after humza yousaf resigns just a year as first minister america's top diplomat calls on hamas to agree a ceasefire deal with israel as hopes rise of a breakthrough. as flooding intensifies in kenya, dozens of people have been killed after a dam bursts. and... teachers in uk have been urged to warn pupils against the dangers of sextortion — a form of blackmail involving threats that intimate pictures will be shared. more on our top story. the turmoil in scottish politics. with the first minister humza youssef resigning today. the turbulence in scotland has ramifications for the politics of the wider uk, and a general election is expected within months. from edinburgh, here's our political editor chris mason

turbulence, and it turns so it is scotland's turn for a blast of political turbulence, and it turns out westminster does not have a monopoly on these things. today matters, of course, for scotland's governess but it matters if you are in devizes as well as dundee, wherever you are in the uk, and that is because of the size of the snp's political footprint. that is why its political rivals are seizing this moment. well, it is for scotland and the scottish parliament to decide who the first minister is. but what is happening now with the snp is that the mask is slipping. people in scotland are realising that public services are worse. the scottish people have been fundamentally let down. one in seven are on waiting list, there is a cost of living crisis, and all the snp can offer is chaos. we have to turn the page on this now. we need an election and a fresh start. ah, yes, the general election.

it could be a sticky moment at any time for the snp but it is particularly one with a general election so imminent. the vast majority of scotland's mps right now are snp mps. labourfor a while have been sniffing around trying to make significant gains. but what right do they have to feel extra confidence given what has just happened? labour are of course hoping to profit substantially from snp electoral troubles and it looks as though those troubles may now have got worse. that said, labour need to bear in mind that the snp now have a chance to choose a new leader who might unite the party and prove to be more popular in a way that humza yousaf was not. the thing is, in moments of this magnitude get noticed, noticed by voters. just start acting like rational, normal people and actually put the people first for once. i ijust, i think most of us feel.

that we can't trust any of them. everybody i have talked to has given up on any hope of scottish politics. they just don't understand where it is going. ageing is inescapable and that is no different for political parties. the snp have been in power here since 2007 and the baggage and arguments of all of those years have contributed to what we have seen today. but the future matters more than the past and its consequences will be felt here in scotland and beyond. that was our political editor chris mason. the outgoing first minister said multiculturalism should be celebrated, and cited leaders are cross the uk of an example of it working. figs cross the uk of an example of it workinu. �* , . ,, cross the uk of an example of it workinu. a. cross the uk of an example of it workin.. a. . working. as a young boy born and raised in scotland, _ working. as a young boy born and raised in scotland, i _ working. as a young boy born and raised in scotland, i would -

working. as a young boy born and raised in scotland, i would neverl raised in scotland, i would never have dreamed one day out of the privilege of leading my country. people who looked like me were not in positions of political influence, let alone leading governments when i was younger. we now live in a uk thatis was younger. we now live in a uk that is a british hindu minister, a muslim mayor of london and a black wash first minster, and for a while, so those who decry that multiculturalism —— multiculturalism has failed across the uk, i would suggest the evidence is to the contrary and it is something we should celebrate.— contrary and it is something we should celebrate. let's speak to our olitical should celebrate. let's speak to our political commentator _ should celebrate. let's speak to our political commentator and - should celebrate. let's speak to our political commentator and former i political commentator and former labour party adviser, good to speak to you, humza yousaf spoke movingly about that growing up in the way that she did not feel politicians look like them. it was a very

important thing for him to be first minister in scotland. it important thing for him to be first minister in scotland.— minister in scotland. it was and i do not share _ minister in scotland. it was and i do not share the _ minister in scotland. it was and i do not share the same _ minister in scotland. it was and i do not share the same politics i minister in scotland. it was and i j do not share the same politics as him but i am from an indian muslim background, and it was a source of immense pride to so many of us to see humza yousaf step up, and something that many of us who grew up something that many of us who grew up in scotland, particularly in the 70s and 80s, never thought would happen, so it was a moment of great pride to stop i think humza yousaf made some very big stakes, self—inflicted wounds which brought him down, and as i said i have different politics from him, but there is part of me which is sad that our first there is part of me which is sad that ourfirst ethnic there is part of me which is sad that our first ethnic minority in first minister crashed and burned so quickly to stop i think the fact that he was up there, it would have been an important moment for so many young people. if you can't seat, you

