this is bbc news. today we are going to take you to the scottish parliament.el matheson is about to make a personal statement to the scottish parliament amid a controversy over his holiday ipad usage. mr matheson is paying back almost £11,000 run up on his parliamentary ipad, while on a new year holiday in morocco. mr matheson has said the data was used in connection details published by the scottish parliament show he used six gigabytes of data on his week—long holiday — enough to stream netflix for 2h hours. 0ur reporter thomas brada has the background on this story. last christmas, scotland's health secretary michael matheson went

that is why i have today asked, i have referred myself to the scottish parliament corporate body so theyate the matter further to address any remaining questions to this parliament's the satisfaction. i take very seriously the reputation of the scottish parliament, of which i have always striven to be a diligent member since its restoration in 1990. my wish is that i can now focus fully on the vital duties that i have as msp and as health secretary. i want members to accept my explanation, myself referral under the code of conduct, and my unreserved apology. thank ou. and my unreserved apology. thank yom given — and my unreserved apology. thank yon given the _ and my unreserved apology. thank you. given the decision _ and my unreserved apology. thank you. given the decision of - and my unreserved apology. thank you. given the decision of the - you. given the decision of the parliament to suspend rule 13.1.4, i will allow_ parliament to suspend rule 13.1.4, i will allow a — parliament to suspend rule 13.1.4, i will allow a period of around ten minules— will allow a period of around ten mi

in this voting, the representatives of the labor party in the scottish parliament also voted in favorof the cease-fire in gaza and acted against the opinion of the leader of this party, starmer. the representatives of the ruling conservative party in scotland, however, opposed the ceasefire in gaza. the two main british parties, conservative and labor , have been in power in this country for decades they have different opinions, but they agree with each other about the continuation of the gaza war and the killing of palestinians. an approach contrary to the wishes of the 76 people of this country. the announcement of the nazarjiu institute said: we are all here to force the representatives to take action to end the killing of palestinians and boycott israel. what is important for all the world and our people is the end of the occupation of the palestinian land and the necessity of boycotting israel. in the continuation of popular protests in england against the crimes of the zionist regime in gaza, thousands of people from different strata of people, especially the youth , condemned t

speaking to the scottish parliament, michael matheson said he wanted to protect his family. issued last friday, in my statement, issued last friday, i made no reference to the use of data by my family. as a parent, i wanted to protect my family... from being part of the political media scrutiny associated with this, something i believe any parent would want to do. i am a father first and foremost. i can see now that it is just not possible to explain the data usage without explaining their role. the simple truth is they were watching football matches. 0n watching football matches. on tuesday i told the first minister that members of my family had made use of the ipad data, and yesterday evening i provided him with full account of the matter and of my intention to inform parliament. disclosing this information about my family has been extremely difficult. mistakes have been made by me and by my family. mistakes have been made in the way in which i have handled this. i should in the way in which i have handled this. ishould have in the way in which i have handled this. i shoul

in this voting, the representatives of the labor party in the scottish parliament also voted in favorgaza and acted against the opinion of starr, the leader of this party. representatives of the conservative ruling party in scotland, however, opposes the ceasefire in gaza. the two main british parties, conservative and labor , have been in power in this country for decades. these two parties disagree with each other in most cases, but about the continuation of the war. the people of this country, according to the announcement of the nazarji yougof institute: are we all here to force the representatives to take action to end the killing of palestinians and boycott israel? what is important for the whole world and our people. in the continuation of popular protests in england against the crimes of the zionist regime in gaza, thousands of people from different strata of people, especially young people, opposed the mps. they demanded a cease-fire and an end to the crimes committed by the zionist regime in gaza. mojtaba ghasemzadeh is a reporter for london radio and television. he is in al

