guyana's president says that haiti's prime minister has resigned, as haiti descends into chaos. armed groups had been calling for ariel henry to step down. the muslim holy month of ramadan begins with many gazans facing starvation as food aid aboard one ship remains stalled at port. plus, the royal photo flare—up. why britain's princess of wales chose to apologize for "any confusion" over a family image she edited. hello, i'm caitriona perry. we begin with the situation in haiti, and the country's prime minister ariel henry has issued his resignation. mr henry has held the unelected role since the assassination in 2021 of the country's last president.

news of his resignation came from the guyanese president, during a high—level meeting of the caribbean community. to that end we acknowledge the resignation of prime minister ariel henry. upon the establishment of a transitional residential council. —— presidential. joining me live is harold isaac, an independent journalist based in haiti. we just heard the announcement from the guy and his president about the resignation of ariel henry. can you tell us anything more about the circumstances? it is unclear for pretty much everybody here at this point, although in the past few hours there were serious indications that resignation was imminent. prime minister ariel henry had been under tremendous pressure to resign in the past couple of

weeks after he returned from kenya on a trip to get police support. he had pledged not to resign, but at that caricom meeting earlier today, the international community had decided he should resign and be replaced in the short term by a transitional power—sharing arrangement, will that happen now? well, what we know right now is the presidential council as they call it, seven members, has been agreed upon by the caricom community and the international community but we have yet to hear directly from the prime minister ariel henry about his decision and his agreement to the terms of that transition of power. it is very late here, we have yet to have reactions about the latest developments, but we will know in the coming hours, that's for

sure. the gang leaders has said they would stop the violence if henry resigned, do we expect that to happen now? do you expect they will do that? it do you expect they will do that? , . ., , do you expect they will do that? , . . , ., that? it is unclear but we have had a reprieve _ that? it is unclear but we have had a reprieve here _ that? it is unclear but we have had a reprieve here in - that? it is unclear but we have had a reprieve here in terms i that? it is unclear but we have| had a reprieve here in terms of violent in the past 36 hours, which allowed for folks to resupply and try and gain some semblance of normality in their lives. it is unclear at this stage how the gangs will react to the news, should it be confirmed to be that. the arrival is _ confirmed to be that. the arrival is expected - confirmed to be that. the arrival is expected of - confirmed to be that. the arrival is expected of you in mandated peacekeeping force coming from kenya. is there a sense that will help the situation? it sense that will help the situation?— sense that will help the situation? . , ,., ., situation? it was part of the discussions _ situation? it was part of the discussions today, - situation? it was part of the discussions today, that - situation? it was part of the discussions today, that this| discussions today, that this mandate of the kenyan police officers that would be deployed into haiti, but again it was a

high level meeting, with several head of states and stakeholders, that were trying to define the next steps. it is still unclear when that kenyan mission would be arriving in haiti as violence has reached unprecedented levels. you mentioned _ unprecedented levels. you mentioned there _ unprecedented levels. you mentioned there has - unprecedented levels. you mentioned there has been a respite in the last number of hours, what can you tell us about the deteriorating humanitarian situation there are, how are people living at the moment?— the moment? several organisations - the moment? severall organisations including the moment? several- organisations including wfp the moment? several— organisations including wfp and unicef have raised alarm about risk of famine facing many inhabitants of porto prince especially the most vulnerable including women and children who are facing very dire consequences from the latest wave of violence that has swept the city. supplies have been affected, port facilities have

