alex salmond died last month in north macedonia at the age of 69. have been a few speakers at the memorial, including alex salmond's niece alexander elliot anderson salmond. to the world he was a political giant, a strong leader, a fearless campaigner. to us, he was a dearly loved husband, brother, and uncle. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in edinburgh. many hundreds of invited guests at st giles�* cathedral here earlier on today, among them the former prime minister gordon brown, the current first ministerjohn swinney. there were also musicians — the proclaimers played a song during the service, as did dougie maclean, he played his unofficial anthem caledonia. it was a very moving service at times for a man who was scotland's fourth first minister, who took the country close to independence in that referendum back in 2014. kenny macaskill, who is the leader, the acting leader of the alba party, which is the party that mr salmond set up when he left the snp, described mr salmond, who was also his friend, as a giant of a man. he could hav

for the former first minister of scotland alex salmond, following his death last month in north macedoniao attend the invitation—only event at edinburgh's st giles cathedral. mr salmond's close friends and political allies duncan we have recently heard from reverend doctor george white in his opening words, he said, we gather not to beautify a seat but to remember a human being. let'sjust have a but to remember a human being. let's just have a listen into that service as it is taking place. that service as it is taking lace. ., ., �* 4' ., place. lord, we don't know where you're _ place. lord, we don't know where you're going - place. lord, we don't know where you're going so - place. lord, we don't know where you're going so how| place. lord, we don't know- where you're going so how can we know the way? jesus answered, i am the way. and the truth. and the life. nobody comes to the father... we will be keeping _ comes to the father... we will be keeping an _ comes to the father... we will be keeping an eye _ comes to the father... we will be keeping an eye across - comes to the father...

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being 2 or a that getting the shops and i x and that for lease or the so the, so hold on a flight in macedonia and the judge doesn't accept what the but the middle east talking about for the schism, i think get a few cree, you'll come again to get us. i mean, no flaws doesn't accept again. it is part of it like a mount atlas. they don't accept. this gives you. now it is fully for the outcome, but we have by the accepted because of the support they are receiving from their waste. so when they say that they don't accept that type, which would be terminated, this is, this is no longer a book, faith and faith. it is about faith and politics because they take condemned politics and what it has faith within the next in far as it is, would be with that impressive feat. so we can differentiate between faith and fully fix is an eyesore that now it is. ready good on that i sent started because when dams, excuse me, i'm headed to the north north for we will follow up time to time. we will sit out from the judge if we were having some of us. this is why taking the risk to me is i've taken like for me may

for the former first minister of scotland alex salmond — following his death last month in north macedoniaeople are due to attend the invitation—only event at edinburgh's st giles' cathedral. let's speak to our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. take us through what we are expecting this morning. that memorial— expecting this morning. that memorial service _ expecting this morning. that memorial service gets - expecting this morning. twat memorial service gets under way injust a few memorial service gets under way in just a few minutes' time. we are seeing invited guests make their way across the square here in the centre of edinburgh, making their way into the historic saint giles' cathedral. we saw the deputy first minister, kate forbes, enter the cathedral. shortly before that, the car of the current first minister, john swinney pulled up. he was greeted by clapping from some in the crowd. you may be able to see behind me. he was also greeted with some boos and cheers stop one person shouted traitor, and shame on you stop it is a sense, perhaps, of the divide in the once united indep

whereas according to macedonia, in constitution, there should be more than 50 percent of the people holding so that the referendum is legitimate and all of a sudden, regardless of the most of the able to choose. and everybody in the last little additions were saying that this was a big victory for democracy and so on. and now we see the same thing in moldova, they have managed to the engineer, basically the favorable results for, for you. but basically for nato and i will even say for a, for war in eastern europe and what it, what they're doing is they're immediately congratulating. and the other thing that's of course the result is legit legitimate. whereas when the elections don't go the way that they would like it to be as it. busy as the case with george, i just the several days and 0 then the same people uh, are uh like again, uh it is saying the things that the like rationalize modeling in the elections and similar, similar, not a phrase it. so i think that's what we see is that there is no values that say, there aren't any principles. there's your, uh, i would say even say, a neo col

