she's now been released, without charge — pending further investigation. what now for conservative party, after borisjohnson�*s resignation — a senior british cabinet minister says it's time to move on. i think both in the conservative party and outside, don't miss the drama of it all. what we have got now is rishi sunak and downing street is getting on with the job. three british tourists are missing — following a fire on board a boat off the coast of egypt. 26 people were rescued from the vessel. and — the serbian tennis player, novak djokovic makes history — as he wins his third french open — to secure a record—breaking twenty—third men's, grand slam title. hello, i'm gareth barlow. former first minster of scotland nicola sturgeon says her arrest was a shock and she is innocent of any wrongdoing.

she's now been released, without charge — pending further investigation.(boxed she had earlier been arrested in connection 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. let's look at nicola sturgeon�*s statement she released on twitter. in it she says: she goes on to say: live now to lorna who is outside

nicola sturgeon�*s home. just walk us through these leads developments.— developments. dramatic day in scotland in _ developments. dramatic day in scotland in the _ developments. dramatic day in scotland in the developments i developments. dramatic day in | scotland in the developments in developments. dramatic day in - scotland in the developments in this ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the snp. nicola sturgeon was arrested this morning at nine minutes past ten a:m.. she was taken into custody and questioned by detectives, this was under arrangement, so it was prearranged this interview. and arrest. and she was in custody for seven hours and 15 minutes, release for custody at 2a minutes past five o'clock this afternoon. she has not been charged pending further investigation and as is normal in this situation a report will be sent to the crown office in proctor at

curator here in scotland for further consideration. within the last half—hour nicola sturgeon has released that statement on twitter and for someone who is an accomplished communicator i think it is fair to say that the emotions came across as quite raw in that statement. she said... so for someone whose words are always carefully calibrated and extremely measured, this felt like a very strongly worded statement. she is a very high profile politician

here in scotland. she is scotland's longest—serving first minister, first to female first minister in very dramatic development today. perhaps unsurprising that the other two cigna trees on the snp�*s accounts have also been arrested and released without charge pending further investigation task signatory, so perhaps it's not surprise the third would also be questioned under cautioned. but certainly timing of it would take some people by surprise being on a weekend. ~' , ., some people by surprise being on a weekend. ~' ,, , weekend. like you said maybe there was some degree _ weekend. like you said maybe there was some degree of _ weekend. like you said maybe there was some degree of predictability i was some degree of predictability that nicola sturgeon would be arrested and we know that this was prearranged within her and please scotland but this hessian shock waves through scotland and continues to cause problems for the new

leadership of the snp as well. at leadership of the snp as well. git the time he has been first minister which has not been long, this has been dominating many of the headlines. first there was the arrest of peter murrell who is nicola sturgeon�*s husband. the chief executive of the snp. those were those dramatic pictures of police entering the snp headquarters for moving boxes of documents. they also search the home of peter murrell and nicola sturgeon here in glasgow. peter murrell was released without charge. two weeks later they then arrested the former treasurer of the snp, colin beattie. he was also released without charge and then today the arrest of nicola sturgeon. humza yousaf for them to himself as the continuity candidate from nicola sturgeon. they had a close

relationship and in fact in an interview he did prior to nicola sturgeon�*s arrest but which was broadcast today, he talked of the fact that he has been in contact with nicola sturgeon. he said he had been asking her about her welfare in that it has been a very stressful time for her. this is not a good development for the snp. it is a party under a bit of pressure. he is having to ditch some high—profile policies such as the deposit return scheme. and he is under pressure under other policy areas such as the gender recognition reform bill and asissues gender recognition reform bill and as issues on the ferry services to us the scott lish islands and trying to put a recent on his but this will inevitably dominate the new cycle for days and weeks to come. and it is not over yet. the police will still methodically continue with their investigation and at some point in the next few weeks and

months, the prosecuting authorities here in scotland will decide whether or not they believe crimes have been committed and whether or not they believe they have enough evidence to charge anyone with any crimes. at the moment no one has been charged but it is a very difficult situation for the snp and for the snp leader and first minister, humza yousaf. thank you. i want to work through some of today's development with our next guest. i'm joined now by sirjohn curtice, professor of politics at strathclyde university. thank you forjoining us and i am interested for court assessment of the impact of today's offence. perhaps not necessarily as much as the drum up might suggest. == the drum up might suggest. -- toda 's the drum up might suggest. —— today's events. the drum up might suggest. -- today's events. we _ the drum up might suggest. -- today's events. we have - the drum up might suggest. -- today's events. we have now. the drum up might suggest. -- l today's events. we have now had the drum up might suggest. -- - today's events. we have now had five different opinion _ today's events. we have now had five different opinion polls _ today's events. we have now had five different opinion polls conducted - today's events. we have now had five different opinion polls conducted by l different opinion polls conducted by five different polling company since

