taken place since january according to a human rights group based in port-au-prince. a haitian transportation union has now called for an indefinite strike tomorrow in protest of the spike in kidnappings in haiti. cnn s kylie at wood joining me now from the state department. what steps are u.s. officials able to take? the state department says they are aware of these reports, but that s all that the spokesperson here at the department is saying right now. we haven t heard anything from the white house with regard to these reports, but, of course, significant that now this christian aid organization based in ohio is confirming the details, saying that there were 16 americans, one canadian, who were kidnapped in haiti while they were going to an orphanage. they were there, of course, for mercenary work. some of these folks that were kidnapped were children. five of them according to what this christian aid organization is putting out. all eyes on the state department, on the
- also guinea pigs. - also guinea pigs, ok. i m getting a theme going here. what else? but maybe it s much simpler than i m making it out to be. for inspiration, i ve turned to a particularly unfiltered bunch. ice cream and robots? ok, what else? - like, something like, something like a bird caucus. - like a bird caucus? - yeah! - i think a bird caucus sounds really interesting. i m not sure what that is. - [laughing] - i always say that! - [laughs] - oh, that made you happy! oh, my god, this is gonna be the greatest party ever. go! bird caucus? bird caucus. yeah. eureka! bird caucus. [nicky blitz blast off ] - getting too close, better pull on back - what if i travel the world, exploring what makes some places happier than others? - need a one-two. - i m looking at the ways that where we are. - yeah, i m a-comin , i m a-comin - affect who we are. - whoo, i m a-comin i m a-comin , yeah. - it s been said that the search for happiness is the chief sou
bombardment of ukrainian ports. michael bossicue is a senior fellow at the atlantic council s eurasia centre. i asked him whether nato could be drawn into a wider conflict with russia. if that is what it takes to stop mr putin form organising food mr putin form weaponising food and hijacking millions of tonnes of grain to go to many poor countries, the egypt s, the yemen s and iraq s of the world i say let s do it and get armed escorts for carrier ships across the black sea because mr putin and the kremlin cannot get away with this. i just crossed the area across the danube that the russians have been striking and you can see what is happening.. the infrastructure and road is packed with trucks because it is affecting neighbouring countries such as moldova. you say it s unsustainable, what is the solution? the solution is for ukraine to go ahead with the unilateral humanitarian corridor supported by surveillance planes from nato and western allies or friendly neighbouring cou
like england they are seeking to be crowned world champions for the first time come sunday and will be watched by queen letizia and her daughter, but the uk royals will not be in attendance. away from the women s world cup, harry kane may have only been at bayern munich five days but the club s head coach is already full of praise for his new striker. the england captain is in line to make his bundesliga debut this weekend with bayern, who are the german champions, travelling to werder bremen on friday. tuchel says kane is already a major, positive influence in the changing room. my first impressions of harry are fantastic. he is a top professional. the quality is outstanding. and he is a fantastic human being. he is very open. he is first on the training pitch, he is open in the dressing room. i think he has a leading effect in the dressing room with his personality, his approach to football, his love for the game. owen farrell will play no part in england s world cup warm
currently we have got some rain pushing across the south east, clearing through this morning. behind it, a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of the showers heavy and thundery in northern and central scotland. another breezy day. details later. the parents of a young person at the heart of allegations against a bbc presenter are standing by their account, according the sun newspaper, after a lawyer representing the individual said their claims were rubbish. the newspaper first reported that the unnamed presenter had allegedly paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos last week. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has the latest. after days of damaging headlines, allegations and rumours, this story of a bbc presenter allegedly paying thousands for sexually explicit images is still dominating front pages. now a statement on behalf of the young person at the centre of this. they ve called the allegations, by their mother, rubbish. their lawyer says, nothing inappropriat