i'm helena humphrey live in charleston — where nikki haley looks likely to lose to donald trump and her home state. alexei navalny�*s body is finally returned to his mother — more than a week after the russian opposition leader died under unexplained circumstances — in an arctic penal colony. and: the us and uk strike 18 locations in yemen — the fourth wave of coalition strikes on houthi targets. hello i'm carl nasman. polls have just closed in south carolina's primary elections — where nikki haley is mounting a long—shot challenge to donald trump — for the republican nomination. so far, mr trump has celebrated landslide wins in other state races — and he could see another win tonight.

ms haley served as south carolina's governor for six years but is expected to finish a distant second to trump tonight. a recent survey found mr trump is leading ms haley in her home state 63% to 35%. that's a 28—point margin. mr trump enjoys strong support from his conservative base despite legal battles that have cast a shadow over his campaign. trump faces four criminal indictments, totalling 91 charges, ranging from accusations of willfully retaining classified documents, to charges of trying to illegally overturn the 2020 election.he is the first everformer us president to face criminal indictments. still, mr trump is dancing his way to a likely victory tonight in south carolina. on saturday, speaking at the conservative poliitical action conference, known

as cpac, mr trump cast himself as a "proud political dissident" as nikki haley, who served as un ambassador in mr trump's administration warned of chaos if he were to become the eventual nominee. these are the stakes of this election. - our country is being i destroyed and the only thing standing between - you and its obliteration is me. it's true. there is a choice, we can leave the drama and the cast, we can leave the incompetence and we can go to something that is normal, and that is what people want, especially the younger generation. let's take a closer look at the issues exit polls from south carolina show — immigration is dominating republican voter concerns. four in every ten south carolina voters are concerned about immigration. in the first two contests in iowa and new hampshire, most voters chose the economy as their top concern — though immigration was a close second. before we head to south carolina breaking news coming in, our news partners and cbs news, donald trump now the

polls have closed, only three minutes past seven o'clock here on the east coast is projected to win the south carolina primary. let's go live now, we heard that news coming in that donald trump projected to win. is there any reaction there with the haley camp? that news cominu in with the haley camp? that news coming injust— with the haley camp? that news coming in just within _ with the haley camp? that news coming in just within minutes, i coming injust within minutes, it was largely an expected result, but what you've got to watch for with these kind of results, the rapidity, the speed with which these kind of results can then show that momentum for donald trump going into this. we will be watching the numbers as they come in. where is she to do better than she did in new hampshire tonight that would show that she is still making inroads

with republican voters, but taking a look at the polls, she's been more around the 30 percentage point mark. so we are here at the nikki haley watch party. you can see people gathering behind me. we will be waiting to hear from gathering behind me. we will be waiting to hearfrom nikki haley but all of her comments leading up to now, as he will remember is that she says she's adamant that she's in it for the long haul. she's been tempering expectations, expecting to lose to donald trump and she says whatever happens on saturday night, and now that projected result of a win for donald trump, she will still be in this race, she says, come sunday heading to the race in michigan and then on to super tuesday in march. as you point out, of course, the projected victory by donald trump maybe not a surprise, and what we will be looking out as the margin of victory between trump and haley. what has ms. haley been trying to do? we heard some of those polling numbers that donald trump �*s lead coming in today was about 30 points. what has her campaign been looking like in her home state?—

her home state? well, her campaign _ her home state? well, her campaign here _ her home state? well, her campaign here has- her home state? well, her campaign here has been i campaign here has been aggressive. she's had over 30 stops in south carolina in a space of two weeks, vastly different and good showing the confidence of the trump campaign that they have not felt the need to match her in terms of footfall on the campaign trail. but in terms of that strategy going forward, that strategy going forward, thatis that strategy going forward, that is when people are asking that is when people are asking that question, what is your game plan, because that pathway isn't clear going into super tuesday, but what is interesting is that she's got the money, she's got the donations, she's been fundraising aggressively, and for all those naysayers who expect that she will drop out of the race i mightjust take a look at what is happening in michigan and some of those super tuesday states. she's already got some expensive act campaigns running there right now, but in terms of that long—term goal, some people say she mayjust be hanging in there, looking for a spring surprise when it comes to donald trump �*s legal cases, others think that perhaps she wants to be the soothsayer. remember, she's been saying

