Announced his resignation. Last week i stood here announced his resignation. Last week i stood here to announced his resignation. Last week i stood here to announce announced his resignation. Last week i stood here to announce the announced his resignation. Last week i stood here to announce the ending l i stood here to announce the ending of the Cooperation Agreement between the snp and the greens. And the snp would seek to govern as a Minority Government. I made that decision as leader of the snp as i believed and then Bute House Agreement was the right one for the party i lead, and 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 agreements as the snp moved into a new face of Minority Governments. Unfortunately, in ending the Bute House Agreement in the manner that i did i clearly underestimated the level of hurt and upset that caused my green colleagues.
As a result, he had been facing two separate votes of no confidence this week. Well, in an emotional statement a short time ago, mr yousaf said hes not willing to trade his values and principles simply to hold on to power. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has this report. Under pressure and out of time. Humza yousaf facing judgment on his future, jumping before he was pushed. A Route Through this weeks motion of no confidence was absolutely possible. I am not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whomever simply for retaining power. Therefore, after spending the weekend reflecting on what is best for my party, for the government, and for the country that i lead, ive concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm. I have therefore informed the snps National Secretary of my intention to stand down as party leader and ask that she commences a Leadership Contest for my replacement as soon as p
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Some rain. Some wetter weather to begin with earlier today across Northern Ireland, being replaced by sunshine and sharp showers but the rain is pushing further into scotland, still affecting western parts of england and wales. Further east, likely to stay dry. Sunnier skies more towards east anglia, lincolnshire and the south east, temperatures here reaching 17 or 18. To the west, still stuck at around 13 or 1a. As we were over the weekend. Wet weather to end the day across northern and western isles. It should become drier with clearer spells in scotland and we will see it turning drier Northern Ireland before we get rain later. Still cloudy across Northern England and wales to the south west with more rain later. Clearer skies in the south east, minimum temperature 6 or 7. Tomorrow, more rain in western areas, but whether pushing back into Northern Ireland for a while. Rain returning to wales and the south west. A little rain for the far West Of Scotland otherwise it may well be joy
And hamas after weeks of stalemate between the two sides. Egyptian media is reporting that a hamas delegation has left cairo and will return with a response to a Gaza Ceasefire proposal. It is unclear how many israeli hostages would be released under this proposal the Israeli Media has put the figure at 33 in return for the release of an unspecified number of palestinian prisoners. Us President Joe Biden has been speaking with the leaders of egypt and qatar who have been mediators. The us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken who is in saudi arabia said he is hopeful hamas will accept what he described as a very generous proposal. Hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of israel. And in this moment, the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a cease fire is hamas. They have to decide, and they have to decide quickly. The British Foreign secretary david cameron, also in riyadh, said the deal on the table is for a 40 day cease