yousaf going.n first to humza yousaf going.— i could get your reaction first to humza yousaf going. this has been a difficult and — humza yousaf going. this has been a difficult and emotional— humza yousaf going. this has been a difficult and emotional day _ humza yousaf going. this has been a difficult and emotional day for - humza yousaf going. this has been a difficult and emotional day for the - difficult and emotional day for the first minister. it follows us putting a motion of no confidence in the first minister last week. it is clear that he was not up for the job, he was a lame duck first minister and we are pleased he is leaving office. i believe he would have been beaten by our motion this week. it underlines the fact that in scotland it is the scottish conservatives that are proven to be a strong opposition notjust to humza yousaf but the snp. will a strong opposition notjust to humza yousaf but the snp. will you no ahead humza yousaf but the snp. will you go ahead with _ humza yousaf b

that's right, as soon as humza yousaf - year after all. that sets the clock ticking with 28 days to find a new first minister and install them at the scottish parliament, so the snp will be under pressure to find that figure and that person has to be someone who can attract support from safer example the green group at holyrood, it would have to be someone they feel they could accept as first minister and that person will have the challenge of governing as a minority at holyrood and that�*ll be difficult to pursue their legislative agenda, they would have to do deals with other parties in the parliament and they will have to start rebuilding the snp if you like ahead of the general election later on this year. fight! ahead of the general election later on this year-— ahead of the general election later on this ear. �* , ., ., on this year. and you mentioned the alba party. — on this year. and you mentioned the alba party. could — on this year. and you mentioned the alba party, could you _ on this year. and you mentioned the alba party, coul

but there may be another figure of humza yousaf but there may be anotherfigure in of humza yousaf butother figure in the of humza yousaf but there may be anotherfigure in the snp of humza yousaf but there may be another figure in the snp they could lend their support to or abstain to allow the snp to continue in government although they would operate as a minority and would face challenges in terms of getting legislation through parliament and would have to do deals with other parties on a case—by—case agreement. thank you. we will go back to you as we get more updates and we have a qr code there that you can scan to follow updates on the bbc news life page which has more analysis. let's speak to anna gross, political correspondent at the financial times. thank you for your time. looking at the bigger picture for the snp what kind of pressure does this put on the party given that there is a uk election coming up? if the party given that there is a uk election coming up?— the party given that there is a uk election coming up? if it's a huge amount of— election coming up? if it's a huge

humza yousaf has just been first minister of scotland for just over yousaf has just been first ministerar. this is all unravelled quite quickly since thursday. over the weekend, on saturday evening, humza yousaf said he was confident that he could win that vote of no confidence. even as recently as saturday it did look like he would keep going and go ahead with the two votes of no confidence. yesterday, things began to change. there was an understanding that he was considering his position, considering his position, considering his options and that resignation was one of those options. this morning we have been here for several hours now, and this morning the expectation was growing that he would resign as early as today, and that is likely to happen in a short time. it today, and that is likely to happen in a short time.— in a short time. if he does resign, alexandra. _ in a short time. if he does resign, alexandra, what _ in a short time. if he does resign, alexandra, what are _ in a short time. if he does resign, alexandra, what are the - in a short time. if he does resign, alexandra

humza yousaf was the one who decided to tear up— yousaf was the one who decided to tear up the — yousaf of both parties voted _ with us and members of both parties voted to— with us and members of both parties voted to adopt, based on mutual trust _ voted to adopt, based on mutual trust and — voted to adopt, based on mutual trust and respect. and he was the one he _ trust and respect. and he was the one he decided to tell that up. he is out _ one he decided to tell that up. he is out of— one he decided to tell that up. he is out of the job now because of failures— is out of the job now because of failures of— is out of the job now because of failures of his own doing. he has created — failures of his own doing. he has created this chaos and this instability so i don't accept that. i instability so i don't accept that. i don't _ instability so i don't accept that. i don't disagree i have said that already, he has made a bad decision and he is now paying the price for it. but i think another point was made is that he has done this out of self interest when actually, if you are doing this

mr yousaf is insisting he will not resign despite the tumultuous week.. the crisis began when humza yousaf — who leads the scottish national party ended its governing coalition with the scottish greens. both parties are pro scottish independence. there�*d been trouble in the coalition about the decision to scrap climate targets — and gender policy issues. theoretically, mr yousaf could lead a minority government but he faces a confidence vote in his leadership — and all the main scottish parties say they will vote against him. there is also expected to be a confidence vote in his government. there�*s the possibility that a former snp member ash regan — who defected to another nationalist party — could save mr yousaf. but that�*s highly uncertain. the big picture in all of this is that the position of the scottish national party is weakening with uk elections due. and that also has implications for the likelihood of scottish independence. for our uk viewers, we will have more on this story later this hour. this all started when humza yousaf ended the powe

