They demand Prime Minister ariel henry resign. Hes in puerto rico and unable to return home. The aid includes 100 million to support an International Security force, bringing the uss contribution to 300 million. It also includes a separate 33 million in humanitarian assistance. Mr blinken says a Multinational Security force is needed to stabilize the country. What weve 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 NationsSecurity Council has reaffirmed that, and reaffirmed a collective commitment to deploy it as quickly as possible. Now, all of us know that only the haitian people can, and only the haitian people should determine their own future. Our Central American correspondent, will grant has more. Haiti is in freefall towards total anarchy. The past few days have seen a relentless escalation of violence as gunmen roam the streets, firing on police and attacking government buildings. The situation was already at breaking point. Gangs opposed to the countrys unelected Prime Minister, ariel henry, have rained bullets on the international airport, closing it down. When he attempted to return to haiti last week, his plane was turned away. In his absence, gangs now control more than 80 of the capital. Police stations a particular target. Haitis main gang leaderjimmy barbecue cherizier says hes prepared to take country to civil war unless mr henry resigns. There are growing fears of an exodus. Millions of haitians now face famine. A humanitarian emergency on top of the breakdown in law and order. A lucky few did manage to get out. Us Military Personnel airlifted its non essential Embassy Staff to safety. Meanwhile, the situation in the General Hospital in Port Au Prince is especially dire. A dead body lies near patients waiting in vain for treatment, rapidly decomposing in the caribbean heat. Except for the patients, the hospital is abandoned. There are no doctors, they all fled last week, said this patient. We hear the explosions and gunfire outside but we must have courage and stay here. Others have no choice but to take their chances amid the violence and chaos. Translation ive got three kids, im their mother and theirfather. Gunmen came here and stole all our money but when you have three mouths to feed, what can you do . Translation the anxiety is killing me. What if i get shot dead . Who will take care of my children then . With no sign of an end to the crisis in sight, regional leaders and the us Secretary Of State have Met Injamaica for an emergency summit. On this evidence though, haiti is now perilously close to becoming a failed state. Will grant, bbc news. A ship that was supposed to set sail from cyprus to gaza over the weekend with 200 tonnes of food has yet to leave its port. The spanish ship will be the first to sail along a humanitarian marine corridor announced by the eu, the us, the uk, cyprus and the uae. The reason for the delay was unclear. It marks another setback to International Aid delivery to gaza as the un Reports Hundreds Of Thousands face famine. The bbc� s Quentin Sommerville reports from cyprus. There is no Functioning Port in gaza. The israeli offensive, the bombardment has devastated infrastructure there, so there is nowhere for this aid to land. So the charity involved, world central kitchen, has hired heavy lifting equipment, is moving huge boulders, and is building its own pier, its own jetty out into the mediterranean to get ready to receive aid. The problem is that thatjetty may not be ready yet. Thejourney from larnaca, where i am now, to gaza, it usually takes about 15 hours, but is is expected to take this boat and the barge it is towing about 50 hours, much longer because of the cargo and the nature of the vessel. Its a tiny drop in terms of gaza and in some respects maritime Sea Corridors and air drops are not the way to get the humanitarian aid that gaza needs so urgently to the people of gaza. The reality is the quickest way to do that is by truck through the to entry points and despite pleas from israels allies to increase the number of trucks up to 500 today as it was before the war, israel has resisted doing that, its around 100 today. The help palestinians need, lets remember on the brink of famine according to the un, its within their grasp and just across the border in israel and in egypt but politics of war is keeping it farfrom them. The United States has airdropped another 27,000 meals and about 26,000 bottles of water to northern gaza. But, as you heard, aid groups have described these operations as a drop in the bucket. Meanwhile, thousands in the Southern City of rafah marked the start of ramadan from tents. Without the protection of a ceasefire, they instead face the prospect of israel escalating its war on hamas during the muslim holy month. Israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu said on sunday hes still committed to sending Ground Troops into rafah, where an estimated 1. 