And as First Minister of scotland when his party faced the latest in a series of crises. John swinney, welcome to political thinking. Lovely to be with you, thank you. It has been something of a rollercoaster six months, havent it . You retire from Front Line politics, then the First Minister of scotland is forced from office and you decide to come back into Front Line politics, come to your partys rescue. Then Rishi Sunak calls a surprise early election in the summer, then you have a bit of a kick in the general election, the westminster election. Has it all been very stomach churning . Its been absolutely a whirlwind. A whirlwind, i think is the best way to describe it, because i quite literally, in the days before Humza Yousaf resigned as First Minister, was making further plans about what would be my gentle scaling down of political activity. And i was actually on the day that he resigned, giving a reflective speech about 25 years of devolution in scotland down here in london. And
hello, i m matthew amroliwala , welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. two bomb explosions have exploded in south west pakistan just hours before polls open, for the general election tomorrow. let me take you through what we know so far. at least 22 people have been killed and many more injured. authorities say, they were targeting the election offices in two parts of baloochistan. the people of pakistan will head to the polls, after a campaign marred by violence and claims of poll rigging. these are some of the pictures in so far these from the blast in the pishin district, outside the election office of an independent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party killing at least eight people. the afp news agency quotes a senior police official, saying it happened in the main bazaar. the explosions happen
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welcome to bbc news outside of buckingham palace this evening. king charles has begun his treatment for cancer. earlier, we ve seen the king and queen camilla, in a car. it was the first image of the king and queen since buckingham palace confirmed his cancer diagnosis on monday evening. this is the moment they left the royal residence just a few hundred metres from buckingham palace. they then transferred, so then leaving london and a helicopter. these are pictures of the royal couple flying off. it is thought they are heading to the palace in sandringham in norfolk. it s thought they are heading to the royal palace at sandringham in norfolk, where charles is likely to remain while he receives treatment, and steps back from public royal duties. meanwhile prince harry has been in london to visit his father. this image shows him in the back of a car, being driven in london. harry isn t alone in offering his support to king charles a number of world leaders have sent messages