Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council handed power to US-backed Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime on Saturday, while across the Atlantic, Storm Leonardo continued to batter Europe and northern Africa, prompting severe weather alerts and evacuations. Meanwhile, Iran stated its missile program was "non-negotiable" in talks with the United States, and armed groups in Nigeria killed over 200 people in recent attacks. In conservation news, a button-sized snail once feared extinct is now thriving after a decade-long effort.
The transfer of power in Haiti took place under tight security due to the country's unstable political climate, according to Al Jazeera. The transition followed almost two years of tumultuous governance marked by rampant gang violence. In Europe, Spain and Portugal faced torrential rain and strong winds as Storm Leonardo continued its path, with Spain's state meteorological agency issuing its highest red alert for heavy rainfall in Cádiz and parts of Málaga, as reported by The Guardian. Flash floods in Morocco forced over 100,000 people to evacuate.
In Nigeria, armed groups killed more than 200 people in recent attacks, although all Christian worshippers abducted from churches last month have been released, Al Jazeera reported. The security situation in Nigeria is under scrutiny, with experts debating whether the situation is worsening or if progress is being made.
Regarding international relations, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Iran's missile program was not negotiable in talks with the United States, according to Al Jazeera. Araghchi warned that Tehran would target US military bases in the Middle East if the US attacked Iranian territory. US President Donald Trump pledged another round of negotiations next week following mediated discussions in Oman.
In conservation news, the greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis), once thought to be extinct, is thriving again after conservationists bred and released more than 100,000 of the molluscs, The Guardian reported. The snail was found in the fossil record but believed to have vanished from the North Atlantic archipelago.
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