james landale has the latest.etting worse. in the capital, port—au—prince, people ran for their lives as what law and order there was broke down. thousands have fled their homes. powerful armed gangs already control much of the city, but yesterday they overran two prisons, freeing — its estimated — about 4,000 inmates. some stayed behind to avoid the shooting. translation: the riot in the prison put our lives at risk. _ we hid because there was a lot of firing. we were afraid for our lives. the government declared a state of emergency in the capital, with curfews in place, but they may be hard to enforce. the gangs, which so often fight each other, have come together to try to oust the prime minister, ariel henry. he was in nairobi trying to persuade kenya's president to send him police officers as part of a un security force. he is thought to be returning to haiti now. but a notorious gang leader known as "barbeque" said the armed groups were united against the prime minister. translation: we ask - the haitian na

james landale, bbc news.d isaac, an independentjournalist on the ground in haiti to get the latest from port—au—prince. hardold, thank you forjoining us. parts of haiti under a state of emergency. gangs now control large parts of the capital city. can you just describe for us what life feels like right now in haiti? well, a bit suspended. since thursday, folks expected the week to be disrupted, but now we're a state of emergency and a curfew that is in effect right now. do you feel safe there? do people feel safe? well, it's a chequered reality, it's a chequered life. you need to figure out your commute, where you're going, how you're going, how you're coming back. you always need to be on the lookout. and try to stay put as much as possible. but, in reality, you are either in a situation where you are exposed to the direct reality, or you may be at risk of being exposed to the reality. we're hearing that gang leaders are calling for prime minister ariel henry to stand down. how stable do you think his positi

james landale, bbc news.on pounds by the european union for breaking competition laws over music streaming. the ruling said the company had abused its dominant position in the market for a decade and it was ordered to remove all the restrictions. apple has said it will appeal against the decision. police in manchester say an officer who dragged a rough sleeper along the ground, before treading on his stomach, behaved in an unacceptable manner. bbc news has been passed video of the incident, which a homeless charity has described as appalling. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the details — and just to warn you, his report contains some distressing footage from the start. early morning outside manchester town hall. a rough sleeper is dragged into the street by police... ..before this happens. the man, a refugee from sudan who wants to remain anonymous, says he was injured by the officer. "i was telling her i need to sleep, so she stamped on my "stomach with her foot. "it caused me problems.

james landale has the latest. capital, port—au—prince, people ran for their lives as what law and order there was broke down. thousands have fled their homes. powerful armed gangs already control much of the city, but yesterday they overran two prisons, freeing — it's estimated — about 4,000 inmates. some stayed behind to avoid the shooting. translation: the riot in the prison put our lives at risk. i we hid because there was a lot of firing. we were afraid for our lives. the government declared a state of emergency in the capital, with curfews in place, but they may be hard to enforce. the gangs, which so often fight each other, have come together to try to oust the prime minister, ariel henry. he was in nairobi trying to persuade kenya's president to send him police officers as part of a un security force. he is thought to be returning to haiti now. but a notorious gang leader known as "barbeque" said the armed groups were united against the prime minister. translation: we ask - the haitian national police and t

james landale has the latest.t—au—prince, over the weekend, people ran for their lives as what law and order there was broke down. thousands have fled their homes. powerful armed gangs already control much of the city, but yesterday they overran two prisons, freeing — its estimated — more than 4,000 inmates. some stayed behind to avoid the shooting. powerful armed gangs already control much of the city, translation: the riot in the prison put our lives at risk. _ we hid because there was a lot of firing. we were afraid for our lives. the government declared a state of emergency in the capital, with curfews in place, but they may be hard to enforce. the gangs, which so often fight each other, have come together to oust the prime minister, ariel henry. he was in nairobi trying to persuade kenya's president to send him police officers as part of a un security force. he is thought to be back in haiti now. but a notorious gang leader, known as "barbeque" said the armed groups were united against the prime minister. tra

james landale, bbc news.gence could be used to mislead voters ahead of this year's us presidential election. here is about disinformation and social media correspondent. at first glance, this photo looks real. only it is not. it was generated using ai technology. it was shared with more than a million followers, attached to a story about black support to the former president donald trump. i am not a former president donald trump. i —n not a photojournalist, i am. former president donald trump. i —n not a photojournalist, lam. i'm not not a photojournalist, iam. i'm not claiming it is accurate. not a photojournalist, i am. i'm not claiming it is accurate.— claiming it is accurate. does give that impression. _ claiming it is accurate. does give that impression. if— claiming it is accurate. does give that impression. if you _ claiming it is accurate. does give that impression. if you did i claiming it is accurate. does give that impression. if you did know| claiming it is accurate. does give l that impression. i

