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Evacuation flights to US begin as Haiti deteriorates

3/18/2024
Dozens of US citizens have fled the chaos and violence of Haiti on a government-chartered plane. More than 10 bodies were removed on by ambulance on Monday from Petion-Ville on the outskirts of the capital. The BBC’s Will Grant reports from the port city of Cap-Haitien. Also in the programme, the Israeli military says it has taken control of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City in what it called an operation to "thwart terrorist activity"; and the Gambia considers repealing a ban on female genital mutilation. (Picture: People gather on a street where several bodies were found in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 18 March 2024. Credit: Johnson Sabin/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Duration:00:48:27

Gaza: Israel raids al-Shifa hospital

3/18/2024
Israel launches overnight raid on al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City and tells civilians to evacuate. And as aid agencies warn of imminent famine in northern Gaza, the EU's foreign policy chief says Israel bears responsibility. Also in the programme: we hear from Haiti where the security crisis continues and the US has been airlifting its citizens out; and an extreme heatwave forces schools to close in South Sudan. (IMAGE: Palestinians gather to receive aid outside an UNRWA warehouse as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City March 18, 2024 / CREDIT: Reuters / Mahmoud Issa)

Duration:00:48:09

Putin wins election with 88% of vote as expected

3/17/2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been handed a landslide victory in an election his opponents condemned as a sham. The last day of voting was marked by silent protests at polling stations. Also on the programme: We speak to the prime minister of the Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and Grenadines about the political plan for Haiti; and the Moroccan police seized more than ten tonnes of cannabis resin from a fishing boat in Agadir. (Photo: Journalists stand in front of the screen with preliminary results of the presidential elections during a briefing at the Central Election Commission in Moscow. Credit: MAXIM SHIPENKOV/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Duration:00:47:56

Haiti on the brink of disaster, aid agencies warn

3/17/2024
Aid agencies warn that the humanitarian situation in the country is deteriorating amid gang warfare and lawlessness. Police have launched an operation to wrest control of the capital from gang leader Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier. Also on the programme: history is made in Wales as Vaughan Gething is set to become the first black national leader in Europe; and part of a historic Egyptian TV and film studio goes up in smoke. (Picture: Police officers take part in an operation on the surroundings of the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince following a fire March 14, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo)

Duration:00:49:10

Protesters arrested on final day of Russian vote

3/17/2024
Around 50 protesters have been arrested in Russian cities on the final day of a vote set to confirm Vladimir Putin in office. Long queues formed outside polling stations, heeding a call to gather in protest. The call came from the wife of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died suddenly last month at a penal colony above the Arctic Circle. We hear from a member of President Putin's United Russia party. Also on the programme: One resident's story of living in Iceland's volcano zone; and how the tiny island nation of Palau sees its place among the big powers in the Pacific. (Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Credit: Sputnik/Kremlin)

Duration:00:47:35

Haitian police target top gang leader

3/16/2024
Police in Haiti are reported to have launched an operation to arrest the leader of the coalition of gangs which now control most of the capital. Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier is seen as the main instigator of the protests which forced the Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, to resign last week. We hear from a former US diplomat to Haiti. Also in the programme: People in Russia are casting their ballots on the second day of a vote; and Mad Women- a new play about three women artists, living with bipolar disorder. (File Photo: Former police officer Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier and leader of an alliance of armed groups, speaks to a news outlet on a mobile phone during a news conference, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 11, 2024. Reuters/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo)

Duration:00:47:33

Russian election begins

3/15/2024
Vladimir Putin faces no serious opposition. The election comes just a month after the death of the President's most prominent and vocal critic, Alexei Navalny, in a penal colony in Siberia. We hear from a young voter who plans to spoil her vote in protest. Also on the programme: The judge overseeing an election fraud case against Donald Trump has rejected the former president's attempt to have the chief prosecutor disqualified; and snakes on plate? Why scientists think that pythons could be a sustainable alternative to conventional livestock. (Picture: Voters in front of a mural of President Putin of Russia. Credit: EPA)

