we will keep fighting for america and we will not rest until america wins! us and british warplanes have carried out a further round of strikes on houthi missile sites in yemen. the screen actors guild awards. it netted the top prize of best cast, as well as best actor for cillian murphy. hello. i'm rajini vaidyanathan. we start in the us, where donald trump has claimed victory in the south carolina primary, defeating former governor nikki haley in her home state. us media reports that mr trump won majorities of both men and women and he led among all

age groups. they add that trump ran especially well with conservatives and white evangelicals. in the early voting states, trump has already swept iowa, new hampshire and nevada. he declared his south carolina win in a victory speech just moments after polls closed. an even bigger when the wind than we anticipated. i was just informed we got double the number of votes that have ever been received in the great state of south carolina. there has never been a spirit like this and i want to say i have never seen the republican party is so unified as it is right now. we will be up here on november five now. we will be up here on novemberfive and we now. we will be up here on november five and we will look atjoe biden and we will look atjoe biden and we will look at him right in the eye. he is destroying the country. we are going to say, "joe, you are

fired! get out, joe, you are fired!" the former president's latest victory is pushing the nomination even further out of nikki haley's reach. despite this latest loss, nikki haley doubled down on her vow to keep going with the nomination race. there's never been about me or my political future. there's never been about me or my politicalfuture. —— there's never been about me or my political future. —— this has never been. we need to be joe biden in november. cheering. i don't believe donald trump can beatjoe biden. i don't believe donald trump can beat joe biden. cheering. . nearl can beat joe biden. cheering. - nearly every _ can beat joe biden. cheering. . nearly every day, _ can beat joe biden. cheering. . nearly every day, trump - . nearly every day, trump drives people _ . nearly every day, trump drives people away. - . nearly every day, trump drives people away. i'm i . nearly every day, trump. drives people away. i'm not giving up this fight when the majority of americans disapprove of both donald trump and joe biden. i'm grateful to south carolina, i always have been and always will be. and

i'm grateful that today is not the end of our story. let's speak to our reporter helena humphrey, who's following the story from charleston, south carolina. nikki haley coming off the back of a fourth straight loss. what's her message to voters tonight? taking to the stage on saturday night, nikki haley says she believes the country wants change. she says she believes she is the person to prevail over presidentjoe biden in the general election, in the presidential election. the problem is we are nine months away from that day and as of yet she is yet to rack up a victory coming off the back of four straight losses now to donald trump, this one particularly stinging in our own home state where she has twice served as governor. right now there does not appear to be a clear path forward in terms of securing the nomination but

nikki haley insists she is a woman of her word and insist she will continue to michigan and then onto super tuesday as well. i was speaking to her supporters and i asked them why they continue to despite another loss. she is an accomplished professional. she has a good sense of international issues as well as domestic issues. she has a proven track record and she will bring normalcy to america and to the world. there are many - reasons why i support nikki haley. one, she is a fighter| and she is classy and it's about time we have someone who cares about america - and puts us first and does not cause all kinds of trouble outi on the internet. how does it make you feel seeing donald trump come out tonight in first position? if we see another trump presidency, how would you feel about that? i think everything he has|

been saying really shows his true colours and it is - about time we have a woman in the white house. but despite that reaction, donald trump is getting momentum so how close is he to securing the republican party nomination this time? mathematically speaking, it is possible he could wrap up the nomination in terms of scoring enough delegates after super tuesday, potentially, in march. if you take a look at his victory speech tonight, he did not even mention nikki haley by name, instead, taking aim once again, at president biden and saying he really hoped and wished the general election was just around the corner rather than waiting for nine months because of the momentum the campaign is seeing right now but also that was not spoken out aloud but he is also facing four criminal cases right now, 91 charges against him, the first case moving forward on march 25 and nikki haley's

campaign will be watching that knowing that is probably the last chance of scoring the nomination and potentially becoming the first woman in the white house. nikki haley has always said underestimate me at your peril but the cold hard truth of this is that going into it, it was looking slim. tonight, on saturday night, it is looking razor thin. joining me now is shannon felton spence, a political strategist at the harvard think tank, the belfer center. welcome and as my colleague was saying there, it is looking razor thin for nikki haley. is there any chance she may pull out? ., ~' . , there any chance she may pull out? ., ~ ., , out? no, i think we really can take her— out? no, i think we really can take her by — out? no, i think we really can take her by her— out? no, i think we really can take her by her word. - out? no, i think we really can take her by her word. i - out? no, i think we really can take her by her word. i think. take her by her word. i think she would definitely stay in for super tuesday but the maths are getting tighter and tighter. it donald trump performs as expected she he

