To ukraine. France, germany, iceland, italy, to ukraine. France, germany, iceland, italy, latvia, to ukraine. France, germany,| iceland, italy, latvia, lithuania luxembourg, the netherlands, norway, poland, and the united kingdom, they have all stepped up to leave the Capability Coalition and to commit resources and personnel to this critical task stepped up to lead. This is a testimony to the resolve and unity at Ramstein Today and we stand by ukraine because it is the right thing to do. And because america cares when freedom is at risk. But we also stand by ukraine because it is crucial to our own security and the us would face grave new perils in a world where aggression and autocracy are on the march and where tyrants are emboldened and where dictators think they can wipe out democracy off the map. So when we invest in the security of ukraine, we invest in our own security. And we strengthen this shared vision of an open world of rules and rights and responsibilities. Today, ukraines survival is in danger and americas security is at risk and they do not have a data waste and we dont have a day to spare. A day to waste. Im determined to keep us security and assistance flowing and that is a matter of sovereignty for ukraine and a matter of honour and security for america. And a matter of honour and security foramerica. Make and a matter of honour and security for america. Make no mistake, Vladimir Putin is watching. The world is watching. And history is watching. And with that, general brown, the floor is yours. Goad brown, the floor is yours. Good afternoon. Brown, the floor is yours. Good afternoon, everyone. Brown, the floor is yours. Good afternoon, everyone. Two brown, the floor is yours. Good afternoon, everyone. Two days| brown, the floor is yours. Good afternoon, everyone. Two days after the start afternoon, everyone. Two days after the start of afternoon, everyone. Two days after the start of the Second World War president the start of the Second World WarPresident Roosevelt said in a fireside President Roosevelt said in a fireside chat, the piece has been broken fireside chat, the piece has been broken. , fireside chat, the piece has been broken. , � , broken. Studio lloyd austin, the us secretary broken. Studio lloyd austin, the us secretary of broken. Studio lloyd austin, the us secretary of defence broken. Studio lloyd austin, the us secretary of defence there, broken. Studio lloyd austin, the us secretary of defence there, with | us secretary of defence there, with a warning to russia, Reaffirming American Support for ukraine following the russian invasion and he said Vladimir Putin is watching and the world is watching, history is watching. We will have more on that story as and when we get it. Washington is hoping its Transitional Council will be confirmed in haiti which is opposed by the gangs which control large parts of the country. We can speak to matt knight. Thanks forjoining us. We have been watching the crisis in haiti unfold, so you are in the country, what is it like where you are . It country, what is it like where you are . , country, what is it like where you are . ,~, country, what is it like where you are . , � are . It is pretty scary. Im currently are . It is pretty scary. Im currently in are . It is pretty scary. Im currently in lockdown are . It is pretty scary. Im currently in lockdown in i are . It is pretty scary. Im. Currently in lockdown in our compound and im not allowed out. We opened the Office Yesterday but we were aware that there was a Shooting Incident relatively close to the area where the office and the compound is so staff safety is a priority for us and we had to close the office and make sure that the staff could get home safely. It is a constant daily occurrence that we can hear shooting and it is disrupting our services and our Office Opening hours and disrupting the lives of everybody so it is pretty scary. Taste the lives of everybody so it is pretty scary the lives of everybody so it is re sca. ~. , pretty scary. We hope you remain safe and that pretty scary. We hope you remain safe and that staff pretty scary. We hope you remain safe and that staff do pretty scary. We hope you remain safe and that staff do as pretty scary. We hope you remain safe and that staff do as well. Safe and that staff do as well. Really uncertain time for you. We are hearing from the us of a Transitional Council being set up to try and restore order but it is not something the gangs will get behind from what we hear. What is your take . From what we hear. What is your take . ,. , from what we hear. What is your take . ,. , , take . That is certainly my understanding. Take . That is certainly my understanding. The take . That is certainly my understanding. The rule l take . That is certainly my| understanding. The rule is take . That is certainly my understanding. The rule is that the Transitional Council have put in place, the membership of the Transitional Council, it is so stringent that it rules out anybody who is connected to the gangs in any way and therefore the gangs feel like they do not have a voice in whatever comes next. As long as they dont feel like they have a voice in whatever comes next, they feel like they can continue targeting the institutions, legitimately, so things like police