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hello, i'm gareth barlow. in the past few minutes, the former first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon has been released without charge pending further investigation. she had earlier been arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into the scottish national party's finances. it follows the arrest back in april, of her husband peter murrell, the former chief executive of the party, and the former treasurer, colin beattie. both were released back then without charge pending further inquiries. a spokeswoman for ms sturgeon, says the former leader has always made it clear, she'll cooperate with any investigation. live now to james who is outside nicola sturgeon's home. bring nicola sturgeon's home. us up the latest on what i happening. bring us up the latest on what is happening. in bring us up the latest on what is happening-— happening. in the past few minutes as ou

happening. in the past few minutes as you have — happening. in the past few minutes as you have say _ happening. in the past few minutes as you have say we _ happening. in the past few minutes as you have say we have _ happening. in the past few minutes as you have say we have received i as you have say we have received an update from plea scotland in regards to the inquiry of the finances in funding of the snp and in the statement taken from a 52—year—old woman who was arrested earlier today as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation has been released without charge pending further investigation. we are told by police in scotland that detectives arrested her at 10:09am and she was released from custody at 5:21ipm here in glasgow so seven hours and 15 minutes in police custody during which times according to police she was questioned by police scotland to detectives police now say it would be standard procedure at this time that a report will be submitted to the current office in fiscal service which is there fiscal service. and a spokesperson from nicola sturgeon

stressed she attended the interview by arrangement. this interview with the police, the questioning by the police and that she has always set and continues to do so that if asked she would cooperate with this investigation.— she would cooperate with this investigation. worth noting that nicola sturgeon's _ investigation. worth noting that nicola sturgeon's arrest - investigation. worth noting that nicola sturgeon's arrest and - investigation. worth noting that | nicola sturgeon's arrest and now investigation. worth noting that - nicola sturgeon's arrest and now for lease does not tell us anything on the case apart from the f investigations are ongoing. find investigations are ongoing. and indeed there _ investigations are ongoing. fific indeed there is a investigations are ongoing. fific indeed there is a law that investigations are ongoing. elic indeed there is a law that prevents us from getting into a great deal of speculation about the case in not just us but anyone else, other politicians, other members of the media or indeed members of the public on speculating on great detail on what may or may not be happening. that is the 1981 act which governs how these things operate. but we do know that it is the funding and finances of the snp which is being looked into. we do know that the scene today at nicola sturgeon's home the how she shares

with peter murrell the former chief executive of the party is a different scene two. when peter murrell was arrested and then released without charge without questioning in april. on that occasion there was a police tent on the lawn here, police officers inside and in the garden of the house. removing boxes from the house andindeed house. removing boxes from the house and indeed the same thing happened at the special —— scottish national party headquarters, no such sign of the activity today. it is obviously very calm here on this very hot, sunny scottish summer evening. but we do know that this arrest and release without charge of nicola sturgeon has released sent shock waves not through justice scottish politics but through uk politics. for a few years she bestowed scottish politics, for a decade really as first minister of scotland and the leader of her party. her supporters hopes and some of horror opponents feared that she would lead scotland to independence from the

united kingdom. that heyday for nicola sturgeon and that optimism on behalf of her supporters certainly feels like a long time ago now. iiruiith feels like a long time ago now. with reuards feels like a long time ago now. with re . ards to feels like a long time ago now. with regards to the _ feels like a long time ago now. with regards to the wider political situation what are the other party sink was back we have heard comments from scottish labour. —— saying. the from scottish labour. -- saying. the scottish from scottish labour. —— saying. tie: scottish labour party position is that they want to know what the current first minister, nicola sturgeon's successor, humza yousaf what he may or may not know on the situation and which is being investigated by the police, humza yousaf has repeatedly said that it would be inappropriate for him to comment on an active police investigation. as recently as this morning although the interview was actually recorded on friday for the sunday with laura kunz burke programme on bbc, humza yousaf had said he had spoken to nicola sturgeon recently saying that it had been a difficult time for her but

