and tributes for the hollywood film starand model, raquel welch, who s died at the age of 82. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the search has begun for the next leader of the scottish national party and first minister of scotland following nicola sturgeon s surprise decision to stand down on wednesday afterjust over eight years in power. the snp s national executive committee will meet on thursday to draw up a timetable for a leadership race. nominations have already opened. the party s constitution says a candidate for leader needs to have the backing of 100 members from at least 20 different snp branches. if there s more than one candidate a vote of party members will choose the new leader. ms sturgeon plans to remain in office until her successor is elected and continue on as an msp until at least the next holyrood election. with more on wednesday s events, here s alexandra mackenzie. scotland s first female and longest serving f
tribute to nicola sturgeon for her long standing public service, and i wish her well in the future. nicola sturgeon s record as an impressive vote winner is undisputed but her record in power has divided opinion in scotland. i really liked her, as a person as well as a first minister. she s not done anything for scotland. they need somebody to take over, somebody they need somebody to take over, somebody fresh to take over. also on the programme. police reveal that the missing woman nicola bulley had alcohol related issues connected to the menopause. the one year old who s received the most expensive medicine ever approved for the nhs a £3 million life saving gene therapy. ican rub i can rub and scrub this house. and the hollywood film star and model, raquel welch, has died at the age of 82. and coming up on the bbc news channel. high stakes both on the continent and domestically at the top two battle in the premier league while chelsea aim for a first leg lead in the c
and us actress raquel welch, often credited with paving the way for modern day action heroines in hollywood films, has died at the age of 82. hello and welcome to the programme. it s seven am in singapore, and 6 pm in south carolina where nikki haley has officially launched her campaign. some things to know about her she s a republican, was the us ambassador to the united nations under donald trump and while she once said she would never run against him she s now doing exactly that. the launch came in a packed hall in charleston where she told a thrilled audience of supporters, it was time for a new generation of politicians she talked about the need to help ordinary people at home and be stronger abroad citing china as a huge threat to the us. have a listen. i stand before you as the daughter of immigrants, as the proud wife of a combat veteran, and as mum of two amazing children. i stand before you as the daughter of immigrants, as the proud wife i have se
are you concerned about the strength of the economy right now? president biden: i m not concerned about the economy i m concerned about the rest of the world. can you exley that affects. the economy is strong as hell . but the american people feel differently. nearly 78 percent think the economy is in bad shape under biden and 71 percent of people say their family has had to cut back just to afford the necessities braid, new york pos highlighting the pain that they are feeling to $.1 trillion had been wiped this year. all that bad news is dragging democrats down on the campaign trail, but pete buttigieg think the president has been too successful. there have been so many think . the chips act being manufacturing back to the unite states. of course the infrastructure bill, the inflation reduction act great on top of that american rescue plan. in some ways, having achieved s much a legislatively makes it hard to talk about all at once because there are so many compl