hello, i'm helena humphrey. kenya says it's ready to lead a multinationalforce in haiti where clashes between the police and criminal gangs have displaced tens of thousands of people. the country's foreign minister says nairobi would deploy 1,000 police officers in the caribbean nation. the mission is subject to a mandate from the un security council and formal authorisation from the kenyan authorities. earlier this month, the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, called for the creation of a multinational force for haiti. speaking before kenya's announcement, the us secretary of state, antony blinken voiced concerns about the situation. we have very deep concerns of the situation there, particularly with regard to violence and the activities of the gangs. we are, as i think you know, the largest

humanitarian donor to haiti but we are also very focused on working together with partners to try to help the haitians restore security, restore stability. that is really the necessary foundation. live now to harold isaac, a journalist based in petion—ville, a suburb of port—au—prince. kenya says that it is prepared to send a multinational force to haiti — what more do we know about that and how it might work? very little at this stage. i mean, for many people here, it came as a bit of a surprise, especially after over nine months of waiting for a word or an actual commitment with regards to foreign police or military personnel here in haiti. �* , military personnel here in haiti. �*, ., , military personnel here in haiti. �*, . , , haiti. it's really interesting ou sa haiti. it's really interesting you say that _ haiti. it's really interesting you say that it _ haiti. it's really interesting you say that it came - haiti. it's really interesting you say that it came as -

you say that it came as something of a surprise because as we've been speaking about, the un secretary—general antonio guterres was in the country and he said it's not time to forget haiti. is that the sense that people there are feeling, that the country has been forgotten? it feeling, that the country has been forgotten?— feeling, that the country has been forgotten? it has been a prevailing _ been forgotten? it has been a prevailing feeling _ been forgotten? it has been a prevailing feeling in _ been forgotten? it has been a prevailing feeling in the - prevailing feeling in the country for a little while, although in the last week or so, there seems to have been a lot of movement including the order of evacuation from us authorities and also now is information about troops, eventually, police officers eventually, police officers eventually coming to haiti so everyone is taking this for the most part with a bit of a grain of salt, a bit of cautious cautiousness with regards to what it will entail in the short—term. i what it will entail in the short-term.— what it will entail in the short-term. ., ., ., , ., short-term. i want to ask you about how —

short-term. i want to ask you about how you _ short-term. i want to ask you about how you think - short-term. i want to ask you about how you think a - about how you think a multinational force will be accepted in haiti because as you know, a great deal of mistrust grew with un peacekeepers after the cholera outbreak in 2010. how do you anticipate these forces being met in haiti?— met in haiti? well, effectively, - met in haiti? well, effectively, the - met in haiti? well, - effectively, the question of foreign military or police intervention in haiti has been a polarising one over the years, especially after the minister, which is the un peacekeeping mission from 2004 to 2017, which didn't leave haiti with necessarily good memories, especially the cholera epidemic and sex abuse scandals, so it is early to know how the population will react to this news and also what will be the terms of this intervention. 15 what will be the terms of this

intervention.— what will be the terms of this intervention. is this coming at a time when _ intervention. is this coming at a time when we've _ a time when we've been hearing about an american nurse and child who has been kidnapped in the country. just talk to us about how dangerous it is there right now. about how dangerous it is there riaht now. ~ , , right now. well, this is where it is a bit _ right now. well, this is where it is a bit nuanced _ right now. well, this is where it is a bit nuanced and - it is a bit nuanced and complicated because people here, people on the street here in haiti, not much has changed in haiti, not much has changed in the last year or so. the main highlight has been in april when a civilian vigilante movement started which shifted, pushed the fear to change camp and led gangs to be a little bit more before but it remains a very volatile situation, many parts of the capital remained dangerous and it's unclear where we go from here. find where we go from here. and alon: where we go from here. and along with — where we go from here. and along with the _ where we go from here. and along with the united states ordering the departure of nonemergency personnel, we are