donald trump has been causing cass wherever he goes and an opportunity to say i told you so wear something to go wrong for the trump so wear something to go wrong forthe trump campaign, so wear something to go wrong for the trump campaign, but others are also asking the question ultimately if she continues to lose by increasingly wide margins to donald trump, does this hurt her political career, particularly if she went to ia a run in 28. i didn't know you are ata trump a run in 28. i didn't know you are at a trump rally in south carolina. now at that victory being projected what did you make of the atmosphere and the energy around his campaign there? that is the word, i think it is fair to say, it was so energetic, enthusiastic and voters here who support donald trump have an emotional attachment to him as well. we take a look at an exit poll, 65% of republican primary voters in this state do not believe that presidentjoe biden legitimately one the 2020 election, showing that those election, showing that those election lies that donald trump

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south carolina? in 2016, donald trump in the republican primary contest on the last two counties. charleston county and richland county, the two most educated counties in south carolina. could she possibly windows tonight? i will be looking at that. could she possibly win a congressional district? the only one really that might be able on the table for her is the first district in charleston.— for her is the first district in charleston. ., .,. ., ., , in charleston. your reaction as well. in charleston. your reaction as well- we _ in charleston. your reaction as well. we hear _ in charleston. your reaction as well. we hear trump - in charleston. your reaction as well. we hear trump doing - in charleston. your reaction as| well. we hear trump doing well tonight with white evangelical voters, not only about trump but why do you think haley is struggling so much and what is her home state in the state where she was governor. this tracks. someone said to me earlier— this tracks. someone said to me earlier today that south carolina likes nikki haley that they— carolina likes nikki haley that they love donald trump. that's 'ust they love donald trump. that's just the — they love donald trump. that's just the reality. they really, really — just the reality. they really, really love him. endorsements of both—

really love him. endorsements of both senators which is really _ of both senators which is really helpful for him. and he really— really helpful for him. and he really enjoys campaigning in estate _ really enjoys campaigning in estate. 0ne really enjoys campaigning in estate. one of the things nikki estate. 0ne of the things nikki haley— estate. one of the things nikki haley will have to decide tonight is what she says when she gets _ tonight is what she says when she gets her speech and what she gets her speech and what she does— she gets her speech and what she does with her campaign. interesting. that is the question that's been hanging over the campaign, isn't a? whether or not she should drop out. we have had several calls from donald trump that he should drop out. in fact we had in his victory speech he said republican party is more unified than it's ever been. clearly there are more calls tonight if she loses by that wide margin.— tonight if she loses by that wide margin. she artie said sunday l — wide margin. she artie said sunday i will— wide margin. she artie said sunday i will be _ wide margin. she artie said sunday i will be in - wide margin. she artie said sunday i will be in the - sunday i will be in the campaign. something kind of interesting will happen on tuesday where michigan was a republican primary. that is kind of a split in the republican party in michigan that the caucus, which is awaiting most of the delegates is happening in early march. 0n is happening in early march. on tuesday there is a primary

which will be open. to make a better—than—expected and not because democrats and independents could potentially vote in there. that could be a shopin vote in there. that could be a shop in the arm and then tuesday, super tuesday she's buying ads, there's a lot of states that are open primaries where she can do better and she said she's going to re—evaluate after super tuesday. said she's going to re—evaluate aftersupertuesday. i said she's going to re—evaluate after super tuesday. i think she, as long as she's got funding is going to stay in until at least super tuesday. what do you think her staying in the race does in terms of the general election as well, because the longer that this is still a two—person race, that might benefit somebody like presidentjoe biden because this remains still a republican race, doesn't it? i this remains still a republican race, doesn't it?— race, doesn't it? ithink president _ race, doesn't it? ithink president donald - race, doesn't it? i think| president donald trump race, doesn't it? ithink- president donald trump would like to— president donald trump would like to have this over tonight to stop — like to have this over tonight to stop president biden is ok with— to stop president biden is ok with that going a little bit longer, _ with that going a little bit longer, and i think as long as nikki — longer, and i think as long as nikki haley is in the race, she's drawing some really clear contrasts — she's drawing some really clear contrasts to donald trump that ithink— contrasts to donald trump that i think the democrats will use

