constitution plans for a written constitution that will provide recognition and protection for the nhs in scotland, giving the right to access a system of health care available free at the point of need. a constitution that recognises and protects employment rights, including the right to strike. and a constitution that most importantly would recognise that sovereignty will always sit with the people who live here, not with the house of commons and certainly not with the house of lords. and precisely because our plan for a new economy will be at the heart of our new independence prospectus, will shortly bring forward our plans for migration. we will set out our plans for industrial policy, show

how we can improve conditions for businesses and crucially for workers. we will show how we can encourage greater private sector investment scotland, success for scotla nd investment scotland, success for scotland will not come automatically. we all know that. our success will be determined by all of us as a country and by the decisions that we take. scotland at its best, when we are at our most confident. just look at steve clarke's men, the magnificent scotland's men's team. in fact, given the scintillating run of form, by the time scotland co—host euro 2028, i look forward to defending scotland's title as european champions. there is nothing wrong with being an

optimist. delegates, all too often some people talk about scotland to�*s immense contribution to the world as if it is something that is over. but for me scotland has a lot more to offer tomorrow than we did yesterday. if we are... applause if we are willing to go on this journey together, then we can make sure that this is the case. every single person living here can play their part in building a new scotland. all of us will have a stake in our new country and we all deserve to enjoy the fruits of that success. let's remember that we in this party id custodians of a cause thatis this party id custodians of a cause that is far greater than all of us. in a world where it can be easy to feel powerless. there is no greater

act of empowerment than to take our destiny into our own hands. and there is no greater gift that we can leave our children than a country which is theirs to create in their own image. conference, that which we seek for our nation is neither unwise or untested. it is neither unreasonable nor unobtainable. rather it has been the stated ambition of nations the world over for the simple reason that independence work. nations today, which relative to scotland because like great age, are in many cases the youngsters and that, and that, my friends, is the great irony about scotland's�*s journey towards independence. one of the world's

oldest nations will become its youngest independent state, and with the vitality of youth, we can step out into that world anew. into the bright light of a new tone. with our eyes wide open to a whole new world. of possibility. together, united, let's get out there and make it happen. thank you, conference. applause studio: humza yousaf making his first address to delegates at the party conference in aberdeen. this is his first conference since taking over from is his first conference since taking overfrom nicola sturgeon as party leader and first minister in march, laying out plans for how he sees a

future for scotland. among the announcements he made there, announcing help with the cost of living crisis, talking about increasing minimum wage, talking about council tax being frozen. he also talked about investment in cutting waiting lists, he said over the next three years, in each of the next three years, they would provide £100 million to cut waiting lists in the nhs. already questions about where exactly that funding would come from. he also referenced the conservatives and labour, of course, in the polls the snp has seen its support slept. when he referred to the conservatives he said they are done, they are finished, good riddance to them was his comments on the conservatives and he said when it comes to labour, i have absolutely no idea what the labour leader keir starmer stands for. he also made a pledge to the scottish people and said of the snp want to

continue being trusted by the people of scotland, and we want to take them with us on the journey to independence, he said we need to show them we have the answers to some key questions about who has a plan to make their lives better and who has a plan to make scotland a fairer and more prosperous country. those are the scenes in aberdeen as scotland's first minister and leader of the snp humza yousaf concludes his first speech to conference. in an earlier interview he says he is still confident his dream of independence will come true. in the next decade. but he says there is a lot of work to do before that all can be achieved. there we will leave aberdeen but i want to update you on a couple of other stories we are following as well because that is the picture in scotland and whilst humza yousaf was making that speech in aberdeen, the welsh government, which is run by labour, has announced budget cuts with hundreds of millions of pounds, they say to

deal with the cost of inflation. spending which is planned for areas like education and rural affairs, that will be reduced to help fund raising costs and higher public sector pay. the finance minister rebecca evans claimed the impact of inflation had been worsened by the uk government's economic mismanagement. including, referring to that disastrous mini budget. she said that left her government under unprecedented pressure. the wealth scattering welsh conservatives have accused labour of extremely poor management. having received a record budget settlement. that is the picture in wales right now. at least hundred million pounds is being pulled down from the welsh government's reserve, another hundred £50 million expected to come from the treasury to cover things like nhs pay rises. we will stay right across that story if there are any further developments. it is worth saying politics this time at

