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Scotland’s leader Humza Yousaf resigns after a year in power, throwing his pro-independence party into chaos

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 Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has resigned barely a year into the role after the collapse of his coalition government, a humbling and chaotic departure that throws Scotland’s ruling pro-independence party into chaos. Yousaf’s coalition government fell apart unexpectedly last week when he tore up a coalition agreement with Green Party lawmakers following a spat over climate policy, a risky move that backfired spectacularly when the Greens said they would vote against him in a confidence motion. The ruling SNP will now hold a leadership candidate to replace Yousaf, he announced in a news conference on Monday. Yousaf took over as the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) party last March, hoping to extend the party’s domination of politics north of the border into a third decade and strengthen the case for a new referendum on Scottish independence. But the party’s ever-worsening legal woes and a tumultuous coalition agreement put his leadership on brittle footing, and an unf
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Nine accused of far-right plot to overthrow German government go on trial

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 CNN  —  Nine suspected members of a German far-right group accused of plotting to overthrow the government and install a minor royal as leader went on trial at a high-security courtroom in Stuttgart on Monday. Prosecutors opened their case against individuals tied to the Reichsbürger (Citizens of the Reich) movement. In all, 27 people face charges, including high treason and belonging to a terror organization, but they will be tried in three separate courtrooms in different cities. The plot to overthrow the government and install martial law was exposed in 2022. The nine defendants in court on Monday — including former soldiers and judges, as well as a member of parliament for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) — are accused of participating in the “military arm” of the Reichsbürger, which espouses conspiracy-based theories regarding sovereignty and rejects the concept of the post-war German state. The men put on a defiant air on the first day of the trial, smiling and talkin
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Her father went to work in 2022 but never came home.

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Yulia Khrypun’s father Serhii is one of many civilians detained by Russian troops in Ukraine - due to legal black holes, the chances of him returning home anytime soon are slim. CNN spoke to Yulia about how her father was taken and how she is fighting to get him back .
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