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11.53pm BST
Two men believed to be Haitian Americans were among the six who have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, according to the Associated Press.
Seven other suspects were killed in the raid, Haitian police said.
The US State Department said it was aware of reports that Haitian Americans were in custody but could not confirm or comment.
Solages described himself as a “certified diplomatic agent,” an advocate for children and budding politician on a website for a charity he established in 2019 in south Florida to assist residents.
On Thursday Haitians woke up to a country without a head of state, with a parliament long suspended, two rival interim prime ministers – one of whom was due to be sworn in during the coming days – and a constitutional legal vacuum after the death from coronavirus of the head of its supreme court.
That has generated confusion about who is the legitimate leader of the country of 11 million people – [interim prime minister Claude] Joseph, who has assumed power for now, or Ariel Henry, who was appointed as PM by Moïse just before his death and was due to be sworn in this week. “All the cards are up in the air,” Fatton said of the apparent struggle between Henry and Joseph.
Related: Haiti security forces arrest six alleged gunmen after president’s assassination
11.24pm BST
Hello everyone. This is Julia Carrie Wong, picking up the live blog for the rest of the afternoon from Oakland, California, where we’re in the midst of a devastating drought and about to be hit with another brutal heat wave.
Earlier today, California governor Gavin Newsom asked businesses and people to cut water use by 15% in a sign of growing concern over dwindling water reserves.
Gavin Newsom’s request is not an order, but it demonstrates the growing challenges of a drought that will only worsen throughout the summer and fall and is tied to recent heatwaves. Reservoirs across the state, which are depended on for agriculture, drinking water and fish habitat, have dwindled to dangerously low levels and some counties have already enacted mandatory water restrictions.
California’s Democratic governor is asking for voluntary water conservation, which would include actions such as taking shorter showers, running dishwashers only when they are full and reducing the frequency of watering lawns.
— @CAGovernor @GavinNewsom says https://t.co/mOy55KDXS2 site available to residents to learn latest on how to reduce their water consumption. Says 50 of 58 CA counties now facing drought emergency, but notes Californians are now schooled in many of the basics of conservation. pic.twitter.com/VntVcef1Kv
