now, we have had some rain in edinburgh today.ve still got the same south—westerly air mass, still warm air, so temperatures are going to be a lot higher than they were last night — for many staying in double figures. heading into tomorrow, still quite cloudy across southern parts of england and wales. still a bit of light rain or drizzle, particularly in the morning. but away from here, i think we should see some brighter skies, some sunshine on the way. still got south—westerly winds, but with the sunshine, it's going to be a lot warmer. temperatures could make 19, maybe 20 degrees across parts of the midlands, lincolnshire and across east anglia. still some weather fronts, though, hanging around in the far south, and those will tend to push their way steadily northwards overnight and into friday. and they're going to take rain northwards as well. back towards northern ireland, some patchy rain, and that will push its way into northern ireland, perhaps the far north of england, but to the south it should be dry. after a cloudy s

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.e has ramifications notjust for scottish politics but for the wider uk, as our political editor chris mason explains. so it is scotland's turn for a blast of political turbulence. it turns out westminster doesn't have a monopoly on these things. today matters, of course, for scotland's governance, but it matters if you're in devizes as well as dundee, wherever you are in the uk and that is because of the size of the scottish national party's political footprint. and that is why its political rivals are seizing this moment. well, it's for scotland and the scottish parliament to decide who the first minister is but what is happening now with the snp is that the mask is slipping. people in scotland are realising that public services are worse. the scottish people are being fundamentally let down. one in seven are on waiting lists, there's a cost of living crisis and all the snp can offer is chaos and we've got to turn the page on this now. we need that general election and a fresh start.

alexandra mackenzie in edinburgh for us. of i mackenzie in edinburgh for us.y for developments throughout the day. to spain next. the prime minister, pedro sanchez, is expected to announce the in around an hour whether he will resign. he began considering whether to step down last week when a court opened a corruption investigation into his wife's business dealings. he says that the probe is politically motivated. live to madrid and our correspondent guy hedgecoe. good to have you, guy, could you put some of this in context for us and give us a few more details on the investigation itself?— investigation itself? well, all of this started _ investigation itself? well, all of this started last _ investigation itself? well, all of this started last week, - investigation itself? well, all of this started last week, this i this started last week, this uncertainty, surrounding pedro sanchez, he announced he was going to be taking a few days off from his official engagements in order to consider his future. he made that announcement the same day that it was confirmed

let�*s bring you some live pictures from bute house in edinburgh.nister.- scotland's first minister. at his what the bbc — scotland's first minister. at his what the bbc understands. - scotland's first minister. at his - what the bbc understands. sources say humza yousaf does not believe he has the numbers to win a confidence vote, expected to be held later this week. and there is the live page, where you can follow more updates as they happen. please do stay with us on bbc news as we bring you those updates. hello again. as we go through this week, it is going to turn wartime —— warmer than it has been but not necessarily drier. you can see by the colours on the chart that the temperature is rising and it is going to be higher than last week. dragging in an easterly that will also bring in some low cloud, mist and merck in the middle part of the week. we have at the moment is rain pushing northwards and eastwards, clearing northern ireland, leaving showers that could be heavy and thundery. the brighter skies will be in the south—east and you could

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. can see on as viewers can see on their screens, newscast has a special edition with james, whojust newscast has a special edition with james, who just heard there, adam fleming and chris mason to discuss what's going on in the role of scottish politics. laura, good to have you on the show. let me ask you a bit about where we are heading from here? because of course, once the dust is settled, it'll be on who will take over the all—important job. will take over the all-important “ob. ., ., _, ., job. indeed, and that conversation moves on so _ job. indeed, and that conversation moves on so quickly, _ job. indeed, and that conversation moves on so quickly, doesn't - job. indeed, and that conversation moves on so quickly, doesn't it, i job. indeed, and that conversation moves on so quickly, doesn't it, in this event? what seems to have happened over the day is that consensus has gone behind two potential candidates at the moment. kate forbes, who ran against humza yousaf in the leadership

