is a long-term. they have been in existence for is a long-term. they have been in existence for over is a long-term. they have been in existence for over 90 is a long-term. they have been in existence for over 90 years - is a long-term. they have been in existence for over 90 years and i is a long-term. they have been in i existence for over 90 years and have only been a part of scottish politics for the last 50 years, really. i agree i think it is not going to be a short term fix nothing seems to be ace prospect of any anytime soon and the idea of using the next general election a de facto referendum is now being rolled back by the leadership i think it was a silly idea in the first place. we will leave it silly idea in the first place. we will leave it there and thank you. former special adviser to nicola sturgeon and alex salmond. the united nations is asking for one billion dollars to help turkey recover from last week s catastrophic earthquakes. the un began a similar, but
ukrainian, you know, they won t. he also said he had no intention of invading. it was the fairly chilling but direct lie of what they were not going to do that, i think, to me, confirmed they were going to do it. and he was right. within days, the invasion began, as russia unleashed a barrage of missiles on targets across ukraine and its tanks and troops stormed across the border. james landale, bbc news. staying with the war in ukraine. north korea have been supplying missiles to russia s wagner group, who send mercenery soldiers to fight on behalf of russia. that s according to nato chiefjens stoltenberg. who is visiting south korea and trying to deepen ties with asian allies. here s what he told the bbc. north korea is providing rockets,
president yuun sung nyull and thanked south korea for their non lethal aid to ukraine, but wanted it to do more. iurge i urge the republic of korea to continue and to step up on the specific issue of military support. i would say, that, at the end of the day, if the decision you need to make. if we don t want autocracy and tyranny to win, then they need weapons, that s the reality. south korea forbids its government sending weapons to countries engaged in conflict. even though south korean defence companies have sold over 12 billion dollars of military hardware to poland since the start of the invasion. stoltenberg is urging south korea to follow in the example of germany, sweden and norway who all had similar laws but made exceptions for ukraine. i m joined now by andrew d anieri, from the atlantic
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here, in the western lviv region. in a sign of his unchanged position, the country s leader says russia can only be stopped on the battlefield. translation: it can and must be done on our land, in our sky, in our sea. what do we need for this? the weapons that are in the depots of our partners, the ones which our troops are waiting for. the rescue of a woman this morning brought more much needed good news, against a backdrop of continued devastation. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. the destruction in aniro comes alongside calls for more weapons to be sent. nato chiefjens stoltenberg has said ukraine could expect more deliveries of heavy weapons from western countries. the uk is sending 14 challenger tanks, while poland is also considering handing over its german made leopard 2 tanks, but it needs the german government s permission to export them. earlier, we spoke with rafael loss, defense expert at the european council on foreign relations for more.