As colorado goes to the polls, Sisters Mandy and nicky are headed to the ice. We are such a divided nation. But the one thing i like is when i walk into the hockey rink, were all the same. The feeling is rather different on the Campaign Trail, as 15 states are holding votes to pick their president ial candidates. Crooked joe biden, youre fired before polls have even closed, theres been a victory for donald trump. The state of colorado was in a fight to kick him off the ballot entirely for his role in the capitol Riots Onjanuary 6. But the Us Supreme Court struck it down. His republican opponent is undeterred. I defeated a dozen of the fellas. Cheering. Ijust have one more fella i got to catch up to. The question is whether nikki haley quits the race, or decides to hang on. It wasnt president joe biden, but the first lady doing the rounds on the democratic side, going after female voters. Donald trump is dangerous to women and to our families. We simply cannot let him win. But the prosp
contempt of parliament over his own lockdown behaviour, and says he should recuse himself. we ll be asking the political writer and johnson biographer andrew gimson and the shadow leader of the house thangam debbonaire how they think this sorry tale will end. also tonight. with gilt rates throught the roof and inflation refusing to plunge, will interest rates have to rise and result in more mortgage misery? we ll be asking an economic adviser to chancellorjeremy hunt and a former bank of england insider. we have a report from the palestinian territories on how young people see the political situation there. what do you hope for? we all hope for the same thing, to liberate palestine. but what does that really mean? and what does the question really mean, what do you hope for? i can hope for many things. and whatjust happened in california? it s a new world record. tonight we ll bejoined by a record holding super cuber who s going to show us how its done. good evening. in the h
in beirut on tuesday. hezbollah a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon has blamed that attack on what it says was flagra nt israeli aggression. israel has not commented. both hamas and hezbollah proscribed terrorists organisations in many countries have close ties to iran which itself is holding a day of mourning, after 84 people were killed by explosions near an event to mark the anniversary of the death of the iranian general qasem soleimani. alongside this several nations have issued a warning to the houthi militants in yemen who are also close to iran to stop the attacks on shipping in the key lanes in the red sea. and of course the fighting in israel and gaza which has played a role in sparking all this there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza as israel continues its military operation. live now to our middle east correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. explain who this man, the leader of hamas was, t
of will be in the milder zone. some significant snow to begin with in the mountains in the north east. on saturday there will be some sunny spells and temperatures up to about 12. warm christmas eve, back to you, i2. warm christmas eve, back to you, sophie. thanks, matt. and that s bbc news at ten. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. are the machines about to take over? that basic fear seems to underpin much of the discussion about artificial intelligence, and parallel developments such as synthetic biology. the latest wave of tech advances offers us extraordinary new possibilities, but do we flawed human beings have the will and the means to contain and control them? well, my guest is mustafa suleyman, ceo of inflection ai and the author of a challenging book on al and us. is that a doomed relationship? mustafa suleyman, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for havin
stays fine and largely dry into the weekend and the warmest weather towards the west and a little bit cooler towards eastern areas. take care. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team it s goodbye, the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evning will london irish be the third premiership rugby club to fall into the financial abyss? with their future on the line, they re given more time to complete a takeover. the world number two beaten by the world number 172 the french open has its first big shock. a gang who made millions by illegally streaming premier league football to thousands of people have beenjailed. also coming up on sportsday. adam peaty, on what he calls his self distructive spiral in an interview with the bbc and