cold, i have two questions for the cabinet secretary, firstly, would the secretary admits that the snpers by pretending they are bringing back the full winter fuel payments because thatis winter fuel payments because that is simply not the case, and secondly, in her statement to the cabinet secretary mentions that she is bringing forward regulations, can i ask her to confirm whether that means primary legislation and if so, when will that happen? thank you, i said at the beginning of my remarks, i apologise to the opposition spokespeople and i do so directly as well, i hope she knows me well enough to know that this was absolutely not my intention. we have returned to a universal payment for pensioners, that is an important principle that we are determined to hold two, i think if anyone is concerned about the principles behind social security, it would be the discussion that has been instigated since taking over leadership of the scottish conservatives, he has questioned the amount we spend on social security in scotland, when i questioned him directly about this, about whether or not

he said alex salmond was the beating heart of the snp.he snp, first ministerjohn swinney when he arrived, was met with boos and cheers of traitor from some in the crowd here. the crowd outside, several hundred strong, there were claps and cheers. but there were shouts of traitor. a sign that perhaps this movement that alex salmond once led is no longer united. but most of that was put to one side. the vast majority of this morning's proceedings... people gathered just to pay their respects on the life and legacy of alex salmond. an ex—director of harrods has told the bbc that mohamed al fayed manipulated managers to conceal his crimes, and sacked those he could not control. jon brilliant worked at the luxury department store from 2000 to 2002. he said al fayed plied him with $50,000 of cash in envelopes, which he believes was an attempt to control him. he gave ben king this exclusive interview. how did mohamed al fayed get away with his crimes for so long? did harrods' directors know? jon brilliant worked in his private office for a year

, 400 people attended the snp, 400 people attended the event at st giles�* cathedral in edinburgh. we can speak to our scotland corresponded. let�*s speak to our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. many hundreds of invited guests at st giles�* cathedral here earlier on today, among them the former prime minister gordon brown, the current first ministerjohn swinney, also musicians, the proclaimers played a song during the service, as did doogie maclean, played his unofficial anthem caledonia, a very moving service at times for a man who scotland�*s fourth first minister, took the country close to independence in the referendum in 2014. kenny macaskill, leader of the alba party, the party that mr salmond set up when he left the snp, described mr salmond, who was also his friend, is a giant of a man. he could have succeeded _ a giant of a man. he could have succeeded in _ a giant of a man. he could have succeeded in any _ a giant of a man. he could have succeeded in any professional l succeeded in any professional walk— succeeded in any professional walk of— succeeded in any professi

after he left the snp, mr salmond went on to set up and lead the pro—independence alba party.for mr salmond to be allowed to rest in peace. details about the royal family's finances, including rent received from the nhs, schools and the armed forces, have been revealed as part of a new documentary. it's after an investigation by channel 4's dispatches and the sunday times. here's our news correspondent noor nanji with more. first of all, it says that both of those estates have struck lucrative deals with various public bodies including the nhs, and it says that in the last year alone the value of those deals came to almost £50 million, and it says it includes a £37 million agreement between the duchy of cornwall and the ministry ofjustice to lease dartmoor prison, and also an £11 million deal between the duchy of lancaster and a hospital trust to rent a warehouse. now, according to the investigation, the details of those deals have not been handed to parliament, so that does raise questions about transparency. and also, both estates are exempt from capital gains tax. we have h

next, stephen flynn on behalf of the snp and plaid cymru.e house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle. the speaker of the house of lords, lord mcfall. now, together the foreign secretary, david lammy and the home secretary, yvette cooper, who lays her wreath on behalf of the intelligence agencies. the politicians have laid their wreaths. now the crown dependencies and united kingdom follow. the bailiwick of guernsey and jersey. and the isle of man. representatives of the british virgin islands, the falklands islands, pitcairn islands, st helena and the turks and caicos islands. they will be followed by groups of high commissioners. the high commissioners who follow are effect ambassadors for their countries here in britain. it is interesting that more than half of those who fought in the second world war were from commonwealth countries outside great britain. canada, australia, new zealand, and malaysia. they're they�* re followed by they're followed by representatives of nigeria, cyprus, jamaica, trinidad and tobago, you uganda and kenya. malawi,

