On the tarmac 14 Military Aircraft getting ready for the Largest Coalition air drop since they began last month, a Special Delivery to mark the end of ramadan. Inside, pilots and crews from different nations being briefed on the operation. Safety a key concern in the small airbase airspace over gaza. Each palette contains rice, sugar, beans, baby food, oil and water, flour, the basics for a meal, and this the sixth airdrop from the aria so far. It is the effort that counts, every little count, i am proud and privileged to be involved in this sort of mission. But is it enough . Will it meet the needs of the people in gaza . The aircraft carrying 12 of these pallets, each of them about a tonne, meaning this entire payload is worth about one truck crossing a border on the ground. The aircrews here insist that cumulatively the air drops are beginning to have an impact. This is a sustained effort and weve been here for three weeks now, and we are continually delivering the aid and the peopl
I prefer to look at the opportunity. And in the last year, weve had modelling that shows well lift 100,000 children out of poverty, weve had statistics just last month showing that weve had Record Numbers ofJunior Doctors joining the nhs, weve had statistics that show that school leavers, Record Levels are going to positive destinations. And just in february, at the turn of this year, weve seen that private Sector Employment growth is outstripping any other nation or region of the uk here in scotland. So challenges plenty. 0pportunities plenty as well. And thats why, probably, because of that success, the last two polls that have come out, of course, have shown the snp in lead position come a general election, whenever that may be. What about, if i may, the shadow and the uncertainty that comes with, i have to say, an Extensive Police investigation into quote Potential Embezzlement And Fraud at the heart of the snp. Its an investigation which has, of course, involved your predecessor,
Pivotal moment. A group of swiss women have won the first ever climate case victory in the European Court of human rights. Here they are. The court found switzerland had violated some of their human rights by not taking sufficient action on Climate Change. Switzerlands efforts were called woefully inadequate. This ruling could influence the law in 46 other europen countries, including the uk. It comes after last month was officially declared the worlds warmest March On Record. We start with this report from climate editorjustin rowlatt. The swiss women arrived at the European Court ready to fight. There has been a violation of article 8 of the convention. And they won, persuading the judges that switzerlands failure to do enough to cut Planet Warming Emissions could help create heat waves that could threaten the lives of older people. I am so, well, shocked, positively shocked, so happy we could contribute to the future, to a Better Future for our children. Todays ruling is not only to