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The Briefing

i think, that a lot of us and snp supporters have felt the party is under siege during all of this. that was the kind of dominant reaction that we saw. i think we saw people donating to the party a lot more in the wake of this investigation. so, i think that is the kind of reaction we have seen so far. earlier i spoke to bbc scotland's political correspondent jamie mcivor. they had been a widespread anticipation in scottish political circles that it was entirely possible that nicola sturgeon would be arrested and questioned at some point in this investigation. nicola sturgeon is the third senior person in the snp to be arrested and questioned by detectives within recent weeks. you will remember that the party's chief executive, nicola sturgeon. the party's chief executive, nicola sturueon. ., . . sturgeon. former chief executive i should say and _ sturgeon. former chief executive i should say and her— sturgeon. former chief executive i should say and her husband - sturgeon. former chief executive i should say and her husband peter| should say and her husband peter

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BBC News

anal sis. enough. thank you very much for your analysis- brian — enough. thank you very much for your analysis. brian taylor, _ enough. thank you very much for your analysis. brian taylor, former - enough. thank you very much for your analysis. brian taylor, former bbc - analysis. brian taylor, former bbc scotland's political editor speaking to is there. let's go live to our political correspondent, nick eardley. this morning, we have heard from the police, saying why they have made this arrest. have we heard from nicola sturgeon as well? we have 'ust from nicola sturgeon as well? - have just had a statement through and the last few minutes, actually from her spokesperson. and the last few minutes, actually from herspokesperson. i and the last few minutes, actually from her spokesperson. iwill and the last few minutes, actually from her spokesperson. i will read it. it says that by arrangement with police scotland, nicola sturgeon has attended an interview, where she was to be arrested and questioned in relation to operation branch form, thatis relation to operation branch form, that is the operation looking into the funding of the snp. the statement adds that nicola sturgeon has consistently said she would cooperate with the investigation if asked. she continues to do so. this police operation, as you just reflected a brian taylor, has been going on for a long time. it has been quite a few weeks now since miss sturgeon's husband peter murrell and the treasurer of the snp, the former treasurer called

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The Briefing

with this ongoing police investigation, she was adamant it wasn't. �* , ., wasn't. and 'ust what will the im act wasn't. and 'ust what will the impact of _ wasn't. and just what will the impact of this _ wasn't. and just what will the impact of this be _ wasn't. and just what will the impact of this be for- wasn't. and just what will the impact of this be for the - wasn't. and just what will the | impact of this be for the snp? obviously there has been a summer political repercussions, since you have she resigned. this political repercussions, since you have she resigned.— have she resigned. this is the moment the _ have she resigned. this is the moment the snp _ have she resigned. this is the moment the snp was - have she resigned. this is the l moment the snp was dreading, regardless of what the outcome of delay is. since her resignation, opinion polls have suggested support of the snp has been in decline, while inevitably the headlines have been dominated by the police investigation into party finances when the new first minister humza yousaf would much rather have been talking about policies. humza yousaf gave an interview this morning to the bbc, said today the headlines now are going to be about nicola sturgeon's arrest. and not the points which humza yousaf was making

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The Context

a younger colleague. we'll bring you his sit down interview with the bbc�*s amol rajan shortly. joining us to discuss it and a number of stories tonight on the panel is brian taylor, former bbc scotland political editor and now commentator and columnist for the scottish herald and the republican analyst and political strategist rina shah. ——strategist rina shah. we will say hello to both in a moment. also on the programme tonight, we will focus in on moscow and see how the war is impacting vladimir putin — after us secretary of state antony blinken called russia's invasion a "strategic failure". and with the debt ceiling crisis averted, who are the real winners and losers in washington, with both sides claiming victory. we'll have all those stories for you throughout the programme, but first some breaking news we are following in india.

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MP threatens legal action over cancelled show

The MP had been due to take part in a series of In Conversation With... events in August.

