Haiti: Gang violence crisis

海地:帮派暴力危机

Learning English from the News

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2024-03-13

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  • Gang violence, crisis in Haiti.

  • Prime Minister resigns.

  • This is news review from BBC Learning English, where we help you understand news headlines in English.

  • I'm Neil.

  • And I'm Beth.

  • Make sure you watch to the end to learn the vocabulary, you need to understand this news story in English.

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  • Now the story.

  • After weeks of violence and demands from heavily armed gangs, the prime minister of Haiti has agreed to resign.

  • Ariel Henri will step down after many Haitians questioned why he was still in power despite being unelected.

  • The caribbean country is under a month long state of emergency after attacks, including on the airport, the prison, and the national palace.

  • You've been looking at the headlines, Beth.

  • What's the vocabulary that people need to understand this story in English?

  • We have run rampant, paralyse and tighten grip.

  • This is news review from BBC learning English.

  • Let's have a look at our first headline.

  • This is from CNN.

  • Haiti's leader to resign as gangs run rampant through country engulfed in crisis.

  • So the headline says that gangs run rampant in Haiti.

  • That's the expression we're looking at.