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.

james cook, bbc news. capri and italy at the g7 meeting where we are expected to hear from italy at the g7 meeting where we are expected to hearfrom us italy at the g7 meeting where we are expected to hear from us secretary of state antony blinken shortly. they are setting up the room there. they are setting up the room there. the agenda was supposed to have moved on from the middle east, but they did bring it back onto the main topic of discussion today after there were explosions reported in iran and nearan there were explosions reported in iran and near an army base and an airport in the central city of isfahan, which are activated at local air defence systems. we have had confirmation to our broadcast part in a cbs news that this was an attack from israel. so two us officials are confirming that. plenty of reaction coming in and week will be monitoring the news conference at the g7. time for a quick look at the weather. hello there. it is still quite breezy out there, so the showers will continue to ru

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

our scotland editor james cook has more. >> are you resigning today? james: i simple answer. yes.me, but here at the official residence of the first minister in edinburgh, the place which gave its name to the power-sharing of the greens which he dumped disastrously last week. >> unfortunately ending in the manner that i did, i clearly underestimated the level of hurt and upset i caused. i've concluded across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm. >> mayor yusuf -- >james: he will have a place in the history books as the first muslim, first descendant of immigrants, and first scots asian to lead scotland's government. his time in office was tough. most of all, when his in-laws were trapped in gaza for a month. he also lost the election to labor and endured policy problems from hate crime to gender health care, all with his party under the shadow of a police investigation. the drama today is not just about who occupies this house. it is about what they want to do while they are in there. this whole affair has highlighted divisions in the smp, divisions

our scotland editor james cook is with me. how did it reach this point, james?is a good question and i'm sure humza yousaf is wondering that himself this evening. he has been in office for barely a year and he has had a very difficult time because he inherited a power—sharing arrangement the scottish green party. the snp are a minority in here, they do not have a majority to govern with, so they were relying on the votes from the greens to keep them in government. but more than that they had invited the greens into government with them. there were two green ministers in the cabinet. just last week he decided, after a lot of problems and internal wrangling, that he had had enough of that idea and he wanted them out. he did so pretty unceremoniously and they were not happy, to put it mildly. you then realised he had to govern as a minority and he was hoping the greens would help him in that. they said they would not and that. they said they would not and that left him scrabbling around looking for support. there was a suggestion perhaps he could do some sort of de

james cook, thank you. grant has settled his long running privacy case against the publisher of the sun newspaper. his lawyers told him he could face legal costs of up to £10 million even if he won, and he says he's been offered what he calls "an enormous sum of money" to settle. katie razzall is here with me. he has been campaigning on issues of press intrusion for years. now this? he has clearly done it reluctantly but it is down to money. he put out the statement after it emerged that this had happened which was heavy on the irony, in reference to rupert murdoch's news group newspapers. evenif even if you are a renowned movie star, an oompa—loompa to boot, £10 million is a lot of money. he regrets not having his day in court, he says he will use this payout to continue his campaign for press freedom. this is part of a wider campaign involving others too about unlawful gathering of information by news group, including by prince harry. does the duke of sussex had deep enough pockets to take this to trial?

james cook, bbc news. ave been suggestions that humza yousaf could keep his government together by striking a deal with ash regan who defected from the snp to the alba party. here's what alex salmond, the leader of the alaba party had to say about that. ash regan, who leads alba in the scottish parliament, is in a highly influential position given the political arithmetic. she will be meeting with humza yousaf at his invitation, she will take with her some very reasonable positive proposals in which hopefully if the first minister accepts that will help him to get out of a very tight political corner. ian blackford, the former snp leader this morning, has told us pretty clearly it's not going to happen, there can't be a deal with your party. no, i think what the rejection was was something about an electoral pact but given i never made the proposal in the first place, that was an overwrite on a sunday newspaper. we are not particularly bothered about that. what ash regan will be taking is measures how we ca

