jake at the white house something that's bringing nomia iqbal.— bringing nomia iqbal.l to supply ukraine with the bridge of supplies. he makes a point that america always makes which is they want leave ukraine vulnerable. what's he's ultimately saying is that russia has been using munitions and ukraine is thereforejustified in using them to, and russia has been using them, and his point is that these munitions, heavy and lower failure rates than the ones that serve have been used, there will not be as risky to civilians. he also made a point, i will quote you, the ukrainians are using it on their territory, to defend their territory so they are highly motivated to reduce civilian harm. he also said that they do have allies on board at he spent some time making sure that everyone would get on board in the end.— get on board in the end. nomia iqbal in washington. _ get on board in the end. nomia iqbal in washington, thank _ get on board in the end. nomia iqbal in washington, thank you _ get on board in the end. nomia iqbal in washington, thank you for - get on board in t

nomia iqbal in washington, thanks for the l iqbal in washington, thanks for the update on that story,ious threat particularly on the islands of rhodes, corfu and evie aware wildcards have been burning for days. jenny hill has the latest. up close, you can feel its power. horns honk and you can sense their panic. this was southeastern rhodes today — still burning out of control. things change here almost by the second. we were just driving down this road when these flames reared up almost out of nowhere. you can hear the crackle as they consume this pine forest, and actually, they're just trying to cut down the trees to create a fire break. chainsaw revs it feels desperate, a scramble to save the nearby village. a state of emergency has been declared. all shout across the mediterranean, fires are raging. this was portugal. firefighters and locals doing all they could do battle the flames. translation:— translation: this is not right, we've been _ translation: this is not right, we've been here _ translation: this is not right, we've been here for _ translation: this is not right, we've

straight to washington — and our correspondent nomia iqbal.ng to hear from the white house? or do to give an announcement shortly. it’s the white house? or do to give an announcement shortly. it's expected that they will — announcement shortly. it's expected that they will announce _ announcement shortly. it's expected that they will announce they - announcement shortly. it's expected that they will announce they are - that they will announce they are exporting these controversial cluster munitions to ukraine. a reminder of why they are so controversial, these can be airdropped or grounded launched, ukrainians are likely to not sin from the ground because they have the artillery provided by the americans to do that. once they are in the air, they break open and release lots of bonnets, which are effective against troops in large areas. we are talking about the size of several football fields, some of the bomblets are duds which mean they don't work and they are small and remain on the ground and get embedded, which means that civilians, as you

thank you very much for your analysis, nomia iqbal.wing what the police say was a hit and run involving a motorcycle in walsall. the crash happened shortly after seven o'clock last night. police have given this update. about 7pm last night, in turnstone road in an area of walsall, emergency services started to receive calls about a terrible accident, and what we now know is that a seven—year—old girl was knocked over by a youth on a motorbike. that motorbike and rider did not stop and carried on, leaving the girl behind. numerous calls, unfortunately the young girl did during the night succumb to her injuries and has passed away." tell me about the arrest. if the action happened about 7pm, within two hours we had made an arrest and that young person, who is only 14 years of age, a suspect at this stage and has been arrested under suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. what about the bike? yes, there's somebody out there who thinks it's acceptable to help hide the bike that killed a seven—year—old and failed to stop, being dri

they are intense, but next year is shaping up to be truly extraordinary for slight indeed, 0k, nomia iqbalwife at their home in cyprus has been cleared of her murder. david hunter was instead found guilty of manslaughter after suffocating his wife janice at their home near paphos in 2021. he maintained her death was assisted suicide and his wife, who had blood cancer, had begged him to end her misery. 0ur correspondent, fiona trott, was in court. the face of a man who feared he was spending the rest of his life in prison. now there's hope. it's a feeling he used to have back when he and janice were happy. this was the retirement they planned for — a reward after david's a0 years of working down the mine. beautiful paphos sunset. but inside their home, janice was suffering. she had blood cancer, so david killed her and tried to take his own life. daddy, just concentrate on me. daddy, you love me. you know you do. i'm yourgirl. the moments afterwards captured in an emotional video call to his daughter back in the uk. dad was making nappies for her out of towels. she had frequent accidents. m