can't beat the back there's that phrase, and it is important to have representation in politics.- representation in politics. talking about british _ representation in politics. talking about british politics _ representation in politics. talking about british politics and - representation in politics. talking| about british politics and listening to that package right chris mason, it felt that voters in scotland are just fed up with whatjust happened? i was struck listening to the members of the public that chris mason _ members of the public that chris mason spoke to, and there's a feeling — mason spoke to, and there's a feeling in _ mason spoke to, and there's a feeling in scotland at the moment that there has been a lot of turmoih _ that there has been a lot of turmoil. there've been three first ministers — turmoil. there've been three first ministers of scotland in a relatively short space of time. i think— relatively short space of time. i think people are sick of all the fighting — think people are sick of all the fighting and division, and lots of people _ fighting and division, and lots of peogie in— fighting and division, and lots of people in scotland still care about the issue — people in scotland still care about the issue of independence. that is still an— the issue of independence. that is still an issue which holds our own roughiy_ still an issue which holds our own roughly 50%. for those of people, even _ roughly 50%. for those of people, even those — roughly 50%. for those of people, even those caring about independence, they're care about other— independence, they're care about other things in their life like the cost of— other things in their life like the cost of living in crime and justice and the — cost of living in crime and justice and the nhs, they care about

everything —— everyday things that everyday _ everything —— everyday things that everyday people are preoccupied with _ everyday people are preoccupied with and — everyday people are preoccupied with. and it does feel to a lot of people — with. and it does feel to a lot of people that instead of focusing on governing scotland, lots of bandwidth has been taken up by the snp with— bandwidth has been taken up by the snp with lots of internal party turmoil. — snp with lots of internal party turmoil, police investigations, guite — turmoil, police investigations, quite divisive falling outs over various — quite divisive falling outs over various issues, sol quite divisive falling outs over various issues, so i think lots of people — various issues, so i think lots of peogie in— various issues, so i think lots of people in scotland feel let down by politics and cynical about it right now _ politics and cynical about it right now. �* , ., ~' politics and cynical about it right now. 2 ., ~ ., , now. let's talk about the runners and writers. _ now. let's talk about the runners and writers, potential— now. let's talk about the runners and writers, potential people - now. let's talk about the runners and writers, potential people to i and writers, potential people to replace humza yousaf. we feta few names bandied about, what do you think we will see over the next few weeks westmark it would be interesting because? it is interesting because? it is interesting _ interesting because? it is interesting because - interesting because? it 3 interesting because kate forbes is someone people are talking about, she stood against humza yousaf in the last leadership contest and running very close and many people think if the countryside gone on longer, she may have tipped into the post. she was also a controversial

figure, particularly social issues like gay marriage was not so lots of people will be looking at her, but the question is if she did when, there's a last section of the activist —based who do like what she stands for, but there'll be others, particularly amongst younger voters, who might end up like what she stands for unsocial and equality issues. whoever succeeds will not have a majority and would have to try to get some sort of deal with other parties, ironically the green party, to try to get them through. the greens see kate forbes might be difficult for them to work with, and john sweeney is the other people people are talking about. it is a phrase in english politics, demanding grace suits, he seen as the man in a great kids, been around for a long time, a great survivor and experienced and could be a series share of hands is an sp

leader to take them through the next general elections, where it is suspected they might have a difficult time at the next general election, the labour party looking strong and essential both of scotland, so he could be a safe holding pattern to give younger candidates like kate forbes and others time to think about how to pitch themselves and think about what the snp really needs, but whoever takes over they would have a difficult time in this. between now and the next general election. really good to have you on the programme, thank you for lending us your expertise for a few minutes. at least 45 people have been killed after a dam collapsed during the night following torrential rainfall , according to local officials there. video footage from near the rift valley town of my mah—i—oo shows a vast area covered in mud ,

flattened houses and uprooted trees. it is feared that many other people may still be buried under the debris. residents have described the roaring sound that woke them in the early hours of monday as a tide of water engulfed the area. around 1.30am there is a sound for the water coming through behind our houses. so we come out, and we come away from the house after calling the other people. i'm just coming to the where the sound is water. you have seen those all these disasters for the water. when i mean, when we are sleeping with my wife, we heard a voice. that voice was kim. was kim with a very big loud. i was calling my wife.

