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at this year's emmy awards. we'll be live in los angeles. hello, i'm sally bundock. a very busy programme. donald trump has begun the republican race for the white house in pole position, winning about half of all votes cast in iowa's party caucuses. the former president beat the florida governor, ron desantis, and the former un ambassador, nikki haley. cbs is projecting desantis will finish second in iowa in a very tight race with haley. speaking in the last hour, mr trump thanked supporters, and urged the country to come together to "straighten out the world".
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i really think this is time now for everybody, our country to come together. we want to come together, whether it is republican or democrat or liberal or conservative, it would be so nice if we could come together and straighten out the world and straighten out the world and straighten out the world and straighten out the problems and straighten out the problems and straighten out all of the death and destruction we are witnessing, practically never been like this. that is just so important and i want to make that a very big part of our message, we should come together and it will happen soon. mr trump went on to talk about the state of us cities and how he wants to tackle law and order. we are going to rebuild our beautiful washington, dc and we will take control of it and we are going to make unbelievably harsh penalties for people that go around shooting, last week they shot three people and every night something happens.
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it is so sad and likewise we will rebuild our cities and work with the democrats to do it, i would be glad to work with the people in new york, chicago, la, we will rebuild our cities and make them safe, and we will give our police officers immunity. so every time they do something that they do not get sued or stopped. and in crime in our cities. live now to des moines in iowa and to the bbc�*s caitriona perry. nearly 90% of the vote has been counted in iowa. donald trump's victory projected to be historic, isn't it? exactly 9096 ofthe historic, isn't it? exactly 9096 of the precincts _ historic, isn't it? exactly 9096 of the precincts have - historic, isn't it? exactly 9096| of the precincts have declared and it looks like donald trump is on course for 51% of the vote in iowa. he was aiming for 50% on all the polls he had been around the 40s, in recent
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times but backed himself and said i will hit 50 and i would do that in iowa, a sweet not quite a sweep at the moment you might be able to see over my shoulder a map of the state as it stands. one precinct has voted for nikki haley coloured and blue all of the rest of them with 10% yet to fully declare, going for donald trump. and a way back to the second place, ron desantis on 21% nikki haley on 19 even if you combined the people who voted for them donald trump got even more. one casualty of the night was ron desantis on 7.7%, announcing he will suspend his campaign and role in behind donald trump lending his support to the former president, he will campaign with them tomorrow because when things are done and dusted in iowa such as the way the race which it is on to the next stop which it is on to the next stop which is new hampshire. fix,
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which is new hampshire. a record night for donald trump, let us talk about the second position. ron desantis coming second which is interesting because most predicting that would be nikki haley? just in the most recent _ would be nikki haley? just in the most recent polls - would be nikki haley? just in the most recent polls had - would be nikki haley? just in l the most recent polls had nikki haley making a surge, ron desantis was in second place for nearly all the polls for the past few months hayley pushed the surge onto him and he has not ready upon that too much, he was in the mid to late teens looks like he will come on 21%, he will be happy in away because has finished second, he would like to have finish in a strike —— slightly stronger position than that. does show that people do like him and vote for him he can fund raise of that and it keeps them in the race neither finishing in a position where they would have two suspend or fold up the campaigns made and allows them to push on. ron desantis going to south carolina first thing tomorrow morning which is the fourth state in the republican primary
