and succession, beef and the bear are the big winners at this year's emmy awards. hello. i'm kylie pen to low. donald trump has begun the republican race for the white house with a landslide victory in the party's iowa caucuses. the former president beat the florida governor, ron desantis, and the former un ambassador, nikki haley. our us partner, cbs news, is projecting desantis will finish second in iowa in a very tight race with haley, although mr trump appears to have taken more votes than all of his republican rivals combined. here's how he greeted news of his success. 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 problems and straighten out all of the death and destruction that we are witnessing. it's practically never been like this. it's just so important. and i want to make that a very big part of my message. we are going to come together, it's going to happen soon. it's going to happen soon. let's take a look at the results in detail. donald trump scored a landslide victory to kick off the republican primary race — securing a 51.1% share of votes. ron desantis is projected to finish in second place atjust over 21%, edging out rival nikki haley, who's sitting at 19%. this map of iowa counties show the scale of trump's victory. he is on track to win nearly all 99 of iowa's counties, with nikki haley defeating him by a single vote in one county — in purple here. let's put all of that

into context now, with this report from iowa from our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. # ..the usa! for donald trump, winning iowa was important. this was the first official 2024 test of his popularity with republican voters. the big question was always who would be second place. ron desantis, the florida governor, secured that. because of your support, in spite of all of that that they threw at us, everyone against us, we've got our ticket punched out of iowa. with nikki haley, the former un ambassador, finishing third. do you want more of the same? crowd: no! or do you want a new generation of conservative leadership? it gives them both much—needed momentum in a contest dominated by trump.

there were concerns the arctic weather conditions might have affected voter turnout. more than 1600 precincts around the state were voting. it is so bitter cold so i think some people will do what they can to get out, but we will see. but many people were determined to show up. this is how a caucus works. people have turned up at this local high school cafeteria, a precinct, to cast their votes. the votes are then added up and results read out to them. donald trump has won this precinct. my family are voting trump, everybody i work with is voting trump. i am surprised there are other people they weren't voting for trump. that is my narrow—minded thinking, i guess. not everyone here voted for trump. i

have not been impressed with his character— have not been impressed with his character over the last few years, especially — character over the last few years, especially the way he handled the results _ especially the way he handled the resulls of— especially the way he handled the results of the 2020 election. winning iowa is only the first step in securing the republican presidential nomination. the official winner will not be announced until summer. it is a marathon, not a sprint. and with the starting gun fired, donald trump has pulled way ahead in the race. thank you very much, everybody. nomia iqbal, bbc news, iowa. donald trump's victory in iowa comes despite not attending any of the candidate debates and his legal troubles casting a shadow over his campaign. it appears not to have affected his support base, who braved bitter cold temperatures to cast their votes. we're joined live now by dr natasha lindsteadt, professor of government at the university of essex. thanks so much forjoining me on the programme. this was expected, but can we read anything into these results? ., �* ., ,

results? you're right, it was exnected. — results? you're right, it was expected, and _ results? you're right, it was expected, and it _ results? you're right, it was expected, and it was - results? you're right, it was i expected, and it was important results? you're right, it was - expected, and it was important for trump to have a huge victory here by 30 points because that would indicate the poles were correct and his campaign was effective, and he is just able to bring people to vote for him even in extreme weather. i think it demonstrates how committed his base is. had he won by maybe more like 20 points i think i would have been questions over whether or not the polling was correct and if there were issues in his campaign, but i think the results show how well—organised his campaign as compared to 2016 when he lost to ted cruz, he learned some important lessons. he only attended 25 events, this is a huge comparison to ron desantis who visited all 99 counties in iowa and sunk everything into it. trump did not need to go to iowa that often because he had a really effective campaign strategy of

