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terms if they refuse to appear for sentencing. nominations for the snp leadership race close at midday with humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan expected to appear on the ballot paper. and new research for the bbc suggests the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. good morning and welcome to bbc news. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year in a statemen...

invasion of ukraine, which took place exactly a year ago. the motion, which calls for the withdrawal of troops from ukraine and a halt to fighting, was backed by 1m nations with 32 abstaining and seven, including russia, voting against. lets speak now to our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, in kyiv. james, the russians thought this would be a short invasion and kyiv would be a short invasion and kyiv would be a short invasion and kyiv would be on their hands by now. he we are, ...

After analysis by the bbc found that at least 13 schools in england containing weak raac concrete had their Rebuilding Plans cancelled in 2010. The work was due to be funded by a programme which was shelved when the Coalition Government came to power. Our chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffman is in westminster. Henry, labour will be using this issue to put more pressure on the Prime Minister. That is exactly right. I think what this reporting from bbc verify shows is that there is at least...

Lets turn to south africa were Rescue Workers have been trying to save people trapped under the rubble of a building. Save people trapped under the rubble ofa building. Nearly save people trapped under the rubble of a building. Nearly a0 of the 75 workers who are on site remain unaccounted for. The structure collapsed in the south african city of georgia on monday. The authorities in the western cape sees seven people are confirmed to have died. The cause of the collapse which happened while the...

Out there for some. Its wednesday, the 8th of may. Our main story. The parents of 11 children, who died after what they say were the failings of social media, have called on rishi sunak and keir starmer to do more to protect young people online. In an open letter, they say theyre disappointed by the lack of ambition shown by the regulator, ofcom, which has today set out its plans to force Tech Companies to make their platforms safer. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. I want to know what ...

In dealing with the pressure, goal scoring and movements and assisting and dealing with the pressure, he brought everything to the table that we could possibly hope for. Britains Geraint Thomas remains second overall after stage five of the giro diitalia. It ended in a Sprint Finish in luca in tuscany with frenchman Benjamin Tomma claiming the First Grand Tour stage win of his career. It was also the first victory of the year for his cofidis team. Thomas finished in the main group alongside over...

Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. In the last hour, the mp Natalie Elphicke has become the latest conservative to defect to the labour party. Natalie elphicke has been the mp for dover in kent since 2019. Our chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffmanjoins Me from The Houses Of Parliament henry, was this a surprise . It was a shock. If you had asked me before this afternoon to list 100 conservative mps most likely to defect to the labour party, Natalie Elphicke would have been nowhere n...

There is crucial for the success of the war. In other developments, israels military says three soldiers were killed, and several injured after hamas fired rockets from an area in southern gaza, near the rafah crossing. Israel responded by closing the karem shalom border point. Peace talks in cairo have ended no progress on a Ceasefire Agreement was made. The Israeli Government has also forced the News Network Aljazeera to shut down its operations in israel calling It A Mouthpiece for hamas. Fra...

Noon, and a few minutes after that, the Party National secretary confirmed that there was only one nominee who had reached the threshold of 100 backers across 20 local branches of the party, and that was john swinney. 0f local branches of the party, and that wasjohn swinney. Of course, that wasjohn swinney. Of course, that followed the decision last week of our potential rival, kate forbes, to declare that she was not going to contest this Leadership Challenge with mr swinney. Now it Isjohn Swin...

Allies. A source close to him said resignation had become an option rather than letting the vote go ahead. This is a live shot of the official residence of the Scottish First minister, bute house and humza yousaf is expected to make a statement around noon. Lets talk to our Political Correspondent in edinburgh, lynsey bews. What is the latest you are hearing . We expect to hear from the First Minister around noon, we are here at bute house, the official residence of the First Minister and we exp...