The decision to declare both a State Of Emergency and a night time curfew in the Haitian Capital comes after fierce fighting by armed gangs who are now in control of most of the city. During the fighting, gunmen entered the main prison in Port Au Prince and quickly overwhelmed the guards, allowing some 4,000 inmates to escape. Eyewitnesses report seeing several bodies inside and around the prison compound. The gangs in haiti which oppose mr henrys rule sense a possible power vacuum and an opportunity to force him from office. A notorious gang leader, a former elite Police Officer called jimmy cherizier, also known as barbecue, has claimed responsibility 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
Respected labour mp, sir tony lloyd. On paper, it should have been relatively straightforward for labour to win. Labour has won there for the past 1a years. Azhar ali won the contest to be labours candidate and appeared as their candidate on the ballot paper. But Labour Disowned and suspended him over remarks widely alleged to be anti semitic. He said sorry for what he said. George galloway won the Bradford West By Election in 2012 another constituency with a significant Muslim Population he is standing. His critics accuse him of Stoking Division in towns he previously has had little to do with. In a campaign with a heavy focus on the plight of people in gaza, he said he offers a voice to people who otherwise wouldnt have one. He is a former labour mp and a former respect mp. His campaign was focused on the 30 of the constituency which is muslim. Simon danczuk is claiming to be a real alternative. He is the reform uk candidate, which used to be the brexit party, and he was the mp for r
A gang leader had warned the haitian Prime Minister not to return to haiti. He was in nairobi, discussing the possibility of a kenyan led Multinational Security force. But the bbc has established that he left returned to haiti safely on sunday. With the details, heres our caribbean correspondent, will grant. The decision to declare both a State Of Emergency and a night time curfew in the Haitian Capital comes after fierce fighting by armed gangs who are now in control of most of the city. During the fighting, gunmen entered the main prison in Port Au Prince and quickly overwhelmed the guards, allowing some 4,000 inmates to escape. Eyewitnesses report seeing several bodies inside and around the prison compound. The gangs in haiti which oppose mr henrys rule sense a possible power vacuum and an opportunity to force him from office. A notorious gang leader, a former elite Police Officer called jimmy cherizier, also known as barbecue, has claimed responsibility for the latest outbreak of v
Three times the average february rainfall. The general situation as we head into the start of march is it will stay unsettled, so wet and windy again at times but what you will notice is how much colder it will notice is how much colder it will feel for the rest of the week. Frosty nights and some of that rain will turn to snow, particularly above 200 metres and tomorrow that will include the Higher Ground of northern ireland, the mountains of wales, some of that could move to the Southern Uplands by the end of the Southern Uplands by the end of the day. Overnight tonight the rain clears away from east anglia, this deep area of low pressure will push northwards and eastwards, some of the rain likely to turn to snow over the rain likely to turn to snow over the hills and some heavy downpours of rain across wales and south west england. Blustery through the channel and its cold. Towards the east we see clear skies and a frost into tomorrow morning, may be some mist and fog too. The rain
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