let s start with big news here in the uk. scotland s longest serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has resigned. she s been the leader of the scottish national party which wants independence from britain for more than eight years. she steered the country through brexit, covid, ukraine, five conservativce prime ministers and enjoyed huge ongoing public support. have a listen to some of what she had to say. in my head and in my heart i know the time is now. let s take a look back at her career. she entered politics full time in 1999 when she was elected to the new scottish parliament. she was twenty nine years old. herfirst big test in government came when she was deputy first minister and health secretary, as swine flu was declared a pandemic. she then oversaw planning for 2014 s independence referendum. the scottish people voted to stay part of the uk but today she said she remained committed to the independence cause. am firmly of the you there is no majority suppor
Let s take a look back at her career. she entered politics full time in 1999 when she was elected to the new scottish parliament. she was 29 years old. her first big test in government came when she was deputy first minister and health secretary, as swine flu was declared a pandemic. she then oversaw planning for 2014 s independence referendum. the scottish people voted to stay part of the uk but today she said she remained committed to the independence cause. i am firmly of the view that there is no majority support support for independence in scotland. but our support needs to be solidified. and it needs to grow further if our independent scotland is to have the best possible foundation. to achieve that, we must reach across the divide in scottish politics. and myjudgment now is that a new leader would be better able to do this. someone about whom the mind of almost everyone in the country is not already made up for better or worse. someone who is not subject to quite
His comments come as the first deliveries of international aid entered the opposition held areas of northern syria through one of two newly reopened border crossings with turkey. let s look at why aid has been so difficult to deliver. the affected areas are controlled by multiple groups. they include the syrian and turkish governments, kurds, andjihadi rebels in the north west idlib province. on tuesday syria s president bashar al assad, allowed two more border crossings to be opened up, as you can see from this map. before, aid agencies only had access to one crossing for the entire country. but the white helmets they re the group leading rescue efforts say those extra crossings still may not be enough. while we are very grateful that the border crossings are open this is coming very late, this is something we have been advocating for a very long time in the opening of these borders and something that is concerning is that these borders are only open for the next three month
Mind of everyone in the country is not already made up for better or worse. someone who won t have the same polarised opinions fair or unfair as i same polarised opinions fair or unfairas i am. nicola sturgeon took over from alex salmond as first minister after scotland voted against independence. we ve been hearing from him. the political puzzle would be this. nicola the political puzzle would be this. nicola sturgeon took the case for having nicola sturgeon took the case for having that referendum which i thought having that referendum which i thought was a puzzling thing to do is i didn t thought was a puzzling thing to do is i didn t think the supreme court for the is i didn t think the supreme court for the united kingdom wouldn t take the case for the united kingdom wouldn t take the case. then the thought about the fact for the case. then the thought about the fact for a the case. then the thought about the fact for a general election a referendum would be preferr
To facilitate this process to make sure that this humanitarian aid is distributed without any discriminations and to all syrians who need it. his comments come as the first deliveries of international aid entered the opposition held areas of northern syria through one of two newly reopened border crossings with turkey. let s look at why aid has been so difficult to deliver. the affected areas are controlled by multiple groups. they include the syrian and turkish governments, kurds, andjihadi rebels in the north west idlib province. on tuesday syria s president bashar al assad , allowed two more border crossings to be opened up, as you can see from this map. before, aid agencies only had access to one crossing for the entire country. but the white helmets they re the group leading rescue efforts say those extra crossings still may not be enough. meanwhile we are, you know, very grateful that two new border crossings are open.