hearing that some haitian residents have been gathering at the embassy ground, seemingly looking for respite from gang violence. is that what you have been hearing as well? this what you have been hearing as well? �* , �* , ., well? as we've seen on the round well? as we've seen on the ground this _ well? as we've seen on the ground this week, - well? as we've seen on the ground this week, dozens l well? as we've seen on the| ground this week, dozens of folk had gathered in front of the us embassy seeking shelter seemingly from gang violence which has been prevailing in the vicinity of the us representation. that being said, these people eventually got evacuated by police as they were growing in number and concerns over security situation with representation but ivp is, as they are called, internally displaced people, from gang violence, are numerous around town. many neighbourhoods have to be vacated by civilians running away from gang violence. harold

isaacs, a journalist _ away from gang violence. harold isaacs, a journalist in _ away from gang violence. harold isaacs, ajournalist in haiti. - isaacs, a journalist in haiti. harold, great to have your insight. thank you for being on. the eu has suspended all security cooperation with niger and has refused to recognise the new leaders after the country's army took power in a coup, it comes shortly after the us declared its "unflagging support" for ousted president mohamed bazoum — seen as a key western ally in the fight against islamist militants. on friday, the head of the presidential guards unit, generalabdourahmane tchiani declared himself niger's new leader. he said insecurity, economic woes and corruption led him to seize power. but there are now concerns in the west about which countries the new leader will align with. niger's neighbours, burkina faso and mali, have both pivoted towards russia since their own coups. chris ewokor in nigeria is following the story for us.

there have been a lot of pressure being piled on the leaders of the coup in niger. this evening we are hearing that france has also suspended financial and other aid to niger with immediate effect. this is as a result of the coup and development, political development in that country and it is also similar to the eu's position, the eu has suspended aid, both financial and military aid. the united states secretary of state, antony blinken, had earlier threatened the countries's risk, also having millions of dollars in aid be suspended because the coup and the strongest reaction yet we have gotten is from the african union,

which had given the military in niger 15 days maximum to get back to the barracks and have called the immediate release of president bazoum who, at the moment, we know is still being held by the military. earlier, i spoke to cameron hudson, an analyst on african security with the centre for strategic and international studies. and i began by asking about the response to the coup from the international community. i think for a lot of western countries, the united states, european union and others, there is an almost automatic response when there is military coups, there is a suspension of military assistance, certainly they maintain humanitarian assistance in a place like niger, which has such a large population, i would expect that to be the same. but we're also looking at many of these countries, trying to let the africans lead on this issue. there has been widespread condemnation from the regional organisation ecowas,

the african union has given the coup—makers two weeks to restore civilian rule in the country and so i think as much as western nations have a playbook that they tend to follow when there is a coup, i think they are also trying to give space to let the region come together in defence of democracy before theyjump in and lead with sanctions or other tactics. in the interim, thejunta says it has dissolved all state institutions. some aid is being pulled out. what could this mean for the people of niger? i think the people of niger, they will suffer the most and immediately stop the western contribution to niger's budget is more than half so whether it is maintaining the doors of ministries open, schools open, clinics open, all that depends on western donor assistance coming

in to the government. in addition, if they are not able to export their principal exports which mostly go to europe, so uranium, which goes almost entirely to france, then again, they are going to see a cut—off of their export earnings in a massive and very quick way, so the government is going to see their earnings dry up very quickly and if we can't continue to support citizens in the country, they are going to feel the effects very, very soon and let's not forget, they are still trying to recover from the covid downturn, the effects of climate change and the ukraine war costs which continue to pound that economy. president bazoum has been a key ally for the west in its fight against islamist extremists. do you envisagejihadist organisations in the region looking to move in on niger

and do you see increased risks outside the region as well? thosejihadist already are targeting niger, they have been encroaching on the capital for upwards of two years and we have seen an uptick in terrorist attacks inside of niger so if you see western military aid and support, assistance, training suspended to niger, you're going to see a further encroachment and certainly those jihadists will see this as a new opportunity to expand their territory. so i think it's very likely, in fact, that we see rather quickly a degradation of the security environment in the country but again, i think this is the irony of this coup, and the coups in mali and burkina faso, what you find is military leaders who simply don't want to believe that civilian rulers can handle security threats in the country and so this is the same playbook they are playing

