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i'm caitríona perry. one of haiti's most powerful gang leaders, also known as barbecue, says there will be civil war leading to genocide of the prime minister does not step down. u.s. says while it is not pushing for mr. henry to resign it once political transition. prime minister ariel henry is in puerto rico where his plane diverted after it was denied permission to land in haiti and the dominican republic. the dominican republic boosted security measures at its border. wednesday the united nations security council met behind closed doors to discuss political and security turmoil in haiti. the united nations humanitarian coordinator told the bbc gang members are killing and raping indiscriminately antibodies can be seen on the street of the capitol port-au-prince. there is a 72 hour state of emergency after sunday evening

when gang members attacked two prons furring thousands of inmates. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations outlined her view. >> what we asked the haitian prime minister to do is move forward on a political process that would lead to the estaishment of a presidential transitional council that will lead to elections. we think that is urgent. we think it is urgent he moves forward in that direction. and it starts the process of bringing normalcy back to the people. >> with the latest is our central american and court -- caribbean correspondent will ground. there is such pressure on prime minister henry to resign. he has not been able to return to the country. what options are open to him? >> for the time being very few.

what is to simply resign, what is being called for by the gangs lined up against him that have stormed prisons in recent days, that of attacked international -- the international airport. away from that criminal element: r his resignation there are other forces at play suggesting the only step forward know his resignation, whether they are diplomatic, internationally speaking or domestic, at home. none of this can move forward without his resignation. that is one of them. the u.s. and the state department is pushing towards more of a diplomatic solution where he would lead the transition process by stepping down along the way so there would be free and fair elections. right now with the leading gang member talking about taking the situation to civil war, to genocide if need be, we are talking about an increasingly volatile situation. >> there is great concern internationally about the

rapidly deteriorating situation. we saw the union -- the united nations security council discussing that. what is likely to have a next? what's it's tough to know. -- >> it is tough to know. for now the prime minister is stuck in puerto rico. until there is some movement on the airport to bring him back i don't think there will be resolution there. whether that is the state of emergency being suspended or ending, reopening and him being able to get back to the country. given the lines coming out of the gangs that are so definitive, that they will not accept him anyway back in the country it is hard to know how they square that particular circle. there is talk of an international force led by kenyon police ficers helping out. that still has a ways to go. it is extremely diffilt. in the middle of all this, there is still violence on the street, still looting. schools and hospitals have to close.

businesses are closed. so normal life is still far away for ordinary haitians stuck in the middle of all this. >> thousands have fled their homes in port-au-prince to escape violence. the office for the international rescue committee in haiti. he is currently in montréal after leaving haiti sunday evening. i spoke with him earlier. thank you for joining us on bbc news. you just left haiti. much of your team is still there. can you tell us, the team you are working with, what they are seeing an weather situation is like for them now? >> right now we are mainly working with local partners. the situation right now, it is very hard for them to deliver

services to a client and now they are being forced to stop services as we are speaking now. >> warning from the game leader, barbecue, that if president henry does not step down there will be a civil war leading to genocide, how real do you perceive that threat to be? >> obviously, we are working with humanitarian organizations to have a safe environment where we can deliver aid and assistance to the population of haiti right now. because, we have like 50% of the population on the brink of falling into hunger for going hungry every day right now. the situation on the ground is very dire. and, now we have gangs controlling more than 80% of the capital city. as i mentioned earlier, the situation looks very bad.

for every normal haitian, everybody living there right now. >> what can haitians do to escape the violence? obviously it is an island and on the other half the dominican republic and president said he won't let any refugees on. -- in. website of the capital city where everything is happening now, every person is under gang control now and it has been two years since we have seen those outbursts of violence on a daily basis. now, the population is trapped. as you mentioned, there is nowhere to go. so, we are hoping that we will have come alike, a solution very quickly. so, we can have a safe environment for people to go to work or school. access, to basic commodities

like food and water. mainly that is what we hope for now. >> what does absolution look like? where will it come from? >> we are counting on the international community to support, to come together to bring a solution that can work not for some of them, but all haitians right now. >> how do you stop the violence going on? do you hope for united nations mandate that would allow other countries in? >> we hope for support from the international community because the national police is completely overwhelmed right now. so, take the capital city. we can count more than 10, 12, police stations that have been completely overrun by the gangs

right now. so to take back the country coming to take back the capital city, we will definitely need any support we can get for a sense of normalcy back in the country. >> thank you for speaking to us about the situation here on bbc news. that is the head of the office for the international rescue committee in haiti. thank you for being with us. >> you for having me. >> the war in sudan to lead to the world's largest hunger crisis. after visiting a refugee camp in neighboring south sudan the head of the ws p cindy mccain said victims of the war being forgotten. the w sp and other aid agencies urge action and access to reach people facing emergency hunger. sudan's military led government will allow some aid to be levered via chat and south sudan. it blocked prior liveries after accusations of united arab emirates was using aid convoys into provide weapons for the

