UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Swedish counterpart Magdalena Andersson exchange files as they sign the security assurance in Harpsund, Sweden. PA
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Swedish counterpart Magdalena Andersson exchange files as they sign the security assurance in Harpsund, Sweden. PA
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Swedish counterpart Magdalena Andersson exchange files as they sign the security assurance in Harpsund, Sweden. PA
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Swedish counterpart Magdalena Andersson exchange files as they sign the security assurance in Harpsund, Sweden. PA

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UK 'bolsters military ties' with Sweden and Finland

Nordic neighbours are considering joining Nato after Russian aggression in Ukraine

The National

May 11, 2022

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UK Prime Minster Boris Johnson will sign historic security assurance declarations with Sweden and Finland in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, pledging to “bolster military ties” and support both countries should they come under attack.

The prime minister arrived in Stockholm on Wednesday before travelling to Harpsund, the rural residence of his Swedish counterpart Magdalena Andersson, where he set out a UK commitment to come to the country's aid in the event of a crisis.

“We are steadfast and unequivocal in our support to both Sweden and Finland and the signing of these security declarations is a symbol of the everlasting assurance between our nations,” Mr Johnson said.

“These are not a short-term stopgap but a long-term commitment to bolster military ties and global stability and fortify Europe's defences for generations to come.”

Mr Johnson is set to visit Finland later on Wednesday, where he is expected to formalise a similar agreement with the country's President Sauli Niinisto during a whirlwind 24 hours.

The two leaders in the gardens in Harpsund, the country retreat of Swedish prime ministers. PA
The two leaders in the gardens in Harpsund, the country retreat of Swedish prime ministers. PA

He will also offer to send more military assistance to the region, including Royal Air Force, British Army and Royal Navy personnel and assets.

It comes as Finland and Sweden consider the prospect of Nato membership in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin's continuing military aggression in Ukraine.