i that was james cook with that report.mat — secretary of state, antony blinken, has said washington and beijing should manage their differences responsibly on the second day of his china visit. this is the moment mr blinken arrived in beijing, having spent time in shanghai. he spoke there of the need for direct engagement, saying china and the us must resolve their differences together. ahead of tough talks with senior officials on issues such as russia and taiwan, mr blinken began his visit to shanghai eating steamed buns at a restaurant, and watching a basketball game. although tensions have eased between the two nations since last year, disagreements on issues such as trade and security remain. here's our china correspondent stephen mcdonell. antony blinken now moves into what we might call the business end of his trip to china is meetings here in beijing with his chinese counterpart, wang yi, and even possibly with china's most important leader, xijinping, although that's not been confirmed, knowing that these serious

here's james cook.erty and safety, between freedom of speech and protection from hatred. these protesters think the new hate crime law gets that balance wrong. but the first minister disagrees. i'm very proud of the hate crime act. we have seen, i'm afraid, not just in the uk and of course scotland, but right across many parts of the world, this kind of rising tide of hatred against people because of their protected characteristics. so unless your behaviour is threatening or abusive, and intends to stir up hatred, then you have nothing to worry about in terms of the new offences being created. but what exactly is in the hate crime act? the law creates a crime of stirring up hatred relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex. it also includes racial discrimination, although that was already illegal under an old law. a publicity campaign is now encouraging people to report behaviour which crosses a line from offensive, shocking or disturbing, to threat

james cook, bbc news.me instances, film fans not totally won over by streaming are exploring new ways of watching movies by going to what are called microcinemas. micro—cinemas can be found in all kinds of new york locations. inside this former fire station, or behind this non—descript brooklyn store front. they are modest, makeshift spaces often showing experimental or non—mainstream work. micro—cinema is put simply just a small cinema. you really don't need more than folding chairs, a projector and a white wall. staffed often by dedicated volunteers with a passion for film, micro—cinema programmers use their imagination to offer something quite different from the multiplex experience. the mission is to run laps around better subsidised for—profit repertory movie theatres by showing films that should be on their radars. it's usually going to be a monster movie from the 1970s that played at midnight or perhaps a groundbreaking documentary fiction hybrid about some niche but extremely important political is

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.a after weeks of heavy rain. the red cross say around 50 people were killed in central kenya after a makeshift dam collapsed during the night following torrential rainfall. our africa correspondent barbara plett usher has the latest from the scene. the tide of water woke people up with its roar of destruction. no time to scramble out of the way. this rushing river used to be a stream. rescue teams worked long after the disaster struck, saving those they could. finding and counting the dead, a village that was turned upside down in an instant. the water came from that direction, crashing through the village, gouging out the valley, and the river burst its banks. you can see all of the damage, the cars destroyed. trees were uprooted, houses swept away, houses destroyed. people were carried away by the flood waters. dozens of people are dead, but they're still searching for bodies of the missing. and there were other houses where the car is parked? peter's house survived, but not his neig

here's james cook.rike a balance between liberty and safety, between freedom of speech and protection from hatred. these protesters think the new hate crime law gets that balance wrong. but the first minister disagrees. i'm very proud of the hate crime act. we have seen, i'm afraid, notjust in the uk and of course scotland, but right across many parts of the world, this kind of rising tide of hatred against people because of their protected characteristics. so unless your behaviour is threatening or abusive, and intends to stir up hatred, then you have nothing to worry about in terms of the new offences being created. but what exactly is in the hate crime act? the law creates a crime of stirring up hatred relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex. it also includes racial discrimination, although that was already illegal under an old law. a publicity campaign is now encouraging people to report behaviour which crosses a line from offensive, shocking

