in madrid, spaniards are awaiting this announcement by pedro sanchez which is due any moment now, as to whether or not he will resign. the bbc understands scotland's first minister humza yousaf will step down today, rather than face a confidence vote. america's top diplomat anthony blinken is in saudi arabia, and a hamas delegation is in cairo to discuss a gaza ceasefire. the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez is expected to announce within the next few minutes, whether or not he will resign. these are live pictures coming out of madrid, where he is making that announcement now.

translation: after reflection, we are all agreed that these critical attacks against innocent people —— political attacks, a hate campaign on the part of the right. it is itisi it is i think to destroy our national politics.

sound problems. iam i am conscious of the fact that i have recognised a situation that really upset me. there are times... you are watching the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez announcing whether or not he will resign, we are monitoring that

speaks volume now. and we will be giving you an update, apologies we are having some sound issues. but he began considering whether to step down last week, when i caught opened a corruption investigation into his wifebusiness dealings. that is why you may have been hearing some of the translation. he was talking about the impact this had on his family and his concerns around political campaigning that targets politicians�* families. he has been in office since 2018 and says it is politically motivated. that is what we have been hearing. we can now go to our madrid correspondence. remind is how we got here and what we are expecting to hear.— is how we got here and what we are expecting to hear. these allegations auainst expecting to hear. these allegations a . ainst mr expecting to hear. these allegations against mr sanchez' _ expecting to hear. these allegations against mr sanchez' wife _ expecting to hear. these allegations against mr sanchez' wife of - against mr sanchez�* wife of wrongdoing go back several weeks and have been published by the

right—wing media for several weeks, several months now. last week, a judge agreed to start investing doing those allegations and that is what prompted this decision. the allegations focus on the claim that his wife somehow used or abused her position as wife of the prime and to influence the awarding of hundreds of millions of euros in government money to a private company during the pandemic in 2020. these are allegations that she denies and mr sanchez denies. but he says this is part of a broader campaign by the right—wing opposition against him more specifically against his family. the fact that his wife has been involved in these claims seems to have been the issue which has prompted him to take this decision last week, to consider resigning. and we heard a0 moment him talking

about the way that politics is trying to destroy families and targeting personalfamilies, what targeting personal families, what has targeting personalfamilies, what has the reaction been from opponents when he has targeting them that when talking about their tactics? he when he has targeting them that when talking about their tactics?— talking about their tactics? he has soken talking about their tactics? he has spoken very _ talking about their tactics? he has spoken very directly _ talking about their tactics? he has spoken very directly about - talking about their tactics? he has spoken very directly about the - spoken very directly about the leader of the opposition, conservatives, and the leader of the far—right party, saying they are part of this campaign against him and they are complicit in it. and the response from the opposition has been to say that he is playing the victim, he is using this as a bit of theatre to mobilise support for him on the left. that this is really a political movement —— a manoeuvre by him rather than a genuine grievance by him. him rather than a genuine grievance b him. �* him rather than a genuine grievance b him. ~ ., , him rather than a genuine grievance b him. ., , ._ him rather than a genuine grievance b him. ., , ., , , by him. and of course many people in sain will by him. and of course many people in spain will be — by him. and of course many people in spain will be watching _ by him. and of course many people in spain will be watching this _ by him. and of course many people in spain will be watching this right - spain will be watching this right now, waiting to hear him get to his decision. there were rallies across the weekend. what was the reaction

from the public in spain? there were rallies. i from the public in spain? there were rallies- i am — from the public in spain? there were rallies. i am outside _ from the public in spain? there were rallies. i am outside the _ from the public in spain? there were rallies. i am outside the congress . rallies. i am outside the congress building and yesterday there was a demonstration by people supporting him, calling on him to remain in office yesterday. across the country there are other similar demonstrations. and i think you can say the country is very divided, he is a divisive figure. a lot of people on the political right feel that he is notjust a bad prime minister but also almost a illegitimate prime minister, he relies on the support of nationalists in the parliament and by contrast, people on the left believe that the right and the far right have behaved... find believe that the right and the far right have behaved. . ._ believe that the right and the far right have behaved... and 'ust to interru -t right have behaved... and 'ust to interrupt you. i right have behaved... and 'ust to interrupt you, we * right have behaved... and 'ust to interrupt you, we are h right have behaved... and 'ust to interrupt you, we are still_ right have behaved... and just to | interrupt you, we are still working on translating, but it does seem that it on translating, but it does seem thatitis on translating, but it does seem that it is being reported that after

