when the boss of one of the main drug trafficking gangs escaped from a maximum security prison. president daniel noboa has authorised the armed forces to neutralise 22 gangs, that are listed as terrorist organisations, after masked gunmen stormed a tv studio during a live broadcast. a 2 month state of emergency is now in force. will grant sent this report from the city of guayaquil. he told me the mood on the ground. mixed emotions in this city, as you can imagine. obviously, relieved that a day of violence came to an end, that the police managed to restore order in that television station you mentioned in the city university, where gunmen stormed the building. but there were also bomb attacks across the city. schools were shut and businesses were closed. fear was spread, notjust through the city but across ecuador. really, this was a moment that was completely unprecedented in terms of gang violence, not just for guayaquil but the entire country itself. viewers in ecuador
authorised the armed forces to neutralise 22 gangs that are listed as terrorist organisations after masked gunmen stormed a tv studio during a live broadcast. a two month state of emergency is now in force. will grant sent this from the city of guayaquil. viewers in ecuador watched in disbelief as masked and armed gang members entered a state tv channel and held staff hostage all of it televised live. translation: they shot one of our cameramen in the leg. | broke the arm of another one. they were shooting bullets inside the studio. the police were called and came in minutes. the gang was soon arrested and the hostages released, but the tv station ambush was just part of the descent into chaos. panic as gunmen stormed guayaquil university, explosions around the country, schools and businesses shut down and widespread rioting inside ecuador s prisons. in response, president daniel noboa called a state of emergency and imposed a curfew. by decree, he designated 22 gangs, te
the government is preparing a new law to swiftly exonerate and compensate post office branch managers who were convicted over horizon it scandal. over a 15 year period until 2015, more than 700 people were wrongfully convicted of fraud, theft or false accounting, because the it system had produced shortfalls in their accounts. so far, only 93 have had their convictions overturned. mr sunak said it was the biggest miscarriage in british history and government would quickly right the wrongs of the past. here s our political editor chris mason. four nights of drama on the telly after two decades of injustice. and, just one week later. we come to questions for the prime minister. the most high profile moment of the week at westminster. the start of prime minister s question time. and rishi sunak said. mr speaker this is one of the greatest miscarriages ofjustice in our nation s history. today i can announce that we will introduce new primary legislation, to make sure that those c
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