Far-right activists have staged fascist-style demonstrations in Scotland’s two biggest cities which an expert has said are 'reminiscent of how Hitler staged National Socialism' www.thenational.scot/news/2...

The UK Government has been accused of 'defying legal obligations' in its arms exports to the United Arab Emirates in a damning new report

'The UK Government's failures are what's creating these nightmares which lead to people seeking asylum. You can't just wash your hands of it' Political Editor Xander Elliards reacts to the UK Government downgrading the risk level to Gaza citizens

The UK Government is cutting cash for energy and road projects to fund its defence plans. But what's the point? Political Editor Xander Elliards reacts

At some point Labour must admit that the problem isn't the number of politicians, it's how they govern @xanderelliards.bsky.social in tonight's Real Scottish Politics newsletter ✍️ 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

The Jamaican government will use the anniversary of a slave ship massacre to petition King Charles on reparations from Britain Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

Tomorrow's front page 📰 'Dehumanising' new Home Office rules making it more difficult for Palestinian refugees to come to the UK

Glasgow-based Bahawudeen Yahaya, 46, an asylum seeker who fled Nigeria, has said Labour's new immigration rules feel like 'sheer punishment' 🗣️ Is this what you have to pay for exercising your fundamental right? Exclusive story from @stephbrawn.bsky.social 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

Anti-monarchy activists have confronted the King, Queen and other members of the royal family outside the Order of the Thistle ceremony in Edinburgh 🚨 Protestors chanted and held placards reading 'What did you know?' opposite St Giles' Cathedral

NEW: The Israeli government spent more than £50,000 on a trip for senior Reform UK officials 🚨 Story from @jameslwalker.bsky.social ✍️ www.thenational.scot/news/2...

Glasgow-based Bahawudeen Yahaya, 46, an asylum seeker who fled Nigeria after facing political violence, has said the UK Government's new immigration rules feel like 'sheer punishment' Exclusive reporting from @stephbrawn.bsky.social 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

'When I looked at the main names featured over the last few years, I struggled to see a single Scottish name' The Edinburgh TV Festival has quit the city and plans to move to Manchester. Is it a blow to Scotland - or an opportunity?

Labour's plan to hand asylum process decisions to the public has been described as 'a reckless gamble with human lives' by a leading refugee charity 🥀 Exclusive story from @laurapollock.bsky.social 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

The Scottish Government opposes new nuclear developments – but Labour ministers have picked out where they would put them if they had the chance ☢️ See the full interactive map from @agcreports.bsky.social 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

NEW: Andy Burnham's Scotsman article pitching to Scottish voters is a "tartanised copy and paste job" of yesterday's statement complete with major errors about Scotland, it has been claimed Let's take a look ...

EXCLUSIVE: A legal expert has given their verdict on Andy Burnham's vague Scottish devolution plans 👇

Tomorrow's front page 📰 'Scotland's a nation, not a region': Swinney issues warning shot after Burnham speech on devolution

NEW: Asylum seekers will be made to pay up to £10,000 towards the cost of their accommodation and support once they start earning, Shabana Mahmood has announced

Israel's finance minister has called for the immediate establishment of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip’s northern perimeter, claiming nearly 70% of the Strip is already occupied by the Israeli military

Green MSP Q Manivannan opens up on their experience being the first immigrant on a visa elected to the Scottish Parliament 'As difficult as the first few weeks have been for me, I'm hoping it's easier for the second or third person who comes after'

BREAKING: Scotland's First Minister John Swinney has responded to Andy Burnham's claim he wants to extend devolution in Scotland He warned 'Scotland is a nation and not a region' and urged Burnham to give Scotland the right to a second independence referendum

Is Andy Burnham treating Scotland just like another region of England? Editor Laura Webster and Political Reporter Abbi Garton-Crosbie discuss 'Scotland gets put into the same category as Yorkshire or the 'North-East' ... it is not the same thing'

Andy Burnham has made a vague pledge to 'extend devolution' in Scotland during a speech which largely focused on England The latest 👇

The language of "the north" as seen in the Andy Burnham media blitz tells us more explicitly than ever that Westminster politicians' and media's interests end around Newcastle. Anything north of that doesn't matter. This messaging is going to be received horribly in Scotland

