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. Scotlands 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 described as no great los
Is found at a Nature Reserve in salford. And discovered in a field in lincolnshire, this Roman Artefact is 1,700 years old. But what is it . And coming up on Sportsday On Bbc News after a season of points deductions in the Premier League, are the financial rules that were used to punish everton and Nottingham Forest about to change . Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six live from the Holyrood Parliament in edinburgh, on a tumultuous day in scottish politics. Humza yousaf has announced he is standing down as snp leader and scotlands First Minister afterjust 13 months in office. His politicalfuture had been uncertain since his announcement last thursday that he was ending Power Sharing with the scottish greens. They had clashed with the government over the scrapping of Climate Goals and the approach to gender reform. He was at risk of losing a Confidence Vote later this week. The snp now have 28 days to find a new leader whos supported by a majority here at holyrood. Our Scotl
For Scottish Politics. Humza yousaf has stepped down as snp leader and scotlands First Minister afterjust over a year in office. His politicalfuture had been uncertain after the Shock Announcement last thursday, that he was ending Power Sharing with the scottish greens they clashed with the Scottish Government on its approach to gender reform and climate targets. He had been facing two votes of no confidence in the Scottish Parliament. The snp now have 28 days to find a new leader who is supported by a majority at holyrood. And we can go live to edinburgh, and our correspondent laura maciver. A very good evening to you. Humza yousaf started today as the First Minister of scotland and Leader Of The Snp. He ends it with that party looking for a new leader, and there will be a successor to him first got his First Minister. It was an emotionalfirst his First Minister. It was an emotional First Minister who made his Resignation Statement earlier, and james cook has been following the events
And on newsnight at 10 30. Well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, we take a first look at whats on tomorrows front pages. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten, live from the Holyrood Parliament in edinburgh, at the end of a tumultuous day in Scottish Politics. Tonight, the search is under way for a new First Minister and snp leader, after humza yousaf announced he was standing downing afterjust 13 months in office. His politicalfuture had been uncertain since thursday, when he ended the snps power Sharing Agreement with the scottish greens. It left him facing a Confidence Vote he was at risk of losing. Today he said hed underestimated the level of hurt and upset his decision about Power Sharing would cause. 0ur Scotland Editor james cook is with me. Did Humza Yousaf Miscalculate . Short answer is yes and spectacularly so. How so . Because if we wind back, he inherited this Power Sharing deal with the Scottish Green Part
And hamas after weeks of stalemate between the two sides. Egyptian media is reporting that a hamas delegation has left cairo and will return with a response to a Gaza Ceasefire proposal. It is unclear how many israeli hostages would be released under this proposal the Israeli Media has put the figure at 33 in return for the release of an unspecified number of palestinian prisoners. Us President Joe Biden has been speaking with the leaders of egypt and qatar who have been mediators. The us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken who is in saudi arabia said he is hopeful hamas will accept what he described as a very generous proposal. Hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of israel. And in this moment, the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a cease fire is hamas. They have to decide, and they have to decide quickly. The British Foreign secretary david cameron, also in riyadh, said the deal on the table is for a 40 day cease