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.lence in scotland has ramifications for the politics of the wider uk, and a general election is expected within months. from edinburgh, here's our political editor chris mason so it is scotland's turn for a blast of political turbulence and it turns out westminster does not have a monopoly on these things. today matters, of course, for scotland's governess but it matters if you are in devizes as well as dundee, wherever you are in the uk, and that is because of the size of the snp�*s political footprint. that is why it's political footprint. that is why its political rivals are seizing this moment. it's political rivals are seizing this moment.— this moment. well, it is for scotland — this moment. well, it is for scotland and _ this moment. well, it is for scotland and the _ this moment. well, it is for scotland and the scottish . this moment. well, it is for - scotland and the scottish parliament to decide who the first minister is. but what is happening now with the snp is that the m

mixed for some others, but a brighter day in edinburgh.his is in leith in edinburgh and quieter winds thankfully today and sunshine. but if we think about how wet it has been so far, we have only had the first week of april and edinburgh has already seen 79 millimetres of rain. we would normally expect 46 in the entire month. sojust rain. we would normally expect 46 in the entire month. so just after rain. we would normally expect 46 in the entire month. sojust after one week, we have had 171% of the expected april rainfall. itjust shows how saturated the ground is at the moment. next few days still unsettled. rain at times, often quite breezy and it is turning colder than it has been. some more wet weather for the rest of today, the degree for parts of northern ireland. but also some in scotland, showers for parts of northern england and the south west —— particularly. dry further east and temperatures up to 18 degrees in london, butjust ten in belfast. into the evening, fairly heavy showers in the south east of england and east anglia. c

this will be overseen by the duke and duchess of edinburgh on behalf of the king.ps and we have the uk chief of the general staff and the french chief of the army and french ambassador to the uk all at this ceremony. you can see live pictures outside buckingham palace where both french and british soldiers are taking part together in the changing of the guards. this marks 120 years since the signing of the entente cordiale. with me is our royal correspondent, sean coughlan. this is the sort of ceremonial display we see regularly outside buckingham palace but not quite like this. ., , , ., ., ., this. tourists are drawn to buckingham _ this. tourists are drawn to buckingham palace - this. tourists are drawn to buckingham palace to - this. tourists are drawn to buckingham palace to see| this. tourists are drawn to - buckingham palace to see this everyday and today they will get more than expected because as well as the changing of the guard that is the french republican guard that as well. it is the first time a non—commonwealth force has been represented in changing

mixed for some others, but a brighter day in edinburgh.o far, we have only had the first week of april and edinburgh has already seen 79 millimetres of rain. we would normally expect 46 in the entire month. sojust rain. we would normally expect 46 in the entire month. so just after rain. we would normally expect 46 in the entire month. sojust after one week, we have had 171% of the expected april rainfall. itjust shows how saturated the ground is at the moment. next few days still unsettled. rain at times, often quite breezy and it is turning colder than it has been. some more

there is the live view of bute house in edinburgh where we are expecting in edinburgh where we are expectingnext 30 minutes or so a news conference by the first minister, humza yousaf. if he does resign, then the scottish parliament has 28 days to choose a new first minister. it will be up to the members of the scottish parliament to nominate a candidate to replace humza yousaf. by candidate to replace humza yousaf. by convention, that will be the leader of the party with the most representation in parliament, which is currently the scottish national party. the nominees are given the opportunity to argue the case, then the msps cast a vote for their preferred candidate. when the party has a majority in parliament that process is a formality, but that is at the moment because the snp does not have a majority in the scottish parliament. if msps can decide on a new first minister, they are then recommended to the king for appointments, who rubber—stamped the process. the new first minister then picks their new first minister. if the msps can't decide on a new first minister, parliament must be