essentially he thought that she was doing well. that is what the labour party are saying. the conservatives are saying among other things that they think this is all a distraction and a distraction which in their view is damaging the government of scotland and that the snp is being distracted from the key issues which actually matter to voters in scotland. whether that be health or education and so on. so that is the position of the two main opposition parties. in the scottish parliament and in the default scottish government which the snp continues to run. . ., government which the snp continues to run. ., ~' ,, we can speak now to alan cochrane, who is a journalist and a political commentator for the telegraph. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. we have obviously heard in the last few minutes that nicola sturgeon has been released without charge following the arrest in those inquiries. interested for

your assessment of the impact for the snp of today's offence? i think it is re the snp of today's offence? i think it is pretty devastating, _ the snp of today's offence? i think it is pretty devastating, the - it is pretty devastating, the impact. it is pretty devastating, the im act. , it is pretty devastating, the impact._ this - it is pretty devastating, the| impact._ this has it is pretty devastating, the - impact._ this has been impact. -- events. this has been hanuain impact. -- events. this has been hanging over— impact. -- events. this has been hanging over the _ impact. -- events. this has been hanging over the snp _ impact. -- events. this has been | hanging over the snp government impact. -- events. this has been - hanging over the snp government for months the issue that what happened over the 600,000. now we have a situation which where not only the chief executive of the treasurer of the snp, we now have the leader of the snp, we now have the leader of the snp, we now have the leader of the snp in the first minister of scotland arrested, albeit now subsequently released pending further inquiries. it is an incredible situation. unprecedented. but it is astonishing, really. that a party which i think some of your previous experts up and saying, it won everything before it for years and scotland. now it is in a

shocking state, frankly. and i cannot see certainly in the short term and the recovery pending further nationalist. or it's because, the cause of independence. that is badly damaged is that while i would say. it that is badly damaged is that while i would sa . .,, that is badly damaged is that while i would say-— i would say. it has been several weeks since the _ i would say. it has been several weeks since the arrest - i would say. it has been several weeks since the arrest of - i would say. it has been severalj weeks since the arrest of nicola sturgeon's husband and also, colin beattie the other snp figure. things have seemed to be quieter in today was a relatively quiet sunday until this news broke. give us a sense of words there is an element of surprise or shock when the news broke or were considering the fact that nicola sturgeon's signature was on those accounts perhaps it was always inevitable that officers may want to speak with her of course. i would certainly agree with what you just set. there was the treasurer, colin beattie, the chief executive, peter murrell but who have been arrested and also the leader of the party. they signed the annual report and that is what the police have been investigating for the best part

of two years. the situation now is that the police now have to submit what they think is evidence of what they regard as evidence to the prosecuting authorities to see if it goes any further. i am no expert nor do i wish to be an expert on such matters. but i cannot see this issue disappearing anytime soon. it has been hanging around her months and months and months, since this investigation has been drawn to a close and i do not think we have gotten there yet. this is the most sensational aspect of it, without a doubt. but scotland's leading politician has been arrested. irate politician has been arrested. we have to be very careful on the bbc as do members of the political parties about how they comment on this ongoing investigation. scotland's laws are very strict in that regard. what does this mean both her parties like labour,

parties like conservatives as well, there are political gains made in there are political gains made in the polls but there is not much they can make of this case because it is an ongoing investigation, surely. sure but they can, politicians do not need facts and logic to persuade them otherwise. of course they will make a with this one. it is the three senior officers of scotland's party government arrested. it does not happen very often in my experience. i've written on politics for hundreds of years and i cannot remember it ever happening before. but this is a very serious issue. labour which are creeping up hard on the nationalists in the former stronghold of what scotland are very happy with the situation that the snp are embarrassed. it is the tories who are keen to greens and seats back in the north—east which the nationals captured at the last