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in this voting, the representatives of the labor party in the scottish parliament also voted in favorthe ceasefire in gaza and acted against the opinion of starr, the leader of this party. the representatives of the ruling conservative party in scotland, however, opposed the ceasefire in gaza. the two main british parties, the conservatives and the labor party, have been in power for decades they have the country in their hands. these two parties disagree with each other in most cases, but they agree with each other about the continuation of the gaza war and the killing of palestinians. according to the announcement of the nazarji yougof institute, we are all here to force the representatives to take action to end the killing of palestinians and boycott israel. what is important for all the world and our people is the end of the occupation of the palestinian land and the need to sanction israel in the continuation of popular protests in england against the crimes of the zionist regime in gaza. the parliament condemned the ceasefire and demanded a stop to the crimes committed by the zi

in this voting, representatives of the labor party in the scottish parliament they also voted in favor of the ceasefire in gaza and acted against the opinion of the leader of this party. representatives of the ruling party. oppose in gaza. the two main british parties , conservative and labor , have been in power in this country for decades. these two parties disagree with each other in most cases, but they agree on the continuation of the gaza war and the killing of palestinians. the people of this country, according to the announcement of the nazarjiu institute, said that we are all here to force the representatives to take action to end the killing of palestinians and boycott israel, what is important for the whole world and our people is the end of the occupation of the palestinian land necessity of an israeli embargo in the continuation of popular protests in england against the crimes of the zionist regime in gaza, thousands of people from different sections of the people, especially the youth , condemned the opposition of the members of parliament to the ceasefire and demanded a

the scottish governments amendments has been passed by 19 members of parliament with 28 votes against protests have gathered outside the parliament to pressure their representative to quote for truce which is heiress mohammed mother joyce has now from outside the scottish parliament. uh and added brad. this is, of course i have been very significant from for the 1st minister himself because of course he has familial ties with gauze and tell us, well yes indeed, this is not the festival, it's for about a month, and they ok, that was fundament voted in favor of a ceasefire and does that before that. but this is very important because of the unit to the core, the 2 of the debates and discussions, as complemented and described by many members of the scottish parliament who spent more than 3 hours debating and discussing the situation and the sadness and the sort of the paying that to is there a to and for the students time it is going to a, this is a step towards more pressure, more political and diplomatic efforts into another here. and that you okay to begin with from the government. th

he brought with him an ipad issued by the scottish parliament and it ended up with a data roaming bill usage statement and you can look even more closely at this entry. more than three gigabytes of data using just one day, january two. now, that ended up costing more than £7,000. question started being asked about how he was able to use so much data. well, opposition politicians pointed out that on the very same day there was an old firm football match between rangers and celtic, and now mr matheson has revealed that his sons were using his ipad to hotspot and stream football. i his ipad to hotspot and stream football. is, , his ipad to hotspot and stream football. u, , ., ., his ipad to hotspot and stream football. u, , ., . , football. i can see now that it is 'ust not football. i can see now that it is just not possible _ football. i can see now that it is just not possible to _ football. i can see now that it is just not possible to explain - football. i can see now that it is just not possible to explain the| just not possible to explain the data usage without explaining their rol

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i started in 1999 in the scottish parliament, of the few conservatives elected.d tojoke it i used to joke it was like i used tojoke it was like being behind the enemy lines. you know from scottish politics. you know from scottish politics. certainly in 1997, we don't have a tory mp, we were wiped off the face of the political scene in scotland, we did not have a council. slightly out of naivety, i turn up aged 28. no one could understand why anyone wanted to be conservative in 1998 in scotland. it has been a long slog. it has been a fascinating window on history, the first scottish parliament, the first msp. i learnt my trade. i sat on select committees where there were 15 members and one conservative. and i learned there are some decent people. yet the last seven years have been extremely high pressure, security minister first of all then defence secretary. defence secretary during the biggest, most significant since world war ii inside europe. living with that pressure, how has that been? some of that has been fine because i was in the army so i have lived with