and prices at the edinburgh fringe are nojoke.ns say they're being priced out of the festival. show of unityjapan and us military cooperation. tensions with china are never far from the minds of a number of western governments. president biden is hosting japan�*s prime minister, fumio kishida, at the white house. there have been military guards of honour. there will also be a state dinner. the talks are part of the biden administration's diplomatic outreach in asia. there were recent war games in seoul. and on the weekend, the us, japan, phillipines and australia held joint military exercises in the south china sea. the chinese military conducted combat patrols in the same area. speaking a little earlier, president biden said japan, the us and australia will together boost military capabilites — including through the creation of an air missile network. biden said the upgrades were defensive in nature. the most significant upgrade in our alliance since the since in our alliance since the, since it was first established. my most are

now, we have had some rain in edinburgh today.n a south—westerly wind. and it's that south—westerly wind that's bringing in some warmer air from the atlantic. still some rain around this evening. and overnight, the second band of rain will push its way southwards across england and wales. the rain becoming light and patchy. following on from that, we get some clearer skies. we've still got the same south—westerly air mass, still warm air, so temperatures are going to be a lot higher than they were last night — for many staying in double figures. heading into tomorrow, still quite cloudy across southern parts of england and wales. still a bit of light rain or drizzle, particularly in the morning. but away from here, i think we should see some brighter skies, some sunshine on the way. still got south—westerly winds, but with the sunshine, it's going to be a lot warmer. temperatures could make 19, maybe 20 degrees across parts of the midlands, lincolnshire and across east anglia. still some weather fronts, though, hanging around in t

yes, we'll have the latest from edinburgh and westminster. also this lunchtime... big changes to disability benefits proposed by the government — but campaigners say it's a reckless assault on disabled people. police warn schools about the danger of so—called sextortion, when pupils are tricked into sharing intimate pictures and then blackmailed. and for the first time, premier league football clubs discuss a salary cap for their players. on bbc london — their first—ever chance to vote. we speak to young londoners about what issues matter to them ahead of the mayoral election on thursday. good afternoon. and we start with dramatic political developments in edinburgh where — in the last hour — scotland's first minister humza yousaf has announced that he's resigning. he's been under growing pressure after he ripped up a power sharing deal with the scottish green party. as a result, he had been facing two separate votes of no confidence this week. well, in an emotional statement a short time ago, mr yousaf said he's not willing to trade his values and principles simpl

we can see sophie, the duchess of edinburgh.g this, standing infor edinburgh. they are here overseeing this, standing in for king charles today. this, standing in for king charles toda . . v , this, standing in for king charles toda . . �* , , ., today. that's right. the king is not attendin: today. that's right. the king is not attending public _ today. that's right. the king is not attending public events _ today. that's right. the king is not attending public events while - today. that's right. the king is not attending public events while he i attending public events while he undergoes cancer treatments are so other members of the royal family are stepping in on his behalf. so we can see the duke and duchess of edinburgh standing in for him. i know charles would have wanted to be here because he's very committed to the relationship with france. last year, it was a high point to visit and it was something he felt strongly about. we can see the durability of blood lines stretching back 120 years and that is sustained through t

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.cotland have fallen to their lowest level for two years. the regulator's new price—cap has come into force, meaning a household using a typical amount of energy will pay around £1,690 a year. that's a saving of more than £200. rules are different in northern ireland, where prices are also falling. the cap sets the maximum amount suppliers can charge for each unit of gas and electricity, but not the total bill, so if you use more, you'll pay more. here's kevin peachey. spring has arrived in the gardens of this east kent community centre, promising warmer months ahead. i love the daffodils. but locals are still feeling the chilling impact winter bills had on their finances and lifestyle. it's been quite a harsh winter and i haven't been able to afford to have the central heating on, so it's been rather challenging. and so i've been using hot water bottles. i invested in a battery—operated vest. inside the centre we find caz, who's found ways to stay warm too. wrap up in a blanket or one