been attacked by gangs and we are cut off from the world right now is the international airport is currently shut down. what do you need their harold, currently?— currently? everything. ithink eo - le currently? everything. ithink peeple are — currently? everything. ithink people are wishing _ currently? everything. ithink people are wishing for- currently? everything. ithink people are wishing for more | people are wishing for more peace. they are running low on everything, water, oil, fuel, and you name it, all the staples, because essentially we import everything here to haiti, so the situation everybody is hoping for speedy resolution. fill" everybody is hoping for speedy resolution.— resolution. our people mostly sheltering _ resolution. our people mostly sheltering where _ resolution. our people mostly sheltering where ever - resolution. our people mostly sheltering where ever they - resolution. our people mostly| sheltering where ever they can find shelter? are they going out on the streets, what can you start —— tell us about the scene there? figs you start -- tell us about the scene there?— scene there? as of late you could see — scene there? as of late you could see people _ scene there? as of late you could see people rushing i scene there? as of late you | could see people rushing for instance to money transfer houses, trying to get some

cash, trying to go to get groceries or to the market. sadly, we have grown somewhat accustomed to disruption, and it is yet another one, but it is unclear how it ends. so people have welcomed having some peace over the last few hours. and we hope it is going to last. but will it? nobody knows, ready.— to last. but will it? nobody knows, ready. to last. but will it? nobody knows, read . ., ,, , ., . knows, ready. thank you so much for talking — knows, ready. thank you so much for talking to _ knows, ready. thank you so much for talking to us, _ knows, ready. thank you so much for talking to us, harold - knows, ready. thank you so much for talking to us, harold and - for talking to us, harold and independentjournalists based independentjournalists based in haiti. thank you for being with us on bbc news. thanks for havin: with us on bbc news. thanks for having me- _ earlier on monday, before the resignation, us secretary of state antony blinken announced $133 million to haiti. the aid includes $100 million to support an international security force bringing

the us�*s contribution to $300 million. it also includes a separate $33 million in humaniatarian assistance. mr blinken says a multinational security force is needed to stablize 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. now, all of us know that only the haitian people can, and only the haitian people should determine their own future. our central american correspondent, will grant has more. 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 nonessential 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? 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. 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 gaza and in some respects maritime sea corridors and air drops 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 by truck through the two entry points and despite pleas from israel's allies to increase the number of trucks up to 500 today as it was before the war, israel has resisted doing that, it's around 100 today. the help palestinians need, let's remember are on the brink of famine according to the un, it's within their grasp and just across the border in israel and in egypt but politics of war is keeping it farfrom 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. for his take on the comments and what comes next, i spoke earlier with walter russell mead, a scholar in us—israeli relations with the hudson institute. on that point of the ground invasion into israel. this notional deadline of the beginning of ramadan has come and gone. will we still see israel in the coming days going into rafa h ? my sense is the israelis

are not willing to escalate during ramadan and i don't think that they have a well worked up plan for what they want to do in rafah. so they are not that unhappy with the delay either. that goes along with the line we heard from the white house today when deputy president of the senate no military operation should take place in rafah it is not a credible plan. 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 some ways it is in his political interest in israel where public opinion is very hawkish to sound like he is really pushing and ready to go and forjoe biden with domestically and internationally it looks good to say i'm trying to

hold the israeli back. i'm not sure that benjamin netanyahu and biden actually, i wouldn't say they are co—ordinating this stance but i think it is one that americans and israelis have done repeatedly over the decades. we have seen the biden administration ramping up putting pressure on the pm in the recent days and weeks. particularly around the issue of going into rafah. is there a point wherejoe biden pulls back the support for israel? it's interesting that so far he has really avoided doing that. it does not look to me as if he is reaching a breaking point. yet. 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

wherejoe biden is right now. protests about america's support for israel are continuing to grow, with major events being boycotted. multiple bands and musicians have pulled out of the south by southwest festival in austin texas — citing the us army's sponsorship of the event. some us defence contractors are also participating at this year's event. belfast rap trio kneecap are the latest group to pull out of the festival. in a statement on social media site x, the band said: kneecapjoins other slated south by south west performers including lambrini girls, scowl and sprints. the festival celebrates film, comedy and music and attracts more than 300,000 people each year. 0rganisers have not commented on any of the boycotts. 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 such products 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 goods 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. the first—ever european climate risk assessment has revealed that the continent is completely unprepared for growing extremes. the european environment agency said europe is experiencing more frequent and punishing bouts of extreme weather like the devastating wildfires that swept through greece — the largest ever recorded in the eu. i spoke about this with our bbc climate specialist, and the author of the future earth newsletter — carl nasman. a wake—up report for the continent? some sobering reading here. europe is the fastest warming continent overall, heating up to twice the rate of other regions since the 1980s, this is on the frontline of climate change as well