real-terms funding settlement for scotland since devolution, and the result of the budget is clear, the snpe money, and it has no more excuses. >> last week i was contacted by a constituent whose husband has stage 4 bowel cancer. he had a routine scan in june but did not receive the results until early november, and unfortunately during that period he received unsuitable chemotherapy and his cancer has progressed. given that shropshire has the worst record in the country for ct and mri scan results, may i ask the deputy prime minister the same question that my constituent has asked me? when will the government address this problem? >> i am sincerely sorry to hear about the honorable lady's constituent's husband, the terrible diagnosis at stage 4, and the delays leading up to that. we have explained before how difficult the inheritance was in respect of the cancer diagnosis waiting lists. people are waiting far too long for treatment, which is why the chancellor put a record amount of money into our nhs so that we could catch cancer in time. i know that the health secretary is determined, as

it is the rule rather than the exception when it comes to the snp government.ge for them now is they have got the powers to act and they have now been given the money to act. they have run out of excuses. >> that completes prime minister's questions. we will let the front venturers changeover. -- benchers change over. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> congress returns monday following the thanksgiving holiday break for a busy month ahead. the house and senate are facing a government funding deadline and must pass additional legislation by december 20 to avert truck down. both chambers plan to vote on the white house request of nearly $100 billion in emergency relief for hurricane victims over the next few weeks. and congress will take up the final version of an annual defense programs and policy bill. house speaker mike johnson and senate majority leader chuck schumer both spoke about these must pass bills that the chambers plan to vote on before adjourning

after he left the snp, mr salmond went on to set up and lead the pro—independence alba party.ears and called for mr salmond to be allowed to rest in peace. thousands of people have marched through central london to demand tougher action to keep britain's rivers and seas clean. organisers say 15,000 people turned out, calling for an immediate review of the water regulator ofwat, and for polluting industries to upgrade to greener infrastructure. esme stallard was at the march for us and sent this report. we know that for this march for clean water, there was about 8,000 people who registered. but in fact, the organisers are saying those numbers are in excess of 13,500. and we've seen people from all across the country come here today. we've been speaking to people who came up from cornwall on coaches at two this morning. there are families here, fishermen, surfers. it's really kind of brought the community together. and what they're asking for is three demands. they're saying the government needs to do a root and branch review of the water sector. they're saying there needs to b

before we go, a reminder, the markets are pretty much flat, the snp slightly lower ahead of that keyy at the opening bell on business today - nyse opening bell on business today — nyse opening bell. stay with us here on bbc news. goodbye. hello, i'm sarah currents at the bbc sport centre. a big night as liverpool are hosting real madrid and it is a big start to the week for the european leaders, they also face manchester city at the weekend while defending european champions would look to give their stuttering campaign in europe a boost to victory. campaign in europe a boost to victo . ., victory. real madrid, manchester - victory. real madrid, manchester city - victory. real madrid, - manchester city dominated europe in the league for a few years now, combined with liverpool because liverpool was always up up there as well, competing with these two clubs. so it is a special week for us, especially because we played two times at home. if you are at liverpool, you always play big games, but yes, these two are special because these three clubs have dominated the league in europe for so

leader, the acting leader of the alba party, which is the party that mr salmond set up when he left the snpd mr salmond, who was also his friend, as a giant of a man. he could have succeeded in any profession or walk of life, such were his talents, energy and ability. in politics he could have risen to the very top in any party. indeed, there were many offers and blandishments put to him by the established british parties. but he forsook them all — doing so for scottish independence, his guiding light, his north star, his life's work, not just his life's ambition. and he came so close to achieving it. one person who was not there was nicola sturgeon — she was alex salmond's protege and succeeded him as first minister. she said her thoughts are with alex's family today, it's a very sad day for them, she said, but one she said that she hoped would allow them to remember alex in the way they wanted to. one other discordant note today, when the current first minister, john swinney, arrived at the start of the memorial service, he was met with cheers but also jeers and shouts of "traitor" from s

real-terms funding settlement for scotland since devolution, and the result of the budget is clear, the snpowers, it has the money, and it has no more excuses. >> last week i was contacted by a constituent whose husband has stage 4 bowel cancer. he had a routine scan in june but did not receive the results until early november, and unfortunately during that period he received unsuitable chemotherapy and his cancer has progressed. given that shropshire has the worst record in the country for ct and mri scan results, may i ask the deputy prime minister the same question that my constituent has asked me? when will the government address this problem? >> i am sincerely sorry to hear about the honorable lady's constituent's husband, the terrible diagnosis at stage 4, and the delays leading up to that. we have explained before how difficult the inheritance was in respect of the cancer diagnosis waiting lists. people are waiting far too long for treatment, which is why the chancellor put a record amount of money into our nhs so that we could catch cancer in time. i know that the health secretary i