james landale has the latest., people fled for their lives as what law and order there was broke down. powerful armed gangs already control much of the city, but yesterday they overran two prisons, freeing its estimated more than 4,000 inmates. eyewitnesses reported seeing bodies inside and around the prison compound. some stayed behind to avoid the shooting. translation: it was a very difficult situation last night. _ the riot in the prison put our lives at risk. we hid because there was a lot of firing. we were afraid for our lives. the government declared a state of emergency in the capital, with curfews in force until wednesday. but that may be hard to enforce. the gangs, which so often fight each other, seem to be acting together to oust the prime minister, ariel henry. he was in nairobi trying to persuade kenya to send him 1,000 police officers as part of a united nations force to try to keep the peace. he is thought to be back in haiti now. but a notorious gang leader, a former police officer known as barbe

he had been out of the country, on a visit to kenya. james landale has the latest. gunfire.nt, but now it's getting worse. in the capital, port—au—prince, people ran for their lives as what law and order there was broke down. thousands have fled their homes. powerful armed gangs already control much of the city, but yesterday they overran two prisons, freeing — it's estimated — about 4000 inmates. some stayed behind to avoid the shooting. translation: the riot in the prison put our lives at risk. _ we hid because there was a lot of firing. we were afraid for our lives. the government declared a state of emergency in the capital with curfews in place, but they may be hard to enforce. the gangs, which so often fight each other, have come together to try to oust the prime minister, ariel henry. he was in nairobi trying to persuade kenya's president to send him police officers as part of a un security force. he's thought to be back in haiti now. but a notorious gang leader known as "barbeque" said the armed groups were united against the prime minister. translation: we ask - the

james landale, bbc news., i spoke to professor nick wescott, fishing of —— professor of international studies. the wescott, fishing of -- professor of international studies.— international studies. the state in haiti is currently _ international studies. the state in haiti is currently in _ international studies. the state in haiti is currently in a _ international studies. the state in haiti is currently in a state - international studies. the state in haiti is currently in a state of - haiti is currently in a state of disintegration. there is a president, there is a police force and an army, a parliament, but none of them have effective control of what is happening on the ground. this has increasingly fallen into the hands of rival gangs, particularly in the capital, and therefore it is very hard to see where every establishment of state legitimacy and authority can come from. since the assassination of the last president in 2021, there has been a state of political limbo, neither elections, and acting pres

i asked the bbc diplomatic correspondent james landale to speculate.burn themselves out after a bit, and that tends to happen when one side or both sides begin to think that actually they have an advantage in talking, negotiating, having some kind of discussion rather than continuing to prosecute the war. that can be because they think that they are on the losing side. it can be because they think that, actually, if they carry on fighting, they might get on the losing side, and they want to make the leap before the situation turns against them. so that's when it tends to happen, and it takes time. and if public opinion is against the idea of talking, then that will delay things. if the populace at large say, look, we have fought and died, you know, our cousins have bled for this, we have paid a huge price for this war, now is not the time to give it up, and i think that sort of thing slows things down. i think, clearly, in the situation in gaza, any kind of cessation of hostilities has to begin with some sort of ceasefire. then there is an entirely sep

i asked the bbc diplomatic correspondent james landale to speculate.o burn themselves out after a bit, and that tends to happen when one side or both sides begin to think that actually they have an advantage in talking, negotiating, having some kind of discussion rather than continuing to prosecute the war. that can be because they think that they are on the losing side. it can be because they think that, actually, if they carry on fighting, they might get on the losing side, and they want to make the leap before the situation turns against them. so that's when it tends to happen, and it takes time. and if public opinion is against the idea of talking, then that will delay things. if the populace at large say, look, we have fought and died, you know, our cousins have bled for this, we have paid a huge price for this war, now is not the time to give it up, and i think that sort of thing slows things down. ithink, clearly, in the situation in gaza, any kind of cessation of hostilities has to begin with some sort of ceasefire. then there is an entirely se

our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more details on the icj's order to israel. nations. it's been around since the united nations was set up after the first the second world war. and it's there primarily to adjudicate on disputes between states. and that's what's happened here. there's a dispute between south africa and israel. south africa claims that israel is committing genocide, which it disputes and denies. but as part of that legal process, the court makes provisional rulings and statements of those stages. that's what we've got today. and essentially it's saying that, yes, there is now famine is setting in in gaza. israel is not allowing enough aid into and it should start doing that very, very quickly. but as you say, the problem with the court is that it has no way of enforcing its rulings, so they have no power to force israel to do anything. but i think what this is, is another ratcheting up of of the international system and the international order, putting yet more pressure on israel to shift its position, especially on the issue of humanitarian aid

