Haiti's ruling council fires prime minister, critics question legality

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🗓️ 11 November 2024

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Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council has ousted leader Garry Conille after six months, naming businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as his replacement, but critics say the move may violate the country's constitution. Also, doctors in Lebanon say they have seen a sharp increase in premature births and miscarriages as strikes from Israel intensify. And, experts sent by the UN Security Council landed in Port Sudan on Sunday to investigate possible war crimes committed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Plus, a look at the legacy of dancer Judith Jamison, who died this weekend at 81.

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0:00.0	In Haiti, the Prime Minister was just fired by the country's transitional council.
0:09.4	The council named a new interim leader, but it's far from clear what comes next.
0:13.2	Every lawyer you talk to has a different interpretation about what the rights, the limits of this ruling council, you know, where they are.
0:20.5	I'm Marco Wormon,
0:21.4	today more on the constitutional crisis in Haiti. Also, President-elect Donald Trump says he's been
0:26.2	on the phone with many world leaders. One of them reportedly was Vladimir Putin. That set off
0:31.3	alarm bells in Ukraine. Trump may make it more difficult for Ukraine to make much progress on the
0:37.0	ground.
0:42.4	And in parts of Pakistan and northern India, air pollution is reaching dangerous new levels.
0:46.6	Everybody born in the north is a smoker from their first breath.
0:51.9	Some say it's time for smog diplomacy. All that and more. Today, here on the world.
1:01.0	This is the world. I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for being with us on this Monday. Carolyn Beeler is off today. There's a lot of news to get to, and we start with Haiti, where the country's transitional council has sacked the prime minister.
1:08.0	Gary Coney was just appointed to the position in May. He says the
1:12.0	council's decision to fire him is illegal. The transitional council and Kony were meant to bring
1:17.1	stability to the troubles in Haiti. Now it's not clear what comes next at the highest level of
1:21.9	government there. Jacqueline Charles knows his story well. She's been reporting on Haiti for more
1:26.3	than a decade with the Miami Herald.
1:28.7	Prime Minister Gary Kony and the Ruraly Presidential Council have been at odds now for several
1:34.3	weeks over a couple of issues, primarily the reshuffling of the government, which the council wanted,
1:40.3	and also the fate of three members of the council who have been accused of corruption.
1:44.7	And because they could not reach any agreement, the council late last week basically moved to sack the prime minister, as you mentioned.
1:51.7	And there's been a lot of questions in debate about whether or not legally they had the right to do that.
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