let's go live to washington, our north american course abundant nomia iqbal is there.bal is there. what do we know? tue: date is set for iqbal is there. what do we know? tte: date is set for may the 20th and it is slap bang in the middle of the election campaign season. they puts it at the tail end of the campaign process and it is guaranteed, certainly right now, that donald trump is properly going to be the nominee. he is the clearfrontrunner for the nomination and just to remind people what this trial is about, he mentioned the classified documents and he faces counts of allegedly will holding classified documents relating to national security. he is charged alongside his aid with making false statements and conspiring to obstructjustice. he has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. just to give you his reaction, he says that the schedule is a setback for the department of justice, the ones who have brought the case forward. he says the delay gives extensive time to fight what he describes as an empty hoax. because donald trump wants the delay until after the presi

nomia iqbal reporting.nalysis around the clock and you can download our to give up on the latest stories. stay with us. hello there. there's still no end in sight to the unsettled run of weather that we're in the middle of at the moment. we had a day of sunshine and showers on thursday but we've got something wetter and windier moving in for friday. it's this area of cloud — an area of low pressure that will continue to develop, continue to strengthen through friday and saturday and will ultimately bring some strong winds across many areas with gales for some — those winds strong enough to bring some localised disruption. now, the rain from that system has already started to arrive across the south—west of the uk. there's been a bit of damp weather as well for northern ireland and western scotland, so you might see a little bit of light rain here for the next few hours. mild start to the day friday — 1a—15 degrees celsius — but it will be blustery as well with some of the strongest winds through the day acr

our correspondent nomia iqbal has been covering the un security council meeting in new york.here's been condemnation of russia's decision not to extend the grain initiative. the uk foreign secretary, james cleverly, who was heading the security council meeting, accused vladimir putin of using food as a weapon. earlier today, the un secretary general antonio guterres also expressed disappointment and condemned the decision, and issued dire warnings about the impact that it could have on many countries. russia hit back at the meeting. a spokesperson, to quote, called the west accomplices of the kyiv terrorists and they confirmed that the grain initiative won't be extended until, to quote the spokesperson, that the west meets its demands, so russia's food and fertiliser exports, they say, are being affected as a result of western sanctions, not directly, but indirectly, they say, due to restrictions on payments, logistics and insurance. in terms of what comes next, it's unsure. ukraine's grain association said it had been prepared for this to happen, for the deal to expire, so s

i spoke to our washington correspondent, nomia iqbal, who told us more about a potential announcementment at some point this afternoon by the us that it will be sending these cluster munitions as part of this latest package to ukraine. as you outlined there, it's incredibly controversial. more than 120 countries, including nato members, are against these munitions being sent. what's interesting, matthew, is that the us last use them in iraq from 2003—2006, and actually phase them out in 2016, so they've got this whole supply of these munitions ready to send it to ukraine. now, we understand that that rule was reversed under donald trump because there was also an agreement that these munitions would only be sent out if they have a low failure rate — also known as a dud rate. so, at one point, the failure rate was about 20%, then it was 6%, but we understand now it's, according to the us, 2%. we don't know the evidence for that. so, it's on that basis that they clearly feel that it's fine to send them, but as we've been hearing, it is controversial. you've got germany, as you mentioned

our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more on biden�*s message this was a very critical trip ukraine but there is some lingering doubts in europe about the extent of that commitment or any pledges made by the us because, of course, there is a presidential election next year and mr biden�*s closest rivals for now is his predecessor donald trump and donald trump could get back into the white house and we know that he was very sceptical, certainly about the nato alliance, but earlier we spoke to the pentagon press secretary pat ryder and he made the point of saying that this isn't just about america, the us is working very closely with 50 other nations to give support to ukraine so i think they are trying to emphasise that this is again more president biden always emphasising this is a global alliance. the other extraordinary thing about the trip was if you think back to five years ago, mr biden�*s predecessor donald trump was in the same site, in helsinki, effectively on the doorstep of russia but he was so different, he was standing with the russian president putin and he made

nomia iqbal is in new york. tell us more about what donald trump has been saying.s been saying. the former president — has been saying. the former president has _ has been saying. the former president has said, - has been saying. the former president has said, he - has been saying. the former president has said, he went| has been saying. the former. president has said, he went on has been saying. the former- president has said, he went on his social media networks out and said he has received a letter from the special prosecutor investigating january to six, jack smith, informing him he has to give evidence to a jury in the next few days a grand jury, and he has used the quote he often uses, calling it a political witchhunt. if he is, does face this indictment, it will be his third indictment, arguably the most serious one, because he has been accused of trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power to joe biden, who won the election in 2021. now, it's worth emphasising there is no official confirmation yet that this has happened, and this is a pattern donald trump