having a precinct leader for every precinct that could help rally the trump voters on his behalf, he has an effective e—mail and calling campaign so he will probably try to use this moment to gain huge victories in some of the next primary is coming up, most importantly new hampshire. can you briefly explain _ importantly new hampshire. can you briefly explain why _ importantly new hampshire. can you briefly explain why iowa _ importantly new hampshire. can you briefly explain why iowa is _ importantly new hampshire. can you briefly explain why iowa is so - briefly explain why iowa is so significant?— significant? because it often foreshadows _ significant? because it often foreshadows who _ significant? because it often foreshadows who the - significant? because it often foreshadows who the winnerj significant? because it often - foreshadows who the winner will be, but it is first. so if a candidate can showcase strength, this leads to momentum and it tends to affect the way voters vote in the primaries to come. voter turnout in primaries tends to be fairly low, comparatively, it tends to bring out the more extreme voters, those who are really, really passionate. iowa sets the tone. even though it is a small estate with not a huge

population it carries a lot of weight in primary season. ladle population it carries a lot of weight in primary season. we heard ron desantis _ weight in primary season. we heard ron desantis pretty _ weight in primary season. we heard ron desantis prettyjubilant - weight in primary season. we heard ron desantis prettyjubilant with i ron desantis prettyjubilant with his results. do you feel both he and nikki haley are still both positive about what could happen? the?e nikki haley are still both positive about what could happen? they are t in: to about what could happen? they are trying to stay _ about what could happen? they are trying to stay positive, _ about what could happen? they are trying to stay positive, ron - trying to stay positive, ron desantis had to come in second place because he put so much money into the campaign in iowa, he sunk everything into it, but he is not doing that well in new hampshire where nikki haley has 32% to trump's 39%, and he had spent all of his money in iowa so he does not have that much laughter and he is not as popular in new hampshire and south carolina it is, of course, where nikki haley is from. had he not come in second, and really close, his campaign would have had to end. nikki haley hope she can capitalise on some of the momentum from a

fairly close finish with ron desantis for at least a third place and gain more voters because chris christie dropped out and he was more of a moderate candidate, she might be able to grab some of his 12% support in new hampshire. thank you ve much support in new hampshire. thank you very much for— support in new hampshire. thank you very much forjoining _ support in new hampshire. thank you very much forjoining us. _ support in new hampshire. thank you very much forjoining us. thank- support in new hampshire. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you i very much for “oining us. thank you for havin: very much forjoining us. thank you for having me- _ and we'll be speaking to our cbs partners in iowa in the next 10 minutes or so. let's do more now on a story that has been dominating headlines here in the uk since the airing of itv drama about 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? mariko oi reports.

i started chasing fujitsu's japanese headquarters back in 2022. that was when the public inquiry focused on fujitsu. and i asked its global president, takahito tokita, to speak to me. he declined my request multiple times, in fact, even when i asked forjust a written comment to the victims whose lives were turned upside down. now, that didn't exactly surprise me, because going silent when faced with bad news is quite a typical strategy forjapanese companies. they did send me a statement last week saying... so basically the company has remained tight—lipped about it. but the other issue to remember

is while it may be difficult to believe, hardly anyone injapan has heard of the horizon scandal until very recently. when we spoke to fujitsu japan's former president in 2022, his reaction was, "horizon? "what's horizon?" and that is because it was developed by the british company international computers limited, or icl, which fujitsu bought decades ago. icl had strong ties to the british government, so it did give fujitsu an outside presence in the uk. and japanese companies often light their international subsidiaries do their own things, especially if the board lacks a bit of international experience. but as i said to its japanese headquarters pr department, for victims of the post office scandal, they would want to hear from a japanese executive, and this silent treatment, which would sometimes work injapan, it's highly unlikely that it would work in the uk. now, some are saying, though, that fujitsu may decide to offer

compensation because its reputation has been damaged significantly in the uk, and the story is also finally getting some coverage by japanese media. mariko oi. and viewers in the uk can see extensive coverage of mps questioning a senior executive from fujtsu in the next 20 minutes, here on bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. transport scotland is advising people to avoid unnecessaryjourneys and to work from home if possible — as arctic conditions spread to cover the whole country. temperatures could drop to minus four degrees celsius, with up to eight inches of snow falling on high ground. it's estimated that more than 7,000 covid related hospital admissions could have been prevented in the summer of 2022 if the uk had been fully vaccinated. a study published in the lancet journal says that injune of that year, 44% of the population had