  • An injured Ukrainian service member sits at a field hospital inside Azovstal steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine. Reuters
    An injured Ukrainian service member sits at a field hospital inside Azovstal steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine. Reuters
  • Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a meeting in Kyiv with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra. Reuters
    Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a meeting in Kyiv with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra. Reuters
  • Ukrainian servicemen study a Swedish shoulder-launched weapon system during a training session near Kharkiv. AP Photo
    Ukrainian servicemen study a Swedish shoulder-launched weapon system during a training session near Kharkiv. AP Photo
  • Russian emergency personnel clear debris inside Mariupol's drama theatre. AFP
    Russian emergency personnel clear debris inside Mariupol's drama theatre. AFP
  • Ukrainian servicemen study a map near Kharkiv. EPA
    Ukrainian servicemen study a map near Kharkiv. EPA
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an online meeting with the Saratov region's acting governor, Roman Busargin, in Moscow. AP
    Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an online meeting with the Saratov region's acting governor, Roman Busargin, in Moscow. AP
  • Belgian soldiers take part in a Nato military exercise near Munster, Germany. Getty
    Belgian soldiers take part in a Nato military exercise near Munster, Germany. Getty
  • Ukraine's prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova, left, speaks with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, right, during her visit to mass graves in Bucha, Ukraine. EPA
    Ukraine's prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova, left, speaks with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, right, during her visit to mass graves in Bucha, Ukraine. EPA
  • A guard of honour stands at attention during the funerals of Sgt Olexandr Moisenko and Sergiy Turpetko in Lviv, Ukraine. Getty
    A guard of honour stands at attention during the funerals of Sgt Olexandr Moisenko and Sergiy Turpetko in Lviv, Ukraine. Getty
  • Plumes of smoke rise above the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol amid Russian shelling. AFP
    Plumes of smoke rise above the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol amid Russian shelling. AFP
  • US President Joe Biden signs into law a measure making it easier for Washington to send weapons and supplies to the government in Kyiv. Bloomberg
    US President Joe Biden signs into law a measure making it easier for Washington to send weapons and supplies to the government in Kyiv. Bloomberg
  • A Ukrainian soldier fires with a mortar, in the Kharkiv region. Reuters
    A Ukrainian soldier fires with a mortar, in the Kharkiv region. Reuters
  • The Eiffel Tower is lit up in blue and yellow, the national colours of Ukraine, to express solidarity with its people at the request of the French Presidency of the EU, in Paris. Reuters
    The Eiffel Tower is lit up in blue and yellow, the national colours of Ukraine, to express solidarity with its people at the request of the French Presidency of the EU, in Paris. Reuters
  • A Ukrainian Army tank drives over an infantryman during a training exercise near Kryvyi Rih. Getty Images
    A Ukrainian Army tank drives over an infantryman during a training exercise near Kryvyi Rih. Getty Images
  • A Ukrainian soldier rests in his room at a front-line field hospital near Popasna, Luhansk region. EPA
    A Ukrainian soldier rests in his room at a front-line field hospital near Popasna, Luhansk region. EPA
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at the Memorial to Hero Cities at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after the Victory Day military parade in Moscow. EPA
    Russian President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at the Memorial to Hero Cities at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after the Victory Day military parade in Moscow. EPA
  • Ukrainian refugees from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol are seen in a bus as they arrive at a humanitarian aid centre for internally displaced people, in Zaporizhzhia. Reuters
    Ukrainian refugees from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol are seen in a bus as they arrive at a humanitarian aid centre for internally displaced people, in Zaporizhzhia. Reuters
  • A hotel complex destroyed by a Russian missile is pictured in Odesa, Ukraine. Reuters
    A hotel complex destroyed by a Russian missile is pictured in Odesa, Ukraine. Reuters
  • Maksym, 3, is photographed with his brother, Dmytro, 16, on top of a destroyed Russian tank on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. AP Photo
    Maksym, 3, is photographed with his brother, Dmytro, 16, on top of a destroyed Russian tank on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. AP Photo
  • A video of a press conference from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol by Azov regiment servicemen Illia Samoilenko, right, and Sviatoslav Palamar, seen on a computer screen in Kyiv. EPA
    A video of a press conference from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol by Azov regiment servicemen Illia Samoilenko, right, and Sviatoslav Palamar, seen on a computer screen in Kyiv. EPA
  • Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy take part in a online meeting of G7 leaders in Kyiv. Reuters
    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy take part in a online meeting of G7 leaders in Kyiv. Reuters
  • US first lady Jill Biden greets Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, outside a public school in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Reuters
    US first lady Jill Biden greets Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, outside a public school in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Reuters