military rabbit support forces. >> it is an incredibly challenging situation for civilians caught in a were described as senseless bween two military forces. the national army, and, the rs f, rapid support forces that fell out in april of last year. there have been rounds of talks row grid by regional governments in the whole of africa as well as arab states and backed by western nations like the united states. still, they have not found lasting peace. >> thousands were killed during the 10 months of fighting between government forces and the opposing rs f. 8 million people have a fled their homes. more than 25 million civilians in sudan, south sudan, and chad are facing hunger and malnutrition. 90% of people enduring severe hunger in sudan are stranded in

areas difficult for aid agencies to reach. i have been speaking to the spokesman for the united nations commission on human rights. thank you for joining us on bbc news. we are almost one year from the beginning of the conflict in sudan. can you describe the situation currently there? >> the situation is one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes in the world. there are appalling human rights violations happening in sudan. 20 years ago, you will remember the world was shocked by the atrocities happening in down for. -- darfur. now, the same atrocities are happening again in darfur with very little consequence or attention from the world. so, this is a very serious situation leading to the suffering of millions of people, to 8 million people being uprooted from their homes. and also, to the possible destabilization of the entire region because it is affecting

sudan and also all of the countries surrounding it. >> there are many issues at crisis points but things are particularly serious for the 12 million or so women and girls in sudan. what is their situation like? >> we have had accounts of appalling brutality. of rape on a systematic basis. of cruel sexual torture. we have had statements from witnesses that talk about sexual slavery of women and girls. even of markets where women are bought and sold for the purpose of sexual slavery. these are accounts we have collected from refugees fleeing sudan. they are just appalling. these are one of the reasons why we are sounding the alarm. but from any point of view the situation in sudan is very

catastrophic. >> millions and millions are on the point of starvation as well. >> yes. sudan used to have a very flourishing agriculture. but, since the war started, people have not been able to farm or take their produce to the cities. so, people are not getting the food they need. insecurity, of course, is a huge concern. people cannot travel or move around. so, we are very concerned about the possibility of food insecurity increasing. we have already cases of children dying of malnutrition. compounded by diseases like the measles. so, the panorama is very very. do you think parts of the international community have forgotten about sudan and the focus has shifted to the middle east or the war in ukraine? >> there are very serious

situations elsewhere of course. the international community seems to be unable to face more than one crisis at a time. unfortunately, the number of humanitarian situations under the world is slowly -- growing. and we are seeing situations like that of sudan not getting the attention it needs. our needs for sudan this year both in the country and for refugees in neighboring countries amounts to about 98 million -- 998 million dollars u.s. and we have received less than 10% of that amount. our partner organizations are similarly underfunded and this is worrying because unlike other situations that are getting the support they neesudan seems to be forgotten. >> if you only have 10% of the funding you need to provide for the millions of people in need, what will happen? what can you do? >> we will have to make very tough decisions.

we will have to stop some of our activities. it is also to be remembered that some of the countries receiving sudan's refugees are also themselves facing huge challenges to provide for their own citizens and this situation has been worsened by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees pre-take a country like chad. where .5 million refugees from sudan have arrived. chad is one of the poorest countries in the world. yet, now it has to deal with this situation. south sudan is another country that has received a large number of people fleeing sudan. that is also a country that faces huge challenges itself. the consequence of this underfunding is that we will have to stop some of the vital programs that we are doing, like, providing health, education, food, shelter, prection to hundreds of

thousands of people. ok. we will leave it there for the moment. i'm sure we will talk about this again. william spindler horn of africa spokesperson for the united nations hcr. thank you for joining us. british and american officials say at least three people were killed and able area was struck by a missile. houthis said they carried out the attack that injured at least six people. the group has regularly attacked merchant ships in this crucial shipping cord or since the israel-hamas war again. this is the first attack to result in any guests. the attack took place 100 kilometers south of the yeni port of aden. the barbados flagship chris into true confidence was abandoned by the surviving crew and drifting. the unit -- the uk foreign secretary told a member of israel's cross party war cabinet is to do more to get aid to gaza. a political opponent of israel's

prime minister benjamin netanyahu met lord catherine in london after flying from a string of high-profile meetings in washington. in parliament tuesday the foreign secretary told lawmakers that as occupying power in gaza israel has a legal responsibility to ensure that aid reaches civilians. hunger among palestinians in gaza is at catastrophic levels. now from jerusalem, israel denies it is responsible for the dire humanitarian situation in gaza. >> israel says there is no limit to the amount of aid, food, and mecine it will allow it to gaza. about 100 trucks for the weiner getting throughout the minute. that is clearly nowhere near the amount needed by the hundreds of thousands of people trapped in gaza. that is according to aid agencies and other governments. there are examples of israel not allowing aid in. there was a convoy in the last 24 hours trying to get through

