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Earlier i spoke to william oneill, the United Nations designated expert on the Human Rights Situation in haiti, and he gave us his assessment of the situation on the ground. Its continuing at a pace and with an intensity that i have never seen before. Ive worked in and on haiti for over 30 years now, and its by far the worst ive ever seen it. Kidnappings, rapes, killings. People are living in terror. They cant leave their houses in many cases. They certainly cant get out of the city. Its like an open air prison, except theyre not even open air any more because many people i know are in hiding in their houses, or theyve even had to leave their houses because theyre afraid theyre going to be targeted. So theyre in hiding and moving around. It really is a horrendous situation. What is the way out of this . Where are we going to see these political negotiations coming fro ....
Intimidate or suppress them. As our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports, in a rare move mr putin also mentioned the opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, by name. For Vladimir Putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition LeaderAlexei Navalny. Translation you may be surprised, but a few days before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to excha ....
Has been pretty predictable. There was this joint statement in which they say the russian people were denied any real choice in the vote that took place over the past three days. We heard from the veteran spanish diplomat saying that the Russian Election was characterised by repression and intimidation. One thing the eu has not done which the widow of Alexei Navalny wanted to happen, she wanted european leaders to come out and say President Putin does not have any legitimacy and he wanted brussels not to recognise this victory. That hasnt happened today but as you have been saying they are looking at more sanctions and we understand that the sanctions being talked about today and potentially agreed would affect people within the Prison System in russia, specifical ....
This is bbc news, the headlines. The uns chief speaks out on gaza as the strip faces famine he says there is still time to halt the crisis. As talks on a possible ceasefire resume in qatar, well speak to an expert on whether the conflict has weakened hamas. Wanted someone whos self motivated, empathetic and fine with showering once every two weeks to work in antarcticas penguin post office. Those stories in just a moment. First lets head to the bbc sport centre. Hello there. Lets bring you up to date with the news around Premier League side Nottingham Forest. Bbc sport understands the club have been docked four points for breaching premier League Profit and Sustainability Rules. It puts the club into the bottom three with immediate effect. Lets get some more ....
There is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. They will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. Later, some rain in Northern Ireland. Details coming up. Good morning. Its monday, 18th march. Vladimir putin has claimed victory in russias president ial election. Without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. At least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising Polling Stations. Foreign secretary David Cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. He said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. Foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president ....