A transitional council is expected in Haiti within days
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
The council in violence-ridden Haiti will be tasked with nominating a new prime minister following the resignation of Ariel Henry. Also: Biden to send new $300m weapons package to Ukraine, and the "happiness hacks" that can improve your mental health.
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| 0:00.0 | Dear Daughter is the award-winning podcast from the BBC World Service, |
| 0:05.0 | full of thoughtful letters of advice, personal stories, and life lessons for |
| 0:09.2 | daughters everywhere. |
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| 0:15.2 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:20.7 | I'm Nick Miles and in the early hours of Wednesday the 13th of March these are our main stories |
| 0:25.2 | Washington says it expects a transitional council to be appointed in violent hit Haiti |
| 0:30.9 | soon after the resignation of the Prime Minister. The White House |
| 0:35.2 | is sending 300 million dollars in emergency aid to Ukraine while a much larger |
| 0:40.6 | package remains blocked by House Republicans. The EU's foreign policy |
| 0:45.3 | chief says starvation is being used as an arm of war in Gaza. Also in this podcast. The biggest problem I think in the happiness industry is that we've been getting the wrong message. |
| 0:58.0 | People have been told to look after themselves and focus on themselves, but that's exactly the wrong thing you should be doing. |
| 1:03.2 | We show you the right path to bliss. |
| 1:09.2 | We begin with the crisis in Haiti. |
| 1:11.2 | The US State Department says it expects a transitional council in Haiti. The US State Department says it expects a transitional council in Haiti |
| 1:15.5 | to be appointed within the next 48 hours. Once established it will nominate a new |
| 1:20.4 | Prime Minister to succeed Ariel Anri, who announced his plans to resign on Monday. |
| 1:25.6 | A day later, at a media briefing, the US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said |
| 1:31.1 | it had the support of the Biden administration. |
| 1:33.4 | We welcome yesterday's announcement of a transitional governance structure in Haiti which |
| 1:38.3 | paves the way for a peaceful transition of power, continuity of governance, and action plan for near-term security, including the deployment of a multinational security support mission, and a pathway to free and fair elections. |
| 1:51.0 | We commend Prime Minister Henri for his statesmanship in putting his |
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