if we consider what does the scottish parliament do, it's there to deliver services that scotland has scotland, had always been education, and yet we have seen the opening of the scottish parliament, the standards in education, the attainment, the difficulties for those with disadvantaged backgrounds is actually get worse . and we now actually get worse. and we now have the situation that what was once a jewel in the crown has fallen behind standards in england that used to be unheard of in scotland. so if we look at different aspects of what the scottish parliament runs , then scottish parliament runs, then we find that it runs badly and the idea that nationalism, that's clearly not worked either because we've actually had the snp in power for, for 60 odd years , it's actually not done years, it's actually not done what it was sold to do. and think in that regard, people who even advocated it must be disappointed gutted. >> yeah. i mean , brian, where do >> yeah. i mean, brian, where do you think i'm going to ask you to be my mystic meg for a moment? where do you think actually the p

a group of protests have scaled scottish parliament hang a banner and palestinian flag .e group of five climbed up the outside of the main entrance, draping a banner which reads stop arming israel. police have cordoned off the area underneath, but business in parliament is continuing . police parliament is continuing. police have said they're aware of the protest , but officers are in protest, but officers are in attendance . idf soldiers attendance. idf soldiers uncovered tunnel shafts and seized weapon caches when they took control of a hamas outpost in northern gaza. they say it took ten hours of fighting to take the control of the military stronghold in western jabalya . stronghold in western jabalya. some 80 countries and international organisations meeting in paris today to discuss ways of getting humanity an aid to people in gaza . health an aid to people in gaza. health authorities from both palestinian and israeli sides claim over 12,000 people have died in the conflict , with an died in the conflict, with an additional 163 fatalities in the west bank. the foreig

the expense was initially picked up by the scottish parliament, ie taxpayers, after mr matheson said to the parliament for further investigation. we'll speak to the leader of the scottish conservatives in a moment. first, here's joe. what do you have to do on one ipad, in one week, to spend £11,000? it's a question that's provoked a lot of headlines and really caught the public imagination in scotland. this is michael matheson. he's been in the scottish cabinet for almost a decade. but over the last week, he's really been feeling the heat. and all because of a holiday in morocco, which has proved to be rather more expensive than planned. last december, mr matheson, his wife and teenage sons went there over the new year, and he took his parliamentary ipad. soon after he returned to scotland, the bill came in. extra data charges of £10,935.74. this was partly because he'd not updated his sim card when the parliament moved data provider. but still, why so much data usage? he now says his family claimed at the time they'd not used it. so because the ipad had only been used for work, parli

ceasefire in gaza was approved by 90 of the 118 representatives participating in this vote in the scottish parliament. in this rigiri n. i would like to welcome all the dear noble families who were oppressed and did not sing for mercy today. although mercy is the leaven of our school, but in order to feel that the system maintains its main supports, it is a recitation of the supreme leader of the revolution and muslim muslims on the noble qur'an and a gift to his noble family. they are giving it, it says that this system protects and honors its main supports , the dear noble families , the noble families who give the most precious assets of their lives to the system and the revolution and to preserve the soil of this country. i am proud to be a small environmentalist on the soles of your feet, mothers and fathers. and i would like to kiss the dear children of the martyrs and martyrs with pride, and on behalf of the supreme leader of the revolution, who will be the representative of the supreme leader of the judiciary, and on behalf of the honorable presidency of the president, i offer you both your g

the 2 of the debates and discussions, as complemented and described by many members of the scottish parliament who spent more than 3 hours debating and discussing the situation in does the sadness and the social, the paying that to is there a to put a scene, it's time it is going to a, this is a step towards more pressure, more political and diplomatic efforts into another here and the okay to begin with from the school through government, then over the world. this is maybe the faults parliament in western europe to vote in favor of a seeds fire and goes up to the well as the cats alone in parliament and irish department as well. so we're talking about some look at the bottom and spot a accumulates that builds up the momentum for codes for ceasefire internationally as the of the motion that was uh, voted for the amended motion amendment tables by a n a. so so was the leader of the scope this quote to ship uh, uh, was accepted by the s m b. let's go to the government. it's cause for the international criminal court to investigate any reports of the predictions of international law and internati

