Today we'll be discussing some of the biggest stories, including potentially devastating revelations about Trump's behavior on January the 6th and the Metropolitan Police being placed into special measures, as well as this week's g7 meeting, but first Turkey says Yes to Finland and Sweden.

Turkey has finally lifted its objection to Finland and Sweden's NATO bid. Turkey had effectively vetoed the two's application, accusing Sweden and Finland of harboring members of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, an organization Turkey has designated as a terrorist organization. The three countries reached a trilateral agreement on Tuesday that sees Turkey drop its opposition in return for establishing a permanent joint mechanism. Finland and Sweden have also committed to addressing Turkey's pending deportation or extradition requests of terror suspects. The NATO secretary general announced that both Finland and Sweden had further agreed to amend their domestic legislation to give Turkey the relevant reassurances it had asked for as well as crack down on PKK activities. The move has been met by widespread support, with both Joe Biden and Boris Johnson stressing that the move will bolster the NATO alliance and improve collective security.

On Tuesday, the January 6 capital insurrection hearing continued, this week with some pretty shocking revelations. Cassidy Hutchinson, a former executive assistant to President Trump, claimed that when the president had heard of the crowds descending on the capitol building, he instinctively wanted to go and join his supporters. She claimed that he wanted metal detectors removed so that his supporters would not be turned away from the march because they had guns on them. Claimed he was angry that the crowns were getting smaller because they were being turned away for carrying the said guns. Additionally, when he found out that his motorcade was taking him back to the White House and not the soon-to-be insurrection, he became angry. She claimed he grabbed the steering wheel and, when a Secret Service member intervened, grabbed him by the neck. The former president denies the allegations, branding it sick and fraudulent, very much like the unselected committee.

The military clashes between Sudanese and Ethiopian forces have escalated in recent days. These are the latest incidents in a long-running feud over the two countries' shared border. Earlier in the week, Sudanese forces fired heavy artillery and captured an area near the disputed border, Reuters news agency reported. The recent clash follows accusations from Sudan that the Ethiopian army captured and executed seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian. Ethiopia denied this allegation on Monday and blamed the killings on a local militia group. Sudan has reportedly filed a formal complaint with the UN Security Council over the killings.

The UK's foremost police force, The Metropolitan Police, have been placed in two special measures by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. The move comes after substantial and persistent concerns about the force's performance. In a letter to the acting met commissioner, the inspector of constabulary raised similarly incomprehensible failures to recognize and treat appropriately a series of suspicious deaths, as well as a failure to tackle corruption within its ranks and a number of high-profile other failures. The WhatsApp messages from Charing Cross Police Station, the stop and search of Olympic sprinter Bianca Williams, and the strip search of three children. Will now be subject to enhanced monitoring known as "engage." The move has been welcomed by both the home secretary, Preet Patel, and the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.

Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has set out plans to hold a second Scottish independence referendum on the 19th of October 2023, something the UK government strongly opposes. She's asked the supreme court to decide on whether the Scottish parliament itself can legislate for a referendum. If the court rules in her favor, then the Scottish government will introduce a bill to the Scottish parliament to hold an independence referendum in October 2023. If the court says the Scottish parliament does not have this power, Nicola Sturgeon says it would clarify that any notion of the UK as a voluntary union of nations is a fiction. If this happens, Sturgeon's Scottish National Party will fight the next UK general election on this single question: should Scotland be an independent country?