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process, the home state of nikki haley, going there in the morning then back to new hampshire tomorrow night. nevada comes in the middle of that, he is trying to mount an operation and all the states at the same time showing he has the same time showing he has the money behind him and the breadth and depth of the operation a key thing in american politics as having deep pockets to fund your campaign. deep pockets to fund your campaign-— deep pockets to fund your campaign. deep pockets to fund your cam-cain. . ~ , ., . campaign. talk us through what this means _ campaign. talk us through what this means for _ campaign. talk us through what this means for the _ campaign. talk us through what this means for the election. - campaign. talk us through what this means for the election. i i this means for the election. i know president biden watching this very closely?— this very closely? indeed he has tweeted _ this very closely? indeed he has tweeted to _ this very closely? indeed he has tweeted to say - this very closely? indeed he has tweeted to say it - this very closely? indeed he has tweeted to say it looks l has tweeted to say it looks like donald trump is the clear front—runner at this stage. joe biden focusing his campaign on donald trump, we saw that before tonight and the couple of speeches he has given, talking about democracy, talking about democracy, talking about democracy, talking about unifying the country and very much setting his stall against donald trump and we saw that in no way in the donald trump victory speech tonight, speaking as a person who had the nomination not someone who had won just the first stage in that, talking as
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you saw in the clip you played about the nation coming together, in many ways echoing back to the inauguration speech joe biden gave. they have both set their stalls against each other at this point even though the republican contest is far from over. not what the figures show tonight, though.— show tonight, though. katrina per , show tonight, though. katrina perry. thank _ show tonight, though. katrina perry, thank you _ show tonight, though. katrina perry, thank you so _ show tonight, though. katrina perry, thank you so much. - show tonight, though. katrina | perry, thank you so much. we have a bbc lie page on the iowa caucus is, do take a look at that if you want to keep up with the latest. the bosses of the post office and fujitsu and the former sub postmaster who has led the campaign forjustice in the horizon scandal are to be questioned by mps later. the commons' business and trade committee will examine what more can be done to deliver compensation for victims of what has been labelled one of the worst miscarriages ofjustice in british history. nick read, chief executive of the post office,
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and paul patterson, europe director at fujitsu, are both due to appear. they will be grilled by politicians. a lot more on that in 20 minutes when we look in detail at fujitsu, the horizon software and what happens next. all that still to come. iranian—backed houthi rebels in yemen have confirmed that they carried out a ballistic missile strike on a us—owned cargo ship in the gulf of aden. the militants described the incident as a direct hit, and added that all us and british ships taking part in what they called the aggression against yemen would be targets. on monday, uk prime minister rishi sunakfaced mps for the first time since airstrikes launched on friday. here's our political editor chris mason. this is the ship, the gibraltar eagle, hit by a missile today off the coast of yemen. it sustained minimal damage and no one was injured. but it shows that even after those us and uk air strikes, the houthi attacks are
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continuing. i call the prime minister. in the commons this afternoon, rishi sunak said the uk decided to hit houthi targets late last week in self—defense after commercial ships and the royal navy were attacked. i want to be clear that these were limited strikes. they were carefully targeted at launch sites for drones and ballistic missiles to degrade the houthis' capacity to make further attacks on international shipping. i can tell the house today that our initial assessment is that all 13 planned targets were destroyed. keir starmer said parliament should be consulted where possible when a military campaign is likely to be lengthy, but he supported the government's decision last week. labour backs this targeted action to reinforce maritime security in the red sea. we strongly condemn the houthi attacks that are targeting
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commercial ships of all nationalities, putting civilians and military personnel in serious danger, including british forces. thank you, mr speaker. the scottish national party wanted to know how the uk will respond to today's attack. the liberal democrats are worried about the escalation of violence. thank you, mr speaker. while not having a vote in this house is regrettable, liberal democrats support limited strikes against the houthis to open international shipping lanes. but we cannot lose sight, mr speaker, of the fact this region is a tinderbox. if, as has been suggested through their actions over the course of the last 12 hours or so, the message which we sought to send has not been received, then what do we intend to do? what is the plan? what is the prime minister's strategy? the prime minister said he wouldn't speculate on further uk action.