how much in mind, who has more from outside the scottish parliament in and a this is not the festival, it's for about a month and they ok, that was fundamental. voted in favor of a ceasefire. and god's that before that. but this is very important because of the unit to the core, the 2 of the debates and discussions, as complemented and described by many members of the scottish parliament who spent more than 3 hours debating and discussing the situation in guns. the sadness and the sorel. the paying that to is there a to put a scene in time, it is going to, uh, this is a step towards more pressure, more political and diplomatic efforts into another here and the okay to begin with from the school through government, then over the world, this is maybe the faults parliament in western europe to vote in favor of a seeds fire in gaza up to the well as the cats alone in parliament and the irish parliament as well. so we're talking about some look at the bottom and spot a accumulates that builds up the momentum for codes for ceasefire internationally as the of the motion that was voted for is

meanwhile sir keir starmer faces yet another rebellion as members of the scottish parliament are setup to scotland to see innovating green technology. >> starmer will have hoped to put this to bed following wednesday's vote . wednesday's vote. >> it but the rumblings continue to and the demonstrations continue . the diplomatic patrick continue. the diplomatic patrick christys went down to the protest last night for a little chat. let's see how that went down. >> i just asked why you're here. don't talk to john lydon. why? why? why shouldn't people sort ? why? why shouldn't people sort? so why? why are you here? >> shame on you . shame on you. >> shame on you. shame on you. >> shame on you. shame on you. >> shame on you. shame on you. shame on you . a minute. shame on you. a minute. >> we have to explain to them why we are here in a civilised manner . why we are here in a civilised manner. rushanara ali. everyone else in the establishment is condoning the genocide murder of palestine as well . palestine as well. >> they seem nice, don't they? as you can see, our political corresponden

what members of the scottish parliament saying about the conflict? indeed need if it happens in another part of the world, but it feels very tense here because very heights and tensions in scotland and everyone related to the in laws of the 1st mister holmes that uses. he looked relieved today when we interviewed him about to describe the moment of having his lows coming back, just go to them as sweet because the home they left behind them, people in the city and the innocent civilians including women and children who us to end up a box, man, this is why he is telling this motion that has been debated and upon them into the last couple of hours. and the decision time would be in the next hour to vote on an immediate cease fire and gaza. and the we've been hearing from a different m b, a speeds in hollywood here. and let's put this button on this. uh, the most consensus, aside from the conservative switched bar 2, it seems that on other parts is would be voting for in favor of an immediate cease fire and that excel are here in the splits button. and a

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people have been asking how the roaming charge, initially picked up by the scottish parliament, got soon had not changed sim card after the parliment switched data provider. but still, why so much data usage? in an emotional statement on thursady, michael matheson explained the charge was caused by his sons watching football, something he only became aware of last week. let's take a listen. as a parent, i wanted to protect my family... from being part of the political media scrutiny associated with this, something i believe any parent would want to do. i am a father first and foremost. i can see now that it is just not possible to explain the data usage without explaining their role. the simple truth is they were watching football matches. speaking to the bbc, mr matheson explained a sim card in the device should have been changed. are you are you embarressed by the level of the phone bill that the parliament is being charged? well, it's been explained that it's been caused by an outdated sim card that was in an ipad that i had for constituency purposes, which was a parliamentary ipad,

scottish parliament votes for immediate ceasefire in gaza.eas for peace. as we're going over to the independent now, this is going to be a massive story tomorrow because hunts all tatum to the disabled w.f.h work from home or lose your benefits . charities lose your benefits. charities attack work from home policy that will punish people with serious mobility and mental health issues. that's according to the independent. they've also, of course, got that picture story there of those tragic four lads who passed away . the daily telegraph biggest tax cut for businesses in 50 years. hunt vows to support entrepreneurs and is also expected to cut national insurer lawrence. we've got a few other bits and bobs here. calais migrant chief absent for past decade. a french police chief in charge of preventing migrant crossings in the channel has been absent for 14 years. while he spends his time golfing, swimming , etcetera . he spends his time golfing, swimming, etcetera . uh, and we swimming, etcetera. uh, and we are also going to finish this off now

