china and taiwan is a part of it. republican candidates aiming for the white house face their first electoral test in the state of iowa. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with the latest from iceland where a volcano is erupting in the southwest of the country. you're watching live pictures from the area — and while it's now dark there, you can still see lava glowing and smoke rising into the sky. this follows a similar eruption in the same area last month — this time it's much closer to the fishing town of grindavik. people living nearby have already left the area and local

authorities have declared an emergency. jessica parker has this report. this was a worst case scenario that's now unfolding in front of the world's eyes. a wave of molten rock is carving its way into what was a thriving fishing town. grindavik�*s been evacuated, again, but abandoned homes and businesses lie in the path of an overwhelming natural force. this, it appears, was the first house to fall. translation: while this i is a bit surreal to watch your family home just disappear, i'm still realising what's happening. trucks building defensive barriers against the lava suddenly found it surging towards them. fiery liquid burst out into the open on sunday morning. another fissure then tore up through the earth.

the icelandic president tonight addressed the nation. translation: today is a black day for grindavik and today - is a black day for iceland. but the sun will rise again. together, we will deal with this shock, whatever may happen. we reported from grindavik back in november, before eruptions began. people had to pack up their belongings as earthquakes ripped the town apart. this is now the second eruption on the reykjanes peninsula within a month and follows several others in recent years. before that, this part of iceland hadn't seen volcanic activity for 800 years. there was a period called the reykjanes fires, and that's when multiple fissures just opened up on the peninsula, kind of sporadically, and did pretty much what we're seeing today. and then it went quiet for 800

years and then it now seems, since 2021, we've began a sort of new volcanic era. people here are no strangers to earthquakes and eruptions, but this kind of potential destruction of people's homes and livelihoods hasn't happened for half a century. translation: i think the point is that we've had quite a lot - of experience in dealing with this, even though this is perhaps the most serious threat of volcanic eruptions in iceland since january 1973. the land of fire and ice is an endless display of nature's awesome power. this time, what's playing out makes for an astounding but awful sight. jessica parker, bbc news. extraordinary images there. china's top diplomat has warned that any steps towards taiwan's independence will be

severely punished. it follows the election of william lai as the island's new president. he's viewed by beijing as a dangerous separatist. although mr lai says he simply wants to maintain the status quo for taiwan. china's minister of foreign affairs, wang yi, had this to say. translation: taiwan's election is a regional. affair within china. no matter what the results of the election are, they cannot change the basic fact that there is only one china and taiwan is a part of it. taiwan has never been a country. it wasn't in the past, and it certainly won't be in the future. meanwhile, china has accused the us of sending "a gravely wrong signal" to those pushing for taiwan's independence. us secretary of state antony blinken congratulated president—elect william lai on saturday. that message was seen by beijing as a violation of washington's commitment to maintain only unofficial ties with taiwan.

earlier i spoke to steve lai in taipei who told me more about the situation. those words of congratulations from antony blinken have been backed up with some actions as well. just yesterday a delegation of former senior officials arrived in taipei and they're expected to meet with various leaders here today. we will have to see what comes out of those meetings and what words get shared between the two of those parties. in the meantime, let's get more reaction to what we have seen over the weekend's elections. a researcher at the university of virginia. thanks for your time today. firstly these election results show taiwan will actually have a weaker parliament and a weaker parliament for the next four years given the split of how the parties have divided up the parliamentary seats. what do you make of that and particular now that tpp looks like they could hold some leverage in parliament? i think the election was very much as expected in terms of the presidential election,

but what was surprising was the parliament. for the parliament i think it is pretty clear the taiwanese people had a different idea of the leaders and what party they support. there was a split in the sense that people voted for one presidential candidate but did not vote for the party, in the case of both dpp and kmt. the biggest winner was the taiwan people's party which won eight seats, whereas the kmt and dpp each had 52 and 51 seats respectively. it seems strange to say that with eight seats, they are the big winners in this election, so what's sway will they have? with basically a 51... forthe dpp, the president of the cannot count on his party to pass bills which requires 57 seats, a majority , what's way what this means is both parties can work with the dpp and he may have a deciding vote

on everything from defence bill the domestic reforms on housing, energy policy but very important in this means foreign policy will take some time actually to make decisions on. it seems like it could complicate things somewhat, so how will washington and beijing be able to interact with this new government? as you said, jim hanley, sorry, steve hanley andjim steinberg are already here in taipei, so the reassurance the united states wants to give to taipei and beijing at the same time is already under way. i think beijing will probably wait until the us presidential election to step up the heat, and to intensify the pressure, but the pressure has been on and i predict it will be quite stable, but this new government which the new parliament will start february, the president is inaugurated on may the 20th, and i think for some time

