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here's our europe editor katya adler in brussels.ns package to be passed by the eu, it needs to be unanimously approved amongst member states. be unanimously approved amongst memberstates. but be unanimously approved amongst member states. but is hungry saying no, or is hungry saying not this way? well, brussels thinks is the latter, it thinks it can have these oil sanctions approved, properly by the weekend, but there will be quite a lot of living and horse trading in between. you see, we are on sanctions back six by now for the eu and some member states, like hungry, are affected more than others. so was notjust hungry, it's like a comedy czech republic, gary who are beginning to see other member states, who are beginning to see other memberstates, look, who are beginning to see other member states, look, you have got to help us out here, you have got to reassure our voters. it was not straightforward for the eu on one hand and on the other you have to say even when these oil sanctions are passed how effective are they going to be?

but was the bbc�*s europe editor katya adler.assed more than one million deaths from covid—i9. it's the highest official total in the world, although the world health organization believes the true number may be higher in other countries. in a statement, president biden, described it as "a tragic milestone" and said, "as a nation, we must not grow numb to such sorrow". this pandemic isn't over. today, we mark a tragic milestone here in the united states — one million covid deaths. one million empty chairs around the family dinner table, each irreplaceable. irreplaceable losses, each leaving behind a family, a community forever changed because of this pandemic. my heart goes out to all those who are struggling, asking themselves, "how do i go on without him? "how do i go on without her? "what will we do without them?" it's grief shared by people across all of our nations. earlier, i spoke to thomas bollyky. he is the director of the global health program at the council on foreign relations. i asked about his views on us government

katya adler in helsinki, thank ou.kyiv. in shocking images caught on cctv, two unarmed civilians are shot in cold blood at the height of the battle to take the capital. police have told the bbc dozens of civilians were found shot dead after the russians retreated. from kyiv, our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has this report. these are russian soldiers on their way to loot and to kill. but their every move is caught on multiple cameras. and so is leonid, the security guard, as he approaches them. the men talk, even smoke, and then the soldiers leave. but suddenly, two turn back. they shoot leonid and a second man multiple times in their backs. leonid somehow survives. his boss dead, the guard staggers back to his hut and starts phoning for help. i met one of the friends leonid called that day. he told vasya the soldiers claim they don't kill civilians. then they shot him. translation: i asked how he was. i said, "can you at least bandage yourself up?" and he said, "vasya, i barely crawled here. everything

borisjohnson had changed his position, as katya adler explained.al from the eu was to have a northern ireland only backs up, and then there is this idea that this cannot happen because we conduct have northern ireland been treated differently from the rest of the uk. that is exactly what has now happened. when the protocol came into force in 2021, there were issues. we saw empty shelves and northern irish supermarkets, there is new paperwork, new customer suppliers. these difficulties were not a surprise. in 2019, british civil servants produced a study, a shortage of the cost arrived. soon borisjohnson was . saying this. we will do everything l we need to do, mr speaker, when the or by invoking article 16 the protocol to ensure that there is no barrier down the irish sea. the checks and the irish sea had been agreed by the prime minister. the government pose my complaint is how they were implemented. this is the bundle of documents that has to be filled out by companies moving goods within our own country. being that the level of administration is

i asked katya adler — our europe editor, who's in brussels — for her thoughts on the way the war in ukrainengs in europe. we've been seeing a whole shift in alliances and structures. and, of course, from a security point of view, vladimir putin has managed to upend the post—cold war security structure and sort of almost certainties that countries had. but, yes, if we have a look at the traditional motor, it's called, of the european union, the franco—german motor. under angela merkel, after 16 years as chancellor, she wasn'tjust the head of the eu's biggest economic power, but also diplomatically and politically within the eu, she was kind of the leading face, if you like. she had that ability to kind of knock eu heads together, to find consensus, or at least lock leaders up in a room until they came to some kind of conclusion. that sort of figure is now missing inside the eu. olaf scholz has taken over from angela merkel as germany's chancellor, but this man does not lead, neither at home nor abroad. germany has been very slow, very reluctant to react when it comes to sanctions against rus

our europe editor katya adler is in helsinki with more.about it here — there's been an absolute about—turn in political and public opinion since russia invaded ukraine. so, as much as vladimir putin may rail against nato, it's really a bit of an own goal — it's really ironic that it's his actions in ukraine that have driven the people of finland to go from about 20% support in public opinion polls forjoining nato, suddenly to 76%, according to the last opinion poll. speaking to finland's foreign minister this morning, he told me that the finns were practical people and were just looking to defend themselves better. we have had security mechanisms in europe like the osc which are meant to avoid war and military conflicts. and now we have seen that this security order does not function in europe — russia did not trust this mechanism, we refuses mechanism — instead that planned war against ukraine, of course, this is something that we cannot accept. and we are currently in this kind of limbo for european security structures. there's no struct