stations, the airport, the port, police academies, the president ial palace, all of these have been targeted recently, judges lodgings have been targeted and they will carry on targeting those as long as they feel like they do not have a legitimate voice to whatever comes next. Do not have a legitimate voice to whatever comes next. Briefly, all of this happening whatever comes next. Briefly, all of this happening while whatever comes next. Briefly, all of this happening while people whatever comes next. Briefly, all of this happening while people are this happening while people are struggling to get basic food, so what about the work your organisation is doing to help people . Organisation is doing to help eole . ,. ,. , people . Under normal circumstances we rovide people . Under normal circumstances we provide food people . Under normal circumstances we provide food aid people . Under normal circumstances we provide food aid and people . Under normal circumstances we provide food aid and clean people . Under normal circumstances we provide food aid and clean water, | we provide food aid and clean water, sanitation, hygiene kits and Protection Services some of the most Vulnerable People in society, especially young women and children, but at present we are not able to get into the areas we would like. Yesterday i was able to get some of my team to start doing Food Distributions but today unfortunately there are armed groups in the areas and we have had to call that of four staff safety reasons. Matt knight, joining us live from haiti, i hope you and your staff remain safe, Thanks Forjoining us. More than hundred thousand people died in an overdose in America Last Year. More than 100,000 people died in America Last Year of an overdose, most of which were from Synthetic Opioids, like fentanyl. Up to 50 times stronger than heroin, its relatively easy to overdose when using it. 0ur correspondent in San Francisco, James Clayton has been speaking to a former addict, about how addiction took over his life. Brian was homeless on The Streets Of San Francsco for three years, between 2020 and 2023. Theres someone actually doing fentanyl right there. Oh, yeah, thats. Youre going to see that. Like, people dont give a this is his account of what life is like homeless and addicted to fentanyl. For, like, a year, i didnt go to sleep on purpose. I fell. Where i fell is where i slept. And i always wondered, like, how do you. . Why dont you go and get undercover or something . And its because youre just exhausted. Youre like. Just sheer exhaustion and you lay where you fall, you know . So, yeah, ive been there. Ive been there plenty of times. Its an all encompassing desire, like, its a 2k hour a dayjob. All youre doing is acquiring money to make sure you still have dope. Because even when you run out, like, obviously withdrawals are looming. Like, theyre going to. Theyre going to come in a matter of hours. To keep up his habit, brian regularly stole items from stores and sold them on the streets for his next fix, which he knew could be his last. There was one time we were sitting on a ledge smoking dope, like, me and a few guys near the drug dealers spot. And there was a guy, like, laying down on the ground, kind of watching him, but he wasnt moving, but people laying on the ground, sleeping all over the place in that area, you know . And then somebody went over to him and he was dead. And thats just regular Tuesday Morning or whatever. In 2022, brians feet were starting to get more and more swollen, a common problem forfentanyl users. He walked with a limp. I had cellulitis, like, which is a cellular infection in my legs due to, like, poor circulation. On our walk, we run into an old friend whose heavily bandaged legs are dripping wet, likely from a similar infection. Is he, like, 0k . Its, like, wet. Oh, yeah. I dont know what thats. Yeah, see, thats. Thats what happens. Its, like, weeping wounds. You got to change the dressing all the time. You already know, like, its. It sucks. Last year, brians legs became septic. I was, like, laying in the station, unresponsive, apparently, like in the chair. And somebody checked on me. It was, like, real hit or miss. Like, they thought i was going to die a few times. Brian did survive, though, and says the experience changed him. Hes been clean for nearly a year now. You definitely regain or even grow a greater appreciation for little, like, small pleasures, like the sound of Skateboard Wheels on the concrete, rather thanjust, like, i couldnt enjoy anything if it wasnt, like. Fentanyl was the first concern. Brian could consider himself lucky. During the period that he was on the streets from November 2020 to april 2023, 1683 people died in San Francisco due to a drug overdose, most of them from Synthetic Opioids like fentanyl. Lets speak to chris mcgreal, author of American 0verdose the 0pioid tragedy in three acts. You have looked into the crisis through your reporting and your book. I lived in america in 2015, when this was in the headlines daily commit real concerns across the country, and it was an Election Issue back then, but it doesnt seem like much has changed. Has much changed . If anything it has got worse, and this Opioid Crisis has one on worse, and this Opioid Crisis has gone on for worse, and this