indeed, james cook, thank you, in edinburgh.ppear in court tomorrow, charged with three counts of attempted murder. it follows the stabbing of two teachers and a teenager at a school in carmarthenshire yesterday. tomos morgan has the very latest. the scene yesterday, one of the three injured members of ysgol dyffryn aman being taken to hospital after being stabbed. this afternoon it was announced that teacher fiona elias, pictured here, and another teacher who the bbc understands to be liz hopkins and a pupil affected, have all been released from hospital. the shocking incident prompted a huge multi—agency response. cid and forensic teams recovered a knife and tonight an update from the police. a 13—year—old girl was arrested at the scene. i can confirm she has now been charged with three counts of attempted murder. dyfed—powys police also said that last night concerns were raised over some social media posts that referenced the incident that took place here in dyffryn aman yesterday. they went to the home of the person they bel

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.t from conservative mps over plans to criminalise rough sleeping. proposals in the criminaljustice bill would allow the police to fine or move on so—called "nuisance" rough sleepers. hannah miller's here. how bad could this revolt be if it happens? home office sources are suggesting to us that these negotiations are all very much part of the normal process, but of course, they only negotiate if they are worried about a potential rebellion. i think two things are interesting about this. first, of course, the issue itself, the idea that rough sleepers could be sent to jail or face fines of up to £2500 has always been controversial, ever since it was first suggested by the former home secretary suella braverman. secondly, though, there is also the politics of this. the mps who are not very happy about this policy are from the centre ground of the conservative party. they are not the same group of people who have been making life challenging for rishi sunak on a whole range of other issues

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.he german government. nine men appeared in court, accused of planning the rebellion, with the aim of installing an aristocrat as head of state. it is the first of three trials taking place over the coming months — which together forms one of the largest legal proceedings in recent german history. our correspondent damien mcguinness has more from berlin. the nine suspects going on trial today formed allegedly the paramilitary wing of this failed coup attempt. some of them are former soldiers and they're accused of high treason and even, in one case, attempted murder. there are 27 suspects going on trial in total. the ringleaders are going on trial later in may in frankfurt. they include an elderly aristocrat and a woman who was once an mp in the national parliament for the far—right afd party, and also used to work as a judge. the coup plotters are accused of wanting to overthrow the german state. they allegedly planned on storming the german parliament building, and they wanted to hold

we're expecting him to speak here at bute house in edinburgh at noon. within the past hour, spain's pedro sanchez says he's staying on as prime minister as his wife faces corruption allegations. crisis talks in the middle east — america's top diplomat is in saudi arabia, as hamas sends a delegation to cairo. mps will debate assisted dying today after a petition backed by dame esther rantzen passes 200,000 signatures. the scottish first minister humza yousaf will announce shortly whether he will stay in office and he faces two confidence votes and has failed to win the backing of possible allies. a source close to him said resignation had become an option rather than letting the vote go ahead. this is a live shot of the official residence of the scottish first minister, bute house and humza yousaf is expected to make a statement around noon. let's talk to our political correspondent in edinburgh, lynsey bews. what is the latest you are hearing? we expect to hear from the first minister around noon, we are here at bute house, the official residence of the

so good news on the edinburgh fringe from the times. cressida.nd up comedians to compete with. >> well, i think i'm not sure, actually, mary black promises brutally honest edinburgh fringe show. so this is the snp deputy westminster leader who's on her way out . she said last year way out. she said last year she's had enough. it's too toxic. she can't work in westminster . she's toxic. she can't work in westminster. she's going to go and work with nice civilised stand up comics. what yeah, so she's. no, but she, she is. i think this is going to be a comedy show because i first thought going to be like thought i was going to be like an with, you know, just an evening with, you know, just stories ha, talking stories and ha ha ha, talking about notes. yeah, exactly. all the drunken debauchery the terrible drunken debauchery of actually the terrible drunken debauchery of refer actually the terrible drunken debauchery of refer to actually the terrible drunken debauchery of refer to her actually the terrible drunken debauchery of refer to her sensejall

