claudejoseph in port au prince, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, mr sackur. it s a pleasure. thank you forjoining us in what is still a very difficult situation in your country. tell me, since ariel henry, the prime minister, told the nation that he was quitting, has anything really changed around you in the capital port au prince, or in haiti? has any of the violence, any sense of the crisis changed? i must say that, of course we ve seen a change, days are calm. the. the people now are trying to move to. ..to the specific activities. it s a new page. it s a new chapter. it seems that people were waiting for this decision to be made. er. let me ask you something very simple- if you were to walk outside your own home right now onto the streets of port au prince, would you feel safe? i mean, are the police on the streets or are the armed gangs still running the streets? people, haitian people are not safe. i must say that. the situation is still a scary situation. people are s
and this is the scene live at a polling station in moscow. there is the potential for a run off vote if no candidate wins more than 50% in the first round. but with many of mr putin s opponents unable to run, it seems inevitable that vladimir putin will be re elected without a need for that second ballot. the election is encompassing the territories which russia has annexed in ukraine. in all, more than 112 million people have the right to vote at the last election, in 2018, he took more than three quarters of the vote. our russia editor, steve rosenberg has more on the issues surrounding this election. these days, when vladimir ovchinnikov paints russia, the result is very dark. from a mountain of skulls and a dictator s ambition to this russia s war in ukraine likened to stalin s terror. the 86 year old artist had taken his anti war message onto the streets, graffitiing stop the war . all these paintings were scrubbed out, and vladimir fined twice for discrediting the
thousands waiting to get out of gaza. stuck at the border with egypt the u.n. tonight warning that the middle east is on the verge of the abyss. [speaking non-english language] norah: to the north israelis and 28 villages on the border of lebanon are ordered to evacuate. the ivf releases chilling new video of the brutal attack on an israeli kibbutz. tonight the large amount of weapons seized from hamas. here we have hand grenades, we have iuds. and here we have antitank missiles. this really is quite an arsenal. norah: israeli defense minister warns of a long war. charlie d agata is with israeli troops. when it comes to sheer firepower, there is no contest. israel has one of the most advanced, well-equipped, and best trained armies in this region. hamas may not have the firepower to match israeli tanks like these, but the question is how useful heavy weapons will be on the tightly packed streets of gaza. norah: america s top diplomat returns to israel to try t
crisis. here are tonight s headlines. thousands waiting to get out of gaza. stuck at the border with egypt. appeared to be u.n. tonight warning that the middle latest is on the verge of the abyss. [speaking non-english language] norah: to the north as raley s and 28 villages on the border of lebanon are ordered to evacuate. the ivf releases chilling new video of an attack on his an israeli kibbutz. and here from hamas. here we have hand grenades, we have iuds. and here we have antitank missiles. this really is quite norah: israeli defense minister warns of a long war. charlie d agata is with israeli troops. when it comes to sheer firepower, there is no contest. israel has one of the most advanced, well-equipped, and best trained armies in the region. hamas may not have the firepower to access is really things like these, but the question is how useful heavy weapons will be on the tightly packed streets of gaza. norah: america s top diplomat returns to israel
news about americans still trapped and gaza. ten estimates of hundred u.s. citizens safe passage to that rafah border crossing continues to face significant obstacles. nbc news has now learned that will be a key item on secretary blinken s agenda when he lands and cairo tomorrow. u.s. officials said that negotiated a temporary opening at that border between gaza and egypt for american citizens seeking to flee. but evacuees midway through the crossing, they found a closed. state department publicly urges americans and gaza to move south, cautioning that if the crossing opens, that window could be brief. but for those without u.s. citizenship, that extended evacuation order deadline long gone. millions of gazans now bracing for israel s eminent ground invasion. activity along the border is picking up, with the buzz of drones and fighter jets overhead. on the road, tanks on flatbed s heading right in the direction of gaza. the israeli defense forces its completing its prepar