Duration:00:48:19

Polls open in Russia’s presidential election

3/15/2024
Polls open in Russia’s presidential election, but few are in doubt about the eventual result, with Vladimir Putin certain to win another six year term. Any serious challengers to the President, including anti-war candidate Boris Nadezhdin, have already been disqualified from the ballot. Also on the programme: we investigate what many are calling an epidemic of suicide among young Americans; and UNESCO recognition for Berlin's techno scene -- overdue or the kiss of death for the city's clubs? (Picture: A woman walks to cast her ballot in Rostov-on-Don March 15, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov)

Duration:00:48:11

Israel says it plans 'humanitarian islands' for Gaza displaced

3/14/2024
Israel's military says it plans to move displaced Palestinians in Gaza to what it called "humanitarian islands" in the middle of the strip, ahead of any offensive in Rafah, but critcs say they haven't offered many details on who they will operate. Also in the programme: thousands of Haitians are deported every day from the Dominican Republic despite the chaos in the former French colony; and Elon Musk’s Space X Starship goes "farther than ever". (Photo: Palestinians fleeing north Gaza due to Israel’s military offensive move southward. Credit: Reuters).

Duration:00:48:22

Russia's stage-managed election

3/14/2024
We hear how Ukrainians under Russian occupation are being forced to vote for Vladimir Putin. Also on the programme: a former hostage who was taken by Hamas on 7 October and held captive for 54 days. And, four months after the general election took place, why has Gert Wilders been unable to become Prime Minister of the Netherlands, despite winning the most votes? (Photo: President Putin of Russia in a crowd of supporters. Credit: Getty Images)

Duration:00:49:11

US House passes bill that could ban TikTok nationwide

3/13/2024
The US House of Representatives has passed a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It would give the social media giant's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, six months to sell its controlling stake or the app will be blocked in the US. Also in the programme: The UN says one of its staff has been killed in southern Gaza in an apparent Israeli airstrike, and the Korean village surrounded by one million landmines. (Photo: TikTok creators gather before a press conference to voice their opposition to the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act," on Capitol Hill in Washington US, March 12, 2024. Credit: Reuters/Craig Hudson)

Duration:00:48:17

WFP delivers aid to northern Gaza

3/13/2024
The UN says a new land route has been used to deliver food to northern Gaza for the first time in three weeks. The Israeli military said six lorries from the World Food Programme crossed via a gate in the Gaza border fence. Also in the programme: A close ally of Alexei Navalny is violently attacked in Lithuania; we will hear a rare report from inside the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea; and a rare happy ending for doctors treating a form of brain tumour in children. (Photo: Men carry bags of flour taken from an aid truck near an Israeli checkpoint in Gaza City last month. Credit: Getty Images)

Duration:00:50:14

How can Haiti's gangs be controlled?

3/12/2024
The US State Department says it expects a transitional council in Haiti to be appointed within the next 48 hours. Once established it will nominate a new prime minister to succeed Ariel Henry who announced his plans to resign on Monday. His departure had been a demand of the gangs which control much of Haiti, but even though he's now going, they're maintaining their blockade of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Much of the city remains closed, and people are running out of essential goods. We hear from residents of the capital, a former Haitian government minister, and an expert on the gangs. Also in the programme: How Ukrainian sea drones are proving a potent weapon against the Russian navy; and are Hollywood stars a good thing for London theatres and audiences? (Photo: People fleeing violence receive food outside a Haitian National Police station, following a shootout between rival gangs, in Port-au-Prince. February 12, 2024. Reuters/Ralph Tedy Erol)

Duration:00:44:47

Haiti's PM resigns as law and order collapses

3/12/2024
The prime minister of Haiti has quit, calling for a return to stability in the country -- where armed gangs have taken control. A leading aid official tells us time is short to avert a catastrophe. Also, the BBC has seen footage of doctors, nurses, and other staff at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza being mistreated and beaten when Israeli forces overran facility last month. And the global online home rental platform, Airbnb, says it is banning the use of most cameras at its properties to ensure privacy. Plus how customers and cultivators may need to change their approach to bananas. (Photo: Prime Minister of Haiti Ariel Henry. Credit: EPA)

