so haitian politicians are basically defenseless if they don't have the un and basically the whole haitian economy is on the ground at the moment. so there is no other way than violence and gaining from the informal economy. today, a small group of protesters gathered on the streets of port—au—prince. they were wary of help from abroad. this is a country that has so often been let down, by history, by its own corrupt leaders, and by an international community who claimed to offer help. a prison sentence with no known end. they are still being served in jails in england and wales and they are known as ipps — imprisonment for public protection. they were scrapped in 2012 by the coalition government — yet there are still nearly 3,000 people in prison with no idea when they are going to get out. many have served longer than

the minimum tariff they were given. tonight, an amendment�*s been debated in the house of lords that would see those serving ipps resentenced — could the government be a step closer to ending them for good? let's talk to andrew morris, who pleaded guilty to false imprisonment and a threat to kill and was given an ipp sentence with a minimum tariff of one year, 254 days. welcome, andrew. you were released after six years. six. welcome, andrew. you were released after six yew-— welcome, andrew. you were released after six years-— after six years. six years could but i was after six years. six years could but i was recalled _ after six years. six years could but i was recalled very _ after six years. six years could but i was recalled very quickly - after six years. six years could but i was recalled very quickly and - i was recalled very quickly and spent about a month out of custody and was recalled for an incident that took place where i actually called the police to the incident but found myself on the wrong side of the prison walls again. i did another six and a half years before being released in 2019. the reason ou can being released in 2019. the reason you can be — being released in 2019. the reason you can be recalled, _ being released in 2019. the reason you can be recalled, and _ being released in 2019. the reason you can be recalled, and many- being released in 2019. the reason i you can be recalled, and many people on ipps are, is that when they are at the minimum tariff or after you are unlicensed and almost anything,

is that fair to say, can lead to you being recalled?— is that fair to say, can lead to you being recalled? yeah, absolutely. there are so _ being recalled? yeah, absolutely. there are so many _ being recalled? yeah, absolutely. there are so many things - being recalled? yeah, absolutely. there are so many things but - being recalled? yeah, absolutely. there are so many things but it i being recalled? yeah, absolutely. l there are so many things but it can be minor as a miscommunication around the probation appointments, not turning up, not deliberately doing so but a probation officer may be misconstruing that they have given you a date. i have been through this. you turn up another day and you find yourself getting on the wrong side of the prison wall. sometimes somebody unlicensed will commit another offence, so that would bejustified, the recall? there will be justified recalls, i don't think anyone will say that isn't the case but one of the things that's happened with the debate today and has happened for a long time since the ipp was abolished in 2012 is that universally there is a group where it hasn't been rolled out and there are people languishing in prison or in the community on licence and they are treading on eggshells. licence and they are treading on e: shells. ~ ., licence and they are treading on en shells. ~ . ., licence and they are treading on e: shells. ~ . ., ,, licence and they are treading on e: shells. ~ ., ., y., ., .,

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yeah and i think, i mean, there's a range of things that could happen. people currently in the community could have their licences terminated forthwith. i think people who are inside at the moment could have those licences, certainly the custodial element, reviewed, quite quickly. where there is a need, and i know that public protection is at the heart of this, where there is a need for psychological review, that could be done now. i was supported by my solicitor, who was fantastic, who was much —— who was much more than a solicitor, amy patel helped me in getting through the system and getting through the other side because i nearly got to that place your last guest, the mp who spoke about suicidal ideation, i was very much in that space for a period of time. ., ~' ,, much in that space for a period of time. . ~ i. ., ., time. thank you for telling our audience about _ time. thank you for telling our audience about it. _ time. thank you for telling our audience about it. we'll - time. thank you for telling our audience about it. we'll come | time. thank you for telling our - audience about it. we'll come back to it. thank you, andrew.

that's it from us tonight — i'm back tomorrow. goodnight. breaking news from around the world, 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. i did not sanitise my explanation, nor did i disparage the president unfairly. i explained to the attorney general my decision and the reasons for it. that's what i was required to do. i'm joined now by our north america correspondent, david willis. what more can you tell us? well steve, his report released last month managed to achieve the virtually impossible in the sense that it antagonized members of both parties in congress —— robert hur. that report intojoe biden�*s retention of classified documents

concluded that criminal charges were not warranted — largely because, in the words of the special council himself, mr biden was an elderly man with a poor memory. now that made joe biden absolutely livid, not least because this is an election year, and it once again raised the question of his age. he is 81, of course, and today both parties used that hearing by the housejudiciary committee to lay into robert hur — democrats accusing him of attempting to smearjoe biden in an election year, republicans arguing that the report laid clear evidence that mr biden had retained classified documents and arguing that he should indeed have been charged. now robert hurfor his part has made the point that part of his investigation was assessing whetherjoe biden willfully retained those documents — and in order to do so, he had to assess the president's mental state.