not had the recommended number of vaccine doses. the portrait of king charles that will hang in public buildings in the uk such as courts and government offices has been unveiled. it was taken inside windsor castle with the monarch wearing his royal navy uniform. public bodies such as schools are able to request a free framed copy of the photograph. you're live with bbc news. the united states has described a ballistic missile attack launched into northern iraq by iran's revolutionary guards as reckless and imprecise. the us military said it had tracked the strikes which iran claims had destroyed anti—iranian targets, including what it called an israeli spy headquarters. israel hasn't commented. this was one of the buildings hit —

near irbil, in the kurdish region of northerniraq. local officials in the iraqi kurdistan region said four people were killed. iran also said it had hit islamic state group positions in syria, in retaliation for a suicide bombing at a memorial service for the iranian general qassem soleimani, in which more than 80 people were killed. live now to jonathan marcus, who is the bbc�*s former defence and diplomatic correspondent. thanks so much forjoining us. what more do we know about these attacks? not a huge amount, but i think there is a certain amount of confusion on the iranian side and from the iranians statement, the statement from the iranian revolutionary guards suggested the attack into a building in kurdistan was in some sense related to retaliation or response to the bombing of this

memorial service you referred to. it is rather strange, and they have also attacked very near a new american consul in spean built there. the kurdish authorities are saying they shot down some drones in the vicinity of nurdle airport, but there are some american knights we believe our base that —— in the vicinity of irbil airport. it is shadowy and unclear but it suggests another worrying factor that potentially the americans and the iranians directly could come into confrontation. we know over recent months there have been a large number of iranian sponsored attacks on us bases in the region but these have actually been carried out by proxy groups in iraq and elsewhere, which to some extent take their orders from tehran. but these weapons were fired by the iranians,

both are targets in northern iraq and in syria. both are targets in northern iraq and in syria-— and in syria. you mentioned the shootin: and in syria. you mentioned the shooting down _ and in syria. you mentioned the shooting down of— and in syria. you mentioned the shooting down of the _ and in syria. you mentioned the shooting down of the armed - and in syria. you mentioned the . shooting down of the armed drones and this of course comes amid those rising tensions in the region. can ou rising tensions in the region. can you briefly _ rising tensions in the region. can you briefly tell us about that? there are two overlapping sets of conflicts going on, the first is obviously the war between israel and hamas in gaza, but has prompted other actors to pitch in to varying degrees. we see hezbollah fighting across the northern border to some extent, the houthis shooting missiles up the length of the red sea, but crucially, and involving britain, attacking commercial shipping lanes and western warships that are trying to fight them. you have two sets of conflicts overlapping, one is israel against

hamas and the ramifications of large, but there are no longer running and wider conflict, low—level, if you like, between iran and its various allies in the and western interests more generally and the united states in particular. jonathan marcus, thank you very much. israel has said its operations against hamas in southern gaza will soon enter a less intensive phase, after the hamas health ministry reported the death toll in the territory had surpassed 211,000. more than 100 days into the war, the government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu has come under intense international pressure to end the fighting as civilian deaths soar and the humanitarian crisis in gaza deepens. live now to our middle east correspondent yolande knell in jerusalem. what are we reading into this fray is less intense? —— what are we

reading into this phrase? ladle is less intense? -- what are we reading into this phrase? we have not seen less _ reading into this phrase? we have not seen less intense _ reading into this phrase? we have not seen less intense fighting, - reading into this phrase? we have i not seen less intense fighting, many people are continuing to be killed, including children. many people in the gaza strip has said there has been shelling and air strikes and there is" close quarters fighting going on between israeli soldiers and hamas fighters, particularly in khan younis were the us military believes hamas leaders might still believes hamas leaders might still be hiding and many of the israeli hostages still held in gaza could be capped. we have had the israeli defence minister indicating this is part of a longer term strategy, one which they had supposedly agreed with the americans to enter into a less intense stage of fighting. he has said that already happens in the north of the gaza strip and they are just going round now with many soldiers pulled out of gaza,

