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A screenshot from one of the Red Ice videos uploaded to BitChute, in which white nationalist broadcadter Lana Lokteff describes Humza Yousaf and his family as "enjoying the fruits of a white society." Picture: BitChute

Police launch investigation into racist abuse and threats aimed at Humza Yousaf

Phil Goff, High Commissioner fro New Zealand, on a visit to Edinburgh.

Why New Zealand looks to Westminster far more than Scotland

Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference at the European Political Community (EPC) Summit near Chisinau, Moldova. The semiannual summit was created last year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with the aim of bringing together a broader set of European leaders beyond the 27 members of the European Union.

Ukraine offers troops to help Moldova win back Transnistria

President Joe Biden says 'I got sandbagged' in talking about falling earlier in the day at the US Air Force Academy. Picture: AP

Is Joe Biden's ‘sandbagging’ a stumble too far for the octogenarian president?

A Russian soldier in the ruins of the Mariupol drama theatre, bombed in March last year despite a large sign saying children were sheltering there (Picture: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin's threats are unnecessary. We already know how terrifying he is

People queue to receive food from AFAT - Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, last year. The Chernihiv region found itself on the frontline of Russia's invasion at the beginning of the invasion.

Russia used ‘starvation tactics’ on Ukrainian people, investigation claims

NASA's Perseverance rover firing up its descent stage engines as it nears the Martian surface. Technology made by Scottish academics will be involved in the next mission to Mars. Picture: PA

Mars mission: Device built by Scottish researchers to be flown to Mars in bid to...

Canada will be the first country to print warnings on individual cigarettes.

Canada to become first country to print health warnings on individual cigarettes

Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court in Sydney in 2021. Picture: AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File

Victoria Cross holder found by judge to have committed war crimes in Afghanistan

Droughts like this one in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, in 2021 can force people to leave their homes (Picture: Hoshang Hashimi/AFP via Getty Images)

Increasing heat is already a factor in human migration – new study

Keir Starmer's foreign policy still lacks a coherent and well-formed structure (Picture: Yui Mok/PA)

Starmer must end his strategic silence on international affairs – Azeem Ibrahim

Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in Lanarkshire

What is Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre and why is it so controversial?

A specialist inspects the damaged facade of a multi-storey apartment building after a reported drone attack in Moscow on Tuesday. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Why was Moscow attacked by drones and who was behind it?

The first deals struck by the UK post-Brexit will come into force on Wednesday. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Scotland’s producers deserve better than ‘rushed through’ UK trade deals

Firefighters try to keep flames from burning home from spreading to a neighboring apartment complex as they battle the Camp Fire in 2018 in Paradise, California (Picture: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Legal action looms after 88 fossil fuel firms blamed for half of global warming

The murderous Vladimir Putin and Winnie the Pooh-lookalike Xi Jinping toast each other during a reception in March this year (Picture: Pavel Byrkin/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin's arrest warrant for US Senator offers a vision of a world run by tyrants

The emergency services are trying to recover the bat which capsized on Lake Maggiore at the weekend. Picture: Getty Images

Secret services agents among those killed in Italian boat disaster

Smoke billows behind buildings in southern Khartoum. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Scot who led rescue of Britons fleeing Sudan war reveals ‘harrowing stories’

Mars bars have been given a new look as the chocolate bar ditches its traditional plastic wrapper for more environmentally friendly paper packaging. Picture: Mars Wrigley/PA Wire

Mars bars given new paper packaging as chocolate bar loses plastic wrapper

A rescuer putting out a fire in a building as a result of falling debris after a massive drone attack mainly targeting the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Picture: Pavlo Petrov/State Emergency Service of Ukrai/AFP via Getty Images

Kyiv hit by largest Russian drone attack since start of war

Caitriona Balfe as Claire Randall and Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser from Outlander. A church connected to the series has gone up for sale. Picture: Starz!/Kobal/Shutterstock

Church popular with Outlander fans for sale as private developers loom

Youssef Mikhaiel and his partner, Sarah Bradley, at Queen's Park Stadium in Glasgow, before his detention.

