carl nasman amongst all the action, home state.gst all the action. very _ home state. carl nasman amongst all the action, very noisy _ home state. carl nasman amongst all the action, very noisy for— home state. carl nasman amongst all the action, very noisy for our- the action, very noisy for our viewers. many thanks for your time. around the world and across the uk — this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. this may look like a pleasant video of wildlife frolicking in the forest of dean, but take a closer look at this deer�*s head. the crossbow bow is entered from the side of the back of the head, sheared off and gone between the skull and the ear behind the ear. so then it's hanging out. we know the deer survived for at least three weeks because dave walker first spotted it around christmas time. he didn't get a clear photo of it back then, so he came back recently and within five minutes find the deer and took this video. deeply moved by what he'd seen, dave handed the video to police. i fe

i'm carl nasman. the world's only reigning queen says she's stepping down from the thrown. denmark's queen margrethe ii made the surprise announcement in her new year address. the 83—year—old will formally step down onjanuary 1a — that's 52 years to the day since she came to power in 1972. her son, crown prince frederik, will take her place as king of denmark, and head of the state in the country. for more on the queen's reign and what's next, the bbc�*s naomi choy smith sent this report. a surprise announcement, live on national television, during queen margrethe�*s traditional new year's address. translation: on the 14th of january 2024, _ 52 years after succeeding my beloved father, i will step down as the queen of denmark. the 83—year—old danish queen said time had taken its toll on her health and she made the decision to abdicate after undergoing back surgery in february. translation: the surgery naturally gave rise - to thinking about the future, whether the time had come to leave the responsibility to the next generation. i have decided that now is the right time. qu

live now to where all the action is happening , new hampshire. 0ur correspondent carl nasman is therel, great to have you in the programme. how is this likely to affect the race for the white house? this immediately makes it a two—person race in new hampshire, ives broken with some of it ron desantis�*s supporters, who showed up right here, expect and greet camping event with the florida governor, all of a finding out that the event is cancelled and ron desantis has dropped out. what they have been telling me is, they were a bit surprised by the timing, they expected to get the chance to vote for him on election day on tuesday, wanted to hear from for him on election day on tuesday, wanted to hearfrom him at for him on election day on tuesday, wanted to hear from him at one of the intimate gatherings that you see across the early states like new hampshire and iowa. but they also say they were are not shocked, they are aware of the polling numbers and that ron desantis was only pulling in the single digits in new hampshire, so it really was a campaign that when all in on iowa, the prev

hello, i'm carl nasman.begin the programme with a look at the future of gaza and comments between two otherwise—committed allies. us presidentjoe biden spoke with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on friday. it was their first talk in nearly a month. mr biden re—affirmed washington's commitment to a two—state solution, once the fighting in gaza had ended. mr netanyahu said this week he would not accept a palestinian state after the war. our correspondent mark lowen is injerusalem with more. netanyahu's comments are not a surprise because he has spent his entire political career opposing a palestinian state but it is about the timing. israel is under intense international pressure with almost 25,000 people killed in gaza in the offensive, according to hamas—run health ministry and this is a very public rebuttal of the biden administration, get another one. and it is being seen as israel thumbing its nose at the us and netanyahu falling back on the far right here that has propping up his government and

our reporter carl nasman is in iowa and i spoke to him a little earlier. just been at an event hosted by asa hutchinson, on the campaign trail there. what was his message, and what's the atmosphere like there, as well? i think we've gotjust a day and a half now to go before those caucuses get under way. the first vote of 202a. not long to go and as we have heard there, it is very cold in iowa. despite the temperatures, this was — this room behind me — an overflow crowd here for the former governor, asa hutchinson. a big turnout. really a good turnout for him. as we know he's not doing so well in the polls, right around i%. he said he wanted to make what he called his final arguments to thejury tonight. he touched on the situation at the us— mexico border, he talked about the fentanyl crisis, the us debt level, but really, his biggest message tonight and throughout this campaign, was about donald trump. he has consistently been one of the few candidates to attack and to criticise the former president. he said that he does not believe he is fit to hold offic

