And wait until you hear about a missouri law that has been in the books for half a century, banning women from divorce if they are pregnant. I am ayman mohyeldin, lets do it. This weekend, all eyes are on the gop battle for delegates, as donald trump wins the republican caucuses today in idaho and missouri. The former president also swept michigans complicated, and somewhat chaotic Republican Convention caucuses, winning an overwhelming majority in each of the states 13 congressional districts. In the end, trump wrapped up the states 39 delegates in todays conventions, after winning the states primary earlier this week. In missouri, nbc news projects donald trump the winner of the republican caucus, is winning all of the states 54 delegates. Over in idaho, donald trump won 32 delegates that were all up for grabs. As for donald trump, he is not in any of the caucusing states today. Hes instead on the stump in virginia and North Carolina, clearly feeling the momentum ahead of Super Tuesd
paul adams has more. the americans say the attack happened at a base known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it s one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel have been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but it s another very dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond even more strongly than it s done to previous attacks. carefully cultivated over years, iran has a wide network of allies and proxies operating in countries across the middle east. they re all opposed to israel and the united states. it s sometimes called the axis of resistance. there are pro iranian militias in lebanon, the
our correspondent yogita limaya willjoin us from ayodya tonight. and we will also call in on the weather centre. storm isha causing wide spread travel problems across europe today. another storm, jocelyn, is right behind it. good evening. there is a split within the israeli war cabinet. there are those, like prime minister benjamin netenhayu, who think only military pressure will end hamas and bring home the 130 hostages they are holding. but there are others in the cabinet, including senior military figures, who say it is impossible to return them alive without an agreement. and in the middle of that are the families. today those tensions spilt into the open, as families of the missing barged past security and stormed a finance meeting in the knesset. shame on you, they shouted at ministers. we won t let you breathe, said one, until our children are brought home. the protest reflects growing dissent in israel, about the war with hamas, now in its fourth month. and the
hello from the bbc sport centre, i m delyth lloyd. let s start at the australian open, where there s been plenty of drama on day nine in melbourne. not so much though for the number two seed carlos alcaraz, who eased through to the quarter finals with a commanding display on the rod laver arena. the wimbledon champion lostjust eight games on his way to beating miomir kecmanovic of serbia in straight sets. it is great to find this level, to play this level in the matches, on the court, i am feeling better and better every day, i m feeling better every match that i am playing, coming into the quarterfinal with a lot of confidence. and in that quarter final, alcaraz will face the sixth seed alexander zverev, who was taken to a fifth set tie break by the 19th seed cameron norrie. the british number one twice came from behind to force a decider but it was zverev who booked his place in the last eight, sealing the tie break10 3. despite the loss, though, norrie remains optimistic.
families of israeli hostages who are still being held in gaza have broken through security and stormed a finance meeting in the israeli parliament, the knesset. they were protesting that the finance committee was sitting, deliberating, while their children were still in captivity. shouting shame on you and demanding that committee members get up and act the families called for the government to do more, to secure the release of their loved ones. the protest highlights growing domestic dissent in israel, about the war with hamas that s now in its fourth month. it comes as palestinians in southern gaza say the israeli bombardment is the most intense they ve experienced since the war began. the gaza health ministry says that 190 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. earlier i spoke to our middle east correspondent mark lowen who is in jerusalem. he gave us a sense of the pressure benjamin netanyahu is coming under from hostage families. pretty significant p