5 million palestinians are living. More than a million are internally displaced refugees, according to the un. Mr netanyahu and us President Biden indirectly sparred over the issue this weekend, after mr biden called a Ground Invasion of rafah a red line. The Prime Minister said his red line is preventing another attack on israel by hamas. For his take on the comments and what comes next, i spoke earlier with Walter Russell mead, a scholar in us israeli relations with the hudson institute. On that point of the Ground Invasion into israel. This notional deadline of the beginning of ramadan has come and gone. Will we still see israel in the coming days going into rafa h 7 my sense is the israelis are not willing to enter escalate during ramadan and i dont think that a well worked up later what they want to do so they are not that unhappy with the delay either. That goes along with the one we heard from the white house today whether Deputy President of the senate no Military Operation should take place in rafah it is not a credible land. To take out the setting and security needs of the civilians sheltering there and we havent seen such plans. Benjamin netanyahu has been talking about this for many weeks now . In some ways it is in his political interest in israel where a big opinion is very hawkish to sound like he is really pushing and ready to go and forjoe biden with domestically and internationally it looks good to say im trying to hold the israeli back. Im not sure that Benjamin Netanyahu actually, i wouldnt say they are co ordinating this stance but i think it is one that americans and israelis have done repeatedly over the decades. We see in the Biden Administration ramping up the putting pressure on the premise in the recent days and weeks. Particularly around the issue of going into rafah. Is there a Point Wherejoe Biden pulls back the support for israel . Its interesting that so far he has really avoided doing up. It does not look to me as if he is reaching a breaking point. Yet. I look at the polls in the us and joe biden� s position seems to be pretty well aligned with generally the balance of Public Opinion here and that is a feeling of wanting and sympathising with israels desire to get rid of hamas but also sympathising with the plight of civilians and that is wherejoe biden is right now. Protests about americas support for israel are continuing to grow, with major events being boycotted. Multiple bands and musicians have pulled out of the South By Southwest Festival in austin texas citing the us armys sponsorship of the event. Some us Defence Contractors are also participating at this years event. Belfast Rap Trio Kneecap are the latest group to pull out of the festival. In a statement on social media site x, the band said kneecap joins other slated south by south west performers, including lambrini girls, scowl and sprints. The festival celebrates film, comedy and music and attracts more than 300,000 people each year. Organisers have not commented on any of the boycotts. Catherine, the princess of wales, was seen for the first time on monday after apologizing for confusion over a Family Photograph issued by Kensington Palace over the weekend. Five Picture Agencies withdrew the image over concerns it had been manipulated. Kensington palace says the original photo, will not be released. The photo was the first of Princess Catherine to be released since Abdominal Surgery injanuary. Our correspondent Daniela Relph is at Windsor Castle with the latest. 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 was supposed to reassure, to calm the more outlandish rumours about the princesss condition. But its publication has done the opposite. Today, the princess was seen with her husband, being driven from windsor. Kensington palace said she had a private appointment. Last night, the first of five News Agencies issued dramatically worded kill notices, withdrawing the picture of the princess and her children, due to what the agencies said were inconsistencies in the image. Then this morning, a social media post from the princess of wales herself, where she admitted she had made cosmetic changes to the picture. She said. Have you got a favourite shot . Photography is a passion for the princess of wales, reflected in some of her public engagements. And over the years, she has released many of her own pictures with little fuss. But times are different now. The clamourfor information on her current condition remains intense, and its fuelled the questions about the photo. Theyve misled the public by putting an image out there that was manipulated, and its going to fuel a whole load of speculation and conspiracy about kate and her health. At the Commonwealth Day service at the abbey, it was business as usual. But the royal party was depleted due to the Current Health problems. The absent king recorded a video message, played to the congregation. In recent weeks, i have been most deeply touched by your wonderfully kind and thoughtful good wishes for my health and, in return, can only continue to serve you to the best of my ability throughout the commonwealth. Its been a challenging few weeks for the royal family and the Photo Controversy has fed the debate over whether we can trust what the palaces tell the public. I wouldnt say its a trust issue, i havent heard that. I mean, the princess of wales is an accomplished photographer. She said she edits photographs. She might have been editing Family Photographs, you know, all the time, for all we know. A photo altered by a princess. Her team say she was doing what many others do trying to make herfamily look as good as possible in a picture. Daniela relph, bbc news, windsor. