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By Mary McCool Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says he and Sir Keir Starmer "ultimately have the same position" on ending the Israel-Gaza war.
By Craig Williams First Minister Humza Yousaf has dismissed suggestions that SNP MPs would withdraw from Westminster after the next general election.
The decision puts the chancellor at odds with the Scottish Conservative leader who lobbied against the move.
Scottish Parliament staff are no longer allowed to wear rainbow lanyards or pins - or other accessories that show support for social movements - at Holyrood.
A Tory MSP has threatened legal action against Police Scotland after the force logged a social media comment he made as a "hate incident".
Nicola Sturgeon has said she is "veering away" from voting in favour of assisted dying. The former first minister said she had "rarely been as conflicted on any issue as I am on this".
"Can we not get a break?" That was how one SNP figure responded when I broke the news to them on Thursday that Peter Murrell, the party's former chief executive, had been re-arrested.
The contest to become Scotland's seventh first minister will soon begin after Humza Yousaf announced he is to resign.
Humza Yousaf said he made the decision to stand down as Scotland's first minister.
Humza Yousaf is to stand down as Scotland's first minister once a successor is found. But who could take over from him? The BBC's David Wallace Lockhart explains.
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