Honoured to meet with Icelandic President Gudni Jóhannesson, First Lady Eliza Reid, Consul Kristin Hannesdóttir and Culture Minister Lilja Alfredsdóttir at the beautiful Icelandic consulate in Scotland.
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NEW: First Minister Humza Yousaf tells LBC he’s still not been briefed by UK Gov on Middle East latest - despite asking three days ago - “disappointing”.

Says he’s sceptical of any UK military intervention in region - when asked if he supports RAF shooting down drones.

Has there ever in recorded history been a war/slaughter/genocide where nearly 50% of the victims were children?

In the West Bank in recent days, “Palestinians have been subjected to waves of attacks by hundreds of Israeli settlers, often accompanied by or supported by, the Israeli security forces”.
We at Medical Aid for Palestinians are seriously concerned about this escalating situation. #WestBank

Govt minister: 'It is absolutely clear that if you fire 300 of the most serious arsenal at any state it is an extreme act of aggression'

Now describe dropping tens of thousands of tonnes of munitions, the equivalent of 2 nuclear bombs, on one of the most populated areas on earth

Stephen Flynn is one of a group of MPs that has written to the UK Government about it's 'betrayal' of the north east.

It comes after the Tories rolled back on a pledge to have hundreds of civil servants relocated to Aberdeen.

thenational.scot/news/24256203.…

193 days of constant Israeli massacres and destruction with one main target: Palestinians as a group. The Israeli bombardment of the central market in the Maghazi refugee camp today. 11 killed, mainly children.

NEW: Scotland's top civil servant has accused the UK Government of repeatedly breaking a key convention of the devolution era.

John Paul Marks said ministers had flouted rules which dictate that Westminster does not legislate in devolved matters “on a number of occasions”.

Westminster's values are not Scotland's values.

If the choice is tax cuts for the rich or investment in public services, I choose public services.

If the choice is austerity or investment in the NHS, I choose investment in our NHS.

The SNP will always stand up for Scotland.

Me: 'Do you believe Netanyahu deliberately propped up Hamas in Gaza all these years?'

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert: 'Yes... long before Oct 7th, Netanyahu downgraded the PA & almost inevitably upgraded Hamas.'

Full #MehdiUnfiltered interview at Zeteo:
zeteo.com/p/mehdi-clashe…

Great discussion on EU-UK relations with Angus Robertson, Cabinet Secretary at the @Scotgov and Dunstan Hadley, Deputy Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, organized by Scottish Advisory Forum on Europe (SAFE).
Huge thanks to IreneOldfather 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 and SAFE members.

Many reports that the IDF have killed a number of children playing at a refugee camp. Why can they be so precise when attacking Embassies in Syria but not where children are in Gaza. A reminder they have the UK’s full support.

❗️Westminster promised 200+ of the 9300 Civil Service Energy jobs in London would transfer to Aberdeen.

📉They now admit it will be just 35.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland will never get a fair deal from this broken 'Union'.

🚨 Flamingo Land have just confirmed they will disregard flood risk warnings from our national environmental watchdog & press ahead with their Loch Lomond mega resort plans! This is grossly irresponsible

Lodge your objection today and #SaveLochLomond ✍️ greens.scot/FlamingoLand

Do you see all these faces? These are some of my family members who Israel killed. Father, brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews.

In the past hour an Israeli drone fired a missile into a group of children in a playground. 11 children have been killed with more injured.

Hani Mahmoud reporting.

🚨The Tories flouted key devolution rules 11 times in six years, Scotland's top civil servant has warned.

John-Paul Marks says the interference shows the changed nature of devolution after Brexit.

A new mass grave has been discovered at al-Shifa Hospital where a two-week siege by Israeli forces turned the facility into a graveyard and put what was once Gaza’s largest medical complex out of service ⤵️

150 years since the Icelandic national anthem was composed in Edinburgh, First Minister Humza Yousaf met President of Iceland and Eliza Reid to discuss the strong historic and modern policy links between Scotland and Iceland 🇮🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Another massacre.

Israeli 🇮🇱 airstrikes (now) on al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza 🇵🇸

Dozens of casualties, including children and women.

Where is mainstream media outrage?
What do Biden 🇺🇸 Sunak & Starmer 🇬🇧 say?
Where is The Hague?