are key name here is jimmy cherizier, known in haiti - isjimmy cherizier, known in haiti as jamie barbecueity forces officer and now the head of a gang. this is a group of criminal gangs that has been accused of human rights groups of attacking groups in katie. jimmy cherizier has been sanctioned by the united states and what is asking for is the president not to come to the country or to be overthrown because, in his words, he's a revolutionary leader trying to overthrow a corrupt elites in katie. he is saying his weapons are not to threaten a people of haiti but to change the country. we are speaking to a senior research fellow at a think tank. thank you for coming on the programme. thank ou for for coming on the programme. thank you for having _ for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. _ for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. how _ for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. how out - for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. how out of - you for having me. how out of control is _ you for having me. how out of control is the _ you for ha

essentially, jimmy cherizier— up to? essentially, jimmy cherizier is _ up to?rizier is a former i up to? essentially, jimmy | cherizier is a former police officer and has been in the gang environment for the last few years. the last time he made the headlines was in 2022, precisely in september and october where the country 0ctober where the country essentially grounded to a halt when he blocked access to the main oil terminal of the country for nearly seven weeks. essentially bringing back cholera, putting the economy on its knees. and ever since, now, he claims, as of last week, that he has managed to unite all the rival gangs in the metropolitan area, with the objective to top of the current government. objective to top of the current government-— government. thank you for takin: government. thank you for taking the _ government. thank you for taking the time _ government. thank you for taking the time to - government. thank you for taking the time to speak. government. thank you for i taking the time to speak with us. . ~' taking the time to speak with us.

there seems to be a lot of power being consolidated by the gang leader, jimmy cherizier, known as barbecuerizier — barbecue — is a former police officer and has been in the gang environment for the last few yea rs. the last time he made the headlines was in 2022, precisely in september and october where the country essentially grinded to a halt when he blocked access to the main oil terminal of the country for nearly seven weeks. and essentially bringing back cholera, putting the economy on its knees. and ever since, now, he claims, as of last week, that he has managed to unite all the rival gangs in the metropolitan area, with the objective to topple the current government. thank you for taking the time to speak with us. thank you for having me. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at a major story in the uk. the british government has suffered five defeats in the house of lords over its plans to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. they relate to such issues as whether the country is safe enough for asylum seekers, among other matters. however, the government i

one of the country's most powerful gang leaders, jimmy cherizier, also known as barbecue, rejected aindicted, orsanctioned from serving on the council. gangs that control most of the capital port—au—prince launched an armed campaign almost two weeks ago, when they called for the removal of prime minister henry. as the situation on the ground becomes more volatile, the united nations is evacuating non—essential staff from haiti, and says that it is setting up an air—bridge from the dominican republic, to deliver aid. meanwhile, the dominican republic, which shares the island of hispaniola with haiti, escalated their security operations. 0ur caribbean and central american correspondent will grant reports from the border. it has been another busy and chaotic day on the border between the dominican republic and haiti. a lot of people coming through from the haitian site today because it is market day in this border town and people are permitted to go solely to the market and sell goods or buy bulk items, and then return but not to go into the country properly. meanwhile, the number of pe

you as jimmy cherizier you mentioned earlier. asjimmy cherizier you mentioneding up in place the latest instalment of the actors in the form of an illegitimate to factor government which haiti oppose and is only one supporting who became untenable, the us has shafted stop the transitional presidential council came out of a multi— day consultation let by the us secretary of state and other governments including the caribbean and other stakeholders by soon. you can probably hear that this is the latest creature of foreign efforts to dictate it haiti how to run the country with true being prioritised are those of foreign actors rather than the people of haiti. what been proposed as the council to preside over democracy which will elect an acting prime minister. u.s.—led process in jamaica decided on several groupings of political actors. sorry to interrupt, because time is tight as you can appreciate i'm sure. what you are saying is international intervention led by the united states is partly the reason why haiti is in the mess it is in now and therefore it will

jimmy cherizier, who is also known as barbecue, has been opposed to the prime minister since he took power following the assassination of presidentjovenel moise in 2021. mr henry was not yet elected to his current position. on tuesday, the prime minister landed in puerto rico after his plane was denied permission to land in haiti due to security concerns. the us ambassador to the united nations addressed the situation on wednesday, saying that while the us is not pushing for mr henry to resign, it does want to see a political transition. what we've asked the haitian prime minister to do is move forward on a political process that will lead to the establishment of a presidential transition council that will lead to elections. we think thatis lead to elections. we think that is urgent that he moves forward in that direction, and start the process of bringing normalcy back to the people of haiti. meanwhile, the violence in haiti is worsening. the un high commissioner for human rights volker turk is calling for international action and says the situation is "beyond untenable". since the

