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alexandra mackenzie in — over the weekend as well. alexandra mackenzie in edinburgh _ over the weekend as well. alexandra mackenzie in edinburgh for— over the weekend as well. alexandra mackenzie in edinburgh for us. - over the weekend as well. alexandra mackenzie in edinburgh for us. of i mackenzie in edinburgh for us. of course we are going to keep watching that story for developments throughout the day. to spain next. the prime minister, pedro sanchez, is expected to announce the in around an hour whether he will resign. he began considering whether to step down last week when a court opened a corruption investigation into his wife's business dealings. he says that the probe is politically motivated. live to madrid and our correspondent guy hedgecoe. good to have you, guy, could you put some of this in context for us and give us a few more details on the investigation itself?— investigation itself? well, all of this started _ investigation itself? well, all of this started last _ investigation itself? well, all of this started
alexandra mackenzie in — over the weekend as well. alexandra mackenzie in edinburgh _ over the weekend as well. alexandra mackenzie in edinburgh for— over the weekend as well. alexandra mackenzie in edinburgh for us. - over the weekend as well. alexandra mackenzie in edinburgh for us. of i mackenzie in edinburgh for us. of course we are going to keep watching that story for developments throughout the day. to spain next. the prime minister, pedro sanchez, is expected to announce the in...
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alexandra mackenzie reports. humza yousaf is fighting for his political future as he faces a vote of no confidence as first minister in a minority government. after he decided to end a power—sharing deal, the bute house agreement, with the scottish greens. one senior snp mp made an appeal to the scottish green party. i apologise for what has happened this week, it could have happened in a different way but we are where we are. but the choice every member of the scottish parliament has this week is are we going to support that government under humza yousaf to make sure that we deliver the legislation that we all agree on? but the greens insist they will not back mr yousaf in the coming days. the scottish green group have said we will vote in support _ of a vote of no confidence - against humza yousaf and i cannot imagine anything at this point that could change that position. - this was a spectacular breach . of trust, from going on tuesday to saying the bute house agreement was worth its weight in gold, - to st
alexandra mackenzie reports. humza yousaf is fighting for his political future as he faces a vote of no confidence as first minister in a minority government. after he decided to end a power—sharing deal, the bute house agreement, with the scottish greens. one senior snp mp made an appeal to the scottish green party. i apologise for what has happened this week, it could have happened in a different way but we are where we are. but the choice every member of the scottish parliament has this...
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alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. let's just take you to spain now where thousands of people are marching to show their support for spain's prime minister pedro sanchez. he announced last wednesday he will take a few days away from public duties to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched eight business corruption probe into his wife's private dealings, and these people out on the streets of madrid in support of the prime minister. senior british conservatives have defended the prime minister after the tory mp dan poulter defected to labour. dr poulter — who also works for the nhs — accused the tories of no longer valuing public services. the home office minister, chris philp, rejected the claim and said the government was spending more money than ever on the health service. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. dan poulter�*s surprise defection is still being digested by westminster — a part—time working doctor and, for the last 14 years, a conservative mp,
alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. let's just take you to spain now where thousands of people are marching to show their support for spain's prime minister pedro sanchez. he announced last wednesday he will take a few days away from public duties to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched eight business corruption probe into his wife's private dealings, and these people out on the streets of madrid in support of the prime minister. senior british...
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alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. the home office says it's entering the final phase of putting its rwanda policy into practice. a report in the guardian suggested detentions of asylum seekers ready for deportation would begin on monday. a home office spokesperson said at some stage people would inevitably start being detained in preparation for the first flight, which is due to take off in ten to 12 weeks. meanwhile, the irish prime minister has said foreign migration policies cannot be allowed to undermine those of ireland. simon harris said ireland will not provide a loophole for anyone else�*s migration challenges, after it emerged that the majority of asylum seekers entering ireland have crossed from northern ireland. the irish government is looking at legislation to enable asylum seekers to be sent back to the uk. but a source said the uk won't accept any asylum returns from the eu via ireland until the eu changes its policies. ukraine's commander—in—chief says the situation on the frontline there has wors
alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. the home office says it's entering the final phase of putting its rwanda policy into practice. a report in the guardian suggested detentions of asylum seekers ready for deportation would begin on monday. a home office spokesperson said at some stage people would inevitably start being detained in preparation for the first flight, which is due to take off in ten to 12 weeks. meanwhile, the irish prime minister has said foreign migration policies cannot be allowed...
