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Violence forces venue change for Haiti council swearing in

A swathe of recent gang violence forced officials to move ceremony from National Palace to outgoing PM's office.

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Haiti PM Henry steps down as transitional government takes power

Henry's finance minister, Michel Patrick Boisvert, will be interim prime minister, according to the nation's official gazette. "Today is an important day in the life of our dear republic, this day in effect opens a view to a solution... to the multidimensional crises the country faces," Boisvert said after the formal swearing-in of the transitional council on Thursday morning. In a letter dated Wednesday and shared on social media on Thursday, Henry said his administration had "served the nation in difficult times."

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Haiti's prime minister resigns as council sworn in to lead political transition in violence-ravaged nation

Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced his resignation on Thursday, handing power over to a transitional council that will seek to gain control of the violence-ravaged nation.

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BBC News

arriving in niger and they brought with them service to air missiles, missal defence systems which niger doesn't need given the terrorist threat that it faces on the ground so the on the other way to interpret this new arrival of missile defences is as a shot against washington and a warning to washington that if it chose to try to continue conducting joint flights, that they would run the risk of being shot down by this russian air defence system.— air defence system. cameron, alwa s air defence system. cameron, always great _ air defence system. cameron, always great to _ air defence system. cameron, always great to get _ air defence system. cameron, always great to get your - always great to get your insights, thank you. people across ecuador voted in a referendum on proposals to tighten security in response to a surge in gang violence. as people headed to the polls on sunday, the country's prison agency said that a prison director was killed, without giving more details. measures within the referendum include the expansion ofjoint

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CNN Newsroom Live

even though the united states is considered a ban on tiktok. here in mainland china social media apps such as x, such as facebook, youtube, and twitter along with instagram, they are all blocked by the chinese government. so this is an interesting juxtaposition of philosophies that we are seeing between these two governments linda yeah, no doubt we will be watching this closely and especially all those people who have campaigned against a ban here in the, who've built businesses on this platform we'll be watching closely good to have you as mike stewart in beijing. >> thank you. will counting is underway in ecuador after voting ended in a referendum which aims to tackle the growing violence in the country. >> voters went to the polls to consider security measures introduced by the president, including allowing troops to patrol with police and imposing longer sentences for terrorism and murder. ecuador has been plagued by rising gang violence and turf wars between drug

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BBC News at One

scenes back injanuary, when a tv station in ecuador was taken over by masked gunmen during a live broadcast. at the same time, powerful drug cartels set off explosions in several cities and there was widespread rioting inside ecuador�s prisons. well now, in a referendum, ecuadoreans have voted in favour of letting troops patrol the streets to bolster security after a surge in gang violence. our south america correspondent ione wells sent this report from the capital, quito. ecuador�s capital, quito, is bursting with life. but among the songs and smiles, clues that this is now the continent's most violent country. the bloodshed at this youth centre is just a sport. but on the streets, many young people are losing their lives at the hands of violent drug cartels. carmen's brother was killed by a gang member who wanted money when he wasjust 19. translation: the gang threatened us i at our house throwing stones at us .

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streets, part of a referendum on bolstering security in the country following a surge in gang violence. 0ur south american correspondent sent this report. ecuador�*s capital, quito, is bursting with life. but among the songs and smiles, clues that this is now the continent's most violent country. the bloodshed at this youth centre is just a sport. but on the streets, many young people are losing their lives at the hands of violent drug cartels. carmen's brother was killed by a gang member who wanted money when he wasjust 19. translation: the gang threatened us at our housethrowing stones at us - because the murder occurred next to my son. they said if the gang member goes to the prison, my son would be the next person to die. i think militarising the country is not the solution. instead of investing that, they should invest in the youth. a cocaine dealer known as el gato

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Gang violence rocks Argentina's Rosario, prompting govt crackdown

The directive for the killing originated from within a federal prison near Argentina's capital, where authorities inadvertently intercepted a call...

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BBC News

international gangs took advantage of the fact there was a weaker state, and economic crisis and a relaxed visa system which led to a lot of international cartels to move on and take advantage of those conditions so this cocktail of factors led to the surge of gang violence and gang, i think moving on of international criminal gangs to the country which once was not as violent as its neighbours.- the country which once was not as violent as its neighbours. thank you for that. there _ violent as its neighbours. thank you for that. there will— violent as its neighbours. thank you for that. there will be _ violent as its neighbours. thank you for that. there will be more - violent as its neighbours. thank you for that. there will be more for- violent as its neighbours. thank you for that. there will be more for -- l for that. there will be more for —— from our reporter as the referendum progresses. the energy secretary says the number of compensation payouts made to people wrongly put onto prepayment meters is "completely unacceptable". just 1,500 out of 150,000 people assessed have had financial redress from energy suppliers who forced—fitted the meters into their homes. claire coutinho says she has spoken to the regulator to sort

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no in the referendum today. could ou tell no in the referendum today. could you tell us — no in the referendum today. could you tell us why — no in the referendum today. could you tell us why now _ no in the referendum today. could you tell us why now because - no in the referendum today. could you tell us why now because ecuador did not have the same level of violence as its neighbours, so how has that situation changed now? true, one of the things which is heartbreaking when you talk to people in ecuador is that this was once a tranquil cousin —— my country, very touristy but now everyone has to respect violence. they have said even going out for coffee or food, they are looking over their shoulders because of the increase of gang violence. a number of factors triggered thus, one because ecuador is located between peru and colombia the biggest producers of cocaine. and it sports mean it is a hotspot for exporting that drug to europe and the us where demand is growing. anotherfactor was in the pandemic years,

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