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

here's james cook.ike a balance between liberty and safety, between freedom of speech and protection from hatred. these protesters think the new hate crime law gets that balance wrong. but the first minister disagrees. i'm very proud of the hate crime act. we have seen, i'm afraid, notjust in the uk and of course, scotland, but right across many parts of the world, this kind of rising tide of hatred against people because of their protected characteristics. so unless your behaviour is threatening or abusive, and intends to stir up hatred, then you have nothing to worry about in terms of the new offences being created. but what exactly is in the hate crime act? the law creates a crime of stirring up hatred, relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex. it also includes racial discrimination, although that was already illegal under an old law. a publicity campaign is now encouraging people to report behaviour which crosses a line from offensive, shockin

here's our scotland editor, james cook.rike a balance between liberty and safety, between freedom of speech and protection from hatred. these protesters think the new hate crime law gets that balance wrong, but the first minister disagrees. i'm very proud of the hate crime act. we have seen, i'm afraid, notjust in the uk and, of course, scotland, but right across many parts of the world, this kind of rising tide of hatred against people because of their protected characteristics. so, unless your behaviour is threatening or abusive, and intends to stir up hatred, then you have nothing to worry about in terms of the new offences being created. but what exactly is in the hate crime act? the law creates a crime of stirring up hatred, relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex. it also includes racial discrimination, although that was already illegal under an old law. a publicity campaign is now encouraging people to report behaviour which crosses a line from offensive, shoc

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

james cook, bbc news, glasgow. wife princess catherine revealed her cancer diagnosis four weeks ago. he visited a food charity in surrey, helping out in the kitchens and loading meals into delivery vans. our royal correspondent jonny diamond is here. thanks very much, it is back to the dayjob for prince william after a long easter break but perhaps more importantly on everybody�*s mind's, three went week since his wife the princess of wales made the announcement about undergoing treatment for cancer, having preventative chemotherapy, and this kind of event is meat and drink for the royalfamily, we are kind of event is meat and drink for the royal family, we are west of london, this is a place where they collect up surplus food, package it up, make sure it it shipped out to the needy and prince william was pitching in, chatting with volunteers here for around an hour. both outside the venue and almost certainly inside, a lot of curiosity, of course, about the condition of the princess of wales. there's been absolute

james cook, bbc news.n capture and storage at the university of edinburgh. thank you forjoining us. i wondered first of all if i could get your reaction to this report that it looks like the scottish government is going to ditch this 2030 target? 0bviously, that is, as the previous clip says, it is very disappointing that the scottish government is going to be in that position. but this has been building for a few years so in some ways it is not a surprise, but it is also really important to state that we in scotland and in the uk have got halfway towards the net zero target from 1990, so, a huge amount of progress has been made, and there is a huge amount of progress still to make, and what this is doing is recognising that the collision, if you like, between words and policies which can easily be stated, versus the difficult reality of delivering this on the ground with real numbers and real change. haifa this on the ground with real numbers and real change.— and real change. how difficult is it auoin to

our scotland editor james cook explains. on ambitious climate targets, pledging to reduce emissions to net zero by 2045, five years earlier than the uk government. that 2045 target will remain. but this afternoon the scottish government is expected to confirm that it's scrapping an interim target of a 75% cut in emissions by 2030. even before the formal announcement, one snp minister expressed her disappointment. the committee said that they had their concerns on it. i'm disappointed, i have to say. i have to admit that i am disappointed by that. disappointed with that. the move comes after an independent report said the scottish government's policies and plans to hit the 2030 target fell far short of what is needed. but the decision to actually ditch the target has still left some environmental campaigners frustrated. so if the scottish government scrap these targets, it would be the worst environmental decision in the history of the scottish parliament. the 2030 targets could and should have been met. we need urgent climat

james cook has been posting there, our political editor.is at westminster, listening to what is at westminster, listening to what is going on there, as well as in holyrood. all of that information is going into our live page and we will going into our live page and we will go back as soon as we hear any developments. i want to focus on the other elections taking place this week, and that is the local elections in england. there are elections in england. there are elections for merits and also police and crime commissioner elections in england and. they are days away, on thursday. the speculation continues over whether rishi sunak might name the date for a general election. while not to talk about. let's talk about the local elections. over the past few days we have been looking at different areas of england and i am joined by peter henley, are south of england political editor, and by amy holmes who is political reporter at bbc three counties radio. amy, i want to start with you. what are the different parties concentrating on in hertfordsh