expecting that humza yeusaf expecting that humza yousaf mu expecting that humza yousaf will resi . n expecting that humza yousaf will resin in the - expecting that humza yeusaf will resign in the next _ - expecting that humza yeusaf will resign in the next hour - - expecting that humza yeusaf will resign in the next hour or- - expecting that humza yousaf will resign in the next hour or so. . will resign in the next hour or so. this is bute house in edinburgh, where we are expecting a news conference at around midday. he travelled there from his dundee home. his senior advisers have been inside with them. humza yousaf has been struggling to secure backing for his minority government after the end of his power—sharing deal. this is a picture of him arriving with his wife at the back of bute house. he was brought in from his official residence in dundee. these are the live pictures outside the front of bute house. humza yousaf has been struggling to find backing for his power—sharing government. he is facing two confidence votes in the coming days, one on him personally and the other in

last will go back because humza yousaf is at the podium now.— will go back because humza yousaf is at last weeki stood here to announce _ at the podium now. last weeki stood here to announce the _ at the podium now. last weeki stood here to announce the ending - at the podium now. last weeki stood here to announce the ending of - at the podium now. last weeki stood here to announce the ending of the i here to announce the ending of the cooperation agreement between the snp and the greens. the bute house agreement. and that the snp would seek to govern as a minority government. i made that decision as leader of the snp because i believed ending the bute house agreement was the right one for the party i lead. i still do believe that to be the case, but most importantly, i believe it was the right decision for the country. my hope was to continue working with the greens in a less formal arrangement as the snp move to a new phase of minority government. unfortunately, in ending the bute house agreement in the manner that i did, i clearly underestimated the level of hurt and upset i caused

the those challenges in the week ahead for humza yousaf?— for humza yousaf?ge really started _ for humza yousaf? the challenge really started mounting _ for humza yousaf? the challenge really started mounting up - for humza yousaf? the challenge really started mounting up on - really started mounting up on thursday last week when that vote of no confidence was announced by the scottish conservatives and it started to become clear that humza yousaf was not going to have the support of the scottish greens, they were not going to abstain in that vote to allow him to survive. they were going to vote against him. the parliamentary arithmetic was stacking up in a way that meant humza yousaf was going to be reliant on perhaps striking some sort of dealfor the support of on perhaps striking some sort of deal for the support of ash regan, and albert snp. he did not want to go down that route so he was facing being beaten in that confidence vote later on this week. he had sent letters to holyrood's party leaders at the end of last week, calling for them to come and tal

humza yousaf remains as first _ minister has to say today. humza yousaf remains as first minister.successor can be found. in office for barely a year, he said he was honoured and grateful to have had the opportunity to lead. lorna gordon, bbc news. and live now to our political correspondent, nick eardley at westminster. huge political developments in scotland, what are the implications for the wider uk politics?— scotland, what are the implications for the wider uk politics? there are a coule for the wider uk politics? there are a copple of — for the wider uk politics? there are a couple of things _ for the wider uk politics? there are a couple of things to _ for the wider uk politics? there are a couple of things to bear _ for the wider uk politics? there are a couple of things to bear in - for the wider uk politics? there are a couple of things to bear in mind. | a couple of things to bear in mind. the snp are the third biggest party in westminster. they have a significant number of scottish seats and that is up in the airjust now. labourare and that is up in the airjust now. la

humza yousaf. and his yousaf.edecessor, nicola sturgeon, have made no secret of their hostility towards, any of the other parties in scottish politics other than the scottish green party. so it's a bit rich , green party. so it's a bit rich, for the first minister to now be reaching out and asking for cooperation from everybody that he's been insulting for the last number of years. but, of course, you know, events are quite interesting and our leader in the scottish parliament, ash regan , has written to the first regan, has written to the first minister this morning setting out , our minister this morning setting out, our party's position, in terms of what we'd like to hear back from the first minister, what ash regan has asked to hear back from the first minister, and those are really important points. independence, a complete reversal on the policies that threaten women , children and threaten women, children and lgbt people's rights. and a focus on the proper business of government on public services and savin

yousaf's resignation? what went wrong? l'm _ yousaf's resignation? what went wrong?sorry that - yousaf's resignation? what went wrong? i'm very sorry that the l yousaf's resignation? what went i wrong? i'm very sorry that the first minister has decided to step down. he has been a pioneer and has let our company with empathy, with care and with an emphasis on bringing people together, so i very much regret the fact that he has felt the need to stand down.— regret the fact that he has felt the need to stand down. some of your senior colleagues _ need to stand down. some of your senior colleagues are _ need to stand down. some of your senior colleagues are urging - need to stand down. some of your senior colleagues are urging you l need to stand down. some of your| senior colleagues are urging you to stand to get the snp back into a more stable condition? i stand to get the snp back into a more stable condition?- stand to get the snp back into a more stable condition? i have given very careful — more stable condition? i have given very careful consideration _ more stabl