careful reflection, pedro sanchez is saying that he has decided to stay on as prime minister. we are getting our own translation done as well. but that is the latest that is coming out from the speech that we have been watching. could you remind us of how we got to this point and what this means now that he is saying he will stay on? this what this means now that he is saying he will stay on? this was an 0 tion saying he will stay on? this was an option that — saying he will stay on? this was an option that was _ saying he will stay on? this was an option that was open _ saying he will stay on? this was an option that was open to _ saying he will stay on? this was an option that was open to him. - saying he will stay on? this was an option that was open to him. many people had been expecting him to resign. now he is saying he will remain on, one option, one route he could take would be to call a confidence motion in parliament, so he would face a confidence vote and in theory, he would win because he won a similar investiture vote to form a new government. presumably he would be confident of winning another one, alternatively you could call election. he is not able to

call election. he is not able to call elections until the end of may, another month. another possibility is that he calls the election but they would be another month before he is able to do that and we could have a summer general election. but! have a summer general election. and it does seem... _ have a summer general election. and it does seem... more lines are coming out of the speech, he has decided not to resign, he says he wants to continue with more strength, this is a point of inflection, he said, clearly talking about the need to push forward. do you believe that he is pointing to some of the instability now in the political system and the situation we have ahead of us?— political system and the situation we have ahead of us? yes, his own uaovernin we have ahead of us? yes, his own governing majority _ we have ahead of us? yes, his own governing majority has _ we have ahead of us? yes, his own governing majority has been - we have ahead of us? yes, his own governing majority has been very i governing majority has been very unstable. spanish politics is extremely fragmented. in order to form a government in november, he needed the support of an array of different parties. and that has meant for quite a rough ride in parliament over the last few months.

and then you add to that, the attacks he has faced from the right—wing opposition, it has made things very difficult for him. presumably he would like to proceed without having a kind of rough ride, the kind of rough ride he has been seen over the last few months but i don�*t figured be easy for him. the fact he is staying would confirm what the opposition has been saying that he never intended to resign anyway and this was a bit of theatre by mr sanchez. that is what the opposition is claiming.- by mr sanchez. that is what the opposition is claiming. thank you for the update. _ opposition is claiming. thank you for the update. we _ opposition is claiming. thank you for the update. we will— opposition is claiming. thank you for the update. we will come - opposition is claiming. thank you | for the update. we will come back opposition is claiming. thank you - for the update. we will come back as we hear more from the speech. that announcement is in now, that the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has decided he will not resign and he will stay in power, a moment of instability in spain. let�*s go to another resignation watch. we have heard humza yousaf is to hold a news conference in edinburgh at noon

today. that is uk time. that is where he is expected to make a decision on his own resignation, a potential resignation from let me give you some of the context. scotland�*s embattled first minister humza yousaf is facing a challenging week, ahead of two confidence votes. but rather than face them — the bbc understands he�*s to resign. that announcement is likely to happen at noon. it is still not confirmed. here�*s a quick recap of how we got here. it began when mr yousaf, who leads the scottish national party, ended its governing coalition with the scottish greens. both parties are pro—scottish independence. there had been trouble in the coalition about the decision to scrap climate targets and about gender policy issues. now, he�*s struggling to secure support at holyrood for his minority government, which he theoretically could lead but he faces a confidence vote in his leadership. on top of that, there is also expected to be a confidence vote in his government.

all the main scottish parties say they will vote against him. the snp mp, alyn smith, hopes the greens will back mr yousaf in the votes, despite their insistence that they won�*t. there�*s the possibility that a former snp member ash regan, who defected to another nationalist party, could save mr yousaf. but that�*s highly uncertain. let�*s talk to our political correspondent in edinburgh, lynsey bews. a lot moving right now. what is the latest that you are hearing? the first minister _ latest that you are hearing? tue: first minister official latest that you are hearing? tte: first minister official residence latest that you are hearing? t'te: first minister official residence in edinburgh, bute, is behind me. humza yousaf is expected to offer his resignation at noon today. that comes at the end of the