will have that wrapped up by mid—march and if he performs better than expected, which he did tonight, he can certainly haveit did tonight, he can certainly have it wrapped up after super tuesday where 15 states and one territory will vote. mathematically, it is looking difficult. the only thing i will say though is candidates usually exit the race when they want to make a deal with the front runnerfor a position in the administration or they run out of money, and i do not believe either of those is the case for nikki haley. i don't think there is any case you will make a deal with the future trump administration for a job and she actually out raised him, find raised him, last month that you have the money to stay as long as she wants. ., ., , ._ money to stay as long as she wants. ., ., , , ., wants. someone was saying that to me last _ wants. someone was saying that to me last week _ wants. someone was saying that to me last week on _ wants. someone was saying that to me last week on the - wants. someone was saying that to me last week on the bbc - to me last week on the bbc news, that she will stay in the race until she runs out of cash. i covered 2016 in america and one thing a strategist said to me is the longer a primary

goes on for a party, the less likely they are to secure the white house. what you make of that theory because the longer nikki haley potentially stays in the race, the more we see the fighting in republican party. the fighting in republican pa . ., , ., party. two things, one, they are pretty — party. two things, one, they are pretty unlikely _ party. two things, one, theyj are pretty unlikely already to win the general election in november because this is not typical, it is a referendum on trump. there is no—one in america who does not know how they feel about donald trump that not gaining votes, he can only potentially lose them. that becomes a message point, right? she is heading trump harder in recent links two weeks, but also she is going to start pivoting —— in recent weeks, but she is appealing to people who want change, they don't want either of these candidates, so the last woman standing is nikki haley. how that works in the 2—party

system in america, i don't really see a path for it but that is the message she is going to run with for now on. nobody wants these two candidates or a rematch of 2020. �* , , candidates or a rematch of 2020. �* ,, ., , candidates or a rematch of 2020. a, ., , , 2020. assuming donald trump is the republican — 2020. assuming donald trump is the republican nominee, - the republican nominee, briefly, who do you think at the moment he is likely to pick as his running mate? i the moment he is likely to pick as his running mate?— as his running mate? i wish i had the crystal _ as his running mate? i wish i had the crystal ball- as his running mate? i wish i had the crystal ball to - as his running mate? i wish i had the crystal ball to tell. had the crystal ball to tell you but that is certainly going to be turning to his message point. you saw tonight in the victory speech, he did not even mention nikki haley. he will start running as if he is the nominee and the media will do this vice president speculation as they were, they ran a straw paul this weekend, as to who will be his vice president, —— straw poll, we will certainly hear more about that horse race but at the moment i don't really know. there is really not a, normally pick a vice president because you need them to carry a state but he has the

republican party really locked up republican party really locked up so at this point it is really who is a good book and to him. 50 really who is a good book and to him. . , really who is a good book and to him, ., , ~' ., , really who is a good book and to him. ., , ~ ., , , to him. so many unknowns this ear. to him. so many unknowns this year- thank— to him. so many unknowns this year. thank you. _ to him. so many unknowns this year. thank you. -- _ to him. so many unknowns this year. thank you. -- bookend. i let's turn to the middle east. there are several stories we're following this hour. the israeli war cabinet has been briefed on ceasefire negotiations in paris, which are reported to have made progress. israeli media is reporting the outline of an agreement has been reached for a pause in the fighting and the release by hamas of the remaining hostages. more talks could now be scheduled in qatar. the un says increased israeli airstrikes in rafah are making aid operations there more difficult. it's paused aid deliveries to northern gaza. but the israeli army chief of staff said on a visit to gaza that there should be no let—up in the fighting, to maintain pressure on hamas. in israel, 21 people have been arrested in anti—government protests in the city of tel aviv. demonstrators were

demanding the release of the hostages and the resignation of the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. officers used water cannons to break up the demonstration. israel's main opposition leader has criticised the police for their violent suppression of the protests, calling it dangerous and anti—democratic. with me is bbc arabic�*s mohamed taha. welcome to the studio. let's talk about the talks in paris. reports that there has been some sort of breakthrough, what can you tell us? we some sort of breakthrough, what can you tell us?— can you tell us? we cannot say there is a _ can you tell us? we cannot say there is a breakthrough. - can you tell us? we cannot say there is a breakthrough. there| there is a breakthrough. there are new ideas on the table. now the talk is about having a pause inviting for a certain amount of time. during this pause there will be an exchange of israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners. we do not know the numbers, how many we are talking about, at the

