let s start with big news here in the uk. scotland s longest serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has resigned. she s been the leader of the scottish national party which wants independence from britain for more than eight years. she steered the country through brexit, covid, ukraine, five conservativce prime ministers and enjoyed huge ongoing public support. have a listen to some of what she had to say. in my head and in my heart i know the time is now. let s take a look back at her career. she entered politics full time in 1999 when she was elected to the new scottish parliament. she was twenty nine years old. herfirst big test in government came when she was deputy first minister and health secretary, as swine flu was declared a pandemic. she then oversaw planning for 2014 s independence referendum. the scottish people voted to stay part of the uk but today she said she remained committed to the independence cause. am firmly of the you there is no majority suppor
Security assistance. 9. 5 billion in economic help, in the form of forgivable loans that the us president is authorised to set the terms of and is given the power to cancel. And a much smaller measure includes about 481 million that will be used to help ukrainians resettle into new neighbourhoods and pay for emergency housing. Once the bill is finalised, it would take less than a week for some of the weapons to reach the battlefield. Congress will be voting in the wake of more deadly attacks on ukrainian civilians. On friday, russian missiles struck a rail station and a Maternity Hospital in the central Dnipro Petrovsk region. Local Officials Say at least seven people were killed, including an eight year old child. President Volodymyr Zelensky told nato members on friday that ukraine needs more air Defence Systems to counter russian strikes. Putin must be brought down to earth, and our skies must become safe again. And it is real. And it depends fully on your choice. Choice whether lif
9. 5 billion in economic help, in the form of Forgiveable Loans that the us president is authorized to set the terms of and given the power to cancel. And a much smaller measure includes 481 million that will be used to help ukrainians resettle into new neighbourhoods and pay for emergency housing. Once the bill is finalized, it would take less than a week for some of the weapons to reach the battlefield. Congress will be voting in the wake of more deadly attacks on ukrainian civilians. On friday, russian missiles struck a rail station and a Maternity Hospital in the central Dnipro Petrovsk region. Local Officials Say at least seven people were killed including an 8 year old child. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told nato members on friday that ukraine needs more air Defence Systems to counter russian strikes. Putin must be brought down to earth, and our sky must become safe again. And it is real. And it depends fully on your choice. Choice whether life is indeed equally valuable everyw
Very few images have come out so far showing any damage. Our middle east correspondent Lucy Williamson has more. A message not of war but of warning. Explosion. That israel could also strike its enemy at home if it wanted. After threatening a harsh and massive response to the smallest incursion, iran has downplayed this mornings strike. Its president didnt mention it once in his speech today. And this is the situation in isfahan, as shown on iranian tv. The message nothing to see here. Other than that, nothing has happened, everything is back to normal. Israel was divided over how to respond to irans barrage last weekend. Thejudgement of one far right Cabinet Minister this morning lame. And injerusalems main market today, many others were disappointed. When a bully comes to you, were going to respond to the bully with restraint, so the bully s just going to come back harder and harder and harder. But if you want to take down a bully, youve got to take down with force. I expected more,
We will get a view from the defence industry. Also Tonight Pressure mounting on the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the ceasefire proposal. Still no word from hamas. We have got an Expert Panel this hour to discuss it from all sides. Good evening. There has been no end of speculation on what Part Nigel Farage would play in this election. Whether he would stand for reform or even for the conservatives. Well now we now he has taken full charge of the reform party, assuming power from former leader richard tice, and tomorrow will formally announce he is running to be mp for clacton on sea. A seat the conservatives won in 2019 with 72 of the vote. Here he is making the announcement this afternoon. What i intend to lead is a political revolt. Yes, a revolt. A turning of our backs against the political status quo. It does not work. Nothing in this country works any more. The Health Service doesnt work. The roads dont work. None of our public services are up to scratch. Im join