the scottish national party is to send a leaflet to every home in scotland, making the economic case party leader and first minister nicola sturgeon told the snp spring conference that the last 3 years had shown beyond any doubt that the westminster system was broken. ms sturgeon has already said she wants to hold another referendum on scottish independence by 2021. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith reports from edinburgh. she came to tell them what they've all been so eagerly waiting to hear — that she is ready for another scottish referendum. the party's now got a new economic policy they think could win them independence, so the campaign starts now. we must have the choice of a better future. scotland must have the choice of an independent future. she and her party are buoyed by polls suggesting voters are moving their way. support for independence is already up. 0urjob now is to get support for independence surging and make sure that no westminster government can ever stand in the way of scotland's right to choose. before anyone can choose, the uk government has to agree to holding

both labour and the scottish national party now say they will support a plan to keep the uk in both theunion and the single market. some conservatives says that's not the brexit they want. we will be voting broadly in line with our policy, even things that are not in line with our policy. none of this makes sense. it is time we went back to a proper brexit. this is the scene live in the house of commons, where the debate has just an hourto run.

she told delegates at her scottish national party spring conference that britain's parliamentary system is broken and scotland needs to make its own choice over its future. ukraine's president elect of the mayor's alecky has promised to grant ukrainian citizenship to russians who quote suffer under the kremlin's rule the pledge was a response to a decree by russian president vladimir putin making it easier for ukrainians in breakaway regions to obtain russian passports jeff has been fighting must go back to rebels in eastern ukraine since two thousand and fourteen. tens of thousands of hong kong residents have marched against a proposed law that would allow people to be extradited to china to face trial activists say the law will further erode rights and liberties in the autonomy is reaching the protest comes days after the arrests of several pro-democracy activists. the people of the need to have voted in parliamentary elections the west african states main opposition parties supporters to boycott the polls because tough new eligibility rules effectively barred them from fielding candi

what ever it takes to keep scotland in the european union and she told delegates at her scottish national party's spring conference that britain's parliamentary system is broken and scotland needs to make its own choice over its future. ukraine's president elect billowed emirs alecky has promised to grant ukrainian citizenship to russians who quote suffer under the kremlin's rule the pledge was a response to a decree by russian president vladimir putin making it easier for ukrainians in breakaway regions to obtain russian passports jeff has been fighting moscow backed rebels in eastern ukraine since two thousand and fourteen. the people of been have voted in part of entry elections west african states main opposition parties asked supporters to boycott the polls because tough new eligibility rules effectively barred them from fielding candidates voters were only given the choice between two parties allied to president parties tell don't. was once seen as a model for democracy in the region. to mozambique now where residents are reeling in the aftermath of the second cycling to strike the country

whatever it takes to keep scotland in the european union in edinburgh she told delegates at her scottish national party spread conference that britain's parliamentary system is broken and that scotland needs to make its own choice over its future. tens of thousands of hong kong residents have marched against a proposed law that would allow people to be extradited to china to face trial activists say the law will further erode rights and liberties in the autonomous region of protests comes days after the arrest of several pro-democracy activists. sports news now in saturday's bundesliga action included one of the biggest games of the season as dortmund hosted bitter rivals with dortmund battling with buy in for the title and shelter not yet safe from relegation there were ramifications for both sides and the result shook the bundesliga. a few games in football evoke such passion is dortmund shocker for both teams plenty at stake in this one albeit it overseas ends of its how you both sound cut down on their luck and true to form the title contenders struck first. very good circuits in his head on the en

whatever it takes to keep scotland in the european union in edinburgh she told delegates at her scottish national party spring conference that britain's part of entry system is broken and scotland needs to make its own choice for its future. serious flooding is being reported in parts of mozambique three days after the cyclon kennett hit government is urging people to seek higher ground with hundreds of thousands at risk of floods coming just six weeks after another psych loan each day killed more than six hundred people in the country. tens of thousands of hong kong residents have marched against a proposed law that would allow people to be extradited to china to face trial activists say the law will further erode rights and liberties in the autonomy this region the protest comes days after the arrest of several pro-democracy activists. by sir thanks for joining us sri lankan forces have raided the headquarters of an islamist group suspected of being behind the easter suicide bombings more than two hundred fifty people died in the attacks on multiple hotels and churches and the country remains on edge