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alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. senior british conservatives have defended the prime minister after the tory mp dan poulter defected to labour. dr poulter — who also works for the nhs — accused the tories of no longer valuing public services. the home office minister, chris philp, rejected the claim and said the government was spending more money than ever on the health service. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. dan poulter�*s surprise defection is still being digested by westminster. a part—time working doctor and, for the last ia years, a conservative mp, who will now spend his last months in office as a labour one, abandoning his tory colleagues because he said he could no longer look his nhs ones in the eye. it's been the case in the last eight to ten years or so the nhs is not a priority to the conservative party and to the government. we need to look to a party that has a track record when it was in government before under tony blair and gordon brown. and that's what keir starmer and the
alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. senior british conservatives have defended the prime minister after the tory mp dan poulter defected to labour. dr poulter — who also works for the nhs — accused the tories of no longer valuing public services. the home office minister, chris philp, rejected the claim and said the government was spending more money than ever on the health service. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. dan poulter�*s surprise defection is still being digested by...
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alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. let's turn to some important news around the world. burkina faso has suspended more western and african media outlets over their coverage of a human rights watch report accusing the army of more than two hundred extrajudicial killings. the report said the soldiers had suspected local villagers of supporting islamist militants. bbc journalists were suspended earlier in the week for covering the report. on saturday, a spokesman for burkina faso's government said the report was premature. at least four people are dead after tornadoes left a trail of destruction in the us state of oklahoma. clean up operations are underway in the town of sulphur, which was badly damaged. the storm flattened buildings and flipped over cars. on a visit to the town, the state's governor said it appears that every business in the town had been destroyed. you are watching bbc news. our colleagues in london take over from here. hello. expect a different feel to the weather over the next few days. some warmer weather on the way this week, but with that, we will s
alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. let's turn to some important news around the world. burkina faso has suspended more western and african media outlets over their coverage of a human rights watch report accusing the army of more than two hundred extrajudicial killings. the report said the soldiers had suspected local villagers of supporting islamist militants. bbc journalists were suspended earlier in the week for covering the report. on saturday, a spokesman for burkina faso's government said the...
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alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. expect a different feel to the weather over the next few days. some warmer weather on the way this week, but with that, we will still see some outbreaks of rain at times, so don't be expecting blue skies and sunshine all the way. and certainly low pressure in charge of the scene for monday, this frontal system pushing in from the west. that'll make for a really soggy start to the day across northern ireland. conversely, central and eastern parts of england and a good part of scotland starting with some sunshine. a touch of frost first thing across parts of scotland. outbreaks of rain spreading from northern ireland, into southern and central scotland, northwest england, wales and the south—west as we go through the day. but for central and eastern parts of england, where we hold on to some brightness, temperatures could climb to 18 degrees. more generally, 11 to 14. now, through monday night, this first band of cloud and patchy rain pushes a little bit further eastwards and northwar
alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. expect a different feel to the weather over the next few days. some warmer weather on the way this week, but with that, we will still see some outbreaks of rain at times, so don't be expecting blue skies and sunshine all the way. and certainly low pressure in charge of the scene for monday, this frontal system pushing in from the west. that'll make for a really soggy start to the day across northern ireland. conversely,...
