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 theirs. my guest this week made the cover of time magazine when they profiled the first muslim leader of a western democracy. he is, as the headline put it, the new face of scotland. the youngest leader this country has had in a quarter of a century of having a devolved scottish government. but this, admits humza yousaf, here in glasgow, has been a difficult yearfor him. difficult for his party, too, dogged by 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 m
that catherine, the princess of wales, was admitted to the london clinic yesterday. that is a private hospital in central london, for planned abdominal surgery. we understand the surgery was successful. it is expected she will remain in hospitalfor ten to m days before returning home to windsor to continue her recovery. we are told by kensington palace that based on the current medical advice, she is unlikely to return to public duties until after easter. i will take you through some of the rest of the statement. it says she will appreciate the interest this statement will generate. she hopes the public will understand her desire to maintain as much normality for her children as possible. of course, we know she has three young children, and her wish that personal medical information remains private. so we shouldn t expect over however long it takes for her to recuperate to get a running commentary, but we understand it is noncancerous. but clearly, as our colleagues at the bb
the families of the hostages of course notjust those directly involved, but the families of the 130 or so hostages thought to still be held in captivity. hamas has done this thing before, trying to put pressure on the israeli government to call a cease fire in order to release the hostages safely. but this episode has been particularly distressing and i think brutal. these videos were released in three trenches the first videos show just the three hostages speaking, it wasn t clear when the images were taken. the second video which was released this morning showed the three people again, but suggested that their fate wasn t known they might be alive, they might be dead and people might know tonight. and tonight, a third video has been released showing two of the male hostages apparently killed. now the video says they were killed in an israeli air strike it is impossible to verify that claim, and these are very distressing. most of these are very distressing. most o
wissam al tawil managed many operations in the south of the country. israeli strikes have killed 249 palestinians and injuring a further 510 in the past 24 hours according to the hamas run health ministry and this comes as the top diplomat from america antony blinken is back in the middle east meeting officials in the uae, saudi arabia and israel. further talks on the conflict in gaza. our correspondent sent the very latest. the scale of gaza s humanitarian crisis clearly visible along its southernmost border. hundreds of thousands are now crammed into tents. after fleeing their homes, most have been displaced several times over, by the fighting with israel. angry and weary, this woman believes herfamily remains in danger. they killed us in schools, in our homes, they won t kill us inside our tent? there is no safe place, she says. we came here because of poverty, fear. there is concern al aqsa hospital in central gaza may close. now largely empty, but only because isra
breaking news. a major trump legal ruling could come at any moment. the former president just filing court documents. will he be thrown off the ballot in another state? plus, russia launches the most massive aerial attack on ukraine since the invasion began. president zelenskyy says russia used nearly every type of weapon. and dolly parton grants a bucket list wish, surprise ago fan with a personal phone call and making his dreams come true. you ll hear it for yourself. let s go out front. good evening. i m breonna keilar. out front tonight, breaking news. we are waiting a major legal ruling for former president trump any minute now. the oregon supreme court could decide whether trump will remain on that state s 2024 ballot. moments ago trump s attorneys filing a brief with the court urging them to keep him on the ballot. right now trump is banned from the 2024 ballot in maine and colorado. trump has not yet appealed either of those decisions but cnn also learning momen