targeting certain areas where we had the israeli military saying it had found about 100 rocket launchers and 60 rockets and killed, it said, dozens of palestinian armed fighters in the north. in the south of the gaza strip the defence minister indicated there will be a less intense stage of fighting which sometime soon.— intense stage of fighting which sometime soon. ., ., ., ~ sometime soon. yolande knell, thank ou. let's return to the united states, and donald trump has begun the republican race for the white house with a landslide victory in the party's iowa caucuses. let's get more on this with cbs correspondent charlie de mar. thanks very much forjoining us, charlie. is this a certain win for mr trump?— charlie. is this a certain win for mr trump? charlie. is this a certain win for mr trum? , ., mr trump? good morning. here in iowa, mr trump? good morning. here in iowa. former— mr trump? good morning. here in iowa, former president _ mr trump? good morning. here in iowa, former president donald - mr trump? good morning. here in i iowa, former president donald trump had a decisive win in iowa but are

by no means guarantees he will be the republican nominee for the next president of the united states. how about the runners up, will there be disappointment?— about the runners up, will there be disappointment? certainly you don't run the race — disappointment? certainly you don't run the race wanting _ disappointment? certainly you don't run the race wanting to _ disappointment? certainly you don't run the race wanting to lose, - disappointment? certainly you don't run the race wanting to lose, but. run the race wanting to lose, but from the beginning it really felt and was understood this was a race for second, former governor ron desantis finishing second and former un ambassador nikki haley finishing a close third. they are really close and they are optimistic moving forward. they wanted to win but it never seems a reality, at least here in iowa, but there was clarity last night with ron desantis finishing second, albeit a distant second. ladle second, albeit a distant second. we have reflected an awful lot on the weather, it is cold in the uk but nothing like you are experiencing there. did the weather affect things in the end? the there. did the weather affect things

in the end? ., there. did the weather affect things in the end? . ., , , ., in the end? the weather was brutal, there were several _ in the end? the weather was brutal, there were several rounds _ in the end? the weather was brutal, there were several rounds of- in the end? the weather was brutal, there were several rounds of snow l there were several rounds of snow and we are still in it. that is what dominated the conversation in iowa, whether or not the weather would keep voters at home, and it may have. around 110,000 registered republicans showed up to caucus last night in iowa, looking about the lowest since 2000. so this weather, at least it appears right now, really had an impact on voters getting to caucus locations. ladle getting to caucus locations. we discuss the _ getting to caucus locations. we discuss the significance of iowa, thatis discuss the significance of iowa, that is iowa term.— discuss the significance of iowa, that is iowa term. what is next? these candidates _ that is iowa term. what is next? these candidates are _ that is iowa term. what is next? these candidates are wasting i that is iowa term. what is next? these candidates are wasting no time, they are packing up from iowa and the attention shifts to a new hamster —— new hampshire —— new hampshire. former president trump, nikki haley and ron desantis will be moving to new hampshire, they have events later today. former president

donald trump will make a court appearance on his dutch court appearance on his dutch court appearance on his defamation case but this shift is to the gop primary in new hampshire next week. it is moving very fast on the campaign race for the white house.- moving very fast on the campaign race for the white house. charlie de mar, thank race for the white house. charlie de mar. thank you _ race for the white house. charlie de mar, thank you very _ race for the white house. charlie de mar, thank you very much. - cyclone belal has struck the islands of mauritius and reunion. it's brought winds of over 150 miles per hour and heavy flooding. people were stranded on the roofs of cars on flooded roads in mauritius. the red cross said that on the french island of reunion, one person has died and more than 600 have been temporarily displaced. the drama succession — which was created by a british writer and starred several british actors — was one of the big winners at the emmy awards in los angeles overnight. it picked up six prizes for its final series. our la correspondent emma vardy was there.