from right now, but what has resulted in mali and burkina faso since those coups is a degradation of security, not an improvement, so i would expect to see the same in niger. i'm glad you brought up those two countries of well, burkina faso and mali, because what we have seen is them pivot towards russia since their own coups. do you see a possibility of this happening with niger? i think it's a concern that we have to have. we haven't seen the same level of anti—western, anti—french sentiment within the public. it's certainly there, there is no denying that. but i think that the nigerien public had understood because bazoum was doing the right thing and his predecessor was doing the right thing in terms of transparency and anti—corruption and democratic principles, there was a great deal of benefit to the country from western donors

so i think that we will see that there is pressure on this new regime. we've seen protests both for and against the coup in niger, so i think it's really, how does russia trt to take advantage of this and are they able to take advantage of it i'm using the tactics we know they've used in mali and burkina faso, disinformation, propaganda, corruption, those kind of things. closely, for sure. so, cameron, what comes next? because we have calls today from the african union for the coup leaders to return to their base. as you say, they've given that deadline of within 15 days. ecowas, also due to meet. do you see this coup has a done deal? i'd like to not see the coup as a done deal and using the words of anthony blinken, there is still time for diplomacy and that seems to be the message we're certainly getting from washington. i think there is a lot of behind—the—scenes diplomacy at work right now with

countries in the region. the nigerian president has come out forcefully as the head of ecowas, trying to walk this back so i think there is no small amount of effort under way right now trying to walk this back. will it be successful? i don't know, but i certainly don't think that 48 hours after the coup, we can abandon the billions of dollars and the tens of millions of people that we have been engaging with and supporting in niger, just because some very small group of disgruntled army officers decides that they don't want to lose theirjobs and they're going to take this entire country hostage. i think that would set a very bad example for the rest of the region. cameron hudson, an analyst on african security at the centre for strategic and international studies, as always, great to get your insights. protests are taking place across israel against the government's planned judicial overhaul for the 30th week in a row. it's the first saturday

of mass demonstrations since the first bill in the overhaul was passed by the israeli parliament earlier this week. the new law limits the supreme court's ability to nullify legislation it deems unreasonable. on friday, israeli media reported military intelligence officials had warned prime minister benjamin netanyahu that israel's enemies viewed the current crisis as a historic weak point that could be exploited. an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in southern thailand has killed at least nine people, and injured more than 100 others. with the latest — here's our reporter, callum tulley. we know that at least three of those killed in this incident were children, and over 120 people were seriously injured. this is where it happened, in the south of thailand close to the malaysia border in the town of sungai kolok and if we look at some pictures of the aftermath of this incident, we can see the level of destruction caused. the impact wasn't confined to the fireworks warehouse.

we know that neighbouring buildings were shaken, windows were shattered, roots collapsed. windows were shattered, roofs collapsed. as these pictures show and we actually heard from one eyewitness who lives 100m from the site and he said that he was at home when he heard a loud thunderous bang and his whole house shook. "i saw my roof was wide open," he said. "i looked outside and i saw a house collapsing and people "lying on the ground everywhere. "it was chaos." we understand the fire has now been contained in the local we understand the fire has now been contained and the local governor said it was caused by a technical error in steel welding during construction of the building but thailand doesn't have a brilliant record when it comes to incidents involving fireworks, and just five days ago, one woman as killed and ten others were seriously injured in a similar accident in the north of the country. so, although this is a particularly tragic case, it's not an isolated one —

and that is why we are seeing some public pressure on the authorities with regards to safety in the workplace over the last couple of years. wnba player and two—time olympic gold medallist brittney griner has announced she will not be joining her team, the phoneix mercury, on the road during their two—game trip to chicago and indiana. her team said that griner will miss the games to focus on her mental health, adding: "the mercury fully support brittney "and we will continue to work together on a timeline "for her return." griner returned to professional basketball playing for the phoneix mercury this season after being detained by russia on drug charges for ten months. she was released in a prisoner exchange in december. republican presidential hopefuls — including donald trump — gathered in iowa on friday. the candidates pitched themselves to the party's supporters. but few of the former president's rivals chose to criticise him directly for the criminal charges he faces,

