last night, it rolled into the frozen tundra of iowa and crushed the opposition. it was a historic night for the former president. he took 51% of the vote. and on the evidence of this result, the gop is entirely his party. it poses huge questions for his two remaining opponents the florida governor, ron desantis, who came second, ahead of the former south carolina governor, nikki haley. but right now, it s not a race for second it is a race for relevancy. trump s rebound is all the more stunning for this reason. he faces a multitude of charges and allegations, he could even be convicted before he takes office. and on leaving iowa this morning, he went straight to a courtroom in manhattan for the opening of a defamation trial. the court cases are now part of the campaign. i really think this - is time now for everybody, our country, to come together. we want to come together, - whether it is republican or democrat or liberal or conservative, it would be so nice if we cou
multiple times even when i asked forjust a written comment to the victims whose lives were turned upside down. that did not exactly surprised me because going silent when faced with bad news is quite a typical strategy forjapanese typical strategy for japanese companies. they typical strategy forjapanese companies. they did send me a statement last week saying. basically the company has remained tightlipped about it. the other issue to remember, while it may be difficult to believe, hardly anyone injapan has heard of the horizon scandal until very recently. when we spoke to fujitsu s japan former president in 2022 his reaction was horizon? what horizon? because it was developed by a british company international computers limited which fujitsu bought decades ago. icl had strong ties to the british government so it did give fujitsu an outsize presence in the uk and japanese companies often let international subsidiaries do their own thing especially the board lacks internation
the white house in disgrace and is facing 91 indictments. it is still entirely possible that the likely nominee will be convicted before the election in november. yet in iowa, he took over half of the vote, winning 98 of the 99 counties up for grabs 30 points clear of ron de santis, who finished in second spot, with nikki haley in third. and for all their postivity, it looks a steep climb from here. i want to congratulate roni and nikki for having good a good time together, we re all having - a good time together. in spite of all of that that they threw at us, everyone against us, we ve got our ticket punched out of iowa! i can safely say tonight, iowa made this republican primary a two person race. let s bring in the panel. leigh ann caldwell, washington post live anchor. do you want more of the do you want more of the same do you want more of the same and do you want more of the same and they all shouted no, 70% of the us population say they do not want the same reasons
this is bbc news, the headlines. a major development in the uk s biggest miscarriage ofjustice rishi sunak announces a new law to compensate and clear the names of hundreds of postmasters wrongly accused of theft. opposition activist alexei navalny is seen for the first time since disappearing from a central russian prison last month. and 80 years after d day, we speak to the woman who helped map the beaches for the normandy landings. those are stories coming up in a moment or two. let s head to the bbc sports centre. anne marie is there for us. hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with snooker and, mark allen is taking on two time champion john higgins for a place in the quarterfinals of the masters at alexandra palace. and it s higgins who took a lead into the mid session break. the score currently 3 1 with both looking for a place in the quarter finals, with the fifth frame just under way. mark selby faces robert milkins in the final last 16 match later. football
he s there at a pivotal moment. today, a senior commander with the islamist hezbollah movement was reportedly killed in an apparent israeli drone strike in southern lebanon. and israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu was on the northern border today, where he signalled that he is prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon, with 80,000 israeli s now displaced from their homes. with 80,000 israelis now displaced from their homes. to the south, the death toll in gaza stands at 23,000, according to the hamas run health ministry. and so intense is the fighting that several aid agencies have now begun withdrawing medics from the only functioning hospital in central gaza. on his visit to qatar, secretary blinken said washington has an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading and a warning to some members of the israeli government. well, first in with regard to the lebanon. it s clearly not in the interest of anyone israel, lebanon, hez