we have reached new heights on the snp. over 6000 at yesterday's close. what we are seeing in investment grade credit markets with spreads tighter than they have been all this century. >> we all thought markets had priced in trump victory but it turns out they did not. look where the markets are. we were at 25 times earnings. if you look at price of sales ratios, price-to-book values, these are levels we have only seen back in 1999 during the dot-com bubble. credit spreads are as tight as they are since right before the financial crisis in 2007. part of this is concerning and makes one wonder how tall can the trees grow but there is a lot of optimism built into this. we have had a republican trifecta win here and there is a lot of economic optimism. matt: one of the leaders we were listening to was the ceo of exxon. it does seem like energy although that industry has benefited spectacularly in terms of production and stock prices under the biden administration is poised to do even better. where are you looking for the most gains? philip: it is a very good

the herald on sunday newspaper also reported that up to six women approached the snp two years ago toive with bbc news. a developing story to bring you — at least ten people have died after a volcano in eastern indonesia erupted on monday. that's according to an official speaking to bbc indonesia. videos appear to show houses burned and damaged due to the rain of rocks. the volcano is located in the southeastern part of the island of flores. reports say lava and rocks spewed six kilometers from the mountain's peak. we'll bring you more as we get it. turning to moldova now, where maia sandu has claimed victory in the country's run—off presidential election. it marks her second term in office and a boost for the country's pro—eu aspirations. as she cast her vote on sunday, president maia sandu urged people to protect their independence, warning that "thieves" wanted to buy moldovans' votes. her opponent, backed by the pro—russian party of socialists, had promised a closer relationship with moscow. liana fix is a resident fellow at the german marshall fund in washington. i asked her what

the snp in power in scotland have the powers . they now have the the powers.e the money they have got no more excuses. excuses. >> excuses. >> leatherby's jackie . >> leatherby's jackie. >> leatherby's jackie. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. mr speaker, does the prime minister really think it is acceptable for a backbench mp to suggest that the leader of the opposition represents white supremacy in black face, and is the most prominent member of white supremacy's black collaborator class, with all the race traitor innuendo that that carries. >> and if he doesn't , why hasn't >> and if he doesn't, why hasn't he removed the whip? >> the prime minister? >> the prime minister? >> no, i don't , john slinger. >> no, i don't, john slinger. thank you, mr. thank you, mr speaken >> asa speaken >> as a semi—retired violinist, as a semi—retired violinist and rock musician, asking semi—retired multi—instrumentalist, i feel confident that the prime minister shares my belief in the importance of music education. >> does my right hon. friend agree with me that as we unleash the potentia

alba party, the acting leader of the other party, the party which alex salmond set up when he left the snps one of his relatives there. there will also be music from the proclaimers, and dougie maclean, seeing well—known songs here in scotland. alex salmond's nice said they wanted this to be a service that reflected the culture of the country he loved so much. there are several hundred people gathered outside the cathedral here in edinburgh, and the service will also be streamed online. ., ., ., ~' i., service will also be streamed online. ., ., ., ~' , online. for now, thank you very much. online. for now, thank you very much- we _ online. for now, thank you very much. we will— online. for now, thank you very much. we will of— online. for now, thank you very much. we will of course - online. for now, thank you very much. we will of course be - much. we will of course be following that memorial service as it takes place throughout the morning. an ex—director of harrods has told the bbc that mohamed al fayed manipulated managers to conceal his crimes — and sacked those he could not control.

