over the weekend reports emerged of more than 100 people killed by gang members in port au prince.g leader targeted the group after his son fell ill and subsequently died. he reportedly blamed them for practising "witchcraft". joining me now from miami is camilo gomez, bbc monitoring journalist who has been closely following the situation in haiti. first of all, these killings, we are hearing may be up to 200 people, a lot of them elderly, and it all seems to be because of alleged witchcraft. can you tell us anything more about that? , , ., ., that? yes, the situation in haiti is really _ that? yes, the situation in haiti is really quite - haiti is really quite complicated with lots of gang violence and many attacks occurring almost on a daily basis, but this one in particular was quite gruesome and quite large and also it was different in the sense that most of the people who were targeted were accused of witchcraft by a gang leader who, as you said, whose son had died and it must be noted that last nights, there was also around ten people were killed in a different area of the co

this hospital was in downtown port-au-prince.ought of as a warning sign to the government, saying you have not overrun us, you have not regained this hospital. you may have thought you have, but we are very much still in control of this valuable social service, a real heart of the committee, a public hospital is invaluable in these circumstances. the gangs are sending messages, saying you thought you may have got the upper hand, but that is not the case. host: thank you very much. denmark says it will increase its defense spending on greenland by at least $1.5 billion. the promise came just hours after america's president-elect donald trump repeated his desire for the u.s. to purchase the territory. denmark's defense minister said the timing of the funding announcement was just an irony of fate. the money will pay for two new naval vessels, long-range drones, and an approach to the airport to allow it to handle supersonic aircraft. donald trump on friday said the security of america and the world depended on the u.s. owning and c

around 85% of port—au—prince is thought to be controlled by gangs currently.a resurge of violence, the spreading of territory by gangs and it comes at a time where there's been little response from the international community which is often condemned by the transitional government of haiti, but also very little impact of this multinational international security force led by kenyon on the ground. they've deployed troops now who've been in haiti for some weeks, but are only in a very small area of port—au—prince, the capital, and yes that area may be more secure but it's not representative of the wider capital. there are still a large parts of this capital and areas surrounding it which are absolutely destroyed by gang violence. it's thought that around 760,000 children are on the brink of famine in haiti as the brink of famine in haiti as the social services, hospitals, schools, community kitchens are in absolute disarray, the public health sector as we have seen with the hospital trying to reopen but failing to do so is on the brink of collapse as well. ., .

bbc news, port-au-prince, haiti. >> back to our top story now.head ofhe most powerful group in the rebel alliance now in control in syria told the bbc the country is exhausted by war and is not a threat to its neighbors or the west. ahmed al-sharaa let the lightning offensive that toppled bashar al-assad less than two weeks ago. he is the leader of hts, a group of rebels. in recent days he has been trying to allay fears that the new government will restrict the rights of women. he says the new group is no longer linked to al qaeda. many syrians are skeptical. jeremy bowen sat down with ya ahmed al-sharaa and joins us now. really interesting interview. give us a sense of what he was like. >> he comes across as actually a highly intelligent man. i would say he comes across as a man that is very politically astute. like a lot of astute politicians, he sometimes seemed reluctant to give a straight answer to a straight question. that will not necessarily allay people's fears. they look back at his history. this is a man with a long record as a jihadis

nawal al—maghafi, bbc news, port—au—prince, haiti. fault at a supply works. water stations have been set—up to provide bottled water, and more than 20 schools have been forced to close. southampton general hospital has also been affected. southern water says the problems, could last into the weekend. a record number of children in england, around 160,000, are currently having to live in temporary accomodation with theirfamilies, provided by local councils. but often the homes, b&bs and hotels are unsuitable, with children living in shocking conditions. now the government has set out how it intends to spend £1 billion, designed to prevent and deal with homelessness, to tackle what ministers are calling the worst housing crisis in living memory. michael buchanan has the story. imagine cooking in this kitchen, in this house you didn't choose, when you have to live with this. i have to spray this house every morning. i have a lot of this, different types of it, to spray all the house before my kids start coming downstairs to eat their bre