hello, i'm carl nasman. police in ecuador have ordered the evacuation of the nation's government compound over security concerns. recent violence has reportedly left at least 10 people dead as the country remains under a 60—day state of emergency, on tuesday, a group of armed men broke into a television studio and threatened staff. this is footage was recorded during a live broadcast that the armed men interrupted. the country's police force says the staff were evacuated from the studio and several suspects were later arrested. it comes just days after a convicted gang leader vanished from his prison cell sunday. it is not clear yet if the storming of the television station is linked to the prison escape, but with security rapidly deteriorating in the country, president daniel noboa signed an executive order declaring an "internal armed conflict." our south america correspondent ione wells has more. a moment of utter horror, broadcast live on television. armed men with balaclavas over theirface broke into th

hello, i'm carl nasman.amas says a blast in lebanon has left the group's deputy head, saleh al—arouri, and two commanders from its armed wing dead. the group says they were among seven killed in an explosion at its offices in a suburb of lebanon's capitol, beirut. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments. mr al—arouri was deputy chairman of the group's political wing. he was also known to be deeply involved in the group's military affairs. hamas has called his killing a terrorist act. israel has not claimed responsibility for the blast. the israeli military told the bbc it will not comment on reports in the foreign media. but an advisor to the israeli prime minister described it as a surgical strike against hamas�* leadership — not one on the lebanese state. lebanon is blaming israel, with the country's prime minister condemning the explosion. the country's foreign minister spoke to the bbc�*s radio program the world tonight: at the time when all western countries including th

hello, i'm carl nasman.republic war against us is continuing amid renewed humanitarian concerns for those living in the region. —— israel's war against hamas. the un says the bombardment has rendered the territory uninhabitable. it is from this statement, where he says gaza has become a place of death and despair. the next half—an—hour we will focus on the conflict and escalation in violence in a week where israel has laid out plans for what happens in gaza post— conflict and we will also take a look at when the end may come as international pressure continues to build on israel. and we will talk to those families with people taken in the nova festival as they visit the nova festival as they visit the place where their loved ones were abducted but first, we want to zoom in on the plight of those stuck in gaza and for that, let's bring in the programme director at human rights watch. thank you for being here to discuss what is truly becoming a humanitarian disaster and i want to start with the comments from t

hello, i'm carl nasman.arouri, and two commanders from its armed wing.

hello, i'm carl nasman.eh al—arouri, and two commanders from its armed wing. the group says they were among seven dead

carl nasman for us. called cruel and inhumane. it will be the state's second attempt to execute kenneth eugene smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher�*s wife in a hired killing. despite growing calls for a stay of execution, the state authorities say they will press ahead with the death sentence. our correspondent tom bateman reports from atmore in southern alabama. hidden in the alabama woods, the jail meant to strike fear into every convict. here, more than 160 inmates await execution. among them, the fate of one — kenneth smith — is sparking an outcry. this prison was already among the top in the us for carrying out executions. but what is planned for thursday will put it in a new league — the first in history to gas an inmate to death using nitrogen. and that, warn experts, could cause convulsions, brain damage but not death, or other catastrophic mishaps. smith has already been subjected to one failed execution by lethal injection. his supporters say trying again with an untested m

hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to this special program on the us presidential primaries.24 election season in iowa this week, the race for the republican nomination will heat up on tuesday when new hampshire voters take to the polls in the first primary of the 2024 election cycle.

hello, i'm carl nasman. people have been killed in an israeli air strike on a building in the jabalia refugee camp, in the north. images from the scene show bodies of women and children in the rubble. there's been no comment from israel. meanwhile, israeli airstrikes hit khan younis early on sunday, killing and injuring dozens. the eldest son of al jazeera's gaza bureau chief was killed in that air strike in southern gaza. this is a picture of him with his son who's on the right. there's been violence in the west bank too —

i'm carl nasman.s government compound over security concerns. recent violence has reportedly left at least ten people dead, as the country remains under a 60—day state of emergency. on tuesday, a group of armed men broke into a television studio and threatened staff. this is footage was recorded during a live broadcast that the armed men interrupted. the country's police force says the staff were evacuated from the studio and several suspects were later arrested. it comes just days after a convicted gang leader vanished from his prison cell sunday. it is not clear yet if the storming of the television station is linked to the prison escape, but with security rapidly deteroriating in the country. president daniel noboa signed an executive order

hello, i'm carl nasman.mas continues amid renewed humantarian concerns. the united nations humanitarian chief martin griffths said israel's bombardment of gaza has rendered the territory — quote — "uninhabitable". he says in a statement that:

hello, i'm carl nasman.ders from its armed wing dead. the group says they were among seven killed in an explosion at its offices in a suburb of lebanon's capitol, beirut.

