headline 3 years ago during the height of the pro democracy demonstrations when she vanished for 14 months, she was arrested by chinese police. after crossing the border a day earlier, another elderly protest, her who also once attracted attention, was sentenced to 9 months for attempted sedition. couso you is 75 and has stage 4 colon cancer. there are now concerns. he may die in prison since 2019 more than 2800 people have been prosecuted for protest related offences or security law imposed by beijing in 2020 has effectively criminalized descent. here. adrian brown, al jazeera, hong kong, and of it, you know, as catch up any time with our website. it is that is out there, dot com. and watch us live by clicking on the black line by con. ah,

reminder the top stories analysis era, a nationwide curfew is 9 effect in sri lanka after security forces fired tear gas at protested in the capital colombo. thousands of people rallied outside the offices of prime minister ranier wickham, a singer to demand his resignation. he's been appointed acting, president protest his scale to was all brit through the gates. the united nations has progress has been made on a deal to secure the export of ukrainian grain. it could go a long way to addressing the global through crisis agreement was made during talks nist and ball and involves forming a coordination center to ensure the safety of supplier it they. in istanbul, we have seen that critical step by step forwards to ensuring the safe and secured export of ukrainian food products through the black sea in the world darkened by

global prizes to day. at last we have a ray of hope, a day of hope to ease human suffering and alleviate hunger on the world's array of hope to support developing countries and the most vulnerable people. array of hope to bring a marriage of much lead. it's the ability to the global food system. joe biden has arrived in israel on the 1st leg of his 1st visit to the middle east as you, as president. he was greeted intel of eve by israeli prime minister ja paid. arden will also meet to palestinian leaders in the occupied west bank. he's been steadfast supporter of israel for decades, and he is expected to face questions about the killing of palestinian american journalists. sharina abruptly. us inflation rate hit a new 40 year high of 9 point one percent. a shopper increased and had been predicted. our says of food and housing are increasing much faster than the average

us income. low oil prices have dropped to little, the cost of petrol and diesel is still far higher than a year ago. and they say black and hispanic americans are being hot. it hardest, i rising costs was was up for is do you stay with us or streams up net asking at what new leadership could do in for like f i f f. ah aah. i manage have a dean. welcome to the stream to day 2 topics that have been dominating the headlines, a spiraling crisis since re lanka, and in the u. k. the stunning fall of prime minister boys johnson and the race to

succeed him. and these are 2 huge stories. i know all of you in our audience, have a lot of thoughts on so chat with us on youtube, and i'll bring your comments and questions into the program. let's start 1st in sri lanka, an island nation in the worst crisis since independence is under a state of emergency on become less savvy. i've been informed by the president that since the president was out of the country, his appointed prime minister renelle looked from a single under clause 37 to one of the constitution to carry out his duly. i can do an argument that there was no way the president could stay in the country. he has been in hiding all this time, so he will have to live out of the country. but just because he has left doesn't mean the struggle is over. if he has robbed and the struggle will continue until all is confiscated, as protesters will we have to say is that he is not going to escape just because he's left the country have over here,

but i'm in the mail and i see the sense i feel that these are our historical assets, we must safeguard them. it would be a good thing or steps taken to preserve these. it is a good thing. people are allowed to come in and see because we will not be able to see what's in here. otherwise, comfortable non been in many sri lanka is a rapidly moving story. but for now, the prime minister is the acting president of the country. and protesters remain passionate that new leadership is needed to pull the country out of the economic and political chaos. here to unpack the story is the tireless michelle, fernandez al jazeera correspondent in sri lanka. ah, i manella, i want to ask you, i mean, he's expected the president, i should say to travel to singapore it's, it's quite a mess he's left behind and you know, i'm wondering, do you anticipate firstly that he will resign after our landing and singapore as, as many are hoping are expecting him to well, given the sort of rise and fall of the roger boxes and the kind of

different strategies if adopted, there is no saying what to do in terms of that resignation of, for example, when, when everybody was asking when he would resign if he would resign through the speaker. he made a statement giving the 13th of july deadline the wednesday and they came and went. and no one has seen that resignation is yet. so there were reports, you know, he fled the country to the motives inability just and then we heard during the course of the day that from the mall davis, he was flying to singapore, potentially not his final destination. that again, there's a lot of speculation to way exactly, he added, but one sort of is waiting to see what exactly he hopes to do. there are those who think that he's using the resignation as a sort of

