now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. a conversation with, rather than a news like interrogation of someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped the layers. my guest this week made the cover of time magazine when they profiled the first muslim leader of a western democracy. he is at the headline put it, the new face of scotland. the youngest leader this country has had in course of a century of having a devolved scottish government. but this, admits humza yousaf, here in glasgow, has been a difficult year for him. difficult for his party, too, don t buy a police investigation, criticised for failing to deliver, and divided about when independence might actually be possible. humza yousaf, first minister, thanks forjoining me. my pleasure. it has been quite a year! you re telling me! how much do you feel you have aged in that time? i think people can probably look at pictures of before i became first
now on bbc news, newscast. chris, we re going to have a foreign affairs focus in this episode. what was the most memorable foreign trip you ve done as a journalist? can i do two? 0k. and they re at opposite ends of the kind of spectrum. so the first one was being in kosovo when it declared its independence, and seeing the power for a people and a nation of that moment. but it was a contested moment because there were countries around the world that didn t recognise kosovo. serbia in particular was pretty angry about it. so that would be my serious one. and then because news is the full spectrum, the world santa claus congress in copenhagen, which involved hundreds of santas cycling around the danish capital for the hell of it. i remember being on newsround and going to delhi to cover that festival where everyone throws coloured dye each other. but for some reason, we didn t factor in enough time for us to get showered and clean our clothes before the next stage of our trip, w
rishi sunak has appeared before mps in parliament on his first full day as prime minister, and announced yet more unravelling of liz truss s plans. the government s economic statement due to be delivered on monday has now been pushed back by almost three weeks to november the 17th. the delay did not trouble the financial markets. in fact, the pound rose again against the dollar and is currently trading at $1.16 up around 1.2% although that s also being driven a weakening dollar. the ban on fracking in england is back in place after it was briefly lifted by the former prime minister, and the decision on whether to link a rise in pensions with inflation is up for discussion again. rishi sunak had to defend his decision to reappoint suella braverman as home secretary, less than a week after she was forced to leave the role for a data breach. let s hear their exchange. he asked about the home secretary. the home secretary made an error ofjudgment, but she recognised that, she
desperately trying to get enough to eat. and, the england and wales cricket board brings charges against yorkshire, and several individuals, over allegations of racism. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to the programme. new us aid for ukraine, worth $1 billion, has been announced by president biden in washington. it includes additional artillery and coastal defence weapons, as well as ammunition for artillery and advanced rocket systems. new pledges came from nato members who met in brussels, the us defence secretary said he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine receives the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. here s a little what lloyd austin had to say. we can t afford to let up, and we can t lose steam. the stakes are too high. ukraine is facing a pivotal moment on the battlefield. and we re seeing what president zelensky warned us about. after failing to take kyiv and reassessing its combat aims, russia has shift
years have gone by when i vel not thought about it. not one day when i don t think of those boys. - i knew every one of them. on the morning of the second of april, 1982, argentine troops invaded the falkland islands. the country s ruling dictatorship had long laid claim to the remote archipelago. en nombre de la. margaret thatcher, against a backdrop of unrest in britain, was determined to take it back. a task force was quickly assembled and steamed 8,000 miles to the south atlantic. no one was sure how the conflict would play out. but then, controversy a british submarine sank the argentine ship the general belgrano, killing more than 300 sailors. britain was at war. troops landed at san carlos water on may 21st, 1982. days later, one of the bloodiest battles, goose green. but victory for the parachute regiment. cheering having made hard fought gains, british forces prepared to advance on the capital, stanley, but tragedy was around the corner and it could alter the cours