republican candidates aiming for the white house face their first electoral test in the state of iowa. and denmark has a new king, after queen margrethe abdicates as europe s longest reigning monarch. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with the latest from iceland, where a volcano is erupting in the southwest of the country. you re watching live pictures from the area and while it s now dark there, you can still see lava glowing and smoke rising into the sky. this follows a similar eruption in the same area last month
of denmark, has abdicated. her son frederick is now king, after a ceremony today. daniela relph, has more from copenhagen. more than half a million people live in copenhagen. it felt like most of them were out on the streets today. every vantage point made use of to see the first change of monarchy in 52 years. queen margrethe s abdication on new year s eve shocked denmark. today, just two weeks later, she made herfinal carriage ride as queen. independent, artistic, eccentric at times, she has been a hugely popularfigure in public life, and the crowds wanted to be here to say goodbye. it s very special. i m very glad to be a part of it. but it s very cold! she s done so well, and it s good for her also to get some time for herself. she s the whole mother of the country, and it s going to be so amazing to see her son and her daughter in lawl take over this. it sjust amazing. this was the official moment queen margrethe stepped aside. she signed the declaration of abdication at a speci
newspaper, ham mihan newspaper, she s the person who travelled to saqqez, the home city of mahsa amini. when she was being buried, she was there and she reported the women. people are chanting, woman, life, freedom on the streets of saqqez. and that had a huge impact as well. so they were both immediately, in september 2020, and they were in detention for over a year, temporary detention for over a year, which is really odd. and then after a year when they had their court hearing, they were sentenced to 13 and 12 years in prison. but today they were released. they re not, however, allowed to leave the country, and they had a hefty bail of $200,000. to just put it in a context for you, workers minimum wage in iran is $100 per month. their bail is $200,000. and before we let you go, could you tell us.
there has been a lot of criticism to the government because of a lack of action and its operation show more military on the streets, but this is a short term response to a problem which has been there for years, we have to see what will happen. there is a total of around 1300 people that have been detained, but how many detentions are actual people in these groups? this has to be seen in these groups? this has to be seen in the upcoming weeks and this is crucial for the upcoming weeks and this is crucialfor him as the upcoming weeks and this is crucial for him as a politician in the next days and weeks what the support will be like, even from the opposition, but now this page are to accept and has taken over the country. accept and has taken over the count . ., ~ ,, accept and has taken over the count . ., ~ i. accept and has taken over the count . ., ~ . ., accept and has taken over the count. ., . ., country. thank you so much for your time, country. thank you so much for your time.
people in a tourist destination for many people who come here for the weekend, the beach would be flooded with people and there are not many people around. people are wary of going to public places because of the bomb threats we have seen this past week. unlike other times when we saw violence and ecuadorians have this ability of getting back to normal, this has not been the case, people are quite wary of what is coming next. it people are quite wary of what is coming next- coming next. it is testing even their resilience. coming next. it is testing even their resilience. what - coming next. it is testing even their resilience. what about i their resilience. what about president daniel noboa, he said he would tackle the violence in the country, the drug gangs, but how do the public feel about him now? there has been some the public feel about him now? there has been some criticism the public feel about him now? there has been some criticism from - the public feel about him now?