in the — i think the democrats will use in the general election. but the reality is donald trump, i believe. _ the reality is donald trump, i believe, will be the nominee and joe _ believe, will be the nominee and joe biden will be the nominee and you start hearing in the — nominee and you start hearing in the coming weeks more general— in the coming weeks more general election rhetoric, more talk about immigration, more talk about immigration, more talk about immigration, more talk about funding for israel and more funding for ukraine more — and more funding for ukraine more directly by trump and biden _ more directly by trump and biden. �* , more directly by trump and biden. 3 ., ~ more directly by trump and biden. �*, ., ,, ., biden. let's talk about immigration. - biden. let's talk about immigration. i- biden. let's talk about immigration. i found l biden. let's talk about i immigration. i found that statistic really interesting that in south carolina the top issue tonight is immigration. and when we think of the border crisis, as republicans label it, you often think of states like texas or you might even think of states like chicago or new york where these immigrants are going. south carolina doesn't strike me as a state thatis doesn't strike me as a state that is being hit really hard by illegal immigration, yet there it is as the number one issue. why do you think that is. ., , issue. why do you think that is. fox news. basically what's happening — is. fox news. basically what's happening in _ is. fox news. basically what's happening in this _ is. fox news. basically what's happening in this election - happening in this election cycle is our primaries are becoming nationalised. so if you are watching fox news come if you are watching newsmax,

you are seeing immigration, immigration, border, 21w. so our issues are becoming nationalised. so if you live in south carolina from if you live in michigan and you are watching fox news, immigration is a key issue for you. the other thing i think to note is why trump does so well here is its highly evangelical. about two thirds of republican primary voters are evangelical christians, and those are his most stalwart supporters stop again, that breaking news that donald trump is expected now or projected by cbs news to win the republican primary. back to the republican primary. back to theissue the republican primary. back to the issue of immigration. looking ahead, again, we don't want to leap to fire ahead, but as he mentioned commence looking very likely not that donald trump will be the republican nominee thatjoe biden will be the democratic nominee. how likely is it that immigration could be an issue that could hurt the democrats and the biden campaign come november? i think it's going to

be an issue that is going to be front of the line for americans. i believe they are going to have to take a hard look at the candidates to understand what the choices are but in the past two weeks, we have seen idea put on the table by democrats and republicans that was rejected by house republicans and those in the senate, republicans and those in the senate. so — republicans and those in the senate. so i _ republicans and those in the senate, so i believe - republicans and those in the senate, so i believe that - republicans and those in the l senate, so i believe that biden is going — senate, so i believe that biden is going to draw that distinction and say, hey, we try to — distinction and say, hey, we try to come to the table with republicans, we tried to come to the — republicans, we tried to come to the table with moderates and the republican party flat out said no— the republican party flat out said no to the deal. and that is going _ said no to the deal. and that is going to do, the campaign was — is going to do, the campaign wasa— is going to do, the campaign was a that's going to make americans less safe. in addition to immigration which is about— addition to immigration which is about safety, it's about americanism, it's about identity, all of those things are going to come out over the next _ are going to come out over the next couple of months for both president biden and for former president trump.— president trump. democratic strate . ist president trump. democratic strategist infants _ president trump. democratic strategist infants by - strategist infants by cornerstone government affairs, christine matthews with bellwether research, thank you so much to you both, plenty

more to discuss as the night goes on. but a reminder of that newsjust coming in, really only a few minutes after polls closed in south carolina. former president donald trump projected now by our partners at cbs news to be the republican winner tonight of that primary. plenty more as well on our website. abc. 0ur live page there with reports from all of our correspondents and reporters on the ground tonight in south carolina. turning to russia now — because the body of opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been handed over to his mother, according to a family spokesperson.mr navalny died suddenly in prison last week. his mother had previously said she has been forced to sign a death certificate saying he died of natural causes. she had reportedly been told to agree to a "secret" burial. if she refused, he would be buried at the prison colony where he died.here's our russia editor steve rosenberg. alexei navalny�*s mother had spent a week trying to persuade the authorities

