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 country s 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 country s 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. gunfir
under the other side of the fence, one right. writes. 0ther viewers have contacted us about the practice of announcing on news bulletins the daily numbers of vaccinations, new cases, hospitalisations and deaths. but we have also had compliments including this. we are nowjoined by hugh pym, the bbc health editor. do you have a sense that audiences are divided and how far has that affected how you report the story now? l affected how you report the story now? story now? i think they are divided and story now? i think they are divided and you story now? i think they are divided and you can - story now? i think they are - divided and you can understand it because this pandemic has really taken it because this pandemic has really ta ken its toll it because this pandemic has really taken its toll on people s every day lives, their physical and mental health, people have lost loved ones. it has been an extremely difficult time and you are bound to have strongly held views an
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. three days after the assassination of its president, haiti s political crisis has only deepened. there are reports the country s 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 can t close my eyes, i can t sleep at night. i had to come here to the embassy because i am scared. there are so many gunshots and you don t even know where they are coming from. i have abandoned my home, i can t go back for supper i don t know about my family. the country of don t know about my family. the country of 11
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. days after the assassination of its president, haiti looks to be heading into a deeper political crisis. there are reports the country s lawmakers have nominated the head of the senatejoseph lambert to be interim president in a move that a rival political faction including acting interim prime minister claudejoseph says is unconstitutional. it s notjust politics looking uncertain the us says it has no plans reports. some of the men the haitian authorities say assassinated the country s 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 citizens of this impoverished nation are angry. some members of the public have joined in the search for those still at large. as well as former colombian soldiers, the gang also included two americans of haitian d
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