humza yousaf - humza yousaf, glasgow. humza yousaf. .. humza yousaf will - humza yousaf, glasgow. humza yousaf will have humza yousaf, glasgow. humza i yousaf. .. humza yousaf will have a yousaf... humza yousaf will have a place in the history books as the first muslim, the first descendant of immigrants and the first scots asian to lead scotland's devolved government. but his time in office was tough, most of all when his in—laws were trapped in gaza for a month. but he also lost a westminster by—election to labour and endured policy problems from hate crime to gender health care, all with his party under the shadow of a police investigation. here todayit of a police investigation. here today it is notjust about who occupies this house, it is about what they want to do while they are in there and this whole affair has highlighted divisions in the snp, divisions on how to achieve independence, divisions on economic policy, and divisions as well on social issues, not least the most contentious topic of gender. so who will inherit those challenges? imilli will inherit those challeng

how do you think humza yousaf played that today? i think humza yousaf played that toda ?humza yousaf played that toda ? ~' ., ., ., today? i think humza yousaf made a miscalculation. _ today? i think humza yousaf made a miscalculation. it _ today? i think humza yousaf made a miscalculation. it was _ today? i think humza yousaf made a miscalculation. it was the _ today? i think humza yousaf made a miscalculation. it was the right - miscalculation. it was the right thing to do to bute house agreement, but wrong to do nit a dramatic fashion. there could have been an agreement with the greens. sacking them has led to them turning on him. what would your advice have been? i what would your advice have been? i think it did need to come to an end it has run its course and it was a distraction for both parties. he couldn't wait for the greens to decide. but there have been ways to reach a negotiations. they could have taken out some legislation that they had agreed on and done that as a minority government and then agree what they disagree on and put that vote of confidence as pa

~' , ., ., ., , yousaf? i think they are two names bein: yousaf?ing discussed _ yousaf? i think they are two names being discussed in _ yousaf? i think they are two names being discussed in the _ yousaf? i think they are two names being discussed in the snp - yousaf? i think they are two names being discussed in the snp this - being discussed in the snp this afternoon. john sweeney is one of them, you'll remember he was nicola sturgeon's loyal deputy for years, often by her side at her trickiest moments. he has the backing of people like stephen flynn, the snp's westminster leader, he was saying that he is absolutely the man for the moment because he would bring a calm head, he has a number of backings from scottish ministers. i think he's the favour at the moment just because he has so much backing. if he does stand and he makes that decision in the next few days, he'll be the man to beat. but the woman to be the man to beat. but the woman to be potentially is kate forbes. you'll remember she had a very tricky launch to her campaign last year, ors

it looks like for humza yousaf . looks like for humza yousaf.za yousaf. thank you forjoining us. thank you for joining us. alistair stewart live from edinburgh . now today's edinburgh. now today's developments come after what's been a very torrid year also for the scottish national party . mr the scottish national party. mr yousaf was sworn in as first minister on march the 29th last year and it's pretty much been downhill ever since. in june , downhill ever since. in june, his predecessor nicola sturgeon, was arrested in connection with the police investigation into the police investigation into the snp's finances and she was released without charge and denies any wrongdoing. in october, the snp were heavily beaten by labour in the rutherglen and hamilton west by—election and later that month, former snp mp lisa cameron defected to the conservatives and she said the snp was toxic. in december , the snp was toxic. in december, the court of session upheld the uk government's decision to block the gender recognition bill, which had been introduced

humza yousaf's year in office there were _ humza yousaf's year in office there were 10 _ humza yousaf'sections and the snp didn't win one of them — by—elections and the snp didn't win one of them. the _ by—elections and the snp didn't win one of them. the party— by—elections and the snp didn't win one of them. the party that - by—elections and the snp didn't win one of them. the party that fears i by—elections and the snp didn't win| one of them. the party that fears an election— one of them. the party that fears an election is— one of them. the party that fears an election is the — one of them. the party that fears an election is the snp _ one of them. the party that fears an election is the snp and _ one of them. the party that fears an election is the snp and that - one of them. the party that fears an election is the snp and that is - one of them. the party that fears an election is the snp and that is why. election is the snp and that is why keith— election is the snp and that is why keith brown— election is the snp and that is why keith brown said _ election is the snp and that is