power—sharing deal between the snp and the greens. that was announced on thursday last week. that is really where all the trouble started for the first minister because following on from that, the scottish conservatives announced they would bring forward a vote of no confidence in the first minister. the greens, who had been stunned by how abruptly the power—sharing deal was brought to an end said they would be voting against humza yousaf when that vote of no confidence came to holyrood. that was expected to take race later on this week. that left humza yousaf in a difficult position, trying to seek support from the greens, trying to change their minds, or looking to ash regan, the only alba msp in the parliament. the greens say they will not be changing their mind and they have lost trust in humza yousaf. a deal we are told would be unpalatable and that left humza yousaf considering a choice this

morning staring down the greens and ash regan and daring them to vote against another pro—independence politician orjumping before he is pushed and tendering his resignation. that is what we are expecting to hear from resignation. that is what we are expecting to hearfrom humza resignation. that is what we are expecting to hear from humza yousaf a couple of hours�* time. you expecting to hear from humza yousaf a couple of hours' time.— a couple of hours' time. you said it is a difficult — a couple of hours' time. you said it is a difficult position _ a couple of hours' time. you said it is a difficult position for— a couple of hours' time. you said it is a difficult position for humza - is a difficult position for humza yousaf but it is difficult for the snp has a whole. it is a uk election year after all. snp has a whole. it is a uk election year after all-— year after all. that's right, as soon as humza _ year after all. that's right, as soon as humza yousaf - year after all. that's right, as l soon as humza yousaf officially resigns as first minister, that sets the clock ticking with 28 days to find a new first minister and install them at the scottish parliament, so the snp will be under pressure to find that figure and that person has to be someone who can attract support from safer example the green group at holyrood, it would have to be someone they feel they could accept as first minister and that person will have

the challenge of governing as a minority at holyrood and that�*ll be difficult to pursue their legislative agenda, they would have to do deals with other parties in the parliament and they will have to start rebuilding the snp if you like ahead of the general election later on this year. fight! ahead of the general election later on this year-— ahead of the general election later on this ear. �* , ., ., on this year. and you mentioned the alba party. — on this year. and you mentioned the alba party. could — on this year. and you mentioned the alba party, could you _ on this year. and you mentioned the alba party, could you talk _ on this year. and you mentioned the alba party, could you talk to - on this year. and you mentioned the alba party, could you talk to us - on this year. and you mentioned the alba party, could you talk to us a - alba party, could you talk to us a little bit more about the role of alex salmond in all of this and why thatis alex salmond in all of this and why that is a particular challenge when it comes to all of these negotiations?— it comes to all of these negotiations? it comes to all of these neuotiations? ., �* , ~ , negotiations? that's right. ash re . an, negotiations? that's right. ash regan. the _ negotiations? that's right. ash regan, the alba _ negotiations? that's right. ash regan, the alba msp - negotiations? that's right. ash regan, the alba msp in - negotiations? that's right. ash regan, the alba msp in the . negotiations? that's right. ash - regan, the alba msp in the scottish parliament, has been saying she would be willing to talk to humza yousaf, to lend him her vote, he could have scraped through just about if he had the support of ash regan but she wanted to talk about our priorities and that was pushing forward the agenda on scottish independence, women�*s rights and children�*s rights as well. the leader of the house party is alex salmond, the former first minister,

who left the snp. we are being told by advisers it would be impossible for humza yousaf to enter into a deal with alex salmond, he would not be supported by other figures in the party. 0ne described it as a deal with the devil. that was a nonstarter, if you like. those talks never got under way and humza yousaf now is looking at the parliamentary arithmetic and accepting now that he cannot survive that vote of no—confidence. it would not be legally binding, he would not have to quit as first minister if he lost the vote, but it would be politically untenable for him to continue. . ~ politically untenable for him to continue. ., ~ , ., politically untenable for him to continue. . ~' , ., ., politically untenable for him to continue. ., ~ , ., ., ., ., , continue. thank you for that. please do stay with — continue. thank you for that. please do stay with us _ continue. thank you for that. please do stay with us because _ continue. thank you for that. please do stay with us because we - continue. thank you for that. please do stay with us because we do - continue. thank you for that. please do stay with us because we do have| continue. thank you for that. please | do stay with us because we do have a life page and we will bring you updates on this as soon as we have them. that is live from edinburgh. there is the live page with all of the updates and analysis. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc

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a delegation from hamas is due in cairo to meet mediators from egypt and qatar, to discuss israel�*s latest proposal on a ceasefire and hostage release deal for gaza. there are reports that hamas has given a positive assessment of the latest israeli plan, with a senior official quoted as saying that it has "no major issues" with the proposal. a phone call between presidentjoe biden and israel�*s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is said to have focused on the negotiations. america�*s top diplomat antony blinken is in saudia arabia at the start of a new trip to the middle east — he�*ll also visitjordan and israel. israel�*s military says aid deliveries into gaza will increase in the coming days, as the un warns that palestinians are facing "catastrophic hunger". the israel defense force chief spokesman, daniel hagari, says aid going into gaza has

increased in recent weeks. over the last few weeks, the amount of humanitarian aid going into gaza has significantly increased. in the coming days, the amount of aid going into gaza will continue to scale up even more. food, water, medicalsupplies, shelter equipment and other aid. more of it is going into gaza than ever before. for more, here�*s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. there does seem to have been a flurry of activity in recent days, giving a kind of new porsche towards a kind of deal that would see israeli hostages being returned from gaza by hamas in exchange for a ceasefire. and we are expecting the hamas delegation in cairo to give their response to the latest israeli proposal that is on the table.

really what we know is there has been a lot of effort by mediators to try to bridge the gap between the two sides,. hamas is only winning to talk about returning hostages for a full ceasefire and withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza. israel up to now has been saying it is only ready to talk about a pause in hostilities. there is this report in the us news website, suggesting that israeli officials are ready to talk about the sustainable... restoration of sustainable calm in gaza, a former of words that could help bring the two two sides together. a court in the german city of stuttgart is beginning the first of three trials over an alleged far—right coup plot. nine men are facing terrorism and high treason charges linked to the reichsburger movement, a group that rejects the legitimacy

of the modern german state. live now to berlin where we can speak to our correspondentjess parker. could you give us more context on what the plot involved. tt could you give us more context on what the plot involved.— could you give us more context on what the plot involved. it was back in december— what the plot involved. it was back in december 2022 _ what the plot involved. it was back in december 2022 that _ what the plot involved. it was back in december 2022 that there - what the plot involved. it was back in december 2022 that there were | in december 2022 that there were donor raids in several places across germany by investigators who claimed that they had unearthed a far right plot with links to a group known as the reichsburger to violently overthrow the federal government, including entering the building and so they made numerous arrests, 27 suspects are set to go on trial for this, nine of them today, the first of these three trials, and the nine men on trial in stuttgart today are accused of being part of the kind of

military wing of this alleged coup plot. there is another trial coming up plot. there is another trial coming up next month and that is good to be in frankfurt, the second of three, and that will look at the alleged ringleaders of this plot, including the man that is described by prosecutors as the sort of figurehead and the person who would have been the interim head of government, a man from an old german aristocratic family, heinrich the 13th of their will be a third trial after that. and 27 suspects, a deeply complicated case for germany. it is said to be one of the biggest trials, legal cases, of its kind in modern german history. band trials, legal cases, of its kind in modern german history.- trials, legal cases, of its kind in modern german history. and i would imaaine modern german history. and i would imagine this — modern german history. and i would imagine this has _ modern german history. and i would imagine this has captivated - modern german history. and i would imagine this has captivated some - imagine this has captivated some attention in germany? these are sort of salacious details and quite a plot that you are describing. absolutely, it was massive news at the time i think these trials get a lot of attention, they could stretch

on for a lead —— really long while. you never know quite how long a try like this could last. at the moment we are looking into next year. it is interesting as well, the reichsburger group has been around for some time, it is a kind of loose disparate group of people, who generally reject that you meant to the legitimacy of the modern german state and it had been seen for a long time as a kind of eccentric movement but not one that was necessarily threatening to actual democracy but what investigators say they uncovered was concrete trial —— plans to try and violently overthrow the comment and they had money and access to an arsenal of weapons as well. it is certainly i think changing some of the perceptions around the reichsburger movement, which is i said, maybe had been seen as relatively harmless and quite eccentric, do some thing that was a more serious alleged threat. that is very interesting- — more serious alleged threat. that is very interesting. thank _ more serious alleged threat. that is very interesting. thank you - more serious alleged threat. that is very interesting. thank you for - more serious alleged threat. that is very interesting. thank you for that | very interesting. thank you for that and we will have more updates as the

