role since the assassination in 2021 of the country s last president. armed groups have been calling for mr henry to step down, leading to widespread violence. last week he was prevented from returning home to haiti. news of his resignation came during a high level meeting of the caribbean community injamaica. to that end we acknowledge the resignation of prime minister ariel henry upon the establishment of a transitional presidential council. harold isaac is an independent journalist based in haiti. he gave us his reaction to the news. it is unclear for pretty much everybody here at this point, although in the past few hours there were serious indications that resignation was imminent. prime minister ariel henry had been under tremendous pressure to resign in the past couple of weeks after he returned from kenya on a trip to get police support. as of late, you could see people rushing for instance to money transfer houses, trying to get some cash, trying to go to do grocerie
welcome to the programme. we begin injamaica where the american top diplomat antony blinken is holding crisis talks with the review and leaders on the worsening violence in haiti due to criminal gangs. they have overrun much of the capital and close down its main international airport. they are calling for the resignation of the prime minister who is currently in puerto rico and unable to return home. as he blinked and said the united states would contribute additional funding to a states would contribute additionalfunding to a un backed security force intending to help police fight against as well as humanitarian aid. what we ve seen in recent days again should remind us that the already challenging and difficult security situation has now deteriorated even further, and makes the multinational support mission even more important than ever. the united nations security council has reaffirmed that, and reaffirmed a collective commitment to deploy it as quickly as possible. give
and the best actor. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. thank you for your company this morning. we start this hour in the uk where the princess of wales has apologised for what she calls any confusion after she said she edited a photograph of her and her children. her statement came after five news agencies retracted it over editing concerns. the image, taken by the prince of wales, was the first of catherine to be released since her surgery injanuary. the princess of wales was seen on monday being driven out of windsor in a car with prince william, as he travelled to the commonwealth day service which she did not attend. our royal correpondent daniela relph has more. very nice to see you guys. the prince of wales this evening at an event related to his earth shot environmental project in london. at the end of a day filled with unexpected twists and turns. prince william took this photo of his wife and children that were supposed to reassur
and a first best actor oscar for ireland, as cillian murphy wins for oppenheimer. tonight, newsnight comes live from paisley. once one of the uk s industrial powerhouses, we re in this historic scottish town with politicians and invited guests to talk about their preoccupations and passions ahead of the general election. good evening. in seemingly trying to dampen down speculation about her health, it appears the princess of wales may have fanned more flames of conspiracy. kate has now apologised for any confusion after admitting she edited the first official photograph she d appeared in since undergoing abdominal surgery two months ago. five picture agencies withdrew the image over concerns it had been manipulated. why it was altered in the first place, we may never know. kensington palace says the original photo will not be released. daniela relph is at windsor castle for us tonight. clive, that controversial photo was taken here in the grounds of windsor castle towards the
hello, i m lauren taylor. an aid ship towing 200 tonnes of humanitarian assistance has has left cyprus s larnaca port and set sail for gaza. a spokesperson for the spanish charity open arms said the ship had left portjust before nine in the morning local time. this is the first shipment along a maritime corridorfrom cyprus aimed at carrying aid to desperate palestinian civilians in gaza. the journey time could take as long as two days. the united nations has warned that gaza is on the brink of famine. let s go live now to our correspondent, quentin sommerville. it has been a while until it left but they resolved all the problems in the end? , but they resolved all the problems in the end? in the end? they resolved all the roblems in the end? they resolved all the problems this in the end? they resolved all the problems this ends in the end? they resolved all the problems this ends but there - in the end? they resolved all the problems this ends but there are i problems t