even before this eventings today in edinburgh there were deep| today in edinburgh there were deep nervesk general election. they can see the opinion polls and that rising tide across gb for the labour party is bringing labour back in scotland. and the fear is the great success they have had in the last decade, they have had in the last decade, they lost the independence referendum, but won the general election. the fear the first past the post system for westminster was great for them 10 years ago might not be so good this time. well, let's hearfrom someone who was chief of staff for both alex salmond and nicola sturgeon, liz lloyd, who's now a specialist partner at flint global. thank you forjoining us. how do you think humza yousaf played that today? i think humza yousaf played that toda ? ~ . think humza yousaf played that toda ? ~' ., ., ,., think humza yousaf played that toda ? ~' ., ., ., today? i think humza yousaf made a miscalculation. _ today? i think humza yousaf made a miscalculation. it _ today? i think humza yousaf made a miscalculation. it was _ today? i think humza yousaf

i'm going to edinburgh _ it. and you are going twice? i'm going to edinburgh and - it.audia webbe threatening an acid attack. although ms webbe was convicted of harassment, she appealed and while her conviction was upheld, the court found that she had not made a threat to throw acid, and reduced her sentence. we apologise for the inaccuracy. so, let's take a look at some of the front pages. we begin with the guardian, calls for calm after israeli strikes hitting tehran. the times, tories plan stamp duty cut. a picture of prince harry. with a bonus arrest. daily may, benefits to be axed after a year on the dole. pm announcing biggest welfare crackdown in a generation to getjobless back to work. disability benefit facing cuts in tory manifesto as pm bezz election on a welfare blitz, says the i. the daily express, 200,000 demand that dame esther gets her dying wish, wishing to die when she wants. that's all from us this week. but how could we go without remembering that our host channel of 44 years, bbc two, turns 60 this weekend? it got off to a dodgy start back in 1964,

wa nt to want to tell you that we've been told in the last few minutes that the duchess of edinburgh has become the first royal to visit ukraine since the start of the russian invasion. she is there on behalf of the king, continuing along the work she's done in regards to conflict related sexual violence. you see here she's meeting people, also met president zelensky and the first lady as well. including some of the children we're told to have been returned to ukraine after being forcibly separated from their families and deported by russia. they were some of the people that her royal highness met earlier today in ukraine. we're going to go back to sport. if you will indulge me for a second will tell you about my weekend in manchester. i went to old trafford to watch burnley play united. where we earned a very credible point. but were you to look at the salaries of the two teams, yes, we're playing in the same league, but really there is no contest. the weekly pay of the three highest earners at united, is more than the collective weekly salary of the entire burnley squad. and you co

now, we have had some rain in edinburgh today.at�*s bringing in some warmer air from the atlantic. still some rain around this evening. and overnight, the second band of rain will push its way southwards across england and wales. the rain becoming light and patchy. following on from that, we get some clearer skies. we�*ve still got the same south—westerly air mass, still warm air, so temperatures are going to be a lot higher than they were last night — for many staying in double figures. heading into tomorrow, still quite cloudy across southern parts of england and wales. still a bit of light rain or drizzle, particularly in the morning. but away from here, i think we should see some brighter skies, some sunshine on the way. still got south—westerly winds, but with the sunshine, it�*s going to be a lot warmer. temperatures could make 19, maybe 20 degrees across parts of the midlands, lincolnshire and across east anglia. still some weather fronts, though, hanging around in the far south, and those will tend to push their way steadi

and members of the public gathered here, a lot of interest in what is happening at bute house in edinburghat is expected to be a press conference at around noon. it is expected that humza yousaf will announce his resignation as first minister here at bute house at around 12 o'clock. we saw him come down from dundee, from his family home, slightly earlier to arrive at bute house with his wife. they did go in the back door here in preparation for what we expect to be that major announcement. humza yousaf has just been first minister of scotland for just over yousaf has just been first minister of scotland forjust over a year. this is all unravelled quite quickly since thursday. over the weekend, on saturday evening, humza yousaf said he was confident that he could win that vote of no confidence. even as recently as saturday it did look like he would keep going and go ahead with the two votes of no confidence. yesterday, things began to change. there was an understanding that he was considering his position, considering his position, considering his options and that resignation was one of tho