gaza last week , the leaders worries have week, the leaders worries have now turned to the scottish parliamentebate has just got underway. >> we should get the result of the vote at around 5 pm. this evening. well a lengthy debate there. >> let's have get more information on this now with our gb news political correspondent , gb news political correspondent, olivia utley and olivia. sir keir starmer's had a torrid time of this. he lost ten frontbenchers when this was debated in westminster. now it's being debated in the scottish parliament and it seems like he's got an entire party mutiny on his hands . on his hands. >> well, absolutely. >> well, absolutely. >> i mean, last week it felt as though the dust was finally beginning to settle on this labour party civil war. as you say, keir starmer lost ten frontbenchers, 56 labour mps defied frontbenchers, 56 labour mps defied the whip. >> that's nearly a third of the party. but in the days since that catastrophic vote for starmer, it felt although everything was sort of stabilising. >> jess phillips the most well known of the frontbenchers who ende

during an emotional personal statement of the scottish parliament he admitted some of the charges weree use of data by my family. as a parent i wanted to protect my family from being part... from being part of the political and media scrutiny associated with this, something i believe any parent would want to do. i am a father first and foremost. i can see now that it is just not possible to explain the data usage without explaining their role. the simple truth is they were watching football matches. on tuesday i told the first minister that members of my family had made use of the ipad data and yesterday evening i provided him with a full account of the matter and my intention to inform parliament. disclosing this information about my family has been extremely difficult. mistakes have been made by me and by my family. in the way in which i have handled this. i should have sorted the sim card, i should have investigated what happened more thoroughly. i accept that, take responsibility and apologise unreservedly. the scottish health secretary there. the moon has been a source of inspirat

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the scottish government from the covid inquiry. in response, humza yousaf told parliamentdership. so is the snp losing its footing? first minister, do you need to refer yourself to the independent adviser... no, i don't. humza yousaf has had trouble shaking off the problems of the past. first minister, have you misled parliament? no, i made that point very, very clearly during the chamberjust now. what do you think is in those messages, and is there something you and your colleagues are embarrassed about? no, we have handed over 14,000 whatsapp's messages, i have handed over of course... the latest row claims that senior scottish government ministers and officials deleted pandemic whatsapp messages, and that they have not been entirely honest about their submissions to the uk covid inquiry. these challenges started soon after he did. notjust plunging poll ratings after replacing a popular predecessor, but the arrests of nicola sturgeon and her husband, as part of a police investigation into snp finances. both were released without charge. the snp then lost the rutherglen a

there is sense of shock here in the scottish parliament, at least one labour msp has been spotted inn really devastated by this. he was a mentor to so many in the party. he has been described as a giant of the labour movement, a titanic. a good and someone who was also always dedicated to public service. those sorts of tributes in coming and not just from labour politicians are indeed adversaries in the case of alex salman, you have people talking about his carmen wisdom and kindness. theresa may saying that he was an asset to our politics and public life. this was a man who was very well respected across the political spectrum. he stepped down in 2015 most — political spectrum. he stepped down in 2015 most recently _ political spectrum. he stepped down in 2015 most recently as _ political spectrum. he stepped down in 2015 most recently as the - political spectrum. he stepped down in 2015 most recently as the mp - political spectrum. he stepped down in 2015 most recently as the mp for. in 2015 most recently as the mp for edinburgh south west. can you tell us about his presence in sco

i would just say it was mohammed on the day and has more from outside the scottish parliament in edinburgh as this happens in another part of the world. but it feels very tense here because it's very heights and tensions in scotland and everyone related to the end loads of the customers. so how do they use this? he looked relieved today when we interviewed him, but he described the moment of having his lows coming back to school to them as but their sweet because the homepage left behind them. people civilians, the innocent civilians including women and children for us to end up abutment. this is why you use ticketing this motion that has been debated and the fundamental, the last couple of hours and the decision time would be in the next hour to work on an immediate cease fire and gaza. and the we've been hearing from a different bees, a speeds in hollywood here. and us put the spotlight on this uh, almost a consensus aside from uh, the conservative split squad too. it seems that on other parts is would be voting for uh, in favor of, uh, an immediate satisfy and that excel are here in the

