reserved to westminster and we need that to be in public ownership too. as talk to our scottish political correspondent. andrew, good to have you with us. i was talking to the snb spokesperson this morning. all sorts of plans that the snp has. let s talk about whatjohn swinney says. basically about railways. let s talk about that festival. that s rightjohn swinney was on the that s right john swinney was on the campaign that s right john swinney was on the campaign show in five in an area cold campaign show in five in an area cold lieven campaign show in five in an area cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet link cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet link there. what s the snp are trying velvet link there. what s the snp are trying to do, it is a common theme are trying to do, it is a common theme. they think they can keep labour theme. they think they can keep labour on theme. they think they can keep labour on the right tra
we are hearing from there that a number of homes have been completely flattened, there is a video showing people among the debris and they are trying to rush the wounded away from the scene. in one of the neighbourhoods, we are hearing that some of the houses have been destroyed, this is one of the larger israeli strikes that we have seen in recent days, although al shati was also hit yesterday. there are some reports in israeli media that the israeli military has been targeting a senior commander in hamas, but no comment on that from hamas. it did put out a short statement really threatening those that carried out this attack, saying that civilians had been targeted. the israeli military said that it has been targeting hamas infrastructure and that it will give more details soon. this really comes after a day where we also heard of at least 20 people being killed in a shelling in the south of the gaza strip, close to rafah, with the international committee of the red cross c
mutual security pact. the deal was made on a day of carefully stage managed events during mr putin s first visit to north korea for over 20 years. prosecutors are to decide whether to seek a retrial for a uk couple accused of the manslaughter of their newborn baby by gross negligence, after a jury failed to agree on verdicts. constance marten and mark gordon denied a total of five charges. and english heritage says summer solstice celebrations at stonehenge won t be affected by a protest by climate activists. members ofjust stop oil sprayed orange paint on parts of the monument. two people were arrested. warm welcome if you are justjoining us. for 17 years, the snp has the set the agenda in scottish politics, racking up some landslide wins along the way. butjohn swinney, the new first minister is finding things a lot tougher. in fact he battling for relevance, amid a labour surge north of the border, that is threatening to sweep them from the board. the manifesto the snp rele
weeks to go. don t forget, this is a westminster campaign. forjohn swinney it is business as usual at holyrood. the scottish parliament is still sitting and passing laws. for example, last week the scottish parliament voted through legislation to exonerate sub postmaster is in scotland that were caught up in the horizon scandal. butjohn swinney did acknowledge during that speech that the snp is facing its biggest challenge for years. if we just talk about that for a few minutes. back in the last general election the snp won 48 of the scottish seats at westminster. none of the other parties in scotland got into double figures. labourwon parties in scotland got into double figures. labour won one seat in 2019. but if you look at the polls now they are suggesting the gap between the snp and labour is closing. in fact, between the snp and labour is closing. infact, recent between the snp and labour is closing. in fact, recent polls suggest labour are now ahead of the snp and labour were on