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And as First Minister of scotland when his party faced the latest in a series of crises. John swinney, welcome to political thinking. Lovely to be with you, thank you. It has been something of a rollercoaster six months, havent it . You retire from Front Line politics, then the First Minister of scotland is forced from office and you decide to come back into Front Line politics, come to your partys rescue. Then Rishi Sunak calls a surprise early election in the summer, then you have a bit of a kick in the general election, the westminster election. Has it all been very stomach churning . Its been absolutely a whirlwind. A whirlwind, i think is the best way to describe it, because i quite literally, in the days before Humza Yousaf resigned as First Minister, was making further plans about what would be my gentle scaling down of political activity. And i was actually on th ....
shortly. the text calls for extended humanitarian pauses and aid corridors. the leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, has arrived in cairo for talks on a freshly five. israel s president has said his country is ready for what he calls another humanitarian pause. nearly 20,000 people are now reported to have been killed in gaza. 1200 people were killed and 240 taken hostage when hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october. i mentioned the un security council. a text has been released on the war in gaza to been released on the war in gaza to be put to the security guards are in the next few hours. the draft is very long but their key section talks of extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable full, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access. it remains to be seen if the wording is now acceptable to the united states. for more on this let s speak to our correspondent who is in the un. this has been delayed ....
housed on former military bases instead of hotels in new plans due to be announced later. germany prepares for the first state visit by king charles since becoming monarch. israel s prime minister reacts angrily to comments by the us president who urged him to walk away from his controversial judicial reform plans. amsterdam warns rowdy british sex and drug tourists to stay away in a digital discouragement campaign targeting men aged 18 to 35. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start with the news that the celebrated british tv presenter and comedian paul o grady has died at the age of 67. in a statement his partner andre portasio said he died unexpectedly but peacefully on tuesday evening and thanked fans for all the love they have shown him over the years . paul o grady first came to fame as a drag artist before becoming he first came to fame as the charismatic drag queen lily savage. the act, honed in a succession of pubs, had to be toned down for tv but it was as ....
but adidas had said it was too similar to its famous three stripe mark which has featured on its products for more than 70 years. adidas has declined to make any further comment on its about turn. let s bring in our north america business correspondent michelle fleury. adidas have buckled under some sort of pressure. any idea why? this is a logo we are familiar with any idea why? this is a logo we are familiar with and any idea why? this is a logo we are familiar with and it any idea why? this is a logo we are familiar with and it has any idea why? this is a logo we are familiar with and it has enjoyed - any idea why? this is a logo we are familiar with and it has enjoyed a i familiar with and it has enjoyed a resurgence within trainers and now here we are a couple of days after they opposed a new trademark application from black lives matter, they have reversed course on their objection, the company did not give a reason, but apparently a source told reuters th ....
climate change advisers to the government say england is strikingly unprepared for the unavoidable impacts of global warming. and after sleeping outdoors for three years, the boy in the tent is coming back inside after raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity. coming up on the bbc news channel. scotland s stunning win over spain maintains their perfect start to european championship qualifying, but their captain insists it is just a start. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. tributes have been paid to the tv presenter and comedian paul o grady, who has died at the age of 67. his husband said he died unexpectedly but peacefully yesterday evening. paul o grady rose to fame in the 1990s with his drag queen persona lily savage and went on to present several programmes on tv and radio including blankety blank and a sunday show on radio 2 for m years. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his life and career. lolly. it s a tribu ....