yousaf over the bute house agreement-— yousaf over the bute house aareement. . ., , agreement.here were clearly stran . e agreement. there were clearly strange of _ agreement. there were clearly strange of the _ agreement. there were clearly strange of the debate - agreement. there were clearly strange of the debate house . strange of the debate house agreement and it is important that theseissues agreement and it is important that these issues are considered carefully and handled with care. i spent a large time in government and the past doing that. it is important that those are the values and characteristics that are brought to how we deal with other political parties, and particularly now the snp will be a minority government in the scottish parliament, it is important that there is an approach taken that ensures that we work carefully with all political parties. carefully with all political arties. ., , ~ , , parties. that sounds like the greens are out of the _ parties. that sounds like the greens are out of the picture, _ parties. that sounds like the greens are out of t

speak to you, yousaf, nice to speak to you, humza yousaf is very keen to , humza yousaf is very keen. a sign of political leadership. of course, the scottish greens think this is actually a sign of political cowardice . cowardice. >> yeah. so the truth is, the truth is going to be. and humza says that this is going to allow the snp to be more flexible with its approach to government. however, the parliamentary arithmetic and the scottish parliament, which is that that's not going to be likely. parliament, which is that that's not going to be likely . and my not going to be likely. and my personal opinion, the scottish green party are the only viable party that the snp can work with, you may be aware that the scottish greens next month are intending to debate and allow members to vote, and whether they wanted to continue with the agreement or not. they attraction for the greens to withdraw from the bute house agreement. the attraction for them is that they believe it would actually give them more power, over budgets and would allow them more power and, you know, to get through more ,

this idea that humza yousaf didn't want _ this idea that humza yousaf didn't want to— this idea thatousaf didn't want to do— this idea that humza yousaf didn't want to do a deal with us is untrue, at7130 _ want to do a deal with us is untrue, at7130 this— want to do a deal with us is untrue, at 7:30 this morning he was trying to do— at 7:30 this morning he was trying to do a _ at 7:30 this morning he was trying to do a deal— at 7:30 this morning he was trying to do a deal with alba and the proposals we had made us very reasonable. the reason he didn't do a deal— reasonable. the reason he didn't do a deal with— reasonable. the reason he didn't do a deal with alba is that there are forces _ a deal with alba is that there are forces within his own party who stopped — forces within his own party who stopped him doing it. let's call them _ stopped him doing it. let's call them the — stopped him doing it. let's call them the old guard. the ultimate problem — them the old guard. the ultimate problem for him was he wasn't in comrot— problem for him was he wasn't in control of— problem for hi

i've spoken to members _ from humza yousaf. i've spoken to members of— from humza yousaf.i've spoken to members of the snp who did not l from humza yousaf. i've spoken to- members of the snp who did not quite -et members of the snp who did not quite get what _ members of the snp who did not quite get what you _ members of the snp who did not quite get what you thought _ members of the snp who did not quite get what you thought would _ members of the snp who did not quite get what you thought would happen. . get what you thought would happen. you would _ get what you thought would happen. you would have _ get what you thought would happen. you would have to _ get what you thought would happen. you would have to ask— get what you thought would happen. you would have to ask them. - get what you thought would happen. you would have to ask them. we - get what you thought would happen. you would have to ask them.- you would have to ask them. we are not ri you would have to ask them. we are not privy to — you would have to ask them. we are not privy to the _ you would have to ask

mr yousaf has written to opposition leaders in an attempt to find common ground. ministers insist health is a priority after the tory mp daniel poulter defects to labour because of concerns over how the nhs is managed. and a gold pocket watch worn by the wealthiest passenger on the titanic becomes the shipwreck�*s most expensive item ever bought at auction. the timepiece, owned byjothacob astor, sold for more than £1 million. let's get more now on the defection of a conservative mp to the labour party. dr dan poulter, who works part—time in the nhs, has been welcomed by his new leader, sir keir starmer, who said the former minister would help his party get the health service "back on its feet". dr poulter told sunday with laura kuenssberg why he quit the tory party. let's listen to the interview. well, i'd been thinking about it for a little while and it was alongside my work as an mp. i work — still work — as an nhs doctor and have done. the health service that i saw under huge strain is very different to the health service of maybe a decade ago, and the struggle

well they are going to vote against humza yousaf . the vote against humza yousaf.s also came out last night to say their intention is to vote against humza yousaf, which makes ash regan. yesterday we called her the kingmaker. makes ash regan. yesterday we called her the kingmaker . today called her the kingmaker. today i'm calling her the king breaker because all the power is certainly in her hands. now onto the second vote. of course, if humza yousaf have a vote of no confidence is found against him. well, it doesn't look particularly good in him, but yet he can limp on. as untenable as that may be, however, a vote of no confidence in the government. well, that would essentially put us on an election footing here in scotland before westminster, of all things, which is quite incredible. however alba has come out and said that, you know, we should be beware of the glee, the political opponents should be. beware of their glee. and that, you know, they i don't think, have quite decided on how they're going to approach that . they're going to approach that. but patrick

