How we can improve conditions for businesses and crucially for workers. We will show how we can encourage greater private Sector Investment scotland, success for scotla nd investment scotland, success for scotland will not come automatically. We all know that. Our success will be determined by all of us as a country and by the decisions that we take. Scotland at its best, when we are at our most confident. Just look at Steve Clarkes men, the magnificent scotlands mens team. In fact, given the scintillating run of form, by the time scotland co host euro 2028, i look forward to defending scotlands title as european champions. There is nothing wrong with being an optimist. Delegates, all too often some people talk about scotland to� s immense contribution to the world as if it is something that is over. But for me scotland has a lot more to offer tomorrow than we did yesterday. If we are. Applause if we are willing to go on this journey together, then we can make sure that this is the case. Every Single Person living here can play their part in building a new scotland. All of us will have a stake in our new country and we all deserve to enjoy the fruits of that success. Lets remember that we in this party id custodians of a cause thatis this party id custodians of a cause that is far greater than all of us. In a world where it can be easy to feel powerless. There is no greater act of empowerment than to take our destiny into our own hands. And there is no greater gift that we can leave our children than a country which is theirs to create in their own image. Conference, that which we seek for our nation is neither unwise or untested. It is neither unreasonable nor unobtainable. Rather it has been the stated ambition of nations the world over for the simple reason that independence work. Nations today, which relative to scotland because like great age, are in many cases the youngsters and that, and that, my friends, is the great irony about scotlands� s Journey Towards independence. One of the worlds oldest nations will become its youngest independent state, and with the vitality of youth, we can step out into that world anew. Into the bright light of a new tone. With our eyes wide open to a whole new world. Of possibility. Together, united, lets get out there and make it happen. Thank you, conference. Applause studio humza yousaf making his first address to delegates at the Party Conference in aberdeen. This is his first Conference Since taking over from is his first Conference Since taking overfrom Nicola Sturgeon as party leader and First Minister in march, laying out plans for how he sees a future for scotland. Among the announcements he made there, announcing help with the cost of living crisis, talking about increasing minimum wage, talking about council tax being frozen. He also talked about investment in cutting Waiting Lists, he said over the next three years, in each of the next three years, they would provide £100 million to cut Waiting Lists in the nhs. Already questions about where exactly that funding would come from. He also referenced the conservatives and labour, of course, in the polls the snp has seen its support slept. When he referred to the conservatives he said they are done, they are finished, good riddance to them was his comments on the conservatives and he said when it comes to labour, i have absolutely no idea what the labour leader keir starmer stands for. He also made a pledge to the scottish people and said of the snp want to continue being trusted by the people of scotland, and we want to take them with us on the journey to independence, he said we need to show them we have the answers to some key questions about who has a plan to make their lives better and who has a plan to make Scotland A Fairer and more prosperous country. Those are the scenes in aberdeen as scotlands First Minister and leader of the Snp Humza Yousaf concludes his first speech to conference. In an earlier interview he says he is still confident his dream of independence will come true. In the next decade. But he says there is a lot of work to do before that all can be achieved. There we will leave aberdeen but i want to update you on a couple of other stories we are following as well because that is the picture in scotland and whilst humza yousaf was making that speech in aberdeen, the welsh government, which is run by labour, has announced budget cuts with hundreds of millions of pounds, they say to deal with the cost of inflation. Spending which is planned for areas like education and rural affairs, that will be reduced to help Fund Raising Costs and higher Public Sector pay. The finance minister Rebecca Evans claimed the impact of inflation had been worsened by the uk governments economic mismanagement. Including, referring to that disastrous mini budget. She said that left her government under unprecedented pressure. The Wealth Scattering welsh conservatives have accused labour of extremely poor management. Having received a record budget settlement. That is the picture in wales right now. At least hundred Million Pounds is being pulled down from the welsh governments reserve, another hundred £50 million expected to come from the treasury to cover things like nhs pay rises. We will stay right across that story if there are any further developments. It is worth saying politics this time at westminster, peter bone has had the party whip removed. It comes a day after the Behaviour Watchdog at parliament recommended he be suspended for six weeks for bullying and sexual assault. That followed a complaint made by a former member of staff over events that are alleged to have taken place over ten years ago. If the House Of Commons approves that suspension it could trigger a recall position, which could lead to a by election in his seat. He has denied the allegations saying they are without foundation. One more update to bring you, this time about the arrest of the environmental activist Greta Thunberg in london. Shejoined a group demonstrating against the oil industry. It is understood she was detained for an alleged offence of blocking the highway. She was one of 15 people who were arrested, it is understood she was sticking to Wandsworth Police station. When we get more details on that we will bring it to you a little later. That is the latest picture in the uk. I am going to hand you back to matthew who is following events in israel and sticking to the Israel Defence spokesperson about the conflict in gaza. It is that simple. When we see a hamas capability or something that will threaten us, we will strike it, taking into account International Law and doing everything we can to minimise collateral damage. fin law and doing everything we can to minimise collateral damage. On that Oint Minimise collateral damage. On that point doctors minimise collateral damage. On that point doctors have minimise collateral damage. On that point doctors have been minimise collateral damage. On that point doctors have been saying minimise collateral damage. On that point doctors have been saying halfl point doctors have been saying half the wounded they are seen currently as children. You know what the casualty figures are, upwards of 2700 palestinians. At what stage in this do you pause at all to reconsider what you are targeting and where . It is reconsider what you are targeting and where . Reconsider what you are targeting and where . ,. ,. And where . It is the same answer. We will taruet and where . It is the same answer. We will target anything and where . It is the same answer. We will target anything that and where . It is the same answer. We will target anything that threatens will target anything that threatens israel. If we see people wrapping up launchers in a building, this is a cynical