to discuss haiti's state of emergency, as armed groups pledge to overthrow the country's unelected prime minister. the muslim holy month of ramadan begins with many gazans confronting starvation, as food aid aboard one ship remains stalled at port. and the princess of wales apologies for "any confusion" after a photo she says she edited was pulled by five media agencies. hello i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. us secretary of state antony blinken announced $133 million to haiti on monday as the country continues to grapple with violence. the announcement comes after mr blinken met with regional leaders injamaica to discuss the crisis in haiti. gangs now control most of the capital city, port—au—prince.

they demand prime minister ariel henry resign. he's in puerto rico and unable to return home. the aid includes $100 million to support an international security the us's contribution to $300 also includes a separate $33 million in humanitarian assistance. mr blinken says a multinational security force is needed to stabilize the country. what we've seen in recent days again should remind us that the already—challenging and difficult security situation has now deteriorated even further, and makes the multinational support mission even more important than ever. the united nations security council now, all of us know that only the haitian people can, and only the haitian people should determine their own future. on sunday, the us military increased security at the american embassy and evacuated some staff. the eu and other countries are also evacuating their citizens. our central american correspondent, will grant has

more on the violence. and a warning, his report contains images you may find distressing. haiti is in freefall towards total anarchy. the past few days have seen a relentless escalation of violence as gunmen roam the streets, firing on police and attacking government buildings. the situation was already at breaking point. gangs opposed to the country's unelected prime minister, ariel henry, have rained bullets on the international airport, closing it down. when he attempted to return to haiti last week, his plane was turned away. in his absence, gangs now control more than 80% of the capital. police stations a particular target. haiti's main gang leaderjimmy "barbecue" cherizier says he's prepared to take country to civil war unless mr henry resigns. there are growing fears of an exodus.

millions of haitians now face famine. a humanitarian emergency on top of the breakdown in law and order. a lucky few did manage to get out. us military personnel airlifted its non—essential embassy staff to safety. meanwhile, the situation in the general hospital in port—au—prince is especially dire. a dead body lies near patients waiting in vain for treatment, rapidly decomposing in the caribbean heat. except for the patients, the hospital is abandoned. "there are no doctors, they all fled "last week," said this patient. "we hear the explosions and gunfire "outside but we must have courage and stay here." others have no choice but to take their chances amid the violence and chaos. translation: i've got three kids, - i'm their mother and theirfather. gunmen came here and stole all our money but when you have three mouths to feed, what can you do?

translation: the anxiety is killing me. _ what if i get shot dead? who will take care of my children then? with no sign of an end to the crisis in sight, regional leaders and the us secretary of state have met injamaica for an emergency summit. on this evidence though, haiti is now perilously close to becoming a failed state. will grant, bbc news. joining me live is robert fattonjunior, professor of government and foreign affairs at the university of virginia. thank you forjoining us. that meant there is a much in recent years. how critical a moment is this for haiti? this is really as critical as it can get. the government has essentially disappeared, the prime minister ariel henry is stranded in puerto rico and will be here now is the

international community has essentially decided that he should resign and as a proposal for presidential college composed of different put a call factions. those factions comprising, they are alleged the presidential college. would comprise most political forces except those who are involved in crimes, that would mean obviously the armed and it is. this is a real problem because we established peace so that new government if it does come to the four you would need order in haiti and that's why there is an emphasis on this nation that was authorised by the united nations with the arrival of officers and some officers also from them and other caribbean countries. the

question is whether the contingent will be large enough and powerful enough to control the gangs. they don't speak french, let alone they will confront a bunch of armed bandits are really much better than they used to be have better weapons and is difficult to see how they will confront the raid that they don't know. just to jump in there, what do you think ariel henry should do, there is an agreement for this transitional government, the nurses want to resign but he can't even get to the country?— he can't even get to the count ? , , ., country? -- the ministers. i do know that _ country? -- the ministers. i do know that the _ country? -- the ministers. i do know that the community - country? -- the ministers. i do| know that the community wants him back in haiti. i was listening to the meeting as conference and they are presented and essentially said like ariel henry, but the