"wake up, we are in danger". the kenya red cross hasjoined search and rescue operations. stephen maina gave the bbc an update on attempts to rescue people still trapped under the debris. broke the road, and it was really difficult for us to access some areas. during our efforts, we were able to rescue some members within the community. about 109, who have been admitted at our various hospitals in the area. our team have done excellent work, and we are still continuing in our mission for rescue, which is already on the second wave, where we are draining the team on this mission. the floods have devastated parts of kenya over the last month , with thousands being forced to leave their homes , many people taking shelter in schools. these pictures from the kenya red cross show rescue operations under way in the kenyan capital nairobi. we don't have those pictures, but we do have this from barbara platt 0sher our correspondent there. what happened was a dam burst

and this rush of water came came through this town in the middle of the night, 3am in the morning. so it cut this swathe right through town, gouging out this valley, as you can see, felling trees, sweeping away houses and many people as well. i spoke to a man earlier who said when he woke up, he could hear the sound of water. isaid, "well, what did it sound like"? he said, "it was sort of like a roar". and he got his family out of their house in time. but 50, around 50 of the families where he was living lost their homes and some of them were taken away by the floods. he said he was able to rescue one little boy, but they're still looking for others who are missing. and it's part of the heavy rains we've been having in kenya and other parts of east africa in the past month. and they're continuing and filling the dams. and so this is really quite ominous because there are other dams in other parts of the country that are filling up as well. and, of course, people here are gathered round looking to see what happened because it's so extraordinary and also just

trying to find people. we spoke to one man who said two of his cousins were missing. they were living in a house sort of down this way. and so he was hoping to see if he could find them or get any news of them. so it's very much a disaster scene. that's our correspondent barbara platt 0sher. since a calm, can historians unravel the mystery of butane behind this activex? you heard about snakes on a plane, but how about giraffes? less scary but more wholesome stop around the world and across the uk, you're watching the world today on bbc news.

just over 13 years ago norway and indeed the world was rocked by the events in oslo and utoya island. 0n the 22nd ofjuly 2011 a right— wing extremist murdered 77 people in twin attacks — many of them youngsters who were attending the norwegian labour party youth's summer camp on the island.

now — many years later — norway is hosting words matter! a conference on hate speech in oslo and today a special commemorative event is taking place on the island, attended by some of the survivors from that day. earlier, i spoke to one of the survivors of the attack ingrid endrerud, who is now the executive manager at utoya island, about her experiences that day in 2011 and why events like this that speak out against hate speech and extremism are important... in 2011, i was the leader of my region in the udf and i was at a summer camp and the 21st ofjuly was a perfect summer's day with sunny, warm weather. we went swimming, we had football matches, and a lot of political debates at the summer camp. so the 22nd ofjuly couldn't have been in a bigger contrast to the day before. it was rainy, it was cold.

and at one point we got the message that a bomb had went off in oslo. and myself, i was on the land side and when i was going back to the island, someone dressed as a policeman came and i was on the boat over to the island together with the terrorist. i had to flee from the gunshots, and i hid near the water beneath the cliffs. and i was rescued by a volunteer in a boat after a few hours. and this is now 13 years ago. and today, i am the executive director at utoya and i have decided to continue engaging in politics. and why have you decided to continue engaging in politics after that terrible event that happened to you and so many of those young people that day? well, i think for me it made being engaged in politics

even more important. utoya, today is rebuilt and we build our work on three pillars. we have one pillar that utoya is a place for engagement, that is a place for learning, and that duty is a place for commemoration. and this is still the island of the norwegian labour youth, but we've made room for many new dimensions at utoya. so we've created a learning center where students can come to learn about the 22nd ofjuly, why it happened, and how we can try to prevent extremism and radicalisation. that was ingrid endrerud, a survivor of those attacks. the bbc�*s tim muffet went to meet one woman who has been living with migraines for years but has only recently reached out for help at

work. maria has a greatjob, which she loves, but her migraines have had a huge impact on her life and her career. she's such a lovely girl, isn't she? it was a tightening in my neck and then a really heavy, severe, throbbing pain all across my forehead. you feel almost like your heads in a clamp and it's being really squeezed — that happens sort of 30% to 50% of the time. what impact has this had on your life? a huge impact. there are so many, there are so many occasions and events, conversations... sorry. ..that i don't remember couldn't fully participate in, have just felt like, you know, i've not really been able to contribute in the way that i would typically. ijust haven't been able to fulfil my potential in life. i do feel robbed.