our europe editor, katya adler, is in helsinki. this is quite a shift for the country?t did not want to its very large neighbour, russia. but that all changed after russia invaded ukraine, and finland's foreign minister said to me today it made russia a very unpredictable and dangerous neighbour, and finns, yes, in those public opinion polls, before the invasion there was about 20% support for nato mentorship, now it is a whopping 76% support. neighbouring sweden is also thought to be going to make a bid for nato membership next week. the countries think it will be a mutually beneficial agreement because on the one hand, they will benefit from dato's collective security umbrella, where an attack against one member is seen as an attack against all, but with their membership, nato's presence in the east will be hugely bolstered, including in the baltic sea, right on russia's doorstep, and that's why it warned today of unspecified retaliatory measures, it says if finland and swedenjoin nato, that will not make europe more secure. :, ,, : nato, that will not make europe mor

so this is a huge shift, as our europe editor katya adler explains from helsinki. massive move for finland. militarily, it has been working alongside nato rather than insight nato and its military is modern and we have heard from the president and prime minister that they've believe finland would be an asset to nato if and when. but finland shares that 1300 km border with russia and russia has made no secret of the fact that it preferred finland not to join nato fact that it preferred finland not tojoin nato but good neighbourly relations, the country did not apply for nato membership by russia's invasion of ukraine really changed all of that and it has changed the post cold war security order and all of europe and nowhere more so than in the eastern countries in europe really do feel exposed and he finland in neighbouring sweden to what is expected and asked to join the military alliance, it will be a goal and that will really bolster nato�*s presence read on their doorstep at. this was the joint statement, released by finland's president and its prime minister. "

0ur europe editor katya adler is in helsinki.ide but not inside nato and it did — work alongside but not inside nato and it did not want to it's very large — and it did not want to it's very large neighbour russia, but that all changed _ large neighbour russia, but that all changed after russia invaded ukraine _ changed after russia invaded ukraine. finland's for ministry said to me _ ukraine. finland's for ministry said to me today it made russia a very comfortable and dangerous neighbour and the _ comfortable and dangerous neighbour and the fence here, in this public opinion— and the fence here, in this public opinion polls, before the invasion there _ opinion polls, before the invasion there was— opinion polls, before the invasion there was about 20% support for membership in nato and now it is a whopping _ membership in nato and now it is a whopping 76% support. neighbouring sweden _ whopping 76% support. neighbouring sweden has also thought to make a bid for— sweden has also thought to make a bid for membership next week in

our europe editor, katya adler, is in helsinki.bout—turn since russia invaded ukraine. if you have a look at public opinion. that is what is driving the political change. before russia's invasion, there was a 20 to 30% support for joining nato. the latest opinion polls suggest 76% of finns want to join the military alliance. why? because they have seen russia's aggression in ukraine, its expansionist zeal and even though vladimir putin has threatened retaliation, if finland and swedenjoin nato, it is felt here by the people that it will make them safer because of nato's policy of all for one and one for all. so an attack against one will be seen as an attack against all. don't forget, finland has a 1300 kilometre long border that it shares with russia, so it feels particularly exposed. it also would suggest an even worse miscalculation by vladimir putin as one commentator was putting it in the last couple of hours, it would make the baltic sea seem like an inner lake for nato. that's right, you could say since vladimir putin is thr

let's talk to our europe editor katya adler. there has been a big shift in public opinion on this? next week, with sweden to follow suit soon after. is week, with sweden to follow suit soon after-— week, with sweden to follow suit soon after. , , , , ., soon after. is the sense there, you would say. — soon after. is the sense there, you would say. that — soon after. is the sense there, you would say, that people _ soon after. is the sense there, you would say, that people genuinely i would say, that people genuinely fear that russia could take action against finland, or is this really more about shoring up the baltic states and others on the border there which are perhaps even more vulnerable? so,. i there which are perhaps even more vulnerable? so,.— vulnerable? so,. i think if you talk on the streets _ vulnerable? so,. i think if you talk on the streets to _ vulnerable? so,. i think if you talk on the streets to people _ vulnerable? so,. i think if you talk on the streets to people in - vulnerable? so,. i think if you talk. on the streets to people in england, they are thinking a

let's speak to katya adler, in the finnish capital, helsinki. good morning.tarily neutrat — finland is traditionally militarily neutral. it has chosen to work alongside _ neutral. it has chosen to work alongside but not inside nato until now _ alongside but not inside nato until now. before the russian invasion, public— now. before the russian invasion, public opinion polls were saying 20% to 30% _ public opinion polls were saying 20% to 30% of _ public opinion polls were saying 20% to 30% of finn two were in favour of joining _ to 30% of finn two were in favour of joining nato~ — to 30% of finn two were in favour of joining nato. the latest poll suggests 76% of finns wanted to join _ suggests 76% of finns wanted to join that — suggests 76% of finns wanted to join. that all and one and one for all clause — join. that all and one and one for all clause that says an attack against — all clause that says an attack against one as an attack against all, particularly important to finland. _ all, particularly important to finland, which has an 800 mile long border—