold a second day of talks in berlin, which they hope will smooth the way for finland and sweden to join the alliance. turkey has voiced misgivings about theirmembership,

accusing them of sheltering kurdish militants, but other member states hope they can secure ankara's approval. football now — and after saturday's fireworks in the men's fa cup final, today it's the turn of the women's teams. manchester city and women's super league champions chelsea are targeting a fourth fa cup triumph. with us live at wembley arena is our sports reporter rhia chohan. the is our sports reporter rhia chohan. first time he sa it the first time he says this fixture. it is remarkable given the pre—eminence of both these teams that they haven't met in their final until two months ago in the continental league cup when it was actually manchester city came from behind to beat chelsea. emma hayes chelsea have their sights on a

domestic double, they have won a third consecutive women's similar league title and now they will want to get their hands on fa cup silverware. to get their hands on fa cup silverware-— to get their hands on fa cup silverware. �* ., , , ., ., silverware. both sides going for silverware _ silverware. both sides going for silverware after _ silverware. both sides going for silverware after success - silverware. both sides going for silverware after success already this season. in a sense, this is a better match than yesterday's potentially because they have had such a good season? i potentially because they have had such a good season?— potentially because they have had such a good season? i lost you, but i will no such a good season? i lost you, but i will go on — such a good season? i lost you, but i will go on to _ such a good season? i lost you, but i will go on to talk— such a good season? i lost you, but i will go on to talk about _ i will go on to talk about manchester city's incredible form. they have been on a 13 match winning run in consecutive games. you they have been on a 13 match winning run in consecutive games.— run in consecutive games. you are not hearing _ run in consecutive games. you are not hearing me. — run in consecutive games. you are not hearing me, are _ run in consecutive games. you are not hearing me, are you? - run in consecutive games. you are not hearing me, are you? i - run in consecutive games. you are not hearing me, are you? i am - run in consecutive games. you are i not hearing me, are you? i am sorry, we will get back to you when we can. let's have a look at the weather. hello. some of us have already seen some fairly heavy and thundery

downpours at times today. but for the rest of the day we will see some warm sunshine breaking through, particularly for parts of southern england and south wales into the midlands as well as the cloud and showers push a bit further northwards far north of scotland, also staying largely dry and sunny, but in between rather cloudy with outbreaks of showery rain. temperatures ranging between about m in newcastle to 22 in london today. through this evening and overnight, the first area of cloud and showers clears from the north. but more showers and thunderstorms rattle in from the south affecting central england towards northern ireland by the early hours of tomorrow morning. quite warm and humid in the south, too, a little bit fresher further north. heading through monday and we're going to be seeing this frontal system, this area of rain slowly moving northward. so the morning pretty wet for northern ireland, north wales and northern england. during the afternoon, that area of rain becomes slow moving across central scotland and could bring some thunder and lightning. a return to sunnier skies towards the south. still one or two showers and top temperatures around 22 degrees. bye— bye.

hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... finland has announced formally that the country will apply for nato membership, in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. in response to russia's a british military intelligence assessment suggests russia may have lost one third of its ground forces since the start of its invasion of ukraine. ten people have been killed and three injured in a mass shooting in buffalo. president biden says america must do everything in its power to end hate—filled domestic terrorism. lebanon holds parliamentary elections for the first time since an economic collapse sparked widespread anger against the political elite. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote in italy.

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