Hello, and welcome to unspun world here at the bbc s headquarters in central london. In this edition is now the moment when the russians turn the tide in ukraine. It is russia making its size and resources count. Its russia that can throw more men at its fight. Haiti, arguably the worlds most ungovernable country, erupts yet again. The Security Forces in haiti are clearly in a situation of disadvantage against these gangs, who now control big sections of the capital, port au prince. And will the oceans one day be navigated by Ships Without A Single Human Being On Board . Future vision of lots of Companies Looking into this to have, say, a captain sitting there on land in charge of multiple ships sailing the oceans Around The World. Things arent looking at all rosy for ukraine at the moment. The days when Russias Armed forces were slow, clumsy and predictable have gone. Theyve upped their game. And the huge advantage russia has in manpower and industrial might has started to tell. Ukrai
Mitchell. That begins right now. And right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, stuck in port. A massive shipment of humanitarian aid still docked in cypress as gazaens start the day and holy month of ramadan. And the rift between President Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu deepening as the white house sits on a red line on rafah and slams the Prime Ministers policies. Israel more than helping israel by making the rest of the world it is contrary to anything it stands for. And i think it is a big mistake. So i want to see a ceasefire. First dueling general election rallies turn nasty with donald trump in Georgia Mocking the president s childhood challenge with stuttering. This hour the president heads to new hampshire, another potential swing state. And snl ripping katie britts republican response to the State Of The Union and her misleading story about Migrant Trafficking at the border. Every dedale about it is real except the year, where it took place, and who was president when it happened. A
The prisoners stayed behind to avoid the shooting lets hear from one of them. Translation it was a very difficult situation last night. The riot in the prison put our lives at risk. We had because there was a lot of firing, we hid because there was a lot of firing, we were afraid for our lives. Remember, haiti has been plagued by Gang Violence for years. But the situation has got worse since president moise s assassination at his home in 2021. We know currently gangs control 80 we know currently gangs control 80 of the capital, port . Au . Prince. Which means that violent scenes like these from over the weekend have become more common. Gang leaders say they want to force him to resign have a listen. Translation we ask the haitian i National Police and the military l to take responsibility and arrest ariel henry. Once again, the population is not our enemy. The armed groups are not your enemy. Lets speak to mathias pierre, a former minister in the hatian government until 2021. He was in
Ambassador, thank you very much forjoining us here in our studio. Military coup leaders in niger have on monday arrested two more cabinet ministers, as well as the head of the governing party. What do you make of these latest developments . I mean, that shows that thejunta has no intention to respect human rights as he started by claiming that he will do that. And again, i mean, this coup has really no reason whatsoever. There was no political tension. There is no situation, Security Situation that is worsening as they claimed, that just faints. The Security Situation is improving in our country. You know, you accept to power by the ballot, not by the bullets. And we have elected a legitimate president , mohamed bazoum, and we want him to be restored, like all the International Community echo us, the regional body, the african union, the United States of america, france, all our european union, all are asking them just to give back power to preseidnt bazoum. You mentioned aikawa. I do
In beijing would like to see winning the race for the white house. 0ur china correspondent Steve Mcdonell went to the Great Hall Of The People to try to find out. Later this year, the us announces their new president. What were the chinese comic party believe the of this equipment communist party. Its like pulling teeth. All clamouring there is a sense from the delegates that they dont want to speak out of turn when it comes to expressing an opinion on us politics. But they are worried about china us relations and they want them to improve. Good effort from Steven Mcdonald there. Lets get more on chinas Economic Vision for the future now, and its leaders have set out what theyre calling an ambitious Economic Growth target of around 5 this year. China is facing a property crisis, falling prices and high youth unemployment. Heres chinas premier li qiang on their strategy going forward. Translation these expected targets i are proposed taking into account. Both domestic and international