the arrest of peter murrell in the pictures of that were very dramatic. police lines outside of the home of nicola sturgeon and peter murrell, and the tents and all the things we associate with a serious crime. but the level of support for the snp is in polls are at 38% are exactly what it was in the polls that had been conducted after humza yousaf became leader of the snp towards the back end of march and that arrest of a peter murrell. equally them level of support for independence at around 47-48% that support for independence at around a7—48% that also is unchanged. that is not to say that the snp does not have its political it certainly does. it faces a labour party north of the a0 which is much rejuvenated. they were used to be the dominant party in scotland and in 2015 it fell to one seat. but more or less on the back of the rise of the labour party south of the border

because of the uk conservative government difficulty in the boris johnson and liz partnership, labour has emerged once again to the snp and running currently at around eight or nine points behind them in the opinion polls. that is enough for labour to have reasonable prospect of beginning to be able to pick up seats in scotland at the next westminster election which improves labour leader, sir keir starmer chances at getting an overall majority. it is also true that snp support is down from what it was when nicola sturgeon resigned. but the decline in snp support occurred not in the wake of the peter murrell resignation as i said, but rather during the course of the snp leadership contest. the problem that humza yousaf faces in a senseis problem that humza yousaf faces in a sense is not simply noises off associated with the claims of

financial irregularity, his big problem is that voters in scotland including many who voted for the snp at the last election north of the border are not necessarily convinced that humza yousaf is the right person to be first minister. of course, how will he try to reverse that, well by being able to get onto the front foot to be present the snp and the government in a positive light. and it is that task that is frankly made pretty much impossible for so long as these allegations are in place. so in other words not necessarily going to be direct impact on snp support, the problem is that it will make it more difficult for the snp to recover and widen the lead over labour that it needs to if it is going to hang onto most of its westminster seats in 18 months's time. its, most of its westminster seats in 18 months's time.— months's time. a complex but fascinating _ months's time. a complex but fascinating picture. _ months's time. a complex but fascinating picture. thank- months's time. a complex but fascinating picture. thank you | months's time. a complex but i fascinating picture. thank you so much. 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. 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 our attention to egypt,

where three british tourists are missing after a fire on board a boat in the red sea around 25 kilometres — or 15 miles — from the resort of marsa alam. these are the latest pictures of the boat — we can't see any flames but there's still a lot of smoke and clearly a lot of damage. 26 people, including 12 britons, were rescued — they were all on a diving cruise. the foreign office says it's supporting the british nationals. with more on this, here's david waddell. what more do we know about the individuals on board? t what more do we know about the individuals on board?— individuals on board? i spoke earlier to _ individuals on board? i spoke earlier to the _ individuals on board? i spoke earlier to the company - individuals on board? i spoke earlier to the company that i individuals on board? i spoke i earlier to the company that runs individuals on board? i spoke - earlier to the company that runs and owns the hurricane along with five other similar vessels and to give me the same numbers you reported there, 15 british nationals on board, all paying clients, also 12 crew and two local guys. that's a total of 29 people and as you said there are

three british nationals still unaccounted for. all of the guests in the crew in the local guides who were rescued have been taken to the nearest harbour which is the village resort and i spoke to the owner of that resort who says all of the people that have arrived to her being looked after by them are in shock and they are really struggling to process what has happened. when i spoke to him they were still awaiting embassy support. none of passports are other paper work and at this time as far as he was aware the boat, the hurricane, was being towed to the marsa alam, a much biggerfor resort 25 towed to the marsa alam, a much bigger for resort 25 kilometres further down the coast. obviously an on . oina further down the coast. obviously an ongoing situation _ further down the coast. obviously an ongoing situation and _ further down the coast. obviously an ongoing situation and still— further down the coast. obviously an ongoing situation and still three - ongoing situation and still three british nationals missing what moore has the tour company has been saying in regards on this cruise back the

company is a company called scooby travel and have also spoken to the chief executive of scooby travel who of course had their first priority is to look after the needs of the guests into seek who are working with authorities so the commonwealth office. has with authorities so the commonwealth office. . , , , ~ with authorities so the commonwealth office. , , ~ ., office. has been seeking out families and _ office. has been seeking out families and trying _ office. has been seeking out families and trying to - office. has been seeking out families and trying to make | office. has been seeking out - families and trying to make sure everyone is aware of the latest in the status of their loved ones. he does have the identity of all of those on board including those rescued and still to be found. but is unable to share this details right now. ht is unable to share this details right nova— is unable to share this details riaht now. , , ., is unable to share this details riaht now. , , . .., right now. it seems that diving can be a relatively _ right now. it seems that diving can be a relatively risky _ right now. it seems that diving can be a relatively risky venture. - right now. it seems that diving can be a relatively risky venture. what| be a relatively risky venture. what precautions do we know have been taking place to try and prevent instances like this? ht taking place to try and prevent instances like this?— taking place to try and prevent instances like this? it can be risky if ou do instances like this? it can be risky if you do not _ instances like this? it can be risky if you do not take _ instances like this? it can be risky if you do not take the _ instances like this? it can be risky if you do not take the right - if you do not take the right precautions. and mitigations. any reputable company will be working hard to mitigate those risks, to make sure they have got all of the possible precautions on board to

ensure that the people on board are safe. there are two different kinds of risk here. being out on a bill can be risky and of itself because you are on the water and obviously there is a risk issue she did being on a boat in the first place but also the additional risk of all of the equipment associated with diving. and that has to be managed carefully. we spoke to one senior diving expert, david who explained the kind of briefing that guests should expect when they step —— step on board. there'll be a meet and greet. there'll be handing over paperwork, signing the liability releases, proving that they've got insurance. they normally keep hold of all the passports all of the passports come off the boat, then they'll actually go through a briefing of the boat where all the emergency exits are, where the fire extinguishers are, what you can and can't do in your cabins.

