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the first asian mp in scotland. he trained as a dentist but then he returned to the family business — politics. anas sarwar, welcome to political thinking. my pleasure, thanks for having us. now which is more frightening, waiting for the dentist drill or waiting for the verdict of the electorate? definitely waiting for the verdict of the electorate. i mean, the great thing about dentistry is that you get to be in complete control about, you know... the dentist always asks the awkward questions when they are already in the person's mouth doing the treatment, and i used to always hav...

welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with some breaking news — officials in washington say us and british forces have carried out another wave of strikes against houthi targets in yemen. it's the latest action against the iranian—backed group, which has been attacking commercial shipping in the red sea in response to israel's war against hamas. president biden and the british prime minister rishi sunak have been discussing the crisis on the phone. our defence correspondent jonathan beale gave us this update. is the second time t...

he is the son of the first muslim mp in britain, the first asian mp in scotland. he trained as a dentist but then he returned to the family business — politics. anas sarwar, welcome to political thinking. my pleasure, thanks for having us. now which is more frightening, waiting for the dentist drill or waiting for the verdict of the electric? definitely waiting for the verdict of the electorate. i mean, the great thing about dentistry is that you get to be in complete control about, you know... the dentist always asks the awkward questions when they are already in the person's mout...

I would say i'm probably a bit more to the left than he was and i think he was very focused on foreign policy, international development and that was his real driving force of his politics. whereas for me, it's more the national health service, our economy, education. so i think in that sense, we probably have very, very different politics and very different priorities. now there are two ways of looking at your story. 0n the one hand, this is an extraordinary story, yours, of success for a second—generation immigrant against some pretty foul racism. you will probably know the other way of lo...

He was very focused on foreign policy, international development and that was his real driving force of his politics. whereas for me, it's more the national health service, our economy, education. so i think in that sense, we probably have very, very different politics and very different priorities. now there are two ways of looking at your story. on the one hand, this is an extraordinary story, yours, of success for a second—generation immigrant against some pretty foul racism. you will probably know the other way of looking at it, it's a story of immense privilege. you're the son of a memb...