election. in their eyes there are lots of benefits from the snp�*s embarrassment. that is just the way politics works. embarrassment. that is 'ust the way polities what politics works. beyond the snp and the wider situation _ politics works. beyond the snp and the wider situation for _ politics works. beyond the snp and the wider situation for the - politics works. beyond the snp and the wider situation for the cause i politics works. beyond the snp and the wider situation for the cause of| the wider situation for the cause of independence, what is the health of the independents campaign at the moment? the the independents campaign at the moment? ., ,, the independents campaign at the moment? ., ,., ,, , moment? the thing about the snp is that it is fermentable _ moment? the thing about the snp is that it is fermentable operation. - that it is fermentable operation. very experienced and successful. —— formidable. it is when every single election since 2014 since they lost the independence referendum. but the problem they have got is there is a another party nipping at their heels, run by alex salmond, nicola sturgeon's predisaster. still they are for the cause of independence as well as the scottish greens but i think that was always going to be a

difficult self, independence, given the economic climate and the difficulty that we are all facing through inflation and i think the fact that principal actors for independence, ie nicola sturgeon in particular, is so much damage in the sense that she has pulled back from her main job as sense that she has pulled back from her mainjob as first sense that she has pulled back from her main job as first minister and there are now demands from other parties that the current leader of the snp, humza yousaf suspends her. while this is being resolved. most she has always been very quick to suspend members of her own party who are accused or suspected of wrongdoing and they are now saying the boot is on the other foot now and humza yousaf should suspend her. a complex situation and thank you for going through it with us. just a reminder that there is a life page

on our website and on our website. you can follow all of the developments there. a senior member of the british government says the country wants to "move on" from the political drama surrounding borisjohnson, after the former prime minister resigned as an mp on friday. grant shapps, also denied accusations, that rishi sunak made changes to borisjohnson's resignation honours list. some allies of the former prime minister, have claimed that number 10 interfered, but the energy secretary, says mr sunak simply passed the names to the commission which oversees appointments. the house of lords appointments commission said it had not supported eight peerage nominees submitted in the resignation honours. it said it would not comment on individuals. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas reports. at the very top of the conservative party, a former prime minister and the current one, now with a deep rift between them. parliament's inquiry into downing street parties triggered boris johnson's departure. he quit on friday before

facing its consequences. but the fact some of his closest allies were not on the resignation honours list released by downing street has angered him, too. today a senior minister was asked if number 10 had removed the names of some mrjohnson wanted to get peerages. as far as i'm aware that's not true. and what of mrjohnson's claim he was forced out by a witchhunt? he made that decision to step down. he would have been welcome to stay. as i say, a man of many qualities. a, i think a calmer period is what the country wants and what it's getting with rishi sunak in downing street as well. i'm going now, so there's no point hanging around all day. calm was not nadine dorries's reaction to learning she wasn't getting an honour. she, too, quit as an mp on friday. part of what has piqued borisjohnson appears to be his belief that he won the tories' biggest majority here in years but has now been hard done by by some in his party. of course, scandals in his time led

to some serious by—election losses. but by resigning he and those close to him are now forcing new by—election tests on rishi sunak, making trouble for his successor. we have a former prime minister crafting a letter undermining the sitting prime minister, and we've got three by—elections brought about not in the usual way because an mp has passed away or there has been wrongdoing, but simply because these mps want to put pressure on the current government. in those circumstances, of course there should be a general election. in nadine dorries's bedfordshire constituency, the liberal democrats who fancy their chances here are already out on the doorsteps. the conservatives are totally divided, completely chaotic, and letting people down. when we have the cost of living crisis, the crisis in the nhs, the conservatives seem to be unable

to give the lead that britain needs. as borisjohnson recedes from political life, rishi sunak�*s new team are hoping the dramas he's created may also fade. but with an ex—prime minister who is both aggrieved and still ambitious, that may not happen. damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. turning attention to egypt now because three british tourists are missing, after a fire on board a boat in the red sea. 26 other people, including 12 britons, were rescued from the vessel, off the coast of marsa alam. they were all on a diving cruise. the foreign office says it's supporting the british nationals. sally nabil, has the latest from cairo. huge fires ripped through this boat in the red sea resort of marsa alam. nearly 30 people were on board, including 15 british passengers. amateur footage shows the moments of horror as some jump to safety and are rescued. local authorities say most of the foreign visitors and the egyptian crew have been rescued, but search operations are still under

