Hello, im anita mcveigh, welcome to verified live. There have been dramatic Political Developments in edinburgh, where scotlands First Minister, humza yousaf, has announced that hes resigning. Hes been under growing pressure after he ripped up a Power Sharing Deal with the scottish green party. As a result, he was facing two separate votes of no confidence. In an emotional statement earlier today, mr yousaf said he was not willing to trade his values and principles, simply to hold on to power. Lets take a listen to the moment he announced his resignation. 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 i lead, i have 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 do
Hello, im annita mcveigh, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. The us secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has said hes hopeful that hamas will accept what he described as an extraordinarily generous Gaza Ceasefire offer from israel. Mr blinken, who is attending talks with his regional counterparts in saudi arabia, was speaking as a delegation from hamas attended parallel Ceasefire Negotiations in cairo. After weeks of impasse, hamas is reported to have no major issues with a revised plan approved by israel. Its said to include new wording on a cessation of hostilities. Mr blinken reaffirmed us opposition to a planned Israeli Offensive on rafah city, saying hes seen no plan that protects civilians there. 20 people died in the latest israeli airstrikes. At this moment, the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a ceasefire is hamas. They have to decide, and they have to decide quickly. So we are looking to them, an
In case of an emergency. On sunday, Suella Braverman called for a review into armed policing. Her intervention was welcomed by the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowley. In an open letter, he called for an urgent reset, writing that improvements to the met police were being undermined by a system not set up to help officers succeed, identifying Police Pursuits and the use of force as areas of the most glaring unfairness. He said officers need sufficient Legal Protection to do theirjob and keep the public safe, because theyre now more afraid of years of uncertainty for them and theirfamilies in the legal system than they are of confronting dangerous or armed criminals and terrorists. It all comes after a met Police Officer was charged on thursday with the murder of Unarmed Chris Kaba Last year. The 24 year old was fatally shot in a borrowed car in south london, a car the police say was linked to an incident involving a gun. The met police are keen to stress that Military Per
Well, this was the Liz Truss Economics and it led to disaster. There is no magical connection between cutting income tax one day and getting growth the next. Economic growth is a difficult process. It is about raising productivity and things we have been talking about for 50 or 60 years. Getting the Economy Moving will involve things like long term industrial strategy, concentrating on improved training, something we have been trying to do for a long time. Butjust income tax is a Magic Money Tree Economics that makes no sense. There is a short term feeling that an election is coming closer with rishi sunak s queens speech. Have the lib dems got to compromise some of their ideas on things like House Building where the target has been for 300,000 houses to make things affordable for young people and now they are talking about cutting that in half and just going for affordable quality housing, in order to win over conservative voters . Well, the country does need more housing, but there i
hello from the bbc sport centre. everton say they are shocked and disappointed after being deducted ten points for breaching the financial fair play rules. it s the biggest sporting sanction in premier league history and sees the club drop into the relegation zone. they were found to have overspent by £20 million across a three year period. the club say they will apeal against what they describe as wholly disproportionate and unjust ruling. we believe the sanction is disproportionate and wholly unjust. the club has my view is that the harshness and severity of this punishment are neither alphera nor reasonable reflection of the evidence that submitted to the commission. forthat evidence that submitted to the commission. for that reason, the club intends to appeal the outcome before the premier league appeals board. , , , board. this is the first time we have had somebody board. this is the first time we have had somebody found - board. this is the first time we l have