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the scottish national party is to send a leaflet to every home in scotland making the economic case forng conference that the last three years had shown beyond any doubt that the westminster system was broken. ms sturgeon has already said she wants to hold another referendum on scottish independence by 2021. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, reports from edinburgh. she came to tell them what they've all been so eagerly waiting to hear — that she is ready for another scottish referendum. the party has now got a new economic policy they think could win them independence, so the campaign starts now. we must have the choice of a better future. scotland must have the choice of an independent future. she and her party are buoyed by polls suggesting voters are moving their way. support for independence is already up. 0urjob now is to get support for independence surging and make sure that no westminster government can ever stand in the way of scotland's right to choose. before anyone can choose, the uk government has to agree to holding a referendum. nicola sturgeon set out what the real chall

sturgeon says she will do whatever it takes to keep scotland in the european union she told her scottish national party spring conference that britain's parliamentary system is broken and that scotland needs to make its own choices over its future. ukraine's president elect a lot of mirrors a lens he has promised to grant ukrainian citizenship to russians who quote suffer under the kremlin's rule the pledge was a response to a decree by russian president vladimir putin making it easier for ukrainians and breakaway regions to obtain russian passports kiev has been fighting moscow backed rebels in eastern ukraine since two thousand and fourteen. all sudanese protesters are helling a breakthrough in talks with north terry leaders they've agreed to form a joint council to pave the way for civilian rule so downs longtime leader omar al bashir was ousted by the military earlier this month that after mass protests one photographer has been capturing some of the images of this uprising he doesn't use i bring him and money curd ball talked with him in the capital khartoum. oh for thirty two year old mohammed th

sturgeon says she will do whatever it takes to keep scotland in the european union she told a scottish national party spring conference of britain's parliamentary system is broken and that scotland needs to make its own choice over its future. ukraine's president elect a lot of mayors selenski has promised to grant ukrainian citizenship to russians who quote suffer under the kremlin's rule the pledge was a response to decree by russian president vladimir putin making it easier for ukrainians in breakaway regions to obtain russian passports you have as been fighting moscow backed rebels in eastern ukraine since two thousand and fourteen. let's go now to turkey where there are ever fewer independent voices in the media european union and others have criticized president area one in recent years over restrictions on press freedom and on the jelling of government critics but from today on words there will be a new source of information for that country the pictures you're seeing here are from a you tube channel being launched in turkey it's driven by major international broadcasters and channels a joint

"backs climate change denial, and uses racist and misognyst rhetoric.‘ the leaders of the scottish national partyso said they will stay away. the bbc has been told exclusively that the authorities in libya agreed to extradite hashem abedi — brother of the manchester bomber salman abedi — to britain to face charges, but this is now on hold because of heavy fighting on the outskirts of the capital tripoli. hashem abedi has been in custody in tripoli since shortly after the bombing, which killed 22 people at a concern at the manchester arena in may 2017. from tripoli, orla guerin reports. gunfire. on the outskirts of tripoli, another round of battle. gunfire. government fighters mounting a chaotic defence of the capital. it's under attack by forces from eastern libya. one unseen casualty of this conflict, the attempt to extradite a suspect in the manchester bombing. this is hashem abedi, brother of the bomber salman abedi. he was detained here in libya a day after the attack in may 2017. greater manchester police have a warrant for his arrest on charges relating to the murder of 22 people. in libya'

