questioning and release of the former first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, in connection with the investigation into the finances of the scottish national party. mrs sturgeon says her arrest was a shock and she is innocent of any wrongdoing. she s been released without charge pending further investigation. our scotland editor james cook reports. nicola sturgeon, for so long, front and centre in scottish politics, was arrested well away from the cameras, just after 10am. detectives questioned her as a suspect, before releasing her without charge seven hours and 15 minutes later. this evening, ms sturgeon issued a statement which was raw, blunt and defiant. i am certain i have committed no offence, she said, describing the situation as both a shock and deeply distressing. she thanked her supporters, saying they appreciated she would never do anything to harm either the snp or the country, and she insisted in the strongest possible terms that i am in fact innocent o
he s now clear of rafael nadal s total of 22 wins. the first man to win 23 grand slam titles. will have more for you later. well, let s turn our attention to other political news in the uk, and claims by the former prime minister borisjohnson that he s the victim of a witch hunt have been rejected by a leading government minister. the energy secretary, grant shapps, says the country wants to move on from the political drama surrounding borisjohnson. the former prime minister resigned as an mp after getting an advance copy of a cross party report that s expected to find that he misled parliament. meanwhile, the former conservative cabinet minister, sirjacob rees mogg, has warned the party s leadership not to try to block any future attempt by mrjohnson to return to parliament. he says any attempt to do so could plunge the conservatives into civil war. meanwhile, in the past hour, the house of lords appointments commission said it had not supported eight peerage nominees su
as of right now, there s no official confirmation as to what led to the shooting but president biden has described it as outrageous and unacceptable . one of the four killed has been identified as philstavious dowdell by local media. he was a standout high school athlete and was planning to attend jacksonville state university on an american football scholarship. earlier, alabama police gave this update on the victims. some of those injuries are critical, they are in critical condition, and that s why it s so important we absolutely need everyone to continue to pray for those individuals to allow them to recover from what they re enduring, as well as their families. earlier, i spoke to our correspondentjessica parker, who is in dadeville, alabama. jessica, i understand you have just arrived there. can you give us a sense of how the community is reacting? yeah, well, we arrived just as a vigil had been taking place just up the road from here in a kind of parking area and do
in syria and libya. abdalla hamdok said there needed to be a unified international effort to persuade the sudanese military leader and the head of a rival paramilitary force to hold peace talks. despite agreeing to a ceasefire, fighting has continued in parts of the capital, khartoum, with reports of fighterjets and drones targeting positions held by the rapid support forces, or rsf. hundreds have now been killed, and tens of thousands have fled the conflict which is de stabilising the entire region. one of the generals leading the rsf in the fight against sudan s army has told the bbc he will not negotiate until the fighting ends. mohamed hamdan dagalo also known as hemedti was speaking to zeinab badawi. i want to put it to you that the people particularly in khartoum are living in an ordeal, what would it take for you to allow humanitarian corridors? translation: first of all i would like to thank- the bbc for the interview regarding the truce. we have been asking for
in his country could become worse than that in syria and libya. abdalla hamdok said there needed to be a unified international effort to persuade the sudanese military leader and the head of a rival paramilitary force to hold peace talks. a ceasefire has been agreed but it is not holding. these images show khartoum where fighting is continuing in parts of the capital, with reports of fighterjets and drones targeting positions held by the rapid support forces, or rsf. life is increasingly hard for residents who ve been unable to leave such as this student who spoke to us earlier. three kilometres there is not any shop open, they are all closed. there is no movement, there is nothing. hundreds of people have now been killed, and tens of thousands have fled the conflict. one of the gernerals leading the rsf in the fight against sudan s army in the fight against sudan s army has told the bbc he will not negotiate until the fighting ends. mohamed hamdan dagalo also kno