moment. the long—standing position of the israeli cabinet that they will not withdraw completely from gaza and they will not discuss a permanent ceasefire with hamas. these two demands were really pressing demands were really pressing demands on hamas. on the hamas site, they wanted these two demands and the israeli side did not want this at all. that is why we saw these demonstrations in the israeli streets, demanding that, opposing fighting or a ceasefire would happen to guarantee that hostages would be released.— be released. regarding the protests. — be released. regarding the protests, these _ be released. regarding the protests, these other - be released. regarding the - protests, these other pictures, how pressure is benjamin netanyahu facing in his own country to get those hostages home? how much pressure is there on him to get some sort of truce on the table? i’m there on him to get some sort of truce on the table?- of truce on the table? i'm not sure if the —

of truce on the table? i'm not sure if the demonstrations i of truce on the table? i'm not l sure if the demonstrations have some pressure on benjamin netanyahu. we sell for more than two years demonstrations against benjamin netanyahu of corruption, of him trying to change thejudiciary corruption, of him trying to change the judiciary system and many other demonstrations. his stronghold is his right wing alliance with the right wing ministers in his cabinet, who are supporting him. as long as he is able to keep this alliance intact by making sure he is using the narrative of destroying hamas, keeping the troops in gaza and continuing the war, he will keep the cabinet intact, otherwise, it will be tricky for him. that is why we are seeing the mounting fighting in gaza. we saw

overnight 100 die from israeli shelling. we saw israeli soldiers and officers are dying. the war is continuing. and the humanitarian situation in the north and south of gaza is really deteriorating. irate is really deteriorating. we want to ask _ is really deteriorating. we want to ask you _ is really deteriorating. we want to ask you about the humanitarian situation in gaza, we must not forget that. we reporting this morning the un is saying those increasing air strikes in rafah are making the eight operations far more difficult. ., ., , eight operations far more difficult. ., ., difficult. two main points on that. israel— difficult. two main points on that. israel wants _ difficult. two main points on that. israel wants to - difficult. two main points on that. israel wants to invade l that. israel wants to invade rafah by ground forces by the beginning of the month of ramadan in two weeks time, and that will make it really difficult for more than 1 million refugees in rafah. the other point, in northern gaza at the moment, there is none whatsoever aid going to gaza and people are reporting they are dying from lack of food and

medicine, more than dying from fighting. medicine, more than dying from fiuuhtin. . ~' medicine, more than dying from fiuuhtin. ., ~ medicine, more than dying from fiuhtin_ ., ~ ., fighting. thank you for bringing _ fighting. thank you for bringing us _ fighting. thank you for| bringing us up-to-date fighting. thank you for - bringing us up-to-date on all bringing us up—to—date on all the developments there. we're also following the developing news from the pentagon. it says us and british forces have carried out strikes against18 houthi sites in yemen. it's the latestjoint operation against the houthi militia's sustained attacks on shipping in the red sea. these pictures are from overnight in sanaa, the yemen capital. you can see explosions and smoke billowing over the skyline there. the us says saturday's strikes were directed against storage facilities, drones, air defence systems, and more. earlier the uk air force released this vision, which is said to show the fighter jets used in the strikes. the iranian—backed group have been firing on commercial ships linked to israel and its allies positioned in the important red sea trading route. with more on this let's go to reporter simon jones.

tell us more about the actions taken? these latest airstrikes carried outjointly by these latest airstrikes carried out jointly by the these latest airstrikes carried outjointly by the uk and us are being described by those two both sides as necessary and proportionate. in terms of the uk involvement, it is the fourth time they have joined forces with the us. there were four raf thyphoon fighter jets involved, targeting two sites involved, targeting two sites in yemen, one close to the capital in sanaa, and the other north—west of yemen, near a military base. we know the uk said it was particularly going after drones that it says the houthis have been using to carry out reconnaissance and attacks on shipping in the red sea. the us targeted a further six sites, 18 sites in total between the uk and us and both