and he has denied that his report amounts to an exoneration of president biden, steve. robert hur also made pains — president biden, steve. robert hur also made pains to _ president biden, steve. robert hur also made pains to say _ president biden, steve. robert hur also made pains to say his - president biden, steve. robert hur also made pains to say his findings| also made pains to say his findings were not politically driven at all — but in this sort of climate in america, the politicisation of any report, especially one involving the president of the united states, will certainly be spun that way by both democrats and republicans. {lilli certainly be spun that way by both democrats and republicans. oh you are absolutely _ democrats and republicans. oh you are absolutely right. _ democrats and republicans. oh you are absolutely right. and _ democrats and republicans. oh you are absolutely right. and of - democrats and republicans. oh you are absolutely right. and of course, | are absolutely right. and of course, it's worth bearing in mind that donald trump has also been charged with retaining classified documents — unlike joe with retaining classified documents — unlikejoe biden, he's also charged with obstruction, in the sense that he's accused of getting in the of fbi attempts to retrieve those documents. and age, of course, will be crucial in this coming election — the election for president in november — because a recent poll has shown that nearly four out of five americans believe

thatjoe biden is too old to hold elected office again. it's worth pointing out as well that more than 50% believe the same of donald trump, who is 77 years of age. thank ou ve trump, who is 77 years of age. thank you very much. _ trump, who is 77 years of age. thank you very much, david, _ trump, who is 77 years of age. thank you very much, david, for _ trump, who is 77 years of age. thank you very much, david, for your- you very much, david, for your insight into the story. thailand is celebrating national elephant day. in 1998 the government declared 13 march a day dedicated to the conservation of its elephants. lek chailert is the founder of the "save elephant foundation". she rescues elephants that have been mistreated and looks after them at elephant nature park, in chiang mai. she told me more about why the day is important. in thailand, that is because we have both wild and captive elephants, and also elephants have helped us a lot for society, or even for the economy. the government and many animal—lovers want the elephant to get recognition.

so that's why we pushed for this day to be the thai elephants day, to bring elephant as the important. and today, the elephant is symbolic of our country. so that is why we started to have these things. i can see there's an elephantjust behind you. can you tell us a bit more about the park you're in? how many elephants are there, are they all rescued elephants? well, at elephant park, we have 125 today. we rescue them from every industry, like an industry street, begging from the tourist industry. and so we have — more than 70% is the elephant. we rescue them here to give them the better home, and also retire them from the work. and could you tell us a bit about the elephant that's right behind you? what's his story? this isjenny. jenny, we rescued from street begging.

and a car hit her on the motorway. she's injured — even today, she don't walk properly, because her back leg is damaged. and so every day now, when she walks, she can't walk properly because it's fragile of her bone. so she cannot do more like other elephants, like a teenage elephant can do. so what advice would you give tourists that are visiting thailand that may see elephants that are sort of at various tourist places, whether they're on the streets or in circuses? yeah, you know, i think we have so many things that we can entertainment can use that we can enjoy to watch them ladies, to see them act freed. and no need to go to ride them or no need to go to bring them for to enjoy from the circus.

i think is the only way that is to lock them in freedom, it's much, much better. and tell us a bit about your connection with elephants and why they're so important to you. you know, that is elephant is very, very smart and intelligent when they know that people love them, they trust. and that's it, they feel us like a family, and i feel them like a family too. so i trust them, because if people are that if i stay close to them, am i afraid or not? i think i feel safe. stay with them better than i stay beside the street, because these elephants will never do any harm. even their background, they come from abuse and they also fear for humans. but when they arrive here, they know that we give love to them, and we care for them and they trust us. so i just think our strong bond come from first. we provide them love and care. so they they receive that, and they know that. a romanian court has ruled that social media influencers,

