now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and welcome to the first unspun world of 202a. quite a momentous year, it seems, with elections for more than half the world s population. thank you forjoining me. our first question of the year is it a good idea for the americans, the british and other countries, though notably not the french, to be lobbing missiles at the houthis in yemen? the houthis don t seem to be deterred by this. and politically it s done the houthis very nicely. has taiwan s election made a chinese invasion more likely? china is going to take its time and prepare itself very, very well before it makes whatever moves it might be planning against taiwan. and the iowa caucus is donald trump now unstoppable? he cleared it with flying colours. over 50% of the vote. i mean, that is a dominating performance that tells - you that donald trump| could win this election. ever since november, from their bases in yemen, the houthi movement, which is backe
warm until paramedics arrived. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to the first unspun world of 202a. quite a momentous year, it seems, with elections for more than half the world s population. thank you forjoining me. our first question of the year is it a good idea for the americans, the british and other countries, though notably not the french, to be lobbing missiles at the houthis in yemen? the houthis don t seem to be deterred by this. and politically it s done the houthis very nicely. has taiwan s election made a chinese invasion more likely? china is going to take its time and prepare itself very, very well before it makes whatever moves it might be planning against taiwan. and the iowa caucus is donald trump now unstoppable? he cleared it- with flying colours. over 50% of the vote. i mean, that is a dominating. performance that tells you that donald trump could win this election. i ever since november, from their bases in yemen, the
Missions in the world. And bangladesh cover justify, to making the Chinese Ambassador exploaz witexplode with rage. Turkey and germany say they are working on a Diplomatic Initiative to stop the onslaught on the syrian city of aleppo. Tens of thousands of syrians fleeing for their lives are being held up on the border. Stefanie dekker has more on the turkish side of the border with syria. The german minister came here with a special message, stem the tie of refugees to europe. Translator if illegal means are not stopped, we have to find a legal means to define a common task. How it can be done remains unclear, in a joint press conference with Prime Minister davutoglu, as they were talk, news came that at least 30 syrians died while trying omake the crossing. And inside syria a growing humanitarian crisis once again close to turkeys borders. Tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing in an intense campaign to take back the vital city of aleppo. The border with turkey is closed, the turkis
Milkily disclose earnings and tax bills in europe packaged blgeurope. And bangladesh coveru. And ill be here with all the days sport including the Denver Broncos are crowned super bowl champions. Hello, we begin in syria where new refugee camps are being built to house the thousands of people who fled fighting around aleppo, where government and Opposition Forces are locked in a battle for control. Turkeys Prime Minister says refugees will be allowed to cross, quote, when necessary. At talks in ankara, he and the syrian Prime Minister agreed, not just appalled but horrified at the suffering coughe caused s air strikes. Boats sank when trying to cross from syria to greece. The german chancellor came here with a clear message for turkey, stem the refugee flow into europe but turkey isnt expected to do it alone. Translator if illegal means are reduced or stopped, we have to find legal means to reduce burdensharing. How it will be done remains up clear. In a joint press conference with cha
Donald trump is in the lead with nearly 31 . Senator marco rubio has surnld into second place with 16 . Texas senator ted cruz and john kasich are close behind. Our correspondent michael shaw joins us live. Good evening to you michael. So lets first talk trump. This will be his first debate since he boycotted the last one and then he lost in iowa. Do you think we are going to see maybe a different possibly more humble donald trump on that stage tonight . Good evening to you. I dont think the words humble and donald trump are ever uttered together. You may see a donald trump who is much more direct in his criticism, also maybe in explaining why he thinks that he is doing better than others think he is doing, but he will be going after marco rubio. Marco rubio came a lot closer to donald trump in iowa than donald trump had hoped. So i think youre going to see a regularly engaged donald trump and maybe a little bit of the sort of what weve gotten used to, a couple of the singers. You will