sides are saying they had to take action once again. firstly, to protect lives in the red sea of the shipping thatis the red sea of the shipping that is being targeted and also to ensure that shipping can carry on to ensure that business is able to get through the red sea because what we have seen in recent months is houthis have targeted 45 vessels passing through that area. what that has meant is some shipping companies have decided to reroute their loads around southern africa, and that very much adds to the cost and time, it is taking an extra ten days and that is potentially affecting the global economy.- potentially affecting the global economy. potentially affecting the rlobaleconom . ., ., potentially affecting the alobaleconom. ., ., ., , global economy. have we had any resonse global economy. have we had any resnonse from — global economy. have we had any response from the _ global economy. have we had any response from the houthis - global economy. have we had any response from the houthis from l response from the houthis from the later strikes?— the later strikes? they were clear to see _ the later strikes? they were clear to see in _ the later strikes? they were clear to see in pictures, - the later strikes? they were j clear to see in pictures, that in pictures that emerged overnight from the capital where smoke was blowing into the sky and the houthis very quickly went on television,

denouncing what had happened. they called it an escalation by the uk in the us. they said the escalation would be met with further attacks on shipping. these are being carried out by the houthis because they say they are targeting shipping linked to the uk and us because of what they see as those two countries support for israel and the ongoing conflict between hamas and israel. in response, the uk and us said they would not hesitate to carry out further strikes if necessary. i think what will be concerning to military commanders here and in washington is that they have carried out a large number of strikes over the past few weeks but that does not seem to have diminished the capability of the houthis militants to carry out attacks on shipping. potentially, we will see more strikes but it will be questioned and there will be questions about what the end goal is in this and whether potentially this may be a lead

up potentially this may be a lead up to escalation.— potentially this may be a lead up to escalation. thank you for the update — let's go back to the us, to alabama, where we've been hearing more reaction to a controversial ruling affecting ivf treatments. a reminder, last week, the state's top court ruled last week that frozen embryos have the same rights as children and people can be held liable for destroying them. at least three clinics paused ivf treatment in the wake of the ruling. on friday, the alabama attorney general said it had no intention of prosecuting fertility clinics. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more. there has been huge reaction by politicians across the country to this ruling but it's actually local lawmakers here who are under pressure by constituents to come up with a solution. republicans say will introduce a proposal that protects ivf treatments whereas democrats have put forward a bill

which effectively pauses the ruling and allows treatments to continue as before. i've been speaking to alabama house minority leader anthony daniels. i think that it's important that people across the world weigh in on this issue. that alabama has an opportunity to right this wrong, but putting the pressure on alabama so other states don't follow suit because other supreme courts may want to — other lawsuits will be filed to address this issue and we want to make certain that we are able to get the train back on track and if we are unable to do that, it will have a very wide domestic approach that is not going to be good for families and future families in america. you think that what is happening here in alabama could go beyond the state's borders? i do. it depends on the reason

we are talking about and where we are talking about but i think it could have those implications. those other countries and other places that consider themselves to be extremely conservative could follow suit. have republicans been saying anything to you behind closed doors that they are not saying publicly? absolutely, that's been the case. i've heard from at least three individuals that are in very prominent positions that have voiced their concern and they have heard from their constituents. in fact, many of the calls are coming from areas where, as you know, this process is not an affordable process and so, in many instances, many of the individuals who are making calls are from their districts, districts that have more resources than others with a higher income class and so, therefore, they are receiving these calls from their constituents and so, they are being pressured to really address the issue fairly quickly.

in the uk, the former conservative party deputy chairman lee anderson has admitted he left the prime minister with �*no option' but to take action, after he claimed the mayor of london sadiq khan was under the control of islamists. he's been suspended from his party, but has not apologised for the comments, as our political correspondent iain watson explains. he is the mp for ashfield in east midlands but lee anderson also has anotherjob as a presenter and that is where he made his controversial comments. i made his controversial comments.— made his controversial comments. , , ., comments. i believe they have not comments. i believe they have get control— comments. i believe they have got control of _ comments. i believe they have got control of sadiq _ comments. i believe they have got control of sadiq khan - comments. i believe they have got control of sadiq khan and i got control of sadiq khan and they have control of london. sadiq khan said the remarks could raise tensions in london. these comments from a conservative art is homophobic, and racist and we have seen