including top rival, florida governor ron desantis. earlier this week, cbs news' ed 0'keefe asked mr desantis for his views on the charges. reporter: does all of this legal stuff he is facing - disqualify him? at the end of the day, voters make that decision. somebody asked me, if somebody is indicted, should they be able to run? the problem is, we've seen political indictments. i thought brad was political, these other people that would just give any prosecutor the ability to render someone ineligible, so i've not said that, but ijust think, at the end of the day, the election has got to be about the future, it's got to be about what people are concerned about and the more it's about other things, the more biden is able to hang out in the basement again and end up cruising to a victory, and i know republicans don't want that to happen. my colleague carl nasman asked ed what he made of mr desantis�*s answer. reporter: what did you make of the governor's — reporter: what did you make of the governor's response? - reporter: what did you make of the governor's response? well, . the governor's response? well,

it's an example _ the governor's response? well, it's an example of— the governor's response? well, it's an example of how - the governor's response? well, it's an example of how they're i it's an example of how they're trying — it's an example of how they're trying to— it's an example of how they're trying to work around direct criticism _ trying to work around direct criticism of the former president. he said, "look, it's up president. he said, "look, it's up to— president. he said, "look, it's up to the_ president. he said, "look, it's up to the voters to decide whether— up to the voters to decide whether this is something that disqualifies him." he himself won't — disqualifies him." he himself won't go _ disqualifies him." he himself won't go that far. some of his other, — won't go that far. some of his other, lesser—known opponents have, _ other, lesser— known opponents have, and — other, lesser—known opponents have, and they're not doing as well_ have, and they're not doing as well in — have, and they're not doing as well in the _ have, and they're not doing as well in the polls. but what he also — well in the polls. but what he also says _ well in the polls. but what he also says — repeatedly, when asked — also says — repeatedly, when asked about trump — is, "the country— asked about trump — is, "the country - _ asked about trump — is, "the country — republican voters in this primary — want to think about— this primary — want to think about the _ this primary — want to think about the future, need to be focused _ about the future, need to be focused on that — and how can the gop — focused on that — and how can the gop find a way to defeat president biden? because if the party— president biden? because if the party gets mired in the legal troubles of the former president again, then" — as desantis _ president again, then" — as desantis says — the current president, joe biden, will be able — president, joe biden, will be able to— president, joe biden, will be able to run again from his basement in delaware, as he did during _ basement in delaware, as he did during the — basement in delaware, as he did during the pandemic, and get away— during the pandemic, and get away with things. he said, let's— away with things. he said, let's focus instead on defeating the current president - i'rn _ defeating the current president - i'm the — defeating the current president — i'm the better option for that, _ — i'm the better option for that, and _ — i'm the better option for that, and not necessarily the former— that, and not necessarily the former president. but at this point, — former president. but at this point, his— former president. but at this point, his standing continues to slip — point, his standing continues to slip - _ point, his standing continues to slip — the florida governor this— to slip — the florida governor this week_ to slip — the florida governor this week had to trim his

sales. _ this week had to trim his sales, cut about 38 staffers, travelled with a far smaller footprint than he had before because _ footprint than he had before because of concerns that he's spending _ because of concerns that he's spending too much money too quickly— spending too much money too quickly and may not have enough to even _ quickly and may not have enough to even survive into the fall. you've — to even survive into the fall. you've been watching him in iowa. he spent a lot of time there — much more time than former president donald trump. has he been able to get any traction? you mentioned those poll numbers. what have you seenin poll numbers. what have you seen in terms of one—on—one interactions with florida governor ron desantis and iowa voters? �* , , governor ron desantis and iowa voters? �*, , ., , voters? it's still early. so what's happening - voters? it's still early. so what's happening in - voters? it's still early. so what's happening in july | voters? it's still early. so - what's happening in july won't what's happening injuly won't necessarily be indicative of what's _ necessarily be indicative of what's going to happen in january. _ what's going to happen in january. like a long season of football, _ january. like a long season of football, american or otherwise, you don't want to peak— otherwise, you don't want to peak six _ otherwise, you don't want to peak six months before the championship — you want to be doing _ championship — you want to be doing better when it comes to the play—off season. and we're not there — the play—off season. and we're not there yet, by any means. he has seen — not there yet, by any means. he has seen his— not there yet, by any means. he has seen his support slip since he launched his campaign in max — he launched his campaign in may. 0thers he launched his campaign in may. others are beginning to rise may. 0thers are beginning to rise in— may. others are beginning to rise in the polls amid concerns about— rise in the polls amid concerns about whether desantis can connect _ about whether desantis can connect with voters here, whether _ connect with voters here, whether his policies are correct, _ whether his policies are correct, and he's demonstrated

