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In carrying aid into gaza is delayed as ramadan begins with no ceasefire in sight. The princess of wales is apologizing over an altered photo released that has gone viral and sparked plenty of speculation. Welcome to world news america. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is in jamaica for an emergency meeting with regional leaders about the crisis in haiti as armed gangs terrorize much of the capital city. On sunday, the u. S. Military airlifted nonessential staff from its embassy and stepped up security for those left behind. Other countries are evacuating their citizens. Gangs now control more than 80 of porto pawns and are demanding that removal of the president. He is in puerto rico unable to return home. The Un Security Council urged for them to cease their disabling actions while calling on all political actors to engage constructively in meaningful negotiations to allow the holding of free and fair legislative and president ial elections, and for storing Democratic Institutions as soon as possible. Haitis government extended a state of emergency until april 3. Our caribbean and Central America correspondent has more. Will haiti is in freefall towards total anarchy. The past few days have seen a relentless escalation of violence as gains roam the streets, firing on police and attacking buildings with molotov cocktails. The situation was at breaking point already. Gangs bring to bullets on the International Air and forcing it to shut shutter all flights, including one bringing the countrys Prime Minister back from a trip to kenya. Turned away, he remains stuck in puerto rico, unable to return to the nation he leads. In his absence, gangs control more than 80 of the capital. Police stations are a particular target. The countrys main gang leader says he is prepared to take the country to civil war unless he resigns. He didnt some who were managed to get in were 11 million haitians dont have that luxury. The situation in the General Hospital in Port Au Prince is especially dire. A dead body lies next to patients waiting in vain for treatment. Rapidly decomposing in the caribbean heat. Except for the patients, the hospital is abandoned. There are no doctors, they all fled last week, said this patient. We hear the explosions and gunfire outside, but we must have courage and stay here. Others have no choice but to take their chances amid the violence. I have got three kids. Im their mother and their father. Gunman came here and stole all of our money. But when you have three mouths to feed, what can you do . Gangs i get the anxiety is killing me. What if i get shot dead . Who will take care of my children then . Will regional leaders and the u. S. Secretary of state have met in jamaica for a summit, as on this evidence, haiti is perilously close to becoming a failed state. Will grant, bbc news. Sumi the World Food Program warned people in Port Au Prince are facing dire conditions as the security situation deteriorates. The airport is closed and reports say the port and food source were looted. The organization reports 1. 6 Million People in haiti were on the brink of famine, with 362,000 haitians internally displaced by the violence. More than half of them are children, according to the International Organization for migration. Our correspondent is the World Food Program representative and haiti and told us more about the situation on the ground. The political crisis in haiti is leading to a humanitarian crisis. Tell us what the situation on the ground is now forgetting to food, water, and other essentials for haitians. We are raising the alarm right now. The political crisis has turned into a humanitarian crisis because people have had to shelter at home here they are not able to earn an income. Food prices have increased and food is becoming more scarce on the market. This is happening after years of protracted Food Insecurity in haiti. This is a situation where you have 4 Million People year after year food insecure, 90 have this political crisis. It just made things a lot worse. Sumi it is crisis upon crisis you are describing. If people want to leave their homes and get food and water, what does that look like . Can they do so . Jeanmartin yes. People will take advantage of lulls to go to the market and by what is available. Water has been an issue because water production has been affected by the situation. It is unpredictable. We know it is dwindling. On friday, the main Port Au Prince porch was attacked and there has been looting. Haiti relies on food imports for 50 of its supply and 80 of its supply in the case of rice. Im quite worried if the situation lasts longer, the food from Port Au Prince sumi what can aid organizations like the World Food Program due on the ground . What access do you have . Jeanmartin what we are doing now is using preposition stocks to provide assistance to the displaced population. One of the key features of this crisis is there has been an increase in population displacement. There are 362,000 internally displaced people in haiti. Many of them in portauprince. We are trying to deliver a hot meal to them every day. We have been able to provide 12,000 hot meals today to the population of portauprince. We are also making sure the food Program Keeps going. What we have been able to do is shorten supply chains and directly purchase from farmers so they bring food to the schools. We were able to