moment what you can hope is it is not going to spend his time in a sale abroad. that to me is a clear sign that the international community has essentially dropped him. he may perhaps go back to haiti but it's difficult to see what role he will play because the presidential council is something that he proposed vehemently until recently. even if it was to come back i don't think you would if it be part of the council.— think you would if it be part of the council. what about the ve real of the council. what about the very real humanitarian - of the council. what about the very real humanitarian crisis . very real humanitarian crisis thatis very real humanitarian crisis that is developing in haiti at the moment, what can the international community to about that in the short term given the level of violence? it's notjust the level of violence, it is essentially to get to haiti because the airport has been closed internationally, fights have been cancelled. gangs have surrounded the international airport and it has controlled so far by the haiti police and

some members of the armed forces. it is complicated to get the food to those who need it. it's not only food you need but medicine, there's plenty of people as you can see in video who are in the streets, it is estimated something like more than 300,000 people are internal refugees because of the violence and turf wars that the violence and turf wars that the gangs are having for the past two years. it's a really amazing and complicated and exceedingly painful situation, especially for those people who have neither home norfood nor medicine at their disposal. haw medicine at their disposal. how lona do medicine at their disposal. how long do you _ medicine at their disposal. how long do you think— medicine at their disposal. how long do you think the haiti police can keep whatever bit of control they still have remaining?— control they still have remaining? control they still have remainin? . , remaining? that is also very difficult to — remaining? that is also very difficult to say. _ remaining? that is also very difficult to say. what - remaining? that is also very difficult to say. what was i difficult to say. what was surprising in the last 48 hours orso

surprising in the last 48 hours or so was at one point the armed bandits surrounded the national palace and many people in haiti assumed the national palace would fall. in fact the police has been able to resist and establish the security parameters so it may be that there is more time but i don't know how long, it is clearly evident that the police is running out of time and needs some support if it is in fact to challenge the supremacy of the armed bandits. we to challenge the supremacy of the armed bandits.— the armed bandits. we will leave it there _ the armed bandits. we will leave it there for _ the armed bandits. we will leave it there for the - the armed bandits. we will i leave it there for the moment and we will be talking about this again no doubt. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. thank you very much. a ship that was supposed to set sail from cyprus to gaza over the weekend with 200 tonnes of food has yet to leave its port. the spanish ship will be the first to sail along a humanitarian marine corridor announced by the eu, the us, the uk, cyprus and the uae.

the reason for the delay was unclear. it marks another setback to international aid delivery to gaza as the un reports hundreds of thousands face famine. the bbc�*s quentin sommerville reports from cyprus. there is no functioning port in gaza. the israeli offensive, the bombardment has devastated infrastructure there, so there is nowhere for this aid to land. so the charity involved, world central kitchen, has hired heavy lifting equipment, is moving huge boulders, and is building its own pier, its own jetty out into the mediterranean to get ready to receive aid. the problem is that thatjetty may not be ready yet. thejourney from larnaca, where i am now, to gaza, it usually takes about 15 hours, but is is expected to take this boat and the barge it is towing about 50 hours, much longer because of the cargo and the nature of the vessel.

it's a tiny drop in terms of geyser and in some respects maritime see corridors and edge shops are not the way to get the humanitarian aid that gaza needs so urgently to the people of gaza. the reality is the quickest way to do that is my truck through the to entry points and despite pleas from israel's allies to increase the number of trucks down to 500 today as it was before the war, israel has resisted doing that, it's around 100 today. the help palestinians need, they lets remember on the brink of famine according to the un, it's within their grasp and just across the board in israel and in egypt but politics of war is keeping it far from them. the united states has airdropped another 27,000 meals and about 26,000 bottles of water to northern gaza. but, as you heard, aid groups have described these operations

as a drop in the bucket. meanwhile, thousands in the southern city of rafah marked the start of ramadan from tents. without the protection of a ceasefire, they instead face the prospect of israel escalating its war on hamas during the muslim holy month. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said on sunday he's still committed to sending ground troops into rafah, where an estimated 1.5 million palestinians are living. more than a million are internally displaced refugees, according to the un. mr netanyahu and us president biden indirectly sparred over the issue this weekend, after mr biden called a ground invasion of rafah a "red line". the prime minister said his red line is preventing another attack on israel by hamas. with me is walter russell mead, scholar in us—israeli relations with the hudson institute, a professor at bard college in new york, and columnist for the wall street journal. thank you being with us. on