morning, everyone. i work from home, but i have meetings all of the time. apologies, i've got a bit of a migraine today, so i'm just going to have my ice pack on. i am very confident to have ice packs on the back of my neck or my head during meetings. people are very understanding. itjust helps to be able to just continue with meetings rather than change them or reschedule them. brightness and glare can be triggering, but also can make the pain worse when you have a migraine. so it were able to kind of access my machine remotely and look at what those settings were, show me how to change them myself so that during a migraine attack, i might want to change them beyond what the normal settings are, if that would help. they talked about the importance of background lighting. i think it's really important that other employers consider this. if you've got a great employee and you want to keep them employed, you want to help them to do a good job, then it's really important to build in some flexibility if you can.

for maria, her migraine is really extreme. i've got massive sympathy for her trying to cope. hopefully some food for thought. how important is it, do you think, that other employers do what this place is doing? it's hugely important. it's just normalising that this is a condition many people live with and they need to do certain things to just get through the day. just feeling understood often is what allows me to better cope and manage the condition. taylor swift has said she is "completely floored" by achieving millions of sales for her latest album the tortured poets department. the us superstar has broken a string of records with her latest release, including passing the one billion streaming mark, when it became spotify�*s most—streamed album in a single week. the album also sold 2.61 million units in the us,

a mysterious roman artefact found during an amateur archaeological dig is going on public display in the uk for the first time. it's called a dodecahedron, and is one of the largest ever found. it was unearthed last year by a group of local volunteers in norton disney, near lincoln. here's what some of them had to say about the discovery. everybody was photographing it and really stunned.— really stunned. fantastic and excitina. really stunned. fantastic and exciting. suddenly _ really stunned. fantastic and exciting. suddenly this - really stunned. fantastic and i exciting. suddenly this popped really stunned. fantastic and - exciting. suddenly this popped out, it looked different _ exciting. suddenly this popped out, it looked different from _ exciting. suddenly this popped out, it looked different from anything i exciting. suddenly this popped out, | it looked different from anything we found, _ it looked different from anything we found, but _ it looked different from anything we found, but it — it looked different from anything we found, but it also _ it looked different from anything we found, but it also came _ it looked different from anything we found, but it also came out- it looked different from anything we found, but it also came out sort - it looked different from anything we found, but it also came out sort of. found, but it also came out sort of pristine. _ found, but it also came out sort of pristine, suddenly, _ found, but it also came out sort of pristine, suddenly, we _ found, but it also came out sort of pristine, suddenly, we were - found, but it also came out sort of. pristine, suddenly, we were looking at something — pristine, suddenly, we were looking at something which _ pristine, suddenly, we were looking at something which was _ pristine, suddenly, we were looking at something which was a _ pristine, suddenly, we were looking at something which was a mystery. | he's certainly not wrong there, it is an mysterious object. it's believed to date back as far as the first century. some experts believe they were possibly linked to roman rituals or religion, but there are no references to them in any roman texts.

so the enigma continues. just ask amateur archeologist phil weaver. i wasn't aware there was such a thing as a roman dodecahedron. no idea what it's for, and that's not unusual because even the experts don't know. i spoke richard parker, secretary of the norton disney history and archaeology group. last summer injune, we were digging on a new site in norton disney, we had a few clues that was roman, we put in for trenches and concentrated on trenches one and two, and only in the last few days that we have the resources and time to look in trenches three and four for more archaeology, and transport was where we found dodecahedron that is going on display. there it was, making tea on display. there it was, making tea on the second to last day, a big cry

goes up, i go roast —— racing over there with others, richard, the volunteer who found it was holding the top, and our senior archaeologist on—site was seen" that's a roman dodecahedron, i've never seen one of those before. i have read about them but, what is this doing here? " and work stop at that point, everyone came over and had a look because up until that point, we have been finding some roman pottery and masonry, some animal bone, those sort of things you ask —— expect to find on archaeological sites, or the last thing we expected the find was one of the finest examples of a dodecahedron in lincolnshire, where not one has never been found before, one is never been found in the midlands before. that one is never been found in the midlands before.— one is never been found in the midlands before. that was richard parker there. _