  • Irish singer and activist Bono, the lead vocalist of rock band U2, performs at a subway station that has been turned into a bomb shelter in Kyiv. AFP
    Irish singer and activist Bono, the lead vocalist of rock band U2, performs at a subway station that has been turned into a bomb shelter in Kyiv. AFP
  • A boy looks out of a bus window as people evacuated from Mariupol arrive in Zaporizhzhia. AFP
    A boy looks out of a bus window as people evacuated from Mariupol arrive in Zaporizhzhia. AFP
  • A night-vision image shows fire on Ukraine's Zmiinyi Island. Reuters
    A night-vision image shows fire on Ukraine's Zmiinyi Island. Reuters
  • Women sing the Ukrainian national anthem below the Euro Monument during a demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany. AP
    Women sing the Ukrainian national anthem below the Euro Monument during a demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany. AP
  • Emergency personnel at a school building hit by shelling, in the village of Bilohorivka, Luhansk. Reuters
    Emergency personnel at a school building hit by shelling, in the village of Bilohorivka, Luhansk. Reuters
  • A man plays piano in an abandoned photo studio in Severodonetsk, eastern Ukraine. AFP
    A man plays piano in an abandoned photo studio in Severodonetsk, eastern Ukraine. AFP
  • A man and his son wait for an evacuation bus in Lysychansk, eastern Ukraine. AFP
    A man and his son wait for an evacuation bus in Lysychansk, eastern Ukraine. AFP
  • Volunteers deliver food supplies to residents, taken from the warehouse of a humanitarian aid distribution centre in Severodonetsk. AFP
    Volunteers deliver food supplies to residents, taken from the warehouse of a humanitarian aid distribution centre in Severodonetsk. AFP
  • An unexploded ordnance on a road in Severodonetsk. AFP
    An unexploded ordnance on a road in Severodonetsk. AFP
  • Galina Abdurashikova, 65, has been staying in an abondoned car in front of her apartment since her room was destroyed by shelling five days ago, in Severodonetsk. AFP
    Galina Abdurashikova, 65, has been staying in an abondoned car in front of her apartment since her room was destroyed by shelling five days ago, in Severodonetsk. AFP
  • A large hole at the site where a missile strike hit a residential area in Bakhmut, Donetsk region. Reuters
    A large hole at the site where a missile strike hit a residential area in Bakhmut, Donetsk region. Reuters
  • A man searches for useful items inside his house after a missile strike in a residential area, in Bakhmut. Reuters
    A man searches for useful items inside his house after a missile strike in a residential area, in Bakhmut. Reuters
  • Two men look at the damage after a missile struck a cement plant, in Bakhmut. Reuters
    Two men look at the damage after a missile struck a cement plant, in Bakhmut. Reuters
  • Civilians attempting to leave Mariupol wait in line at a checkpoint near the temporary accommodation centre in Bezimenoye village. EPA
    Civilians attempting to leave Mariupol wait in line at a checkpoint near the temporary accommodation centre in Bezimenoye village. EPA
  • Civilians who were evacuated from Azovstal, walk in the temporary accommodation centre in Bezimenoye village, near Mariupol. EPA
    Civilians who were evacuated from Azovstal, walk in the temporary accommodation centre in Bezimenoye village, near Mariupol. EPA
  • A cyclist photographs the destroyed bridge over the Irpin river, in Irpin. Getty Images
    A cyclist photographs the destroyed bridge over the Irpin river, in Irpin. Getty Images
  • A residential area destroyed by Russian shelling, in Irpin. Reuters
    A residential area destroyed by Russian shelling, in Irpin. Reuters
  • People with their luggage walk to a station to wait for the evacuation train heading to the west of Ukraine, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. EPA
    People with their luggage walk to a station to wait for the evacuation train heading to the west of Ukraine, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. EPA
  • A volunteer shapes metal plates at a factory producing material for Ukrainian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. AP
    A volunteer shapes metal plates at a factory producing material for Ukrainian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. AP
  • Workers clean shattered glass and debris in front of a residential building next to a site of a Russian missile attack in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa. AFP
    Workers clean shattered glass and debris in front of a residential building next to a site of a Russian missile attack in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa. AFP
  • A Ukrainian Army tank moves towards a fron-tline position in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Getty Images
    A Ukrainian Army tank moves towards a fron-tline position in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Getty Images
  • Eugene Yevchenko cries as he bids farewell to his daughter Maria at a coach station in Lviv. Getty Images
    Eugene Yevchenko cries as he bids farewell to his daughter Maria at a coach station in Lviv. Getty Images
  • A child stands on a destroyed Russian tank near Makariv, Kyiv region. Reuters
    A child stands on a destroyed Russian tank near Makariv, Kyiv region. Reuters
  • A Ukrainian national guard soldier mans a fighting position near the front line in Zelenodolsk. Getty Images
    A Ukrainian national guard soldier mans a fighting position near the front line in Zelenodolsk. Getty Images
  • Museum workers carry the sculpture of Ukrainian philosopher Hryhorri Skovoroda from the destroyed building of the Hryhoriy Skovoroda National Literary Memorial Museum in the village of Skovorodynivka, in Kharkiv Region. AFP
    Museum workers carry the sculpture of Ukrainian philosopher Hryhorri Skovoroda from the destroyed building of the Hryhoriy Skovoroda National Literary Memorial Museum in the village of Skovorodynivka, in Kharkiv Region. AFP