down for us, he's the co-founder of the scottish palestine solidarity campaign who joins us from edinburgh. okay, welcome to you both, good morning to you muti uh, tell us what you have for us uh today, of course we know of the massacer that has taken place uh that that is now unfolded uh with all the diff, guess bodies that have been retrieved, the dead bodies, tell us about that if you can also this is ' the most important news that we have today, which is about the withdrawal at the retreat of the israel incubation forces from the ashifa medical complex and the surrounding areas of the ashifa medical complex, massive and unbelievable destruction and foulded after the israeli tanks uh withdrew from those areas, we are talking about roughly two consecutive weeks of the brutal aggression that uh touched and reached everything there according to the uh uh eyewitnesses and according to the people there and the medical staff and the civil defense crews that the entire buildings inside the ashifa medical complex were completely or partially destroyed in addition to uh those buildings that were

now, we have had some rain in edinburgh today.ing. and overnight, the second band of rain will push its way southwards across england and wales. the rain becoming light and patchy. following on from that, we get some clearer skies. we've still got the same south—westerly air mass, still warm air, so temperatures are going to be a lot higher than they were last night — for many staying in double figures. heading into tomorrow, still quite cloudy across southern parts of england and wales. still a bit of light rain or drizzle, particularly in the morning. but away from here, i think we should see some brighter skies, some sunshine on the way. still got south—westerly winds, but with the sunshine, it's going to be a lot warmer. temperatures could make 19, maybe 20 degrees across parts of the midlands, lincolnshire and across east anglia. still some weather fronts, though, hanging around in the far south, and those will tend to push their way steadily northwards overnight and into friday. and they're going to take rain northwards as w

here are some live shots in bute housein here are some live shots in bute house in edinburgh. we are expecting him to speak there at noon. within the past hour, spain's pedro sanchez says he's staying on as prime minister, as his wife faces corruption allegations. crisis talks in the middle east, america's top diplomat antony blinken is in saudi arabia, as hamas sends hello. welcome to the programme. the scottish first minister, humza yousaf, is to announce shortly that he'll resign from office — the bbc understands. it follows the collapse of his power—sharing agreement with the scottish green party. he had been facing two confidence votes, but has lost all his political backing. this is a shot of bute house, the official residence of the first minister. mr yousaf will make his statement there injust under an hour. let's talk to our political correspondent in edinburgh, lynsey bews. good to have you. what is the latest you are hearing on these resignation rumours? we you are hearing on these resignation rumours? ~ . , . ., rumours? we are expecting humza yousaf to make _ rumo

welcome to hardtalk from edinburgh. i'm stephen sackur., the pro—independence party seeking a divorce from the united kingdom. but right now, well, storm clouds hang over the snp. they're facing a police investigation of their financial affairs, their polling numbers are down and they stand accused of breaking a host of political promises. my guest is the leader of the snp and first minister of scotland, humza yousaf. has his party lost its way? first minister humza yousaf, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. by any measure, first minister, it's been a pretty difficult first year for you as first minister. why do you think the going is so tough?

there from, we appreciate it, and also like to thank mick napier from the solidarity campaign in edinburgh, thank you, and with that we come to an end for this news review. israel's confirmed attack its positions by iraqi resistance groups. it is israely military said flying objects struck building in the port city of ialot. israely air defenses failed to intercept it and it comes after islamic resistance in iraq city hit a vital israeli target. resistance group added attack was in response to ongoing genocide in gaza. pardon regime iraki resistance group power have about to continue hitting these israely targets until the regime ends its gaza onslot. in yemen, a diverse group of politicians, academics and scholars have convened for second conference entitled, you are not alone in the capital city, sona press tvs abdul latif al washali reports, titled you are not alone, the second palestine, the nation central issue conference from yemen scholars, academics and politicians as well as a chosen group of global supporters who align with the palestinian cause and oppose israeli aggression. thi

