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Ago when we were there after the haitian president was assassinated back on july 7th. and this has been an issue that has plagued haiti for a long time, but this year specifically, a significant spike in kidnappings. and i have a couple statistics i can read for you. since january, at least 628 kidnappings have taken place. 29 of whom before this latest kidnapping, 29 of whom were foreigners. that's according to data from a nonprofit group that tracks this stuff in port-au-prince. these gangs that do this, they are looking for ransom money, which they are often paid, sometimes to the tune of h...

On july 7th and this has been an issue that has plagued haiti for a long time, but this year significantly, a significant spike in kidnappings. and i have a couple of statistics i can read for you. since january, at least 628 kidnappings have taken place. 29 of whom, before this latest kidnapping, 29 of whom were foreigners. that's according to data from a nonprofit group that tracks this stuff in port-au-prince. these gangs that do this, they are looking for ransom money, which they are often paid, sometimes to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. depending on which analyst you speak...

Really good to see you. we keep turning the pages on this pandemic quite quickly. we're at boosters now. there is a lot of conflicting information about whether or not they are even truly needed. i mean, from your survey of the recent study, what do you think? how vigilant should people be, especially if they are more than six months out on any vaccine? >> yeah, there's new data coming in all the time, so we're learning as we go here, and it really depends on your risk and your age group. i think at this point, the data are pretty strong that particularly for those who are immunocompromised an...

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Open office hours with the public, allow them to come, and meet their local politician, meet their local lawmaker. and speak of the issues of the day. that tradition right now is under threat. the person being questioned on this is the home security secretary, who ordered an immediate security review of all mps across the country. she's asked police to look at their security arrangements. and this morning, she was on sky news, explaining what procedures could be put into place to try to protect lawmakers further. take a listen. >> there are things already in place, but i'm now very much and li...