Sweden has launched preparations for hostilities with Russia immediately after its Nato application, with families stocking up on provisions in case of an attack, The National has learnt.

The declarations build on claims made this month that the UK would always aid Finland if it were attacked by Russia, regardless of whether the country was a member of Nato.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said it was “inconceivable” that Britain would not help either Finland or Sweden if it were in crisis, even “without any big formal agreement”.

Mr Johnson held talks with Ms Andersson and Mr Niinisto in March as part of a meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force nations, which includes Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Norway.

After the meeting, No 10 Downing Street said the two leaders agreed that “Putin's invasion had dramatically changed the landscape of European security”.

Finland shares a lengthy land border with Russia and is only about 250 miles from St Petersburg.

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Tax authorities are increasingly using data already available across multiple filings to identify audit risks. 

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8. Adrien Briffod (SUI) 57:57           
9. Gustav Iden (NOR) 57:58            
10. Richard Murray (RSA) 57:59       

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RESULTS

5pm: Maiden (PA) Dh80,000 1,600m
Winner: Omania, Saif Al Balushi (jockey), Ibrahim Al Hadhrami (trainer)
5.30pm: Conditions (PA) Dh85,000 1,600m
Winner: Brehaan, Richard Mullen, Ana Mendez
6pm: Handicap (TB) Dh100,000 1,600m
Winner: Craving, Connor Beasley, Simon Crisford
6.30pm: The President’s Cup Prep (PA) Dh100,000 2,200m
Winner: Rmmas, Tadhg O’Shea, Jean de Roualle
7pm: Wathba Stallions Cup (PA) Dh70,000 1,200m
Winner: Dahess D’Arabie, Connor Beasley, Helal Al Alawi
7.30pm: Handicap (PA) Dh80,000 1,400m
Winner: Fertile De Croate, Sam Hitchcott, Ibrahim Aseel

COMPANY PROFILE
Name: Airev
Started: September 2023
Founder: Muhammad Khalid
Based: Abu Dhabi
Sector: Generative AI
Initial investment: Undisclosed
Investment stage: Series A
Investors: Core42
Current number of staff: 47
 
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MATCH INFO

Chelsea 4 (Mount 18',Werner 44', Hudson-Odoi 49', Havertz 85')

Morecambe 0

Fixtures (all in UAE time)

Friday

Everton v Burnley 11pm

Saturday

Bournemouth v Tottenham Hotspur 3.30pm

West Ham United v Southampton 6pm

Wolves v Fulham 6pm

Cardiff City v Crystal Palace 8.30pm

Newcastle United v Liverpool 10.45pm

Sunday

Chelsea v Watford 5pm

Huddersfield v Manchester United 5pm

Arsenal v Brighton 7.30pm

Monday

Manchester City v Leicester City 11pm

 

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hall of shame

SUNDERLAND 2002-03

No one has ended a Premier League season quite like Sunderland. They lost each of their final 15 games, taking no points after January. They ended up with 19 in total, sacking managers Peter Reid and Howard Wilkinson and losing 3-1 to Charlton when they scored three own goals in eight minutes.

SUNDERLAND 2005-06

Until Derby came along, Sunderland’s total of 15 points was the Premier League’s record low. They made it until May and their final home game before winning at the Stadium of Light while they lost a joint record 29 of their 38 league games.

HUDDERSFIELD 2018-19

Joined Derby as the only team to be relegated in March. No striker scored until January, while only two players got more assists than goalkeeper Jonas Lossl. The mid-season appointment Jan Siewert was to end his time as Huddersfield manager with a 5.3 per cent win rate.

ASTON VILLA 2015-16

Perhaps the most inexplicably bad season, considering they signed Idrissa Gueye and Adama Traore and still only got 17 points. Villa won their first league game, but none of the next 19. They ended an abominable campaign by taking one point from the last 39 available.

FULHAM 2018-19

Terrible in different ways. Fulham’s total of 26 points is not among the lowest ever but they contrived to get relegated after spending over £100 million (Dh457m) in the transfer market. Much of it went on defenders but they only kept two clean sheets in their first 33 games.

LA LIGA: Sporting Gijon, 13 points in 1997-98.

BUNDESLIGA: Tasmania Berlin, 10 points in 1965-66

Updated: May 11, 2022, 12:19 PM
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