jk rowling, who lives in edinburgh, says that is wrong.osted about several trans people who are protected, concluding... there will be a rush to report people to the police, including high—profile individuals. i imagine that there will be many complaints, for example, made againstjk rowling. so i think that, yes, there is a high chance that the police will be overwhelmed with a lot of complaints, some of which will be purely spurious. the scottish government says it's planning a separate law to tackle hatred and harassment of women. but for now, senior police officers are worried about the impact of this act, with the complaints already coming in. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. joining me now is adam stachura. he is the policy director at age scotland. adam, welcome. there's been extractions as we saw to the slot, but what you're feeling about it —— mixed reactions? it is but what you're feeling about it -- mixed reactions?— mixed reactions? it is broadly welcomed- — mixed reactions? it is broadly welcomed. in _ mixed reactions? it is br

well, matthew, snp - headquarters in edinburgh where, of course, peterserved headquarters in edinburgher holds. but, of course, this is the latest development and operation branch, thatis development and operation branch, that is the police got an investigation into the snp�*s finances that has been going on for almost three years now. he is also the husband of the former first minister, nicola sturgeon, was first arrested around this time last year. he was released without charge at that point. he's not the only person arrested in connection with operation branch form arrested and released without charge. calling the former treasurer was also arrested and released without charge. the latest development now we have a police operation that has had a lot of criticism about the length of this investigation seems to be taking. the latest opponent we've had is this news that the former chief executive of the snp has been rearrested, important to stress at this point that that is all that is. no charges, the understanding is that he was taken in by police scotland this morning when he was re

professor peter higgs at university of edinburgh.when the award was announced. the former neighbour congratulated me on the news and i said, "oh, what news? " and so she told me that her daughter had phoned from london to alert her to the fact that i had got this prize. as a young theoretical physicist, he was fascinated by the behaviour of the subatomic particles that lay at the heart of atoms. he went on to develop a theory of how these particles gain substance 01’ mass. summed up in this equation, professor higgs predicted a field which permeates the entire universe. five other scientists also came up with similar ideas at around the same time. but in this historic paper from 1964, peter higgs was the only one to have predicted the existence of the particle through which it operated. the only thing i, i think might deserve, you know, might deserve my name is the higgs boson because i draw attention to it, not because it wasn't there before, but because i pointed out that this was a rather special feature of this kind of theory. wi

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.ation attempt targeting a sikh separatist in the us last year. the article — which was published on monday — reveals the name of the officer from india's spy agency who allegedly orchestrated the attempt on gurpatwant singh pannun. mr pannun is a dual us—canadian citizen. he served as the legal counsel and spokesman for sikhs forjustice, a us—based sikh separatist group banned in india. the report also cited current and former western security officials who mapped potential links to members of india's prime minister narendra modi's inner circle to the plot. the indian government has denied the allegations. it comes as the us tries to strengthen its ties with india to counter some of china's geopolitical influence. the white house says it is taking the post reporting very seriously. joining me now to discuss the report is washington post national security reporter, ellen nakashima. ellen, thank you for being with us. very interesting article. talk to us about the information you found f

anyway, coming up, protests erupt in edinburgh.is is all over, scotland's new hate crime law. we'll be speaking proponent who speaking to a proponent who supports says will supports the bill says it will protect citizens. afternoon protect citizens. good afternoon britain gb news. britain on gb news. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news, weather. it's a mixed picture out there and over the next few days it remains very similar. unsettled. further spells will be spells of rain but there will be some sunshine at times. some warm sunshine at times. looking at the pressure pattern . looking at the pressure pattern. low pressure systems moving in from the atlantic bringing spells rain, some stronger spells of rain, some stronger winds, particularly later on in the week . but there will be some the week. but there will be some sunny spells in between, which was seen across parts was what we've seen across parts of and wales today. was what we've seen across