woes that could overshadow his standing in the 2024 elections. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqballly, nothing stops donald trump from running for the white house again. and in fact, this could probably strengthen his bid because there is some evidence, certainly amongst republican voters, that his legal problems boosts his standing amongst them. now, in this trial, trump faces 37 counts over allegations of holding classified documents relating to national security at his home in florida. he's also accused of making false statements and conspiring to obstruct justice. he denies all of this. the date itself is on 20th of may, and that is right in the middle of the election campaign, is when the primaries will have pretty much wrapped up and he is likely to be on his way to becoming the republican party's presidential nominee. but there are lots of other legal cases flying around. he's also going on trial for his first indictment. this is over allegations of falsifying business records in new york. there's a grand jury here in dc. that's imminently deciding whether to indict him over

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news conference is still ongoing, but less prostrate to washington and speak to our correspondent nomia iqbalet's cross straight. take us through what jake sullivan said. cross straight. take us through what jake sullivan said.— jake sullivan said. more or less concerned _ jake sullivan said. more or less concerned that _ jake sullivan said. more or less concerned that the _ jake sullivan said. more or less concerned that the us - jake sullivan said. more or less concerned that the us would i jake sullivan said. more or less i concerned that the us would send cluster munitions to ukraine, all of the pentagon get to confirm that. but you made the point that ukraine needs artillery and that's the core of the conflict, and it was critical for the us to supply ukraine with the supplies. the us always makes the supplies. the us always makes the point that they will not leave ukraine uncovered, they will not leave ukraine vulnerable. so, what was interesting was that essentially, his argument was that russia has been using these munitions already, and that's true. some of the ukrainians have been u

that we will support ukraine for as long as it takes — straight to washington — our correspondent nomia iqbalasons for sending cluster munitions.— reasons for sending cluster munitions. , , ., , ., , munitions. i guess there has to be iven munitions. i guess there has to be iiven the munitions. i guess there has to be given the huge _ munitions. i guess there has to be given the huge controversy - munitions. i guess there has to bei given the huge controversy around munitions. i guess there has to be l given the huge controversy around it given the huge controversy around it given that we are seeing some cracks in the coalition over it. the us cosmic view on this is simple. what was interesting just before at the pentagon briefing jake sullivan saying russia is using them so ukraine is justified saying russia is using them so ukraine isjustified in using them as well. he made the point that the ones that rush are using have a much higher, theirfailure rate is about 50% and the ones that ukraine would be getting from america, as you're pointing out, the dud rate, the failure rate is much lower

live now to washington to our correspondent, nomia iqbal.are you hearing about any possible announcement? we are exectinu possible announcement? we are expecting the — possible announcement? we are expecting the announcement - possible announcement? we are expecting the announcement at l possible announcement? we are - expecting the announcement at some point this afternoon by the us that it will send these cluster munitions as part of its latest package to ukraine. as you outlined there, it is incredibly controversial, more than 120 countries including nato members are against these musician —— munitions being sent. what is interesting is that the us last use them in iraq from 2003 until 2006, and actually faced at in 2016, so it has these supplies of munitions, ready to send to ukraine. we understand that that rule was reversed under donald trump but there is also an agreement that these munitions would only be sent out if they have a low failure rate. so at one point the failure rate was about 20%, then 6%, but we now understand according

for the latest, live now to our correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal.ying that he is innocent, he already pleaded not guilty last year when he appeared in miami court over this indictment. he hit out at the special counsel that has brought the charges. as you mentioned, he said that this will not stop him running for the presidency even if he is convicted. and constitutionally, nothing can stop him, that is the truth of it, because there are very few qualifications you need to be president. therefore, this doesn't actually stop his bid at all. we have seen how he has used these indictments to actually boost his standing, and it does work, certainly with his core base and with lots of republican voters. he is the clear frontrunner for the republican party's presidential nomination. how the general electorate views this is another matter because donald trump is facing a few trails, potentially two more indictments coming down the pipeline. we could have an extraordinary situation next year during the election campaign where donald trump is facing five tri

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