it is humza yousaf who has| ground. it is humza yousaf who has decided _ ground.to— ground. it is humza yousaf who has decided to tear _ ground. it is humza yousaf who has decided to tear up _ ground. it is humza yousaf who has decided to tear up the _ ground. it is humza yousaf who has decided to tear up the basis - ground. it is humza yousaf who has decided to tear up the basis on - decided to tear up the basis on which — decided to tear up the basis on which that— decided to tear up the basis on which that co—operation - decided to tear up the basis on which that co—operation was i decided to tear up the basis on - which that co—operation was taking place _ which that co-operation was taking lace. �* , ., , ., place. let's get the latest from james. place. let's get the latest from james- what — place. let's get the latest from james. what happens - place. let's get the latest from james. what happens now? . place. let's get the latest from i james. what happens now? well, place. let's get the latest from - james. what happens now? well, next week we exnect _ j

do you think the greens _ king good for humza yousaf.k the greens will _ king good for humza yousaf. do you think the greens will back _ king good for humza yousaf. do you think the greens will back him - king good for humza yousaf. do you think the greens will back him on i think the greens will back him on that right? think the greens will back him on that riuht? ., ~ , that right? no, i think they will vote with the _ that right? no, i think they will vote with the conservatives. i that right? no, i think they will i vote with the conservatives. they will find that difficult, they might abstain because of their distaste for the tories and the fact it is a tory led initiative. it was not a full—scale coalition, they were not in cabinet, they werejunior ministers outside cabinet, and it was only on a limited series of issues around climate change and holding a further referendum. it was about confidence and supply and she will say that humza yousaf has collapsed the confidence side of it and basically you do the maths. the greens will b

humza yousaf.oyte police are struggling to physically make arrests. shoplifting has hit record highs and our prisons are full. excuse me, former prisons minister ann widdecombe lets rip on lawless britain and also she is weighing in tick. welcome back to patrick christys . tonight. still to come, the scottish government is absolutely imploding . the snp absolutely imploding. the snp green coalition fractured beyond repair . i green coalition fractured beyond repair. i give my take on the lessons. this should teach engush lessons. this should teach english voters a little bit later on in the show. but first, we welcome the legend that is ann widdecombe. shoplifting in britain has hit a record high across england and wales, with nearly 1200 offences recorded each and every day. remember as well, the number of cases sold has fallen to a low of just 1 in 10. but how can we expect our police to catch criminals if this is the calibre of officer we employ to do so ? i think i we employ to do so? i think i

. right that humza yousaf is resigning-— right that humza yousaf is resiuanin. , i] resigning.pleased? i voted for him last _ resigning. why are you pleased? i voted for him last year— resigning. why are you pleased? i voted for him last year in - resigning. why are you pleased? i voted for him last year in the - voted for him last year in the leadership election. at the time he was the only progressive candidate. he was standing up for lgbt plus rights, standing up against racism, he seemed the ideal candidate but a year on, we have seen him say that i am going to find the section 35 years on the ggrr bill vigorously. the gender recognition... he fell at the first hurdle. so we are going to lose this court case, let's not go any further, that is basically the impression i got from that and when i... ., impression i got from that and when i... that was the supreme court sa in: i... that was the supreme court saying that _ i... that was the supreme court saying that the _ i... that was the supreme court saying that the snp _ i... that was the supreme court saying that the snp co

humza yousaf won't resign after a week of political turmoil. joe biden says he's up for debating donald trump ahead of november's presidential election. how wildlife in antarctica is being exposed to damaging levels of ultraviolet light. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. the ukrainian military says russia carried out another massive air attack overnight, using various missiles. the mayor of kharkiv — ukraine's second city — said one narrowly missed a hospital with 1,000 people inside. attacks also took place in the dnipro region in central ukraine and western areas of lviv and ivano—frankivsk. ukrainian officials say equipment has been damaged and at least one energy worker injured. russia has repeatedly targeted ukrainian energy infrastructure over recent months. it's attacks such as these which have prompted more us aid to ukraine. the united states has outlined what will be included in a $6 billion package of military assistance. it's part of a larger $60 billion commitment which was approved by congress a week ago following six months of del

humza yousafs protect. us. humza yousafs government just imploded . plus . government just imploded. plus. are we getting this filth from sam smith at the proms.7 also . sam smith at the proms.7 also. is france about to leave the calais beaches unprotected and. good morning everybody. >> good morning ari. good morning harvey. i think there'll be a verdict today . be a verdict today. >> one of harvey weinstein's me to rape convictions is sensationally overturned. plus . sensationally overturned. plus. yet more foreign violence on uk streets. on my panel tonight. it's top telegraph columnist allison pearson, founder of global britain. amanda gal, an ex labour party adviser matthew lazaro and yes , trigger warning, lazaro and yes, trigger warning, trigger warning. can you guess what's wrong with these dolls.7 get ready britain, here we go. how long before britain riots? next . next. >> patrick. >> patrick. >> thank you. the top stories this hour. two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a torso was found in a nature reserve. the body part