University graduate detained as number held in Dungavel soars threefold

Personnel at Barragem do Arade reservoir, in the Algave, Portugal, where searches took place this week as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

How a 48-year-old murder case in Canada could bring McCann hope

The attack on the Capitol sparked the biggest police investigation in US history. Picture: Brent Stirton/Getty Images

Convicted US Capitol rioter set to arrive in Scotland later this year

Tina Turner's decision to leave her abusive husband Ike Turner and her 1984 memoir helped break the silence about domestic violence (Picture: Frederick R Bunt/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Susan Dalgety: Violent porn turning sex into an expression of contempt, not love

A damaged residential building in Dnipropetrovsk region, which was targeted by Russian forces earlier this week.

One killed and 15 injured in Ukrainian hospital attack

The conversation, on Twitter Spaces, with Elon Musk, was hit by technical problems.

What will Ron DeSantis’ ‘Great American Comeback’ mean for the Republican party?

Filipino children often work long hours to complete homework tasks.

Why is a Filipino politician trying to ban weekend homework?

Demonstrators take to the streets of the capital Tehran in September last year, following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

UN role for Iranian diplomat is a green light for more torture and killing

People wait at a road block as smoke rises from a wildfire near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on May 6, 2016 (Picture: Cole Burston/AFP via Getty Images)

Wildfires are pushing peatlands towards terrifying climate change tipping point

Disgraced entertainer and convicted sex offender Rolf Harris dies aged 93

Prince Harry has lost a second legal challenge against the Home Office over his security arrangements in the UK. Picture: Getty Images

Prince Harry loses legal challenge over UK security

Children in a small boat in the English Channel are rescued after their vessel's engine broke down (Picture: Sameer al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images)

Far-right Tories are not telling the truth about asylum seekers – Talat Yaqoob

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin arrives for the inaugural meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) at Prague Castle. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

How a wave of Euroscepticism is fuelling a surge in right-wing populism

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the Kremlin in Moscow in April.

Analysis: Do not overlook trouble brewing in Belarus and Moldova

A general view of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. Picture: Andrey Borodulin/AFP via Getty Images

Europe's largest nuclear power plant forced to switch to emergency generators

Liz Tait British said some of her experiences of helping those caught up in the violence in Sudan would 'live with me forever'. Picture: Mile 91/ Elaine Livingstone

Scots aid worker tells of 'heartache' at families torn apart by Sudan violence

People sit in Central Park in New York City. Picture: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

I went to the US and realised the American dream is more of a nightmare

Scottish university projects funded by the US Defence Department include research into drones, explosives, and helicopters. Picture: AFP/Getty

Revealed: Scottish universities receive £34m in Pentagon funding

Despite the focus on stopping small boats crossing the Channel, legal migration to the UK is at record levels, but most new arrivals choose to live in England. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

BBC board commissions review into broadcaster coverage of migrant crossings

Rishi Sunak shows off his socks to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during their bilateral meeting in Hiroshima ahead of the G7 Summit (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Why we shouldn't sneer at Sunak's sock diplomacy in Japan – Scotsman comment

Clare Nowland reacts following a skydive in Canberra, Australia, in 2008. Nowland, now 95, was in critical condition Friday, two days after being Tasered by police

Australian police Taser 95-year-old woman with dementia

(Left to right) European Council president Charles Michel, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, France's president Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, US president Joe Biden and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen are given a tour of the Itsukushima Shrine. Picture: Jacques Witt/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

G7: Western leaders launch new measures to stop Russia, China

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shows off his socks to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, which has the name of Kishida's favorite baseball team, Hiroshima Toyo Carp. on them. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/AFP via Getty Images

G7: Rishi Sunak strikes historic defence and security deal with Japanese leader

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend the WellChild awards at Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. Picture: Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Paparazzi driver says Harry and Meghan car chase was ‘catastrophic experience’

A dead catfish lies on the dried-up bed of the River Agly in Rivesaltes, southwestern France last month (Picture: Raymond Roig/AFP via Getty Images)

Planet Earth is about to issue a climate warning we must heed – Scotsman comment

Prince Harry and Meghan in 'near catastrophic' car chase claim

The Stand Comedy Club cancelled a talk by SNP MP Joanna Cherry after staff complained, but backed down after a threat of legal action (Picture: Kate Chandler)

Youthful 'vegan fascism' puts feelings above life's sometimes harsh reality

Firefighters survey the roof after a fire at Loafers Lodge in Wellington, New Zealand. Picture: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