so the scottish parliament would normally pick up the cost of parliamentary devices, even while he wast unclear as to exactly why he took that device there in the first place, because while msps might claim that they're working every day of the year , i think every day of the year, i think reasonably there's probably very little constituency business to be done over the december, january , christmas holiday january, christmas holiday period. and given that this bill was racked up in his one week that he was in in morocco, dunng that he was in in morocco, during that that period and some of the bill on january the 2nd, i don't think he'd be expected to be dealing with too many constituency matters . and then constituency matters. and then there's also been questions in this for humza yousaf as well, though, because he's defended michael matheson from the start and he insisted it was a legitimate parliamentary expense from the start and even when he was eventually told the truth, he was still defending michael matheson and insisting that the case is closed about his conduct. so there's r

proposing their ideas and plans for what they want to see happen when it comes to giving holyrood scottish parliamenten it comes to having perhaps another referendum on scottish independence guidance. now start wherever you want snp or the new powers potentially , or powers potentially, or aspirational powers for another independence referendum. peter well first thing to note is the absolutely astonishing achievement of the snp in becoming a serious political party out of virtually nothing as it was during most of my life, and then becoming the accepted government of scotland . accepted government of scotland. >> and to imagine that somehow or other it's just going to fade away because of few opinion polls, seems to me to be unlikely. i'm not a scottish nationalist , though i can nationalist, though i can absolutely see why people are and why they would think that independence might be a good route to take and i understand the impulse is a very strongly anybody who's never felt the desire for national independence has got something wrong with them. i'm just not sure it's practical myself. but i'm not

a group of protesters have scaled scottish parliament to hang a banner and a palestinian flag .roup of five climbed flag. the group of five climbed up the outside of the main entrance, draping the banner , entrance, draping the banner, which reads stop arming israel . which reads stop arming israel. police have cordoned off the area underneath , but business in area underneath, but business in parliament is continuing. police said they're aware of the protest and officers are in attendance . idf soldiers attendance. idf soldiers uncovered tunnel shafts and seized weapons caches when they took control of a hamas outpost in northern gaza. they say it took ten hours of fighting to take control of the military stronghold in western jabalia. health authorities from both the palestinian and israeli sides claim over 12,000 people have died in the conflict , with an died in the conflict, with an additional 163 fatalities in the west bank. yosef puskar has been found guilty of murdering a school teacher in county offaly . school teacher in county offaly. 23 year old aisling murphy was ki

humza yousaf says the scottish parliament has an opportunity to send a united message of peace to worldofficer is searching for four young teenagers who have been missing in north wales since sunday morning, have found the car they were travelling in. javon hurst, harvey irwin, wilf henderson and hugo morris are thought to have beenin hugo morris are thought to have been in the harlech and porthmadog areas of gwyneth for a camping trip. porthmadog areas of gwyneth for a camping trip . lancashire a camping trip. lancashire police has been criticised for its handling of the disappeared case of nicola burley. a review found failings in the way personal information about ms billy's health struggles was disclosed to the press, which contributed to wild speculation . contributed to wild speculation. in it said that non—reportable background information should have been provided to the media to help shape responsible reporting without disclosing sensitive information . the duke sensitive information. the duke of sussex's lawyers plan to ask ministers for permission to use confidential document

and they have even less control over over these things, over foreign affairs in the scottish parliament week. but similar motion next week. but you're right , similar motion next week. but you're right, asking you're absolutely right, asking asking for a ceasefire or saying there be a ceasefire, we there should be a ceasefire, we could to see an could all say we want to see an end the conflict. we nobody end to the conflict. we nobody wants see this conflict wants to see this conflict continue. to ask for continue. but to ask for a ceasefire is effectively asking, as you say, israel to lay down its arms because we know that hamas not hamas will not hamas will not rest until every every israeli, every jew is wiped off the face of the planet. that is their stated objective. so for us, asking for a ceasefire is essentially asking for israel to stop. but nobody's nobody seems to be asking hamas to stop. but and i think israel has to be allowed to defend themselves themselves within the context of international law. and this is what the prime minister and the government more generally and fo