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did this look like support for israel, given the houthis say they back the palestinians? "no", said rishi sunak. this is about shipping lanes. mps had plenty of questions and plenty of points of view. thank you, mr speaker. past mistakes in the middle east should have taught this house the military intervention starting out as limited can quickly escalate, risking a sequence of events far larger and more terrible — and risk even dragging us into war. while it's important how we spend defence money, it is vital and without doubt that defence needs a lot more money. can he explain to seafarers how dropping bombs will lead - to a de—escalation of a situation - which is already- endangering their safety? prime minister. mr speaker, it is quite extraordinary. it is houthi rockets that are endangering the lives of the seafarers in the region. so many of the goods
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we rely on take this route, the red sea and the suez canal. after yet another attack today, big implications. an escalating conflict, the impact on the world economy and what would provoke the uk to strike the houthis again. chris mason reporting there. we will look— chris mason reporting there. we will look at the economic implications in our business coverage _ implications in our business coverage in 20 minutes. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good to see you again. that gives us a taste of the debate in parliament among british mps. in the meantime there is more activity in the region looking at what iran's revolutionary guards have been up revolutionary guards have been up to, and iraq and syria, what is that? what is going on and what does that mean? iran
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announced _ what does that mean? iran announced they _ what does that mean? ian announced they attacked monitoring posts for israel and iraq and syria. this is an apparent retaliation for the killing of their leader and syria earlier. and also retaliation on the attacks that happened in calm and with tens of people died. so we can see uranian action in syria and iraq. again they say it is israeli targets, it is what we said, we saw also overnight the houthis attacked an american ship. this is a big twist because the houthis were attacking ships going to israel or israeli ship it is new they attack an american vessel and they are vowing to attack british vessels as they also written participated in that
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attack on sanaa.— written participated in that attack on sanaa. this heightens fears the middle _ attack on sanaa. this heightens fears the middle east _ attack on sanaa. this heightens fears the middle east is - fears the middle east is sliding towards a wider regional conflict? i sliding towards a wider regional conflict? i would say comfortably _ regional conflict? i would say comfortably this _ regional conflict? i would say comfortably this is _ regional conflict? i would say comfortably this is a - regional conflict? i would say comfortably this is a regionalj comfortably this is a regional conflict we talk about attacks on syria and iraq, talk about the attacks in yemen, now there was an attack on a city in israel bordering the west bank. the attacks between hezbollah and israel northern lebanon on never stopped, and we saw overnight also an attack that happened on the egypt border, we and is really female soldier was injured. —— is really female soldier was injured. we can see it spreading and the focal point as gaza where we saw last night and attack on khan units as well, where numbers of dead people reach
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24,000 into numbers of dead people reach 2a,000 into many people are suffering from all of these consequences.— suffering from all of these consequences. thank you for kee - in: consequences. thank you for keeping us — consequences. thank you for keeping us no _ consequences. thank you for keeping us up to _ consequences. thank you for keeping us up to date. - mohamed taha from bbc arabic. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. prime minister rishi sunak says he is determined to get his safety of rwanda bill into law, despite criticism from his own backbenchers. more than 50 conservative mps have backed amendments they say would toughen up the bill, which returns to the house of commons on tuesday. a fresh wave of strikes has been announced by the train drivers' union, aslef, in its long—running pay dispute with 16 train companies. drivers will walk out between tuesday 30th january and monday 5th february, affecting different operators each day, except the thursday and sunday of that week. junior doctors in wales have begun a 3—day walkout over pay. they are on strike
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until 7am on thursday. the welsh government has offered a 5% pay rise but that's been rejected by the bma union, which has accused politicians of undervaluing doctors. health authorities in wales said the strike would coincide with one of the most pressurised weeks of the year. you're live with bbc news. a series of reviews found vulnerable young girls were left at the mercy of grooming gangs in greater manchester, for years, because police and council officials ignored the warnings. the reviews into the failings focuses on cases in rochdale during one decade. the police and council officials have apologised, but the report says 96 men are still deemed a potential risk to children. danny savage reports. rochdale — a town with the wrong sort of reputation.
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hurry up, zoe. tv dramas were made about the sexual exploitation of children here, by men police were told were of pakistani and afghan heritage. who's that? tarik — amber's boyfriend. then, a 2017 bbc documentary triggered today's report. there was absolutely no getting away from the facts that the victims were young white children and that the offenders were older pakistani men. and this was today's conclusion. we have found compelling evidence that there was widespread organised sexual exploitation of children within rochdale, from at least 2004 onwards. very little disruptive or investigative action was taken to tackle these very dangerous individuals, and children were left to be abused by them and subsequently by their associates.