westminster, peter bone has had the party whip removed. it comes a day after the behaviour watchdog at parliament recommended he be suspended for six weeks for bullying and sexual assault. that followed a complaint made by a former member of staff over events that are alleged to have taken place over ten years ago. if the house of commons approves that suspension it could trigger a recall position, which could lead to a by—election in his seat. he has denied the allegations saying they are without foundation. one more update to bring you, this time about the arrest of the environmental activist greta thunberg in london. shejoined a group demonstrating against the oil industry. it is understood she was detained for an alleged offence of blocking the highway. she was one of 15 people who were arrested, it is understood she was sticking to

wandsworth police station. when we get more details on that we will bring it to you a little later. that is the latest picture in the uk. i am going to hand you back to matthew who is following events in israel and sticking to the israel defence spokesperson about the conflict in gaza. it is that simple. when we see a hamas capability or something that will threaten us, we will strike it, taking into account international law and doing everything we can to minimise collateral damage. fin law and doing everything we can to minimise collateral damage. on that oint minimise collateral damage. on that point doctors — minimise collateral damage. on that point doctors have _ minimise collateral damage. on that point doctors have been _ minimise collateral damage. on that point doctors have been saying - minimise collateral damage. on that point doctors have been saying halfl point doctors have been saying half the wounded they are seen currently as children. you know what the casualty figures are, upwards of 2700 palestinians. at what stage in

this do you pause at all to reconsider what you are targeting and where? it is reconsider what you are targeting and where?— reconsider what you are targeting and where? , ., , . and where? it is the same answer. we will taruet and where? it is the same answer. we will target anything _ and where? it is the same answer. we will target anything that _ and where? it is the same answer. we will target anything that threatens - will target anything that threatens israel. if we see people wrapping up launchers in a building, this is a cynical enemy. they are entrenching themselves within their civilians and using them as human shields. we are doing everything we can but our goal is very clear. this will never happen to israel again. let me show you the pictures coming into us from jordan because here he is, antony blinken, he has had such a busy time shuttling around to different countries in the middle east. he is injordan, meeting the palestinian president and all of those leaders saying the same thing to antony blinken, that they are watching those events in gaza and are desperate to get humanitarian

supplies in. so much of those trees are being related tojoe biden and thatis are being related tojoe biden and that is why, in part, the president is heading to tel aviv tomorrow to show american support for israel, but also to try and explore the possibility of getting humanitarian supplies in and getting foreign nationals out, and that whole area of the hostages constantly under discussion. those picturesjust coming into us from jordan in the last little while. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. uk wages are outstripping inflation for the first time in nearly two years, according to official figures. the office for national statistics said that regular earnings rose by a near record of 7.8% in the three months to august. that means that wages are now rising faster than prices for the first time since october 2021.

rolls—royce has announced plans to axe up to 2,500 jobs — or about 6% of its global workforce — to make it "more efficient and effective". the company, which makes engines for aircraft, is based in derby. it employs 42,000 people around the world with about half based in the uk. the conservative mp, peter bone, has had the whip removed meaning he's essentially been ejected from the party and will have to sit in the house of commons as an independent. a parliamentary panel upheld compaints of bullying and sexual misconduct against mr bone. the panel recommended he be suspended for six weeks. mr bone insists the allegations are "false and without foundation". you're live with bbc news. let's get more from our correspondent in jerusalem, tom bateman. the us president has visited war zones recently, for example, ukraine but that was with a lot of planning beforehand.

he went in secretly, it was not announced publicly until he was in kyiv. here he flies into the middle of a crisis. though it is a huge amount of logistical planning going on today about exactly what he will do and where he will be. we do not know the details of it, but this is much more about the visual symbolism of the us president appearing in israel in one of the biggest crises in this country's history. through the secretary of state antony blinken we know the us have four priorities they have talked about repeatedly. backing israel is number one. they want to stop a regional conflagration, stop this thing spreading across the region and they want to release the israeli and foreign national hostages being held in gaza and they want to get humanitarian aid into gaza. so far none of these