vote on two different motions, one, an amendment introduced by the smp, the scottish national party's uh member of parliament here, stephen flynn, that calls for an immediatefire, he uh, the smp has described the situation in the gaza strip as a humanitarian uh catastrophe, let's call it a spade, a spade, they have been saying, writing on their website and in their text of their motion. um that an immediatefire should be taking place um, asap as soon as possible. on the other hand, you have the labor amendment to the king's speech, but what it does, it says it is calling for enduring secession of fighting as soon as possible, we know labor's position on the israeli war on gaza, anything short of a ceasefire, but they thought that... by including these words, the wording is very important obviously, the enduring sessission of um fighting as soon as possible, um, they can avoid a rebellion by the so-called french benchers in the labor party. on the other hand, the labor leader kuer starmer who was on the record saying that israel had the right to cut off electricity and water and other supplies to the palestin

yesterday, um, there were two amendments that were table. yesterday debated in parliament's house of commons, one by the smp, the scottish national party that call for immediate ceasefire, in scotland, it was supported by the first minister hamza yousuf, also called on uh the labor party leader there, sarwar to push the labor politicians to vote for it um in the british parliament, but there was another one as well, table by... labor under kire starmer that only called for a durable um cessation of fighting as soon as possible. the warding of course is important, we have known the labor party's position um on what is happening in the gaza strip, which was a humanitarian pause, they only changed the warding to durable uh succession of fighting just to prevent a mutane, a rebellion by the labor front benchers. um in the inside the uh inside the parliament, but what we saw happen was neither of those two motions or amendments um gained the required voting, of course, even if they had um they wouldn't really have much of an impact in terms of uh wrapping the government's hands behind its back, because the uk government's pos

failed to accept document calling for peace in palestine the british parliament voted there in the evening on a proposal from the scottishparty, which demands that official london: strive for a ceasefire in gas, but the ruling conservative party of prime minister rishi sunak and even some of the opposition labor voted against. in the zone of a special military operation in the krasno-liman direction, russian mortars destroyed a nationalist stronghold. the soldiers fired only one sighting mine, after which they covered the enemy trenches with a volley of fragmentation shells. ammunition. the enemy offered no resistance and left his positions. drones help our units detect and destroy such fortified points; without them, combat operations are difficult to imagine. they conduct reconnaissance, adjust artillery fire, and often attack enemy dugouts themselves. sometimes a real drone duel breaks out in the sky, then everything depends on the skill of the operators. omar magomedov saw. the bars-23 unit is responsible for the destruction of nato armored vehicles, dugouts, we will launch a drone from this forest plantations, today

why this evening members of parliament across the is are voting on two amendments to the king of charles the third speech, one amendment tabled by the... mp uh the scottish national party that calls for immediate and immediate seaspire. i'm going to read uh what they said on their website earlier. it's time to call a spade a spade to any neutral observer war crimes are being committed by israel in gaza. that is why the smp will force vote a ceasefire this week in westminster. our first opportunity to do so and that is what is happening this evening. that vote of course will be taking place at 7 pm. and he understand we might be here about the outcome of that vote half an hour later or sometime this evening. on the other hand you have another amendment tabled by the labor party, the largest opposition party, led by kier starmer, whose position, we all remember is not to call for a ceace fire, but for a humanitarian pause. of course, recently, they have changed the wording a little bit enduring succession of of uh fighting as soon as possible. now why is that? because there has been the threat of a rebellion inside the labor party against the leader and so