to release her son's body, so that she can lay him to rest. she's finally succeeded. in a post on social media, a spokesperson for the late opposition leader announced that mr navalny�*s body had been handed over to his mother, and this regarding the funeral. "we do not know if the authorities will interfere to carry it out as the family wants and as alexei deserves." shouting. alexei navalny was vladimir putin's most vocal critic, and he became russia's most famous prisoner. in this penal colony beyond the arctic circle, he was serving a 19—year prison sentence on charges widely seen as politically motivated. this is where he died. in a video message earlier today, his widow, yulia, had accused president putin of killing her husband and of

holding his body hostage. the kremlin has previously described claims that it was behind mr navalny�*s death "obnoxious and unacceptable". at moscow's main cathedral, people queued to pay their respects to alexei navalny. for in the orthodox faith, the ninth day after death is a significant moment. outside, there were police checks, officers demanding id from some of those who'd come here. and across town, more flowers. there are no details yet of when or where mr navalny will be laid to rest. the last thing the authorities will want is for his funeral to become a very public display of support for the man who had challenged the kremlin. steve rosenberg,

bbc news, moscow. world leaders gathered in ukraine's capital kyiv on saturday — on the second anniversary of russia's full—scale invasion. this is what the country's territory looked like two years ago — you can see the crimean peninsula, annexed by russia in 2014, and areas in the east of the country controlled by russian—backed separatists. this is the lay of the land now. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky today urged his people to keep fighting, insisting russia can't destroy their dreams. it was a stage with significance, where a high—profile castjoined ukraine on this now solemn day. the ruins of the hostomel airbase near kyiv, where the tone of this war was set. russian forces descended here on the first day of their invasion. the objective was to use it as a landing base to take kyiv. but the ukrainians stood firm, and the capital held. this place is the symbol

of moscow failure. this place is a symbol of ukrainian pride. but the cost of their defence is mounting. around the country, scenes of loss are constantly replicated. in nearby bucha, 0lha visits her son's resting place. translation: my niece's l husband and another niece's husband are buried here, and the son of a friend from work. there are a lot of our guys here, school friends of my daughter, too. so many people. this is a different war from 2022. ukraine is hanging on instead of liberating, and unlike russia, it can't keep its economy on a total war footing, and is, as ever, reliant on western help. under the chandeliers of the mariinskyi palace, president zelensky signed security agreements with canada and italy. translation: we must

do everything possible l and within our power to make 2024 a decisive year for restoring real and long—term security for ukraine, europe and the world. but alongside all of this attention, there was an elephant in the room. press conferences like this for president zelensky are now about injecting urgency, but there is a notable absentee, the us. last year, there was a white house visit with president biden. this year, there hasn't been. but what will be more concerning to kyiv is a $60 billion military package still blocked by the us congress. so was, today, ukraine looking towards other allies to fill the gap? and are they even able to? shows of unity aren't enough to stop russian advances on the front line. they're making their size count, while kyiv is trying to buy time. but it's expensive. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv.

with western leaders gathering in ukraine, promising support. the bbc�*s chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kyiv, with a look at how ukrainian people are feeling. the mood is very grim, ukrainians have to believe the promises of western leaders because they know they can't win this war without the support of western allies will stop and they are very grateful for all the help they've received. there is no hiding the fact that as this war enters its third year, the ukrainian forces are now outgunned and outnumbered on front lines. ukrainians are realising that in addition to fighting military battles, they've also got to fight a political one, urging their allies to keep sending arms and ammunition and to send them more quickly. and there's certain no certainty now and

this war will end, no certainty over whether europe, britain, ukraine in itself can fill the gaps now being left by the united states which is delaying this critical aid. more debts on the battlefield and more doubts. those doubts are only playing into president put in's hands. turning to the middle east now. the us and uk together have launched "more than a dozen" air strikes against houthi targets — that's according to us central, and. in a statement, the uk defence secretary grant shapps said royal air force typhoons were involved in the precision strikes, the fourth wave of strikes in response to the iran—backed fighters' attacks on commercial shipping in the red sea. as was the case in the previous joint strikes, australia, bahrain, denmark, canada, the netherlands and new zealand all provided assistance. it comes israel as continues its operation against hamas in gaza — carrying out air raids in the southern city of gaza. israeli leaders are meeting saturday night after the latest

