More than 11,000 deaths related to drugs have been recorded in Scotland in the last 10 years, making it the drug death capital of Europe.

But what caused this national crisis?

BBC Scotland’s James Cook takes a look at the complex and interlinked issues that have caused it.

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The UK Supreme Court has ruled that Shamima Begum, who ran away from Britain when she was 15 to join the Islamic State group in Syria, should not be allowed to return, to challenge the removal of her British citizenship.

The court ruled unanimously that her rights were not breached when she was refused permission to return.

Shamima Begum, who is now 21, is living in a camp in northern Syria. She had hoped to return to the UK to challenge the Home Secretary’s decision to strip her of her British citizenship.

She ran away from east London with two other schoolgirls in 2015 and travelled to Syria to join IS.

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Israeli media has reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled secretly to the United Arab Emirates to meet President Mohammed bin Zayed on Sunday.

The news comes amid an uproar over an earlier report that the UAE leader had warned Mr Netanyahu that Hamas was planning a major operation shortly before the attacks of 7th of October, 2023 – something Mr Netanyahu has denied.

Israeli media has said that he visited President bin Zayed to ask him to deny the report as well.

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Tit-for-tat strikes have continued in Yemen between the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and pro-government forces aligned to Saudi Arabia.

It comes after a series of military advances by the Houthis, which threaten Saudi oil production.

Those significant territorial gains along the western coast in recent days, including taking Perim Island, a key strategic point next to the Bab al-Mandab Strait, could give the Houthis a possible stronger hold over the strategic waterway.

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The UK government is facing political pressure over shortages of protective clothing and other protective equipment for frontline health and care workers. Ministers have denied claims that they had refused to take part in an EU scheme to secure supplies of the equipment, for political reasons.

Ministers are also facing difficult questions over the number of tests being carried out on people for coronavirus. Its target of 100,000 tests a day by the end of April is widely regarded as unrealistic, with current testing levels a fraction of that figure.

Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reports from Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg and Health Editor Hugh Pym.

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