the israeli defence force say they have struck over 100 military targets overnight and killed a senior commander. militants have continued to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. the world health organization has condemned israel s evacuation order. it says forcing hospital patients to relocate would be a death sentence. president biden has spoken with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and urged him to provide safety for civilians amid the bombardment. diplomatic efforts to prevent the violence from spreading have been stepped up, with mr biden s secretary of state, antony blinken, visiting cairo. he s expected to press egyptian officials to restart talks on getting aid into gaza through the border crossing. the us is sending a second aircraft carrier to the eastern mediterranean, near israel. the uss eisenhower will lead a group of ships aimed at deterring further attacks against israel, in particularfrom iran or the lebanese
on bbc london their first ever chance to vote. we speak to young londoners about what issues matter to them ahead of the mayoral election on thursday. good afternoon. and we start with dramatic political developments in edinburgh where in the last hour scotland s first minister humza yousaf has announced that he s resigning. he s been under growing pressure after he ripped up a power sharing deal with the scottish green party. 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 he s not willing to trade his values and principles simply to hold on to power. our scotland editor james cook is in edinburgh. this was a pretty emotional statement. humza yousaf pretty close to tears at the end of that statement? to tears at the end of that statement? , ., , ~ , , ., statement? yes, he was. as you say, emotional as statement? yes, he was. as you say, emotional as he statement? yes
had scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon. for the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson. for the scottish labour party, kezia dugdale. representing the scottish liberal democrats, willie rennie. this ukip david coburn and for the scottish greens, patrick harvie. applause we also want all of you to join in at home. you can argue along with the debate using social media. the hashtag is leaders debate. we will come back shortly and take opening state m e nts come back shortly and take opening statements from all of our panel, but first jackie bird statements from all of our panel, but firstjackie bird is statements from all of our panel, but first jackie bird is with the watching press. thank you. from the majesty of the debating hall to be more modest surroundings of the press room or the so called spin room. it s here that the journalists and bloggers and party politicians will be scrutinising the performances of their party leaders and crafting tamara s headlines. i fee