we won't give over port—au—prince back to authorities."s deployed to help the government control this raging gang violence. what this raging gang violence. what can be done — this raging gang violence. what can be done by _ this raging gang violence. what can be done by the _ this raging gang violence. what can be done by the government? how powerless are they to act against gangs like this? they're incredibly powerless at the moment. it is thought that 5,000 people have been killed due to gang violence in 2024 alone. a huge number. and their territory, the gang territory, is increasing. in the last few weeks, we've seen several mass killings in port—au—prince and the rural area surrounding the capital city. it's thought that due to the public health services being absolutely in disarray, that around 760,000 children are on the brink of famine. there's multiple crises happening at the same time. we've got a political vacuum as a transition government is not having any power to addressing this gang violence, security issue out of control, a

this gang controls much of port au prince.lifeline for many haitians in the capital. they said that it is also acting as a warning to both the transitional government as well as the security force, which is led by haiti, that international mission, which is meant to help the government, is a warning to them, saying, "we control around 85% of port au prince, the capital, and we're not willing to give up an inch of that territory." this hospital was part of that territory untiljuly. however, they are not happily going to give it over. so it's very much a warning to the government saying, "we are not budging from this territory." today might be christmas day, but it is also the first day of the jewish festival of hanukkah. commonly known as "christmukkah", it celebrates two festivals of great miracles in both religions, meaning a day of epic celebrations for mixed jewish—christian families. tamzin kraftman reports. christmukkah, once a joke made byjews in largely christian countries, has become a reality for many across the world

nawal al—maghafi, bbc news, port—au—prince, haiti.astating cyclone struck the french indian ocean island of mayotte. french authorities say they aim to deliver more than 100 tonnes of food to the territory by the end of the day. officials say the water system has been partially restored to half of the population — but half of the territory remains without power. rescue teams continue to search for survivors. france says 22 people are known to have died, but local officials warn the toll could rise significantly. france's president emmanuel macron is expected to visit on thursday. 0ur correspondent has more. our correspondent has more. the reason why _ 0ur correspondent has more. tie: reason why efforts were set up here, there's only one airport in mayotte, the runway has been partially damaged by the cyclone and at the moment only military airplanes are able to to land there, commercial airplanes can't yet land there. 0nly airplanes can't yet land there. only with military planes, they can only land at night. this has completely cut t

nawal al—maghafi, bbc news, port—au—prince, haiti.ocean island of mayotte. french authorities say they aim to deliver more than 100 tonnes of food to the territory by the end of the day. officials say the water system has been partially restored to half of the population — but half of the territory remains without power. rescue teams continue to search for survivors. france says 22 people are known to have died, but local officials warn the toll could rise significantly. france's president emmanuel macron is expected to visit on thursday. in france, the trial of 50 men accused of raping a 72—year—old woman at the behest of her husband who had drugged her with prescription sleeping pills is expected to end tomorrow. dominique pelicot has admitted that, over ten years, he recruited men online to rape his wife while she was unconscious. gisele pelicot has been praised for waiving her right to anonymity and standing up to her abusers in court. 0ur paris correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to the daughter of one of the men who

nawal al—maghafi, bbc news, port—au—prince, haiti. now, a look back at the movie year.2024 is drawing to a close and as is the custom, every december, we look back at the film is released during the last 12 months. some were quite good, some were brilliant and they were a few that were truly awful. anyway, there is my list of the top ten films of 2024. at number ten, the seed of the sacred figure, a family drama that serves as a microcosm of life and of around's authoritarian government. this critique of the government was filmed in secrecy avoiding detection. in ninth place, a musical crime film and genius story of a mexican drug lord that undergoes agenda transition. it is told with great flair and empathy by french director. at number eight, conclave, a drama revolving around the heated election of a new pope. a classy commercial picture with a great performance from ralph fiennes. , , ., ., ., a great performance from ralph fiennes-_ it i fiennes. this is not a war. it is a war! _ fiennes. this is not a war. it is a war! make _ fiennes. this is not a war. it is a wa

nawal al—maghafi, bbc news, port—au—prince, haiti.e ribes, international rescue committee emergency country director in port—au—prince. thank you for being on the bbc. i know the receipt thank you for being on the bbc. i know the receipt paused thank you for being on the bbc. i know the receipt paused its operations in haiti last year due to violence. what is the situation like now? is it safe to be operating?— situation like now? is it safe to be operating? yes. thank you for making _ to be operating? yes. thank you for making time _ to be operating? yes. thank you for making time to _ to be operating? yes. thank you for making time to talk - to be operating? yes. thank you for making time to talk about. for making time to talk about it. we definitely need that now. we have been operating for the last two years. the situation is hard. i think we just heard some of your reporters. my team and partners at the irc is working with our extremely courageous, they work under a lot of pressure and threats but i think most importantly, the pe