168 to reject the scottish national party's king speech amendment calling for all parties to agree to immediate seasfire in gaza, demonstration took place within earshot of parliament and those assembled had their own message for the mps inside. the government's in total mess, um, they stuck by seella brafman until they had to get rid of her, then they had to have a whole scale uh, cabinet resshuffle, then they brought in lord, now david cameron, the man who's uh who... and the libya war, the mp's official investigation said was total shambles that tipped over into a war for regime change when it wasn't supposed to be, so this is the last person that should be put in charge of relations over the israeli invasion of gaza, the truth of the matter is the government's a mess, the opposition's a mess and they're in a mess because 76% of the population want to cease fire and they won't get in line with the population, our political elite is completely out of time. it's very important that this first breach has taken place, but nevertheless, um, for me, it's also important to say, it wouldn't have happened, the vote wouldn't have happened if it hadn't been for the demonst

scottish party called for an end to the collective punishment of the palestinian people while demanding the government worked for seasfire. concurrent with the vote people gathered outside the parliament read online that up to 72 peop 72% of the uk are on the side of ceasfire, so how is how is it even a debate anymore? this is what if they represent us, this is today for the sake of humanity, for the sake of dignity that is still left in the world and empathy our brothers and sisters in gaza, for for the sake of doing good in the world, because i refuse to let people die and do nothing about it, and i think everyone here today feels that and feels a great deep sense of empathy and love that just isn't being shown in our government at all. the situation in gaz is worsening by the hour that as international bodies hesitate to take serious action to stop israel or correspond in rashian saglum. has talked with turkish residents who believe that a unified muslim front can put an end to the israeli regimes's ongoing massacres. in fact, what is happening is massacre. israelis have occupied palestine, they have seased palestinians and started killing them. therefore all people, not just musli

the british parliament also failed to accept the document calling for peace in palestine; in the evening they voted on the proposal of the scottishional party, which demands. so that official london strives for a ceasefire in gas, but the ruling conservative party of prime minister rishi sunak and even some of the opposition labor members voted against it. in washington, police unhooked the headquarters of the ruling democratic party after demonstrators tried to force their way in. near 150 people. they came to the building of the national committee of the democratic party with political demands, the police tried to push the activists away from the entrance, but they desperately resisted, knocked down the fence and did not obey orders, the law enforcement officers used force, and detained several people. we are here, we will establish the parties, because this party is not doing what it stated about peace, about equality, about values, and we are against this terrible war, among the supporters of our party are 80%. with the inscriptions cease fire immediately and not on our behalf, test tour, will suspend flights to egypt on red

conservatives had lost their majority in parliament, which is extremely likely, and the resolution would not have thought of anything smarter than concluding a pact with the scottishhe . a second referendum would halve your country, this is called even the devil himself to come to an agreement, even squander half of the territory, just to retain power. the elmunda newspaper claims that the leader of the separatist party is together for catalonia, carles puigdemont, in exchange for support, demanded that sánchez recognize catalonia as a nation. he also demands an amnesty for supporters of catalan independence, whom many supporters of a united spain consider terrorists. he is still under investigation for organizing an illegal referendum in 2017 while in self-imposed exile in brussels. today i am announcing that the vox party is filing a new lawsuit in the supreme court against pedro sánchez on charges of corruption. in addition, we will file a lawsuit against committee members congress and the senate, which allow consideration of a law that directly contradicts the constitution. if sanchez had won a majority of votes in parliament in the summer, the current problem

accused humza yousaf, has been accused of after of misleading parliament after admitting the covid 19 admitting that the uk covid 19 inquiry the scottishe language of the language that came out of the whatsapp dominic cummings whatsapp from dominic cummings and blah blah blah. christine and blah blah blah. so christine and blah blah blah. so christine and to just and danny, is it time to just take this out of politics? because wasn't before because it wasn't there before and official methods and just have official methods and just have official methods and for measuring what and measures for measuring what is done? is being done? >> can't you'll never >> but you can't you'll never stop people. whatsapping you stop people. whatsapping if you and watch whatsapp and i want to watch whatsapp privately this program, privately about this program, who's stop should take who's to stop us? should we take it? take it out though? you can't them. what's happening? don't stop them. but >> don't say stop them. but should be taken out of the should it be taken out of the equation comes to these equation when it comes to these decisions? >> oh, i see