way for those missing. translation: we arrived at dawn. we wake up daily at 6am and the briefing before diving is at 6:30 am. during the briefing, one of the people saw smoke coming out of the boat in front of us. it was close to us, around 50 metres away. one of the people said there was light smoke and in one or two minutes the smoke became white and heavy, and then it turned black. and the fire broke out so fast because it was windy in the morning. initial reports say an electric fault caused the fire, but thorough investigations are a priority now to explain what exactly happened. search operations continue for those missing, but fears are growing for their safety. sally nabil, bbc news, cairo. joining me now is a scuba diving instructor and guide anke westerlaken. she has been running liveboards for 10 years

in marsa alam and other places. we've seen the tragic images of that boat plays you have lived and worked aboard vessels such as that one just walk us through what you would expect to see on that type of boat —— ablaze. expect to see on that type of boat -- ablaze-— expect to see on that type of boat -- ablaze. ., ., , ., ., ~ -- ablaze. normally on a boat like this what they _ -- ablaze. normally on a boat like this what they should _ -- ablaze. normally on a boat like this what they should first - -- ablaze. normally on a boat like this what they should first do - this what they should first do in the beginning of the week that we would do master drills so everyone knows what to do in case of emergencies. on top of that we are being supported by passive crews making sure that the boat is safe and sees safe. so on a weekly basis fire alarms are being tested in the right each and every night we have one of our colleagues work —— walking the boat touching tax to make sure that he checks to make sure there is no visible evidence of any sort of fire or other problems.

because you are a vessel at sea but because you are obviously on a scuba diving vessel could create an evening greater incident, the oxygen tanks. ., ., ., ., tanks. however the amount of oxygen that we have — tanks. however the amount of oxygen that we have on _ tanks. however the amount of oxygen that we have on board _ tanks. however the amount of oxygen that we have on board is _ tanks. however the amount of oxygen that we have on board is unless - tanks. however the amount of oxygen that we have on board is unless you i that we have on board is unless you are running a technical diving safari which we are not which of course is all operate. in general the oxygen we have on board is just enough to give people the first eight they need in case they have a diving incident but other than that it does not pose significant threat when it comes down to a fire hazard. with regards to being at sea, what support is available if there are incidents such as this? with other boats, and support are the authorities able to come and give support if required? first authorities able to come and give support if required?— support if required? first it de-ends support if required? first it depends on _ support if required? first it

depends on where - support if required? first it depends on where you - support if required? first it depends on where you are | support if required? first it i depends on where you are at support if required? first it - depends on where you are at and support if required? first it _ depends on where you are at and what other vessels are around. in case of an emergency of course you notify the coastguard directly and if they are close to us they will come and lend us a hand. other than that basically it is us and the surrounding boats around us we need to make sure that we are fully self—sufficient and that we have life rafts and things like that around us and working so in case of an emergency that we can abandon ship. an emergency that we can abandon shi -. . ., an emergency that we can abandon shi. ., ~' ,, an emergency that we can abandon shi. ., ,, i. an emergency that we can abandon shi. . ,, ,, . an emergency that we can abandon shi. . ,, . ., ship. thank you so much for your time. ukraine says its forces are making gains, as they try to recapture territory occupied by russian forces. there's no independent verification of the location or date of the video. meanwhile, ukraine says the area covered by flooding

in the kherson region as a result of the catastrophic breach of the kakhovka dam has almost halved as the water recedes. my colleague yalda hakim is in kyiv and joins me now. thank you so much and as you say we are getting more information as that counteroffensive begins. we had president yesterday confirm that the counteroffensive has gotten under way and of course the epicentre of thatis way and of course the epicentre of that is in the east and south of the country. as you say the south continues to remain devastated as a result that damn being breached and the evacuations continue. we did get some reports from the head of the kherson region who said while people are being evacuated from the flooded area they are reporting that three people have been killed as well as several others injured postop in the reports that we have been receiving they have also said that the ukrainian authorities have 21 people who barely made it out of the area live as the security forces with her to get them out, they claim that they came under attack from russian

