US Haiti envoy quits over 'inhumane' deportations

The US special envoy for Haiti has resigned in protest over the deportation of Haitian migrants. The decision to return migrants fleeing an earthquake and political instability was "inhumane", senior diplomat Daniel Foote said in a letter. Last weekend, the US started deportation flights from a Texas border town where about 13,000 migrants had gathered under a bridge. We'll bring you the latest developments with our correspondent in the region.

Also, our Berlin correspondent Jenny Hill will join the programme to answer audience questions about the German parliamentary elections. The vote will mark the end of Angela Merkel's 16 years in office as chancellor of Germany.

And, every day we're joined by a health expert to answer your questions about coronavirus. Today our guest is Dr Helen Wimalarathna is a Molecular Epidemiologist at the University of Buckingham in the UK.

(Photo: A man carrying a child on his shoulders wades across the Rio Grande river from the United States to Mexico, as thousands of migrants, many of them Haitian, remain camped under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, USA, 20 September 2021. Credit: EPA/ALLISON DINNER)