At least six killed in New Zealand hostel fire

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai during his court hearing in 2020. Picture: Getty Images

Scotsman editor joins 100 media leaders to call for release of Jimmy Lai

Ukrainian troops take part in exercises near Kyiv ahead of a planned counteroffensive (Picture: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukrainians are paying ultimate price for defence of democracy – Angus Robertson

Robert De Niro, pictured at the New York premiere of his new movie About My Father, has just announced at the age of 79 that he's about to become a dad again (Picture: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

De Niro is not being arrogant by becoming a dad again at 79 – Aidan Smith

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak greets Volodymyr Zelensky (Photo: Twitter/Rishi Sunak)

Sunak vows 'support' for Zelensky as leaders share warm embrace at Chequers

A worker cuts and collects coffee fruits in a coffee plantation.

Climate change: Will you have to live without your daily coffee fix?

Kemi Badenoch, Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade, is to meet her Swiss counterpart to negotiate a new trade deal.

Negotiations begin on new free trade agreement with Switzerland

Duncan Laurence performs "You'll Never Walk Alone" on stage during The Eurovision Song Contest. Groups of singers from Ukraine joined in via video link, while all entrants in the competition also joined him on stage.

Why Ukraine has made it difficult for Eurovision to remain politically neutral

Ukraine Entry Tvorchi performs on stage during The Eurovision Song Contest.

Home city of Ukraine's Eurovision entry attacked by Russia ahead of performance

A poster shows the portrait of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of the presidential elections this weekend.

Turkish elections: Leaked sex tapes and banned soap operas in close-run campaign

Immigrants from Venezuela cover up during a dust storm at a makeshift immigrant camp located between the Rio Grande and the U.S.-Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas. The number of immigrants reaching the border has surged with the end of the US government's Covid-era Title 42 policy, which for the past three years has allowed for the quick expulsion of irregular migrants entering the country. Picture: Getty Images

What is Title 42 and what will happen in the US now it has expired?

Refugee children from Ukraine perform aboard the MS Victoria ship in Leith, where many families fleeing the war lived after arriving in Scotland. Picture: Getty Images

Criticism as refugee support payment slashed by UK Government

France entrant La Zarra during the dress rehearsal for the Eurovision Song Contest final at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Sunak 'disappointed' Zelensky blocked from address at Eurovision final

Donald Trump is sending the 'wrong message' about US support for Ukraine, according to his own former defence secretary, Mark Esper (Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

As UK sends more weapons, Trump signals he could abandon Ukraine

The Twitter Headquarters in San Francisco, California. Picture: Samantha Laurey/AFP via Getty Images

Elon Musk appoints new mystery Twitter CEO

Clinical trials are now under way in Scotland to assess whether the tool can help doctors reduce pressure on overcrowded emergency departments

AI could help improve heart attack diagnosis, Scottish study suggests

In an announcement at the House of Commons the UK Defence Secretary confirmed that the nation will donate missiles to Ukraine.

Why is the UK giving Ukraine missiles? What is a Storm Shadow cruise missile?

China's Hainan Airlines is to operate the route between Edinburgh and Beijing.

Direct flights resume between Scotland and China

A combative Donald Trump made a rare live appearance on CNN, during which he suggested the US should default on its debts. Picture: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty

Analysis: Donald Trump invites further 'American carnage' with debt remarks

People attend a candlelight vigil for victims of a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, in January. Eleven people died and nine more were injured (Picture: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

America is turning into a real-life zombie movie – Kenny MacAskill

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A screenshot from one of the Red Ice videos uploaded to BitChute, in which white nationalist broadcadter Lana Lokteff describes Humza Yousaf and his family as "enjoying the fruits of a white society." Picture: BitChute

Police launch investigation into racist abuse and threats aimed at Humza Yousaf

Recycling schemes in other countries are not driven by a political desire to do things differently to England (Picture: Jonathan Pow/PA)

Deposit return scheme's fate is another fine mess, not a constitutional outrage

Analysis of the Scottish Government's consultation on the proposed Land Reform Bill have been released (Katharine Hay/The Scotsman)

Land Reform consultation highlights little trust in Scottish Government