no ability— correct, and he's demonstrated no ability to cut into trump's lead — no ability to cut into trump's lead. trump doesn't have to campaign _ lead. trump doesn't have to campaign anywhere across the country — campaign anywhere across the country right now that often, because _ country right now that often, because he has been able to sustain— because he has been able to sustain his support — again, by double — sustain his support — again, by double digits — doing very little _ double digits — doing very little work. make that's just name — little work. make that's just name id~ _ little work. make that's just name id. maybe it's that most republicans aren't paying attention to the alternatives right— attention to the alternatives right now. but either way, he doesn't — right now. but either way, he doesn't have to do much to maintain _ doesn't have to do much to maintain that lead.- doesn't have to do much to maintain that lead. there are some black — maintain that lead. there are some black republicans - some black republicans criticising de—santos' new criticising de—sa ntos' new education criticising de—santos' new education reforms made in florida when it comes to slavery. how is ron desantis handling those critiques from members of his own party? br; members of his own party? by doubling down on what the florida _ doubling down on what the florida education commission has approved. it's a 21—page set of— has approved. it's a 21—page set of standards for students from — set of standards for students from kindergarten through the end of— from kindergarten through the end of high school on how african—american history should be taught. it mentions within it that — be taught. it mentions within it that when it comes to slavery. _ it that when it comes to slavery, perhaps there has to be a — slavery, perhaps there has to be a mention of the benefits that— be a mention of the benefits that enslaved people may have had after they learned certain skills — had after they learned certain skills and once they were freed _ skills and once they were freed. it's that language there

that's— freed. it's that language there that's been so criticised by members of both parties — but notably— members of both parties — but notably now in the last several days _ notably now in the last several days by— notably now in the last several days by republicans who are black — days by republicans who are black. tim scott, his opponent who's— black. tim scott, his opponent who's the _ black. tim scott, his opponent who's the only black republican senator — who's the only black republican senator from south carolina, and — senator from south carolina, and three _ senator from south carolina, and three black republican congressmen from michigan, texas — congressmen from michigan, texas and florida — who all support— texas and florida — who all support donald trump — saying that desantis needs to retract his defence of this, needs to understand that there is nothing about slavery that was beneficial or, as tim scott said. _ beneficial or, as tim scott said, there's no silver lining when — said, there's no silver lining when it— said, there's no silver lining when it comes to slavery. desantis _ when it comes to slavery. desantis continued to say, "they— desantis continued to say, "they don't understand what we did. "they don't understand what we did i'm — "they don't understand what we did. i'm defending what florida has decided to do." and he's standing _ has decided to do." and he's standing by that position. whether that's sustainable in the coming days, we'll see. but it has— the coming days, we'll see. but it has drawn unexpected — and some — it has drawn unexpected — and some campaigners would say unwanted attention — to shing that— unwanted attention — to shing that was— unwanted attention — to shing that was done as a result of legislation that's been passed with desantis' support in recent— with desantis' support in recent years to strip away or neuter — recent years to strip away or neuter lessons about diversity, ethnicity. — neuter lessons about diversity, ethnicity, inclusion, and racial— ethnicity, inclusion, and racial history across the state of florida. ed

