indeed lawrence lee there for us investments to be tracking to chatting to him throughout the day thank you lawrence well as we've been saying scottish national party supporters are celebrating major gains the s.n.p. won 48 of scotland's 59 seats and westminster leader nicolas sturgeon says the result paves the way for another independence referendum well let's speak now to nadine barber who joins us live from edinburgh the dean these numbers clearly leave the s.n.p. extremely strong and does give them the mandate to push now in the rest. absolutely nicholas station said even before the election but before christmas she plans to ask the u.k. government for a guarantee that they would be allowed to hold in direct to the another independence referendum in 2021 she hasn't actually be repeated that promise in the last few hours but it's clear that they've done better than even they expected with $48.00 seats out of scotland's $59.00 seats in westminster they are almost back to the landslide levels that they receive that they achieved in 2015 labor hold on to just one seat they had 7 seats h

lawrence lee is our correspondent who's been tracking the campaign up and down the length and breadth of the country it's such a divisive campaign so many different issues that people were processing what's your sort of take away on the tone of. the i mean totally the big. massive victory for boris johnson it has been in the simplicity you know he brought in exactly the same team the one to the referendum for leave headed by this guy called dominic cummings who is absolutely is the chief of staff boris johnson cummings was the guy came up with the phrase take back control 3 words really really simple and that with boris johnson in charge one the bracks a referendum coming brought back in when johnson becomes prime minister says get it done exactly the same now you can argue all day whether it's disingenuous and what it means it will come out so that but it was very easy for people to understand 3 and a half years into bret's a referendum no progress boris johnson comes in and says. come on chaps enough of all this get on with it by contrast jeremy corbyn had this absolutely impossible

for his constituency things like the airport will not be revealed before next week's election lawrence lee al jazeera usually. take a look at the candidates and boss johnson's constituency there are a total of 12 people vying for that seat. in south has become one of the most high profile contests of the election in 2016 it was one of only 4 london bars to leave more than 20000 people and some have been vaccinated for measles in 2 days medical teams are going door to door attempting to hope the outbreak which has killed at least 60 people in 2 months but as jessica washington reports from the samoan capital appear many say the immunization initiative is too late. in this small village the measles outbreak has claimed 3 young lives from the same family the parents are still in shock struggling to come to terms with what's happened and maybe very. sad for. the last of my it's. already been. reading this. support groups are visiting communities like this bringing medical supplies and offering counseling limits chang is traveling around the country and has spent time with the poor family it's

for his constituency things like the airport will not be revealed before next week's election lawrence lee al jazeera usually government leaders in mauritania say they'll investigate people trafficking networks after 63 migrants drowned off the coast more than 80 managed to swim ashore when their boat capsized they were described as being exhausted and starving is the largest loss of life along the western atlantic route to europe this year more heavy rain is expected in southeastern kenya or at least aren't 30 people have died after 2 months of flooding a tropical storm off the somali coast is expected to make landfall this weekend the government says as many as 300000 residents have left their homes the rain the submerged villages and washed away livestock on the surveillance affected close to 2000000 people in east africa tanzania to ethiopia. in parts of the united states land is being lost to the sea at the rate of a football field every hour 10 years ago al jazeera is not clark visited southern louisiana where he saw the destruction caused by oil extraction and rising sea levels plea

yes there is a possibility of unseating him lawrence lee reports. here it is democracy in action voters queuing in the cold and dark to hear what their would be member of parliament has to say problem is someone's missing they were used to or it's not a very much of us for himself lost it at the previous election he turned up for about 3 photo shoots or something like that had his photograph taken and then off he went again. among the most irritated worthy environmental activists campaigning against the proposed massive expansion of heathrow airport just down the road johnson had promised to support them years ago but now i don't know i'd like to know why he has gone against the pledge he made in 2015 all seemingly that's what the manifesto is seeming to side when he actually could call this in the government for review right now and have him pace vote on it again. all through the campaign johnson's team have limited his appearance is limited his ability to make mistakes and his doj debates with other party leaders but not turning up to the only cam

christmas this year and a little toy as well if he can make it work with them it will have failed lawrence lee al-jazeera stoke on trent. hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines former education minister hasan dia has been named lebanon's new prime minister president michel aoun hosted consultations on thursday with deputies to pick the new premier who must be a sunni muslim under the country's sectarian power sharing system at least 3 people have been killed in a shooting attack in moscow near the headquarters of the f.s.b. security status one member of russia's security service was killed you're watching live pictures now from the streets of moscow where russian police say machine guns were used that area has now been cordoned off u.s. president donald trump has been impeached for alleged abuse of power and the obstruction of congress but speaker nancy pelosi has turned uncertainty on to the next steps by refusing to say when she'll send the articles to the senate. well in iraq a deadline for the nomination of a new prime minister looms a step down from the post last month