actually consensus will take a lot more time to build, so the us and china will have to expect a lot more delay in anything that actually divides the people, which are most issues. you mentioned the us election. beijing often takes a long—term view when it comes to its relationships with countries. how will the us election, depending on how it goes in november, have a bearing on the dynamic? beijing would like to see a more firmer us government that sticks to the one china policy. and while you're thinking about strategic ambiguity, china would like the us to be firmer about stopping taiwan from being too proactive on safeguarding autonomy, and to be honest, if you look at this election, one big lesson of this election is the taiwanese people are moving the political parties more towards the centre. the kmt try to stay away from talking about china,

the dpp tried to stay away from talking about identity, and the tpp says, we are good for everything. what you can see is everyone is trying to say, we are less extreme than you think, and we are not for china or we are not for us, and i think everyone has also affirmed taiwan's international relations, or foreign policy direction, which is taiwanese to connect with the world and needs to better relationship with china and for that, everyone split their vote. so that the government will move — so that the government will move forward. without moderation to the middle, the separation of votes which could slow down things in parliament, that almost helps guide taiwan towards the status quo or how things have been, so are you optimistic taiwan's future going forward, the next few years, that relations with both sides could by default have stagnation or stalemate in parliament actually help taiwan's relationships? you're very optimistic! i would like to agree with that and i partly do,

because i did when things don't move so quickly it actually is, there is possibility to try to learn how to create consensus. what is really difficult is in this stalemate, we cannot solve the real problem, and this time, while china is front and centre of every national election, what is really important is 30% of the voters under 40, they wanted a third way, and a lot of their votes came to the tpp to focus on domestic policy. they want to have affordable housing, better energy mix towards net zero and reduced inequality. for all of these things that need real policy, we actually need a more efficient parliament, so for this reason, the election means we will have a more divided people and i think also beijing contributes to that divisiveness and in some ways so does the united states. from one election to another and the guest mentioned the us presidential election.

where the presidential election process begins in earnest this monday, with the republican caucuses in the state of iowa. the latest polls show donald trump well ahead of his main rivals. figures from the des moines register and nbc news show mr trump could count on the support of 48% of iowa republicans. former south carolina governor nikki haley has jumped to second place with 20% leaving florida governor ron desantis in third place with 16%. speaking at a rally on sunday, donald trump urged his supporters to get out and vote. we are going to win. i was first in the nation caucus this weekend. tomorrow, january 15 i need each and of you to get out everybody. get out and vote plus ten. plus two, plus 20,

bring them all out because we have to set the stage for november. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue is in iowa. i've been speaking to him and started by asking him whether the bad weather is likely to impact voter turnout. i think there's a lot of concern among the campaigns that it will. i think outside here, we're just inside the door here at this bbq joint where one of the candidates has been giving a speech, but outside, it's sort of in the —25 celsius region, and it could be a lot lower than that tomorrow, monday, when the caucus takes place, possibly up to —35, —40 with the wind chill factor. now, the people of iowa are pretty hardy, they're used to cold winters — they're not really used to it this cold. so if you think that it'll be dark when they caucus at 7pm, dark and icy driving home, that's going to be a disincentive to some people, but they do cherish their place in the process of nominating for the presidential candidates in this state and some of them

are very dedicated in doing it. and donald trump has a lot of support in iowa. i mean, what are people telling you, why are their convictions so strong? he's got a lot of loyalty, a lot of loyalty from last time around, a lot of loyalty from the four years he spent in the white house. he has a pretty good organisation nowadays, but the leads are extraordinary. i mean, the polls suggest here that he has a 28—point lead. it's been higher than that at various points as well, more than 30 points. that is unheard of in these kind of processes. no—one has actually voted yet, so we'll see if that translates, but i'd be amazed if that disappears. i don't think that's very likely. and that's reflected across the nation in terms of the republican vote. he has captured, quite simply, the republican party. there's no question about that, it's donald trump's party now, and in many ways, the other candidates here are just duking it out for second place.

