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Correspondent. Whats happening . Are here at bute house which is the First Ministers Official Residence where an unscheduled Cabinet Meeting is taking place. We had word early this morning they would be meeting early today. Lorna slater and Patrick Harvie, co leaders of the scottish greens, left bute house this morning before that Cabinet Meeting got under way and we have now had confirmation that that meeting was bringing an end to the Power Sharing Agreement that had beenin Power Sharing Agreement that had been in place in scotland since the 2021 election. A Power Sharing Agreement between the snp after they fell short of winning a majority in that election involving the scottish greens helping them in government with two green ministers in place. Weve just had reaction from the scottish greens to the end of that agreement. The Scottish Greens Co leader lorna slater today accusing the snp of selling out future generations by walking away from the Bute House Agreement. She said it was
With the murder of 2a year old chris kaba. Hello. The International Red cross says its managed to deliver seventy tonnes of relief aid to the disputed enclave Nagorno Karabakh for the First Time Since azerbaijan captured the territory in a lightning operation five days ago. Tens of thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city stepanakert, where food and medicine are running low, and power cuts are frequent. Families remain stranded in the local airport, where russian peacekeepers are based. They are sleeping on the ground, cooking food on fire and not having an access to clean water. Moscow said there were over two thousand people, including a thousand children, sheltering at the peacekeepers base camp. I was joined earlier by our correspondent Rayhan Demytrie who gave me the latest. The political situation is that Karabakh Armenians, they surrendered to azerbaijan. They signed this Ceasefire Agreement on wednesday. And now whats happening is the process of disarmament, b