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
Sectors and the negative. U. S. Futures also lower right now. S p 500 closed down through off session lows. Finance chairs also finance shares also down. This follows the Central Banks move to hold policy rates steady with officials trying to work out whether the stimulus they have is working. We have yields being up as well, 5. 09 for the twoyear, the 10 year 4. 36 . And oil having a bit of a breather, brent crude down 1 to 93 a barrel. Wti at 90. Going back to what we were hearing from the minister of finance out of china, the National Development and reform, this is what they have been saying. Talking about the economy, the cpi, to rebound, the country is not facing deflation and has not had deflation. The chinese economy is continuing its recovery in august, a curious statement here about the economic recovery being a treacherous one. But also saying that economic positivitys are increasing. This is what they were talking about when it came to the currency of the yuan. Another head
There, i think everyone understands declarations perfectly should be opened immediately, not in a year, but already now the registrar should open the property with the main task the law should be voted one person died that two wounded as a result of shelling in Donetsk Region were caught by enemy fire vugledar novoukrainka maksimivka siversk kostyantynivka the Regional Military administration was informed of the damage to residential buildings and a nonresidential building about for the sixth time, seven airstrikes were carried out on walnuts, and malinivtsi in zaporizhzhia also fired from drones at novodanilivka in biloghirya. The Regional Military administration of kamiansk reported that the enemy attacked the frontline population with damage to residential buildings and farm buildings, six people were injured as a result of the enemy attack in the kherson region, the russians targeted residential areas in several settlements, the head of the region Oleksandr Prokudin in the kherson
Of the smolensk region from smolensk for what you have already done in various matters our region. This is really great support and we will always be glad to see you here on the historical and heroic land of smolensk. Thank you. Big. Thank you. E. I think that together we must do much more than has been done so far. Uh, moreover, smolensk is our western outpost historically and uh, it is necessary uh, so that uh these gates in russia so that this uh, transferring the western side of the territory. On was due condition. E so that there is a good attractive outpost of russia e. For i repeat once again, a lot needs to be done. There are a lot of problems there. Eh, i said in my opening remarks that, of course, a lot has been done and done, but there was definitely much more that needed to be done. Eh, and these are the questions that vasily nikolaevich raised, which we discussed, they are simply top priority. Well, just first of all, i ask my colleagues to prepare these draft instructions
Body image. Also this hour another Royal Wedding in windsor. Buckingham palace announces the engagement of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank theyll get married this autumn. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. In a rare public intervention, the head of the army will warn today that britains military risks falling behind that of its enemies unless it gets extra money. In a speech to the defence think tank, the Royal United Services institute, general sir nick carter will point to russias growing battlefield capabilities, including the threat posed by its long range missiles and cyber warfare skills. Simon clemison reports. Images showing what russia said was a strike on syria. But the rockets come not from the mediterranean sea, but the caspian sea, more than 900 miles away. The head of the army says russia is building an increasingly aggressive military, which the uk is struggling to match. Russia has also been simulating attacks closer to home, conducting large scale exercise