Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Scotlands First Minister humza yousaf resigns , throwing the future of the Scottish Nationalist Government into doubt. Lets focus on that for a 2nd. Humza yousaf standing guard today, announcing just over a year after he was elected. The Scotish National Party now facing its second leadership crisis in 18 months. Asking the snp secretary to begin the process of selecting a new leader as soon as possible. He will remain imposed until that successor is elected to ensure a smooth, orderly transition. 1 a smooth, orderly transition. I am not willing a smooth, orderly transition. I am not willing to a smooth, orderly transition. I am not willing to trade a smooth, orderly transition. I am not willing to trade my a smooth, orderly transition. I h not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whom ever simply for attaining power. Therefore, after spending the weekend reflecting on what is best for my party, f
Hello and welcome to inside politics. Im dana bash. Live from california, but we begin back on the east coast because any second, we might see senator bob menendez appear at microphones and talk to reporters. This morning the new jersey democratic senator pleaded not guilty on federal bribery charges. Hes accused of using his influence to help a foreign power, egypt, in exchange for cash, gold bars and a luxury car. That is some of the charges that he is facing in the courthouse today. Cnns paula reid is live there at the federal courthouse in new york city. Paula, what do we know . Reporter as you can see right behind me, media assembled waiting to see if the senator will make remarks following this hearing. The senator and his wife entered pleas of not guilty during this arraign the. They did so through their attorneys. Then the Magistrate Judge took a few moments to lay out the terms of their release. The senator is being released on a 100,000 personal recognizance bond. He has to s
Seven republicans will take the stage at the president ial primary stage tonight. Will any of them leave a winner . Who will take on the frontrunner most effectively and how do they do that when the frontrunner is skipping the whole thing . Released by north korea. A u. S. Army soldier is back in america after two months in north korean custody. New information about private Travis Harris and why he was expelled and turned over. Happening now, senator bob menendez making his appearance in court on Bribery Charges and the legal reason why he may be reluctant to step down despite growing calls for his resignation. Im john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. This is cnn news central. Developing for you this morning, released by north korea, travis king, the u. S. Army private who crossed into north korea two manages ago is now back in american custody. He had been held by north korea since july, but this morning they abruptly announced they were expelling him. Orrin lieberman is at
Did zelensky take away from this da . ~. ,. , this day . We are learning more details tonight this day . We are learning more details tonight of this day . We are learning more details tonight of what this day . We are learning more details tonight of what the details tonight of what the Security Assistance programme now includes and i want to run you through some of the weaponry. It amounts to some 325 Million Us Dollars in weaponry, specifically when it comes to air defence, something we know that president zelensky had been calling for. Format ammunition as well, and to be fired from both powerful himars rocket systems. More abrams tanks as well, abrams tanks which will be on the ground in ukraine. We now understand from next week. Specifically though it did not include those longer range missiles, remember president zelensky have been calling for those, particularly in regards to efforts to retake any land in crimea. This was also an opportunity for president zelensky to meet and b
Officers are involved in the investigation. As for Pouria Zeraati himself, well, hes a really high profile tv presenter for Iran International. Thats a Persian Language tv news station. Its based in london, but its available all around the world, including in iran. And i should add, iran denies any involvement in this attack but previously it has said it considers Iran International a terrorist organisation. And Pouria Zeraati is now out of hospital and he and his wife are said to be in a safe place under the police s supervision. But clearly, the whole story raises broader questions about the safety of iranian journalists. And weve got one of them with us here. Sima sabet used to be a presenter on Iran International. Shes also worked on the bbc world service. Thank you so much, sima, for coming on the media show. Thanks for having me on your show. Youre very welcome. I wondered first, in terms of your situation, what impact did fridays attack on mr zeraati have on you personally . Wha