so there'll be no smoking inside the boat. it will usually be open one of the upper decks well away from the dive deck where we have all our cylinders and the gas is filled. there'll be no smoking in the saloon, nothing in your room. you won't be able to plug in any electrical items downstairs and they'll show where. all the life preservers are. in that same interview he also told the bbc how important the diving sector is for the red sea economy. accidents happen. so i'm hoping they don't ground the fleets because it will have a massive impact on the dive centers and the people that live in egypt. a lot of egyptians are employed as dive guides and all the crew on board are reliant on these boats. a lot of their money they make, it's notjust a small wage, but it's the tips they get from the divers that are going out there. so if the boats aren't running,

they won't be getting any money. so you get to see what the reaction will be from the egyptian authorities. they have been a number of incidents in the red sea in recent days. earlier this week a polish boat capsized and on thursday there was a shark attack, tiger shark attack killed a russian man. so there are some pressures on the egyptian authorities to respond to events like this. all unrelated defence, but sometimes with things like this happen it does mean that extra precautions are taken for example much of the beach was, a6 miles of the coastline were shut for diving in the aftermath of that tiger shark attack. so we willjust have to see in the coming days with the egyptian responses.— ukraine says its forces are making gains, as they try to recapture territory occupied by russian forces. this is footage from a ukrainian assault brigade said to show offensive operations near bakhmut. the unit claims to have killed

two russian soldiers and hit an ammunition dump. there's no independent verification of the location or date of the video. russia says it's repelled an attack by six unmanned ukrainian boats on a russian naval ship in the southeastern black sea, where it was patrolling gas pipelines to turkey. there's been no word so far from kyiv. 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. the authorities in the city have introduced restrictions on the use of waterfrom the nipro river, saying flooding of households and sewage facilities means the water is now highly polluted. our chief presenter yalda hakim is in kyiv for us.

we are getting more information as that counteroffensive begins. we had president zelensky yesterday confirm that the counteroffensive had gotten under way and of course, the epicentre of that is in the east and the south of the country. and as you say, the south continues to remain devastated as a result of that dam being breached and the evacuations continue. we did get some reports from the head of the kherson region who said that while people were being evacuated from the flooded area, they are reporting that three people have been killed as well as several others injured. and in the reports that we've been receiving, they've also said the ukrainian authorities that 21 people barely made it out of that area alive as the security forces went there to get them out. they claim that they came under attack from russian forces. so there is still a lot of development as this counteroffensive continues and the focus really is on the east of the country, in the donetsk region, where we are getting reports

that the area of niskayuna and blahodatne has been, as the ukrainian forces have said, liberated. and i spoke earlier to a adviser of the defence ministry who said, look, these are small villages, but every village matters to us, big or small, when they're retaken from russian forces. this is something that we want to highlight and discuss. but i also spoke to the head of the horizon region. of the kherson region. this was before this attack had taken place and information was coming out. i asked him what how things were developing in kherson and how the evacuations were taking place. and bearing in mind i did speak to him before we got news of this latest attack which killed three people. butjust have a listen to what he had to say. so let's say there are two types of support that we need.

one is the support for citizens who lost everything they had from kettles to bed sheets. and another way of of support that is needed is equipment to liquidate the consequences of this tragedy that happened on the power plant. so we speak about pumps for pumping out water, excavators while you're dealing with this emergency tell us about the situation with the fighting. is that intensifying across her southern region? the russians, they actually they haven't left their positions on the left bank of dnipro. they only withdrawn a bit from that part of territory that is flooded.

they keep on fighting and shelling the kherson city itself and the rest of villages close to the river bank with mortars, with artillery, with multiple rocket salvos systems and also with tanks. so all the volunteers and the servicemen who help to help people to evacuate, they work under constant shelling and under dangerto their life all the time. residents in the sudanese capital, khartoum, are reporting fresh exchanges of gun and shellfire following the expiry of a 2a hour truce. the ceasefire had held better than previous ones, but the army and the rival paramilitary force, the rsf, resumed combat shortly after dawn on sunday. the lull in the fighting had allowed people to try to stock up on essential goods, but costs are high and supplies hard to find. a portion of a major us highway collapsed on sunday after a oil tanker caught fire underneath it.

smoke could be see billowed up from the rubble

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.

this is bbc news, the headlines the former first minster of scotland nicola sturgeon says her arrest was a shock and she is innocent of any wrongdoing.