snp move higher, nasdaq looking to add 25 points. let's flip the board. in focus, treasuries unmoved. 68,000, for the cryptocurrency. currently unchanged. just briefly this was a redhead, the india index sliding from the september peak, downside sense september, rotation unwound. pat is the story. let's get to the key event of the yeah, major impact globally on ukraine, on world trade. let's bring in all of her berlin. where does europe stand on harris and trump? >> we talk about impact and differing views, this is one of the sort of top issues, research showing the 10% tariff could shave a percentage point pop gdp growth, this will be a sore point, the further north in denmark, they are pro-harris. what about the rest of the world? when you break this down overall there is a clear favoring harris. would you vote for? 53% of people say they would vote for harris. the spread, under whom do you think there is going to be more stability? what we saw 19% think it would be more stable. tom: great breakdown let's bring in scott from the university college of do

us markets had another good day thursday, while the dow was absolutely flat, the nasdaq and the snp 500ed by fed chairjerome powell's tone — which, as we've heard, kept the door open to further interest rate cuts. joining me is janet mui, head of market analysis, rbc brewin dolphin. hello, janet, welcome to the programme. the big question is, how long is this market rally likely to happen?— how long is this market rally likely to happen? good morning, thanks for having _ likely to happen? good morning, thanks for having me. _ likely to happen? good morning, thanks for having me. we - likely to happen? good morning, thanks for having me. we do - thanks for having me. we do believe that there are a few support centres for the us equity market to continue rising. . first of all, i think this trade war is still likely to go on a bit, we don't have the details of who will take the details of who will take the house of representatives, and i think it's confirmed that if there is a red flip, that means a lot of the progrowth policy is likely to pass through. and secondly, the fed is likely to

interestingly this week in scotland, the snp just this week has shelved their plans for a national careso even when you see governments who have tried tried to take it on, and there are different provisions around social care in scotland already, but they were planning a national care service and they have ditched it. i got one of the most wonderful, yes, minister style of quotes about what might happen at this meeting in ten days and it was they might decide to decide, decide to delay deciding, or decide not to decide. marvellous! the thing is, we are often accused, this is a scoop, but we are often accused of being process obsessed. if you go back to what it's like in a hospital, that you can't release people because they have nowhere for that person to go, an elderly person has not got a care package at home can't be released because they might fall over again, some of the waiting list problem is caused by the lack of social care provision. and the word some is doing a lot of lifting there. when you do get wes streeting on, a good question i suggest is, how much of the glued up hospi

did this tariff hel snp no, it pushed us further into a recession or depression. haven't we learned our lesson? >> he loves it on the campaign trail. for people who don't mow how it works it goes back to america fist, made in america. the question will be does he do it. my question to you, donny, why did he have this beauty pageant for the last week? scott bessent has been on the trail with trump for nine months. during that period he took himself off boards, he prepared himself, removed conflicts of interest because he was ready for this. we have spent the last week watching kevin talking to trump, oh, now mark, now kevin's back in the game. was this because trump loves to get his ring kissed by mega successful guys? >> what do you think? yes, okay? why not? why wouldn't he? >> remember the movie young frankenstein, abby normal. this is a normal one. this is a solid one. and to your point earlier, what maybe separated him from rowan and the other guy is that he was the most loyal of the bunch. that's coming from you. that seems to be the thread that's pulling eve

everything's in the red, including the s and p and the headline flashing across my screen is snp falls ahead of nvidia earnings report. how much opposed interpret that? >> the growth callous of the stock market is nvidia because it's tied towards ai. and there's just a tremendous multi 100 billion dollar investment in the semiconductors in the servers and the data centers in the energy before we even get into ai software like chat gpt. so if nvidia says things are great, wall street will breathe a sigh of relief and move higher. if nvidia says things are growing as like they used to do, you might see a pullback in that might be the end of the rally for the year. >> so they kind of are investors kind of just like pulling out a little money to wait and see or why the down. i thought we were like excited to hear from him video this week. >> the country is off first week after he was elected. everyone got excited. another state if you got tariffs might not be so good for the economy. so there's just a rethinking and you can get put your money in the bank right now and get 4 and quarter per

the owner of the snp gull says the burglary has been a blow to the lgbtq+ community in the neighborhood. >>well, it is is different. and it's hard me, though, that knowowowowow, one way or the ot always and then attack on our community. hundreds. we did make make sure bp but my community has responded mason. >>gofundme has been set up to help the bar recover so far has raised more than $20,000 to help in its efforts. police say they have a least one person in custody in connection with this crime. over in morgan hill. police are investigating a shooting thatkilled a man. it happened just this morning by tenant avenue and monterey road near the safeway gas station. there. police arrested the suspect shortly after, but they're still looking into a motive. and detectives of the south bay are looking for a suspect tonight wanted in connection to a stabbing somali festival. police in gilroy say the young man on your screen was one of 5 men who assaulted a victim and stopped him with an edged weapon back last temper 28th. that victim is expected to be okay. detectives say they've already arre

