according to the reuters news agency, a russian lawmaker has said the plane was shot down by three missiles. these pictures are of a video posted on social media. our team at bbc verify have confirmed that is from the area. you see a very big fireball that appears. we cannot confirm what has caused the crash. we have just had a line from confirm what has caused the crash. we havejust had a line from our east european correspondent, the bbc ukrainian team have asked the ukrainians to comments on reports of downed military plane. ukraine s defence ministry said they did not have clear information about the situation and they are clarifying the circumstances. so that is our first comment from the ukrainians. of course the russians claiming there were 65 ukrainian prisoners of war on that plane. the ukrainian defence ministry saying at the moment they don t have clear information about the situation and they are clarifying the circumstances. for more, i am joined now by the econo
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
good afternoon. royal mail could be allowed to reduce letter deliveries to five or even just three days a week. these are amongst the options being considered by the communications watchdog, ofcom. it says a universal postal service risks becoming unsustainable following a large fall in the numbers of letters we send. the prime minister has said that he s opposed to any cuts in key services provided by the royal mail. here s our business correspondent, theo leggett. it has been the same for generations. every day from monday to saturday postal workers have been out and about delivering letters. it is a service royal mail is still obliged to offer by law, but it is struggling to maintain it. and that leaves people like peter from ormskirk feeling frustrated. years a . o ormskirk feeling frustrated. years a . 0 cu ormskirk feeling frustrated. years ago you would ormskirk feeling frustrated. years ago you would know ormskirk feeling frustrated. years ago you would know your-
just the briefest of details from the ria news agency. they say a transport plane has crashed in the belogrod region. we will keep you across that and if any more developments happen, we will bring you them here on bbc news. thailand s constitutional court has ruled that the progressive former prime ministerial hopeful pita limjaroenrat was not guilty of violating election law. he was accused of holding shares in a media company an act prohibited by the thai election law but argued the outlet has become defunct years ago. his move forward party won the most seats in last year s election but failed to form a government coalition. he will now retain his seat in parliament. for more on this, i m joined now by our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head. come my kated story complicated story, can you explain the background. story, can you explain the background. story, can you explain the backuround. , , , ., background. the cases were brought auainst pita background