the middle area between israel and gaza going north that was held up on the border and turned around by the israeli army. there's a lot of international pressure from the americans and the british in particular to allow much more aid into the north of gaza. because according to agencies, there is a real risk of famine. children are reportedly dying from malnutrition and the key thing that would allow this all to happen is some sort of temporary peace al or truce between israel and hamas. israel at the moment is refusing to go to talks in cairo because it says hamas is not meeting its preconditions principally that hamas should supply israel with a list of the hostages that are still alive and would be released as a result of any peace agreement. but, that agreemenis not forthcoming. there are only a few days now to go before the start of ramadan. that is a self-imposed deadline for the start of any peace agreement. there is clearly a lot of

growing international concern that a peace deal will not be reached. the latest news from cairo is that there has been no progress in the talks. that is perhaps no surprise. because, israel is not there. israel in particular and hamas is coming into increasing pressure from washington and london. >> the government of qatar will send $25 million to the embattled united nations agency for palestinian aid following a meeting between the qatar prime minister and the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken in washington tuesday. the u.s. and many of its allies suspended funding in january when this agency revealed it had fired several staff members that allegedly participated in the hamas led attack on israel tovar seven. countries that paused funding are under more pressure to reverse their actions as people in gaza faced starvation and disease. at a press briefing tuesday the u.s. state department spokesperson said abided

administration supported the agency but really iterated american funding to unrwa could not resume until an investigation into terrorism is complete. an independent investigation is expected to conclude in april. ukraine's present and the greek prime minister are unharmed after a deadly russian missile strike on a city the leaders were touring. the attack hit the port city of odessa whether countries president volodymyr zelenskyy was showing the greek prime minister damage caused by war. the two leaders later visited the site of the attack. no member of their delegation was hurt. ukraine's navy says five other people were killed. here's james waterhouse. >> a press conference in the port of odesa, a place routinely hit by russia. the city itself is routinely targeted. now, the kremlin has said it carried out a precision strike on a hanger that contained

drones. so, it is not clear. we simply do not know whether the two leaders were deliberately targeted. but i think it serves as a reminder of the risks that president zelenskyy and any leader who visits him take in these times of war. now, the greek prime minister described his experience as impressive. he was quite complement rate. i think most would call it petrifying. president zelenskyy said he saw and felt the explosion. if you go on what witnesses are saying, unverified footage of the apparent explosion it seems as though we are talking about a matter of hundreds of meters. in terms of how close the missile was when it struck. president zelenskyy is no stranger to risk. he visits the front lis. where near misses might not necessarily be reported.

but, this is the first time it has been known that a missile has landed perilously close to him. this could have had a very different outcome. five people were killed. no one from either delegation, we are told. but there's shows how it cod have been catastrophic for greece, a nato member, and ukraine, a country still at war, country still being invaded by russia. >> u.s. republican presidential candidate nikki haley officially suspended her campaign the day after 15 states held primaries and caucuses on super tuesday. she only managed to win in vermont and it trailed far behind former president donald trump in other states. donald trump is now virtually assured of clinching the republican nomination for president. in her speech nikki haley congratulated trump and wished him the best, but stopped short of endorsing him. >> have always been a conservative republican and i always supported the republican nominee. on this question, as she did on

so many others, margaret thatcher, provided some good advice which he said "never just follow the crowd. always make up your own mind." now it is up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it. >> shortly after nikki haley made her announcement, outgoing senate republican leader mitch mcconnell endorsed donald trump. he wrote in a statement "it is abundantly clear that former president donald trump has earned the requisite support of republican voters to be our nominee for president of the united states. it should come as no surprise that as nominee you have my support." other important news from around the world now. protesters in mexico knocked downhe door to the country's presidential palace on wednesday protesting the disappearance of 43 students in mexico in 2014.

the group reportedly used a white pickup truck to take the door down. the president was inside giving a morning press conference. police disperse to the group with tear gas and stop them from getting into the building. boko haram fighters reportedly abducted dozens of displaced people in najarian northeastern -- nigeria's northeastern bordeaux state. it's unclear how many are missing or when they were taken. some local media reports say more than 300 people were abducted, mostly women and children. this has not been independently confirmed. over the past 15 years, islamist insurgents have carried out frequent attacks and mask abductions in northeast nigeria displacing 2 million people. the international organization for migration says 2023 was the deadliest year for migrants since records began one decade ago. more than a point 5000 people died on migration routes around the world. the united nations agency report says it is a 20% increase from 2022.

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