things have been achieved. this is about trying to fill the first two parts of that, this is about an absolute symbol for the us president to say, despite all the political problems that israel has had, and a rupture of relations over this last year, this is about state to state, historical level backing for the israelis. after antony blinken's tour of the arab and muslim world, around seven countries in three days, what has been driven home to him is a message from arab leaders about this humanitarian catastrophe that is engulfing the gaza strip. they want relief for that, and they want to get aid into gaza from egypt and foreign nationals out the other way. mr biden's presence will be to try and add pressure to try and get some movement on that front. on exactly that, trying to get humanitarian aid

in and foreign nationals out, the border crossing, it remains closed and all of those trucks out there ready with aid, ready to go into gaza, but what is the likelihood of success on that because there are huge difficulties in terms of the way israel has laid out this siege, and they have been very clear about nothing getting in until hostages are released. this is a very difficult three way negotiation between the egyptians, the israelis and involving the americans as well. the president of egypt desperately wants to get aid in and there are very clear reasons. their own people are sympathetic to the palestinian cause and he wants them to see egypt is providing relief. there are hundreds if not thousands of trucks backed up in the peninsula waiting to go in.

but what the international community wants and what the palestinians want are those palestinians who hold foreign passports to be able to get out. at the moment, mr sisi is making one thing contingent on the other. he says nobody comes out until they let aid in. the israelis are saying no aid comes in until they are clear that they can search the stuff and there is nothing that might help hamas. the americans have been putting a lot of pressure on the egyptians to let the foreign nationals out because many thousands of them have been waiting around the crossing. we see no movement on this at all despite the fact that early yesterday it looked as though it might be happening and there might be a humanitarian ceasefire. the problem with that, and what we have seen despite that, is the israelis bombing the crossing again overnight. no movement at all. hamas saying there is no humanitarian ceasefire,

the israelis saying the same things. i imagine domestically for the israelis it will be hard for them to tell their own people there is a humanitarian ceasefire if none of the hostages are being released. these things are all interconnected and extremely challenging. that is what the americans are trying to put pressure on, to try and break that deadlock. let's speak tojoel rubin who is the former deputy assistant secretary of state in the obama administration and a national security expert. he also served in the bush administration as well at the state department and is currently a democratic party strategist. welcome to bbc news. your assessment of the move from joe biden to head to israel and the region, what does that tell you? it is to israel and the region, what does that tell you?— that tell you? it is great to be with ou that tell you? it is great to be with you and _ that tell you? it is great to be with you and it _ that tell you? it is great to be with you and it demonstrates | that tell you? it is great to be - with you and it demonstrates that president biden is showing real american leadership and it is a very high risk move in how he is doing

this. this is unprecedented, to have a president of the united states going to a war zone, and directly and publicly announce it ahead of time. we saw him go to ukraine, he visited by train, but that was our secret until it was announced he was there. he is going with a real mission, to keep the region can as best as possible and to show the israeli support and to knock out some of these struck deals that are getting in the way of any progress on the humanitarian side and on the counterterrorism side as well. it is a high—risk, high states move that certainly shows real leadership. what did you mean about knocking out some of the clutter, tell me more about that and tell me more to about the risks, your assessment of what the risks, your assessment of what the risks, your assessment of what the risk is for the resident doing this. , ., the risk is for the resident doing this. ,., . , , ., this. the border crossing, i have been to. this. the border crossing, i have been t0- i _ this. the border crossing, i have been to. i was _ this. the border crossing, i have been to. i was there _ this. the border crossing, i have been to. i was there as - this. the border crossing, i have been to. i was there as a - this. the border crossing, i have been to. i was there as a young | this. the border crossing, i have - been to. i was there as a young man crossing and i was there as a diplomat. that is a border of

significance and the egyptians are holding onto that card so they can leverage it for something they want which is a demonstration of real humanitarian assistance in the gaza, and the israelis are rightly nervous about what gets in. these civilians are caught in the middle. this kind of situation, the question of the humanitarian assistance, that has to get resolved. that will open up this next wave on the potential ground invasion, which is what the prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he wants to do. some are seeing it as embedding an israeli invasion, and others are seeing it as holding it back. he doesn't seem to mind either way, he sees it as a major international security challenge and to show the us can lead. you talked about trying — to show the us can lead. you talked about trying to _ to show the us can lead. you talked about trying to open _ to show the us can lead. you talked about trying to open up _ to show the us can lead. you talked about trying to open up that - about trying to open up that humanitarian corridor. he said it