the scottish national party leader, nicola sturgeon, has warned the government in westminster not to a second independence referendum. earlier this week, the first minister said another referendum should be held by 2021 if the uk leaves the eu. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in edinburgh. lorna, we have just lorna, we havejust had next to lorna, we have just had next to ‘s speech, was it all independence?m was, she touched upon policies, i think it is fair to say there were three broad themes to her speech, which lasted about 45 minutes or so and has just this which lasted about 45 minutes or so and hasjust this moment which lasted about 45 minutes or so and has just this moment come to an end with a standing ovation in the hall packed with around 2000 or so delegates. i think those themes were policies, process, the ideas behind them, the timescale for any legislation to do with a second independence referendum, and the strategy to build the support, the policies had the idea of intergenerational fairness policies had the idea of intergenerationalfairness behind much of

the scottish national party leader, nicola sturgeon will warn the government in westminster this afternoon second independence referendum. earlier this week the first minister said another referendum should be held by 2021 if the uk leaves the eu. 0ur political correspondent lynsey bews is in edinburgh for us. tell us a little bit more about what nicola sturgeon is likely to say this afternoon. nicola sturgeon will be addressing snp members in a keynote speech here at the conference this afternoon. she is expected to focus her members' mines on building the case for independence, because it's building that case which will increase support, which nicola sturgeon says will make the uk government's position on this unsustainable. the uk government has said it will not give permission for nicola sturgeon to hold a second independence referendum, but she thinks rising support amongst undecided voters and soft no photos at the last referendum will force them to change their minds so she will focus on that rather than timing and process today. david lidington said earlier this week that he would

let us be patient is the response from the european council president, donald tusk, but the scottish national party is unimpressed. this isa national party is unimpressed. this is a process that we are engaged in in parliament, there is a bill out tomorrow that will extend the article 50 process, and what we have seen today is a prime minister who seems to want to ignore that and engage ina seems to want to ignore that and engage in a fireside chat with jeremy corbyn. that's not acceptable. when the time comes, they'll be in the chambers. a neo—nazi and convicted paedophile is facing a jail sentence for plotting to murder the labour mp rosie cooper. as london imposes a new ultra—low emissions zone, health experts say long—term exposure to man—made air pollution accounts for 30,000 deaths a year in the uk. and at 11:30pm we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers. stay with us for that. good evening. after a cabinet meeting that lasted eight hours, the prime minister has announced she will ask the eu for another extension to the brexit deadline, to try to break the logjam in

friends in the uk, that is the greens of england and wales, scotland and northern ireland, the scottish national partyosed to win, so actually my group will be stronger if european elections are carried out in the united kingdom, so i would relish the opportunity. the only thing is that i want a plan and again, if you ask me, i want the uk to stay inside the opinion because often times, i can tell you that, i have been more on the side of london than on the side of berlin and paris, who are noticeably on financial regulation, the united kingdom has been a stronger voice than either paris or berlin. so i would rather have united kingdom at my side, rather than have it outside of the european union. let us be honest. in the end, there is not the will in the european union to push it in hours, which you could do next week, you could stick to this april 12 deadline, you could sort of shuffle britain out of the door and slam the door behind, but i suspect that in the end, the european union knows that the economic damage to itself, as well as to the uk, that will come with the no—deal brexit, will come wit

the scottish national party did not vote for the ken clarke option.have not seen who voted for what, but if thatis not seen who voted for what, but if that is the case, they might come on board in return for a referendum. you can see how ideal could potentially be done. but it is not really in the hands of the mps to make that deal. it is still the government that has to construct a package. and is there any sign that they will take this on board, or can they will take this on board, or can the mps make their own deal? it is all very unclear. of course, the government would say, you have had another go at this and now it is time to have another vote on our deal. and they would say, on friday, we got 286 votes for the withdrawal but, the divorce part of the agreement. they look set to bring it back. steve barclay seemed intent on bringing it back. well, each day seems to bring something new in brexit world at the moment. that is what we are all expecting to happen. but you would hope they might find some way to find a solution to meet the mps halfway i