four smears taken from british explorerjames cook british explorer james cook from british explorerjamess of cambridge university to indigenous members�*s survivors who it indigenous members�*s survivors it comes amid increasing pressure on institutions to return historic artefacts to their origin countries. stay with sa run bbc news. take care. hello, there. it's not a particularly inspiring weather story at the moment, is it? but we've still got that west—east divide across the country. on tuesday, we had the highest temperatures across south wales, with 16 degrees, and there was some glorious sunshine, at times, with a little bit of shelter from the breeze. but out to the east, it was disappointingly cool. a brisk northerly wind, temperatures struggled — only around seven degrees across that east yorkshire coast. we're going to keep quite a lot of cloud, as well, over the next few hours. that will prevent temperatures from falling too far. lowest temperatures to start the day on wednesday morning will be in the far north and west of scotland. we could have some thicker cloud and a lit

our scotland editor james cook has more.rriving home tonight after more than nine hours in custody at falkirk police station. mr murrell, any reaction? he was arrested shortly after nine o'clock this morning and charged at 6:35pm. any comment, mr murrell? in a statement, police scotland said a 59—year—old man had been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the scottish national party. it added, a report will be sent to the crown office and procurator fiscal service in due course. it's the second time mr murrell has been arrested in connection with operation branchform. he was first questioned last april, weeks after resigning as chief executive of the snp, when officers searched the home he shares with nicola sturgeon on the outskirts of glasgow. as part of their inquiry, police also searched the snp's headquarters in edinburgh and seized this luxury motorhome from outside the house of mr murrell�*s mother, in fife. is your party imploding? two weeks later, officers arrested the scottish national party tre

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.ok for a surrogate mum. baby jameela was born prematurely by caesarean section — and despite efforts to unite her with her mother — the newborn was rejected. she's now heading to cleveland zoo with hopes of finding a new mum. (sot she is part of who i am as a keeper now. she was delivered by c—section. the mother recovered with no complications from that. jameela herself, she had some respiratory complications. our goal was to return her to the group when the mother was able to accept her and she had a stable condition herself. but unfortunately, we don't believe that sakineh, the mother, got the proper hormonal cues going through the labour process. when she was presented with this infant, she didn't recognise it as hers. so we worked with our animals and our staff to do some training and some maternal work. we tried with sakineh a couple of times. that was unsuccessful. we moved on to another female named gracie, who has almost a one and a half —year—old baby and is an excellent moth

our scotland editor james cook has more.np between 2017 and 2020 to campaign for independence. questions first arose at the end of 2019 when it emerged the party had just under £97,000 in the bank. and tonight, one more development in an enquiry that has sent shockwaves through scottish politics — peter murrell has resigned his membership of the snp. well, what happens now? the police say in due course, they will send what is known as a "standard prosecution report" to the public prosecutor in scotland. you're live with bbc news. a fulljury has been sworn in for former us president donald trump's historic criminal trial in new york. the 12jurors will decide whether mr trump is guilty or innocent in a case stemming from a hush money payment he made to an adult film star. dozens of potential jurors had been dismissed throughout the week. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfik explains how the selection process played out. donald trump himself looked on as they raised their right hands and swore that they would be fair and

but a source close to him has denied any electoral pact with the alba party. 0ur scotland editor james cookg an uncertain out as he tries to shore up support for his minority government. that is because he decided to end a power—sharing deal with the scottish greens. it power-sharing deal with the scottish greens.— scottish greens. it is in the best interest _ scottish greens. it is in the best interest of _ scottish greens. it is in the best interest of the - scottish greens. it is in the best interest of the people | scottish greens. it is in the i best interest of the people of scotland to pursue a different arrangement. the scotland to pursue a different arrangement.— arrangement. the greens are still furious _ arrangement. the greens are still furious and _ arrangement. the greens are still furious and insist - arrangement. the greens are still furious and insist they i still furious and insist they will not back humza yousaf and a confidence vote in coming days. nonetheless the snp leader has written to all the opposition leaders at holly road arguing people want to see political part