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. analysis from a safety charity suggests that very few injuries involving e—scooters are being reported to the police. it's calling for more data to understand the dangers that they pose, as jon donnison reports. e—scooters — a decade ago, almost unheard of. these days, they're a common sight. but now a charity that advises the government says injuries from e—scooter accidents are being under—reported and data needs to be collected more rigorously. the study looked at 300 e—scooter casualties recorded by hospitals over a two—month period in 2021. it found only 10% of them were also recorded in police statistics. of the most serious injuries, only a quarter were reported

to the police. one reason might be that it's illegal to ride private e—scooters on roads or pavements in the uk. trials of rental e—scooters in dozens of towns and cities are ongoing. you're live with bbc news. uk foreign secretary says it was right to carry out air strikes on who targets in yemen without consulting parliament. the government was willing to back words with action after repeatedly warning the houthis to stop attacking merchants ships in the red sea. labour leader sir keir starmer, who's supported the government's decision, has denied he's changed his position on military action abroad. here's our political correspondent leila nathoo. britishjets took off late on thursday night to join us air strikes against houthi targets in yemen. the uk said the group had had warning after warning to stop their attacks

on ships in the red sea, such as this one they filmed. the houthis have been targeting vessels for months that they say are linked to israel. today, the foreign secretary david cameron insisted that the uk had no choice but to take military action to protect a critical global trade route. not acting is also a policy. it wasn't working and it's right we have sent this very clear, very unambiguous message that we are prepared to follow our words and warnings with action. lord cameron insisted the air strikes would not escalate tensions in the region and defended the decision not to seek parliamentary approval in advance. i don't think it would have been right to have a debate and a vote before this sort of action, because i think it is important, for reasons of operational security, to, on this occasion, take the action and then have a statement in parliament afterwards. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, was briefed by the government before the strikes went ahead and supported them. he had previously promised to create a new law requiring commons consent before military action could be taken — not inconsistent, he said, with his backing for action

against the houthis. there will always be urgent situations where parliament can't be consulted beforehand. but the principle that if there is to be a sustained campaign, if we are going to deploy our troops on the ground, that parliament should be informed, there should be a debate, the case should be made and there should be a vote, i do stand by that. there won't be a vote here tomorrow. rishi sunak will make a statement to the commons and take questions from mps. the government will be watching closely how the situation in the red sea develops and says it will consider any next steps carefully. 0pposition parties will want to hear ministers make that case. the questions now — do the houthi attacks continue? do the americans come knocking again? how involved will britain become? leila nathoo, bbc

news, westminster. thousands of people gathered on sunday in the israeli city of tel aviv to mark 100 days since the start of the war against hamas. demands continue in israel for the release of more than 130 hostages held in gaza since october 7th, when 12 hundred people were killed by hamas gunmen. israel has since vowed to crush hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by several western governments. gaza's health ministry says more than 23,000 people have been killed since israeli strikes began, most of them women and children. wyre davies reports. a solemn commemoration, as israel marked its most traumatic period since independence 75 years ago. 0ver 2a hours, thousands of people gathered in tel aviv in a collective sense of grief to mourn the dead of october 7 and to support the families of those abducted to gaza 100 days ago. there's three generations of my family that has been disappeared. three generations of my

family that disappeared. and the world is keeping silence and asking us to stop and stay calm. i cannot... i cannot get it any more. many here say that october 7 changed israel for ever. israelis feel more vulnerable than ever. and while their priority remains releasing the remaining hostages, they support their government's war aims in gaza. and there are very few voices now calling for tolerance and coexistence. just after dawn, 100 days ago, thousands of heavily armed hamas fighters stormed through the border fence, attacking kibbutzim, military bases and a music festival. 1,200 people were killed along the length of the border as israeli defences were caught completely by surprise. later that same day, israel embarked on an unprecedented bombing campaign in gaza. its goal — the complete destruction of hamas and its support structure.

much of the territory from gaza city in the north to khan younis in the south has been destroyed. and the number of civilians killed in gaza has been huge — very nearly 211,000 dead according to the hamas—run health ministry, many of them women and children. it's a situation the un's humanitarian chief has described as intolerable. faten abu shahada needs regular kidney dialysis and her family has been forced to move south, home now a plastic tent in khan younis. translation: gaza j has been destroyed. there is no gaza left, no hospitals, no education, our children have lost their school year. gaza is no longer alive. israel says it won't stop fighting until hamas is completely defeated. the immediate future across the region,

and especially in gaza, looks very bleak. wyre davies, bbc news. well, hamas has released a video which it says shows three israeli hostages alive in its custody in gaza. in the footage the woman and two men speak directly to the camera urging the israeli government to act to bring them home. the three were among those taken on october 7 and it is not clear when the video was filmed. earlier the militant group's armed wing said the fate of many of the captives was now unknown. in other news. frederik x has become the king of denmark. you can see him here as he stepped out to greet crowds from the balcony of the palace after being proclaimed by the prime minister he was thenjoined by his then joined by his australian—born thenjoined by his australian—born wife, queen mary. the crown passed to

frederik x after his mother, queen margrethe signed the abdication after 50 years on the throne. she is the first danish monarch to voluntarily renounce the throne in more than 800 years. she said she was stepping aside because of health problems. daniela relph joined the crowds in copenhagen. more than half a million people live in copenhagen. it felt like most of them were out on the streets today. every vantage point made use of to see the first change of monarchy in 52 years. queen margrethe's abdication on new year's eve shocked denmark. today, just two weeks later, she made herfinal carriage ride as queen. independent, artistic, eccentric at times, she has been a hugely popular figure in public life, and the crowds wanted to be here to say goodbye.

