Transitional council that will lead to elections. We think that is urgent that he moves forward in that direction, and start the process of bringing normalcy back to the people of haiti. Meanwhile, the violence in haiti is worsening. The un High Commissioner For Human Rights volker turk is calling for International Action and says the situation is beyond untenable. Since the beginning of the year, 1,193 people have been killed and 692 others wounded by the gang violence. The uns humanitarian coordinator in haiti told the bbc that gang members are killing and raping indiscriminately, and that bodies can be seen on the streets of the capital. The un says that gangs have stepped up their campaign of violence since the Prime Minister travelled to kenya a week ago. For more on the situation, i spoke to our Central American and cuba correspondent, will grant. Will, good to see you. Clearly an extremely tense situation for haiti with the Prime Minister stranded abroad, and then the leader of
minister abdalla hamdok. they are holding him and his wife and an undisclosed location. they also arrested several cabinet members and the civilian member of the sovereign counsel. there is indeed so much tension, peoplejust try counsel. there is indeed so much tension, people just try to make sense of what has happened. a statement from the prime minister s office came earlier and warned against tearing to shreds the accord that, the deal that has enabled the military and civilians to share power, and so we are waiting to see what happens. already the united states has spoken, the embassy in sudan has said those who are disrupting the process, the road map to democracy must stand down. anne soy reporting. a senior m15 officer has apologised to families bereaved by the manchester arena attack in 2017. the apology is believed to be the first made directly