a bargaining chip until he gets to his final destination. because man, bear in mind that as president, there is a certain cloak of presidential immunity and the moment that is lost, then he does open himself to prosecution or detention on certain charges or whatever it is that is left wide open. so obviously there are reasons or strategies behind this decision. certainly that makes a lot of sense. and, you know, we of course know that the source of this anger that has been boiling is really about, you know, high levels of corruption, that economic situation in the country. and protesters are, you know, remaining in the streets and in the palace. and when they broke through those gates, a lot of them were quite shocked by just the level of opulence and luxury. one resident shared her thoughts have a listen amino. we entered the premises and now we just came out and me know what is the stuff that has been going on inside. i mean, a lot of my people have been suffering for so many days and all along. all of us

still for mr. gordon that i've been living judy of nice. so he had all of us that it is. this is a common man, you know, country while the rest, the hope of the suffering. so people are waiting in basic lines now for basic, not basic lines. i should say in lines for basic good. they're being rationed. this anger is do you anticipate that there could be more violence or more unrest? what needs to happen now to stabilize the situation? basically the sort of vacuum that's been left by all of this uncertainty. the president, a sensually of 1st going underground, when those protectors overran his official residence, nobody knew what his intentions were. then we had the announcement of a resignation. but then again, the days come and gone, and we still don't have resignation. in the meantime, a,

you have the prime minister that go to essentially appointed to replace his brother my him, the roger box himself a candidate that according to the people has no legitimacy or credibility. he's a man running become a thing, or a very attitude politician with a great amount of political experience. but someone who was voted out of parliament . this is the guy that president of the raj. a box of brought in yes, very well accepted, very energized, educated, and a goodridge rappel with the international community with western nations. but at the same time, for the people of this country, they have very clearly spoken and said they don't want him. so with all this background, you know, they do not want to be taken for right again. i mean, that's what i hear across the board when we get onto the street. that for a long time that the people of this country have sort of literally being they

claim they, they say they've been cheated, they've been dropped. the countries been dropped by politicians because not only have the mismanage, the economy corruption has been rampant. right. so they've really been, you know, lining their own pockets at the expense of the country. yeah. and you know, you know, when we talk about that disparity, i mean, you know, the stakes are so high we heard in early july, the energy management minister said that 3 lanka has less than a days worth a few left. and these sorts of alarm bells. i mean, i'm during, you know, having covered this on the ground, we've heard multiple reports of civilians classing with police tear gas, of course has been used you know, what can you share with us about what might happen in the absence of, you know, not just the resignation, but real clear leadership and in the coming weeks from an economic perspective,

do you anticipate the violence to increase? well one certainly hope not because to be really honest. when this campaign started, the go go, the go to go home campaign as they called it, which was very much a sort of a grass rude reaction to the country. literally facing such a bad economic crisis and prison go to be roger boxer. a was the sort of point man, that was the target of all the anger at that stage 3 monk of, you know, in protest outside the presidential secretary of the presidential office. what people were angry about was that one of this had been, you know, known that it could have been prevented. we have economists, we have opposition with people in parliament who for almost a year and a half. and from even longer than that,

have been warning should have been warning the leadership that we were on a pot to a very, very dangerous place. a particularly when president of roger poxel, one that overwhelming victory in 2019. and he had a few months to go for a general election. one of the things he did was lash taxes by a huge amount. and that at that stage, you know, there were huge alarm bells that were wrong by economists. they said, this is a disaster waiting to happen. they didn't, they didn't listen. there was a ban on chemical fertilizer. so a lot of things that people said weren't the best interests of the country, but they went ahead nonetheless. and i think that's where the anger lies. that this did not need to happen, but in addition to maybe pure arrogant and pick handedness, not listening to people who knew their subject, that they allowed this to happen. but also one key point is that that also has been

an issue of bad luck to be frank with, you know, from 2019 the bomb attacks, easter bowman tax, which had tourism followed by the pandemic. obviously, that really brought tourism to his knees. and with that, you've obviously had all those economic indicators, really sort of a setback and with the mismanagement and corruption it with a recipe for disaster. and you know, when we talk about what might be coming next, there was a time when i think there were 2 brothers, 2 nephews, you know, many, many members of the same family in government at the same time. and i'm curious, you know, those tax issues you were discussing leading to the fuel crisis. they've done, tried to make certain efforts, as you said, to change the work week, for example, to 4 days. but it hasn't worked. so we'll leave proudly say it was too late. as you say, so, so will these protests lead to bigger changes in how the country is run?

