as he seeks the party s presidential election nomination. results with about half the votes counted give him more than 55%, with his last remaining rival, the former un ambassador nikki haley, winning about 43%. she has vowed to fight on. the contest for the republican presidential campaign will now move on to south carolina, where nikki haley is hoping to rally voters in her home state to slow down donald trump s momentum ahead of the year s largest primary contest, super tuesday in early march. addressing supporters at her campaign headquarters, nikki haley insisted she would not be dropping out of the race. i want to congratulate donald trump on his victory tonight. he earned it. and i want to acknowledge that. you have all heard the chatter among the political class. they are falling all over themselves saying this race is over. h0 saying this race is over. no wa ! i saying this race is over. no way! i have saying this race is over. no way! i have news saying this rac
docked in england, the king meets descendents of those on board at a thanksgiving service in windsor. and now england take on australia in the women s ashes. and coming up on bbc news, frankie dettori has won the gold cup on courage mon ami. in a fairy tale ending, the italian jockey rode to victory in his final time at royal ascot. good evening. debris has been spotted in the area of search for the missing titanic sub. today an underwater sub reached the sea bed. let s go to our correspondent in boston, from where the search is being coordinated. from the start some experts have suggested that some kind of catastrophic failure is one of the more likely scenarios for what has happened to it. and why it failed to surface. we don t know what the discovery of this debris field means. the coastguard says its analysts are looking at it and there will be an update in a couple of hours. but hopes must be fading, the subs air supply was due the run out sub s air supply was due the ru
interviews instead a ten page home office questionnaire will decide the cases. labour leader sir keir starmer is launching what he calls five national missions for a future government. we ll bring you his speech live at 10:30. a tv reporter and a nine year old girl have been fatally shot near orlando, florida close to the scene of a murder that took place hours earlier. the bbc learns that only half the recommended number of medical staff were on duty at the 02 brixton academy in london on the night of a crush, which killed two people in december. david bowie s personal archive comprising of more than 80,000 items, has been purchased by the victoria and albert museum and will be on display in 2025. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a senior police officer shot in northern ireland has been named as detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell. an attempted murder investigation is underway; police say their primary focus is on dissident repub
election. the uk will go to the polls onjuly the 4th. there was a lot of rain and a lot of noise from the prime minister yesterday, but those leaders of the parties have wasted no time setting out their campaigns. six weeks today the uk will go to the polls to decide who enters that building behind me and who will form the next government. the prime minister has been speaking this morning and has been talking to bbc breakfast, and it is fair to say that announcement yesterday really did come as some surprise, catching many in westminster by surprise. that snap election just six weeks from now. the prime minister has been detailing some of his reason why the election will happen when it will. it why the election will happen when it will. . , , why the election will happen when it will. ., , , ., why the election will happen when it will. , ., f . will. it has been a difficult few ears for will. it has been a difficult few years for the will. it has been a difficult few years
security and economic stability, while the labour leader sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 1a years of decline and chaos under the tories. nigel farage said he won t be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. so what happens next? over the next five days, parliament will try to get through unfinished business and pass remaining legislation. it will be dissolved next thursday, may the 30th. each party will launch its manifesto in the days to follow. then on the 4th ofjuly, the polls open for this snap summer general election and the people will cast their votes. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. to the man everyone has staked everything on this gamble calling an election now. quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing and he has a huge poll deficit to become. i he has a huge poll deficit to become. ., ., , ., ., become. i want to build britain, a country where become. i want to build britain, a country where you