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Tory minister Chris Philp appeared to confuse two African countries on BBC Question Time on Thursday, 25 April.The MP for Croydon South seemed to ask whether “Rwanda is a different country to Congo” in response to a question from an audience member who said he came from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.As the audience member asked if family members had come from Goma on a crossing would they then be sent back to the country they are supposedly warring – Rwanda – Mr Philp replied: “No, I think there’s an exclusion on people from Rwanda being sent to Rwanda.”After objections, Mr Philp appeared to ask: “Rwanda is a different country to Congo isn’t it? More

First minister Humza Yousaf’s political future hangs by a thread after the Scottish Greens said they would vote against him in a motion of no confidence.The SNP leader dramatically brought the powersharing deal to an end on Thursday morning (25 April), angering the smaller pro-independence party’s leaders who accused him of “political cowardice”.At a short press conference, co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater confirmed the decision to vote against Mr Yousaf.The Bute House Agreement gave the SNP-led government a majority at Holyrood but it came under strain in recent days after the Greens said they would put the future of the deal to a vote by their members. More

Humza Yousaf and Douglas Ross were embroiled in a heated clash in the Scottish Parliament after the first minister ended the so-called Bute House Agreement underpinning the Scottish government coalition with immediate effect on Thursday, 25 April.The leader of the Scottish Conservative Party later said he would table a motion of no confidence Mr Yousaf, with Mr Ross describing him as “weak” and a “failed first minister”.Mr Yousaf removed Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater from the government, and the SNP is set to act as a minority government going forward.It comes after the Greens were angered when the Scottish government announced it was to ditch a key climate change target. More

Humza Yousaf joked about a “breakup” with the Greens after he ended the so-called Bute House Agreement underpinning the Scottish government coalition on Thursday, 25 April.The first minister denied ending the pact because he did not want the Greens to end it first.As a reporter asked him if his decision was “because it is better to do the breaking up yourself than be dumped,” Mr Yousaf jokingly responded: “I wouldn’t know.”Mr Yousaf removed Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater from the government, and the SNP is set to act as a minority government going forward. More

Humza Yousaf has denied that his decision to end the so-called Bute House Agreement underpinning the Scottish government coalition was about saving seats for the Scottish National Party at the next general election.At a press conference on Thursday, 25 April, the first minister said: “I believe that stability is really important for governing… Recent weeks have shown that stability is not there.”Mr Yousaf removed Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater from the government, and the SNP is set to act as a minority government going forward.It comes after the Greens were angered when the Scottish government announced it was to ditch a key climate change target. More

Labour “can’t guarantee” their pledge to renationalise the railways if elected would bring in lower train fares, the shadow transport secretary has said.The party would expect to transfer rail networks to public ownership within its first term by folding existing private passenger rail contracts into a new body as they expire, shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh will say at a launch event on Thursday.Speaking to BBC Breakfast ahead of the event, Ms Haigh said: “Today I can’t guarantee we’ll lower fares… we’ll simplify them.“We will have an ambition for a best fare guarantee.” More

Scottish Greens co-leaders arrived at and left Bute House before SNP leader Humza Yousaf held an emergency cabinet meeting and the so-called Bute House Agreement underpinning the government’s coalition ended on Thursday, 25 April.Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie did not respond to any questions as they left the first minister’s official residence in Edinburgh.It comes after the Greens were angered when the Scottish Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan announced last week the Scottish government was to ditch a key climate change target. More

There is “no way back” for the UK and Vladimir Putin’s relationship, David Cameron has said.When pressed on a time when he took the Russian president to watch judo competitions at the Olympics in London during his time as prime minister, Lord Cameron said he thought it was right to “try and see if we could build more of a relationship”, but ties ultimately broke down because of Russia’s actions in Syria and Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.It comes as the UK was accused of helping Moscow “pay for its war” in Ukraine by importing record amounts of refined oil from countries processing Russian fossil fuels. More