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lets start with big news here in the uk. scotlands longest serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has resigned. shes been the leader of the scottish national party — which wants independence from britain — for more than eight years. she steered the country through brexit, covid, ukraine, five conservativce prime ministers and enjoyed huge ongoing public support. have a listen to some of what she had to say. in my head and in my heart i know the time is now. lets take a look back ...

When he got there, he was disgusted to see that a checkpoint, the army was seizing the eight that he had brought from damascus and were taking it and then diverting it and i have since seen videos of some of this aid apparently being sold in markets in aleppo and it is very clear that the aid is not getting to the people who need it and once again, we are seeing diversion from the syrian regime.— the syrian regime. have the community _ the syrian regime. have the community failed _ the syrian ...

Perspective, of the civilized community around the world that this moves this forward in trying to halt that nuclear proliferation. >> reporter: tomorrow morning first thing vice president joe biden will be here on capitol hill trying to sell the deal to house democrats. shep? >> thank you. the iran deal may be the best of some difficult options according to nick byrnes. he knows what hes talking about, too. he was the chief u.n. negotiator on irans nuclear program and today he testified before ...

President barack obama would sign a bill that gives congress a say in this deal. democrats and republicans raised objections to the agreement yet finalized. >> we are just learning that israel is pleased congress will get to ream vul any agreement. that report from reuters. chief u.n. security specialist reports. >> after months of fighting to keep i ran out of the nuclear negotiations today congress forcing its way in. >> more fully than ever, kong russ shoukong -- congress should play a role e...

His birthday is a holiday in north korea. known as the day of the sun. >> since his death occasion has been marked. military displays. exhibition and sports. kim il sung ruled from 1948 to his death the current leader, kim junk un visit itted the mausoleum. but his embalmed remains lie. >> and cnns paula hancocks is closely following this event. she joins us with details. it is important day in north korea. with saying lots of heavy snaps from kim junk un and first lady. worth pointing out. the ...

Houthis, the council, consistent approach they should withdraw from the areas according to the resolution. cease their violence. this arms barringo wont change much on the ground. a lot of the fighting is small arms or in possession of of a people for a while. a lot of it its using yemene military equipment. in the longer term poe ten shame dissuade the houthis blink them towards political solution. what was not in the resolution though was a clear timetable or series of windows as moscow called...

Chief u.n. weapons inspectors in iraq and will talk to him tonight. and im going to talk to him tonight. he said this has never been done before in the mist of a civil war, if it takes 500 to a thousand inspectors, there arent that many qualified inspectors ready to go. so what kind of a timetable do you actually see for some sort of tally of the sites and securing of the sites, not even talking destruction of the actual weapons. >> the resolution could take a couple days. all the problems that ...

Inspect the scene. but as the convoy passed through the buffer zone of government and rebel-controlled areas, it came under attack. unidentified snipers shot at the convoy, multiple times, hitting the vehicle but causing no injuries. and the team continued on. >> when the u.n. inspectors finally gained access, that access as we now know was restricted and controlled. >> reporter: restricted and controlled, a familiar pattern in syria for inspectors trying to operate in the middle of a volatile w...

Skeptical, and i hope that im wrong. >> i talked to david kay, former chief u.n. inspectors in iraq and will talk to him tonight. he said this has never been done before in the mist of a civil war, if it takes 500 to a thousand inspectors, there arent that many ready to go. so what kind of a timetable do you actually see for some sort of tally of the sites and securing of the sites, not even talking destruction of the weapons? >> the resolution could take a couple days. the -- all the problems t...

Inspector in iraq tells me it could take years. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." at the white house, the united nations and the kremlin, the hard work is just beginning to try to get a deal on removing syrias chemical weapons. russia reportedly has sent the u.s. a plan to put bashar al assad poison gas stockpiles under international control. president obamas told the nation that air-strikes against syria a...