trials progress. british and irish ministers are to hold talks on how to tackle a growing row over migrants. the irish government says it�*s seeing an influx of asylum seekers coming from northern ireland because they are "fearful" of being sent to rwanda. it says it will pass emergency legislation to return them. helen catt reports. the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland is designed to be easy to cross. but the irish government says it�*s recently seen an influx of asylum seekers coming over it because they�*re fearful they�*ll be sent to rwanda if they stay in the uk. and ireland can�*t return them. the irish high court ruled last month that would be unlawful because of the existence of the rwanda scheme. the irish government is now planning to pass new laws to enable it to do so. the uk government, in choosing brexit, chose to go it alone on migration. what they�*ve actually seen since then is an increase in people seeking asylum in their country — their policies are their policies. what my objective is as minister

forjustice is to ensure that we have a structure and a migration system that works. that is why i will be bringing forward legislation this week to make sure we have as effective a returns policy is possible. but a uk government source said that until the eu accepts the return to france of people who�*ve crossed the channel, it won�*t be taking any returns from ireland. a planned meeting between the home secretary and ms mcentee has been postponed. the prime minister told sky news the situation showed the scheme was already working. the deterrent is, according to your comment, already having an impact because people are worried about coming here and that demonstrates exactly what i�*m saying. if people come to our country illegally but know that they won�*t be able to stay, they�*re much less likely to come. small boat crossings have been made in record numbers this year. the latest figures show 7,000 migrants arrived this way before the end of april. labour says it shows the plan isn�*t working. the home office said it was in the final stages of making the rwanda scheme operational.

several papers are reporting that migrants will start being detained this week before the first flight is due to leave in ten to 12 weeks�* time. helen catt, bbc news. let�*s bring you some live pictures from bute house in edinburgh. the scottish national party leader humza yousaf is considering resigning as scotland�*s first minister. that yousaf is considering resigning as scotland's first minister.- scotland's first minister. at his what the bbc — scotland's first minister. at his what the bbc understands. - scotland's first minister. at his - what the bbc understands. sources say humza yousaf does not believe he has the numbers to win a confidence vote, expected to be held later this week. and there is the live page, where you can follow more updates as they happen. please do stay with us on bbc news as we bring you those updates. hello again. as we go through this week, it is going to turn wartime ——

warmer than it has been but not necessarily drier. you can see by the colours on the chart that the temperature is rising and it is going to be higher than last week. dragging in an easterly that will also bring in some low cloud, mist and merck in the middle part of the week. we have at the moment is rain pushing northwards and eastwards, clearing northern ireland, leaving showers that could be heavy and thundery. the brighter skies will be in the south—east and you could catch the large shower, but also the highest temperatures of 18 degrees. 11 in stornoway. 0vernight, the rain continuing to push northwards and eastwards. and then the next low pressure comes in from the south—west. we will see some clear skies but even so, it is not going to be as cold a night across the border as it was last night. 0vernight close, seven to 11 degrees. into tuesday, weather fronts in the west producing rain.

this weather front will be coming in to the south—east, introducing more cloud and shower. eventually, after a sunny start, we will have this rain moving steadily northwards. four eastern parts of scotland and north—east england and the midlands, we will hang onto the dry conditions. temperatures getting up to 19 degrees. for wednesday, a bit of a change. low pressure driving the weather. these fronts moving towards the west. the position of this will change. we start off with a lot of cloud in eastern areas, a drizzly start to the day, and we also have the weather front moving forwards bringing rain with it and this could be heavy. it may not get into the south—west of england. for northern ireland and scotland, it is sunshine and showers. top temperature 19 celsius in east anglia. thursday, we think the

weather front will be lying here, a lot of cloud around this and some showers which could be heavy and thundery pushing northwards. northwards we have something drier and brighter. 0n northwards we have something drier and brighter. on thursday in western scotland, the temperatures could get as high as 22 degrees.

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the bbc understands scotland�*s first minister humza yousaf will resign today. we�*re expecting him to speak here at bute house in edinburgh at noon. within the past hour, spain�*s pedro sanchez says he�*s staying on as prime minister as his wife faces corruption allegations. crisis talks in the middle east — america�*s top diplomat is in saudi arabia, as hamas sends a delegation to cairo. mps will debate assisted dying today after a petition backed by dame esther rantzen passes 200,000 signatures. the scottish first minister humza yousaf will announce shortly whether he will stay in office and he faces two confidence votes and has failed to win the backing of possible

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