one of the sort of bases of haiti's descent into lawlessness, a man called jimmy cherizier who was knownd of defective leaders of port—au—prince now, he has said that while with respect to caricom, this is the organisation involving 20 caribbean countries that have created this transitional council, he essentially won't accept it unless he and his group have a seat at the table. in terms of patients themselves, when you speak to themselves, when you speak to them is kind of mixed views. generally speaking, they look at this council, which we understand is made up of patients, haitian leaders, as a solution being proposed by the outside world. and to them that feels like foreign interference, something that they are hugely burnt by. we are still not quite there yet, this garment that was released ljy this garment that was released by the council earlier this week and was they said they wanted to restore democracy and order to haiti was assigned by eight divina members. there is no indication how much time is needed for the final person to get on board. japan's health officials have inspec

jimmy cherizier, who is also known as barbecue, has been opposed to the prime minister since he tookot yet elected to his current position. on tuesday, the prime minister landed in puerto rico after his plane was denied permission to land in haiti due to security concerns. the us ambassador to the united nations addressed the situation on wednesday, saying that while the us is not pushing for mr henry to resign, it does want to see a political transition. what we've asked the haitian prime minister to do

amy: i want to go to jimmy chÉrizier speaking friday. >> we ask the haitian national police and the militaryake responsibility and arrest ariel henry. once again, the population is not our enemy. the armed groups are not your enemy. you arrest ariel henry for the country's liberation. these weapons that we have are not here to hurt our brothers who come from the same milieu as us. the poor take the streets, and they trust us. these weapons are our symbol of freedom. with these weapons, we will liberate the country, and these weapons will change the country. amy: monique clesca, barbecue, or chÉrizier, is a leader of a gang and they joined together all of the gangs. this is significant. he is saying they won't let henry back into the country. can you talk about the significance of this alliance and who he is? >> well, i don't want to talk about who he is because i think he said who he is and he showed who he is. he has been showing who he is for years now. what i want to say, though, i don't believe in violence. the antenna movement that i am part of, guns cannot be symbols of freedom. guns c

one of the country's most powerful gang leaders, jimmy cherizier, has said he is open to a ceasefire.ital right now, but he wants a seat at the negotiating table. it will be hard to convince many haitians though to accept violent gangsters as future political leaders. translation: when gangs attack, they are terrorising people - and they don't have any compassion, theyjust kill. the population is dying, it's true, because it's the country which is dying. when the port is dysfunctional, the airport is dysfunctional and the hospital is dysfunctional, people will definitely die. haiti is a country with a lot of faith, but constant, overlapping crises have pushed it to the brink and with little change so far, right now hope is all people have. nomia iqbal, bbc news, haiti. supporters of india's main opposition alliance have held a major rally in the capital ahead of next month's general election. it's the first meeting since the arrest of the chief minister of delhi, arvind kejriwal, on corruption charges ten days ago. 0pposition parties accuse the governing bjp of using investigative age

one of the country's most powerful gang leaders, jimmy cherizier, has said he's open to a ceasefire.ble. it will be hard, though, to convince many haitians to accept violent gangsters as future political leaders. translation: when gangs attack, they're terrorising people. - and they don't have any compassion, theyjust kill. the population is dying, it's true, because it is the country that is dying. when the port is dysfunctional, the airport is dysfunctional, the hospital is dysfunctional, people will definitely die. haiti is a country with a lot of faith. but constant overlapping crises have pushed it to the brink. and with little change so far, right now hope is all people have. nomia iqbal, bbc news, haiti. romania and bulgaria have become the newest members of europe's schengen area of free movement — but only for air and sea crossings. land border controls will remain in place because of austria's opposition to the eastern european nations becoming full members of the zone. vienna fears an influx of asylum seekers if all border controls disappear. romania's interior minister sa