materials, tilities, and real estate are the worst performing sectors in the snp.rket was closed yesterday and we are seeing treasury yields resume. we are 30 minutes into trading. here are big movers we are watching. honeywell is rallying. we will have more on that coming up. home depot giving up earlier gains, still in the green. we will have comments from the cfo about the latest earnings in just a moment. i mentioned live nation. profits rising almost 40% from a year ago. the company did not provide guidance for the rest of the year. life nation did say they have already sold a record of more than 20 million tickets for concerts in 2025. that outlook certainly help in the mood. that is as far as the economic data. it gets heavier later in the week. i did want to note small business sentiment which did come out. we had a nice take up in small business sentiment. it looks like it is from a low base but we have the highest level since february 2022. small businesses getting a little more optimistic pickett was ahead of the election. 93.7 was the number versus 91 i

s&p futures on the snp up 0.06%. nasdaq 100 much flat, unchanged.he two names you need to wash, one is target, earnings dropping from them, and nvidia after the closing bell with 68 buys, six holes and two cells, embracing a ton of career risk. >> anybody who is saying cell, these are the statistics i would be looking at. january 2020 nvidia and 4.4 billion dollars over the preceding 12 months. the expectation is for them to have earned 61 point $4 billion over the preceding 12 months. it is a sea change for a company in an unprecedented rise in earnings at a time when this potentially could be the new railroad. >> in many ways, it is negative market. this came from bank of america. it remains the most dominant stock in the market, driving 20% of the s&p 500 return over the past year, expected to drive nearly 25% of the s&p 500's eps growth in the third quarter. >> the issue say people say it is an expensive stock but you see the growth and profitability over the past 24 month and all of a sudden, people make an argument that is cheap. we don't even

does the prime minister agree with me that the snp government has consistently failed to get a grip oft appropriately to protect the public purse and ensure public safety? i do arree purse and ensure public safety? i do a . ree with purse and ensure public safety? i do agree with that and it is, it is the real rather than the exception when it comes to the snp government. the challenge for them now is, they have the powers to act, they have been given the money to act, they have run out of excuses. that completes prime minister's _ run out of excuses. that completes prime minister's questions. - that is the conclusion of this week's pmqs, and the back and forth was focused on business and the government's recent budget. kemi badenoch said the budget was an attack on farmers, workers, young people and others and had caused business confidence to crash. the prime minister responded by asking what the conservatives would do, saying they offered no solutions and repeated the labour view that they are trying to fix the foundations of the economy ruined by the previous government. just to sa

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this evening — the founder of conservative home, a grass roots tory website tim montgomerie and former snpri black and now a writer. which is the betterjob?! tomorrow farmers from across the country are heading to westminster to protest about the government's plan to make some farmers pay half the inheritance tax of everyone else. no one knows how many will turn up — estimates range from 10,000 to 40,000. last week, nick reported here on nn there was disquiet in the environment department who said they weren't consulted about the plan ahead of the budget and in fact were informed only the night before. yes, the feeling in government is there a little bit anxious about how tomorrow might go. we have had a big outreach from within the cabinet to the farming community. thejoint statement from the environment secretary and rachel reeves the chancellor showing that they're good friends. they are saying farmers are the backbone of britain and we recognise the strength of feeling expressed by farming and rural communities in recent weeks. we are steadfast in our commitment to britain's farming in

joining me tonight are liz lloyd, former adivsor to snp leader and first minister, nicola sturgeon —oel rubin, former us department of state's chief liasion to the us house of representatives, obama administration. looking forward to talking to our panel tonight. first, the latest headlines. ukraine has fired american—made long—range missiles into russia, for the first time. officials in wsahington confirmed the use of the missiles to cbs news — our news partner in the us. moscow says the strike hit the eastern bryansk region where five missiles were shot down. the brazilian president has urged 620 leaders meeting in rio dejaneiro to increase their targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. the 620 leaders have issued a joint declaration, but it makes no explicit mention of the need to transition away from fossil fuels. police have released new cctv images as part of their hunt for the prime suspect in the killing of harshita brella — her body was found in a car in east london over the weekend. police said detectives have been reviewing hours of cctv footage of her husband pankaj