made it sound almost simple. it is exactly the opposite because israel has introduced this siege, they are really clear about their tactics. it is going to take quite some diplomatic effort to get them to pivot. it diplomatic effort to get them to ivot. , ., , , diplomatic effort to get them to ivot. ,. , , , , ., pivot. it is anything but simple and i certainly wouldn't _ pivot. it is anything but simple and i certainly wouldn't want _ pivot. it is anything but simple and i certainly wouldn't want to - pivot. it is anything but simple and i certainly wouldn't want to give i i certainly wouldn't want to give the impression that it is. but at the impression that it is. but at the end of the day it is about decisions by the decision—makers of what to do. there will be physical challenges in execution but the decision makers are essentially looking at each other and trying to play a game of chicken, as we see here in the states and see who blinks first. that is where president biden comes in, he has got strong relationships across the region, he will be speaking with the key players and trying to make sure they understand the world is watching, humanitarian assistance does need to get to the palestinians, these third country nationals do have a right to exit a war zone as of the israelis have a

right to ensure what is getting into gas that will not threaten their citizens further. i think you can get those decision—makers together to create an actual diplomatic agreement, that then allows the hard work to follow.— work to follow. when joe biden gets to tel aviv, — work to follow. when joe biden gets to tel aviv. do _ work to follow. when joe biden gets to tel aviv, do you _ work to follow. when joe biden gets to tel aviv, do you think _ work to follow. when joe biden gets to tel aviv, do you think you - work to follow. when joe biden gets to tel aviv, do you think you will- to tel aviv, do you think you will want to be able to hear an exit strategy from israel? what happens once they have achieved, if they can achieve, their military objectives. is that part of the equation of what a president would want any situation like this? ~ ., a president would want any situation like this? ~ . ., , , a president would want any situation like this? ~ . . , , ., , like this? what has been really interesting _ like this? what has been really interesting to _ like this? what has been really interesting to watch _ like this? what has been really interesting to watch is - like this? what has been really interesting to watch is that - like this? what has been really interesting to watch is that for| like this? what has been really i interesting to watch is that forjoe biden, he is really integrating the political and military objectives he is building in the israeli public a tremendous equity, his ratings are sky high. that gives him some latitude to tell the israelis not to have an invasion that can preclude the potential for reconciliation, have an invasion that can preclude the potentialfor reconciliation, to think about, a day after he spoke

about the need for a palestinian state sunday night on an interview. you will be carrying those messages because this action, his other actions in the fight between israel and palestinians and gaza, it cannot be a military divorced from the politics and global opinion. it is of height of the same mix. that is where he can go to the israelis and say i have your back, you have seen it. we will support you but we are thinking about you over the long run and we need to ensure you have a political programme that matches the military programme that you are putting together. you military programme that you are putting together.— putting together. you have the nightmare _ putting together. you have the nightmare of— putting together. you have the nightmare of a _ putting together. you have the nightmare of a hostage - putting together. you have the i nightmare of a hostage situation running in parallel. we were listening to the chancellor from germany he was meeting with the prime minister of israel, and he said we must prevent a fire from spreading in the region, no actor should see it as a good idea to intervene in this conflict. that is the crucial very internationally, that this spreads and when you hear

the noises out of iran over the last 24—hour is, you see what is happening on the border with lebanon, it is a genuine realistic lorry, isn't it? lebanon, it is a genuine realistic lorry. isn't it?— lorry, isn't it? without a doubt. iran has raised _ lorry, isn't it? without a doubt. iran has raised its _ lorry, isn't it? without a doubt. iran has raised its voice - lorry, isn't it? without a doubt. iran has raised its voice and - iran has raised its voice and threatened to a certain extent, by fitting our aircraft carrier groups into the mediterranean, the united states i say and you should not get engaged. and that is going through third parties as well. directly resort hamas and irani leaders meet in doha recently and hopefully that messages coming through. i want to mention point about the hostages. it is a grave human rights violation to parade hostages on television before a global audience. it is deplorable, unconscionable and the sausages should be released immediately. it turns the stomach to see what they did to that young woman who was just paraded out last night on social