alex salmond died last month in north macedonia at the age of 69.iece. alexander elliot anderson salmond. to the world he was a political giant, a strong leader, a fearless campaigner. to us, he was a dearly loved husband, brother, and uncle. the actress cate blanchett has told the bbc she is "deeply concerned" about the impact of artificial intelligence in the film industry. she is due to star in a new film called rumours — an apocalyptic comedy about a group of world leaders trapped in a forest. speaking to laura kuenssberg, she said the issues facing wider society were even greater. it's a very public facing industry that we're in. and i think the discussions around ai were not mainstreamed until the writers' strike really brought it into public discourse. so i think it's — i think it's very real. i mean, you can now completely — the voice will happen first and the image comes second. you can totally replace any...if anyone, any person forget whether they're an actor or not. if you've recorded yourself for — i think it used to be 30 seconds, but

continental or does it look like this was more of sending a message by using a very long range weapon and macedonia to ukraine. but others supporting you probably much further away. very much so not just the message, a warning. so this is only because it's exclusivity in carrying nuclear weapons normally say, doing something like that over by the way this, this is probably one of the fastest moving things on that is going to come in at about 24000 kilometers. and now that's 20 times roughly about the speed of sound that gives you an idea of just falling off. this thing is moving. it will be virtually impossible to intercept. so the warning is very clear. we can make those cities, you called stop it. and we're implying a red line here, and this is obviously comes a day off that which is known shows shadows. absolutely. we'll use on russian soil . 12 of them. so again, designed to has a high value targets. well, the, the slide very close to the ground, a very, very different type of weapon. but yes, and it does this when we look at the type of width, and this represents something different from the a

alex salmond died last month in north macedonia at the age of 69.ew speakers at the memorial, including alex salmond's niece. alexander elliot anderson salmond. to the world he was a political giant, a strong leader, a fearless campaigner. to us, he was a dearly loved husband, brother, and uncle. let's speak to our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. we were seeing people leaving the service is just a short time ago. have you had a chance to speak to anyone and hear their thoughts?— to speak to anyone and hear their thoughts? several hundred eo - le their thoughts? several hundred peeple invited — their thoughts? several hundred people invited to _ their thoughts? several hundred people invited to the _ people invited to the service... some of them still behind me. for many of them it was a very moving moment to pay tribute to theirfriend, was a very moving moment to pay tribute to their friend, to many, their mental. to many, a person they are held in great esteem, in terms of what they said he had achieved for scotland. you heard his niece they'r

alex salmond died last month in north macedonia at the age of 69.otland correspondent lorna gordon. many hundreds of invited guests at st giles�* cathedral here earlier on today, among them the former prime minister gordon brown, the current first ministerjohn swinney, also musicians, the proclaimers played a song during the service, as did doogie maclean, played his unofficial anthem caledonia, a very moving service at times for a man who scotland�*s fourth first minister, took the country close to independence in the referendum in 2014. kenny macaskill, leader of the alba party, the party that mr salmond set up when he left the snp, described mr salmond, who was also his friend, is a giant of a man. he could have succeeded _ a giant of a man. he could have succeeded in _ a giant of a man. he could have succeeded in any _ a giant of a man. he could have succeeded in any professional l succeeded in any professional walk— succeeded in any professional walk of— succeeded in any professional walk of life. such were his talents. _ walk of life. such wer

he'd been speaking at a conference in north macedonia when he had a heart attack.as first minister of scotland from 2007 to 2014. he left the scottish national party in 2018 after a number of allegations of sexual misconduct came to light. now, he won a legal case against the scottish government over its mishandling of the complaints. now, in 2020, he was cleared of 13 sexual offence charges, including attempted rape. now police scotland has said that they have received a separate report of a non—recent sexual assault and the information is being assessed. the herald on sunday newspaper also reported that up to six women approached the snp two years ago to complain about mr salmond. and what has the reaction been? well, the snp has told us today that its disciplinary processes could only be evoked against current party members. after he left the snp, mr salmond went on to set up and lead the pro—independence alba party. now, the alba party general secretary has spoken today — he's called chris mceleny — and he said the allegations are smears and called for mr salmo