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andrea — not her real name — was exploited in the area from the age of ii. she was in care at the time. nobody has ever been prosecuted for the abuse she suffered. i want to know who's accountable for the neglect and the abuse that i suffered. i was a looked—after child. parental rights were taken away from my mum and dad, so somebody has parental rights for me. somebody must be held accountable for what happened to me as a child. victims are being failed. the police complaints system is unfit for purpose. maggie oliver raised the alarm in rochdale more than a decade ago. she quit as a police officer to publicly reveal the extent of police failings — failings, she says, continue today. the system doesn't want to hear the message that things are no better. and i want police forces around the country to shout that from the rooftops. we need more resources, we need better training, we need people who really want
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to engage with these children. and that is the sobering thought of other people we have also spoken to today. child sexual exploitation may now be more of a priority for the authorities but it would be naive to think that it isn't happening any more. but police say such a failure on such a scale could never happen again here. i know in the past 18 months, since i've managed this team, that, when we have had reports of victims or potential victims of exploitation, we have moved rapidly to arrest perpetrators. a weary health worker who helped victims had this response. i can't applaud the fact that services are better now because so they should be. many of those responsible for abuse in rochdale were never charged. police say that could change. there's still hurt and a huge feeling of injustice for too many people in this pennine town. danny savage,
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bbc news, rochdale. more detail on that story and the others we're covering on bbc website. television's biggest stars have walked the red carpet in los angeles for the 75th annual emmy awards. the event was delayed by four months because of the hollywood strikes. and now that's over, there was much to celebrate. in the spotlight, the media dynasty drama succession with 27 nominations. sarah snook, kieran culkin and matthew macfadyen all took home acting prizes, while the show also won best drama series overall. other winners include beef and the bear. live now to our north america correspondent, peter bowes who's in los angeles. if the one and only. lovely to see you. i mentioned succession did really well.—
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did really well. talk us through _ did really well. talk us through the _ did really well. talk us through the winners. | did really well. talk us | through the winners. it did really well. talk us - through the winners. it did very well. now for the third time and of course it is no longer in on the air but this was a fitting tribute to their series that has been hugely popular about the dysfunctional, extremely rich media family. you mentioned the names of some of the winners and a very popular when on the night. also the bear and the beef, not such well—known shows but especially the bear, the winner for best comedy, is all about sheffield takes over a sandwich shop in chicago. it has great writing in it. one for best writing and best director. i think it has a good future in front of it. the beef winning for best miniseries. the drama starts with a road rage incident and again, some great writing and winning for
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writing in that category. some really great shows, some gripping dramas and you mentioned the enemies were delayed by four months and i think those celebrities walk in the red cupboard really very relieved not only to celebrating the shows but also walk in the red carpet and being back in business again. i must admit i have been glued lately to ted lasso. i am sorry i did not get more awards. but as you said the bear scooping most of the category it was in. and talk us through eltonjohn? he has become egot an, the acronym used to describe someone who has won all of the major entertainment awards, and amy, agreement, and oscar and tony. and now the enemy specifically for his farewell
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performance at dodgers stadium in los angeles, his farewell us concert which was televised. sadly, eltonjohn unable to be here. he hasjust had surgery on his left knee but his husband is here and he spoke backstage, saying once they learned that sir elton had won that award, the actually face timed his husband back in the uk, waking up in the middle of the night to give him the news. wow, what used to receive. the celebrities are very happy to be back on the red carpet but it is by no means over, is it? the impact of that strike action? the impact is lingering and clearly, technically the strikes are over, they reached a settlement on pay and the use of artificial intelligence as it applies to actors and writers, but it has taken a bit of time really for hollywood to get back into business and
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especially those support services, i'm thinking of some editors i know that get involved in the postproduction side of the television shows, and they are still waiting because these are shows do not appear overnight. it could be a long haul. appear overnight. it could be a long haul-— long haul. i'm sure. and could ted lasso _ long haul. i'm sure. and could ted lasso have _ long haul. i'm sure. and could ted lasso have a _ long haul. i'm sure. and could ted lasso have a beef- long haul. i'm sure. and could ted lasso have a beef the - long haul. i'm sure. and couldl ted lasso have a beef the bear with! let's return to donald trump winning the iowa caucuses. nikki haley came in third and this is what she had to say a short time ago. i congratulate president trump on his win tonight. we have had an amazing time here. cheering and applause. i think that even the
