and the ukrainecast presenter vitaliy shevchenko has been following developments. he gave me some background on the general who s been dimissed. valerii zaluzhnyi, to put simply, he was in charge of the ukrainian army. and as such, he was the architect of ukraine s initial counteroffensive backin ukraine s initial counteroffensive back in 2022. he is the face of ukraine s relative military success. he is credited well with the fact that ukraine s still there, still fighting, and yet he has been sacked. it s a move that will not go down particularly well with some parts of the military and the public in ukraine. general valerii zaluzhnyi has been very well thought of, respected and revered by many, so questions have been asked and are being asked about why this has happened. there s a lot of talk about a personality clash between the two leaders, between volodymyr zelensky and valerii zaluzhnyi. i keep presidential adviser in ukraine said that one important reason why a reshuf
night. now, tomorrow is more of the same, the warm front continues to push further northwards, dragging milder air towards the south. there will be snowfall from the central belt northwards, but to low levels turning back to sleet and rain. there will be some snowfall across the grampians and the highlands in particular, all of this across the north east of england falling as rain. but gusty winds in the north of the uk. further south, outbreaks of the uk. further south, outbreaks of rain on and off through the today. a range of temperatures, 10-13 today. a range of temperatures, 10 13 further south. milder today. a range of temperatures, 10 13 furthersouth. milderairfor 10 13 further south. milder air for all through 10 13 furthersouth. milderairfor all through the weekend, brighter skies but also some more showers. and that s bbc news at six. now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, i m ollie foster. here s what s coming up on sportsd
hamas. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, was in saudi arabia today, to discuss gaza and the post war plans. we will get the thoughts of two us diplomats who served in the region. good evening. scotland s beleaguered first minister, humza yousaf, is stepping down from the job after it became clear to him this morning he had run out of road. on wednesday, mr yousaf walked away from a coalition agreement with the scottish greens, having only recently ditched their agreed targets on climate change. soon after, the greens had their revenge, agreeing to side in an unlikely alliance with the scottish conservatives and their vote of no confidence. scottish labour had gone further promising a vote of no confidence in the entire scottish government. and so in an extraordinary twist of fate, it meant the first minister would have needed the vote of his nemesis and one time leadership rival, ash regan, who defected to the alaba party last year a politician he once describe
VOX councillor Victoria Navarro, a lawyer, has announced her resignation from municipal politics, just seven months after she was sworn in before the Municipal Plenary, for reasons, she explains, “strictly professional.” She appeared as second on the electoral list, so, after her resignation, the list will run and the position will fall to the person