and gives the strong warning europe is not ready for climate change, and if it does not get its act together quickly it will face a very catastrophic consequences in the not so distant future. we already know, we have seen it how global warming is already hitting the continent, we have seen the floods, one of the big things. this is germany, western europe in july 2020 one, huge floods that swept through the city centres, some areas had three months of rain in less than 2a hours, 200 people died across europe and in germany alone 30 billion euros in damage. then it is the heat, effecting the continent, we saw heatwaves last summer in greece triggering those wild fires, these went across the country, the worst wildfire season in the history of greece, tens of thousands of people had to be

evacuated, much damage, the report says southern europe especially vulnerable across the entire continent in terms of the effects of extreme temperatures. it really lays it all out here talking about the economic losses of heatwaves and floods combined, 1 trillion euros per year, the estimate by the end of the century. europe needs to do more to adapt now to effects we are seeing already and then get ready for what's to come, it is not very far away. this was a massive report, 36 different climate risks identified. talk us through some of the top lines? it tries to boil this wide—ranging report to five different areas, talks about the risks europe is facing in terms of ecosystems, affects to our health, infrastructure in places like cities, zeroed in on food and agriculture saying this is a big risk area for europe because not only those heatwaves but sporadic rains, either rains too much or too little and not at the right time, we are seeing farmers struggling and we saw those protests, tractors in the streets blocking traffic, clashing with police.

what they are saying it is not just climate change but climate policy making theirjob difficult, they can't earn enough money as farmers. they say the subsidies being taken away, some green policies making it harder on them, even when it comes to some of the recommendations of these reports for reducing emissions and moving to more sustainable agriculture that is not an easy thing to do if you are a farmer, it is important to get the farmers on board with policy, you can'tjust go without hand in hand working with the farmers. on a positive note what is europe doing to prepare? two pieces of good news, the nature restoration law coming up for vote in europe would restore 20% of land and sea by 2030, a quick action, down the line the eu green deal, 1 trillion euros of packages and reforms, net zero emissions by 2050.

thank you very much for that. and a quick reminder, to get the latest climate reporting from carl, and a weekly round up of promising solutions from the bbc�*s climate team, subscribe to the future earth newsletter. 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. 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. the policy comes in to effect at the end of april.

catherine, the princess of wales, was seen for the first time on monday after apologizing for confusion over a family photograph issued 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. the photo was the first of princess catherine to be released since abdominal surgery injanuary. 0ur correspondent daniela relph is at windsor castle with the latest. 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 was 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. and before we go, french scientists have been using x—rays to try to figure out why an 18th—century violin sounds as good as it does. the instrument in question is called �*il cannone', or �*the cannon', because of its powerful sound. it was originally made in 1743, and was the favourite of violin virtuoso niccolo paganini. the european synchrotron radiation facility scanned the instrument down to the cellular structure of its wood. they plan to make a 3d model of the violin to help understand its inner—workings, and to address any future repairs down the line. that's all from the team here in washington. i'm caitriona perry. thank you for watching. do stay with us here on bbc news. take care.

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—a0 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.

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we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. 2024 is a big year for elections worldwide. in some countries, that means political uncertainty, a whiff of change in the air, but not in russia. russians will vote for a new president in just a few days' time with zero expectation of a shift in the established order. ruthless repression of dissent has been vladimir putin's hallmark. and over the course of the last decade and more, i've spoken to the few prominent russians ready to make a stand against putinism. the list includes alexei navalny, who died in prison last month. but navalny was by no means the first putin opponent to die an untimely death.

let's start with the late boris nemtsov.