andrew tate and his brother tristan, can be extradited to the uk, but only after the their trial in romania ends. they were detained in bucharest last night, at the request of british police over allegations of rape and human trafficking. the brothers — who face separate similar charges in romania — deny any wrongdoing. when you think of surfing, hawaii or california or even bali might spring to mind. surely not the river severn, in southwest england. well, kayakers, paddleboarders, and surfers from across the world have been drawn to the severn bore tidal wave — described as "the greatest ride on earth". it's a six—foot—high rush of water during high spring tides. phil mackie was there. this is a bucket list experience if you're a hardcore surfer. dodging each other and avoiding a mouthful of muddy water is a small price to pay for the experience of a lifetime — even if

you do get wiped out. the severn bore happens when there's a high spring tide and the wave it creates funnels upriver. i'm 67 injune, i reckon i'm the oldest boy in here. it's so rare, even the oldest hands are drawn back. it's because you're surfing the wrong wave up a river, inland, isn't it? and this is the one to do. it's great. i must go, because i'm going to miss that one. richard was on a body board, some were in kayaks... laughter ..some on surfboards. others had brought their paddle boards. it's the experience, it's the anticipation, it's, i don't know, waking up at the crack of dawn. it's like a stupid adventure and quite surreal as well. here we are, first thing in the morning, waiting for some wave to appear out of nowhere. there's nothing else like it. well, not everyone has been able to catch the waves that they wanted to, but this is one of the great sights that you can see in this country, and the first daytime five—star bore on the severn for a long time.

thousands lined every available viewing point, including lots of first—timers. i really like when the surfers go on it and it carries them down the river. one day, will that be you? no! laughter there's even time to ride the bore more than once. the river is windy but the road is straight, so you can drive a few miles up river, get back out of the car and back into the water. there were hazards aplenty. gilles, who is on the blue board, had come all the way from canada. it's just one of those natural phenomenons. it's kind of like last shot in the game, too — you get one chance at it and then that's it. and howard and nick's second ride was a success. it got up really quite steep and i said, "this is going to be great," and then itjust picked up high and threw me straight off. it's the biggest i've seen it. five—star, then? i'd say so, yeah. now, it's going to be board back on the roof and back in the car. and off they went for a third time. phil mackie, bbc news,

gloucestershire. it does look cold, doesn't it? the 0liviers are the most presitious awards event in uk theatre — and this year, hollywood stars are leading the nominations. nicole scherzinger, sarah snook, and sarahjessica parker have all been recognised for their performances this year. the hit musical sunset boulevard scooped 11 nods, including scherzinger for best actress in a musical, and tom francis for best actor in a musical. and dear england — james graham's play about england manager gareth southgate — has nine, withjoseph fiennes receiving his first. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. after a very wet february, the rain has continued to fall during march,

particularly across southeast england. here, it's been much wetter than average. we've seen two inches of rain, 50 millimetres in some places — and that's more than the average march rainfall, and we're not even halfway through yet. it is looking a bit drier for the southeast in the next few days, but there is rain elsewhere. and we'll see a spell of milder conditions in the next few days — that's because the air is coming all the way from a long way south, up across the uk. in between these two weather fronts here — and it's this second one here that's focusing the rain as we head into wednesday. now that is stumbling its way across scotland and northern ireland, heading into northern england and north wales. there'll be some sunshine following to the north, but the winds picking up, bringing some gales in northern scotland and some showers. and for england and wales, there's going to be a lot of cloud again. still some damp, drizzly, low cloud across the western coast and hills. further east, with the brighter skies, temperatures could reach 15 celsius, and we'll be double figures

in scotland and northern ireland. now, that area of low pressure bringing that windy weather in northern scotland is going to pull away overnight, so things do calm down. and those weather front start to move northwards, back into scotland and northern ireland. here, it will be a little bit chilly first thing on thursday morning, but again, a very mild start for the rest of the uk. we've got that rain moving northwards into scotland and northern ireland. some sunshine for the north of the country, but we will see further showers coming into wales, western parts of england, some eastern areas of england, and particularly southeast england and east anglia may well be dry. and we should get a bit of sunshine here, so 16—17 celsius not out of the question. things are a little cooler still across scotland and northern ireland. that weather front, then, does move northwards, taking rain across more of scotland. the low pressure then driving that system sits across the uk. that weather front will be out of the way for friday. things will be turning a little bit cooler. windy weather actually through the english channel, and we'll see showers coming into england and wales —

some of these could be heavy and thundery. bit of snow over the scottish mountains, otherwise it's rain, sinking southwards here, a northerly wind pushing down — that'll introduce cooler air. but we still could see 13 celsius across some southeastern areas to end the week.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. 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 injust 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.