it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
Listen, please. The repercussions have been immediate. That was from earlier. Nigel faraj did something extraordinary. 15 minutes after the polls closed he emerged and i remember these were the latest that the leave campaign that he emerged and basically conceded. He appears to save the state campaign will enjoy a narrow victory and then he walked away. Now about an hour or two later when he realized that the vote was going the other way he came out and im quoting here i dare to dream dawn is coming on an independent uk. Sort of chilling phraseology there but that is what he said total reversal. He is not doing well in the public eye as of today. I want to roll a sound bite and this is from president obama when he visited england about two or two and a half weeks ago, three weeks ago maybe. He was trying to persuade the brits tuesday so listen to this for us minute. I think its fair to say that maybe at some point down the line there might need a uk u. S. Trade agreement but is not goi
The United States are urges calm. Not a political solution, in iraq, Nouri Almaliki says he will not stop down. The destruction of syrias chemical weapons. And world record, the grandson of Jacques Cousteau has emerged after 30 days under water. The lessons of his life under the sea could have huge implication for all of us. We begin tonight in Southern California where hundreds of people in the city of marietta have lined up to literally block immigrants from coming to their city. Residents and city leaders are trying to fight the transfer of undocumented immigrants to their city. They say its an unfair better. Jennifer london is in marietta with the backlash. Jennifer. David this evening city officials here are holding a town hall meeting to address residents concern and yes, the backlash over the governments plan to bring undocumented detainees here to be processed. And around town its all anyone is talking about. Every morning at vista doughnuts in downtown marietta, i joined them
9 million fine from one of the biggest banks. He will join us, and plus. You have even the small boys, theyre not going to stop until you war on truth. We introduce you to a journalist from ecuador. Government corruption against her and her young son. U. S. world cup comes to a frustrating end. And curses. Russias new crackdown on foul language in movies, even swearing in public could get you fired. We it begin tonight in iraq, where abu is urging all muslims to travel to iraq. He wants them to fight and overthrow the Iraqi Government that the United States helped establish. Iraqs parliament today, in an effort to withstand the violence, tried to choose a unity government but failed. Many blame maliki for the rebellion. They have already taken over a huge area from syria to eastern iraq. Iraqs parliament met for the first time, but they didnt get very far. They were supposed to convene to elect a new speaker. But believe that could happen, shouting broke out between some of the members
Isnt over yet. It was a violent day in the middle east. [ explosions ] dozens of people were injured in fighting between palestinian and Israeli Police in East Jerusalem. The violence began after a 17yearold palestinian boy was murdered. His family suspects he was killed in an act of revenge after the deaths of three israeli teens in the west bank. Reporter palestinians who live in East Jerusalem took their anger to the street. They had just learned about the murder of a 17yearold boy, his family accuses jewish settlers of killing him. Reporter between 3 30 and 4 30 a. M. Mohammed was walking to the mosque. A car stop and men came out. They forced him inside and drove off. Reporter Israeli Border police tried to curb the angry rioters. Dozens of people were injured. The killing happened less than two days after the bodies of three jewish is it settlers were found. The palestinian officials argue that the israelis are responsible for the latest round of violence. The israeli politician