an emotional mr yousaf found.repair relationships across the political divide . political divide. >> i bear no ill will and certainly bear no grudge against anyone. politics can be a brutal business. it takes its toll on your physical and mental health, your physical and mental health, your family suffer alongside you. i am in absolute debt to my wonderful wife , my beautiful wonderful wife, my beautiful children and my wider family for putting up with me over the years. i'm afraid you will be seeing a lot more of me, from now . how. >> now. >> two men have appeared in court charged with murder after a torso was found in a nature reserve in salford . the 68 and reserve in salford. the 68 and 42 year olds spoke only to confirm their names and dates of birth. with the help of polish translators. greater manchester police believes that human remains at three other locations belong to the same victim, a man in his 60s man has admitted killing a pensioner on a mobility scooter in west london, just five days after being

humza yousaf, glasgow. humza yousaf. .. place in the history books as the first muslim, the first descendant of immigrants, and the first scots asian to lead scotland's devolved government. but his time in office was tough — most of all when his in—laws were trapped in gaza for a month. but he also lost a westminster by—election to labour and endured policy problems from hate crime to gender health care, all with his party under the shadow of a police investigation. the drama here today isn'tjust about who occupies this house, but what they want to do while they are in there. and this whole affair has highlighted divisions in the snp — divisions on how to achieve independence, divisions on economic policy, and divisions as well on social issues, not least the most contentious topic of gender. so who will inherit those challenges? will you be the new snp leader? there is a lot to happen today. could it bejohn swinney, who led the party two decades ago and had pretty much retired from front—line politics? i am giving very car

mr yousaf has reached out to opposition leaders to find common ground.inister would not agree to an electoral pact with the scottish nationalist and pro—independence alba party. 0ur scotland editor james cook reports. wow, what a view! these are difficult days for humza yousaf, facing an uncertain outlook as he tries to shore up support for his minority government. that's because he decided to end a power—sharing deal with the scottish greens. it is in the best interest of the people of scotland to pursue a different arrangement. therefore, the scottish greens msps have decided that we will support a vote of no confidence in the first ministen _ the greens are still furious and insist they will not back mr yousaf in a confidence vote in the coming days. nonetheless, the snp leader has written to all the opposition leaders at holyrood, arguing people want to see political parties work together and inviting them to discuss their concerns and priorities. ash regan of the alba party could be the kingmaker, her support alone might be enough for mr yousaf to s

humza yousaf, glasgow. he speaks urdu.ill have a place in the history books as the first muslim, the first descendant of immigrants, and the first scots asian to lead scotland's devolved government. but his time in office was tough — most of all when his in—laws were trapped in gaza for a month. but he also lost a westminster by—election to labour and endured policy problems from hate crime to gender health care, all with his party under the shadow of a police investigation. the drama here today isn'tjust about who occupies this house, it's about what they want to do while they are in there. and this whole affair has highlighted divisions in the snp — divisions on how to achieve independence, divisions on economic policy, and divisions too on social issues, not least the most contentious topic of gender. so who will inherit those challenges? are you the new snp leader, mr swinney?i 0bviously, there's a lot to happen today. could it bejohn swinney, who led the party two decades ago and had pretty much retired from front—lin

this all started when humza yousaf ended the - when humza yousaf ended the agreement with the greens a lot has happened since then. without that scottish greens and government, he leads a minority government and potentially faces two votes of no confidence next week. one on himself and one in his government. the arithmetic is very tight and he will need the support of at least one of the opposition msb if he is to survive. but of course means he needs his own members and the snp as well. he has listened to all of the party leaders, asking them for talks on where they can find common ground. humza yousaf called for constructive contributions while acknowledging the strong feelings remain in the lead up to next week's votes. responses are to come in and first, let's look at the prounion parties who it is very unlikely that the snp will be able to get a deal with, douglas ross who is the leader of the scottish conservatives, tabled the scottish conservatives, tabled the motion of no confidence in humza yousaf and he has written back to him. he he said that he has prior prioritised his c

more reaction on humza yousaf. but let's get your headunes yousaf. let's get your headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> patrick. emily, thank you very much . and good afternoon. very much. and good afternoon. from the newsroom, a recap of that breaking news this lunchtime. humza yousaf has announced his resignation as first minister of scotland. he's also stepping down as snp leader. he'll continue, though, in his post until a replacement is found. the first minister was battling for political survival after terminating a power sharing deal between the snp and scottish greens last week. he says he made the decision in order to repair relationships across the scottish political divide. >> i could never have dreamt that one day i would have the privilege of leading my country. people who looked like me were not in positions of political influence , let alone leading influence, let alone leading governments. when i was younger. but we now live in a uk that has a british hindu prime minister, a british hindu prime minister, a muslim