it's very special. i'm very glad to be a part of it. but it's very cold! she's done so well, and it's good for her also to get some time for herself. she's the whole mother of the country, and it'si going to be so amazing to see i her son and her daughter—in—law take over this. it'sjust amazing. this was the official moment queen margrethe stepped aside. she signed the declaration of abdication at a specially convened government meeting. quietly, as her son took his place at the table, she said her last words as queen. they were, "god save the king." gud bevare kongen. cheering denmark does not have a coronation ceremony. instead, the new king, frederik x, was proclaimed from the balcony of the danish parliament. as he took in the size of the crowd, there was no

hiding the emotion he felt. king frederik inherits from his mother, strong, consistent public support for the monarchy here. but it is his wife, queen mary, the australian outsider who married into european royalty, who may be key to the success of his reign. the couple met in a bar in sydney during the 2000 0lympics, where she worked in advertising. today, she stands alongside her husband as queen. but the couple come to the throne amidst rumours of problems in their marriage. this, though, was a united front... ..as king frederik and queen mary begin their reign. daniela relph, bbc news, copenhagen. and just before we go, a

reminder of our top story. you are watching live pictures in iceland where a volcano is erupting in the southwest of the country stop it is dark but you can see lava glowing and smoke rising into the sky. plenty more including those images on our website. that's all for now. stay with bbc news. hello. we have got a cold, wintry week of weather ahead. we may well see a bit of disruption down to the fact that we've got plenty of snow showers in the forecast, particularly towards the north, mainly across parts of scotland, in fact. fewer showers around further south. but it is going to be cold and we're going to see some sharp overnight frosts. could be some icy conditions around, too. cold weather down to the fact that low pressure is out towards the east of the uk, opening the doors for these cold winds to come in from the arctic, so i think wind chill will be a significant factor through the next couple of days. next few hours, more of those snow showers pack in, particularly across the north of scotland. temperatures overnight are falling to —2 or —3 widely,

even in our towns and cities — colder than that in the countryside. through monday, then, more snow showers across the northern half of scotland, gales up towards shetland still and some snow and icy conditions across northern ireland, so we have got yellow warnings in force here. could be the odd wintry shower around exposed parts of these irish sea coasts, perhaps around the east coast of england, down towards norfolk and the north york moors. temperatures for most of us about two to five degrees, but when you add on that wind—chill, it is going to feel bitterly cold. it'll feel more like —7 or even —8 across the northeast of scotland. as we continue through monday evening and overnight into tuesday, we're watching this area of low pressure, this weather system, which moves its way from west to east across the northern half of the uk. now, that could cause a bit of disruption on tuesday. tuesday morning, we're expecting snow to be quite persistent through the central belt of scotland, could be about two to five centimetres of snow here, pushing slowly across scotland. across the higher ground, there could be ten to even 20 centimetres of snow on tuesday. a mix of rain, sleet and snow for northern ireland

and for northern england, too. we've got some sleet, some snow over the higher ground. it looks drier with some sunshine further south. but tuesday, again, feels cold wherever you are. into the middle of the week, we're keeping a close eye on this area of low pressure. most of the computer models keep it over france, but we've got the cold air in place with those northerly winds across the uk. if this system's a bit further north, we could see some snow around southern counties of england for a time. but i think it will predominantly be heavy snow showers again for the north of scotland, northern ireland and around any of those coasts exposed to that northerly wind. it is going to feel cold again, not quite as windy, but temperatures only a few degrees above freezing. more wintry showers for many of us on thursday. perhaps a little milder for some of us, though, by friday. it out for second place.

economic and political pressures. taiwan is put president elect face colleges that could affect the global semiconductor industry. and look at the risk from the latest tension in the red sea and what it means for the global economy. hello and welcome to asia business report. as we have been hearing

on newsday, william lai has won taiwan's presidential election. the third consecutive term for his ruling democratic progressive party. at the same time two former us officials are visiting taipei for post—election talks, underscoring washington's long—standing interest with the territory. but china views the president—elect is a dangerous separatist and warned any move towards independence will be severely punished. my colleague spoke to a taiwanese analyst at the intelligence unit about how the intelligence unit about how the results of this election will impact the islands relationship with beijing. china is suspicion of his intentions and much of this ties back to his past. he is infamous in that he has been vocally supportive of independence but it is also important to mention that he has generally softened his stance in the last few years

and on the campaign