hello, i'm karin giannone.lex salmond, the former first minister of scotland and a dominant figure in scottish politics for decades, has died at the age of 69. the former mp and msp, who led the country despite israeli control on the ground here this is still very much in active combat zone. still very much an active combat zone. hello, i'm karin giannone. alex salmond, the former first minister of scotland and a dominant figure in scottish politics for decades, has died at the age of 69. the former mp and msp, who led the country between 2007 and 2014 during the independence referendum, fell ill while in north macedonia. mr salmond resigned from the snp in 2018 and later formed the pro—independence alba party in 2021. here he is speaking back in 2014 after the defeat of that referendum. scotland has by majority decided not at this stage to become an independent country. and the uk prime minister sir keir starmer has released a statement saying... these are the final pictures of alex salmond — taken this weeken

i'm karin giannone. some breaking news. five people, including two children, have died following a crash on the m6 motorway in cumbria. police were called to the northbound stretch of the motorway past tebay services at 4pm on tuesday. the driver of a skoda, a man from cambridgeshire, was pronounced dead at the scene, the force said. a man, the driver of a toyota, a woman and two children, from glasgow, also died at the scene. a third child was taken to hospital with serious injuries. that's all we have on this breaking news. we'll bring you more when we have it. that very tragic incident claiming several lives with five people dead after that very tragic incident on the m6 yesterday afternoon. there's been a surprise fall in the rate of uk inflation. the annual rate of price rises eased to 1.7% in september — the lowest rate in three—and—a—half years. it means inflation is now below the bank of england's 2% target, paving the way for interest rates to be cut further next month. similarly, the european central bank is expec

hello, i'm karin giannone.salmond, the former first minister of scotland and a dominant figure in scottish politics for decades, has died at the age of 69. the former mp and msp, who led the country between 2007 and 2014 during the independence referendum, fell ill while in north macedonia. mr salmond resigned from the snp in 2018 and later formed the pro—independence alba party in 2021. here he is speaking back in 2014 after the defeat of that referendum. scotland has by majority decided not at this stage to become an independent country. i accept that verdict of the people, and i call on all of scotland to follow suit in accepting the democratic verdict of the people of scotland. in a statement, his party hailed the former minister's leadership, who brought the snp into the mainstream and the scottish government. saying he was a titan of the independence movement. and the uk prime minister sir keir starmer has released a statement saying — for more than 30 years, alex salmond was a monumental figure in scotti

hello, i'm karin giannone.ael has warned of grave consequences after iran launched a barrage of missiles across the country on tuesday. sirens sounded and israelis were told to take refuge in bomb shelters, as explosions lit up the night sky. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu promised iran would be punished, whilst the iranian government warned it would hit all of israel's infrastructure the israeli defense forces said that around 180 missiles were launched towards israel around 5.30 pm local time on tuesday. they were fired across huge areas of israel, including its largest city tel aviv, and the capitaljerusalem. nd, these pictures from iranian state media show the ballistic missiles being launched from military sites. tehran said the attacks were in retaliation for the killings of senior militant leaders, including the hezbollah chief hassan nasrallah. and tehran says it warned the us against intervening. well, israel has responded by continuing its aerial assault of beirut�*s southern suburbs. the

welcome — you're watching bbc news — i'm karin giannone.m her mother. dawn's death was blamed on two russian agents after she came into contact with the nerve agent novichok. it had been hidden inside a designer perfume bottle. the inquiry is examining the circumstances leading to her death. russia denies any involvement and has described the inquiry as a "circus" today's hearing has started, but we're receiving it on a 10 minute delay, so we'll bring it to you shortly. in the meantime, we want to play you an interview of

hello, i'm karin giannone.dominant figure in scottish politics for decades, has died at the age of 69. the former mp and msp, who led the country

hello, i'm karin giannone.tland and a dominant figure in scottish politics for decades, has died at the age of 69. the former mp and msp, who led the country between 2007 and 2014 during the independence referendum, fell ill while in north macedonia. mr salmond resigned from the snp in 2018 and later

i'm karin giannone.ong the population is increasing and exceeding what the humanitarian agencies are trying to do on the ground. we have almost1 million people forced to flee their homes in lebanon according to the government. most of them have had to flee in the past week. israeli bombings have targeted and expanded the areas they are targeting. everywhere they are looking to see where there is a safe spot to protect themselves and their children. they flee their homes, carrying nothing, and they need everything. shelter, water, food, mattresses, blankets and most of all they need protection. the unhcr is on the ground providing mattresses, blankets, but it is really not enough. the government has established more than 700 makeshift shelters and yet it is not enough to absorb and accommodate all these people who have fled. many are sleeping in the open air, they are sleeping in the open air, they are sleeping on streets they think are unsafe but they still cannot move somewhere else. the news of this la

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welcome — you're watching bbc news — i'm karin giannone.ublic inquiry in salisbury examining the 2018 poisoning of dawn sturgess is about to hear evidence from her mother. dawn's death was blamed on two russian agents after she came into contact with the nerve agent novichok. it had been hidden inside a designer perfume bottle. the inquiry is examining the circumstances leading to her death. russia denies any involvement and has described the inquiry as a "circus" today's hearing has started, but we're receiving it on a 10 minute delay, so we'll bring it to you shortly. in the meantime, we want to play you an interview of prime minister sir keir starmer. he was speaking to our political correspondent henry sesemann on bbc breakfast this morning. and we started by asking the prime minister about the international investment summit. international investment summit-— international investment summit. ~ . ., , , summit. well, what happened esterda summit. well, what happened yesterday was _ summit. well, what happened yesterday was that _ summit