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According to a report, years of turmoil followed the assassination of president Jovenel Moise that has culminated in the gang violence in Haiti, leaving 360,000 people internally displaced. Reportedly, around 100 families live in a condemned building that used to be a cinema in Port-au-Prince where there is no water or toilet facilities. According to the report, Port Haitien was already trying to cope with water and power problems but is comparatively calm as gangs were removed by police operations.

Reportedly, helicopters bring aid in from the Dominican republic but the airport and port at Port-au-Prince is closed. According to the report, an interim administration has not taken power, and a u.s. backed transitional council is likely to eventuate.

Reportedly, the situation leaves millions in homelessness and hunger. According to the report, the humanitarian organisation, Action against hunger said several other countries also have concerning levels of hunger including Afghanistan, the Democratic republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.

According to a report, Ukraine has intercepted 31 missiles launched by Russia at Kyiv in the biggest attack in weeks. Reportedly, the missiles caused falling debris and fires and atleast 17 people, including a child were injured. According to the report, on Wednesday atleast 5 people were killed in an attack on Kharkiv, and more than 150 people were forced to leave the Sumy region after a sustained attack. Reportedly, the president of Ukraine has asked for more air defence systems. According to the report, eu leaders are meeting to talk about military aid to Ukraine.

Reportedly, in Russia, 16 people were killed in a series of attacks on the border city of Belgorod. According to a report, following a win in the presidential election the president of Russia gave a speech in Moscow’s Red Square heralding the return of Crimea to Russia. Reportedly, the election has been condemned by the uk, Germany and the u.s. but supported by China, India and Saudi Arabia.

According to a report, Elon Musk’s brain chip company, Neurolink has implanted a chip into the brain of Noland Arbaugh who was paralysed below the shoulders following a diving accident. Reportedly, this enabled Mr Arbaugh to use a cursor, who said he used the chip to play a video game and online chess. According to the report, Neurolink’s device is about the size of a one pound coin, it can read neuron activity and beam back a wireless signal.

Reportedly, other companies have used chips in paralysed people to enable them to walk by placing chips in the brain and spine which wirelessly communicates to the legs and feet.

According to the report, every time we want to think, speak or move, an electric impulse is generated and sent quickly from one neuron to another, scientists have developed devices that can detect some of those signals. Reportedly, the technology generates millions of dollars for research.

According to a report, Leo Varadker said he is stepping down as taoiseach and fine gael leader. Reportedly, speaking from Leinster House he said Ireland had become a more equal and modern place, especially for women and lgbt people. According to the report, he said his reasons for stepping down were both personal and political and that he believed a new taoiseach would be better placed for the future of the country. Reportedly, he will remain as taoiseach until a new party leader is elected after easter.

According to the report, in 2011 he was appointed as minister for transport by Enda Kenny, he became minister for health in 2014, and taoiseach in 2017, the youngest person to hold the post. Reportedly, the announcement has caught many of his party colleagues by surprise.

According to reports, following the 2020 election a coalition agreement was formed between fine gael, fina fáil and the green party. The agreement was a rotating taoiseach between fina fáil’s Micheál Martin and Leo Varadker. In December 2022 Mr Varadker returned as taoiseach for a second time.

According to a report, Dehli is the most polluted capital in the world and India the third most polluted country after Bangladesh and Pakistan. Reportedly, experts say rapid industrialisation combined with weak enforcement of environmental laws have played major roles.

According to the report, IQAir said India’s average level of fine particulate matter that can clog lungs was 54.4 micrograms per cubic metre, and Dehli 92.7 mg per cubic metre. Reportedly, air that has 12-15 micrograms per cubic metre is considered safe.

According to the report, Beguserai and Guwahati were the most polluted cities in the world. Reportedly, only seven countries passed, these are Australia, New Zealand, Granada, iceland, Mauritius, Estonia and Finland.

According to a report, u.n. officials say the conflict in Sudan has brought one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history. Reportedly, the power struggle between the sudanese military and the rapid support forces has killed atleast 14,000 people.

According to the report, Omdurman, next to the capital, Khartoum has recently been retook by the army, and was described as a sparsely inhabited wasteland where mortars fall daily. Reportedly, rsf snipers are stationed in apartment blocks at the damaged parliament building in Khartoum. According to the report, for nearly a year the army and the rsf have battled over Khartoum and nearby cities. Reportedly, the rsf have taken control of areas south of Khartoum and most of Darfur.

According to the report, more than 3 million people have left Khartoum state in the past year, but some of the elderly have stayed. Reportedly, the military has been criticised for the aerial bombing of where rsf fighters are. According to the report, conflict in Ardamata has killed more than 10,000 people since April; in November the army garrison was captured by the rsf.

Reportedly, there has been accusations of rape and other attacks, the rsf said they will set up a process to investigate alleged human rights abuses.

According to the report, Sudan entered a new period of instability in 2019 when street protests and a military coup ousted long time leader, Omar al-Bashir. Reportedly, a joint military and civilian government was established that was overthrown by another coup n 2021 by the army and the rsf, but the two allies fell out. According to the report, the u.n. said communities are on the brink of famine. Reportedly, most of those able to leave have fled the country, some sudanese are in refugee camps in Chad.

According to a report, market places, termed jangmadang sprung up in north Korea in the 1990s when the state was unable to continue the ration system that most people relied on, leading to famine. Reportedly, the markets were created to allow north Koreans to buy food and other necessary items on their own as the state run ration system ceased to function.

According to the report, they became a source of concern for the north Korean leader as people began to taste capitalism and experience other cultures through videos; there was a demand for south Korean dramas. Reportedly, market sellers went to China for goods and were labelled anti-socialist. According to the report, succesful traders were labelled slaves of capitalism.

According to a report, Hongkong has passed a new security law that authorities say is necessary for stability. Reportedly, article 23 which was passed in under two weeks targets external interference and insurrection; it expands on a national security law earlier imposed by China.

According to the report, the law criminalises secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces in Hongkong. Reportedly, Hongkong’s leader said article 23 is necessary to guard against ideas about an independent Hongkong.

According to a report, Chuck Schumer, the leader of the u.s. senate gave a speech saying he felt an obligation as a u.s. jew to speak about Israel achieving peace with the palestinians. Reportedly, Israel said that arab states should set up tents for palestinian refugees, but why don’t the israelis let them in to Israel?

According to a report, deputy hamas leader Marwan Issa has died in an israeli airstrike. Reportedly, Mr Issa was killed in an attack on a tunnel complex under the Nuseirat refugee camp. According to the report, the eu have linked him to the October 7 attack on Israel.

Reportedly, he was imprisoned by Israel for five years during the first palestinian uprising in 1997, and detained by the palestinian authority at the start of the second palestinian uprising in 2000. According to the report, the u.s. national security adviser said other hamas leaders were believed to be hiding in tunnel networks.

Reportedly, the israeli prime minister has agreed to send a team composed of military, intelligence and humanitarian officials to Washington in the coming days to discuss u.s. concerns over an attack on Rafah. According to the report, the prime minister said his objectives were to eliminate hamas, free all remaining hostages and ensure that Gaza never again constitutes a threat, while providing the necessary humanitarian aid.

Reportedly, the u.s. secretary of state will travel to Saudi Arabia and Egypt in efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement that secures the release of all remaining hostages, israeli negotiators are in talks in Qatar on Tuesday.