winds and rain. we begin in the united states, where florida governor, ron desantis, has dropped out from the republican presidential race and endorsed donald trump. the surprise video announcement comes ahead of this week s republican primary in new hampshire where mr desantis was polling in the single digits. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump s only significant rival. here s what he had to say. if there was anything i could do to produce a favourable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don t have a clear path to victory. accordingly, i am today suspending my campaign. i m proud to have delivered on 100% of my promises. i will not stop now. it s clear to me that the majority of majority republican primary voters want to give donald trump another chance. they watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance and they see democrats using la
more campaign stops, more interviews i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don t have a clear path to victory. accordingly, i am today suspending my campaign. trump is superior to the current incumbent, joe biden. that is clear. i signed a pledge to support the republican nominee, and i will honour that pledge. he has my endorsement because we can t go back to the old republican guard of yesteryear a repackaged form of warmed over corporatism that nikki haley represents. earlier, i spoke with the bbc s carl nasman, who d been planning to cover a rally for mr desantis and instead ended up at an empty restaurant. i know you were at a restaurant. you were expecting to be at a big desantis campaign event. that s not quite how the night s gone, has it? that s not how things have gone, clearly, as you can see. this restaurant, this area where we were supposed to have the desantis campaign rally it is empty. he
we begin in the united states, where florida governor ron desantis has dropped out from the republican presidential race and endorsed donald trump. the surprise video announcement comes ahead of this week s republican primary in new hampshire where mr desantis was polling in the single digits. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump s only significant rival. here s what he had to say. if there was anything i could do to produce a favourable outcome more campaign stops, more interviews i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don t have a clear path to victory. accordingly, i am today suspending my campaign. i m proud to have delivered on 100% of my promises, and i will not stop now. it s clear to me that a majority of republican primary voters want to give donald trump another chance. they watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance, and they see democrats using warfare to this day to attac
cancelled and travel disruptions are expected to last well into monday. aruna iyengar has this report. well into today. storm isha has hit hard, lashing the coast of ireland. this was a sea sidewalk in county louth. the harbour in county louth. the harbour in county antrim. an inland torrential rain and strong winds in the town of avoine. wales and solar winds reaching 90 mph. this was the coast of anglesey. in scotland, roads were closed due to falling trees. this tree came down in the clinic. luckily, nobody was injured. storm isha has also caused power cuts for tens of thousands of homes in northern ireland, north west england and wales. the somerfield in cumbria suspended operations overnight, staff told there were no safety issues but the closure was a precautionary step. there s disruption the railways. this tree fell onto trucks in north lanarkshire. scott bell has cancelled all of its rush hour trains this morning. its rush-hour trains this morning- its rush-hour
we begin in the united states, where florida governor, ron desantis, has dropped out from the republican presidential race and endorsed donald trump. the surprise video announcement comes ahead of this week s republican primary in new hampshire where mr desantis was polling in the single digits. his departure leaves nikki haley as mr trump s only significant rival. let s take a listen to what he had to say. if there was anything i could do to produce a favourable outcome, more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources if we don t have a clear path to victory. accordingly i am today suspending my campaign. i m proud to have delivered on 100% of my promises. i will not stop now. it s clear to me that the majority of majority republican primary voters want to give donald trump another chance. they watched his presidency get stymied by relentless resistance and they see democrats using law