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Has been locked in a particular area in cite soleil called brooklyn. those who manage try to get out of the city on small boat, canoes have been shot at by gangs. 21 of the 89 have been burnt to death. burnt to death, so extremely violent. gang violence has really gone up since the assassination of the president? exactly. this has been intensified. we had this before the assassination of the president just next door, in the neighbourhood calle la saline, but we have seen a number of massacres, w...

The smell of death permeates the air while the remnants of burnt corpses and destroyed homes litter corridors and concrete walkways. Drinking water and food have become a rarity.

>> of course. >> reporter: being taken to the farthest point forward where sand bags are piled high. then -- so there was just a burst of what sounded like automatic gunfire. we are just 70 meters, we are will, from the fighters on the other side of the front line. were rushed away. our escorts keenl for us to see what happens but not too closely. hearing this gunfire and being so close to this front line, you cant help but think even if diplomacy succeeds in preventing russia from invading ukra...

Theyre eager to show us how they have been living and fighting here, in a conflict involving russia that has been largely forgotten, but which has taken over 14,000 lives in the past eight years, according to united nations. ivan has been here the whole time, like the other soldiers here, he says theyre confident they could face a new russian invasion. >> of course, we are worried for the administration and we will wait here. >> reporter: do you think that will happen? this bad situation? >> i a...

There is no other words to describe it other than that. >> what have you been hearing terrell? what are you seeing that you can describe for us? >> just bombings -- explosions. automatic gunfire. like i said, fortunately the ukrainian military is fighting back. and ill just read something from a military -- whos actually on the scene. so far, what we have is russians mean for texass are still failing to enter kyiv. they sustained many casualties. the defense forces strong. those explosions that ...

Well, two days — weve seen over the weekend? the tax well. two days ago _ weve seen over the weekend? the tax well, two days ago it _ weve seen over the weekend? the tax well, two days ago it seemed - weve seen over the weekend? the tax well, two days ago it seemed to - well, two days ago it seemed to become quiet again. the last 2a hours more sustained artillery fire, louder, today and the city we didnt just hear the sound of artillery in the distance we also heard the eruption of small arms ...

Following that curfew, you see on the horizon in particular, a lot of explosions. a lot of black smoke and even here in town, occasional sounds of automatic gunfire. i think the latter is probably much more to do with jumpy soldiers than an actual kind of combat inside the city. what we have also seen out toward makariv to the west of the city, we cant verify it, a successful recapture of it and weve seen pressure being put on the northern axis. this is consistent, really, with the ukrainians sa...

Quickly mounted. within minutes, it became a battlefield. nobody knows yet who started the shooting. rapid gunfire but the exchanges of gunfire between christian and shia armed groups stirs ghosts of the countrys civil war. for hours, shooting echoed through the streets of beirut. not everyone survived. translation: my wife was hiding downstairs, | but our neighbour was killed. she was shot in the head with a bullet. she had kids, her daughter got married just two days ago. its a very confused p...

Welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, im karishma vaswani. —— im mariko oi. the headlines: deadly violence erupts in lebanon. six people are killed after gunmen attack a protest led by the shia group, hezbollah. we can hear regular bursts of automatic gunfire and the thump of weapons like that one. we saw someone shoot from the top of the building and the army are now trying to work out how to contain the situation which escalated so rapidly. it struck while they slept — 46 pe...

Welcome to bbc news — im mark lobel. our top stories: donate the jabs you promised. as the world health organization urges rich countries to fulfil their pledges, were in south sudan where coronavirus vaccination falls behind target. covax was meant to ensure that low income countries like south sudan would not be left behind but now the reality on the ground is that only one in every 500 south sudanese have been fully vaccinated. deadly violence erupts in lebanon. six people are killed after ...