alex salmond died last month in north macedonia at the age of 69.lm industry. she is due to star in a new film called rumours — an apocalyptic comedy about a group of world leaders trapped in a forest. speaking to laura kuenssberg, she said the issues facing wider society were even greater. i think it's very real. i mean, you — i think it's very real. i mean, you can _ i think it's very real. i mean, you can now, the voice will happen— you can now, the voice will happen first in the image come second — happen first in the image come second. you can totally replace any person, forget whether they're _ any person, forget whether they're an actor or not. if votr've _ they're an actor or not. if you've recorded yourself or, i think— you've recorded yourself or, i think it — you've recorded yourself or, i think it is _ you've recorded yourself or, i think it is to be 30 seconds, but — think it is to be 30 seconds, but now— think it is to be 30 seconds, but now it's three or four... your— but now it's three or four... your voice _ but now it's three or fo

from the uk to india to poland to argentina and botswana, north macedonia, south korea, and south africa. voters have punished incumbent politicians and parties in the wake of covid and inflation. look at this chart. put together by u.s. economists. these are the results for it, parties which span the spectrum in all the major western national elections held this year. they all got toasted. lost ground, most by double digits. every governing party facing election in a developing country lost their share according to the financial times. according to their data, it's a first time this has ever happened going back to at least 1905, the birth of the franchise and industrial democracy. now, the biden/harris ticket, harris walls ticket biden administration. the democratic party was actually the most successful of these incumbent parties. they only lost 7% of their support and i think it has to do with the economic response was better. there is no denying, people around the world, came out of the turbulence and trauma covid and the supply trucks in the inflation and they were like this sucks.

no, that may well full northern grease, north macedonia. i'll bet it will. these places are likely w the same time starting miles gets down to us the cold. i'm afraid it doesn't last is certainly winter by tuesday. you get back to single figures. proper single figures wants to get full north africa. what is happening in this prophet emitted trading means that will be sharon's for libya. i'm properly also the egypt. how's, why is it so it's a fine looking picture, the hallmark and not playing particularly strongly on the wrong right when the showers for the staff, as the academic democratic nations justified this kind of behaviorist collateral damage has collateral damage. that's why we all team is leading to what we're seeing that will allow me to push back for a moment is the u. s. corporate israel, affecting it's global, standing from the impact of the us selections, the escalating conflict in the middle east. and the urgency of climate action upfront sets the stage for serious debate on out jersey or the the you're watching, i'll just hear a reminder of h

mr salmond died last month in north macedonia at the age of 69. he was at a conference when he suffered a heart attack and was buned suffered a heart attack and was buried in a private family ceremony near his home in aberdeenshire at the end of october. a murder investigation has been launched after the death of a woman in her 60s in south london. officers were called to an address in surrey quays at about 3 pm. on friday, after reports that a woman had been stabbed. the metropolitan police said the london ambulance service and london's air ambulance also attended, and the woman was taken to hospital, where she later died. a 61 year old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody . football action now in custody. football action now and there were wins for brentford, nottingham forest and bournemouth in the premier league today. meanwhile , crystal league today. meanwhile, crystal palace scored a last minute equaliser to draw one one at home to newcastle in the evening kick off. arsenal thumped west ham five goals to two and en

to clamp down on organised immigration crime abroad by signing new agreements with serbia, north macedoniaovo. meanwhile, the summit will also address donald trump's win as the bloc focuses on to how accommodate the country's 47th president. shadow chancellor mel stride plays praised the special relationship between the uk and the us. he also told gb news the government need to take defence spending more seriously. video incident in frodsham. a video emerged of him appearing to punch a man to the ground. according to the police, the 55 year old is set to appear in magistrates court at a later date. the charge relates to reports of an assault on a 45 year old man in frodsham, which was reported to the police on the 26th of october. more on this story as we can bring it to you. sir keir starmer is set to sign a deal with balkan nations to target people smuggling gangs as he heads to hungary for the fifth eu summit. 46 european leaders will discuss issues including economic security as well as migrant concerns . the well as migrant concerns. the prime minister will announce uk plans to clamp