forces. so there is still a lot of development as his counteroffensive continues. the focus really is on the east of the country in the donetsk region where we are getting reports that the area of mrs gooch blacken a dock noah as the ukrainian forces have said liberated. earlier i spoke to an adviser of the defence ministry who said that these are small villages but every villages matter to us, big or small. when they are retaken from russian forces this is something that we want to highlight and discuss. i also spoke to the head of the kherson region, this was before this attack had taken place, and information is coming out. and i asked him how things were developing in kherson and how the evacuations were taking place bearing in mind, i did speak to him before we got news of this latest attack which killed three people. but how it a lesson on what

he had to say. so, let's say there are two types of support that we need and one is support for the citizens who must've been be had from everything from bed sheets to cattle. another support needed is equipment and the consequences of this tragedy that happened on the power plant and we will speak about and while you're dealing pumps for pumping out water and excavators. and while you're dealing with this emergency, tells about the situation with the fighting? is that

intensifying across the region? the russians, they actually have not left their positions on the left bank and they will be withdrawn in parts of territory that flooded the keep fighting and shelling the city itself and close to the river bank and with artillery and multiple rocket systems and also with tanks so all of the volunteers and servicemen who help people to evacuate, they work under constant shelling in danger to their life or the time unfortunately. how are people coping and terms of the mental health? people in kherson city and region are very strong and

they will want to leave their homes som were flooded areas and most of them prefer to stay still in the region 2724 people were evacuated and among them were 205 and 76 low mobile people, they stayed inside in the region, the kherson region in the spirit was not broken. that was the head of the kherson region giving us a sense of the situation they're in the use of the country. situation they're in the use of the count . , ., ., , ., ., country. plenty more details on all of our stories _ country. plenty more details on all of our stories online/ _ country. plenty more details on all of our stories online/ news - country. plenty more details on all of our stories online/ news or- country. plenty more details on all of our stories online/ news or on . of our stories online/ news or on the bbc news app but you stay with us here. thanks so much for watching.

hello there. it's been another hot and humid day, but we are starting to see the signs of a change for the latter stages of the afternoon. the shower clouds are brewing and the heat has not been quite as widespread as yesterday. we've seen some stubborn cloud and showery rain into scotland, some sharper showers developing down into the south—west over the last few hours. and you can see the first signs of those thunderstorms now starting to break out. i suspect over the next few hours, those thunderstorms are likely once again to become more widespread, particularly across england and wales, to close out our sunday evening, probablyjust in time for an evening family barbecue, i'm afraid. so we could also see more persistent rain moving out of dorset across gloucestershire and up into south wales. here we could have a couple of inches of rainfall on top of those thunderstorms as well to look out for may well lead to some localised flooding in places. so that rain clearing slowly away from south wales, it stays misty and murky down to the south—west

we keep some cloud into northern scotland, but elsewhere once again it is going to be another uncomfortable, humid night for trying to get a good night's sleep, with overnight lows in london only for around 17 or 18 degrees. the south—west starts off cloudy and murky, but there will be lovely spells of sunshine again. another hot and humid affair for most of us, and that once again with the humidity is going to spark off some sharp potentially thundery downpours into the afternoon. so you can see quite widespread these showers across england and wales on monday. northern england should be largely fine with just a few isolated showers, a few isolated showers to the west of northern ireland. and there will be some drifting and making their way across scotland as well. in terms of the feel of the weather, we are still going to keep that humidity for the early part of the week. so mid to high 20s, quite widely across the country on monday and potentially into tuesday. and that as we've had quite a hot weekend, is the threshold for heatwave conditions and it's going to stay pretty warm through the night as well. there are indications of something just that little bit more comfortable as we head towards tuesday. so if you're trying to plan your

week ahead, i can tell you the beginning of the week starts hot and humid with the risk of thunderstorms. a little bit later on, though, a little less humid, sunny and staying dry.

for his ministry scotland nicola sturgeon is been released without

charge pending further investigation after she was