mr. barton is doing is making sure everybody knows that's united states is locked in to supporting ukraine as much as is required short of a direct, military confrontation with russia to help your kind do as much as possible. and as far as not really about your current joining nato, it's about solidarity by the lions to push back against russia. henworthy, united states being firmly committed on that. there is really no further doubt that that's going to happen. it's just the water. they've been muddied by the question about whether you're crying when you're creating with joy nato. but the solidity of us a part for ukraine has been made clear by the president of the united states. and that is the thing that matters at nato mats. it keeps accept that it will not be able to join nato while at war with russia. but how much consensus is there right now, my nato members, that ukraine would be able to join when the war ends and what are the hurdles to that happening? well, i think uh uh there are various divisions within they do on that. this has been publication reported with the us and you, i'

mr. barton made that statement about north stream to pipeline the new pipeline that russia constructed. where's the explosions to place? i've been north stream one pipeline reach, but still is pretty much the same because that pipeline was intended and was i was intended to bring natural gas to germany as well as to many other countries. now the americans liked to talk about the solidity of that alliances, particularly the alliances with your a brand. it's pretty clear to anyone who's, who knows anything about how industry authorize that german economy to a large extent done. and many other european economies were built on the access to affordable russian energy sources. that's been very foundation or one of the foundations of european prosperity. if we take on that hypothesis that the united states was behind it one way or another, or that if even functioning it that it approves of it which you know, anthony blinking sat it explicitly. that is a great opportunity. what do you think would be? what do you think that would say about the american attitude towards it? if you are being allie

mr. barton has been extremely careful about providing just for the for up and ready and getting other countries to provide rapid rate to help ukraine prevail on the immediate battlefield, but not to give them so much as they could actually drive a russia into a corner by b let's say pushed entirely out of a chest, the disputed region. they mainly have to say, mainland ukraine but also and cry man, so there has to be a balance truck there. so that is the real issue here at the summit. wells therapy, solidarity in doing that. a swedish issue is always this side issue a when and if your credit and actually joins. nato is also another side issue. it's important, critical has the present and i just, i just made clear the other day to have mr. pruitt and get the message that he will not be able to crack the will of nato. and that the battle will continue until he gets that message and is willing to negotiate something less. and he has been demanding mats here and robert, there, talk about the message that nato would like to convey to president putin. moscow a has warrant that it's monitoring the summ

mr. barton made the statement about north stream to pipeline the new pipeline that russia constructed. whereas the explosions took place. i've been north stream one pipeline reach, but still is pretty much the same because that pipeline was intended and it was, it was intended to bring natural gas to germany as well as to many other countries . now, uh, the americans like to talk about the solidity of that a lot and says particular, the alliance is with your a ben, it's pretty clear to anyone who's, who knows anything about how industry all to raise that german economy until logics done done. and many other european economies would build on the access to affordable russian energy sources. that's the very foundation or one of the foundations of european prosperity. if we take on that hypothesis that the united states was behind it one way or another, or that if even function in that it approve of it, which you know, anthony blinking sat it exclusively. that is a great opportunity. what do you think would be? what do you think that would say about the american attitude towards if it's eu

mr barton's visit came out of a nato summit which gets under way in lithuania tomorrow. ithuania tomorrow. both mr biden and mrsunak will lithuania tomorrow. both mr biden and mr sunak will be there. my colleague sentences update from windsor on the substance of the talks they are in the mood surrounding them. it's been a very warm and sunny day here in windsor. warm is very much the feeling that you got when you watched these two men greet each other in the quadrangle on the grounds of windsor castle. a very warm handshake between presidentjoe biden and king charles iii. this is the first attempted to have met since the coronation in may. joe biden of course did attend the funeral of queen elizabeth ii but he did not attend the coronation in may for the his wife jill attend the coronation in may for the his wifejill biden was on instead. the two men had a lot to talk about and they have a lot in common. climate finance and the battle to save the climate and the environment very much the focal point for these two men. when they walked into windsor castle they were met and