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

we may find out pretty soon who's coming in. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.he next three weeks to look into how the pandemic was handled in northern ireland. more than 4,000 people died during the first two years of the pandemic. many of the bereaved families attended the hearing and have begun giving evidence. the inquiry was told that northern ireland's fragile political system hampered its response to the virus and there was no government advice to cancel large gatherings in the early stages. donald trump has been fined $9,000 for contempt of court, after repeatedly attacking witnesses and jurors at his criminal trial in new york. the judge warned that he could face jail if he does it again. our north america editor sarah smith is outside the courthouse in new york. sarah. yes, donald trump has got to the end of this _ sarah. yes, donald trump has got to the end of this week _ sarah. yes, donald trump has got to the end of this week to _ sarah. yes, donald trump has got to the end of this week to pay - sarah. yes, donald trump has got to the end of this we

we'll be finding out what it means, for scotland and the wider uk, with james cook and chris mason.es countries in east africa — we're in kenya where 130,000 people have been displaced. and any ideas what this is? it's roman, believed to be 1,700 years old and is baffling experts. and on newsnight at 10:30...

blamed uk government cuts and backtracking on climate measures for the move. 0ur scotland editor james cooksh government has trumpeted its tough targets to tackle climate change. we have, targets to tackle climate change. - have, as a country, de carbonised faster than any t20 nation.- have, as a country, de carbonised faster than any t20 nation. when do we wanted. — faster than any t20 nation. when do we wanted, now? _ faster than any t20 nation. when do we wanted, now? campaigners - faster than any t20 nation. when do we wanted, now? campaigners kept| faster than any t20 nation. when do i we wanted, now? campaigners kept up the pressure — we wanted, now? campaigners kept up the pressure for _ we wanted, now? campaigners kept up the pressure for action _ we wanted, now? campaigners kept up the pressure for action to _ we wanted, now? campaigners kept up the pressure for action to save - we wanted, now? campaigners kept up the pressure for action to save the - the pressure for action to save the planet. now the minister in charge of ditching a promise to cut emissions by 75% by 2030. i unde

james cook, bbc news. of the family doctor, if they were to win the next general election. the party's leader, sir ed davey, says the policy would give over—70s and those with a long—term health condition — almost 19 million people — access to a named gp with the aim of helping people live independently in their own homes wherever possible. around 350 migrants are believed to have crossed the channel in small boats on saturday, making the most of calm weather. the french authorities say they rescued a further 99 people in three boats who had got into difficulty at sea. it comes as five people died on tuesday after their vessel ran into a sandbank off the french coast. hamas has released a video of two hostages being held in gaza. 0mri miran and keith siegel were both captured when hamas launched its attacks on israel on october 7. the undated footage filmed under duress is the first positive proof that the two men are still alive. it comes as hamas said it was studying israel's latest proposalfor a truce.

our scotland editor james cook is in edinburgh. this was a pretty emotional statement.f pretty close to tears at the end of that statement?— to tears at the end of that statement? , ., , ~ , , ., _ statement? yes, he was. as you say, emotional as _ statement? yes, he was. as you say, emotional as he _ statement? yes, he was. as you say, emotional as he thanked _ statement? yes, he was. as you say, emotional as he thanked his - statement? yes, he was. as you say, emotional as he thanked his wife - statement? yes, he was. as you say, emotional as he thanked his wife in l emotional as he thanked his wife in particular, who was sitting on the front rowjust particular, who was sitting on the front row just a particular, who was sitting on the front rowjust a couple of seats along for me. she was smiling encouragingly at him. he was emotional, as well he might be because he survived in office as first minister of scotland for barely a year and it's been a very difficult period for him. he had been facing these votes of no confidence, expected later in the week and he had vari

james cook, bbc news.ernment has faced another setback in its plans to deport more illegal migrants to rwanda. 534 migrants crossed the channel on sunday, the highest number on record this year. sunday, the highest number on record this ear. ., . ., , this year. police have broken up an international— this year. police have broken up an international cybercrime _ this year. police have broken up an international cybercrime gang - international cybercrime gang offering a service to criminals which allowed them to steal from people using fraudulent text messages. 37 people have been arrested worldwide, including 24 in the uk, and police believe there were 70,000 british victims. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. it's 5am in south london — the end of a two—year investigation. this was one of a series of coordinated raids, targeting cybercrime in 17 countries, masterminded from the uk. one man was arrested here and 23 others around the uk. and this all began about two years ago when security

