State of emergency declared in Haiti
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Armed gangs stormed prisons, leading to thousands of freed inmates. Also: fake AI images being used to falsely portray black voters alongside Donald Trump, and a joint US-Russian crew blasts off for the International Space Station.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi Namalanta combo here with some very exciting news. |
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| 0:10.0 | full of stories and advice to help navigate life. |
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| 0:16.0 | Find it wherever you get your BBC Podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm Janet Jalil and at 14 hours GMT on Monday the 4th of March, |
| 0:30.0 | these are our main stories. |
| 0:32.0 | A state of emergency has been declared in Haiti after a deadly weekend in which armed gangs |
| 0:37.4 | stormed two prisons and freed thousands of inmates. |
| 0:41.5 | Apple has been fined nearly $2 billion by the European Union for abusing |
| 0:46.1 | its dominant position in music streaming services. Hamas has said it's persevering with talks on a ceasefire in Gaza despite Israel's refusal to join the negotiations. |
| 0:58.0 | Also in this podcast, it's scary that it can be created, It's scary that somebody can push it out. |
| 1:04.0 | And then from there it's viral and it just takes on a life and the truth of its own. |
| 1:08.0 | We hear about the fake AI images being used to falsely portray black people supporting Donald Trump. |
| 1:15.0 | Haiti, already one of the most dangerous countries in the world has hit a new low in its downward |
| 1:24.9 | spiral of lawlessness. A state of emergency and nighttime curfews have been imposed after an explosion |
| 1:31.4 | of violence this weekend. |
| 1:33.0 | Armed gangs stormed two of the country's biggest prisons, freeing thousands of inmates. |
| 1:38.0 | Monique Kleska, a journalist and former UN official who lives in the capital Port-au-Prince says life for ordinary people |
| 1:44.5 | there is dire. |
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