An Israeli drone strike killed two Palestinian siblings, including a 15-year-old girl, in southern Gaza and wounded at least seven others, according to Nasser hospital, where the casualties were taken

EXCLUSIVE: Meet Miles Howard. A Bostonian planning to walk across Scotland after the Tartan Army changed the outlook of his city in ways he didn't think were possible

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Edinburgh in an anti-racism demonstration after an alleged racist attack in the city, stating that 'an injury to one is an injury to all'

THE FERRET: Scotland's first spaceport on Shetland plans to use the sea as a 'dustbin' to dump tonnes of debris from rockets, prompting claims it could endanger tourism and fishing

EXCLUSIVE: While visiting the West Bank earlier this year and hearing harrowing stories of Israeli occupation, Revd Mark Slaney said there wasn’t a conversation he had with Palestinian Christians where he didn’t weep

A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰 Sarwar's party 'to reconsider' referendum and indy stances

Stephen Gethins will travel to the European Union for the first time since joining the Scottish Government 👇

Coverage of this upcoming Burnham speech is terrible from a devolved nations perspective. Barely a single outlet mentioning that local government is a devolved matter or that this mayors project would be either a) England only or b) require reopening the devolution settlements

Kate Forbes has shared a stage with hard-right politicians and influencers at an 'anti-woke' conference in London. The former SNP deputy first minister spoke at the event co-founded by Jordan Peterson and attended by far-right European parties 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

The Scottish Government is considering whether to step in with planning guidance amid a 'rapid expansion of hyperscale AI data centres', John Swinney has said 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

BREAKING: Art focused on Israel’s genocide in Palestine is set to be shown in Scotland after its exhibition south of the Border was cancelled The exhibition had been due to be shown in London in May but it was cancelled after an intervention from UK Lawyers for Israel

NEW: Andy Burnham is not even PM yet and he's already U-turning The Labour MP has U-turned on plans to tear up how Scotland is funded after The National's report prompted major backlash He now says he will keep fighting "for the nations and regions"

🚨EXCLUSIVE: A US anti-abortion group with links to Donald Trump and the American evangelical right spent millions of dollars on legal action in the UK and across Europe last year, The National can reveal 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2622576...

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Reform MSP Thomas Kerr accused of "laughing" about Edinburgh stabbings

What a great night at the Scottish Refugee Council Media Awards - fantastic to see so many journalists being recognised for their commitment to accuracy and challenging hateful misinformation. Very proud that The National won best feature and runner up for best news story.

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Andy Burnham wants to "tear up" Holyrood funding system

NEW: The Reform candidate in an upcoming Aberdeenshire by-election is under fire for misogynistic social posts, including a meme complaining about women's jaws hurting 2 minutes into oral sex.

NEW: Andy Burnham, likely to be the UK's next prime minister, wants to "tear up" the funding mechanism for the Scottish Parliament, The National can reveal. Burnham wants to bin the Barnett Formula, which he argued is discriminatory towards northern England

Terror-linked stabbings in Edinburgh and London have shown the 'two-tier media' system operating in the UK, according to fresh analysis

With everything going on, this is likely to go under the radar. Edinburgh TV Festival is quitting the city and moving to Manchester. It's a huge loss to Scotland - TV and film is supposed to be a growing industry for us.

Thousands of Scots are marching to LoanDepot Park to watch the Miami Marlins play against the Texas Rangers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 More than 8000 tickets have been purchased by Tartan Army supporters for Monday night’s game ⚾️ In partnership with Spar Scotland

Tomorrow's front page 📰 SNP slam "a decade of chaos" since Brexit vote as Keir Starmer becomes sixth PM to quit

A decade on from the shock vote that saw Scotland dragged out of the bloc against its will – after the nation voted 62% to Remain – the wounds run deep, and they run much deeper than tales of red tape and economic woe 👇 Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

BREAKING: Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been sentenced to 5 years, 3 months in prison. Lord Young said he has committed a 'calculated sum of dishonesty' and was involved in a 'significant breach of trust' Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

As the Tartan Army leave Boston for Scotland’s final World Cup match after two weeks of celebrations, England fans have 'taken over' the US city, telling them to 'fuck off' home

Keir Starmer’s legacy will 'forever be marred' for lending support to Israel during the genocide in Gaza, a top charity has said