i'm carl nasman. good to have you with us.d israel over the palestinians' future. us presidentjoe biden spoke with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on friday, their first talk in nearly a month. mr biden re—affirmed washington's commitment to a two—state solution, once israel ends its military

hello, i'm carl nasman.beginning of a new year, and it's almost midnight in parts of south america, including brazil's rio de janiero where thousands are packed onto copacobana beach waiting for the fireworks to start, we're just seconds away and we will bring you those live celebrations as soon as they begin. this is the latest city where 2024 will kick off. we have seen spectacular celebrations across most of europe including london where a massive show went off a year ago, a couple of hours away on the east coast in washington and new york. it sounds like we may be getting the beginning of the fireworks there. we leave you now with there. we leave you now with the beginning of the new year in rio dejaneiro. fireworks pop and crackle. a beautiful display in brazil as the strike —— clock strikes midnight in rio dejaneiro. it's tradition in brazil to wear white on new years and jump over waves 7 times after the clock hits midnight. more new year's eve celebrations later on in the programme. first i want to b

i'm carl nasman. the world's only reigning queen says she's stepping down from the thrown.new year address. the 83—year—old will formally step down onjanuary iii — that's 52 years to the day since she came to power in 1972. her son, crown prince frederik, will take her place as king of denmark, and head of the state in the country. for more on the queen's reign and what's next, the bbc�*s naomi choy smith sent this report. a surprise announcement, live on national television, during queen margrethe�*s traditional new year's address. translation: on the 14th of january 2024, _ 52 years after succeeding my beloved father, i will step down as the queen of denmark. the 83—year—old danish queen said time had taken its toll on her health and she made the decision to abdicate

earlier, i spoke with the bbc�*s carl nasman, who had been planning to cover a rally there for mr desantisou are at a restaurant. you were expecting to be at a big desantis campaign event. that's not quite how the night's gone, has it? that's not how things have gone, clearly, as you can see. i mean, this restaurant, this area where we were supposed to have the desantis campaign rally — it is empty. he never showed up. in fact, a couple of hours before this event was supposed to start, we got that announcement that ron desantis was dropping out of the race. there was some expectation that he would continue to fight on. he'd go until votes were cast on tuesday, despite what we know were some very low polling numbers here in the state of new hampshire — he was in the single digits. i've been speaking with desantis supporters who did come down, who did try to make it to this campaign event. they tell me that they are surprised at the timing, but they're not shocked that he decided to drop out. here's what one voter told me. it kind of had to be inevitable at this point because we just couldn'

earlier i spoke to our reporter carl nasman who was in new hampshire.w, the alternative to donald trump. in fact, there she is right now. shejust took the stage she is here to speak to what is really an overflow crowd. she is trying to get her voters out there to the polls tomorrow. she's trailing in the polls but she is the nearest challenger to donald trump after ron desantis dropped out yesterday. she's going to re—relying on moderate republics, not the type of voters that would be supporting donald trump. she's hoping for independent voters, not democrats, republicans, voters that are not registered by the party. she's pulling very strong with them. she's going to be making that case from the government or of new hampshire who said earlier where tired of losing, referring to republicans. they didn't do well in the last midterms. nikki haley is pitching herself as someone who can put the republicans back.— as someone who can put the republicans back. what about her policies. _ republicans back. what about her policies, issue _ republicans back. what

hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to this special program on the us presidential primaries.the race for the republican nominations will heat up on tuesday when new hampshire voters take to the polls in the first pprimary