that point of the ground invasion into israel. this notional deadline of the beginning of ramadan has come and gone. we still see israel in the coming days going into rafah? mo; in the coming days going into rafah? ~ , , , in the coming days going into rafah? y , , , in the coming days going into rafah? g , , , ,., rafah? my sense is the israeli is not willing _ rafah? my sense is the israeli is not willing to _ rafah? my sense is the israeli is not willing to enter- rafah? my sense is the israeli is not willing to enter into - is not willing to enter into robert auld and i don't think that a well worked up later what they want to do so they are not that unhappy with the delay either. are not that unhappy with the delay either-— delay either. that goes along with the one _ delay either. that goes along with the one we _ delay either. that goes along with the one we heard - delay either. that goes along with the one we heard from l delay either. that goes along l with the one we heard from the white house today whether deputy president of the senate no military operation should take place in rafah it is not a credible land. to take out the setting and security needs of the civilians sheltering there and we haven't seen such plans. benjamin netanyahu has been talking about this for many weeks now? in talking about this for many weeks now?— talking about this for many weeks now? ,., ._ , , weeks now? in some ways it is in his political— weeks now? in some ways it is in his political interest - weeks now? in some ways it is in his political interest in - in his political interest in israel where a big opinion is very hawkish to sound like he is really pushing and ready to

go and forjoe biden with domestic leak and internationally it looks good to say i'm trying to hold the israeli act. i'm not sure that benjamin netanyahu actually, i would save our co—ordinating this stance but i think it is one that americans and israelis have done repeatedly over the decades. we have done repeatedly over the decades. ~ , �* decades. we see in the biden administration _ decades. we see in the biden administration wrapping up i decades. we see in the biden. administration wrapping up the putting pressure on the premise in the recent days and weeks. particularly around the issue of going into rafah. does that, point wherejoe biden pulls back the support for israel? it's interesting that so far he has really avoided doing up. it does not look to me as if he is reaching a breaking point. yep. i look at the polls in the us and joe biden�*s position seems to be pretty well aligned with generally the balance of public

opinion here and that is a feeling of wanting and sympathising with israel's desire to get rid of hamas but also sympathising with the plight of civilians and that is where joe plight of civilians and that is wherejoe biden is right now. how difficult a line is it for him to walk while still preserving a long relationship with israel and not damaging that into the future? i with israel and not damaging that into the future?- that into the future? i would sa so that into the future? i would say so far — that into the future? i would say so far he _ that into the future? i would say so far he has _ that into the future? i would say so far he has managed l that into the future? i would i say so far he has managed that reasonably well. american presidents have had fights with israeli governments for a long time and every relationship is contentious, israeli politics are incredibly contentious. when i read today that there were stories the biden administration was looking for ways to be out of power it reminds me of things i'd read in the clinton administration trying to get rid of bp or moving him out of the way would

make things simpler in their peace negotiations. a lot of this is deja vu i think.- this is deja vu i think. how damaging _ this is deja vu i think. how damaging is _ this is deja vu i think. how damaging is it _ this is deja vu i think. how damaging is it internationally to the us? there's a lot of international support for the people of palestine, those innocent civilians suffering, the images we see of babies and small children starving to death? it small children starving to death? , ., death? it is... ithink... it is one _ death? it is... ithink... it is one of. _ death? it is... ithink... it is one of, it _ death? it is... ithink... it is one of, it is _ death? it is... ithink... it is one of, it is hard - death? it is... ithink... it is one of, it is hard and i i is one of, it is hard and i have friends with family in gaza and i have been there myself. it's hard to look up. and to think about. at the same time in the united states, this is not the first time in this very long and bitter conflict that we have seen it erupt and we have seen deep emotional reaction, a lot of political fights and yet the conflict comes to an end, the world moves on. it has been