i asked the bbc diplomatic correspondent james landale to speculate. themselves out after a bit, and that tends to happen when one side or both sides begin to think that actually they have an advantage in talking, negotiating, having some kind of discussion rather than continuing to prosecute the war. that can be because they think that they are on the losing side. it can be because they think that, actually, if they carry on fighting, they might get on the losing side, and they want to make the leap before the situation turns against them. so that's when it tends to happen, and it takes time. and if public opinion is against the idea of talking, then that will delay things. if the populace at large say, look, we have fought and died, you know, our cousins have bled for this, we have paid a huge price for this war, now is not the time to give it up, and i think that sort of thing slows things down. ithink, clearly, in the situation in gaza, any kind of cessation of hostilities has to begin with some sort of ceasefire. then there is an entirely separate

earlier, i sasked our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, what this means for nato going forwardy, because what it does is it beefs up nato's support for the baltic states. at the moment, the three baltic states, latvia, lithuania and estonia are members of nato's. but they're joined tonight by a very small little gap of land between belarus and a bit of russian territory. sweden now means that nato will be able to resupply the baltic states if they ever needed to be resupplied. there's a massive great island in the baltic sea called gotland, which is swedish, that will now become like a sort of physical aircraft carrier full of nato's forces. so it beefs up that northern flank. it also means that nato's gains all that have swedish expertise, it also means that nato gains all that have swedish expertise, expertise about the arctic, expertise about submarines and things like that, which the swedes are very good at. so that's what it brings in a sort of strategic, tactical gain. but more broadly, what it does is it just means that, yes, again, russia, having launched this invasion

landale.rs on the bbc thank you for watching around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. —— bbc two. this havoc on the other stories. the rate of unemployment in the uk rights to 3.9%. that's up from 3.8% from the previous three months. the new labour market figures also showed that more than one fifth of 15 to 64—year—olds in the uk were not actively looking for work. some prisoners in england and wales could be released up to two months early in order to relieve overcrowding in jails. the justice in order to relieve overcrowding in jails. thejustice secretary in order to relieve overcrowding in jails. the justice secretary said the policy would only apply to certain low—level offenders and would be in place for a limited period. officialfigures show would be in place for a limited period. official figures show the prison population is nearing the operational capacity. more than 900,000 people in england who do not get their measles, mumps and rubella jab is of children have been in

james landale, bbc news.he spoke of the fear in the country. it she spoke of the fear in the count . , , . country. it is difficult because _ country. it is difficult because everything l country. it is difficult| because everything is country. it is difficult - because everything is so up in the air and everybody is petrified with all the prisoners out now. —— gena heraty. and with the gangs having so much power and everything. nobody knows what will happen next. people are staying in areas that are surrounded by heavy, heavy, heavy gunfire. that in itself is dramatic. police are outnumbered and out mad and we don't have much hope in the police. they are trying, some are trying very hard, and there have been so many pulleys that have been so many pulleys that have died this year. it isn't an easyjob have died this year. it isn't an easy job at have died this year. it isn't an easyjob at the moment, you know? 3 an easy “ob at the moment, you know? �* . w' an easy “ob at the moment, you know? �* . a ., an easy

our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has more details on the icj's order to israel.s is an important court — it's the primaryjudicial body of the united nations. it's been around since the united nations was set up after world war ii. and it's there primarily to adjudicate on disputes between states. and that's what's happened here. there's a dispute between south africa and israel. south africa claims that israel is committing genocide, which it disputes and denies. but as part of that legal process, the court makes provisional rulings and statements of those stages. that's what we've got today. and essentially it's saying that, yes, there is now famine setting in in gaza. israel is not allowing enough aid into it and should start doing that very, very quickly. but as you say, the problem with the court is that it has no way of enforcing its rulings, so they have no power to force israel to do anything. but i think what this is, is another ratcheting up of the international system and the international order, putting yet more pressure on israel to shift its position

our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more details on the icj's order to israel.primaryjudicial body of the united nations. it's been around since the united nations was set up after the first world war ii. and it's there primarily to adjudicate on disputes between states. and that's what's happened here. there's a dispute between south africa and israel. south africa claims that israel is committing genocide, which it disputes and denies. but as part of that legal process, the court makes provisional rulings and statements of those stages. that's what we've got today. and essentially it's saying that, yes, there is now famine is setting in gaza. israel is not allowing enough aid into and it should start doing that very, very quickly. but as you say, the problem with the court is that it has no way of enforcing its rulings, so they have no power to force israel to do anything. but i think what this is, is another ratcheting up of of the international system and the international order, putting yet more pressure on israel to shift its position, especially on the is