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Turkey becomes last NATO nation to ratify Finland membership

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Turkey on Thursday became the final NATO nation to ratify Finland's membership of the US-led defence alliance in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Lawmakers unanimously backed the Nordic country's accession two weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly blessed the bid. FRANCE 24's Jasper Mortimer tells us more.

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