and with serbia, north macedonia and kosovo. meanwhile, the summit will also address donald trump's win as the bloc focuses on how to accommodate the country's 47th president. shadow chancellor mel stride praised the special relationship between the special relationship between the uk and the us, and he also told gb news the government needs to take defence spending more seriously . more seriously. >> definitely in an era now where the peace dividend that we had after the end of the cold war has sadly come to an end, and we're in much more dangerous territory. you can see that around the world, not just with ukraine and russia, but where china is in response in respect of taiwan and north korea and iran and so on. and what we therefore need to do is to make sure we have that strong commitment to defence. now , as commitment to defence. now, as a party, of course, we set out a clear path to increasing our expenditure on defence to 2.5% of gdp by 2030. and what we really need to see from this government is a similar clarity of com

sir keir announced deals to boost intelligence sharing and cooperation with serbia, north macedonia anda home office spokesman said we will stop at nothing to bring the people smuggling gangs to justice. former soldier daniel khalife has pleaded guilty partway through his trial at woolwich crown court to escaping from hmp wandsworth in september 2023, but continues to deny all other charges. the 23 year old escaped from hmp wandsworth in the south—west of london in september 2023 by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck using a sling made from kitchen trousers. khalife faces charges contrary to the official secrets act and terrorism act, and is accused of perpetrating a bomb hoax and the threat french authorities have announced they will deploy 4000 police officers in paris for thursday's football international between france and israel. a warning that you may find the following images distressing. the match will come a week after maccabi tel aviv fans were attacked by pro—palestinian protesters in amsterdam. the israeli government has warned citizens abroad, including in t

to clamp down on organised immigration crime abroad by signing new agreements with serbia, north macedonia and kosovo. meanwhile, the summit will also address donald trump's us presidential victory as the bloc focuses on how to accommodate the country's 47th president. well, shadow chancellor mel stride praised the special relationship between the special relationship between the uk and the us, and he also told gb news this morning that the uk government needs to take defence spending much more seriously. >> definitely in an era now where the peace dividend that we had after the end of the cold war has sadly come to an end, and we're in a much more dangerous territory. >> you can see that around the world, not just with ukraine and russia, but where china is in response in respect of taiwan and north korea and iran and so on.and and north korea and iran and so on. and what we therefore need to do is to make sure we have that strong commitment to defence. now, as a party, of course, we set out a clear path to increasing our expenditure on to increasing our expenditure on to defence 2.5% of

mr salmond died last month in north macedonia at the age of 69. was at a conference when he suffered a heart attack. he was buned suffered a heart attack. he was buried in a private family ceremony near his home in aberdeenshire at the end of october. a plane which experienced a serious incident in october last year is said to have left nearly 200 people on board at risk of developing hypoxia, a potentially fatal condition. the aircraft had been en route to kos in greece after departing manchester airport when an oversight from both pilots to led two crucial engine systems not being turned on, resulting in a loss of pressure within the cabin. a report from the air accidents investigation branch says the loss of pressure could be significant enough to affect cognitive performance. three days later, the same aircraft veered off the runway at leeds bradford airport. gb news is in contact with tui for comment . two schoolboys, aged 14 comment. two schoolboys, aged 14 and i6, comment. two schoolboys, aged 14 and 16, have reportedly been arrested after

that's why we've already made deals with kosovo with serbia and north macedonia, and it's already reapingults. we've returned 9400 people in the last period, which is a 19% increase on the previous year. this is clearly the way to tackle the issue. and just last week, one of the biggest suppliers of small boat engines was arrested in the netherlands and deported to belgium. that's a direct consequence of the joint intelligence agreements and operations that we've been doing with other governments, of coui'se. >> course. >> but amid all this, the numbers coming across on small boats are higher this year. already in the years not even over than the numbers were last yeah over than the numbers were last year. i mean , surely there's got year. i mean, surely there's got to be a bit of reconsideration now with regard to the rwanda policy. one of the arguments that your government made about scrapping the rwanda policy was that it cost hundreds of millions of pounds. and now this morning, we're learning that your government is going to be spending hundreds of millions of pounds. but on a series