the good times were back as the biggest names in hollywood gathered to celebrate the best of the small screen. the bear! the bear, a story about a high—end chef in a rundown sandwich shop won six awards, including outstanding comedy. i just want to thank restaurants, as a whole, hospitality as a whole. the big prize sealed with a kiss. succession. while succession, with its farewell season, dominated one last time. sarah snook, succession. picking up his and hers best acting in a drama. don't pick it up. ali wong. the evening was also notable for the number of black and asian winners. and multiple awards for the series beef. rupaul�*s drag race. award ceremonies can often become a platform for politics and rupaul, accepting best reality competition

show for drag race, hit out at america's culture wars. if a drag queen wants to read you a story at a library, listen to her, because... cheering. knowledge is power. to mark the 75th anniversary of the emmy awards were moments of tv nostalgia. being together brings back some great memories of a show we are all very proud of. the cast of cheers reunited around the famous bar. and there was a tribute to absent friends. but this ceremony was somewhat shoehorned into the middle of a busy awards season, after being postponed last year when months of walk—outs by actors and writers over pay and the use of ai saw productions halted. with these awards happening four months late, it's a reminder the strikes are continuing to have an impact. and although the tv industry is back to work, studios

are tightening their budgets. after a period of big spending to attract streaming subscribers, now hollywood is somewhat reining things in. but the emmys highlighted the power of tv�*s most—loved shows to hold a place in viewers' hearts for decades. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. dog lovers know that we'd go to almost any length to look out for our pets — but how about this for an act of heroism? this firefighter in the us state of utah entered a frozen lake — with all the correct equipment and backup — to rescue bob the dog, who'd gone for a swim but couldn't get out of the icy water. both bob and his rescuer are now safe and well.

barbara looking absolutely fine, like he didn't go in a freezing lake at all. currently the temperature in utah is minus nine degrees. see more on those stories on the website but, for now, stay with us on bbc news. hello again. it's been another bitterly cold start to the day and it is going to remain cold as we go through the next few days. in fact, it's not really until we get towards the end of the week we see a change, and that's represented here by our air mass chart. the blues are very much across us by day and by night through wednesday and also thursday. on friday, we start to see a bit of a change coming in from the atlantic, the milder yellows coming our way or less cold, and they'll be with us as we head into the weekend. but so will some rain at the weekend and some strong winds. now, we still have some snow showers, some of them merging across northern scotland, gives some heavier snow. this morning's snow changing back to rain across northern ireland, and we still have some snow pushing steadily eastwards into north—east england —

could be disruptive over the pennines. further south, it's dry but it's cold and it's cold or even colder in the north. as we head through the evening and overnight, this band of rain, sleet and snow pushes a bit further south. the snow in northern scotland sinks southwards as well into northern england and fizzles. further snow showers come into the north and the west, but there'll be a lot of clear skies, and under those clear skies, you can expect a severe, hard frost. in fact, where we've got lying snow in parts of scotland, temperatures could fall away to —10. now, this particular system here has been giving us a headache the last few days. it's been further north, affecting parts of southern england, but now it looks like it's going to stay further south. so it's the channel islands that will see some rain during wednesday, possibly a wintry mix in there. but for the bulk of the uk, it's going to be a dry day, but still some snow showers in the north and also parts of the west. and it's going to be another cold day, as well. temperatures peaking at freezing in aberdeen but 5 in plymouth and also st helier. as we head on into thursday,

a lot of dry weather around, a ridge of high pressure starts to build in, but we still have some snow showers in the north and also the west and it's still going to be a cool day. temperatures 1 degree at best in aberdeen, 3 as we push down south into birmingham. and then as we head on from thursday and into the weekend, you can see how this high pressure is with us. it pushes eastwards, allowing these atlantic fronts to come our way, introducing some thicker cloud and also some rain and some windy conditions. the wind could well be a feature of the weather. still a little bit of doubt about that — something i'll keep you up to date with, but it's turning less cold.

an executive from fujitsu will face public questions in the next few hours about the company's role in the post office horizon it scandal which saw hundreds of supposed masters and mistresses accused of theft. we will be bringing you live coverage. it is the first time a senior representative from the japanese firm will be directly questioned at the horizon inquiry by a committee of mps in parliament. our business correspondent emma simpson has the details. l was simpson has the details. i was suspended _ simpson has the details. i was suspended in _ simpson has the details. i was suspended in 2009, _

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bars, have not said anything and