we start in washington, where the us supreme court is hearing a case, that could potentially stop donald trump running in the 2024 presidential election. it is a legal first those bringing the case are using the 14th amendment of the constitution, it is a legal first. those bringing the case are using the 14th amendment of the constitution, arguing he is disqualified from standing because he commited insurrection on january the 6th, trying to overturn the result of the 2020 election. that was successfully argued in the state of colorado in december, where he s been removed from the ballot. donald trump and his attorneys are arguing that any effort to stop him running is antidemocratic. the us supreme court is hearing about 80 minutes of oral argument today. we ve been bringing you details from inside the court as proceedings continue. they have about 20 minutes to go, we think. thejustices have given little indication over the last few weeks where they stand on the issue,
now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. a conversation with, rather than a news like interrogation of someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped the layers. my guest this week made the cover of time magazine when they profiled the first muslim leader of a western democracy. he is at the headline put it, the new face of scotland. the youngest leader this country has had in course of a century of having a devolved scottish government. but this, admits humza yousaf, here in glasgow, has been a difficult year for him. difficult for his party, too, don t buy a police investigation, criticised for failing to deliver, and divided about when independence might actually be possible. humza yousaf, first minister, thanks forjoining me. my pleasure. it has been quite a year! you re telling me! how much do you feel you have aged in that time? i think people can probably look at pictures of before i became first
has warned the walk out will cause huge disruption. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs s most busy periods. sharon barbour reports. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? our nhs! dr greenhlagh is a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patient in the accident and emergency department, and i can t examine them in a room because there s no space, and so they re on a trolley in the corridor, it s not right. and when you see how little it seems the government values us, again that is a real blow to many doctors morale. we re not asking for a huge pay rise. what we re asking for is our pay to stop being cut and to reverse the pay cuts we ve already suffered. have you thought about leaving? i think alljunior doctors, to be honest, i think most have
case. i m told that uk vi have the application under consideration and are speaking with the honourable lady s offers to help progress the application and i hope we can resolve it very soon.- application and i hope we can resolve it very soon. thank you, mr seaker. resolve it very soon. thank you, mr speaker- does resolve it very soon. thank you, mr speaker. does the resolve it very soon. thank you, mr speaker. does the minister - resolve it very soon. thank you, mr speaker. does the minister accept. speaker. does the minister accept that the female population of afghanistan is enslaved at present? has he seen the amazing film by the courageous sky correspondent called women are all afghanistan which spells this out? and will he perhaps spent a moment to look at edm 1188 marking today the 90th anniversary of the founding of the academic assistance council, now the council for at risk academics which i came across while they were trying to rescue female academics from pote
temperatures in the west with highs of 18 or 19 in the very mildest spots. we will start to see change in the weather pattern into thursday with this area of low pressure pushing weather fronts in from the southend west. looks like we will see a dry start to many but rain quickly arriving across south west england before spreading into wales, the west midlands and may be as far north thousand northern ireland late in the day. a bit of sunshine ahead of that system with temperatures still 17, 18 or so. continuing to see a cool feed of wind coming in from the north sea. north and east england and eastern scotland. for the coronation weekend it looks like we could see rain arriving across southern england. thanks, chris. that s it. more analysis of the day s top stories on newsnight with mark urban, just getting underway on bbc two. but the news continues here on bbc one. we join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. have a very good night. th