consequences. last night, there were consequences. also this hour, the iowa caucus campaign blitz with haley and desantis battling for second place. if the latest polls are correct, donald trump has a 30-point lead. kristin welker joins me live from des moines to break it all down. former president trump refocusing on iowa after his fireworks during closing arguments at his civil fraud trial in manhattan. the judge promising his decision on how much to fine the former president and his adult sons before the end of the month. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell back in washington. while u.s. forces in the wider middle east are bracing for retaliation after they struck back at houthi rebel forces in defiance of the ultimatums keeping up their attacks. the pentagon and british allies bombed more than 60 targets inside yemen overnight that they say were used by the rebels to plan and launch dozens of attacks against commercial shipping routes vital to the world econo
these strikes work? britain s defence ministry already says the strikes have already affected their ability to threaten merchant shipping. the real risk is that the conflict in gaza will escalate throughout the red sea region. that could affect the price of oil and the price of good, even further, because of shipping lanes in the region. so far the houthi have attacked 27 sheets to date disrupting commerce on a key route between europe and asia. that accounts for about 15% of the world s shipping traffic. the boss of a shipping giant, maersk, has said why it is so important to global trade. it is so important to global trade. , ., ., trade. it is an important artery of trade. it is an important artery of global- trade. it is an important artery of global trade i trade. it is an important l artery of global trade and having artery of global trade and having to regrout all of the cargo having to regrout all of the cargo now south of the cape of good cargo now south of t
the boss of shipping giant maersk has told the bbc why the waterway is so important to global trade. our intention back to tylenol. one of the first things the winning party will need to deal with after the election, is to answer this question how to deal with china? in the lead up to the polls, the world s second largest economy has warned of the extreme danger of electing a frontrunner from the ruling democratic progressive party, while the opposition kuomintang is viewed as being more friendly with beijing. china taiwan s biggest trading partner, also claims the self ruled island as part of its own territory. for clues on how this will play out after the weekend s results let s bring in lev nachman assistant professor in political science at the local national chengchi university. do you see any electoral outcome that would change china by xhaka there is the us? if they can see when the election there is a reset chance of dialectic between taiwan and the prc. it wi
have formally launched an investigation of boeing s processes, after a door plug blew off one of its planes. the federal aviation administration said it would examine whether boeing failed to ensure its completed jets matched their approved design. boeing said it would cooperate full and tra nsparently with the investigation. and that s it for this edition of asia business report. thanks for watching. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. this agricultural land between wetherby road and the river wharfe could be the site of a new housing development in tadcaster. peter is one of around 300 campaigners against the plan. so this piece of land here covers 35 hectares and gladman developments are proposing to build over 400 houses on it.
american families.- american families. airline regulators american families. airline regulators in american families. airline regulators in the - american families. airline regulators in the united i american families. airline i regulators in the united states have formally launched an investigation of boeing s processes after a door plug lou off one of its planes. the federal aviation administration said it will examine whether boeing failed to ensure its completed jet matched their approved design. boeing said it would co operate fully and transparently with the investigation. and that is it for now for this edition of asia is this report live from taipei. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. at home with the rileys. a new scheme is providing tonight s meal. the nursery sent bags of food home with the children on a friday so we can make a meal with the kids and all help prepare the food, it gets us together as a family cooking.