questioning and release of the former first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, in connection with the investigation into the finances of the scottish national party. mrs sturgeon says her arrest was a shock and she is innocent of any wrongdoing. she s been released without charge pending further investigation. our scotland editor james cook reports. nicola sturgeon, for so long, front and centre in scottish politics, was arrested well away from the cameras, just after 10am. detectives questioned her as a suspect, before releasing her without charge seven hours and 15 minutes later. this evening, ms sturgeon issued a statement which was raw, blunt and defiant. i am certain i have committed no offence, she said, describing the situation as both a shock and deeply distressing. she thanked her supporters, saying they appreciated she would never do anything to harm either the snp or the country, and she insisted in the strongest possible terms that i am in fact innocent o
five servicemen were fired for misconduct and the defense ministry issued an apology. and after being dropped, the investigation was reopened. earlier this year, three former soldiers were indicted. rina says she s relieved if still traumatised and wants to make sure no one else goes through a similar experience or be scared to speak out. many survivors have said that d kept quiet out of fear or guilt. but japan s laws also make it very difficult for women to come forward, for example, they put the onus on rape victims to prove that they ve been subjected to intimidation or violence. a recent survey has shown that more than 70% of attacks go unreported here. and while the government is moving to change sexual violence laws, many experts have said that a lot more needs to be done on the shame and the stigma. japan prides itself in being one of the world s safest places, but in this male dominated society, many women are still shamed into silence.
day. ..nadine doris is leaving her seat in day. ..nadine doris is leavingl her seat in mid-bedfordsured, her seat in mid bedfordsured, and nigel adams is walking away too, as well as borisjohnson. we have a former prime minister crafting a letter undermining the sitting prime minister, and we ve got three by elections brought about not in the usual way because an mp has passed away or there has been wrongdoing but simply because these mps want to put pressure on the current government. in those circumstances, of course there should be a general election. there should be a general election- election. labour and the liberal democrats - election. labour and the liberal democrats look i election. labour and the l liberal democrats look at election. labour and the - liberal democrats look at the coming by elections with the leader spent a day in banfordsure.- leader spent a day in banfordsure. j . ., , , banfordsure. they re completely divided, chaotic, banfordsure. they re complet