something nicola sturgeon has picked up on. something nicola sturgeon has picked up on. "my first thoughts this morning are with service personnel called to action. syria's use of chemical weapons is sickening — but the question that the pm has not answered is how this action, taken without parliamentary approval, will halt their use or bring long term peace." president trump announced the air strikes in a television broadcast from the white house — and directly addressed last week's suspected chemical attack in douma. these are not the actions of a man, they are crimes of a monster instead. following the horrors of world war i a century ago, civilised nations joined together to ban chemical warfare. chemical weapons are uniquely dangerous, not only because they inflict gruesome suffering, but because even small amounts can unleash widespread devastation. the purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons. establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the united states. t

nicola sturgeon, scotla nd time this morning. nicola sturgeon, scotland ‘s first minister.'s ta ke scotland ‘s first minister. let's take a look at some of the other news this morning. sir martin sorrell, the highest paid boss of a british public company, has resigned after being investigated for personal misconduct. sir martin announced he had stepped down as chief executive of wpp with immediate effect, saying it was in the "best interests of the business" for him to go. last year, wpp, the world's largest advertising agency, cut sir martin's salary by nearly a third — to £48.1 million. one person is in a critical condition in hospital, and another has potentially life—changing injuries, after a car ploughed into six pedestrians in essex. two of the group had to be air—lifted to hospital after the incident in canvey island. now on bbc news, we've got some of the best of radio i newsbeat‘s documentaries — with a few images you may find distressing. here's nesta mcgregor. coming up in this special programme, two reports from radioi and ixtra's newsbeat team. firstly, what h

scottish secretary david mundell has said he hopes first minister nicola sturgeon will think again afterrnment rejected devolution proposals in brexit legislation. scotland and wales had been in dispute with the government over where some powers, currently held by the eu, will go after brexit. politicians in wales said changes had been put forward to the uk government's eu withdrawal bill which would protect devolution, but the scottish government has not accepted what's on offer the snp's pete wishart accused the welsh government of capitulation on the issue. it's as no surprise as they have so easily capitulated. we will never stop defending the integrity of our parliament and we will never allow the tories to diminish our problems. this is the case, mr speaker, that the scottish parliament, with responsibilities the uk government has simply overruled the democratic parliament. is that what's going to happen? our position is still clear. we want to secure the agreement of the scottish government to our proposals in relation to clause 11. we have been very clear to my right honourable f

at prime minister's questions, theresa may said she hoped scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon would made considerable changes to the bill to reflect issues raised by our members and by the devolved administrations. it is indeed disappointing that the scottish government have not yet felt able to add to their agreement to the new amendments, and we sincerely hope that they will reconsider their position. parliament square has a new statue, its first commemorating a woman. the work by gillian wearing depicts the suffragist millicent fawcett who led the non—militant campaign for votes for women. here are some moments from the unveiling ceremony. # shout, shout, on with the song... i think we are all immensely excited, thrilled, honoured and are very grateful to all the people who made it possible. less than 3% of british statues feature woman who actually existed. with this statue of millicent fawcett, the first actual statue of a woman and the first statue by a woman, in this iconic location, we've made one hell of a start on changing that. three, two, one... applause. this is a momen

let's cross to glasgow and speak to scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon.hese air strikes? the united states saying they are locked and loaded and ready for more air strikes. well, first of all in a situation as complicated and multilayered and is risky in terms of potential escalation, i think we can do with less hyperbolic in presidential tweets. i don't think that helps the situation. for me, the question in terms ofjudging the action that was taken on friday night into saturday morning is, does it help alleviate humanitarian suffering in syria that predates the chemical attack last week and does it help take syria a further step forward along the road to sustainable peace? isolated air strikes have not achieved either of those things in the past and nothing i have heard has persuaded me that these isolated air strikes will achieve that now. we need a coordinated international effort in syria, firstly to ensure that security council resolution —— that the security council resolution can ta ke the security council resolution can take effect and also to fi

earlier, the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, told me that isolated air strikes would notikes in the past that were supposedly about depleting assad's ability to launch chemical attacks against his own population, and that has not have that effect. last year we saw the united states launching an air attack on an air base in syria, supposedly to deplete the abilities of the syrian air force. within hours, syrian warplanes were taking off again from that airbase. the efficiency of isolated air strikes, i think, is questionable. it might make the west feel as if action has been taken, but i don't think syria needs gesture actions like this. it may also have an effect in what increasingly appears like a macho strongman stand—off between president trump and putin. but that should not be the function of uk foreign policy. it should not be dictated by the interests of president trump, but it should be dictated by the interests of the syrian people in this respect, and should be sanctioned by the uk parliament. i certainly regret the fa ct parliament. i certainly regret the fact t

nor is nicola sturgeon and it does raise some eyebrows.n't made it and he has just won kendrick lamar hasn't made it and he hasjust won a kendrick lamar hasn't made it and he has just won a pulitzer prize. 0n the first hip—hop artist to have made daily—macro won a pulitzer prize. but other people have made it onto the list, a group of florida teenagers, who have been campaigning against gun crime have made it on the list. it is people who have made an impact on society as a whole. so it is quite a good list. more women and young people are on the list than ever before, which is promising, 45 women and 45 people under 40 so the omission of some men might be to make way for women?” don't think it works like that. maybe because of the #metoo campaign. women have had their abilities recognised and they have featured them. i don't think they have just ignored some featured them. i don't think they havejust ignored some men. theresa may hasn't made the list, nicola sturgeon and angela merkel haven't made the list and they are world leaders. it's