over the last two days confirmation that over the last few months there has been an increase of anti—muslim cases by over 330% —— islam are phobic. it pours fuel on the fire. ,, , , ., fire. supporters of lee anderson _ fire. supporters of lee anderson simply - fire. supporters of lee anderson simply say i fire. supporters of lee i anderson simply say that fire. supporters of lee - anderson simply say that he was criticising sadiq khan for not getting a grip on the pro—palestinian protests that take place regularly in london but the explanation clearly did not cut it with a man in charge of conservative party discipline, the chief whip and lee anderson did not apologise and he was suspended from parliamentary party. in a statement last night, lee anderson did not say sorry but he did say.... under david cameron, baroness fast became the first health minister to serve in the

parliament and they said that parliament and they said that parliament has become too tolerant. �* ., parliament has become too tolerant-— parliament has become too tolerant. �* ., , parliament has become too tolerant. ., , ., tolerant. before he became a member of— tolerant. before he became a member of parliament - tolerant. before he became a member of parliament are i member of parliament are consistently before then, there has been controversy about comments he has made in the party and lee anderson should have had his whip withdrawn many months ago.— have had his whip withdrawn many months ago. there's been speculation _ many months ago. there's been speculation lee _ many months ago. there's been speculation lee anderson - many months ago. there's been speculation lee anderson could | speculation lee anderson could join the ranks of the former brexit party but there has been no contact with him apparently. until last month, he was deputy chair of the party and rishi sunak says it should never have been appointed but if a suspension off into the general election, there were no longer be eligible to stand as a conservative candidate. the family of russian opposition leader alexei navalny say they do not yet know whether the russian authorities will attempt to interfere in theirfuneral arrangements. mr navalny died suddenly in prison last week. his mother had previously said the official death certificate presented to her claimed her son had died of natural causes. leaders of the g7 group have urged the russian

authorities to clarify the circumstances around navalny�*s death and to free those they've called unjustly detained prisoners. on saturday, navalny spokesperson kira yarmysh confirmed on x, formerly known as twitter, that the body had been released. oppenheimer is continuing to sweep up awards season, with their recent wins at the screen actors guild awards. cillian murphy and robert downeyjunior took home best actor and best supporting actor and the film won best cast in a motion picture. there were also prizes for the holdovers star da'vine joy randolph for best supporting actress and lily gladstone for best actress in killers of the flower moon. in the television category, the bear took out the comedy series awards and barbra streisand accepted her sag lifetime achievement award. stay with us here 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, i think, on sunday. it's going to come from this area of low pressure. now, that's going to tend to slide across towards france and that's where we'll get any mild air heading. we're still going to be in the chillier conditions and we've got a more widespread slight frost by early morning. again, the lowest temperatures, like the previous night, are going to be in north east scotland — minus five or minus six. and mist and fog patches, too, which will be a little slow to clear in the morning. but we'll see rain developing across south west england and south wales during sunday morning, and that rain develops more widely across the southeast of england during the afternoon. away from here, though, we are 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 nine degrees. it's getting windy with that rain in the south and more rain is not good news at all — 15—25 centimetres quite widely could lead to some further flooding. and the rain should clear away from south wales

and south west england on sunday night but continue in the southeast, where it's 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 northeasterly 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 southeast of england and then, with that northeasterly wind, there'll be some sunny spells for england and wales and maybe the odd shower around as well. quite windy, actually, towards the southeast, particularly in the morning — strong to gale force winds here. the winds ease a bit in the afternoon and again, we'll see typical temperatures on monday around nine celsius. so, 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 of a weather front that will bring some rain down from the northwest this time. so, we'll see some rain on tuesday across scotland and northern ireland, followed by sunshine and showers. that rain heading into england and wales. east anglia and the southeast still look like being fine and dry here but turning more cloudy. the rain will tend to 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump is one step closer

to the republican presidential nomination after a massive win over nikki haley in south carolina. the former president won his primary opponent's home state by a 20—point margin, his fourth consecutive victory. but nikki haley, has vowed to stay in the race. us and british warplanes have carried out a further round of strikes on houthi targets in yemen, the fourth such joint operation by the allies. the pentagon the said the iranian—backed group would "bear the consequences" if they did not stop their attacks on shipping in the red sea. and, oppenheimer was the big winner at the screen actors guild awards. it netted the top prize of best cast, as well as best actor for cillian murphy. and barbra streisand was presented with a lifetime achievement award in the last major ceremony before the oscars next month. now on bbc news, talking business.

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