if we're going to hear from the gang leader, jimmy cherizier, saying, you know, "ok, for now, there'sy could come back and the airport reopens. but so far, there's no real sign of that at all. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines: the white house national security advisor has announced $300 million in aid for ukraine as a stopgap measure while a much larger package remains stalled in congress. jake sullivan said it would help with pressing needs, including artillery rounds. the spokeswoman for the late russian opposition leader alexei navalny has said his aide leonid volkov has been attacked at his home in the lithuanian capital, vilnius. kira yarmysh said someone had broken mr volkov�*s car window, before spraying him with tear gas and hitting him with a hammer. eight years after the western balkan countries applied to join now sees new leaders expected to announce whether to move forward at a summit next week in brussels. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's ta ke let's take a look at stories making news in the uk. downing street has called

in 2021, there's been no serious government, and a wild ex—policeman turned gang leader called jimmy cherizierl. the prime minister, ariel henry, left the country and has now resigned. what ever can be done? a question i put to luis fajardo of bbc monitoring, who's based in miami. henry has not established a timeline for his departure, and he's giving the handing over power to this transitional council and much less to an election. and, of course, haiti has heard before promises of a transition of political change that have extended, have not occurred, and they have eventually led to new surges of violence. the security forces in haiti are clearly in a situation of disadvantage against these gangs who now control or have controlled for a while, big sections of the capital, port—au—prince. and the last few days, one of the things that perhaps brought even more urgency of having a solution for this problem was that this violence was getting closer and closer to the more strategic places of government in the centre of port au prince. can you explain to me what the whole basis of this is? i mean,

a notorious gang leader, a former elite police officer called jimmy cherizier, also known as barbecuebility for the latest outbreak of violence. he has warned mr henry to stay away from haiti, saying the armed groups in the provincial towns and the armed groups in the capital are united. given the strength of those gangs, enforcing a curfew may prove extremely difficult. that was our carribean correspondent will grant reporting. harold isaac is a freelance journalist in port—au—prince. he gave us this update on the situation there. we have entered a state of emergency along with a curfew. and this is the answer of the government to the latest developments in the last few hours where the security situation has seriously degraded here in the capital of port—au—prince. for the most part, everybody here are expecting to have a disrupted week as over 4,000 inmates have fled the two detention centers the two detention centres here in port—au—prince. and creating a real security crisis, aggravating what was already a challenging time to be in the city. so it's really a lot of questions with

interim council, seven names on that list, none of which will be accepted by the main gang leader jimmy cherizierfuture. in the meantime, the ordinary population in haiti are trying to make ends meet, trying to find enough food and the united nations has announced water it calls an air bridge from this country, the dominican republic, into haiti, and that will take some time to organise but there was a real push to get that sorted out sooner rather than later, such is the urgent need in the haitian capital. elon musk has welcomed what he says was another successful test launch of his spacex company's starship rocket, saying it will one day take humans to mars. but the flight wasn't without one big hitch — contact with the rocket was lost as it re—entered the earth's atmosphere. here's our science correspondent pallab ghosh. new objectives that'll eventually get us to that glorious, rapid, reusable future... twice before, starship blew up just minutes after launch. was this going to be third time lucky? so far, so good. we are feeling the rumble. we are seeing 33 out of 33 raptor engines ignited.

a notorious gang leader, a former elite police officer called jimmy cherizier, also known as barbecuesibility for the latest outbreak of violence. he has warned mr henry to stay away from haiti, saying the armed groups in the provincial towns and the armed groups in the capital are united. given the strength of those gangs, enforcing a curfew may prove extremely difficult. with more on this, i'm joined now by bbcjournalistjorge perez. thank by bbc journalist jorge perez. thank by bbcjournalistjorge perez. you so much for you could thank you so much for your time. could you tell us more about this latest surge in violence? what could you tell us more about this latest surge in violence? what we are hearing _ latest surge in violence? what we are hearing about _ latest surge in violence? what we are hearing about what _ latest surge in violence? what we are hearing about what is - latest surge in violence? what we are hearing about what is going i latest surge in violence? what we | are hearing about what is going on in katie is about the return to port a prance of the acting prime mini

one of the most powerful gang leaders in haiti, jimmy cherizier, who is also known as �*barbecue�*, hasrk with any other party, whetherfrom haiti or overseas. meanwhile, the government of the dominican republic, which shares the island of hispanyola with haiti, has increased security. our correspondent will grant sent this update from the border between the two countries. even at haiti�*s lowest ebb, migration trucks keep coming to this border crossing. with barely a word, scores of undocumented haitians, some of whom have spent years living in the dominican republic, are deported. men, women and children returned to a nation in turmoil. these people are notjust being deported to the poorest country in the americas, it is happening at the worst possible time, as it is facing its deepest, most acute humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake. these men say they spent at least three years as construction workers in the dominican republic before the authorities detained them in their homes. in essence, the dominican government is sending a message — no matter how bad things get in haiti