interesting i think in this particular version that many of the arab governments that have quietly, certainly not happy about what is happening to the civilians in gaza are actually having a view closer to angevin that yahoo about what should happen to hamas —— close to benjamin netanyahu. the less, this lack of arab pressure in europe in particular has been one of the reasons why european governments have been slower this time to react as strongly as they have in the past. we will wait to _ as they have in the past. we will wait to see _ as they have in the past. we will wait to see what happens next, thank you so much for joining us with your insights. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some top stories in the uk. the price of bitcoin has soared above $72,000 after uk

regulators approved the launch of crypto—backed exchange—traded notes. that comes after a similar decision in the us. however, the new funds will only be available to professional investors. officials say the ban on crypto exchange—traded notes for retail investors will stay in place, calling them ill suited for general trading. the former conservative party deputy chairman lee anderson has defected to the reform uk party. anderson was suspended from his role after refusing to apologise for claims that islamists had "control" of london mayor sadiq khan. anderson becomes reform uk's first—ever mp. nigel farage set up the right—wing populist party in 2018 as the brexit party, but it was renamed in 2020. the office for national statistics added vinyl music sales to the basket of good that they use to calculate inflation. that's due in part by the soaring success of taylor swift album sales.

you're live with bbc news. catherine, the princess of wales has apologized for an edited family photograph released by kensington palace over the weekend. five picture agencies withdrew the image, over concerns it had been manipulated. kensington palace says the original photo, will not be released. in the statement, catherine said, "like many amateur "photographers, i do occasionally experiment "with editing. "i wanted to express for any confusion the family photograph "we shared yesterday caused." the photo was the first of catherine to be released since abdominal surgery injanuary. our correspondent daniela relph has more from windsor castle. very nice to see you guys. the prince of wales this evening at an event related to his earth shot environmental project in london. at the end of a day filled with unexpected twists and turns. prince william took this photo of his wife and children

that were supposed to reassure, to calm the more outlandish rumours about the princess's condition. but its publication has done the opposite. today, the princess was seen with her husband, being driven from windsor. kensington palace said she had a private appointment. last night, the first of five news agencies issued dramatically—worded "kill notices", withdrawing the picture of the princess and her children, due to what the agencies said were "inconsistencies" in the image. then this morning, a social media post from the princess of wales herself, where she admitted she had made cosmetic changes to the picture. she said... have you got a favourite shot? photography is a passion for the princess of wales, reflected in some of her public engagements.

and over the years, she has released many of her own pictures with little fuss. but times are different now. the clamourfor information on her current condition remains intense, and it's fuelled the questions about the photo. they've misled the public by putting an image out there that was manipulated, and it's going to fuel a whole load of speculation and conspiracy about kate and her health. at the commonwealth day service at the abbey, it was business as usual. but the royal party was depleted due to the current health problems. the absent king recorded a video message, played to the congregation. in recent weeks, i have been most deeply touched by your wonderfully kind and thoughtful good wishes for my health and, in return, can only continue to serve you to the best of my ability throughout the commonwealth. it's been a challenging few weeks

for the royal family — and the photo controversy has fed the debate over whether we can trust what the palaces tell the public. i wouldn't say it's a trust issue, i haven't heard that. i mean, the princess of wales is an accomplished photographer. she said she edits photographs. she might have been editing family photographs, you know, all the time, for all we know. a photo altered by a princess. her team say she was doing what many others do — trying to make herfamily look as good as possible in a picture. daniela relph, bbc news, windsor. let's turn to some important news around the world. a former boeing employee who had raised concerns about the company's production standards has been found dead in the us. john barnett had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against boeing in the days before his death. a coroner said the 62—year—old had died from a "self—inflicted" wound.