james cook, bbc news, glasgow.r or so, this is the scene live at holyrood where the snp is our debating another issue. we will get the statement at around 2:25pm. let's talk to bbc scotland's political correspondent who is also at holyrood. i wonder if i could start off with the reaction from the environmental groups to this news. it has been very strong, hasn't it? yes, very strong, indeed. there has been a certain amount of concern from these groups that the scottish government is indeed dropping this key pledge. the scottish government have been emphasising that they are still accelerating in their words up to that 20a5 net zero target. although labour were saying in the chamber that they are just a bit earlier and they were putting the brakes on accelerating to that target. in terms of the environmental groups, yes, there was a lot of reaction, including from greenpeace who said this was like striking a match in a petrol station. it is a very dangerous step to take. friends of the earth were saying this is the

james cook, bbc news, edinburgh.ellist brian taylor, political commentator and columnist for the herald. and of course where would we be on a night like this without the great sirjohn curtice, professor of politics at the university of strathclyde? welcome to you both. brian, if i can start to do, we should focus on what comes next. how will a new first minister be elected and how quickly? the snp national executive will meet this week to set out the leadership timetable and the rules. they will have to get on with it because they want first to fill the vacancy that will be created when eventually humza yousaf stands down, he has not strictly done that yet, that happens when he tendered his resignation formally to the king, but also they need to get off this agenda. it has been a dreadful yearfor need to get off this agenda. it has been a dreadful year for the need to get off this agenda. it has been a dreadful yearfor the party, they have lost the initiative in politics, at holyrood, they have lost the initiative re

it's a tribute to the great circumnavigator captain james cook.ka as they call themselves. he works for the office of hawaiian affairs advocating for the native people. >> as a kid, what were you taught about cook? >> he brought a lot of diseases. he brought a lot of problems to our society. he introduced westernization. >> reporter: is there a frustration that a lot of people think the history began here with captain cook? >> yes. >> reporter: captain cook is a controversial figure. villain or hero. colonizer or trail blazer depending on who is telling the story. but what is not in dispute that is in the 1700s. british explorer literally put much of what we now know as the pacific ocean on the map. creating detailed diagrams of the places he was the first european to discover, including new zealand, australia, the cook islands, which still bear his name, and the islands of hawaii. whatever you think about cook, he certainly is in the pantheon of the greatest explorers of all time. he gave us the contours of the pacific ocean. >> reporter: hampson

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opened and chef davis is now one of five finalists for the james beard award for best chef in california. it's said to be like the oscars of cooking awards. >> definitely really humbled by it. it's super exciting to get recognized for what we do here every day. >> yes, chef davis is modest, but those we spoke with like brian so did not hold back. so is a big fan. on his first night at the restaurant. >> my favorite today is the bbq shrimp and the bbq sauce is not like any bbq sauce out there. it's >> and you enjoyed that. you love that. >> yes yes yes very very nice. >> not all the stories have been positive in oakland lately, but that doesn't matter to chef jeff, who says it was important to him to open up here in the town. >> it's a very community driven place and, you know, has a little chip on his shoulder compared to san francisco. but it's kind of a good thing. you know, we we're hustlers, like, we are people that really are driven to make uh- our little corner of the world a little bit better. >> jeff will now travel to chicago in june for the award ceremony. a couple of months away. yes, but you can see he'll probably be p

opened and chef davis is now one of five finalists for the james beard award for best chef in california. it's said to be like the oscars of cooking awards. >> definitely really humbled by it. it's super exciting to get recognized for what we do here every day. >> yes, chef davis is modest, but those we spoke with like brian so did not hold back. so is a big fan. on his first night at the restaurant. >> my favorite today is the bbq shrimp and the bbq sauce is not like any bbq sauce out there. it's >> and you enjoyed that. you love that. >> yes yes yes very very nice. >> not all the stories have been positive in oakland lately, but that doesn't matter to chef jeff, who says it was important to him to open up here in the town. >> it's a very community driven place and, you know, has a little chip on his shoulder compared to san francisco. but it's kind of a good thing. you know, we we're hustlers, like, we are people that really are driven to make uh- our little corner of the world a little bit better. >> jeff will now travel to chicago in june for the award ceremony. a couple of months away. yes, but you can see he'll probably be p