cheering the bbc�*s carl nasman is in manchester, new hampshire.ately makes it a two—person race in new hampshire. i've been speaking with some of ron desantis�*s supporters, who showed up right here, expecting a meet and greet campaign event with the florida governor, only to find out that the event is cancelled and ron desantis has dropped out. what they have been telling me is they were a bit surprised by the timing — they expected to get the chance to vote for him on election day on tuesday, wanted to hear from him at one of these intimate gatherings that you see across the early states like new hampshire and iowa. but they also say they were are not shocked, they are aware of the polling numbers and that ron desantis was only polling in the single digits in new hampshire, so it really was a campaign that went all—in on iowa, the previous state — desantis finishing in second with a big gap from the former president donald trump, and a big gap here as well. now, as you mentioned, it is a nikki haley and donald trump vying for first place amongst

hello, i'm carl nasman.— israel's war against hamas. the un says the bombardment has rendered the territory uninhabitable. it is from this statement, where he says gaza has become a place of death and despair.

hello, i'm carl nasman. eyewitness reports from gaza say many people have been killed in an israeli air strike on a building in the jabalia refugee camp, in the north. images from the scene show bodies of women and children in the rubble. there's been no comment from israel. meanwhile, israeli airstrikes hit khan younis early on sunday, killing and injuring dozens. the eldest son of al jazeera's gaza bureau chief was killed in that air strike in southern gaza. this is a picture of him with his son who's on the right. there's been violence in the west bank too — 9 palestinians and 2 israelis were killed on sunday. the hamas—run health ministry says that almost people have been killed since the war began. speaking from qatar, the us secretary of state antony blinken said palestinians must not be put under pressure to leave gaza , and must be allowed to return to their homes once conditions allow. mr blinken is currently on a week—long diplomatic tour of the region to prevent the conflict from spreading. as we

hello, i'm carl nasman, thanks forjoining us.n margrethe ii the second made the surprise announcement in her new year address. the 83—year—old will formally step down onjanuary14 — that's 52 years to the day since she came to power in 1972. her son, crown prince frederik, will take her place as king of denmark and head of state in the country. for more on the queen's reign and what's next, the bbc�*s naomi choy smith sent this report. a surprise announcement, live on national television, during queen margrethe�*s traditional new year's address. translation: on the 14th ofjanuary 2024, 52 years | after succeeding my beloved father, i will step down as the queen of denmark.

hello, i'm carl nasman. we begin with israel's war against hamas amid renewed

hello, i�*m carl nasman.prime minister benjamin netanyahu on friday. it was their first talk in nearly a month. mr biden re—affirmed washington�*s commitment to a two—state solution, once the fighting in gaza had ended.

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the bbc�*s carl nasman is here in iowa, currently following florida governor ron desantis.how is run desantis feeling going into the caucus? he run desantis feeling going into the caucus?— the caucus? he seems to be feelin: the caucus? he seems to be feeling pretty _ the caucus? he seems to be feeling pretty good - the caucus? he seems to be feeling pretty good here - feeling pretty good here tonight at one of the final campaign stops before the caucus begins on monday. this was a packed house earlier, moments ago desantis wrapping up moments ago desantis wrapping up the campaign speech and taking questions. it was standing room only. one of the notable things about his speech was that he seemed to be a bit more critical of donald trump than he has been in the past. he told his supporters here in the room to vote for him because he has issues at heart not donald trump. he also criticised donald trump �*s record saying he did not deliver on his promises when he was in office. ron desantis held a brief press conference afterwards and i asked if this was a part of his strategy

can watch that full interview with asa hutchinson injust under an hour's time, when my colleague carl nasmanay tuned for that. presidentjoe biden is seeking to galvanise democratic voters on the issue of abortion. his campaign is expected to focus on reproductive rights throughout the 2024 campaign. a recent study led by the guttmacher institute says that the number of abortions increased in the first ten months of 2023. it estimates that there were 878,000 abortions in the formal us health system. factors contributing to the rise in abortions include people travelling across state lines to access the procedure, abortion provided via telehealth, and some states passing policies protecting abortion. here in washington on friday, anti—abortion activists gathered on the snowy national mall for the annual march for life. the rally has been held every january since 1973 — when the supreme court's roe v wade ruling guaranteed abortion access nationwide. in 2022 the supreme court overturned that decision. a short while ago i spoke with our digital reporter holly honderich— who was at the rally. wha

