Haiti Instability, Fani Willis Stays on the Case, Israel Plans For Rafah Invasion

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🗓️ 16 March 2024

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Haitians wait for the arrival of a peacekeeping force from Kenya, as violence continues there. After a judge's ruling in Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis remains on the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. The judge said either she or the special prosecutor with whom she had a romantic relationship needed to step aside. Israel gears up for a planned offensive in Gaza's southern city of Rafah.

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0:00.0	The Prime Minister says he will resign, but the struggle to control Haiti continues.
0:08.0	Police are at number there by armed gangs as citizens and Porter prints wait for a peacekeeping force from Kenya that has yet to arrive.
0:15.6	I'm Ais Shorzko.
0:17.0	And I'm Scott Simon and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.0	District Attorney Fawnee Willis stays on the election interference case in George against
0:27.5	former President Donald Trump.
0:29.4	That's after a judge ruled that either she or the top special prosecutor she had a romantic relationship
0:35.6	with needed to step aside. We'll explain in a moment.
0:39.7	Israel gears up for an offensive in Raffa, a more than a million displaced Palestinians have gone.
0:45.0	We'll learn more about the plans to move them out of the city.
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