. >> serena cook dinner for her husband and his lover and listened to them talk about nick. >> jamess some jealousy there. >> definitely. >> now james only possible hope in trial was serena and her statement that her husband was asleep next to her. now, a little bit of drama was about to spawn a lot more. in december 2017 as james sat in a county jail cell, his wife of seven years sat in a hotel room during a work trip watching a lifetime movie about a abusive controlling husband. >> seeing that made me realize the fact that it is a pattern that will get worse and if he had not been arrested this is the direction my life is going. >> it took months but eventually serena found the courage to pick up the phone. the chief trial counsel. >> we bring her in for a interview. >> when you talked to police previously, what the july about? >> the fact that he did not leave the house, he did. >> serena told prosecutors what really happened the night nick was killed. she said she and james went to bed at 9:00. later that night she saw james in bed and then when she woke up in the morning he was

opened and chef davis is now one of five finalists for the james beard award for best chef in california. it's said to be like the oscars of cooking. it's super exciting to get recognized for what we do here every day. >> yes, chef davis is modest, but those we spoke with, like brian so did not hold back. so is a big fan. on his first night at the restaurant. my favorite today is the bbq shrimp and the bbq sauce is not like any bbq sauce out there. >> it's. >> and you enjoy that. you love that. >> yes yes yes very very nice. >> not all the stories have been positive in oakland lately, but that doesn't matter to chef jeff, who says it was important to him to open up here in the town. >> it's very community driven place and, you know, has a little chip on its shoulder compared to san francisco. but it's kind of a good thing. you know, we we're hustlers like we are are people that really are driven to make, our little corner of the world a little bit better. >> jeff will now travel to chicago in june for the award ceremony. a couple of months away. yes, but you can see he'll probably be pretty busy until then. >> i hope they do well

restaurant opened and chef davis is now of five finalists for the james beard award for best chef in california. it's said to be like the oscars of cooking yes, chef davis is modest, but those we spoke with, like brian, so did not hold back. so is a big fan. on his first night at the restaurant. my favorite today is the bbq shrimp and the bbq sauce is not like any bbq sauce out there. >> it's. >> and you enjoy that. you love that. >> yes yes yes very very nice. >> not all the stories have been positive in oakland lately, but that doesn't matter to chef jeff, who says it was important to him to open up here in the town. >> it's a very community driven place and, you know, has a little chip on its shoulder compared to san francisco. but it's kind of a good thing. you know, we we're hustlers, like, we are people that really are driven to make, our little corner of the world a little bit better. >> jeff will now travel to chicago in june for the award ceremony. a couple of months away. yes, but you can see he'll probably be pretty busy until then. >> i hope they do well and we will be back. >> is it important to win >> no, i'm happy to be he

cooking up in the maga legal brain trust. this is something trump is very much aware of, exploiting very specific parts of the u.s. federal criminal code to go after letitia jamesally about public officials, whether local, federal or state, using their powers or abusing their powers to interfere with an election of a u.s. president, vice president or other candidates or federal candidates. now, someone like yourself may think reading that makes you think, okay, that is more suited for stepping in to keep, say, a segregationist governor in the south from interfering with the election of an american president. i think that would be something reasonable to assume from that. but in the maga legal orbit, they think they can twist language like that in the u.s. criminal code to apply to someone like letitia james and argue the case against donald trump is a form of election interference. there are various legal experts who think that is an incredibly tenuous interpretation of that part of the u.s. criminal code. >> john heilemann, jump in. >> great piece. your coverage on this stuff is always consistently really strong. the notion that trump, if reelected, is going t