one of the most powerful gang leaders in haiti, jimmy chÉrizier, who is known as "barbecue," has openlyhreatened to topple henry who has ruled haiti with the backing of the u.s. since the assassination of president jovenel moÏse in july 2021. chÉrizier spoke on friday. >> we ask the haitian national police and military to take responsibility and arrest henry. once again, the population is not our enemy. the armed groups are not your enemy. you arrest and refer the country's liberation. these weapons we have are not here to hurt our brothers who came with the same milliueu as is. we will liberate the country and these weapons will change the country. amy: the largest wildfire in texas history, the smokehouse creek fire, continues to grow and has spread into oklahoma. as of sunday, the fire was only 15% contained and had burned a size of land larger than the state of rhode island. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas said the blaze, which occurred amid record heat, is a sign that the nation must be better prepared for extreme weather caused by climate change. in health news, the

when you are talking about i when you are talking about gangs, one of the major gang leaders, jimmy cherizierealistic a prospect is that? i jacqueline, how realistic a prospect is that?- jacqueline, how realistic a prospect is that? i mean, look, there is debate _ prospect is that? i mean, look, there is debate about _ prospect is that? i mean, look, there is debate about who i prospect is that? i mean, look, there is debate about who do i there is debate about who do you put at the table, how do you put at the table, how do you get to temper down the streets. to me, i look at the situation and it's a numbers game, unfortunately. 300 gangs throughout the country. we have seen where certain gang leaders are in today, out tomorrow. certain ones become powerful because of acts that they do and others are sort of under the radar. i think a lot of this — you know, who do you sit down with is the issue. i mean, when you hear some of the individuals talk you would think that they are observers and not the ones that are basically literally setting the country on fire. the question that everybody is a

haitian gang leader jimmy chÉrizier, who is known as a barbecue, issued a new threat to henry. >> ifhenry does not step down, the country will suffer a genocide. if he does not step down, the international community continues to support him, they will lead us directly to a civil war that will end in genocide. the international community will be responsible for all of the people who die. amy: to see our coverage of the crisis in haiti, go to democracynow.org. on tuesday, doctors without borders announced it would scale up its medical operations in port-au-prince. the group said the recent violence has led to a massive number of casualties. the international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for two high-ranking russian military officers for targeting civilians and attacking civilian infrastructure in ukraine. icc chief prosecutor karim khan spoke tuesday. >> this afternoon, pretrial chamber to international criminal court issued tourist warrants for commander of long-range aviation of the russian armed forces and the commander of the black sea fleet of the russian federation.

on monday, one of the leaders of the recent armed uprising in haiti, jimmy chÉrizier, who is known asbarbecue, warned against outside forces picking haiti's next leader. >> we take this opportunity to say to the international community that if it continues down this path, it will plunge haiti into chaos. today it is clear it is the working-class districts and the haitian people who know what they're suffering at the moment and it is up to them to choose the person who's going to lead them and the way he is going to lead them. amy: more on haiti after headlines. al jazeera is reporting israeli forces in gaza have killed at least people who were waiting 11 for aid in gaza city. more than 20 injured people were taken to al-shifa hospital. health officials say israeli forces have killed more than 400 aid seekers and gaza in recent weeks. this comes as israel continues to restrict aid coming into gaza which is on the brink of famine. the u.n. is reporting one truck was recently denied access to gaza because it contained scissors inside medical kits. unrwa head philippe lazzarini criticized

prominent gang leader jimmy cherizier, widely known as barbecue, says henry has to go. >> we'll fight until our last drop of blood, until he resigns. if the international community continues to support ariel henry, they will lead us into civil war. nick: today, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken met with caribbean leaders in jamaica to announce $100 million support for the multinational police force, and for a transitional, presidential council. there is no agreement yet on the council's makeup, but it would likely require henry to resign. as reiterated today by haiti caucus co-chair, florida democrat sheila cherfilus-mccormick. >> we have given him ample opportunities to have a transitional government. it has been 1.5 years and he has stalemated this process. nick: henry assumed power in july 2021, after the assassination of former president jovenel moise. last month a judge indicted moise's widow martine for conspiring to kill her husband, and replace him with herself. she was indicted alongside former prime minister claude joseph. it helped push haiti to today's breaking point,