mr salmond died last month in north macedonia at the age of 69.e was at a conference when he suffered a heart attack and was buned suffered a heart attack and was buried in a private family ceremony near his home in aberdeenshire at the end of october. football action now and there were wins for brentford, nottingham forest and bournemouth in the premier league today. meanwhile, crystal palace scored a last minute equaliser to draw one all at home to newcastle. west ham versus arsenal is the evening kick off. now to a story that will sweeten your day. a man has been awarded £2 in compensation after he complained about a smooth mars bar. harry seager , smooth mars bar. harry seager, from buckinghamshire, picked up the chocolate treat at a service station in oxfordshire but contacted manufacturers mars wrigley when he discovered it hadn't. it didn't have its signature ripple in a letter. the firm apologised for its experience and enclosed the £2 vouchen experience and enclosed the £2 voucher, but offered no explanation. mr seager said i think £2 is

mr salmond died last month in north macedonia at the age of 69. he was at a conference when he suffered a heart attack and then was buried in a private family ceremony near his home in aberdeenshire at the end of october. and two schoolboys, aged 14 and 16, have reportedly been arrested after a suspected chemical attack as two police officers were rushed to hospital. the sun reports the incident unfolded at surbiton station near kingston in south—west london, at around 420 yesterday afternoon and it's understood two british transport police officers were attacked when they approached two teenagers acting suspiciously . teenagers acting suspiciously. and those are the latest gb news headunes and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. more news in an hour . an hour. >> very good morning to you. welcome back to saturday morning live. thanks very much to tatiana as well for all the top stories. this morning. well let's turn straight to the top. story of the day. opponents of assisted dying are now vying to vowing to fight after kim leadbeater

meeting about that and also announcing closer cooperation and intelligence sharing with kosovo, north macedoniaing the smuggling gangs and designed to be an informal meeting, an opportunity for european leaders to share views. you can bet their reactions to donald trump will be on many people's lips. it will their reactions to donald trump will be on many people's lips.— be on many people's lips. it will be interestin: be on many people's lips. it will be interesting to _ be on many people's lips. it will be interesting to see _ be on many people's lips. it will be interesting to see what _ be on many people's lips. it will be interesting to see what happens. i be on many people's lips. it will be i interesting to see what happens. we have had donald trump in the white house before. so in one way we think we know what we are getting and yet this could be a different dynamic when he takes power again in january. he does not immediately move in. there is the transition period. i want to show a photograph we have had overnight from florida from the trump state. it was posted by his daughter tiffan

mr salmond died last month in north macedonia at the age of 69.e was at a conference when he suffered a heart attack and was buned suffered a heart attack and was buried in a private family ceremony near his home in aberdeenshire at the end of october. a plane, which experienced a serious incident in october of last year is said to have nearly 200 people on board, at risk of developing hypoxia, a potentially fatal condition. the aircraft has been en route was en route to kos in greece after departing manchester airport when an oversight from both pilots led to two crucial engine systems not being turned on, resulting in the loss of pressure within the cabin. a report from the air accidents investigation branch says the loss of pressure could be significant enough to affect cognitive performance. three days later. the same aircraft veered off the runway at leeds, bradford, leeds, bradford airport. gb news has contacted tui for comment . today marks 150 tui for comment. today marks 150 years since the birth of winston churchill. born in 1874, the wa

mr salmond died last month in north macedonia at the age of 69. was at a conference when he suffered a heart attack and was buned suffered a heart attack and was buried in a private family ceremony near his home in aberdeenshire at the end of october. a murder a murder investigation has been launched after the death of a woman in her 60s in south london. officers were called to an address in surrey quays at about 3 pm. on friday, after reports that a woman had been stabbed. the metropolitan police said the london ambulance service and london's air ambulance also attended, and the woman was taken to hospital, where she later died. a 61 year old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody . murder and remains in custody. football action now and there were wins for brentford, nottingham forest and bournemouth in the premier league today. meanwhile, crystal palace scored a last minute equaliser to draw one all at home to newcastle in the evening. kick off. arsenal thumped west ham five goals to two and england ladies ended usa's nin