gunshot in early 2024, haiti's capital, port au prince, saw a widespread outbreak of violence. assassination of presidentjovenel moise three years earlier created a power vacuum in which armed gangs have prospered. localjournalist luckensonjean filmed throughout the crisis, as hundreds of thousands of haitians were forced to flee their homes amid the brutality and political instability. in june, a kenyan—led multinational security force was dispatched to help the haitian police rein in the gangs. yet the country remains in a state of emergency. the judges said that this was powerful reporting by a journalist who knows his beat intimately and lets the images tell his story. in april 2023, sudan was thrown into disarray when its army and a powerful paramilitary group, the rapid support forces, began a vicious struggle for power. even conservative estimates suggest that tens of thousands have been killed in the conflict, with millions more displaced and at risk of starvation. film—maker sara creta travelled to the sudan—chad border in may 2024, where she saw people fleeing to surv

in early 2024, haiti's capital, port au prince, saw a widespread outbreak of violence. the assassination of president jovenel moise three years earlier created a power vacuum in which armed gangs have prospered. local journalist luckensonjean filmed throughout the crisis, as hundreds of thousands of haitians were forced to flee their homes amid the brutality and political instability. in june, a kenyan—led multinational security force was dispatched to help the haitian police rein in the gangs. yet the country remains in a state of emergency. the judges said that this was powerful reporting by a journalist who knows his beat intimately and lets the images tell his story. in april 2023, sudan was thrown into disarray when its army and a powerful paramilitary group, the rapid support forces, began a vicious struggle for power. even conservative estimates suggest that tens of thousands have been killed in the conflict, with millions more displaced and at risk of starvation. film—maker sara creta travelled to the sudan—chad border in may 2024, where she saw people fleeing t

killed at least two journalists and a police officer at the country's biggest public hospital in port—au—princethout prince andrew. and in otherfestive news: surf's up for santa — why father christmas took in some big waves before heading off on his sleigh. and we'll be tracking his progress as he moves around the world — find out his precise location later in the programme. hello and welcome — i'm martine croxall. and a merry christmas to you if you're celebrating today. an israeli negotiation team returned to israel on tuesday

were waiting for the arrival of the health minister at the general hospital in the capital, port— au— princenment injuly, after being occupied and destroyed by violent gangs that control much of the city. us president—elect donald trump is promising to pursue more federal death penalty cases when he returns to office, directly challenging presidentjoe biden�*s decision to spare the lives of 37 death row inmates. in a statement posted to social media, the president—elect said... mr biden�*s commutations meanjust three federal prisoners now face execution, includingthe perpetrators of the boston marathon bombing,the pittsburgh synagogue attack, and the charleston church shooting. biden�*s commutations cannot be reversed. throughout the campaign, mr trump called for expanding use of capital punishment to include drug traffickers and migrants who kill us citizens. mr biden�*s commutations do not affect more than 2,000 inmates facing execution in state prisons across the us. donald trump today condemning biden�*s decision to commute those to throw sentences and vowing to pursue the death penalty

defense network says it happened in the notorious cite soleil slum, in the north of the capital port—au—prince victims were over 60. before we go, let�*s go back to syria. we heard earlierfrom our international editor, jeremy bowen. he�*s reported from the region for decades, so let�*s get more analysis from him now on what is next for syria, the wider region, and the world. syria has a range of future possibly ahead of it. let�*s talk about the extremes. 0ne possibly ahead of it. let�*s talk about the extremes. one of them is the kind of thing the un would like to see and what many people and miscible many syrians would like to see, vast majority, that is a peaceful life force of a political transition for progress towards law and order, fairness, institutions that work, maybe even elections that are credible one day. it will take a lot of work because the other set of examples are not good and that is a ruck after saddam hussein was overthrown in 2003 and libya after gaddafi went in 2011. then the effect of a sudden departure of a long—term dictator meant that massive amount of tension and v

