Sweden set to join NATO after Hungary's approval

Hungary's Parliament has removed the final obstacle to Sweden joining the NATO military alliance, after lawmakers voted to approve the application following a standoff that lasted almost two years.

New members of the alliance must receive unanimous support from all member states before being allowed to join, and Hungary was the last country that had not approved Sweden's membership bid.

In the end, only six lawmakers voted against the proposal out of 194 parliamentarians who voted on Monday in Budapest.