| | | | | | | Hello. Donald Trump emerged as the clear winner of Monday's Iowa caucuses, kick-starting his run for the Republican nomination. My colleagues in Des Moines and Washington help us make sense of the result. We're also covering travel chaos in India and gender-based violence in Kenya. Finally keen travellers will appreciate our lesser-crowded alternative to Peru's Machu Picchu. |
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| | | | Top of the agenda | | Trump wins first step towards nomination |  | | Donald Trump hailed a 'very special night' after his win in Iowa. Credit: EPA |
| | The first contest of the US electoral marathon is over, and it wasn't close by any measure. Former President Donald Trump won the Iowa Republican caucuses by a landslide, earning more votes (51%) than his rivals combined. This had been anticipated by polls but still cements his frontrunner status to face off against Joe Biden in November. Perhaps more crucially, neither Ron DeSantis nor Nikki Haley, Mr Trump's two main challengers, emerged as a leading rival. The former earned 21% of the votes, against 19% for the latter. "The result may make Mr Trump's victory all the more potent, as his divide-and-conquer strategy is still fully in place," writes our North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher in his analysis. Both Mr DeSantis and Ms Haley say they have the momentum to challenge Mr Trump. The next election, in New Hampshire next Tuesday, will bring more clarity. In the meantime, on Wednesday, Donald Trump could be in attendance at the start of a civil trial against him in New York, before he heads to a rally in New Hampshire. | | • | One fewer candidate: Vivek Ramaswamy, the closest candidate to Mr Trump ideologically, has dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses and endorsed the former president. | | • | Listen: Our Americast team examines Mr Trump's win, joined by polling guru Frank Luntz, and Eric Trump, the son of the former president. | | • | The other side: President Joe Biden, who will almost certainly face the Republican nominee later this year, took the opportunity to fundraise on social media. Here's why an analyst thinks Mr Trump's first win might be welcome news for the president. |
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| | | | | | World headlines | | • | Strikes on Kurdistan: Iran's Revolutionary Guards have claimed to have struck what they say are Israeli "spy headquarters" in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region. The US has condemned the strikes, calling them "a reckless and imprecise set of strikes". | | • | Cyclone Belal: Authorities in Mauritius and the French Réunion island are assessing the damage after the cyclone brought torrential rain and flooding to the Indian Ocean islands. | | • | Failed heist: Prosecutors have called for two British brothers to be banned from Switzerland for five years as punishment for their role in raiding a museum of iconic Chinese Ming Dynasty artefacts. Thomas Mackintosh reports from the court in Geneva. | | • | Travel chaos: A man was arrested for slapping a pilot, while others were seen eating on the Mumbai airport tarmac as dense fog in Delhi delays hundreds of flights across India. | | • | Awards night: Succession, The Bear and Beef are among the biggest winners at the Emmy Awards. Here's the full list. Take a look at the top moments from Monday's ceremony in Los Angeles. |
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| AT THE SCENE |  Northern Kyrgyzstan | | Coming home from the Islamic State group | | Like many of its central Asian neighbours, Kyrgyzstan was a major source of recruits for IS, a UN-designated terrorist group, during its rise to prominence. The country is now repatriating some women who had joined the group's fighters. A high-security rehabilitation centre is their first step back. |  | | Eleanora Kulenbekova and Daniel Wittenberg, BBC World Service |
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| | "Welcome back to Kyrgyzstan," says Shukur Shermatov, addressing a class of 20 women. He is wearing a traditional felt cap, but there is nothing traditional about this school. It sits inside two rings of military security. The women listen to Shukur attentively as he takes them through their first lesson. The course covers citizenship, religious ethics, and anger management. Posters on the wall offer tips on how to control your emotions. |
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| | | | Beyond the headlines | | Brutal killing exposes online ‘manosphere’ |  | | The killing took place in a short-term accommodation rented online. Credit: Getty Images |
| | The recent murder of a young woman has thrown gender-based violence in Kenya under the spotlight. Comments posted online that blamed the victim for her own death have been met with a rallying cry of "STOP KILLING WOMEN" on social media, writes Danai Nesta Kupemba. | | | | |
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| | | | Something different | | Peru's 'horned fortress' | | Seeking to avoid the crowds at Machu Picchu? Head to Waqra Pukará instead. | | |
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| | | | And finally... | | Firefighters in Utah have given a masterful demonstration of how to save a dog, after the animal became trapped in a frozen lake where he went for a swim. Bob the dog was pulled to safety, but it wasn't the easiest of rescues, as the footage shows. |
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