finally this half hour i wanted to show you the most—watched video on the bbc news website and app. a plane full of hundreds of toy giraffes has ta ken to the skies to raise money for great 0rmond street hospital. we hopped on board to find out more. did at any point you think it was real giraffes that you were going to be... no! no, luckily the whole connection came about because i noticed they were flying the same cuddly giraffe as i was flying with my daughter, so actually, there was never any doubt that it was cuddly giraffes. i love having these guys with me when we go flying, making everyone smile as they've seen us around the voyage air building with all these are giraffes. it's nice to lift everyone's spirits and give everyone a nice event to watch. this is definitely the most unusual flight. usually the passengers are asking a lot more questions. they've not asked any yet but we'll see how the night goes. the reason we're flying all these giraffes, it set out from one - giraffe that my daughter louise had when she was very _ unwell at great 0rmond. sadly, louise passed - away and her best friend was geoffrey the giraffe. so in her legacy, we've got a little giraffe going on adventures. - as much as geoffrey is travelling, louise is travelling with him. - it means a hell of a lot _ to have the support from so many

amazing people, especially from the royal air force. l yeah, it's heart—warming. it is indeed. that is so cute. anyone who has a cat will know how they can't resist sitting in cardboard boxes. well one cat got more than it bargained for when it ended up as a postage parcel and was accidentally mailed hundreds of miles to california with a package return. this is galeana, who disappeared from her utah home earlier this month, prompting frantic searches. she was rescued by an amazon worker a week afterjumping into one of the family's packages undetected. fortunately, she was in good health, despite having had no food or water for days. her owner carrie said "galeana loves boxes — it's just part of her personality.". i'm so glad she is safe and well. you're watching the world today, goodbye. hello there. it's been a much better day today for much of eastern england

with some dry weather and some warmth in the sunshine as well. further west, though, things have shaped up very differently because we've got lower pressure here, and that has been bringing with it this swathe of cloud, which has brought some outbreaks of rain as well. and through the afternoon, itjust got wetter really across scotland. that rain pegging back the temperatures here, but the rain should be clearing away from scotland during this evening, leaving behind some clearer skies and a few showers overnight. still got this zone of thicker cloud threatening some rain for northern england, especially into wales in the southwest, and we get wet weather arriving in northern ireland by the end of the night. but still got those clearer skies towards the southeast and minimum temperatures of six or seven degrees. heading into tomorrow, differences again, east—west. in the west, more clouds and more rain moving in as well. in the east, it's going to be drier and warmer with some sunshine. but some wet weather in the morning for northern ireland will be followed by sunshine and showers. we've got this band of rain pushing into south west england and wales, just grazing western scotland. further east, a lot of dry weather, some sunshine. the chance of the odd light shower later in east anglia in the southeast, with a bit more cloud arriving here.

but we've got a southerly breeze bringing the warmth, and that warmth is moving northward. so temperatures will be higher than today in the midlands and northern england and also scotland, where we could reach 16 or 17 degrees. this weakening weather front will slide a few showers northwards along those north sea coast. and we've still got low pressure as we head into wednesday to the west of the uk. that very weak weather front not producing much rain at all. still, the odd shower may be around some of those coastal areas. some sunshine around, too, but you can see it's clouding over across a good part of england and wales from the south with some rain heading up from the continent later on. but those temperatures widely 16, 17 degrees. cooler for eastern coast of scotland and the north east of england. could be some misty, murky weather even as we head into thursday. we're picking up an easterly wind that's going to bring some warm air, but it's moving over the cold seas. now, we may well see some sunshine developing across more of scotland on thursday, perhaps the far north of england, maybe even northern ireland as well. but there's cloudy skies elsewhere, maybe some more rain hanging

around from overnight. cooler in the southwest, warmer further north, with the highest temperatures in western scotland. could make 20 degrees in the west coast and the highlands.

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i am not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whomever simply for retaining power. it is the scotland under the scottish— it is the scotland under the scottish parliament to decide who the first _ scottish parliament to decide who the first minister is, but what is happening — the first minister is, but what is happening now with the snp is that the mask— happening now with the snp is that the mask is slipping, people in scotland — the mask is slipping, people in scotland are realising that public services — scotland are realising that public services are worse. the scotland are realising that public services are worse.— scotland are realising that public services are worse. the snp have been in power— services are worse. the snp have been in power here _ services are worse. the snp have been in power here since - services are worse. the snp have been in power here since 2007 i services are worse. the snp have. been in power here since 2007 and the baggage and arguments of all of those years have contributed to what we have seen today, but the future matters more than the past. one year and one month since humza yousaf took over, scotland is looking for a new first minister. we'll have the full story of the day, we'll look at what happens next in scottish politics, and what it might mean for labour's chances at the next general election. also tonight... israel appears to have softened its stance in the ceasefire talks with

hamas. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, was in saudi arabia