media, on tv. thatjust cannot be accepted anywhere. and hopefully iran also understands that the united states is serious and that it will stay out and let this be the feeder and then with president biden engaged, in other countries he is speaking to, try to make sure this doesn't spread because that would be a disaster for doesn't spread because that would be a disasterfor all doesn't spread because that would be a disaster for all countries. i suppose one of the obvious difficulties is how this plays out in the coming days because all the indications are of some kind of ground incursion. we have already seen what is happening on the ground and that is the difficulty, that all of these countries in the region are watching those pictures, seeing and hearing the accounts and it does have the potential so quickly to escalate. it have the potential so quickly to escalate. ., , ., , ., , escalate. it does. it really does. the israeli _ escalate. it does. it really does. the israeli defence _ escalate. it does. it really does. the israeli defence forces - escalate. it does. it really does. the israeli defence forces have l escalate. it does. it really does. i the israeli defence forces have not been eager to return to gaza on the

ground ever since departing completely in 2005, 2006. and that is for a reason because hamas has booby—trapped the gaza strip and there are major civilian casualties happening right now, cities are being decimated. this has the potential from an urban warfare perspective to be incredibly difficult and bloody, and that will make everybody watching, all around the region, very nervous and concerned, and various tensions globally as well. we concerned, and various tensions globally as well.— concerned, and various tensions globally as well. we are out of time but thank you _ globally as well. we are out of time but thank you so _ globally as well. we are out of time but thank you so much _ globally as well. we are out of time but thank you so much for- globally as well. we are out of time but thank you so much for your - globally as well. we are out of time | but thank you so much for your time here on bbc news. i am back with more of the headlines injust here on bbc news. i am back with more of the headlines in just a moment. hello, horrible weather is on the way. it will not be awful everywhere but most

of us are in for at least some heavy rain and strong winds, a really unpleasant picture. proper autumn weather. this is the satellite picture and we have the storm spinning around to the west of portugal. the weather fronts are extending to the north and some of this is main bearing cloud and this is a complicated weather map of the coming days. we will see multiple weather fronts sweeping across the uk and in detail the parts of europe, bringing doses of very heavy rain and flooding rain across some parts of the uk. on top of that sum gale—force winds. this is the rainfall accumulation as the days go by, so wednesday through thursday and into friday, initially main stance on the south and it will peak around eastern parts of scotland but also the north and north—east of england. those lime green colours indicate rainfall in excess of 100 millimetres. now the forecast then through the evening and night actually shows fairly quiet weather across the bulk of scotland, england and wales,

but rain already reaching northern ireland. and by the early hours of wednesday, i think showers gather in the south and the southwest. it's relatively mild, around 9 to 12 degrees celsius, relatively mild atlantic air. so tomorrow, rain clouds in the southwest. some of these will be thunderstorms, rain expected in northern ireland. that could be heavy. the winds really strengthen, particularly out of the east or the southeast. these are gusts of wind, but the weather across the bulk of central and northern england as well as scotland, not bad at all and quite mild on the thermometer around the mid teens to perhaps 16 or 17. but the winds will be strengthening so it won't feel like it. here's that heavy rain through wednesday evening, really quite torrential at times. again, some cracks of thunder. and then wednesday night into thursday, that weather front moves northwards and then crucially, it actually aligns itself with that east southeasterly wind. so those winds will keep pushing the rain clouds into the north east of england and scotland. now, there could be really a lot of rain in parts of eastern scotland causing flooding disruption. it's prompted the met office

to issue an amber warning at worse, 200 millimetres of rain over a couple of days in the upland areas.

this is bbc news. the headlines. more israeli missile strikes on gaza. it's day 11 of the war and about 3,000 palestinians have now been killed.

more dire warnings from international aid organisations and pleas to allow supplies in. israel's military says its operations will continue. they released an unprecedented attack on our civilians. carnage, babies, kidnapped grandmothers. we don't have to justify what we're doing now. and we speak to the charity that's recovered hundreds of bodies from the music festival attacked by hamas. more now on oui’ main news. a million palestinians are in need of fuel and water.