let's take a look and then i want to get your thoughts on that mental ah, there's also been a ball issue that you could get into the concentration of so much power in one individual. so hopefully they elect someone with the agreement that is going to be a symbolic, a bridge. and until such time that instructional changes can be brought for them to abolish things because the presidency now from a macro perspective, just so you know, one of the comments in are you to section is asking, what is their true desire. i believe it should be a new ruling, of course that there needs to be a departure from the past. is that realistic in the coming months? well, the signs are and this is what again is angering people so much. if you look at

the changes that prison go top roger box that tried to pass off as he's respond to these protests and demands name to step down. it essentially was the same or people just with a different sort of a coating. and that's what they're angry about, even with prime minister around the vicar missing. and the cabinet he brought in, it was the same old faces. and this is what she lunk, and want to get away from day see they talk about system change. they talk about the need to overhaul this mindset, this sort of corruption that they've seen for decades. some people say that ever since independence for more than 70 years, that the people of this country have just had the same. still the same sort of the same person but package differently and that those politicians have just been bleeding the country dial dry lining their own pocket. and you know,

when we talk about the international monetary fund and others who have been supporting other lenders, you know, sri lanka, being part of the problem is we've identified as a how much they've borrowed. so moving forward, i mean, do you think that the opposition is going to be able to co last they've cor last against an enemy, but actually be able to support each other to lead 3 lanka out of this economic lea? well, a shillinger certainly has the knowledge, the specialism, the skills, not just within the country itself. but we have a huge resource of people who serve in other countries who work in other countries who are willing to help. but most of these people have a little bit of a sort of a hands off approach because in the last few years they haven't really had much response when they have i the offered to help. busy or the help has been taken

just to sort of patch things up. and you know, the same thing has continued. so the international monetary fund it serve as issued a statement about shall anchor saying the hope that they'll be quick resolution of the ongoing issues. so that they can get back to negotiations for a bailout for sure. and i appreciate you bringing that up one last point, very quickly. if you may, a lot of people in youtube asking us, we hear about what's happening in the capital, the protest, what's happening and other parts of the country. anything no, or the well, even in russia lanka, or in other parts of the country other than the sort of capital and sort of major urban centers, people are struggling because that that whole issue of the chemical fertilizers have been hit the fall of the agriculture community in a huge way, so their income levels have also suffered by a great,

great deal. and this is something that is really affecting people. the cost of living across the boards is going through the roof. and people are really finding it difficult to make ends meet, whether that's in the capital right or elsewhere, certainly in time is of the essence, as always. thank you, man. now for your time today, you can follow all the update to this re lunk a story on al jazeera. now from one political crisis to another, we had to the u. k. where a power vacuum has several members of the conservative party racing to the top of its leadership. someone has to grip that conservative m. p. 's are aiming to whittle down a wide field of candidates to just to by next thursday. then over the rest of july and august, the parties 200000 members, will choose the next leader, prime minister. it's a tight schedule, but they want all this done by early september. well, it's a wide open race and ultimately the conservative party and worried about the, the blue and blue attacks. i think that doesn't look good to the wider electron. so

they're gonna want to try and shorten that as much as they can. and again, looks like she's sitting at the front runner and he's the man to catch lots to discuss today we're joined by kevin craig. he is political communications specialist than a former labor counselor. kevin, thank you so much for being with us. i want to start by just kind of asking you the obvious question are the names are being dwindled down in terms of the context for tory leadership. what's the latest? it's a fast moving us story. it's a very fast moving story. today's been a historic day in british politics because we now have a reduced number of candidates. we have to clarify 6 candidates remaining. and i think realistically only for those 6 of a chance of winning richie soon. that is a leading the way. but it's really historic, actually because previously and i've worked in around politics for 25 years in this country, you always knew who was going to win a leadership context, whether it's

a conservative party olay, but you knew, right, you knew with data net, you do not know what's going to happen. and on monday, this coming monday in the u. k, this final 6 candidates will be whittled down to 2. and then those to go to the 200000 conservative party members who will be effectively deciding for the 65000000 of the rest of us and, and crazy time. and so we don't know what's gonna happen and you're saying that's different than times past. i'm curious, do we know who is leading it seems amongst the politicians that richie soon i can certainly the most popular, but perhaps among the public. that's not necessarily true. who do you think? oh, would you put your money on? well, i've been telling people earn for some days now. if i the favorites i think to win this contest is a politician called penny mordant, currently, a 2nd in the race to day off to the m p 's vote. but she is the

problem that richie soon at cars is that yes, he's leading amongst members of parliament at westminster, but he is nowhere near the top of what the conservative members think. so westminster corridors to day are full of negotiations. and plots is richie's team, which has got the most number of people in ease, very well resourced. and he will be trying to get a candid or in the last 2 that he feels uncomfortable that he's going to bait. and i understand that penny more dundas pitching herself as sort of a team player. and perhaps we can discuss that more her chances. but, but sticking to either former finance minister richie soon or is he sure that, you know, he has plans that he's saying he's going to get the you can economic hall. ah, i'm talking about the taxes but, but our british citizens ready are even able to be more patient. i, as inflation continues to go up and costs are rising. i mean, let's, let's listen to what he said. and i want to come back to you are kevin i have

