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good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. after weeks of intense earthquake activity in the south west of iceland, this volcano finally erupted late last night. the length of the crack you can see here is more than two miles long. the eruption is close to the fishing town of grindavik, which was evacuated last month, though so far the lava seems to be flowing away from it. for now, the eruption is not expected to halt international air travel as it did in 2010. our correspondent nick beake joins us from near the town of vogar at the edge of the exclusion zone now. sophie, it s absolutely freezing here, but you can see that the volcano tonight is illuminated, and all through the day, we got a glimpse of the power of this force of nature. as you say, there is no immediate risk to life. that is certainly what the authorities are saying here today, and the direction of the lava seems to be moving away from the built up areas, but certainly they are not taking anythin ....

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and tributes for the hollywood film starand model, raquel welch, who s died at the age of 82. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the search has begun for the next leader of the scottish national party and first minister of scotland following nicola sturgeon s surprise decision to stand down on wednesday afterjust over eight years in power. the snp s national executive committee will meet on thursday to draw up a timetable for a leadership race. nominations have already opened. the party s constitution says a candidate for leader needs to have the backing of 100 members from at least 20 different snp branches. if there s more than one candidate a vote of party members will choose the new leader. ms sturgeon plans to remain in office until her successor is elected and continue on as an msp until at least the next holyrood election. with more on wednesday s events, here s alexandra mackenzie. scotland s first female and longest ser ....

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we ll be looking at the story of the man who s made it to the top of scottish politics, and we ll be asking about the major challenges he now faces. and our other main stories also on the programme tonight: prince harry arrives unexpectedly at the high court in london in a privacy case against the daily mail and mail on sunday. mass protests and widespread strikes across israel may force the government to postpone its controversial plans to appoint judges. and people are urged to stay out of the water in poole in dorset and coming up, questions are taught hotspur after they part ways with antonio, who is next for the premier league stance? good evening from edinburgh. we re at the scottish parliament on the day a new leader was elected by the scottish national party. he s humza yousaf, he s 37 years old, and he s now set to become first minister of scotland and to be one of the most powerful and prominent politicians in the united kingdom. the leadership contest was tri ....

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duly elected as the scottish national party leader. history is made as humza yousaf becomes the first muslim to lead a major political party in the uk. i will be a first minister for all of scotland. i will work every minute of every day to earn and to re earn your respect and your trust. we ll be looking at the story of the man who s made it to the top of scottish politics, and we ll be asking about the major challenges he now faces. and the other main stories tonight. in israel, mass protests against controversialjudicial reforms force a government delay. but tonight it s supporters of the plans who are on the streets. prince harry unexpectedly appears at the high court, one of several famous names involved in a privacy case. and the families of lost crewmen still searching for answers exactly 80 years after the sinking of hms dasher. coming up on bbc news in halfan hour. france go head to head with the republic of ireland. welcome to bbc news at ten, which comes toni ....

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With iocei new housing. We have been working with Local Government, business, and the third with Local Government, business, and the third sector to publish an action the third sector to publish an action plan for housing in rural and island action plan for housing in rural and island areas action plan for housing in rural and island areas later this year. We have island areas later this year. We have established £25 million of funding have established £25 million of funding to provide homes for key workers funding to provide homes for key workers in funding to provide homes for key workers in rural areas will stop across workers in rural areas will stop across scotland we will invest £160 million across scotland we will invest £160 million this year to acquire empty properties million this year to acquire empty properties for use as affordable
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