we ll be looking at the story of the man who s made it to the top of scottish politics, and we ll be asking about the major challenges he now faces. and our other main stories also on the programme tonight: prince harry arrives unexpectedly at the high court in london in a privacy case against the daily mail and mail on sunday. mass protests and widespread strikes across israel may force the government to postpone its controversial plans to appoint judges. and people are urged to stay out of the water in poole in dorset and coming up, questions are taught hotspur after they part ways with antonio, who is next for the premier league stance? good evening from edinburgh. we re at the scottish parliament on the day a new leader was elected by the scottish national party. he s humza yousaf, he s 37 years old, and he s now set to become first minister of scotland and to be one of the most powerful and prominent politicians in the united kingdom. the leadership contest was triggered
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we re at the scottish parliament on the day a new leader was elected by the scottish national party. he s humza yousaf, he s 37 years old, and he s now set to become first minister of scotland and to be one of the most powerful and prominent politicians in the united kingdom. the leadership contest was triggered last month by nicola sturgeon s unexpected resignation. she has dominated scottish politics for almost a decade, and everyone here seems to agree that she ll be a hard act to follow. this is what happened in today s result. more than 50,000 members of the snp voted, with mr yousaf taking 52% of the vote on the second round. it s a result that makes history. mr yousaf is the first muslim leader of the snp, the first muslim to lead a major uk party. tomorrow, members of the scottish parliament will vote on whether to appoint him as the nation s new first minister. mr yousaf knows that his list of challenges
would be rather daunting as first minister. we ll be looking at those challenges, and we ll be looking at mr yousaf s family story, but first our scotland editor, james cook, reports on the result. with a high five for his daughter, humza yousaf hints at what is about to happen. he sjust been told humza yousaf hints at what is about to happen. he s just been told the result, and it shows. kate to happen. he sjust been told the result, and it shows. result, and it shows. kate forbes, 23,890. result, and it shows. kate forbes, 23.890. this result, and it shows. kate forbes, 23,890. this represents result, and it shows. kate forbes, 23,890. this represents 47.994. i result, and it shows. kate forbes, 23,890. this represents 47.996 of| result, and it shows. kate forbes, - 23,890. this represents 47.996 of the 23,890. this represents 47.9% of the final boat 23,890. this represents 47.9% of the final boat. humza yousaf, 26,032. this represents 52.1% of the final vote this represents
and is now on the cusp of becoming first minister. the 37 year old grew up in glasgow, was educated at private school. 9/11 and the iraq war were formative events in his youth, and it was then that he joined the snp. he started doing charity work. those who knew him, though, never thought he d become a politician. an 18 year old humza yousaf walked into the shop. i want to volunteer. i said, is that right? 0k, get the mop, clean the floor, go and clean the toilet. that was his test. bubbly character, always cracking jokes, and lovely engaging with youngsters and other young people like him. when he believes, he passionately believes in it, and his beliefs are very strong and he works hard. he knows just beliefs on its own is no good, and he knows, humza yousaf, - scottish national party. the snp s youngest ever leader has a long record in government in international development,