a plan to steer our economy through these headwinds. we need a return to traditional conservative economic values, and that means honesty and responsibility, not fairytales. kid is not readable to promise lots more spending and lower taxes. i had to make some of the most difficult choices of my life as chancellor in particular, how to deal with our debt and boring off to cove it. i have never hidden away from those. i certainly won't pretend now the choices i made and the things i voted for was somehow not necessary. and whilst that may be politically inconvenient for me, it is also the truth. as is the fact that once we've gripped inflation,

i will get the tax burden down. it is a question of when not, if so, kevin, he's, you know, certainly proved himself as the 1st to quit. the cabinet may be odd that might make him seem like a more viable candidate, but there's also a lot of controversy about his wife, his relationship with her dodging taxes perhaps. or what can you share with us about how significant that is? well it, it is significant because in the u. k, we've had, you know, the boys johnson premier ship is one i would characterize as a hugely missed opportunity for him. huge parliamentary majority. and he's a road to trust a loss, and he's lost the confidence of his colleagues. now, richie has his own problems, as you've alluded to, he's an extremely wealthy guy and, and, and his family is very wealthy and that shouldn't be any barriers. public office. i believe that, but the conservative party are thinking strategically,

the british public like countries across the world, the al jazeera viewers have heard the british public is tired, people are struggling to pay their bills every month in the u. k. this year, over $2000000.00 people of defaulted on one form of bill, whether it's utilities, credit cards, whatever. i'd richie that wasn't a bad clip we just showed from him there. but actually he is not universally popular with his own policy. they think that he is a little bit right. he like to close to labor? well, on the members, he's not, he's not going to win. you know, in the next british liter clearly face as a daunting series of tasks ahead of him as you said, you know, oh or her, forgive me of course, most certainly, no, i appreciate that but, but you know, we have a comment. let me, let me share it with you. it's from andrew ryan on youtube saying it will be hard to replace someone with boris is correct. uh huh. but they will essentially have the same politics referring to whoever's as to come next. and, you know,

because he mentions are prime minister on voice johnson. i'm on wednesday during questions in parliament, boris johnson address the issue of his leaving are being forced to leave. take a look and it's certainly true. it's certainly true that i leave not at the time of my choosing. i absolutely true. i am proud of the fantastic team that has been involved in an internationally i'm. it's a speaker. i'm also proud of the leadership that i have given. i will be meeting with my head held high his head held high. do you by it, kevin? ah, let i'm. i'm going to try and be the professional political advisor that we are to

clients hail emma, i don't buy that. boris johnson is a very tarnished brand. and he's doing everything behind the scenes. he can't stop pretty soon, not winning because he's properly unhappy with the ro that richie soon not had in his downfall. so let's, let's look behind that. he are there. there's a lot of very divisive conflict of the marine conservative party and they, they need to think very carefully because labor has its most impressive leader for years. and so he saw, but at an on that no, kevin, i want to stop you because i'm curious. i, we've heard penny moore not say that the conservative party had lost its sense of self and she also vowed to return this kind of value system of small state low tax personal responsibility. do you think the board johnson's legacy will continue beyond his, his time as prime minister? no. and again, it's that i'm not making a political point as it is a point of advice and counsel that i give to clients. currently, he will not have

a very significant legacy above the fact that he did a good job with ukraine. it's a wasted opportunity because he's one of the few british prime ministers and we've had quite a few in recent years. he's not leave because of policy. he's leaving because his own character, personality decisions and integrity. ultimately his own party lost faith in it. your, the ouch is a reviewer there is, is right, that, that will be a similar policy agenda and by a british politics, sorry, just say it's personality and character. i career my are really important. and kevin, very quickly, johnson is facing cause to leave downing street. i think before to september. 6th is, is that likely? is that accurate? i, i'd, i think he should, but in reality it's actually not far now. it's 7 weeks or so. i think he'll end up staying in office because i think the conservative party will have i after mondays, 6 becoming 2 candidates. but i think it will go to about with the men and those 2

richie are penny who it, who had went in and not face off what you had to have 1st. okay. richie is going to face. peggy rowden are a she's going to wait. all right, we're, we're running out of time, you know that it's going to be that maybe we don't know who's going to win. kevin, but thank you for sharing your insights with us. remember at home, if you have a story making news in your part of the world, you can always tweet us at a stream. see you next time? ah ah.

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