Opioid Crisis us gone on for more than worse, and this Opioid Crisis t5; gone on for more than 20 years now, beginning with Prescription Opioids, but as you heard, evolving into something in many ways much worse which is these high strength artificial opioids, Synthetic Opioids which are much more likely to kill you. Is opioids which are much more likely to kill ou. Opioids which are much more likely to kill ou. ,. ,. , to kill you. Is there a problem with overprescribing to kill you. Is there a problem with overprescribing as to kill you. Is there a problem with overprescribing as well . To kill you. Is there a problem with overprescribing as well . Yes, to kill you. Is there a problem with| overprescribing as well . Yes, there is. Overprescribing as well . Yes, there is America Overprescribing as well . Yes, there is. America continues overprescribing as well . Yes, there is. America continues to overprescribing as well . Yes, there is. America continues to prescribe i is. America continues to prescribe at much higher rates than most of the world but Prescription Opioids are no longer the primary cause of overdose deaths, although they still account for around 25 , still a very high number, in its own right, but the big killer now is fence and all, notjust people who are directly using it but most people do not know they are using it and they are killed by fenta nyl they are using it and they are killed by fentanyl in other drugs like amphetamines, and it is so powerful that people who do not have sufficient tolerance or do not understand how much the drug is in there, can easily overdose. What understand how much the drug is in there, can easily overdose. There, can easily overdose. What is there, can easily overdose. What is the solution . There, can easily overdose. What is the solution . That there, can easily overdose. What is the solution . That is there, can easily overdose. What is the solution . That is a there, can easily overdose. What is the solution . That is a good the solution . That is a good question the solution . That is a good question and the solution . That is a good question and a the solution . That is a good question and a lot the solution . That is a good question and a lot of the solution . That is a good question and a lot of people the solution . That is a good question and a lot of people have tried to work out and still the problem gets worse. Cutting off the prescribing has helped diminish the number of people who have become addicted through Prescription Painkillers but i think the general consensus is that there needs to be a lot of assistance for people who become addicted, there needs to be proper treatment and programmes that help people rather than sending them to prison, and in the end, it is education as much as anything. Chris, Thanks Forjoining us. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Now how many of you remembers this smash hit from the late 90s . I get knocked down and i get up again. Its a bit of an ear worm, but that is of course tubthumping by chumbawumba the british punk band are in the spotlight again having demanded that the right wing new zealand politician Winston Peters stop using their biggest hit at his rallies. They said tubthumping was a song of hope for ordinary people, not for politicians with what they called bigoted views. Theyve told their Record Company to issue a legal notice. Mr peter says there is Nothimng Wromng with his party using it because it is not for commercial gain. With me is the former singer of chumbawumba. Welcome to bbc news. Why do you have a problem with mr peters who is actually the deputy Prime Minister, using the song . Hes Prime Minister, using the song . Hes not the Prime Minister, using the song . Hes rrot the first Prime Minister, using the song . Hes not the first deputy Prime Minister, using the song . He� s not the first deputy Prime Minister that we have had something to say about. That we have had something to say about. , g. , ,. ,. , about. Yes, john prescott, although we do not about. Yes, john prescott, although we do rrot have about. Yes, john prescott, although we do not have the about. Yes, john prescott, although we do not have the images about. Yes, john prescott, although we do not have the images of about. Yes, john prescott, although we do not have the images of your i we do not have the images of your band throwing a bucket of ice over him in 2011. What about Winston Peters . He him in 2011. What about Winston Peters . Him in 2011. What about Winston Peters . , ,. ,. , him in 2011. What about Winston Peters . ,. ,. ,. , peters . He has views that are at odds to everything peters . He has views that are at odds to everything that peters . He has views that are at odds to everything that chumbawumba stands for, he is anti immigration, the rhetoric from him is egregious, and a lot of what he stands for in the way that he pushes his populist views which i think have a right wing element to them, and only because hatred and Division Within communities only cause. That song is about different communities coming together in a pub in leeds, so everything he stands for is against that song. What about the freedom to use your music . Some Eo Le Freedom to use your music . 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