Forward on a political process that will lead to the establishment of a president ial Transitional Council that will lead to elections. And we think that it lead to elections. And we think Thatitis Lead to elections. And we think that it is urgent, that it is urgent that he moves forward in that direction and starts 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
Found its way onto set. During a rehearsal in october 2021 the gun fired and killed Halyna Hutchins, the films cinematographer and injured the directorjoel souza. Alec baldwin is set to go on trial in new mexico injuly for involu natrity manslaughter. Lets get the latest from our north america cprrespondent, will vernon. Hannah Gutierrez Reed was an Armourer Working On that the film set of rust, and meaning she was in charge of all the weapons. It means she brought a live round on set, put it into that weapon, which went on to kill Halyna Hutchins and injure another crew member. She was convicted on Manslaughter Charges on the basis that she floated basic gun safety procedures, hannah Gutierrez Reed. These are guidelines that basically entail rudimentary checks to ensure the rounds you have just put into a weapon are blanks, not live rounds, and thatis blanks, not live rounds, and that is basically the basis of the charge. It was noted in court that Hannah Gutierrez read was an experie
There is a deep, bleeding hole in my heart. Alexei was not only, like, a political leader, he was also a very close friend. And, you know, in the last years when he was imprisoned, and we were exchanging emails, were often discussing, like, the future and how we will go there and here, and discuss this and that, and do this and that. And its hard for mejust to get used to this new world where alexei isnt here any more, because he was a great personality who was, like, really able to fill any room where he was in. And hes very much missed. I understand the deep grief. Would it also be fair to use the word despair about your current feeling . No, thats not correct. Alexi was a very inspirational leader, and his main slogan was, like, never give up. And if there is one thing that weve learned from him in the many years that we worked together i worked together with him for 13 years was this thing, like, never give up. To be in despair would make his sacrifice in vain, would be betrayal of
A general election. The backdrop a flat lining Economy Millions struggling with the cost of living and polling indicating the Conservative Party is lagging far behind the opposition. Not to mention Financial Markets on edge for anything that might worsen the uks finances. The memory of Prime Minister liz truss s disastrous Tax Cutting Budget no doubt not far from mr hunts mind. So lets remind ourselves what he came up with. The rate of National Insurance paid by employees and the self employed, will be cut again by 2 pence in the pound. That comes on top of an earlier 2p cut mr hunt announced in the autumn. In april, full Child Benefits will be paid to households, where the highest earning parent is getting up to £60,000. The current limit is £50,000. And the non dom tax break for wealthy uk residents whose permanent home is overseas, is to be scrapped raising £2. 7 billion a year for the government. That announcement is highly controversial as it was a key pillar of labour policy.
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