racial history across the state of florida-— of florida. ed o'keefe, cbs news senior _ of florida. ed o'keefe, cbs news senior white - of florida. ed o'keefe, cbs news senior white house l of florida. ed o'keefe, cbs i news senior white house and political correspondent there in iowa for us, thank you so much. . ~ .., to the uk now — where the city of liverpool has been hosting ukraine's biggest pride march, kyiv pride. 0rganisers hope it'll cement the city's links with the country, after hosting this year's eurovision song contest on its behalf. josh parry has more. in this rainbow, the yellow and blue takes centre stage. thousands of people, including hundreds of ukrainians, marched through liverpool's streets as the city played host to kyiv pride. we understand that people are kind of tired about... of the war, but you cannot be tired because people are dying on the front line. 0urfriends and loved ones. queer people are dying on the front line to protect freedom. liverpool and ukraine already have a special relationship

after the city stepped in to host eurovision back in may. # stefaniya, mamo, mamo, stefaniya... 0rganisers see this march as a chance to continue that legacy. those marching carried messages of support for those on the front line back home, like combat medics boris and elena. are you looking forward to the day that you could both march together? yeah, because when pride will happen in kyiv, it means, like, the war is over and we...we can, like, back to... some kind of normality to our life. why was it important that liverpool played host to kyiv pride this year? i think when we stepped in to do eurovision, we found that the reception we got from the country about hosting it on behalf of ukraine was really positive. so planning for pride was just going on as normal anyway. and it was suggested to us that, at that point, that we'd do a joint pride. the logistics were tricky, but we've managed to do it today. while eurovision may have

united liverpool and ukraine in music, today, pride has united them in protest. josh parry, bbc news, liverpool. you're watching bbc news. i'm helena humphrey in washington dc. thanks, as ever, for your company. you can always get more on our website — bbcnews.com. i'll have more at the top of the hour. join me thenif the top of the hour. join me then if you can. bye for now. hello. for the third weekend in a row, low pressure is in charge of our weather. it has already brought us some rain during saturday. much of that rain came in the form of some sharp showers. some sunny spells in between. for sunday, we will see more general rain spreading from the south—west as we go through the day. 0n the earlier satellite picture, you can see the swirl of cloud.

that's the area of low pressure that brought the showers on saturday. then behind me, this shield of cloud rolling in from the atlantic — already bringing some rain into the south—west of england through the first part of sunday morning. further north and east, sunny spells, scattered heavy showers. through the day, our band of rain pushes northwards and eastwards, getting into parts of northern ireland, wales, the midlands, down into the south—east of england by sunday afternoon. and with that, quite a strong wind at times as well. it will also turn really quite misty and murky for some coasts and hills in the west. temperature—wise, i think the highest values will be in eastern england, up to around 23 degrees. so, for the cricket at the 0val, i think there is the increasing chance of rain as we go through the day. some disruption to the day, certainly through the latter part of the afternoon, is quite likely. as we head through sunday evening, our band of rain continues to make further progress northwards and eastwards, certainly getting up into southern and some central parts of scotland. a lot of cloud further south and west. a bit misty

and murky in places. and very, very warm and quite muggy in the south — 16 or 17 degrees. we head on into monday — our first band of rain pushes a little bit further northwards across scotland. could well see some further very wet weather moving across the channel islands and fringing into some southern counties of england. elsewhere, quite a lot of cloud. some showers at times. temperatures between 17 and 22 degrees. as we head deeper into the week, this area of low pressure is going to push away eastwards. it may be that another one pushes in from the west around the middle part of the week. the general pattern, though, through the week ahead is bringing ourair in from the north. that is going to make it feel really rather cool at times. temperatures as we move into the start of august generally below the average for the time of year. there will continue to be some heavy showers around at times — some dry interludes.

this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the other, straight after this programme. it is going to be a cold, dark night for many south africans with stage 6 load shedding announced. south africa is sinking into darkness, its crumbling power system no longer able

to keep the lights on. the poorest here hit hardest. after 20, 25 years. you're going to have to close down. yes. the power crisis is the result of decades of mismanagement and massive corruption, criminal gangs ready to kill anyone who tries to stop the looting. i was shaking badly. i was literally lying like this and i started gasping for air. a mixture of cyanide and sodium arsenite. today, south africa still gets almost all its power from burning coal. it's a lethal addiction. it's killing us. this coal is killing us. the answer, to many, is a green revolution. but can western money and pressure help south africa embrace renewable energy?