now, we have had some rain in edinburgh today.er air from the atlantic. still some rain around this evening. and overnight, the second band of rain will push its way southwards across england and wales. the rain becoming light and patchy. following on from that, we get some clearer skies. we've still got the same south—westerly air mass, still warm air, so temperatures are going to be a lot higher than they were last night — for many staying in double figures. heading into tomorrow, still quite cloudy across southern parts of england and wales. still a bit of light rain or drizzle, particularly in the morning. but away from here, i think we should see some brighter skies, some sunshine on the way. still got south—westerly winds, but with the sunshine, it's going to be a lot warmer. temperatures could make 19, maybe 20 degrees across parts of the midlands, lincolnshire and across east anglia. still some weather fronts, though, hanging around in the far south, and those will tend to push their way steadily northwards overnight and i

if the answer is blowing in the wind, it'll be in edinburgh, it's been a windy one.day today for much of eastern england with some dry weather and some warmth in the sunshine as well. further west, though, things have shaped up very differently because we've got lower pressure here, and that has been bringing with it this swathe of cloud, which has brought some outbreaks of rain as well. and through the afternoon, itjust got wetter really across scotland. that rain pegging back the temperatures here, but the rain should be clearing away from scotland during this evening, leaving behind some clearer skies and a few showers overnight. still got this zone of thicker cloud threatening some rain for northern england, especially into wales in the southwest, and we get wet weather arriving in northern ireland by the end of the night. but still got those clearer skies towards the southeast and minimum temperatures of six or seven degrees. heading into tomorrow, differences again, east—west. in the west, more clouds and more rain moving in as well. in the east, it's going to

and the scottish court in edinburgh upheld this ban.ng hatred is beyond the competence of london, so it can only be scolded from here. in march of this year, the national. the number of requests grew exponentially; if in 2012 there were only 250, then by the end of 2023 the queue consisted of 800 patients. the closure of the center was preceded by a major scandal related to the fact that children aged 12 to 15 years were prescribed drugs here. talked about my depression and anxiety and assured me that transition therapy should change everything. kira tried to obtain a court ban on the use of puberty blockers by children under 16 years of age. she successfully went through several instances, but the appeal court ultimately rejected her claim. the national health service in england has only now decided to abandon dangerous drugs, but even then not completely, leaving loopholes for their use. this causes resentment. even transgender people themselves, who understand that such medications should never be given to children. it is outrageous

let's go live to edinburgh, scotland . reporter edinburgh, scotland. reporter tony mcguire. tony, welcome to the show. well, on friday when we last spoke at close of play , we last spoke at close of play, humza yousaf said he'd fight on. now he's simply dropped out. but let's face it tony, he jumped before he was pushed into . before he was pushed into. >> yes that's correct martin. i mean, very much not too dissimilar from what actually happenedin dissimilar from what actually happened in thursday morning. you know, he jumped from the bute house agreement before the greens pushed themselves out of it. and then, sure enough, if you were keeping up with things over the weekend, you could see that he was really caught between a rock and a hard place. on whether he was trying to support and gain support from both either alba or , you know, both either alba or, you know, go back to the scottish greens. either way , there were factions either way, there were factions within the snp that wouldn't have been happy in this morning. you know, we saw the culmination of all that and ind

there have been dramatic political developments in edinburgh, where scotland's first minister, humza yousaf, has announced that he's resigning. he's been under growing pressure after he ripped up a power sharing deal with the scottish green party. as a result, he was facing two separate votes of no confidence. in an emotional statement earlier today, mr yousaf said he was not willing to trade his values and principles, simply to hold on to power. let's take a listen to the moment he announced his resignation. i am not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whomever simply for retaining power. therefore, after spending the weekend reflecting on what is best for my party, for the government, and for the country i lead, i have concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm. i have therefore informed the snp's national secretary of my intention to stand down as party leader and asked that she commences a leadership contest for my replacement as soon as possible. stuart nicolson is a former adviser t