Here in the uk it s the first week in power for the newly elected prime minister, sir keir starmer who s just completed a tour of all four uk nations england, wales, scotland and northern ireland. Mr starmer has also been meeting his labour party s new mps, who today started to arrive at the uk parliament many beginning their political careers. Our political editor chris mason has more. Applause. However good your trip to work was this morning, i reckon you weren t applauded and serenaded on the commute like this new mp for plaid cymru, ann davies. The national anthem of wales ringing in her ears, the trip from carmarthen to westminster began. There were flowers rather than song for green mp carla denyer in bristol. It was a laptop and a flask for others, hauling suitcases, a sense of wonder and pride to parliament. It s all been a bit of a whirlwind and there s a lot to take in, but i m really excited to get started and see how it goes over the next few days. How was it walkin
there are significant questions over the appropriateness of her predecessor, alex salmond s plans to return to public office. mr salmond launched a new party called alba on friday which will contest the scottish parliamentary elections in may. it s emerged that mp kenny macaskill has left the snp to join the alba party. our scotland correspondent jamie mciver has the details. nicola sturgeon wanted to focus on the snp s own election campaign today, but instead she s been facing questions about another party s campaign. the new party led by her former friend and mentor, alex salmond. ms sturgeon questions both his motivation and suitability to return to public life. it s not an opportunity to gamble with the future of the country. i know from knowing him well in years gone by, alex salmond is a gambler, it is what he enjoys doing, but this is not the time to gamble with the future of the country. this is the time the make a serious choice. strong experienced leadership, a po
security forces in myanmar are reported to have fired on mourners at the funeral of a person killed in saturday s democracy protests. at least two deaths have been reported at demonstrations. more than 100 protesters were killed on saturday. mexico has revised figures showing the number of deaths from coronavirus is 60% higher than previously reported. more than 320,000 mexicans are now believed to have died. only the united states has recorded more deaths. the suez canal authority says attempts to refloat the giant container ship blocking the waterway will continue around the clock. high tide due in the next hour may help. now on bbc news, late last year, a conflict that had lain almost dormant for more than 25 years flared up again. jonah fisher gains rare access inside the disputed territory of nagorno karabakh. in september last year, armenia and azerbaijan went to war. in the fighting, the country and 32 people were upside down. what did you take with you when you le
scotland s former first minister, alex salmond, has announced he is setting up a new pro independence, political party to run in the scottish parliament elections in may. the surprise announcement, comes after a very public falling out with his former protege and successor, nicola sturgeon, over her government s handling of complaints of sexual harrassment against him. the snp reacted to the news saying the interests of the country should not be obscured, by what it called, alex salmond s self interest, and questioned whether it was appropriate for him to return to public office. here s our scotland editor, sarah smith. today i m announcing the public launch of new political force, the alba party. it s another comeback from alex salmond, this time as leader of a brand new political party. ..seeking to build a super majority for independence in the scottish parliament. over the next six weeks we will promote new ideas about taking scotland forward, giving primacy to economic r
a conflict that had lain almost dormant for more than 25 years flared up again. jonah fisher gains rare access inside the disputed territory of nagorno karabakh. azerbaijan has promised to protect religious sites bbc has been given rare access to both countries. we find old hatreds stared up. and what looks like new crimes being committed. it looks today like it could have been where that church was. i hope you find your brother. so who really won this war? the russian military has a checkpoint just down there. they call the shot round there now. and what does the future hold for people who have lived through and lost so much? this couple are azerbaijani and are on their way home. it is 28 years since the couple fled armenia s invasion with their baby. the first time, they are heading back. ali is a dad now. their journey, fleeing and theirjourney, fleeing and then returning, is the story of azerbaijan and armenia, two neighbours, two wards, the bitterest of enemies. nagorno