defense network says it happened in the notorious cite soleil slum, in the north of the capital port—au—princesick. all of the victims were over 60. to south korea now, where the opposition has denounced a plan by the governing party to continue running the country with president yoon remaining in a much reduced role. yoon suk yeol made a failed bid to impose martial law last week but survived an impeachment vote on saturday with the support of his ruling people power party. the party chair, han dong—hoon, said the president would resign early and until then would not be involved in either national or international affairs. however, the opposition says it would be unconstitutional for the ruling party to continue running the country and pledged to hold another impeachment vote early next week. i'm joined now by stephen haggard, director emeritus for the korea—pacific program at the university of california san diego. many thanks for your time on the programme. i mean, there has been talk of treason but it looks like yoon has avoided impeachment for now. what do you expect to happen next? the i

journalists were waiting for the arrival of the health minister at the general hospital in the capital, port—au—princet injuly, after being occupied and destroyed by violent gangs that control much of the city. a russia missile has struck the ukrainian city of krivyi rih, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others. the strike on president zelensky�*s hometown came as his christmas message was being broadcast. local authorities say the ballistic missile hit a four—storey residential building. videos posted online showed rescuers pulling injured people from the rubble. standing before kyiv�*s saint sofia cathedral, mr zelensky said ukrainians wanted to see a christmas star shining in the skies, not russian missiles and drones. pope francis has launched a specialjubilee year for roman catholics in a christmas eve ceremony at the vatican. singing. jubilees take place once every 25 years — and pope francis has marked the start by opening the normally bricked—up holy door of st peter's basilica. more than 30 million people are expected to make a pilgrimage to rome. i spoke to candida moss who

it happened during the reopening ceremony for port-au-prince's biggest public hospital. a police officer were shot and killed. several others are hurt. the hospital was set to reopen tuesday after violence forced to do close earlier this year. street gangs reportedly control an estimated 85% of haiti's capital. >>> if you are planning to use eggs in your holiday cooking lesson that. the fda has issued a high risk recall for 24 count packs of kirkland signature organic pasture raised eggs. it's due to potential salmonella contamination. the eggs were sold at 25 costco stores across alabama, georgia, north and south carolina and tennessee and have a use by date of january 6th. officials recommend throwing them away or returning the eggs for refund. i'm chanley painter, now back to the great christmas showdown. ♪ ♪ [cheering and applause] >> tom: welcome back to the tom great christmas showdown. i think the score is putting much tied now. onto our next round. >> 2-1. [laughs] >> tom: kennedy. by next round it's going to be even, believ's ge me. next game, we will take it to

them directly to the ice deportation, texas congressman keith self that has veterans affairs in port-au-princek you very much for being here. your reaction to hearing this from mayor adams. >> the left is being mugged by reality i will tell you the coming to grips with the criminals and the gangs that they have now imported to sanctuary cities there should be no surprise when he import the criminals in the gangs you can reap the results of what you so and we find it now they are, doesn't surprise me at all that there being mugged by reality and they must cooperate with the trump administration to protect their citizens and i don't know why we have all these criminals in new york running around, how is this going to work, you're talking about 10 - 15000000 illegals in the country on joe biden's watch letter plans to use a military surround these people love. >> i don't know what they will decide but you don't have to be perfect you have to be serious, tom homan has already laid out who is he going to start with we get to see the results of this already mexico is breaking up migrant caravans tha

raoul cedras, the caribbean nations unpopular leader, was holed up in port au prince. carter convinced him to step down quite literally, as the u.s. 82nd airborne troops were inbound aboard blackhawk helicopters ready to remove cedras by force. carter won the day. save lives. the u.s. troops landed as de facto peacekeepers and later that year, carter went to the dark heart of bosnia's violent ethnic civil war, met the nationalist serbs in their mountain stronghold. paul tried to stop their bloody, murderous siege and shelling of the capital, sarajevo, bring an end to the killing that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives during horrific ethnic cleansing. success came slowly in steps. carter helped initiate a short christmas ceasefire and by his presence, pushed the horrific conflict toward greater international attention. >> we have work to do. we have to go back to it now. thank you very much. >> less than a year later, another u.s. diplomat, richard holbrooke, parlayed carter's brief calm into the war, ending dayton peace accords. 1994 marked a peak in carter's peac

