In the Tour De France. Hello and a warm welcome to Bbc News. Days after the assassination of its president , haiti looks to be heading into a deeper political crisis. There are reports the countrys lawmakers have nominated the head of the senate, Joseph Lambert, as Interim President , in a move that a rival Political Faction including Acting Interim prime Minister Claudejoseph says is unconstitutional. It comes as haiti requests troops be deployed from the United Nations and the united states to help secure key infrastructure. The us says it has no plans to provide Military Assistance at this time but has sent Fbi Agents to help investigate, as our North America Correspondent Peter Bowes reports. Some of the men the haitian authorities say assassinated the Countrys President , on parade for the media hours after a long gunfight with Security Forces. The police also displayed some of the weapons they seized. Three members of the gang were killed and eight are on the run. Gunfire. The ci
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Three days after the assassination of its president , haitis political crisis has only deepened. There are reports the countrys lawmakers have nominated the head of the senate, joseph lambert, as Interim President. A rival political faction, which includes the Acting Interim Prime Minister claudejoseph, says the move is unconstitutional. Haitian officials have taken the extraordinary step of requesting Military Help from the united states and the United Nations. Courtney bembridge reports. Crowds gathered outside the embassy in port au prince, bags packed, looking for a way out. Translation I Cant close my eyes, I Cant sleep at night. I had to come here to the embassy because i am scared. There are so many gunshots and you dont even know where they are coming from. I have abandoned my home, I Cant go back for supper i dont know about my family. The country of dont know about my family. The country of 11 dont know about my f
Three days after the assassination of its president , haitis political crisis has only deepened. There are reports the countrys lawmakers have nominated the head of the senate, joseph lambert, as Interim President. A rival political faction, which includes the Acting Interim Prime Minister claudejoseph, says the move is unconstitutional. Haitian officals have taken the extraordinary step of requesting Military Help from the united states and the United Nations. Courtney bembridge reports. Crowds gathered outside the us embassy in port au prince, with suitcases packed, looking for a way out. Translation I Cant close my eyes, I Cant sleep at night. I had to come here to the embassy because im scared. There are so many gunshots and you dont even know where theyre coming from. Ive abandoned my home, I Cant go back, i dont know about my family. The country of 11 Million people is reeling from the assassination of its president , shot dead inside his home on wednesday. These are two of the m
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. In afghanistan, a development many people feared, and many predicted. Violence is on the rise since the us military withdrew from Bagram Airfield last week, and the taliban have seized more districts. This map from a us Defence Research think thank shows the areas now in taliban control they are the dark grey areas you see on the map. The contested areas are in red and areas controlled by the afghan government in light grey, almost whitish colour there. The claims about territory, are for the moment, impossible to verify. But the taliban says it has captured 150 out of 369 districts in the past two months of fighting. Afg hanistan s Interior Ministry neither confirm or deny the claim saying, that though the taliban claim the districts, it does not mean all of them have completely fallen. More than 1,000 afghan government soldiers have fled across the border to tajikistan after clashes with the insurgents. The bbc s Security
Tropical Storm Elsa ames were cities along the states West Coast And it could complicate the search for those survivors in the Condo Collapse in surfside. Hello, everyone. This is America Reports on a tuesday afternoon. Im SAndra Smith. Im Benjamin Hall in for john roberts. Already dropping Heavy Rain in the Florida Keys is that storm moves north, forecasters warning it could be done might bring potentially lifethreatening Storm Surges And tornadoes to most of the peninsula. SAndra we are watching all of it coming as Tropical Storm conditions continue over parts of cuba after making lAndfall there. Tearing through the caribbean. Benjamin Steve Harrigan is on the ground in clearwater beach, florida, with all the latest. Families are trying to squeeze in one day before that storm hits, approaching 60 miles an hour, Heavy Rain as well, the storm is heading this way, could threaten the entire western coast of florida, could strengthen into Hurricane Force wind, there have been some volunta