reach 160,000 schoolchildren are that is quite good, considering the context we are in. Sumi do you know the u. S. Secretary of state has been meeting with partners on haiti in jamaica. The u. N. Has issued its concern. What does the International Community need to do to address this Food Insecurity . Jeanmartin two things. In haiti, though conflict and hunger are linked. But we need security. We need to bring back security to haitians. The Current Situation is untenable. Violence has also affected the breadbasket of haiti. We need security, but we also need robust humanitarian support to the population. This is not a case of guns or butter. We needs purity and food in order to make a difference we need security and food in order to make a difference. Last year, 35 funded. That makes it very hard for us to make a difference. You need our donors to step up in order to make sure the population receives assistance. They have security, to have security and food, we might be able to get somewhere. This country has gone through years of mass hunger. Our hunger is linked to unrest, it is linked to strife, and mass migration. We cant afford to not address the underlying issues. Sumi can i ask, the violence now has been described as unprecedented. Do you worry about your safety and that of your team . Jeanmartin im very worried about my teams safety. They are sheltering in place. They have been doing a great job of working with their partners to ensure we have some assistance getting to the population. I cant get to portauprince. I am quite concerned. We will make sure whatever we do in haiti, we have the responsibility to deliver food to the population. We can only do it if we have strong guarantees for the safety of staff and beneficiaries. Sumi we will have to leave it there. Thank you. Sounding the alarm from haiti. Really important at this moment. Thank you. Jeanmartin thank you. Sumi the u. N. Secretary general says he is appalled fighting is continuing and gaza, despite the start of the holy month of ramadan. He has repeatedly called for a ceasefire to mark ramadan, a practice observed wearing the muslim of asking muslim month of fasting. Hamas did not meet that deadline, but an invasion has not materialized. Mr. Gutierrez says if it does, it would plummet the people of gaza into an even deeper circle of hell. U. S. President joe wyden said israel would be crossing a red line if followed through on its threat. Over 24 hours since it was meant to depart for gaza, a ship loaded with 200 tons of food aid and medical supplies is in a port in cyprus. Esther biden announced the u. S. Would build a temporary port to allow gaza to receive aid via the sea. That effort will take several weeks. Quentin sommerville has the latest from that port. Over the weekend, they were getting ships prepared. Yesterday, the final security clearances came for the ship to go. We expected it to leave after that. It seems as though the problem is not this end, but on the others and gaza. There is no functioning oort in gaza unction import in gaza. There is nowhere for this aid to land. The charity central kitchen has hired heavy lifting equipment, is mute is moving boulders and is building its own jetty out into the mediterranean to get ready to receive the aid. Problem might be that the jetty may not be ready. The journey from larnaca, where i am now, to gaza, takes 15 hours. It is expected to take this boat in the barge it is towing about 50 hours, much longer. Because of the cargo and the nature of the vessel. Sumi Quentin Sommerville their peer that comes as relations between president Bidens Administration and israeli Prime Minister netanyahu are growing strained. Mr. Biden underlined the need to get as aid into gaza and warned against many israeli invasion. Mr. Netanyahu has pushed back against those comments pointing to the support he says he has among the israeli public. I talked about ties with former israeli ambassador to the west, michael oren. I want to start with the u. S. Relations now. If we look at an interview that President Biden gave to msnbc over the weekend, he said about Prime Minister netanyahu, that his disregard for innocent lives is hurting israel more than helping the country. He said a Ground Invasion of rafah would be a redline. But he also said he would never leave israel. What did you make of these comments . Very hard comments. Painful comments. Israel is not bombing indiscriminately. Every it has to go through a long approval process by experts, lawyers. The big criticism of israel is the army is taking too many risks and casualties in its attempts to reduce civilian casualties on the palestinian side. Those remarks are hurtful and felt to be unfair. They are also dangerous. Because they support those who would try to do you legitimize try to delegitimize israel. It sends a problematic message to hamas. If you are hamas, the head of hamas and you hear comments like that, you think im ok, i have to hold on longer. Go into a situation where i am using palestinians as how as armor. Sumi are you saying President Bidens words are emboldening hamas . Amb. Oren i think there was an interview a statement in the wall street journal, where he basically said that. He said, all i have to do is hunker down and wait for the world and the United States to impose a ceasefire. Then i will emerge from the rubble, and i will declare victory. I think any situation that the United States is pressuring israel, drawing