round of negotiations with the us, egypt and qatar on a new ceasefire in gaza in exchange for the release of hostages held by hamas. in israel, clashes broke out at protests demanding the release of those hostages. police in tel aviv used water cannon to disperse the demonstrators — who are also calling for the resignation of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the un agency for palestinian refugees, unrwa, has paused aid deliveries to northern gaza, saying hungry and exhausted people have at times tried to capture aid from passing trucks. before we go, let's turn to some other important news around the world. also in the uk: the mp lee anderson has been suspended from the conservative party. he had refused to apologise for saying that islamists are controlling the mayor of london, sadiq khan. during a discussion on gb news about pro—palestinian marches in westminster on friday, mr anderson said the mayor had "given away the capital city to his mates".

another body has been recovered from two burnt—out residential buildings in valencia, spain, bringing the deathtoll from the fire to 10. police are investigating what caused the blaze, though experts believe flammable cladding may have stoked the fire. a reminder now of the breaking news this hour donald trump the projected winner for south carolina making a victory speech in the capital city, columbia. he wonjust speech in the capital city, columbia. he won just under two thirds of the votes projected now counted so far compared to his viral —— rival, the former south carolina governor they are. she looks like she will be losing her home state. plenty more news on that race in the republican nomination contest coming up at the top of the hour on bbc news. hello there.

we had fewer showers around on saturday and with clearer skies and light winds it is turning pretty chilly out there, but we've got some more rain to come on sunday. it will come from this area of low pressure, that will tend to slide across towards france and that is where we'll get any mild air heading. we're still going to be in the chillier conditions and we have a more widespread slight frost by early morning. again, the lowest temperatures will be in north—east scotland, minus five or six. mist and fog patches, too, which will be slow to clear in the morning, but we will see rain developing across south—west england and south wales during sunday morning and that rain develops more widely across the south—east of england during the afternoon. away from here, we're going to find the odd shower cropping up but many places will be dry with some sunshine after the early mist and fog, and again, temperatures around eight or 9 degrees. it's getting windy with the rain in the south and more rain is not good news at all — 15 to 25 centimetres quite widely could lead to further flooding. the rain should clear away from south wales and south—west england on sunday night, but continue in the south—east

where it is going to be very windy, strong to gale force winds here. a few showers will get blown in further north from off the north sea, but with more of a stronger north—easterly wind for england and wales, it won't be as cold. frosts early monday in scotland where we've got the clearer skies. a few showers in scotland and northern ireland, shouldn't last too long, the rain slowly creeps away from the far south—east of england and with that north—easterly wind, there will be some sunny spells for england and wales and maybe the shower around as well. quite windy towards the south—east, particularly in the morning, strong to gale force winds here. the winds ease a bit in the afternoon and again we will see typical temperatures on monday around nine celsius. as one area of low pressure brings some rain in the south of england then moves away, we'll see this brief ridge of high pressure overnight into tuesday morning, so turning chilly in the south, ahead off a weather front that will bring rain down from the north—west this time. rain on tuesday across scotland and northern ireland, followed by sunshine and showers.

the rain heading into england and wales. east anglia and the south—east still look like being fine and dry here but turning more cloudy. the rain will peter out as it runs southwards and for many parts of the country, wednesday will be a dry day with some sunshine for a while.

it is two years since russia began its full—scale invasion of ukraine, triggering the bloodiest conflict in europe since the second world war. but after 730 days of fighting, who has the upper hand? what is life like in ukraine and russia today, and when will the killing end? the global news podcast and ukrainecast have come together to answer your questions. hello, i'm 0liver conway from the global news podcast. i'm vitaly shevchenko, the co—presenter from ukrainecast in the ukrainecast studio. i'm 0lga robinson from bbc verify, also in the ukrainecast studio. i'm lyse doucet, the bbc's chief international- correspondent and i'm back. in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. and i'm steven rosenberg, the bbc�*s russia editor and i'm in moscow. thank you all forjoining us. we have had lots of questions from listeners to the global

podcast, and ukrainecast. thank you all.