this is bbc news. the headlines: nicola sturgeon tells the snp spring conference that scotland's future must be scotland's choice as she urges the prime minister to think again over a new independence vote. if. concern is timing, then if her concern is timing, then within reason i am happy to have that discussion. but let the prime minister being no doubt, the will of oui’ minister being no doubt, the will of our parliament must and will prevail. the speech came as the former prime minister gordon brown set out a possible third option, with more powers devolved to holyrood. the usa refuses to sign up to a deal on trade at the 620 meeting. a man shot dead after trying to threaten a police tee at- a man shot dead after trying to threaten a police gig at paris threaten a police officer at paris orly was known to police.

the incident this morning has not disrupted the visit of the duke and duchess of cambridge to paris today, they met victims of their bataclan attack. we will have all the latest on the by we will have all the latest on the rugby on sports day. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has insisted there will be another independence referendum, saying the wishes of she was addressing her party's conference this afternoon in aberdeen. earlier, gordon brown entered the debate. the former prime minister called for the scottish parliament to be given more powers while balancing the need for continued

cooperation with westminster. here's our scotland editor sarah smith. they want to take no finance. nicola sturgeon had a defiant message aimed directly at theresa may and her refusal to allow a scottish referendum. she has time to think again, andi referendum. she has time to think again, and i- that she does. if again, and i hope that she does. if her concern is timing, then within reason i am happy to have that discussion. but let the prime minister being no doubt, the will of oui’ minister being no doubt, the will of our parliament must and will prevail. the tories‘s reluctance to allow scotland a choice is not really ha rd to allow scotland a choice is not really hard to fathom. they are no terrified of the verdict of the scottish people —— now. terrified of the verdict of the scottish people -- now. wading into the middle of the argument today,

former prime minister gordon brown. i therefore divided scotland, better, acrimonious debate, over perhaps tonight viewers, maybe even four years. i fear that we are seeing people entrenched into extreme positions. he says he has a third option. if new powers over agriculture and fishing, vat rates and the right to international trade treaties were then they would need to be devolved then they would need to be no vote on full independence. his interventions in the last scottish referendum were influential, but he has been accused of not delivering what was promised then. in 201a then. in 2014 during independence referendum you said that if scotland voted no then we would be living in what was close to a what was close toaiedenalstatef what was close toaefederalstatea are not, that is a broken we sfe first. that is a effieefi his sfe first, that is a effieefi the his sfe hat, that ia a efeeee the powers i was ma aha hat, that ia a hhaiiaa the powers i was proposing .romise_ tl; 10525: ! iii: rhlrzha'f-a ... .. ,,.. a welfare powers, more welfare powers, employment powers, environmental powers,

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