enemy. They are entrenching themselves within their civilians and using them as human shields. We are doing everything we can but our goal is very clear. This will never happen to israel again. Let me show you the pictures coming into us from jordan because here he is, Antony Blinken, he has had such a busy time shuttling around to Different Countries in the middle east. He is injordan, meeting the palestinian president and all of those leaders saying the same thing to Antony Blinken, that they are watching those events in gaza and are desperate to get humanitarian supplies in. So much of those trees are being related tojoe biden and thatis are being related tojoe biden and that is why, in part, the president is heading to tel aviv tomorrow to show american support for israel, but also to try and explore the possibility of getting humanitarian supplies in and getting Foreign Nationals out, and that whole area of the hostages constantly under discussion. Those picturesjust coming into us from jordan in the last little while. Around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. Uk wages are outstripping inflation for the first time in nearly two years, according to official figures. The office for National Statistics said that regular earnings rose by a near record of 7. 8 in the three months to august. That means that wages are now rising faster than prices for the First Time Since october 2021. Rolls royce has announced plans to axe up to 2,500 jobs or about 6 of its Global Workforce to make it more efficient and effective. The company, which makes engines for aircraft, is based in derby. It employs 42,000 people around the world with about half based in the uk. The conservative mp, peter bone, has had the whip removed meaning hes essentially been ejected from the party and will have to sit in the House Of Commons as an independent. A Parliamentary Panel upheld compaints of bullying and Sexual Misconduct against mr bone. The panel recommended he be suspended for six weeks. Mr bone insists the allegations are false and without foundation. Youre live with bbc news. Lets get more from our correspondent in jerusalem, tom bateman. The us president has visited war zones recently, for example, ukraine but that was with a lot of planning beforehand. He went in secretly, it was not announced publicly until he was in kyiv. Here he flies into the middle of a crisis. Though it is a huge amount of logistical planning going on today about exactly what he will do and where he will be. We do not know the details of it, but this is much more about the visual symbolism of the us president appearing in israel in one of the biggest crises in this countrys history. Through the Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken we know the us have four priorities they have talked about repeatedly. Backing israel is number one. They want to stop a regional conflagration, stop this thing spreading across the region and they want to release the israeli and Foreign National hostages being held in gaza and they want to get humanitarian aid into gaza. So far none of these things have been achieved. This is about trying to fill the first two parts of that, this is about an absolute symbol for the us president to say, despite all the political problems that israel has had, and a rupture of relations over this last year, this is about state to state, historical level backing for the israelis. After Antony Blinkens tour of the arab and muslim world, around seven countries in three days, what has been driven home to him is a message from arab leaders about this humanitarian catastrophe that is engulfing the gaza strip. They want relief for that, and they want to get aid into gaza from egypt and Foreign Nationals out the other way. Mr bidens presence will be to try and add pressure to try and get some movement on that front. On exactly that, trying to get humanitarian aid in and Foreign Nationals out, the border crossing, it remains closed and all of those trucks out there ready with aid, ready to go into gaza, but what is the likelihood of success on that because there are huge difficulties in terms of the way israel has laid out this siege, and they have been very clear about nothing getting in until hostages are released. This is a very difficult three way negotiation between the egyptians, the israelis and involving The Americans as well. The president of egypt desperately wants to get aid in and there are very clear reasons. Their own people are sympathetic to the palestinian cause and he wants them to see egypt is providing relief. There are hundreds if not thousands of trucks backed up in the peninsula waiting to go in. But what the International Community wants and what the palestinians want are those palestinians who hold foreign passports to be able to get out. At the moment, mr sisi is making one thing contingent on the other. He says nobody comes out until they let aid in. The israelis are saying no aid comes in until they are clear that they can search the stuff and there is nothing that might help hamas. The americans have been putting a lot of pressure on the egyptians to let the Foreign Nationals out because many thousands of them have been waiting around the crossing. We see no movement on this at all despite the fact that early yesterday it looked as though it might be happening and there might be a humanitarian ceasefire. The problem with that, and what we have seen despite that, is the israelis bombing the crossing again overnight. No movement at all. Hamas saying there is no humanitarian ceasefire, the israelis saying the same things. I imagine domestically for the israelis it will be hard for them to tell their own people there is a humanitarian ceasefire if none of the hostages are being released. These things are all interconnected and extremely challenging. That is what The Americans are trying to put pressure on, to try and break that deadlock. Lets speak tojoel rubin who is the former Deputy AssistantSecretary Of State in the Obama Administration and a National Security expert. He also served in the Bush Administration as well at the State Department and is currently a Democratic Party strategist. Welcome to bbc news. Your assessment of the move from joe biden to head to israel and the region, what does that tell you . It is to israel and the region, what does that tell you . That tell you . It is great to be with ou that tell you . It is great to be with you and that tell you . It is great to be with you and it that tell you . It is great to be with you and it demonstrates | that tell you . It is great to be with you and it demonstrates that President Biden is showing real American Leadership and it is a very high risk move in how he is doing this. This is unprecedented, to have a president of the United States going to a war zone, and directly and publicly announce it ahead of time. We saw him go to ukraine, he visited by train, but that was our secret until it was announced he was there. He is going with a real mission, to keep the region can as best as possible and to show the israeli support and to knock out some of these struck deals that are getting in the way of any progress on the humanitarian side and on the Counterterrorism Side as well. It is a high risk, high states move that certainly shows real leadership. What did you mean about knocking out some of the clutter, tell me more about that and tell me more to about the risks, your assessment of what the risks, your assessment of what the risks, your assessment of what the risk is for the resident doing this. ,. , the risk is for the resident doing this. ,. ,. ,. , this. The border crossing, i have been to. This. The border crossing, i have been t0 i this. 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