and red bull s max verstappen is on pole for the sprint race at the belgian grand prix, which gets underway later this afternoon. it s the precursor to the main race, which is on sunday. verstappen serves a grid penalty for that one. charles leclerc of ferrari heading the grid. that s all the sport for now. donald trump has been setting out why he thinks he should be the republican party candidate for next year s presidential election at a fund raising event in the us state of iowa. mr trump has already insisted he will still run for office, even if he s convicted of any of the criminal charges he currently faces. 0ur north american editor sarah smith was at the event. there are about 1,200 republican supporters in this ballroom this evening, listening to all the different republican candidates, trying to decide who they should support for the republican nomination. but of course, the night was dominated by one man. and, of course, that one man was donald trump. this is the first speec
this is bbc news, the headlines. president zelensky has been visiting advanced positions of ukraine s special forces in the hotspot of bakhmut as kyiv rocks up the counteroffensive against russian troops. the visit comes after a multistorey residential building and a security building was struck in dnipro on friday. here in the uk, up to 20,000 rail workers in the rmt union are on strike for the second week in a row. it is part of a running dispute about pay, jobs and conditions. about half the usual services are expected to run across the network. donald trump has told a gathering of republicans that he is the only candidate who can win the next election, as he suggested this is the reason he faces criminal and civil charges. he was addressing a party fundraiser in iowa with other presidential hopefuls.
ravaged parts of this island. we have been told that 50,000 olive trees were destroyed here and around 2500 animals and beehives destroyed. rains from typhoon doksuri have begun falling on northern china, with the prospect of more than 100 millimetres to come. the storm has triggered landslides and forced the closure of schools and businesses, and the evacuation of workers from oil and gas fields. rescue operations have begun as forecasters warn of severe disruption over the next three days. the authorities in the capital beijing have suspended indoor and outdoor sports events. doksuri is the most powerful typhoon to hit china this year. donald trump has been setting out why he thinks he should be the republican party candidate for next year s presidential election at a fund raising event in the us state of iowa. mr trump has already insisted he will still run for office, even if he s convicted of any of the criminal charges he currently faces.
speech he was given since the new criminal charges were unveiled against him. it is a man whose legal problems keep piling up and never seem to stop, but he won t let that deter him, and he didn t do that tonight. this was not the best speech he ever gave, he was rushing through his script, trying to stick to the time limit, but he still grabbed everybody s attention, and made it all about him. that s what these other candidates are up against, what they are trying to compete with. one of the lesser known candidates, former congressmen will hurt, he dared to say the only reason donald trump is running for president is to try and stay out of prison. he nearly got booed out of booed off the stage for that. booed out of booed off the stage forthat. ron booed out of booed off the stage for that. ron desantis got a very warm reception. he didn t say donald trump s name, that he did say if he was elected president, his and the
to the us, and donald trump has been setting out why he thinks he should be the republican party candidate for next year s presidential election at a fund raising event in the us state of iowa. mr trump has already insisted he will still run for office, even if he s convicted of any of the criminal charges he currently faces. 0ur north american editor sarah smith was at the event. there are about 1,200 republican supporters in this ballroom this evening, listening to all the different republican candidates trying to decide who they should support for the republican nomination. but of course, the night was dominated by one man. and, of course, that one man was donald trump. this is the first speech he s given since the new criminal charges were unveiled against him. he s a man whose legal problems just keep piling up and up and never seem to stop. but he won t let that deter him. and he didn t tonight. i mean, this was not the best speech he s ever given. he was rushing through his scri