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Newsday: 12/05/2022 06:06 GMT : Finland: Big strategic change expected over Nato membership

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12/05/2022 06:06 GMT : Finland: Big strategic change expected over Nato membership

Finland: Big strategic change expected over Nato membership

BBC World Service - Newsday, Finland: Big strategic change expected over Nato membership

The government of Finland is expected to announce whether it will apply to join Nato

The government of Finland is expected to announce later whether it will apply to join NATO, abandoning its traditionally neutral stance.

President of Finland Sauli Niinisto is expected to give his approval to his country's application to joining Nato - we're live from the Finnish-Russian border town of Lappeenranta getting reaction to this major strategic shift.

North Korea orders strict lockdown with first official Covid cases - we get the latest on why now, and what can the country do its leaders have rejected international offers of Covid vaccines.

And the United Nations has demanded a transparent investigation into the murder of Shireen Abu Akleh, the veteran Al Jazeera reporter in the occupied West Bank.

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