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mackenzie has more. jk rowling why does the author of harry potter but the edinburgh based writer has long been a critic of some trans activism. so there was no surprise when she expressed her views against scotland's new hate crime law on social media. there were several posts about transgender people, including... she went on to challenge police scotland. the prime minister, on a nursery visit, echoed her comments. again, it is not right _ visit, echoed her comments. again, it is not right for _ visit, echoed her comments. again, it is not right for me _ visit, echoed her comments. again, it is not right for me to _ visit, echoed her comments. again, it is not right for me to comment. visit, echoed her comments. again, it is not right for me to comment on police matters, individual matters but what i support very strongly are people's right to free speech and nobody should be criminalised for saying common—sense things about biological sex. saying common-sense things about biological sem— saying co
mackenzie has more. jk rowling why does the author of harry potter but the edinburgh based writer has long been a critic of some trans activism. so there was no surprise when she expressed her views against scotland's new hate crime law on social media. there were several posts about transgender people, including... she went on to challenge police scotland. the prime minister, on a nursery visit, echoed her comments. again, it is not right _ visit, echoed her comments. again, it is not right...
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with the latest on the row, here's our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie. the bill came into law yesterday, and the bbc understands that there have been several hundred complaints overall already. and this law, it makes it illegal to start up hatred in scotland to stir up hatred in scotland relating to protected characteristics, including transgender identity. and the harry potter author, jk rowling, said on social media that freedom of speech was at an end if what she called an accurate description of biological sex was outlawed. she described several transgender women as men, and she challenged police scotland to arrest her. we have heard from police scotland. they've said that no action will be taken in relation to social media posts byjk rowling, they said comments are not assessed to be criminal. and jk rowling on social media has responded. she said she hoped every woman in scotland who wishes to speak up for the reality and importance of biological sex will be reassured by this. alexander mackenzie there. it's widely thought that iran has long had li
with the latest on the row, here's our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie. the bill came into law yesterday, and the bbc understands that there have been several hundred complaints overall already. and this law, it makes it illegal to start up hatred in scotland to stir up hatred in scotland relating to protected characteristics, including transgender identity. and the harry potter author, jk rowling, said on social media that freedom of speech was at an end if what she called an...
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our scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie, is outside police headquarters in glasgow. tell us more about this. welcome as ou sa , tell us more about this. welcome as you say. the — tell us more about this. welcome as you say. the bill— tell us more about this. welcome as you say, the bill came _ tell us more about this. welcome as you say, the bill came into _ tell us more about this. welcome as you say, the bill came into law- you say, the bill came into law yesterday and the bbc understands there have been several hundred complaints overall already and this law makes it illegal to stir up hatred in scotland relating to protected characteristics, including transgender identity. and high—profile authorjk rolling said on social media that freedom of speech was at an end if what she called an accurate description of biological six was outlawed. she described several transgender women as men and she challenged police scotland to arrest her. we have had a statement from police scotland, who say no action will be taken in relation to social media posts byjk rowling. t
our scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie, is outside police headquarters in glasgow. tell us more about this. welcome as ou sa , tell us more about this. welcome as you say. the — tell us more about this. welcome as you say. the bill— tell us more about this. welcome as you say, the bill came _ tell us more about this. welcome as you say, the bill came into _ tell us more about this. welcome as you say, the bill came into law- you say, the bill came into law yesterday and the bbc...
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mackenzie joins us now. alexandra, it looks like time is running out for the first minister? we are at bute house, an official residence of the first minister in scotland. it has certainly been a very difficult few days for humza yousaf. the stakes could not be higher for him this yousaf. the stakes could not be higherfor him this morning. he has been the first minister of scotland for just over been the first minister of scotland forjust over a year, took over from nicola sturgeon. now, we understand he is considering his position. we understand resignation is an option but a final decision has not been taken. if you remember, this has unravelled that he quickly since thursday when humza yousaf abruptly ended the snp power—sharing deal with the scottish green party. there had been increasing tension between the two parties, particularly after the two parties, particularly after the snp dropped key climate change targets. this decision to end the agreement has left humza yousaf with agreement has left humz
mackenzie joins us now. alexandra, it looks like time is running out for the first minister? we are at bute house, an official residence of the first minister in scotland. it has certainly been a very difficult few days for humza yousaf. the stakes could not be higher for him this yousaf. the stakes could not be higherfor him this morning. he has been the first minister of scotland for just over been the first minister of scotland forjust over a year, took over from nicola sturgeon. now, we...