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According to a report, the trip out of Port-au-Prince involves trying to avoid gunmen and gang checkpoints. Reportedly, more than 360,000 people have been displaced, many have come to Cap-Haitien in the north where there is no gang violence.

According to the report, Phanel Pierre made the journey by bus six months ago, leaving his seven bedroomed house he now lives in a tiny breeze block shack with his wife, two children and his mother in law. Reportedly, he was a business man which made him a target for the gangs. According to the report, they destroyed his business, ransacked his house and tried to kidnap him; his children haven’t been able to enrol in school in their new city.

Reportedly, he said, we need a long term intervention, not just one or two thousand police, referring to the planned deployment of a kenyan led security force in Haiti.

According to a report, the president of Pakistan vowed to respond strongly to the killing of seven troops on Saturday. Reportedly, on Monday this was followed by airstrikes on Afghanistan that killed five women and three children.

According to the report, Saturday’s attack was on a military post near the border with Afghanistan. Reportedly, Pakistan’s military said Afghanistan had been a safe haven for militants, saying the attacks had the full support and assistance of the taliban; the taliban has claimed responsibility.

According to the report, tensions have risen since the taliban retook control of the country in 2021. Reportedly, last year Pakistan forced hundreds of thousands of afghans to leave, saying they didn’t have the correct paperwork.

According to a report, a man described holding on as he sat on a boeing plane inches away from a gaping hole which appeared when a door flew off midflight. Reportedly, his seatbelt saved him as his shoes were ripped off by decompression. According to the report, he suffered lacerations to his legs and is among seven people filing a lawsuit against Alaska airlines, boeing and spirit aerosystems.

Reportedly, in an investigation u.s. regulators found four bolts means to hold the door in place were missing. According to the report, the plans was able to make an emergency landing.

According to a report, Vladimir Putin has won the presidential election. Reportedly, the result was always certain as all credible opponents are dead or in prison. According to reports, he has been president since 2000 apart from four years as prime minister because of a two term time limit imposed by the russian constitution, he has since changed the rules.

Reportedly, Vladimir Putin is unaffiliated and a political opponent was Nikolai Kharitonov representing the communist party; 33 years since the absolution of the soviet union it remains the second most popular party.

According to reports, Vladimir Putin worked as a kgb intelligence officer, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel before the absolution of the soviet union. Reportedly, he began his political career in 1996.

According to a report, the israeli defence force have launched an overnight attack on al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city. Reportedly, Israel said hamas terrorists had regrouped inside the hospital and the idf were carrying out a high precision operation in limited areas of the hospital. According to the report, the israeli military said they were acting on intelligence reports and that the hospital would continue to function during the raid. Reportedly, patients and staff were told they didn’t have to evacuate, but hundreds of displaced people sheltering in the complex will be able to leave via an evacuation route.

According to the report, al-Shifa was Gaza’s main medical facility prior to the conflict but its operations have been disrupted. Reportedly, Israel has accused hamas of using medical facilities as cover for its operations. According to the report, in a raid in November the idf found weapons and a network of tunnels under the hospital.

According to a report, Niger’s military leadership has ended an agreement that allowed u.s. personnel to be in the country, there are around 650 deployed. Reportedly, this week the u.s. who have a base in Niger sent a delegation to Niamey for talks. According to the report, this was followed by a statement saying the u s. presence is illegal and violates the constitutional rules which require the people to be consulted on the installation of a foreign army on their territory.

Reportedly, in December the prime minister of Niger visited Moscow; referring to relations with Russia, Niger’s military spokesman said they are hoping to buy military equipment to fight against terrorists who have claimed thousands of victims under the indifferent eye of much of the international community. According to the report, an accusation by the u.s. that Niger made a secret deal to supply Iran with uranium was described as cynical.

Reportedly, there was a suggestion that the u.s. didn’t approve of Niger’s allies, and Niger has denounced their condescending attitude and threat of reprisals.

According to a report, a new u.n. mechanism for speeding up delivery of aid to Gaza haa been proposed. Reportedly, the proposal talks about the opening of a new inspection facility at Rafah, inspections for Rafah are carried out at the israeli Kerem shalom crossing or at the egyptian border. According to the report, it also talks about the tracking of aid throughout Gaza.

Reportedly, two u.n. coordinators will supervise the mechanisms for inspection and tracking which will see the opening of a new data base for all aid. According to the report, the scheme will cost $61.2 million. It is unclear why it will cost so much.

Reportedly, the scheme does not deal with security issues which have become important as desperate crowds and criminals have looted aid. According to the report, more aid would be able to enter Gaza if Israel opened up more crossings to a sustained flow of aid, especially in the north. Reportedly, aid has been rejected if it contains an item judged to be a security risk. According to the report, unicef say that 31% of gazan babies suffered from malnutrition in February, compared to 15.6% in January.

According to a report, a uk conservative mp has defected to reform uk after refusing to apologise for saying islamists had control of London mayor, Sadiq Khan. Reportedly, the traditional unionist voice have formed a partnership with reform uk known as the brexit party. According to the report, in an announcement at their party conference the tuv said the uk is being dismantled as a result of post brexit trading rules for northern Ireland.

Reportedly, in January the democratic unionist party agreed to end their boycott of the northern Ireland government.

According to a report, Russia said their forces have intercepted drones in several regions of Russia, including Moscow where five drones were shot down. Reportedly, the biggest attack was in southern Russia where an oil refinery was targeted, the sixth oil refinery to be targeted in a week. According to the report, the Belgorod region that lies north of the Ukraine border was attacked, and a teenage girl died when a shell hit her home.

Reportedly, Sunday is the last day of the presidential election in Russia. According to the report, Vladimir Putin is sure to win a six year term as he has no realistic opponents. Reportedly, critics have urged people to protest at voting stations.

According to the report, in Ukraine there was a missile attack on the port city of Odesa, days after a missile attack killed atleast twenty people, Kharkiv was also hit.

According to a report, much of west and central Africa has been without internet services. Reportedly, Burkina Faso, Benin, Liberia and Ghana were severely affected, as was Niger, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Namibia and Lesotho.

According to the report, the disruptions may be a physical cut. Reportedly, according to Cloudfare there seems to be a pattern in the timing of the disruptions. According to the report, the african cable operator, Seacom confirmed that services on its west african cable system were down and redirected its customers to the newer google equiano cable.