now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and welcome to the first unspun world of 202a. quite a momentous year, it seems, with elections for more than half the world s population. thank you forjoining me. our first question of the year is it a good idea for the americans, the british and other countries, though notably not the french, to be lobbing missiles at the houthis in yemen? the houthis don t seem to be deterred by this. and politically it s done the houthis very nicely. has taiwan s election made a chinese invasion more likely? china is going to take its time and prepare itself very, very well before it makes whatever moves it might be planning against taiwan. and the iowa caucus is donald trump now unstoppable? he cleared it with flying colours. over 50% of the vote. i mean, that is a dominating performance that tells - you that donald trump| could win this election. ever since november, from their bases in yemen, the houthi movement, which is backe
warm until paramedics arrived. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to the first unspun world of 202a. quite a momentous year, it seems, with elections for more than half the world s population. thank you forjoining me. our first question of the year is it a good idea for the americans, the british and other countries, though notably not the french, to be lobbing missiles at the houthis in yemen? the houthis don t seem to be deterred by this. and politically it s done the houthis very nicely. has taiwan s election made a chinese invasion more likely? china is going to take its time and prepare itself very, very well before it makes whatever moves it might be planning against taiwan. and the iowa caucus is donald trump now unstoppable? he cleared it- with flying colours. over 50% of the vote. i mean, that is a dominating. performance that tells you that donald trump could win this election. i ever since november, from their bases in yemen, the
can only be one winner. in his first ever interview with international media, young liu, foxconn s chairman, charts the company s survival. we hope peace and stability will be something the leader of these two countries will keep those in mind. wherever you go in taiwan, everybody knows foxconn. the company dominates things here. it s benefited from decades of a stable relationship between the us and china, but it s now caught in middle of a giant tug of war between the two sides, and is looking for that next product to help it chart its future. how it does that is what i ll be exploring in this edition of asia s tech titans. the changing of the guard at taiwan s national revolutionary martyr s momument. taiwan is an island that s always been on edge. since 1950, taiwan has been functioning as a self ruled island, but china sees it as a rebel region that must be reunited with the mainland by force if necessary. the chinese government continues to see taiwan as a core intere
britain s prime minister borisjohnson dismisses threats to his leadership as the row over lockdown parties in downing street continues. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine is urging the united nations and other international organisations to do more to rescue civilians and provide critical aid to areas under attack from russia. in particular officials say more helped is needed to get to people in the besieged southern city of mariupol. there will be a fresh attempt to establish another humanitarian corridor later. ukraine s deputy prime minister says if all goes to plan, evacuations will begin midday local time. russian forces have been trying to take full control of mariupol for several weeks. un secretary general antonio guterres is due to meet the russian president vladimir putin in moscow, before travelling on to kyiv. president zelensky claims russia is intending to invade other countries, as simonjones reports. underattack, ukraine s second city, kharkiv. russia s as
Mislaid more than half a million pieces of confidential medical correspondence, including Cancer Test Results and treatment plans. We will bring you the story. Heresjoanna in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in england and wales will hold its first Public Hearings Today, more than two and a half years after it was set up by the government. It will begin by examining the mistreatment of british children in Care Orfrom Poorfamilies who were sent to australia in the years after the second world war. The inquiry will be told that the scale of abuse they suffered was much wider than previously thought. Organisers of this years oscars say theyre still trying to work out how the ceremony ended in chaos, after the wrong film was named best picture. The hollywood musical la la land was mistakenly revealed as the winner, but during the acceptance speeches it was discovered the award should have gone to moonlight, which is a drama abo