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cold weather is brutal i am coming back. but the kindness of iowa will never be lost on me. yourfaith and hard—working americans and i will forever be gratefulfor americans and i will forever be grateful for the americans and i will forever be gratefulfor the time i have had here. cheering and applause. figs had here. cheering and appl“se-— had here. cheering and applause. �* , ., applause. as i mentioned, we have a live _ applause. as i mentioned, we have a live page _ applause. as i mentioned, we have a live page all— applause. as i mentioned, we have a live page all about - applause. as i mentioned, we have a live page all about that. have a live page all about that you can keep up—to—date with every detail. now, a new official portrait has been unveiled of king charles — ready to hang in public buildings across the uk. you can see it here. it was taken at windsor castle and shows the king in full regalia wearing his royal navy uniform as an admiral of the fleet and an abundance of official medals and decorations. the picture was taken by photographer hugo burnand,
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who also took the official coronation and wedding photos of the king and queen camilla. but as part of a controversial 8 million pound government—funded scheme — it's not been without its critics. stay with us here on bbc news. the top business stories here next. we will look in more detail at the post office scandal. i will see you in a minute. hello. this week is certainly shaping up to bring some of the coldest and snowiest weather of the winter so far. we started the week on monday in the grip of this arctic air. cold northerly winds feeding frequent wintry showers, especially into northern, eastern, and some western parts of the uk. tuesday remains cold — snow and ice will cause problems for some. but a slight shift in the wind direction, more of a west or northwesterly wind, so that means not as many showers across eastern parts, more showers out towards the west. and then, this little frontal system here, this is going to generate a mix of rain, sleet and snow across the northern half of the uk. ice as we move through
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the morning, that could cause some quite poor travelling conditions. and then, we will see frequent snow showers in northern scotland. this area of snowfall in central and southern scotland, this could bring snow to quite low levels. for northern ireland and for northern england, at low levels, it may be that we see some rain and some sleet mixing in — most of the significant snow over high ground — but there could be some travel disruption, say, over the high—level routes in the pennines. to the south of that, well, mostly dry with some spells of crisp winter sunshine. maybe not quite as cold in southern counties of england or south wales, whereas parts of scotland will stay below freezing all day long. and in scotland, we'll see further snowfall during tuesday evening. it could cause some disruption for the rush hour. mix of rain, sleet, and snow across parts of northern england into wales. the odd snow shower pushing down across the midlands. a very, very cold night indeed, some places likely to get to —10 in the highlands. now for wednesday, we're keeping a close eye on this area of low pressure, which is moving its way in towards france, but it may just graze this weather system close enough to southern counties of england to bring the risk of a bit of light
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sleet and snow here. we'll keep an eye on that one for you. the channel islands seeing rain, maybe something wintry mixing in. elsewhere, sunny spells, a scattering of wintry showers, a very cold—feeling day. many places around or, perhaps in some spots, below freezing even through the afternoon. now that weather system moves away. thursday will bring further snow showers. high pressure builds in for friday, so it is a drier end to the week for many. and then, we start to develop a westerly wind. atlantic weather systems will bring wind and rain, and something milder as we head into the weekend, so this cold spell may not last all that long.
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live from london, this is bbc news. a director at fujitsu faces a grilling by mps over the post office accounting scandal that led to what's called the biggest miscarriage ofjustice in uk history. love them or hate them — e—scooters are whizzing around our streets. so how to make them greener? we find out. and can you tell the difference? kate moss turns 50 today. we meet the look—a—like who is making a good living imitating the birthday girl.
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time now for the top business stories and we start here in the uk with the post office scandal. more than 900 post office branch managers were convicted of fraud — many wrongfully — when faulty accounting software made it look as though money had gone missing from their sites. that software, named horizon, was developed by the japanese technology giant fujitsu. a senior executive from the company will be questioned by mps today. so, was the japanese hq aware of the issue happening here in the uk and to what extent? here's mariko oi. i started chasing fujitsu �*s japanese headquarters in 2022, when the public enquiry focused on fujitsu and i asked its global president to speak to me. he declined my request
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