raoul cedras, the caribbean nations unpopular leader, was holed up in port au prince. carter convinced him to step down quite literally, as the u.s. 82nd airborne troops were inbound aboard black hawk helicopters ready to remove cedras by force. carter won the day. save lives. the u.s. troops landed as de facto peacekeepers. and later that year, carter went to the dark heart of bosnia's violent ethnic civil war, met the nationalist serbs in their mountain stronghold. paul tried to stop their bloody, murderous siege and shelling of the capital, sarajevo, to bring an end to the killing that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives during horrific ethnic cleansing. success came slowly in steps. carter helped initiate a short christmas ceasefire and by his presence, pushed the horrific conflict toward greater international attention. >> we have work to do. >> we have to go back to it now. thank you very much. >> less than a year later, another u.s. diplomat, richard holbrooke, parlayed carter's brief calm into the war ending dayton peace accords. 1994 marked a peak in carter

raoul cedras, the caribbean nations unpopular leader, was holed up in port au prince.ter convinced him to step down quite literally, as the u.s. 82nd airborne troops were inbound aboard blackhawk helicopters ready to remove cedras by force. carter won the day. save lives. the u.s. troops landed as de facto peacekeepers and later that year, carter went to the dark heart of bosnia's violent ethnic civil war, met the nationalist serbs in their mountain stronghold. paul tried to stop their bloody, murderous siege and shelling of the capital, sarajevo, to bring an end to the killing that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives during horrific ethnic cleansing. success came slowly in steps. carter helped initiate a short christmas ceasefire and by his presence, pushed the horrific conflict toward greater international attention. >> we have work to do. >> we have to go back to it now. >> thank you very much. >> less than a year later, another u.s. diplomat, richard holbrooke, parlayed carter's brief calm into the war, ending dayton peace accords. 1994 marked a peak in carter's

raoul cedras, the caribbean nations unpopular leader, was holed up in port au prince. carter convinced him to step down quite literally, as the u.s. 82nd airborne troops were inbound aboard black hawk helicopters ready to remove cedras by force. carter won the day. save lives. the u.s. troops landed as de facto peacekeepers and later that year carter went to the dark heart of bosnia's violent ethnic civil war, met the nationalist serbs in their mountain stronghold. pale tried to stop their bloody, murderous siege and shelling of the capital, sarajevo, to bring an end to the killing that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives during horrific ethnic cleansing. success came slowly in steps. carter helped initiate a short christmas ceasefire and by his presence, pushed the horrific conflict toward greater international attention. >> we have work to do. we have to go back to it now. thank you very much. >> less than a year later, another u.s. diplomat, richard holbrooke, parlayed carter's brief calm into the war, ending dayton peace accords. 1994 marked a peak in carter's p

raoul cedras, the caribbean nations unpopular leader, was holed up in port au prince.ter convinced him to step down quite literally, as the u.s. 82nd airborne troops were inbound aboard blackhawk helicopters ready to remove cedras by force. carter won the day. save lives. the u.s. troops landed as de facto peacekeepers. and later that year, carter went to the dark heart of bosnia's violent ethnic civil war, met the nationalist serbs in their mountain stronghold. parlay tried to stop their bloody, murderous siege and shelling of the capital, sarajevo, bring an end to the killing that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives during horrific ethnic cleansing. success came slowly in steps. carter helped initiate a short christmas ceasefire and by his presence, pushed the horrific conflict toward greater international attention. >> we have work to do. >> we have to go back to it now. >> thank you very much. >> less than a year later, another u.s. diplomat, richard holbrooke, parlayed carter's brief calm into the war, ending dayton peace accords. 1994 marked a peak in carter's

just last weekend, more than 180 people were killed in haiti's capital, port-au-prince, as part of a multiday slaughter that was the result of a gang leading massacring old people and those he believed practice view due -- voodoo as a personal vendetta against his son's grave illness. without immediate support, the crisis in haiti will worsen. the criminal network will expand, and americans will suffer the consequences. haiti's caribbean neighbors do not have the infrastructure or the capacity to accommodate this continued influx of refugees. which has seen hundreds of thousands of haitian migrants at their borders seeking a safer place to live. the multinational security support mission led largely by officers from kenya, has never received the support it needs to make an impact in the fight for the security and stability in haiti. the mission is currently undermanned and underfunded. many of our closest allies are not close to meeting their pledged obligations nor have we in congress given the resources that we said to advance the peace and prosperity of that nation. in particular,