point zero seems to be the front runner at the moment yet looks like it is said last time the scottish national party on the labor party didn't m.p.'s in sports they didn't make that discipline them peace to support this proposal this time they are going to make a big difference to the numbers that looks like that's the most likely to get that majority to get the three hundred ten two hundred fifty looks like a plausible proposition in the house of commons if it does get a majority was sort of does this pose for to resume a vis beleaguered prime minister so let's really unlucky the trees and i would actually follow through and say ok we can have some single market membership have freedom of movement of people in the eleanore because that's against all i read lucy said that she will refuse to do that refused to keep freedom of movement refused to stay in the single market refused to have not have this straight independent trade policy that would mean not having this customs union essentially it's hard to see how to reason make a car those things then you have the parliament the house of commons set ag

will the prime minister engage in formal talks, what the scottish national party and other opposition parties to make sure our voices are heard and that desire to stay in the european union, and is respected. we met before and talked about these issues, i am always happy to meet party leaders across the house and find a way forward. i want to find a way that delivers on the referendum, delivers brexit and does it as soon as possible in a way that means we don't have to fight the european parliamentary election and does it in an orderly way. we talked about voices from scotland. i can assure him there are strong voices for scotland in the house, they sit on the conservative bench. >> nigel adams. [shouting] >> i urge my right honorable friend the prime minister, can i urge her on behalf of all the people of shelby to put her weight behind the campaign, the railway station. i am sorry to disappoint colleagues. >> this is very important. >> it is unacceptable that in this day and age, those who are unable to walk, people with disabilities are denied access, the people who demand action.

will the prime minister do informal talks what the scottish national party and other opposition parties to make sure our voices are heard, that desire to stay in the european union for the best deal for all of us is listen to and be respected. >> prime minister . >> he knows we've met before and talked with these issues and i'm always happy to meet party leaders across wathis houe . i want to find a way forward that delivers on the referendum that delivers brexit and does it as soon as possible but in a way that means we don't have to fight the european organization and in an orderly way for this country. the voices from scotland, i can ensure there are indeed strong voices for scotland in this house and they sit on the conservative -- [ crowd noise ] . >> mr. nigel adams. [ crowd noise ] >> uthank you, mr. speaker. can i urge, my right, honorable friend , the prime minister, can i urge her on behalf of all of the people of lb got to put her weight behind the campaign the selby railway station . >> here, here. . >> i'm sorry to disappoint colleagues. [ laughter ] >> this is very importa

. >> what the scottish government and the scottish national party and other opposition parties , to make sure our voices are heard and the desire to stay in the european union, the best deal for all of us is listened to and respected. here, here. . >> prime minister expecting owes , because we've met before and talked about the issues as i've done with other party leaders, i'm always happy to meet party leaders across the house but i want to find a way forward that delivers on the referendum, that delivers brexit and does it as soon as possible and in a way which means we don't have to fight the european parliamentary election and in an orderly way for this country. i can assure him there are indeed strong voices and they sit on the conservative benches . >> mr. nigel adams . >> here, here. . [ crowd noise ] >> i urge >> thank you mr. speaker, can i urge my right honorable friend, the prime minister, and i urge her, on behalf of all of the people of selby to put her weight behind the campaign? >> this is very important . >> it's totally unacceptable that in this day and age, those that a

the scottish national party leader, nicola sturgeon has warned the government in westminster not to standdum.. earlier this week the first minister said another referendum should be held by 2021 if the uk leaves the eu. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon, spoke to us a little earlier, just after ms sturgeon finished speaking at the snp conference in edinburgh. i think it's fair to say that there were three broad themes to her speech, which lasted about 45 minutes, and has just this moment come to an end with a standing ovation in the hall packed with a around about 2000 or so delegates. those themes were policies, process, the ideas behind them, that the timescale for any legislation to do with a second independence referendum, and the strategy to build the support for the policies, and the idea of intergenerational fairness behind much of them. she talked of offering a £25,000 loan to first—time buyers, that would be implemented by the end of the year. declaring a climate change emergency in response to those climate change strikers. when it came to process, she announced she would

