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  • NewsSky News

    Future of Scottish FM Humza Yousaf hangs in balance as Greens back no confidence motion

    The Scottish Green Party will join with rival MSPs to back a no confidence motion in First Minister Humza Yousaf next week, after the SNP kicked its coalition partners out of government. Mr Yousaf announced his plan to cut ties with the Greens earlier on Thursday, following a bitter row over the SNP's climbdown on climate targets. Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats agreed to back the motion, with its success hanging on whether Green Party MSPs joined the attack to give SNP critics a majorit

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  • NewsGlasgow Times

    Humza Yousaf no confidence motion: Greens reveal how they will vote

    The Greens have said they would vote to back a no confidence motion in Humza Yousaf.

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  • NewsAFP

    Oman, UAE deluge 'most likely' linked to climate change: scientists

    Global warming caused by fossil fuel emissions "most likely" exacerbated the intense rains that lashed the UAE and Oman last week, causing deaths and widespread flooding, an expert group of scientists said Thursday."The UAE and Oman floods have shown that even dry regions can be strongly affected by precipitation events, a threat that is increasing with increasing global warming due to fossil fuel burning," said Sonia Seneviratne, a WWA member and professor at Zurich's ETH university.

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  • NewsAFP

    Ceremony held for World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza

    A ceremony for seven aid workers of the World Central Kitchen killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza was held in Washington on Thursday.World Central Kitchen suspended its activities in Gaza after the incident, having been active in feeding people in the territory since the start of the war in October. rle/bjt/dw

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  • NewsSky News

    Police officers deny assault of disabled man, 93, with dementia in care home

    Two police officers denied assaulting a 93-year-old disabled man with dementia after a court heard they used a taser, pepper spray and baton on him. Donald Burgess, 93, had dementia and lived in a care home. After a report of a resident wielding a knife and threatening staff in June 2022, PC Stephen Smith and PC Rachel Comotto attended the care home in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.

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  • LifestyleThe Telegraph

    Potato peel risotto on Hilton’s new £40 zero waste menu

    Hilton has launched a £40 zero waste menu including potato peel risotto and desserts made from buffet scraps.

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  • CelebrityCheshire Live

    'School bullies poured ketchup over my head... now they want me to give them a job'

    Vicky Owens has made a huge success of her own business at the age of just 23

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