been smashed and they've been rebuilt in a completely different set of political circumstances lawrence lee is our correspondent who's been following the ups and downs not just overnight last night into this morning but for the past 3 years. my hair cells to. how did he do it kept it absolutely simple it was a complete vindication of the johnson same strategy brought in exactly the same people who won the referendum the simplest slogans to take back control it done you know you know focused entirely on the enormous public weariness of through the half years of what johnson called dither and delay kept the same messages over and over and over again said look and look dynamic you know i'm as much in a hurry to get this over with as you are just get on with it and they were helps enormously by the absolute catastrophe of jeremy corbyn who could be put on bricks it could be made easily as having not the 1st clue what his policy was of being hypocritical and disingenuous of saying he. i'm going to another deal and then put it to a friend i'm in which will be remaining in the european union so th

this year and a little toy as well if he can't make bricks at work with them it will have failed lawrence lee al jazeera stoke on trent. this is al jazeera and these are current top stories u.s. president been impeached members of the house formally charged him with the be superior and the struction of congress he will now face a senate trial next month. a great day for the constitution of the united states a sad one for america that the president's reckless activities. having. if you do see articles of the. film i do this this this. is something that we did to honor the vision of our founders to establish for the public. the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform to defend our democracy and that republic and the aspirations of our children and that they will always live in democracy and that we have tried to do everything we can to make sure that is their reality. will trump was called the impeachment proceedings an attempted coup he says it's a desperate effort by the democrats to win the 2020 election trump's accused of withholding aid to ukraine to pressure it into investigating his po

christmas this year and a little toy as well if he can make it work with them it will have failed lawrence lee al jazeera stoke on trent follette so life totally farter he is outside the houses of parliament in westminster where the queen's speech is about state place they've just talk us through what we can expect today. i don't even. believe in you hearing us. oh if you're to have some communication difficulties with neve parker we'll work on those and come back later i hope for now let's bring you another story we've been following here and i'll just see are survivors of a boat sank off the coast of mauritania say they would risk the same journey again to reach europe at least 60 people were killed when the boat went and earlier this month nicholas met some of them in the gambian city of barra where their journey began. it's a journey that still haunts him. why did the others die she threw 2 pointers and why did he survive. on board were friends and neighbors from bar all hoping to make it to europe he says they had meticulously planned the trip for weeks but the ocean often brings the unex

christmas this year and a little toy as well if he can't make it work with them it will have failed lawrence leeal jazeera stoke on trent and e.u. court has found that a jailed catalan separatist leader was entitle to immunity that comes with being a member of the european parliament ario hunger us was jailed for 13 years in october his role in a 2017 catalan independence referendum that was deemed illegal by a spanish corpse the european court of justice has ruled that because he was elected an m.e.p. while in prison awaiting trial he cannot be subject to detention or legal proceedings in a separate ruling by a spanish court the leader of catalonia is regional government has been found guilty of disobedience and sentenced to an 18 month ban from holding public office has vowed to appeal his conviction which is over his refusal to remove a procession as to flags from public buildings during campaigning for national and local elections. let's hear from him a team here none of this person but tonight. thanks so much sharon while tens of thousands of people have launched in cities across the dung t

prime minister was nowhere to be seen at a campaign event in his constituency on thursday lawrence lee was there. here it is democracy in action voters queuing in the cold and dark to hear what their would be member of parliament has to say problem is someone's missing they were used to or it's not a very much of us wish a cell for us that at the previous election he turned up for about 3 photo shoots or something like that had his photograph taken and then off he went. among the most irritated worthy environmental activists campaigning against the proposed massive expansion of heathrow airport just down the road johnson had promised to support them years ago but now i don't know i'd like to know why he has gone against the pledge he made in 2015 all seemingly that's what the manifesto is seeming to say when he actually could call this in the government for review right now and have an pays vote on it again. all through the campaign johnson's team have limited his appearances limited his ability to make mistakes and his doj debates with other party leaders but not turning up to the onl

lawrence is there moreog in the future. yes sure is in fact we'll see more that dance ground fog was known as lee fog developing around the bay area again tonight. we're already seng some low clouds out there right now but. >>play moisture on the ground the temperature drops off just down the dew point he we go we're talking about some of that thick fog out there delays at sfo now almost an hour duto some low clouds out there arriving flights no delays in oland or san jose, but certainly by tomorrow morning. maybe someelays in both san francisco, maybe even an oaklan tomorrow morning with some dense fog in the morning hours. other right now remains a mostly dry. no rain to speak of of course we're seeing some of that ground fog because leftovemoisture from the rain from the storms that moved through over the weekend so we've got another system off the coastlin thais going to bring with it at least a slight chance of some showers the bexar i think by tomorrow night just me light stuff, nothing compared like what had ov the weekd. meantime, if you are stepping outside tonight to expect things to be rather cool t there temperatu