face to face talks with corbin as something of a trap it was described by one as same piece scottish national party member the feeling is that by allowing jeremy corbyn see of potentially get his fingerprints on a compromise deal if the deal goes well then both the labor party and the conservatives both to reason by and corbin can celebrate together if it goes by a delay then of course it can both be blamed what that will mean for their political careers in the long run who knows what will that mean for the parties in the long run who knows but the question at the moment right now is whether or not a compromise is a toll possible given that both of these parties have been going at bret's it from slightly different angles it's can be very interesting indeed to see whether or not so one policy gives more than another but as this continues the comma around to reason may in corbin is growing ever louder clamor amongst hardline breck city is saying the trees of maize doing the wrong thing climate from within jeremy corbin's labor party who are deeply wired's that the labor policy and corbin of being loo

let us be patient is the response from donald tusk to eu leaders, but the scottish national party isnimpressed. this is a process we are engaged in in parliament. there is a bill being dropped tomorrow that would extend the article 50 process. and what we are seeing tonight is the prime ministers seems to want to ignore that and engage in a fireside chat with jeremy corbyn. that and engage in a fireside chat withjeremy corbyn. that's not acceptable. theresa may has announced that the government will seek a further extension to the brexit process. in a statement in downing street earlier this evening, which followed seven hours of cabinet discussions, the prime minister said the delay should be as short as possible. mrs may offered to work with the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, to find a deal both parties could support. she said it would have to include her withdrawal agreement. in the past hour, the labour leader has said he's "very happy" to meet the prime minister. let's hear the prime minister's statement in full. i've just come from chairing seven hours of cabinet meetings, focus

the scottish national party leader, nicola sturgeon, will warn the government in westminster this afternoonsecond independence referendum. earlier this week, the first minister said another referendum should be held by 2021 if the uk leaves the eu. 0ur political correspondent lorna gordon is in edinburgh for us. good afternoon, it is going to be speech in about an hour's time, much prediction that independence will be the theme. yes, nicola sturgeon will be taking to the conference hall, making her speech and a little over an hour's time, she will be speaking toa an hour's time, she will be speaking to a packed hall, a 2000 0c seeds, it is likely to be filled to capacity, as it always is at snp conference. you capacity, as it always is at snp conference. you are capacity, as it always is at snp conference. you are right, she will build on the speech she made to holyrood on wednesday, when she said that she wanted to hold another independence referendum in 2021, if the uk leaves the eu. 0f independence referendum in 2021, if the uk leaves the eu. of course, there will be some policy statemen

with the prime minister engage in formal talks with the scottish government, the scottish national partyted? i've just respected? i'vejust said to respected? i've just said to the honourable gentleman, as he knows, because we have talked about this before. i'm a lwa ys have talked about this before. i'm always happy to meet party leaders across this house, but i want to find a way forward. i want to find a way that delivers on the referendum, delivers brexit, as soon as possible, in a way that means we don't have to fight to the european parliamentary elections. and desert in an orderly way for the country. he talks about voices from scotland, there are indeed strong voices for scotla nd there are indeed strong voices for scotland in this house and they sit on conservative benches. nigel adams, on conservative benches. nigeladams, mr on conservative benches. nigel adams, mr nigel adams. jeering. thank you, mr speaker, can i urge my right honourable friend the prime minister, can i urge her, and behalf of all the people of selebi, to put her weight behind the campaign for access for the r

the scottish national party's spring conference is taking place in edinburgh this weekend.ally going to hold a second referendum? we think scotla nd hold a second referendum? we think scotland should have a choice over whether we want to brexit with the rest of britain we would rather have scotla nd rest of britain we would rather have scotland as an independent country in europe. if you look back to the european council meeting that extended the membership, around a dozen of the 27 countries making a decision were smaller than or similar in size to scotland, being independent is in europe is a formal thing. continuing to bolster relationships across the british isles. in 2014, the majority voted remained to be part of the uk. it was four or five years ago. i'm not arguing with that. since 2014, most people across the uk would find it ha rd to people across the uk would find it hard to argue that things haven't changed pretty significantly. in 201a, those who argued against scottish independence said one of the reasons we should reject it is that we would get thrown out of