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by humza yousaf going . benefits? by humza yousaf going. me who were dead against scottish independence. >> if he's willing to make any concession there, which right he's going to have to, then there was absolutely no point in doing what he's just done with the greens. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no, i mean, he's obviously shooting himself in the foot left, right and centre. it's like that scooter footage where he sort of rolling, rolling and just falls off of it. what i mean, look, i would love to see humza yousaf go. i cannot stand him. but but he is political gold to the labour party and to the unionists. so i actually wonder why they've called this vote of no confidence. i'm glad that they're showing him for what he is, but he is gold. he will. he will lose a landslide to unionist parties and i don't mind whether it's labour, tories or liberal democrats who take over as as long as the unionist does. >> i don't think i've ever seen anyone fail upwards quite like humza yousaf. >> he was rishi sunak. he was well , rishi >> he was rishi sunak. he

how difficult would that make it for humza yousaf to l that make it for humza yousaf to govern?af to covern? ~ ., , ., , ., , govern? minority governments always ose govern? minority governments always pose challenges _ govern? minority governments always pose challenges but _ govern? minority governments always pose challenges but alex _ govern? minority governments always pose challenges but alex salmond - govern? minority governments always | pose challenges but alex salmond was first minister and run a minority government, so did nicola sturgeon. the difference with humza yousaf is the scottish parliament right now is febrile, there's not much bridge building between parties, there's not much cross—party co—operation. for him to get 65 votes on things like budgets, it's going to be very difficult because there are people there who want to bring him down. although humza yousaf has had a tough start to his career as first minister i think things are going to get tougher. he minister i think things are going to get tougher-— minister i think things are going to net tou:her. .,,

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she set out a number of conditions that she would support mr yousaf on.es the personal vote, he is not legally bound to resign but you could imagine there is political pressure on him. we have heard from one snp msp this morning that he believes that humza yousaf would have to stand down if he loses that vote. we are watching him at the moment trying to reclaim the narrative, sort of putting his party on an election footing and looking at some of the issues that he would like to take to the doorstep so that is where we are right at the moment. he is running a campaign now to fight for his life. the bbc�*s catriona renton there. four vietnamese nationals have been arrested as part of an operation by british and french authorities against people—smuggling. it's alleged they were part of a group which advertised small boat crossings on facebook. another 12 people said to be linked to the same network were arrested in paris. it were allegedly targeting the vietnamese community. a hole in the ozone layer over antarctica, fuelled by smoke from bushfires in aust

yeah, one in humza yousaf, one in the scottish government itself. going to be i think the votes are pencilled in for thursday. but if humza yousaf thinks he can't win the confidence vote, i think the snp will conclude he's got to quit before the vote because if he loses the confidence vote he'd have to quit anyway. if they then lose the vote in the whole government there'd have to be a holyrood election. they can't risk that, they don't want to risk that. so i think by wednesday he's going to have to make a decision if he can feel confident that he will win and if he's not, i think he's going to have to quit anyway. that's what's been put to me. but who knows? it's really rocky. talk about the power of defectors, by the way. yeah, right. here you are snp and also the alba. yeah. and keep that thought because also what's interesting to me is the fact that this isn't about independence. she went over gender recognition and in other words, you've got the greens going on emissions targets and you had ash regan�*s defection over gender recognition. bill,

humza yousaf in the contestjust over a year ago.fe pair of hands. he has served in several snp governments but he might be seen as a continuity candidate, which is part of the problem perhaps that humza yousaf had in taking office. that said, several senior party figures have been coming out and supporting him this morning. i wouldn't look at it through that prism, if i may, i would actually look at it through what comes next. and what comes next is dealing with the biggest challenges in our society back home in scotland. and what we need is someone with a calm head and a vision for what we do next. john is obviously vastly experienced, he's held almost... most of the single most important roles in the scottish government, and i've got no doubt that under his leadership, our party would be in a better place. well, it is by no means certain that either of these candidates will actually throw their hat into the ring, albeit a lot of the mood music is around them at this point. but whoever does stand for leadership of the snp will face

her support alone might be enough for mr yousaf to survive. set out the political price for that support, prioritising a re—emphasis on independence. ash regan, who leads alba in the scottish parliament, is obviously in a highly influential position, given the political arithmetic. she will be meeting with humza yousaf at his invitation, she will take with her some very reasonable, positive proposals which hopefully if the first minister accepts them will help him to get out of a very tight political corner. the main opposition parties say the first minister has run out of road, but the snp leader struggles on in a bid to secure enough support to keep hisjob. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. the haulage industry is calling for urgent clarity on how new post—brexit checks on food imports from the eu will work. the trade body, logistics uk, has warned of chaos and confusion — even though the new regime is due to come into force in two days. with more on this, let's talk to our business correspondent marc ashdown. what are the concerns here? we don

