against him in 48 hours. another hour of velshi, begins right now. good morning, it s sunday, february teen. i m ali velshi, with the best of times it was the worst of times. that ipretty much sums up dona trump s 2024 so far. he began the year on a high note, with a huge important victory in the iowa caucuses and then the new hampshire primary. cementing his front runner status, offering further proof that he is untouchable within the ngrepublican party. in addition to that, recent polling trends have shown him pulling ahead of president biden in a hypothetical head to head matchups. for presidential candidate, it can t start an election year inr a better position than that. but trump is not a normal candidate. we are only 49 days into the new year, the twice impeached, multiple indicted ex president is already found liable for defamation and fraud in addition to be held liable for sexual abuse last year and as aa result of those cases he s been fined about half a billion
for more than a month. we really feel the effects. in athens, greece s most popular attraction, the acropolis, is being closed during the hottest hours of the day to protect visitors. but for some, the heat won t stop them. the heat? it s hard, but we re going to push through it. and, you know, i don t know if i will ever be back, so i have to take advantage of the day. meanwhile, greek medics have been busy working alongside the red cross. we re here again to give people water, and also to give leaflets concerning the high temperature period here in greece. in croatia, this man lost his home to wildfires which have swept along the west coast. how big is that? you can see it over the fence. over in spain, this family were lucky. the field next to us is just completely burnt. there s a few bits of grass just here and there towards the edges that have been able to survive. but the vast majority of it isjust black and ashes. luckily, both ourselves and the neighbour that we were
get a spine the message from britain s biggest trade union to the labour party over standing up for working people struggling with the cost of living crisis. and the notting hill carnival is back returning to the streets of west london for the first time since 2019. hello and welcome to bbc news. the number of people killed in floods in pakistan is now more than 1,000, and there s a warning that millions more are likely to be caught up in the unprecedented disaster. the country is making a fresh appeal for international aid, as it s warned that food shortages could lead to more deaths. many families have had to leave agricultural areas where they were able to support themselves for higher ground. more than 30 million people have been displaced, livelihoods have been destroyed leaving communities across the country at risk of hunger. in one of the worst affected provinces, sindh, relief efforts are being affected by a lack of resources. 0ur pakistan correspondent pum
exotic plants growing in the uk. and the notting hill carnival is back returning to the streets of west london for the first time since 2019. hello and welcome to bbc news. the leader of britain s biggest trade union says the labour party needs to get a spine and do more to stand up for working people struggling with the cost of living crisis. the unite union s general secretary sharon graham has told the bbc unions are emerging as the only people standing up for workers, accusing labour of moving the goalposts in terms of what it s prepared to do to support them. labour has not backed inflation matching pay rises, but has said if they were in power the party would join negotiations between employers and unions. our business correspondent marc ashdown has more. what do we want? 10%! when do we want it? now! could the summer of strikes turn into a winter of discontent? at felixstowe port, 1,900 dock workers are finishing an eight day walk out, impacting uk supply chains
here is a question that you don t normally hear a candidate get asked that one of his final campaign stops before a presidential debate. are you worried about going to jail? no. are you worried about going to jail? that s a fair question. after all, the debate is on thursday and trump sentencing is exactly two weeks after that. let s hear the answer. no i m not worried at all we have a corrupt group of people. it is really working out. we just got the highest poll numbers we ever had. they cheat so much 10 points is not enough. we need to get more. if we don t win the country is finished. allow me to translate. if we don t win then i m worried about going to prison. he should be worried. as serious as the trump convictions are the more serious are still hanging out there. for all of this talk about a corrupt system he s getting a lot of help for now. take a look at exhibit a. after judge aileen canon was assigned to the classified documents case, two of her more ex