this exercise over the course of this exercise over the last three years almost has been the scottish national party customs union was the compromise position. scotla nd union was the compromise position. scotland did vote heavily to stay in the eu, 62- 38% and scotland did vote heavily to stay in the eu, 62— 38% and the position we are in tonight is the majority of scottish mps voted to revoke article 50, a majority voted to have a people's vote and the majority voted to stay in the single market and the customs union. to find out how your mp voted in last night's indicative votes, you can visit bbc.co.uk/politics. the nhs in england is to make a blood test more widely available in an attempt to speed up the diagnosis of a potentially fatal condition affecting pregnant women. until now, pre—eclampsia has been difficult to detect accurately because the symptoms, including high blood pressure and nausea, are common in most pregnancies. researchers at king's college london found their test cut the diagnosis time in half, and was more reliable. victims of fraud in england and wales are not receiving th

national security council meeting about the chinese telecoms giant huawei. the snp‘s spring conference gets under way in edinburgh tomorrow. it comes just days after scottish first minister and partydes to come. the people of scotland surely must have the ability to choose, whether they want to a cce pt ability to choose, whether they want to accept that‘s par for the future or to opt for a different path which is to be an independent european nation, able to protect our relationships across the british isles but play a full part in the eu as well. and to protect our economy and society. he wants an independence referendum with the next two years, yet you know that is virtually impossible because you say you want the fog of brexit to have cleared before people can make an informed choice, that it may not have happened, and the westminster events have made it clear they were not give you the permission to hold that referendum. his government has zero authority, it changes its mind every day. it‘s were that is where it is not its bond. there were other government in westminster should give you a referendum. they think it is acceptable in any democracy to block the right of the peopl

says she will do whatever it takes to keep the nation in the european union she told her scottish national party spring conference that britain's parliamentary system is broken and scotland needs to make its own choice over its future. the government of mozambique has raised the death toll from cyclon canas to thirty eight the storm slammed into northern mozambique on sunday causing massive flooding more torrential rainfall is expected in the days ahead kenneth comes less than two months after cyclonic die devastated the region around buyer in the south of the country. president toci has called the e.u. too weak to jump start stalled peace talks between his country and serbia without help from the u.s. he was speaking during a summit of balkan nations in berlin serbia still refuses to recognize kosovo's independence following the balkan wars. this is news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes torrential rains and flooding strike mozambique just days after cycling kind of smashed into the country to levels increase many areas for gretzky workers who review the situation on the ground also

both labour and the scottish national party now say they will support a plan to keep the uk in both the customs union and the single market. some conservatives says that's not the brexit they want. we will be voting broadly in line with our policy, even things that are not in line with our policy. none of this makes sense. it is time we went back to a proper brexit. this is the scene live in the house of commons, where the debate has just an hourto run. also on the programme: the trump administration plans to shut america's border with mexico this week, unless there's a dramatic change in circumstances. and the upset in the democratic race. how this small town mayor is raising big time money. hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in westminster. the house of commons has just two weeks to find a brexit plan it can support. tonight then, is a pivotal moment. yes, we have said that many times before. but if tonight the mp's fail, a second time, to find a majority for one of the four proposals in front of them, then who knows what might come next. number 10

the scottish national party are also pushing for this.e last two years at the implications of brexit, the lack of planning, and some of the issues that need to be confronted about the opportunity is there and that needs to be seized. let's the idea of a confirmatory vote — but on theresa may's deal — came up in parliament. here's one labour. that she acknowledged that putting it to the public is higher break from this deadlock equipment —— does she acknowledge? campaigners for a second referendum may feel they have the wind in their sails but — i put it tojonathan blake earlier — that doesn't give them a majority in parliament. i think the arguments that you have heard a similarto i think the arguments that you have heard a similar to those who want a second referendum have been making for some time now. it is billy, i think, illustrative of the delay, for the extension, allows people on all sides of westminster and beyond to put their arguments again and try to put their arguments again and try to make them more loudly and argued that th

let us be patient is the response from donald tusk to eu leaders, but the scottish national party is