he was, you know, quite hotly contested to replace humza yousaf . but as we heard earlier yousaf. earlier on today, he has a very singular focus about wanting to be re—elected for his westminster seat. so then that leaves us to it leaves kate forbes, who came tantalisingly close around this time last year, only pipped at the post by humza yousaf , and the post by humza yousaf, and then john swinney, the name that's being bandied around everywhere today and i think kate forbes for one, i think she represents something that the snp has had to come to recognise about itself in the last few years. centrally the formation of the bute house agreement is that the snp now has a left and a right, and kate forbes very much speaks to that right right side of the party. however there it's still questionable as to whether she could get enough votes. of course, this is really all about passing things like budgets and other legislation. she could get alba's vote from ash regan, but that would still only leave her 60 for one short of an overall majority. and that, then, i suppose, takes us to joh

her support alone might be enough for mr yousaf to survive.out the political price for that support, prioritising a re—emphasis on independence. ash regan, who leads alba in the scottish parliament, is obviously in a highly influential position, given the political arithmetic. she will be meeting with humza yousaf at his invitation, she will take with her some very reasonable, positive proposals which hopefully, if the first minister accepts them, will help him to get out of a very tight political corner. the main opposition parties say the first minister has run out of road, but the snp leader struggles on in a bid to secure enough support to keep hisjob. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. ukrainian military intelligence has released a video it says is of a drone strike on an advanced — and rare — $5 million russian radar station. the radar is reported to be able to detect targets up to 300km away. elsewhere, russia claims its forces have taken control of a village near avdiivka in the eastern donetsk region. officials in kenya have warned about

the bbc understands the snp leader humza yousaf will go. listeners and viewers. i think one of our listeners and viewers. i think one of your earlier _ listeners and viewers. i think one of your earlier contributors i listeners and viewers. i think one i of your earlier contributors summed it up well, a situation of his own making. he felt the need last week to end a period house agreement, a confidence and supply arrangement between the snp who did not quite have a majority and the green party who had a number of msps elected using our additional member system. a lot of snp voters voted the snp first and the green party second and that gives them some

mr yousaf is trying to reclaim the narrative.try and shore up some support ahead of those votes. some breaking news to bring you from the middle east. hamas have published a new video showing first proof of life from two more hostages in gaza: keith siegel and 0mri miran. the video is not dated, but miran says he has been held captive for 202 days and siegel mentions the passover holiday, indicating the clips were likely filmed recently. siegel is a us citizen, taken captive with his wife from their home in kibbutz kfar aza on october 7. miran was was taken captive from kibbutz nir 0z. we will get more reaction to that a little later in the programme. a man who'd paid to join the small boat crossing from france to the uk this week, has told the bbc he decided against making the journey because he was worried the dinghy was overcrowded. five people — including a young girl — died. an investigation is continuing into exactly what happened. 0ur correspondentjon donnison reports from calais: chaos, desperation and violence as more th

humza yousaf is one of the first— humza yousaf is one of the first -- _ humza yousaf is one of the firstpetent ministers scotland has ever seen.— incompetent ministers scotland has ever seen. even so the snp leader hepes — has ever seen. even so the snp leader hopes to _ has ever seen. even so the snp leader hopes to hold _ has ever seen. even so the snp leader hopes to hold talks - has ever seen. even so the snp leader hopes to hold talks with | leader hopes to hold talks with his opponents as he struggles to get enough support to keep hisjob. a teenager who'd paid to be on the small boat channel crossing earlier this week, that resulted in tragedy has told the bbc he decided not to make the journey because he was worried about the number of people getting on board. an investigation is continuing into exactly what happened when violence broke out, resulting in the death of five people, including a young girl. 0ur correspondentjon donnison, reports from calais. chaos, desperation and violence as more than 100 people tried to cram onto a small boat in the early hours of tuesday morning. a

humza yousaf, glasgow. humza yousaf. ..ll have a place in the history books as the first muslim, the first descendant of immigrants, and the first scots asian to lead scotland's devolved government. but his time in office was tough — most of all when his in—laws were trapped in gaza for a month. but he also lost a westminster by—election to labour and endured policy problems from hate crime to gender health care, all with his party under the shadow of a police investigation. the drama here today isn'tjust about who occupies this house, but what they want to do while they are in there. and this whole affair has highlighted divisions in the snp — divisions on how to achieve independence, divisions on economic policy, and divisions as well on social issues, not least the most contentious topic of gender. so who will inherit those challenges? will you be the new snp leader? there is a lot to happen today. could it bejohn swinney, who led the party two decades ago and had pretty much retired from front—line politics? i am giving