the gang leader behind much of the violence — jimmy "barbecue" cherizier — has demanded that prime ministertional community continues to support him, we will be heading straight for a civil war that will lead to genocide. a senior expert expert gave us his analysis. a senior expert expert gave us his analysis-— his analysis. what we are seeini his analysis. what we are seeing this _ his analysis. what we are seeing this week - his analysis. what we are seeing this week is - his analysis. what we are seeing this week is the i seeing this week is the continuing of a very worrying situation that started three to five years ago, which as you said led to a very high social, economic, territorial and violent control of the gangs, imposed on 85% of the territory of the capital. that allowed them to launch this kind of attack six days ago. i think there has been, they have been able to transform territorial control into economic and political power. controlling strategic areas, including a large part of the capital, which gives them access to the port, for example, which is the main asset in the ha

their leader, jimmy "barbecue" cherizier, says the country will remain in chaos if the people are left of the process. "we haitians have to decide who is going to leave the country," he says, "and what model of government we want." the turmoil has killed nearly 1200 people and injured 700, forcing the state department to evacuate nonessential personnel. but for americans like missionary jill dolan, she has no way out. >> we contacted agencies to extract us. they have just said it's way too dangerous where you are. you have to stay put. >> reporter: today, it was outside kenyan troops were not deployed to haiti until a new government is in place. and norah, those scenes that we saw play out here today, well, people tell us that they are playing out here every single day since the crisis started. norah? >> norah: cristian benavides, thank you. the police chief of uvalde, texas, announced his resignation today. chief daniel rodriguez was on vacation nearly two years ago when 19 children and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting. his resignation comes less than a week after a report

the gang leader behind much of the violence — jimmy "barbecue" cherizier — has demanded that prime ministerng straight for a civil war that will lead to genocide. romain le cour — a senior expert for the global intiative against transnational organised crime — gave us his analysis on rising gang crime in haiti. i think what we're seeing this week is the continuing of a very, very worrying situation that started probably three to five years ago. and that led to, as you said, a very high social, economic, territorial and violent control of the gangs imposed on probably 80% to 85% of the territory of the capital today. and that allowed them to launch these kind of attacks six days ago. i think they have been able to actually transform their territorial control into much more economic and political power. the gangs control very strategic areas. of course, they control a huge part of the capital, which is already strategic, but they also control access to the port, for example, which is the main assets in the hands ofjimmy barbecue, the gang leader that you were mentioning. not a single drop of

the gang leader behind much of the violence — jimmy "barbecue" cherizier — has demanded that prime ministerernational community continues to support him, we will be heading straight for a civil war that will lead to genocide. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a medical school has suspended a lecturer after he shot a student during a classroom argument. the young man is recovering in hospital in the city of sirajganj. a chinese software engineer has been charged for allegedly stealing ai technology from google whilst secretly working for two chinese companies. 38—year—old linwei ding was was arrested on four counts of federal trade secret theft, each punishable by up to ten years in prison. six people have been arrested for attempting to smuggle 87 live animals — including an endangered red panda — across the thai border. the suspects were arrested at bangkok's international airport as they tried to fly home to india. lizards, birds and snakes were among the wildlife seized. a k—pop star has felt the need to issue an apology to her fans after they discovered she had a

their leader, jimmy "barbecue" cherizier, says the country will remain in chaos if the people are leftprocess. "we haitians have to decide who is going to lead the country," he says, "and what model of government we want." the turmoil has killed nearly 1,200 people and injured 700, forcing the state department to evacuate nonessential personnel. but for americans like missionary jill dolan, she has no way out. >> we've contacted agencies to extract us. they have just said it's way too dangerous where you are. you have to stay put. >> reporter: today it was announced that kenyan troops would not deploy to haiti until a new government is in place. norah, those scenes we saw play out here today, well, people tell us they're playing out here every single day since the crisis started. norah. >> cristian benavides, thank at his best...ds to be he needs protection that goes beyond. dove men with 72-h protection and 1/4 moisturizer. so he can forget his underarms and focus on being unforgettable. dove men. forgettable underarms, unforgettable you. all of the things that you're looking for in a