the russians say the aircraft was carrying 65 ukrainian prisoners of war and that everyone on board was killed. the un humanitarian agency in gaza says nine people have been killed after two israeli tank rounds hit a building in a training centre, in gaza s main southern city of khan yunis. 800 people had taken refuge there. the us military says iranian backed houthi rebels have fired three missiles toward an american container ship transiting the gulf of aden. one missile fell into the sea. the other two were shot down by a us warship. there were no reported injuries of damage to the container ship and italy s parliament has approved a controversial deal, which would see some asylum seekers transferred to albania. the plan is to have processing centres on albanian territory, which will deal with the claims under italian law. good evening. donald trump has made a giant step towards the republican nomination, adding new hampshire to the victory he sealed in iowa just a week ag
the moment, i cannot say a lot about the ukrainian reaction and the response to what happened. so for the ukrainian defence ministry has not confirmed that this military aircraft could have been downed by the ukrainian forces suit no confirmation from their side. ukrainians say this has asked for comments from the general staff, the defence ministry. the general staff replied that for now, they don t have enough information and they still have to try to find out what happened there. of course, the prisoners of war and the issue of swaps is one of the most sensitive and difficult things and issues of ukraine now. thousands of ukrainian military are still in the russian community and there was an expectation that new groups of prisoners could have happened but again, military intelligence that is in charge of these swaps of prisoners of war said that for now, they are not ready to provide any official statement or confirmation or denial whether any prisoners were scheduled. to
i m martha maccallum. back in new york at fox news headquarters today. this is the story. john kirby, mike pompeo, clay travis all here on the big stories of today. but first, former president trump s big win in new hampshire has team biden claiming that the race is on. from politco today, biden s re-election team took trump s win as the starting gun for what will now be the longest and most grueling general election campaign in modern american political history. with that, we bring in marc thiessen, former speechwriter for george w. bush and lisa boothe, host of the truth with lisa boothe, which i m having trouble saying. that s okay. a long few days. exactly. martha: great to have you here. both fox news contributors. thanks for joining us. mark, let s start with you. the longest and most grueling presidential race, if it s a head-to-head between biden and trump. do you agree? yes. though, you know, the primary is not over yet. nikki haley hasn t conceded. he has to
nikki haley s pat the victory, impossible no difficult yes. the lead starts now. in south carolina nikki haley gets ready to make a new pitch, why she says she should stay in the race in losses in iowa and after, more gop heavyweights are urging her to get out. her number 1-man will be here as nikki haley assesses her campaign. a big endorsement for president biden as campaign 2020 for its closing in on a race between president biden and donald trump and a new mystery involving russia when a plane crashes with conflicting accounts about who or what was on board the plane. was it 65 ukrainian prisoners of of war or was it weapons for war as ukraine says? welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. republican voters delivering donald trump another victory sending them one step closer to the white house. nikki haley s campaign insists they still see a path forward to dethrone donald trump after his double-digit victory in new hampshire. in the modern history of elections it i
to take on vladimir putin in russia s presidential election. he stands no chance of winning, of course, but given what has happened to many of vladimir putin s opponents, it is a position that holds substantial risk. boris nadezhdin has now got many thousands of signatures from the public allowing him to stand as a candidate. he stands no chance of winning, but given what has happened to many opposition politicians, it is a move that carries significant personal risk. but boris nadezhdin is an anti war campaigner who s now got over 150,000 signatures from members of the public which means he s passed the threshold, which allows him to stand as a candidate. we ll talk to him live injust a moment. first, though, let s cross to 0lga malchevska in the newsroom to tell us more about how he s managed to get enough support in a country where criticising russia s special military operation can result in a jail sentence. people are queueing here to speak to boris nadezhdin. such q