redlines, is accusing israel of acting in an illegal way, gaza will embolden hamas. It is only logical. Sumi President Biden has said he does agree with israels aim of defeating hamas. He is looking at the civilians on the ground, more than 30,000 dead. If you look at what aid organizations on the ground are saying, they are saying the territories inching towards famine, that eight has to get in in such a dire situation. Is that something you understand what the president is trying to get at their . Amb. Oren i do. And i know every palestinian casualty, not 30,001 casualty, is one casualty too many. That is the great challenge israel is facing in combating an enemy that is using its own population as a human shield. Using gaza itself as a shield. Under gaza are 450 miles of tunnels, the size of the subway system in new york. I dont think any modern army has faced a challenge like that. I think israelis will take umbrage at the number 30,000, which is a hamas number. And it includes the terrorists who have been killed. Israel claims to have killed 13,000 terrorists. Many palestinians have been killed by rockets that have fallen short. And you will get a combatant to civilian casualty rate, which is about a quarter of what the United States had in iraq and syria and afghanistan. Sumi we have seen aid organizations in the u. N. On the ground saying, there has been a mass loss of civilian life in gaza during this military operation. As i mentioned, at the same time, the amount of 80 getting in has been far too little for the suffering of the civilian population. Why is israel limiting the aid coming in . This has been one of President Bidens criticisms at the moment. Amb. Oren and again, israeli leaders including our president , isaac herself, the former head of the labour party, has said there is plenty of aid ready to go in. But the u. S. Agencies have been unwilling to take it in. It has compelled the israeli army to escort these convoys in. You saw what happened in that very tragic incident a week and a half ago with that convoy. No one else is willing to take the aid in. The president has talked about creating this floating dock off the shore of gaza. That was really that was originally an israeli proposal. We floated that in october. You will have to get the aid from the beach into gaza. Not who is going to take that in other than the israeli army . Sumi i should say the u. N. Says that aid can get in, it is israel that is limiting the number of check winds, and the inspection process has been too excessive. In the short amount of time we have left, do you think a ground operation in rafah in southern golfer southern gaza, do you think that is imminent . Amb. Oren i think it is imminent. We are in a war for National Survival in israel. This is not a war of security or choice, or a war that we asked to happen. It would be good if the International Community would at would ask hamas to lay down its arms and release the hostages, which it continues to hold. We have no choice but to finish this or. The major this war. The major effort to move the civilian populations to the greatest degree possible away from the combat area, as we have done and continue this war. Sumi thank you so much for joining us on bbc news. Great to get your perspective. Amb. Oren good to be with you. Sumi for the First Time Since it officially joined nato, the swedish flag was raised during a ceremony at the headquarters in brussels on monday. It comes as sweden and finland are taking part in the largest nato military exercise since the end of the cold war, amid warnings of a new of a renewed front to europe. Our defense correspondent reports from the Arctic Circle where part of that exercise is happening. Jonathan nato says it is able war for peace. But it is preparing for war. This is just part of its massive military exercise across europe. With its newest members, sweden and finland. No doubt as to why they joined. Gang alone against russia is like, why take that risk when you can join nato . I feel a lot safer. Now we have allies to depend on. Jonathan in this scenario, they have come to defend northern norway after it has been invaded. They are not calling the enemy russia, but it is a near neighbor. The aim of this exercise is to demonstrate how nato would come to the aid of an ally under attack. It is the very principle of the alliance. An attack on one is an attack on all. How likely is that . No one is saying the threat is imminent. Russia is preoccupied with its war in ukraine. But it is moscows aggression that is sounding the alarm. The important thing is that it is not if they will reinforce themselves, it is how long will it take . Jonathan you are sure russia is a threat . I am sure russia is the threat, and that we need to become stronger as an allied country in the upcoming five or 10 years. Jonathan it is those living closest who are most aware of the threat. The country is boosting defense spending, but also mentally preparing themselves for war. Both finland and norway share a border with russia. And they have already strengthened their defenses, with a citizen army. Teachers, nurses, and carpenters. They are also parttime soldiers. These are members of norways home guard. But it is no dads army. Most are young and ready to fight. In world war ii, this county was burned down. The whole county. My grandparents, everybody, they had to flee. That is my option. I would rather stay here and fight. I look at