Duration:00:49:21

Caribbean leaders hold emergency meeting on Haiti

3/11/2024
The US State Department says it's trying to expedite the deployment of a UN- backed multinational police force to Haiti where gang violence is dragging the country into anarchy. A resident of the capital, Port-au-Prince, tells us that he has a bag packed ready to flee, if the gangs show up in his neighbourhood. And we speak to Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations, who is at the Caribbean Community meeting in Jamaica, about what needs to happen to stop the violence. Also in the programme: a rare interview with a man who gave up being a farmer to become the commander of a rebel group fighting the military junta in Myanmar; and the Oscar winner who said "I wish I never made this film". (Photo: Police patrol a street after authorities extended the state of emergency amid gang violence that has threatened to bring down the government, forcing thousands to flee their homes, in Port-au-Prince. Credit: REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol)

Duration:00:48:18

Gaza war: Palestinians struggle to celebrate Ramadan

3/11/2024
There's little for Palestinians to celebrate at the start of Ramadan as fighting continues in Gaza and Israel enforces tight security around al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Also in the programme: The Princess of Wales apologises for digitally manipulating the first official photograph since her recent operation; and the airline passenger who saw others pinned to the ceiling as their plane suddenly plunged. (Photo: Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, in Rafah. Credit: Reuters)

Duration:00:50:16

Israel tightens security in Jerusalem

3/10/2024
As Palestinians prepare for Ramadan, extra police have been deployed in the Old City of Jerusalem where tens of thousands of worshippers are expected daily at the Al Aqsa mosque. And we hear about the new maritime routes planned to get aid to Gaza. Also on the programme, we speak to a nun who works with impoverished children in Haiti, amid increasing violence in the country, and we get the latest on the abduction of hundreds of school children in Nigeria by gunmen. And Oscars 2024 predictions: Who will win? (Photo: Muslim worshippers take part in the evening 'Tarawih' prayers at Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem’s Old City. Credit: Reuters/Ammar Awad)

Duration:00:48:36

Biden criticises Israel over Gaza

3/10/2024
President Biden says Benjamin Netanyahu's approach to the war in Gaza is "hurting Israel more than helping Israel" - we hear from a member of Mr Netanyahu's party. We also get the latest on plans to get aid to Gaza by sea. Also in the programme: Portugal goes to the polls in what could be a significant election; and we hear from the women DJs of Iran's underground rave scene. (IMAGE: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 9, 2024 / CREDIT: Reuters / Evelyn Hockstein)

Duration:00:49:22

Gaza: Hopes for a ceasefire and hostage deal before Ramadan

3/9/2024
US President Joe Biden says it was “looking tough” for a ceasefire agreement in Gaza by the start of Ramadan. We speak to an Israeli government spokesman, and hear about the preparations for the first shipment by sea of much needed humanitarian aid into Gaza. Also in the programme: The history and evolution of drones and their use in modern warfare; and the man competing against himself at this year’s Oscars with three nominations in the same category. (Image: Displaced Palestinians looking out from a bus window. Credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)

Duration:00:48:27

Gaza aid ship prepares to leave Cyprus

3/9/2024
A ship carrying much- needed humanitarian aid for Gaza is expected to set sail from Cyprus this weekend - we talk to someone on board. And we hear from UNRWA as Sweden follows Canada in resuming funding for the agency. Also in the programme: the governor of Nigeria's Kaduna state says at least 28 of the more than 280 children who were kidnapped from their school have managed to escape; and as violence continues in Haiti, we hear about the infamous gang leader known as Barbecue. (IMAGE: The NGO boat Open Arms, which is scheduled to depart toward Gaza with aid, docked at Larnaca harbour, Cyprus / CREDIT: EPA / Open Arms)

Duration:00:47:29