it, with a republican primary dominated by an ex-president who has centered his candidacy around his legal woes, look no further. this morning donald trump, fresh off a decisive win in the iowa caucuses, was at a federal courthouse in manhattan as the defendant in a second defamation trial brought by the writer e. jean carroll. this time there s no question of whether trump defamed her. judge kaplan has ruled trump is liable for remarks he made in 2019 mocking carroll s claim that he sexually assaulted her in a chance encounter at a department store dressing room in the 1990s. and trump is not allowed to dispute carroll s account. the question now is how much a jury should award e. jean carroll in damage for those comments. opening statements are currently under way. we ll have a live report from the courthouse when the trial wraps from the day. so far, donald trump was in the courtroom. alongside his lawyer, alina habba, as well as e. jean carroll and her attorneys. the firs
the economy, dealing with their waiting lists, getting british people back to work, setting up great british energy, those are the changes this country desperately needs. and i think so many people are yearning for change, if you want change, you have to vote for it. that was at the leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer speaking a little earlier on today. their battle bus going off to essex to do more campaigning. that was launched this morning. the conservative party battle bus also lunch today. we can see the image of rishi sunak there. our correspondentjess parker is there. we can see the battle bus behind you. a lot more at the conservative party are offering throughout this election campaign. party are offering throughout this election campaign. yes, we ust the prime minister election campaign. yes, we ust the prime minister lunching election campaign. yes, we just the prime minister lunching effectivelyl prime minister lunching effectively the battle bus.
see how sloppy it is? don t push down that straight for me and just hold it on top of the mud up. and you ve only gone that deep, but you re stuck. of course, even though people know of the dangers, it s all too easy to get caught out, which is why those living up and down the east coast here appreciate what the coastguard does. we re here to help people, not to judge people if they get into distress or they get into the mud. we re here to help you, and that s what the coast guard s about. crispin rolfe, bbc news. next week marks the 80th anniversary of the d day landings and ahead of the date we ve been telling the stories of some of those involved. our reporterjohn maguire has been to normandy to meet three french women who were young children at the time of liberation. for the people of northern france, years of nazi occupation came to an end with d day and its aftermath. civilians paid a heavy price in lives and property destroyed as the allies drove the german forces south. the
los angeles. reporter: the weather outside is frightful, making travel treacherous out west as parts of the region reckon with a deluge of rain and snow in northern california heavy rain spun flash flooding south of san francisco. two died thursday when their car became submerged. it s absolutely terrible reporter: the nonstop rain sparked mandatory evacuations in parts of burn-scarred southern california a power line toppling, trapping dozens of residents in their homes. for folks that want to leave we re going to do our best to get them out reporter: mud devouring back yards we ve got about three or four feet of mud up against the house. reporter: in washington and arizona heavy snow roads shut down for hours. thursday in wisconsin twisted metal after a semi trailer slid on ice and burst into flames, causing a massive multivehicle pileup authorities say somehow no one was killed this as the pacific northwest braces for a
a mere trickle. it s the same in most parts of the country. very little rain falls here and water is extremely scarce jordan is one of the driest countries on earth. at the same time its population is growing so demand for water in the cities has soared in mud up for example. two hundred thousand people live in the area at an elevation of eight hundred meters. water has to be pumped here from lower lying regions hundreds of. kilometers away that takes lots of equipment and energy and it s expensive the country s aging water supply system heats up around fifteen percent of all the electricity used in jordan and a lot of the water it transports is lost due to leaks but some hajek as an engineer