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According to a report, gangs are attacking businesses, setting fire to pharmacies and vandalising schools in Port-au-Prince. Reportedly, there was an attempted attack on the presidential palace on Monday, and armed men infiltrated the State university hospital of Haiti to use it as their command centre. According to the report, the hospital closed due to violence last month and was due to open on Monday. Reportedly, armed men looted a hospital and health centre in other neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince, criminal gangs control the city’s roads.

According to the report, more than 53,000 people left the capital between 8-27 March, probably for the countryside which is not equipped to deal with such large numbers. Reportedly, the Transitional presidential council have promised to restore order.

According to a report, ukrainian officers have given a picture of the situation on the battlefield, saying there is a risk of frontlines collapsing. Reportedly, they said that Russia is gathering resources and should be ready to launch an attack in August or perhaps sooner.

According to the report, speaking anonymously they said that they don’t have enough men on the front line, they don’t have the technologies and the west doesn’t have them in sufficient numbers. Reportedly, they urged people not to believe the hype about Russia throwing troops in to be slaughtered, saying they do maximise the impact of their superior numbers but they also learn and refine.

According to a report, Taiwan has been struck by its strongest earthquake in 25 years. Reportedly, 9 people have died and 821 have been injured in the quake which measured a magnitude of over 7. According to the report, the epicentre was about 11 miles south west of Hualien and about 22 miles deep, and struck Hualien county at 07.58 local time. Reportedly, officials are working to rescue people that are trapped, 77 are underground and 50 were passengers in 4 minibuses in Hualien city.

According to the report, 87,000 households were without power, train and metro services were suspended and schools equipped their students with helmets and evacuated them to sports fields. Reportedly, Taiwan lies on the Pacific ring of fire, a line of seismic faults where most of the world’s earthquakes occur. According to the report, Taiwan’s worst earthquake in recent years occurred in 1999 resulting in 2,400 deaths and 100,000 injuries.

Reportedly, the earthquake was felt in Shanghai and other parts of China and led to a small tsunami in some areas of Japan. According to the report, Japan who have offered support to Taiwan in the midst of the quake have told their citizens to stay on higher ground until it is safe. Reportedly, in 2011 a 9 magnitude earthquake struck Japan, triggering a large tsunami and a nuclear crisis.

According to a report, Bassirou Faye has been sworn in as Senegal’s youngest president with 54.3% of the vote in the national election. Reportedly, he promises systematic change and to defend the integrity of the nation. According to the report, the former tax collector who co-founded the Pastef party which the government had dissolved became the 5th president since independence from France in 1960.

Reportedly, Mr Faye was released from prison, believed to be political just ten days before the election on 24 March. According to the report, three years of political unrest resulted in hundreds being arrested. Reportedly, his campaign began in prison.

According to the report, in his speech he urged more solidarity with african countries, and professed an interest in bringing Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali back into ecowas. Reportedly, his aims and objectives are easing the cost of living crisis, food self sufficiency and fighting corruption. According to the report, he has promised to restore national sovereignty over assets such as oil and gas, and leave the franc currency which he sees as a legacy of french colonialism. Reportedly, he doesn’t have a majority in the national assembly and will need to build alliances to pass new laws.

According to a report, Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a drone attack on Russia, 1,300 kilometres from the Ukraine border. Reportedly, the strike hit the town of Yelabuga in the Tatarstan region, 12 students were injured. According to the report, iranian drones are believed to be produced in Yelabuga. Reportedly, an online video showed an unmanned aircraft exploding above the town. According to the report, the strike also hit an oil refinery in Nizhnekainsk.

According to a report, Iran promised to respond to a strike attributed to Israel, destroying their consulate in Damascus and killing atleast 8 people including a hezbollah member. Reportedly, Iran supports militant groups fighting in Gaza and along the lebenese border and the iranian military have been the subject of isreali attacks, though Israel who did not comment on the strike blamed Iran for a drone attack on an israeli naval base on Monday.

According to the report, Iran’s national security council met on Monday to decide a response to the iranian embassy attack. Reportedly, they have sent a message to the u.s. saying they hold them as Israel’s ally responsible, and have called for a meeting of the u.n. security council.

According to reports, seven aid workers from World central kitchen were killed in an israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, central Gaza. Reportedly, the aid workers were helping to deliver food that had arrived earlier on a ship from Cyprus.

According to the report, the deceased who were of various nationalities including a palestinian driver were strook while leaving a warehouse in two armoured cars with the WCK logo, WCK has immediately paused operations in Gaza. Reportedly, Israel’s military spokesperson has expressed deepest condolences to the families and the WCK family.

According to a report, a new law against hate speech came into force in Scotland on Monday. Reportedly, the hate crime and public order (Scotland) act makes it an offence to stir up hatred with threatening or abusive behaviour on the basis of age, disability, religion, sexual orientation and transgender identity.

According to the report, racial hatred was banned under a law passed in 1986. Reportedly, the law does not ban hatred on the basis of gender, that will be covered in a new law against misogyny. According to the report, the scots minister for victims and community safety said the new law will help build safer communities that live free from hatred and prejudice.

According to a report, Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamaglu has defeated Recep Erdoğan in the battle of the cities. Reportedly, the opposition Republican people’s party have defeated Mr Erdogan’s conservative party in major cities such as Ankara, Istanbul, Adana, Bursa and Antalya which were all strongholds of the conservative party. According to the report, observers called it the conservative party’s worst defeat since they took power in 2002.

According to the report, inflation may have been a factor, but the result is the strongest achievement of the Republican people’s party in fifty years. Reportedly, newspapers are hailing the dawn of a new era. According to the report, Mr Erdogan has acknowledged a turning point and promises to respect the decision of the nation.

According to a report, the israeli defence force have withdrawn from al- Shifa hospital in Gaza city. Reportedly, hundreds of people have returned to shelter in the complex, on0e saying buildings had been burned down and that he saw six dead bodies. According to the report, the idf said they had killed hundreds of hamas and other fighters and seized intelligence.

Reportedly, Israel said hamas were using hospitals for military purposes and have raided several hospitals.