police are investigating. at least 50 people were hurt aboard a latam flight from australia to new zealand after the plane dropped unexpectedly midflight. 12 people were hospitalized after the boeing 787 landed in auckland. some passengers suffered apparent head injuries. the airline blamed the drop on a technical event but hasn't offered any more details. aianb says it will ban most indoor security cameras at the properties it lists. it follows complaints they've been found in areas where a guest would expect privacy. they'd been allowed in common areas such as hallways and living rooms, if clearly visible and listed in the property description. there's new concerns about sub—antarctic penguins, after some tested positive for bird flu. our rebecca morelle examines the threat to hundreds of thousands of penguins in the island of south georgia. they come to the islands

of south georgia to nest and raise their chicks. gentoo penguins are a vital part of a wildlife haven. but now avian flu has arrived and five gentoos have tested positive. five more cases have been detected in a separate king penguin colony, too. it's the first time this deadly virus has been confirmed in penguins in the sub—antarctic. south georgia is a spectacular island. there are so many unique concentrations of wildlife, most of which are globally important. so if bird flu were to take ahold and cause very high mortalities across the island, it would would be of conservation concern. scientists think migratory birds — skuas and giant petrels — brought avian flu from south america. but these birds also migrate to antarctica, and the fear is they'll carry the virus to this pristine wilderness and infect more species there. like emperor penguins — already under threat from climate change as the sea ice vanishes. but there are still many unknowns about how the virus

will spread. penguins do form colonies and live in very close proximity to each other so that in itself would lend itself to the idea that they might spread the virus rapidly between each other. but we don't know how susceptible penguins are. we know that there have been die—offs in penguins, but we don't know how easily the virus can get into different penguin species. avian flu has already devastated wild birds around the world, including tens of thousands in the uk. it's crossing over into mammals too. with a virus so widespread, it's been a question of when, not if, it would arrive in the south polar region. so far, it's only had a small impact on the penguins there, but scientists will be monitoring the colonies closely. rebecca morelle, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. you can start today with all the news on the website. thank you for watching. hello there. we've still got significant

problems with a lot of ground water lying around across the southern half of the uk. there are numerous flood warnings out for that, and as well as some large waves around southern western coast. the warnings are all on the website, but we are in for more rain. it's already been moving in through the evening and overnight across the western part of the uk. this is for the rest of the week — you can see the rainfall totals amounting to perhaps 30—40 millimetres again, for many parts. this is the current arm of cloud that's moving in the next area of low pressure, which will give some wet weather through the remainder of the night and into the start of our tuesday morning. perhaps a little bit of mist and fog in central and eastern areas, a bit chilly here, touch of frost in the north — but this is the main story, really quite wet through the rush hour across parts of northern ireland, initially across wales and southern and central england, moving towards the south—east, as well. so it could be quite nasty — hazardous driving conditions, lots of spray and standing water around. that main pulse of rain for many of us lasting 3—4 hours before starting to move out the way,

but we will be left with a legacy of cloud following on behind. quite a bit of that even to the north of the front, across scotland, perhaps some brightness in the far north. still quite a keen southeasterly breeze here, but for most of us, it's a south—westerly, brisker wind — and it's milder, 13—14 celsius, because we're in a warm sector. and as we go through the night, we'll see this low pressure gathering forces and becoming closer to the north, bringing windier weather and wetter weather, as well, as it sinks southwards. so, by wednesday, we think sitting as a slow—moving band of rain, parts of northern ireland, northern england, north wales, as well. showers following on behind — a bit chilly, wintry over the hills — but the main story is again, yet more rain, perhaps not arriving into the south and the east until later on. in fact, it mayjust lift northwards then as we go into thursday. still, as you can see, a lot of wet weather in the forecast for the coming week, but milder as we pick up that southerly or south—westerly wind. 15—16 if we see some breaks in the cloud as we head towards thursday.

and that's, as i say, because of our wind direction coming in off the atlantic for much of last week, we had the chilly wind coming in off the north sea. so it really does make a difference, our wind direction — but coming in from the south and west over the atlantic, it does mean we'll see more rain. as i've said, the warnings are online.

a $1 billion boost for the philippines from american companies as commerce secretary gina raimondo begins a visit to manila. plus, mongolia's coding girls — the project that's breaking gender stereotypes and shoring up the number of women going into tech. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. we begin in the philippines, where the us commerce secretary gina raimond has said american companies are set to announce investments amounting to more than $1 billion. raimondo is heading a two—day trade and investment mission, the first of its kind for the southeast asian nation. her delegation includes executives from 22 companies including united airlines, alphabet, visa and microsoft. just look at the many american companies that provide employment and professional development for thousands of filipinos, putting them on a path to higher paying jobs.