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some top stories in the uk. The price of bitcoin has soared above 72,000 after uk regulators approved the launch of crypto backed Exchange Traded notes. That comes after a similar decision in the us. However, the new funds will only be available to professional investors. Officials say the ban on crypto Exchange Traded notes for Retail Investors will stay in place, calling them � ill suited for general trading. The former conservative Party Deputy Chairman lee anderson has defected to the reform uk party. Anderson was suspended from his role after refusing to apologise for claims that islamists had control of london mayor sadiq khan. Anderson becomes reform uks first ever mp. Nigel farage set up the right wing Populist Party in 2018 as the brexit party, but was renamed in 2020. The office for National Statistics has added Vinyl Music Sales to the basket of goods that they use to work out inflation. Thats due in part by the Soaring Success Of taylor swift album sales. Airfryers have also been added. Youre live with bbc news. Lets turn to ukraine. Kyiv has summoned the vaticans envoy after pope francis said the country should have the courage to raise the white flag against russia. The pope sparked anger in ukraine when a transcript of an interview with swiss broadcaster rsi, which is due to be broadcast next week, was released, seemingly calling for ukraine to surrender to russia. A vatican spokesman later attempted to clarify the popes remarks saying he was speaking of stopping the fighting through negotiation, not calling for a complete surrender. Ukraine has been keen to dispel any suggestion that it would capitulate to russia particularly with ongoing debate in washington about the level of Military Support the us should provide to ukraine. And those concerns about us funding would not have been eased today. After a meeting with donald trump in florida, hungarian Prime Minister viktor orban told Hungarian Media The former republican president will not give a penny in the Ukraine Russia war. That is why the war will end. One funding mechanism ukraine is hoping to tap into is the billions of dollars in seized Russian Assets. Ukraines deputy minister ofjustice iryna mudra and ukraines minister of Justice Denys maliuska are in washington trying to convince the us to free up those assets. They spoke with my colleague Sumi Somaskanda earlier. We are talking about 300 billion worth of Russian Assets currently frozen around the world. Some could be accessed to help pay for ukraines defence and economy at the moment. How much support is there in washington for such an approach . It there in washington for such an a roach . , there in washington for such an approach . Approach . It is not the first time when approach . It is not the first time when i approach . It is not the first time when i am approach . It is not the first time when i am in approach . It is not the first time when i am in washington, talking aboutjustice, talking talking about justice, talking about talking aboutjustice, talking about accountability, and talking about restoration of International World order. And compensation or reparations for the damage caused by russian aggression, as a significant component of restoring justice. And you know that Peace Formula of president zelensky it also includes. 7, restoration of justice. When we speak about russias duty to make reparation, we understand that it does not depend on russia, on its consent, it is in accordance with international law, that russia must make reparations. Unfortunately, russia is not its useless to believe that they will ever make reparations. Thats why we lawyers and State Officials have to find ways and mechanisms how to induce russia to make reparations. And that is why the way to get access to Russian Assets, is also the debate of russia to make reparations. I debate of russia to make reparations. Debate of russia to make reparations. Debate of russia to make rearations. ,. ,. ,. , reparations. I want to ask you about us reparations. I want to ask you about us support reparations. I want to ask you about us support for reparations. I want to ask you j about us support for ukraine, further aid for ukraine has been tied up in domestic logics in the us and we have seen the former President Donald Trump and some of his allies including senator lindley Lindsey Graham have floated the Idea Of Giving Ukraine A Loan for nonmilitary aid, what you think of that prospect . It might be one of the options, but we do strongly believe it is not fair to grant