Ceasefire talks in cairo. The good news is that they are happening and that five nations, orfive parties, are at least all there in cairo. So thats hamas, israel, the us, qatar and egypt. The not so good news is that israel has only sent a fairly low level team theyre not there to negotiate, theyre there to study what hope there is of trying to bridge the gap between what is acceptable to israel and what is acceptable to hamas, and that gap is still pretty wide. The main Sticking Point, as my colleague yolande referred to there, is over how this ends. So the fundamentals of the deal are largely intact, theyre largely agreed. They can agree this that it will start with a 42 day period of calm, a truce essentially, during which hamas will give up 33 hostages. Theres a bit of dispute about whether they would be alive or dead, but 33 hostages. In return, a much larger number of Palestinians Prisoners would be released from israeli jails and palestinians who had been moved south into rafah
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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
As a result, he had been facing two separate votes of no confidence this week. Well, in an emotional statement a short time ago, mr yousaf said hes not willing to trade his values and principles simply to hold on to power. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has this report. Under pressure and out of time. Humza yousaf facing judgment on his future, jumping before he was pushed. A Route Through this weeks motion of no confidence was absolutely possible. 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 that i lead, ive 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 down as party leader and ask that she commences a Leadership Contest for my replacement as soon as p