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Mar 2023
30m 10s

Succession In Scotland

BBC News
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Humza Yousaf has been elected to follow Nicola Sturgeon as the next SNP leader and will soon become Scotland’s first minister.

BBC Scotland editor James Cook, BBC special correspondent James Naughtie, and Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark talk about what it means for the future of Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed controversial plans to reform the judicial system after mass protests. Adam gets instant reaction from the BBC’s Tom Bateman in Jerusalem.

Today’s Newscast was made by Chris Flynn with Rufus Gray, Miranda Slade, and Cordelia Hemming. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor was Alison Gee. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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