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Newswatch

any council elections. i am absolutely disgusted that the bbc think it's appropriate to network the election results on both bbc wales, bbc scotland and bbc northern ireland. but most galling thing is you have a dedicated news channel and instead ofjust having the election results on there, you decide to put it on bbc one throughout the night. bbc one�*s news bulletins are normally also shown on the news channel, but when there's breaking news, the channel sometimes continues with that instead. one such occasion came on tuesday when viewers tuned to the news channel at 6:00 would have seen this. this is bbc news. i'm nicky schiller. and in the next hour

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The Context

attack in three days. warehouses storing ukrainian ammunition, reportedly the target. we will get the thoughts of our panel with us this evening, democrat strategist marie anne marsh and brian taylor, former political editor for bbc scotland, and now columnist for the herald. also this evening, are you willing to pay homage to the king? no longer will it be the royal dukes kneeling before king charles. instead he will be recognised this weekend by the millions watching at home. but what about those watching around the commonwealth? and who will write the homage? and who will write the tv shows if the scriptwriters down pens. hollywood is bracing for a strike that last time around, cost california $2 billion in lost revenue. the sirens sounded for several hours across ukraine last night. the missile attack on the city of pavlohrad, a rail hub in eastern ukraine, damaged 19 apartment blocks, 25 houses, schools and kindergartens.

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Asia Business Report

bored of it, i can take it down to put a completely different truck up. my brain biology accepts that because it is something completely different. ian has also taken his truck out on the road, hosting monthly meats in this local community centre. it’s monthly meats in this local community centre.- monthly meats in this local community centre. it's a great urou - , community centre. it's a great group. this — community centre. it's a great group. this is- — community centre. it's a great group, this is. bringing - group, this is. bringing together like—minded people, we like racing cars and its a great two hours on a sunday evening. mi; great two hours on a sunday evenina. ~ , , great two hours on a sunday evenina. g , ., evening. my first time down here at the _ evening. my first time down here at the club _ evening. my first time down here at the club tonight. - evening. my first time down | here at the club tonight. this is how— here at the club tonight. this is how big clubs start, the small_ is how big clubs start, the small things like a truck on the floor builds into a big club _ the floor builds into a big club and i wish ian the best of luck — the most talked about and viewed story on our website today, the saga of the pink door lady as miranda dixon has become known, really gained international attention after our colleagues at bbc scotland first picked up a story back in october and that is when miranda dixon as you can see here first got

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The Context

but they want to see leadership in dealing with it and resolving it. we are at a pretty critical moment, and it'll be the response and the reaction that determines how big a problem this is for the snp. with me is brian taylor, former bbc scotland political editor and now commentator and scotland herald columnist. good to see you post up thanks for being with us. where do you think we are tonight? the being with us. where do you think we are tonight?— are tonight? the real difficulty for humza yousaf, _ are tonight? the real difficulty for humza yousaf, among _ are tonight? the real difficulty for humza yousaf, among many, - are tonight? the real difficulty for humza yousaf, among many, this are tonight? the real difficulty for i humza yousaf, among many, this is just becoming wrote this for him, day after day. yesterday he had his major statement in parliament, resetting the government and driving forward, that same day the treasure is arrested and questioned by police. as you say, today, colin beattie has resigned. right now the treasure for the scottish national party is humza yousaf. under the constitution, the party leader has to take over. as you would imagine

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BBC News

the battle over the paint colour of a front door — on one edinbugh street. the owner of this house says she's really disappointed after the local council forced her to repaint her pink front door. here's our reporter naomi choy smith who can tell us more about this. the most talked about and was viewed stored on our our website. our colleagues in bbc scotland first picked up the story back in october. that is when miranda dixon first got an enforcement notice from edinburgh city council telling her to repaint her front door, which as you can see is this rather vibrant pink colour. in the past couple of days she has finally complied with that notice after failing to flout it. she has painted it a sage green colour. still quite vibrant. that is because miranda dixon has claimed there are

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