hello, i'm carl nasman. we begin in gaza, where israel's war against hamas continues amid renewed humantarian concerns. the united nations humanitarian chief martin griffths said israel's bombardment of gaza has rendered the territory — quote — "uninhabitable". he says in a statement that: for more on the situation in the territory, i spoke earlier to sari bashi, who's a program directorfor human rights watch. thank you for being here to discuss what is truly becoming a humanitarian disaster. and i want to start with the comments from the un official who said the gaza strip is now uninhabitable. do you agree? i do — and there is a reason for it. it's the warring parties, israel, hamas and islamichhad are flouting very basic principles of the laws of war which say you have to protect civilians. so if we look at why people in gaza don't have enough food or water, are facing life—threatening sanitation situations, it's because the israeli military has refused to abide by the obligation to ensure that civilians

my colleague carl nasman will have a special preview of the new hampshire primary, so stay tuned foratic voters on the issue of abortion. his campaign is expected to focus on reproductive rights throughout the 2024 campaign. a recent study led by the guttmacher institute says that the number of abortions increased in the first ten months of 2023 — estimating that there were 878,000 abortions in the formal us health system. factors contributing to the rise in abortions include people traveling across state lines to access the medical procedure, abortion provided via telehealth, and some states passing policies protecting the procedure. here in washington on friday, anti—abortion activists gathered on the snowy national mall for the annual �*march for life.�* the rally has been held every january since 1973 — when the suprme court's roe v. wade ruling guaranteed abortion access nationwide. a shortwhile ago i spoke with our digital reporter holly honderich who was at the rally. how does getting people out on a snowy day, what were people telling you. snowy day, what were people telling

hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to this special program on the us presidential primaries. after a freezing cold start to the 2024 election season in iowa this week, the race for the republican nomination will heat up on tuesday when new hampshire voters take to the polls in the first primary of the 2024 election cycle. tuesday's republican primary will test former president donald trump's front—runner status after his landslide victory in iowa, and former governor of south carolina nikki haley is looking to establish herself as the main rival to mr trump with a strong showing in the granite state. after finishing a close third behind ron desantis iowa, nikki haley has been making her pitch to voters. things are tough right now. you do not have to turn on the news to know how tough it is. you feel it in the grocery store, you feel it at the gas station, you feel it in your mortgage payment, your insurance payment — everything that we have to pay has gone up. it is amazing to me how joe biden can say to you, we've got a great economy. and we are supposed to believe it. it is

hello, i'm carl nasman.n with israel's war against hamas amid renewed humanitarian concerns for those living in the region. the un says the bombardment has rendered the territory uninhabitable. for more, my colleague caitriona perry spoke earlier with mara kronenfeld who is the executive director for the un's agency for palestinian refugees in the us. mara, thanks forjoining us again. can you tell us more about the current situation they're in gaza, such as your colleagues are seeing it? what's it like at the moment? gaza is a place right now, i have to say, at the moment of desperation and despair. there are tens of thousands of women and children, mostly who have been killed or injured. 70% of those killed and injured have been women and children. families are sleeping in the streets in increasingly colder temperatures. we've seen the rain and the floods there. areas where civilians have been told to relocate are coming under bombardment. the medicalfacilities in the strip are under relentless attack, unfo

our correspondent carl nasman is there for us.t and he is backing trump. that’s out and he is backing trump. that's riiht. we out and he is backing trump. that's right- we were _ out and he is backing trump. that's right. we were expecting _ out and he is backing trump. that's right. we were expecting him - out and he is backing trump. that's right. we were expecting him to - out and he is backing trump. that�*s right. we were expecting him to be here in manchester, new hampshire, for one of these meet and greet campaign events with some of his supporters in this restaurant behind us. that's not happening now. we've been speaking to some of his supporters to have been showing up. i spoke to one a couple of minutes ago who said it's disappointing, he'd been supporting desantis but anyway he isn't surprised. everyone has been aware of the polling numbers in recent days and weeks and ron desantis had been in the single digits, falling to third place behind even nikki haley here who is searching and doing much better. but this was mea