this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world... sri lanka's president has reportedly been moved from his residence before protesters stormed the building calling for him to resign. thousands of demonstrators gather in the capital colombo as people grapple with the country's worst economic crisis in decades. could britain's former chancellor rishi sunak be the conservative party's new leader as he becomes the latest mp to enter the race to be the next prime minister? the body of japan's former prime minister shinzo abe is brought back to his tokyo residence a day after he was shot dead during a political rally. elon musk is threatened with legal action after pulling out of a 44 billion dollar deal to buy

twitter. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. we begin this hour in sri lanka where protesters have stormed the president's official residence in colombo as the country's economic crisis deepens. the whereabouts of the president are unknown. police fired tear gas in an effort to disperse huge crowds gathered to demand the resignation of president rajapaksa. numerous groups have travelled from to the capital to join the demonstration, which went ahead after the authorities�* attempt to impose a curfew was abandoned. thousands of troops and police officers have been deployed. it's the latest protest to be sparked by the country's worst economic crisis in decades.

sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel and medicine. a short time ago i spoke to our south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan. i began by asking him about his assessment today's events. there have been some dramatic developments over the past few hours. then protests that have been going on to the past few months in sri lanka against the government, the demands for president rajapaksa to step down because of an ongoing crisis, already affected by the cost of living crisis in sri lanka was hard hit because of this crisis and then came the foreign currency shortage, crippling shortage of foreign currency reserves which meant the word... with fuel and medicine. prices skyrocketed and the price of gas cylinders doubled, and medicine and fuel have all decreased which made people come to the streets in colombo, they have been

protesting for months but what happened was the government action did not satisfy the anti—government protesters because they saw more shortage of food and fuel and people have been waiting for days to get a litre of petrol and diesel, which is why in the socialmedia there was a big old tojoin for the protesters and thousands of people have been coming in vans, cars and buses since last night and the government decided to impose a curfew last night to stop the protesters but it was withdrawn following strong objections from civil society groups and opposition parties, and as you says, even the protesters stormed the official residence or president rajapaksa, he was moved to a safer location, does not live there but more and more people are joining these protests in colombo and they are all complaining that their economic hardships, they have not been solved by the new government, which took over two months ago,

after the prime minister resigned but people complained that they are going through more difficulties and thatis going through more difficulties and that is why they are protesting and demanding president rajapaksa step down. demanding president ra'apaksa step down. ~ ., , demanding president ra'apaksa step down. ~ . , ., down. what is your 'udgment from havinu down. what is your 'udgment from having been _ down. what is your 'udgment from having been in — down. what is your 'udgment from having been in the — down. what is yourjudgment from having been in the country - down. what is yourjudgment from having been in the country so - down. what is yourjudgment from | having been in the country so much and followed its politics so closely? to what extent is this crisis down to bad government and to what extent is itjust down to global factors that are genuinely outside of sri lanka's ability to deal with? fies outside of sri lanka's ability to deal with?— outside of sri lanka's ability to dealwith? ~ , . , , deal with? as far as the debt is concerned. _ deal with? as far as the debt is concerned, they have - deal with? as far as the debt is concerned, they have about. deal with? as far as the debt is j concerned, they have about $51 billion of foreign debt and the foreign currency reserves are running out, and they ran out of the foreign currency reserves a few weeks ago, now only $150 million of usable reserves and this is down mainly to the political past because economists have been warning, even late last year in sri lanka economists are warning the country would face a crisis and the

government should step in and they should go to the imf for a bailout loan but because of various coalition party compulsions, people said going to the imf means a restructuring and people would lose jobs and the government would have to cut back on welfare programmes so they didn't do it and the government sacked the then central bank governor and other top officials and reappointed a new team and then it was too late and they were depending on india's credit line for more than $2 million forfuel and on india's credit line for more than $2 million for fuel and food. i'm joined now by dr paikiasothy saravanamuttu, the founder executive director of the centre for policy alternatives in sri lanka. it isa it is a great title for your organisation but i guess from the present cosmic point of view, he really has been struggling to come up really has been struggling to come up with policy alternatives. the crisis feels so overwhelming at the moment. what is your assessment of these latest developments? what

moment. what is your assessment of these latest developments?— these latest developments? what we have at the present _ these latest developments? what we have at the present moment - these latest developments? what we have at the present moment is - these latest developments? what we have at the present moment is the i have at the present moment is the struggle with the protesters coming to fulfil the ultimate objective which was that president rajapaksa should leave presidency and they added to that that he and his family must bring back the money they allegedly stole, so any sense the protesters have the upper hand. they have got the president to go into hiding as it where and we expect he will make an announcement that he will make an announcement that he will resign and then the question is parliament has to meet, the prime minister has to be that have an acting president and —— becomes the acting president and —— becomes the acting president. and then you have someone who succeeds president rajapaksa. i5 someone who succeeds president ra'a naksa. , ., , someone who succeeds president ra'a-aksa. , . , , , someone who succeeds president ra'a-aksa. , . i, , ., rajapaksa. is there any sense of dissatisfaction _ rajapaksa. is there any sense of dissatisfaction with _ rajapaksa. is there any sense of dissatisfaction with the - rajapaksa. is there any sense of dissatisfaction with the whole i dissatisfaction with the whole political elite or is itjust with president rajapaksa? don't know, it is with the entire political elite.

it is primarily about president rajapaksa and his brothers but it has spread to the entire political elite. . , , ._ has spread to the entire political elite. . , , ., ., has spread to the entire political elite. . ,, ., ., ., , elite. the crisis day today for many sri lankans — elite. the crisis day today for many sri lankans is _ elite. the crisis day today for many sri lankans is an _ elite. the crisis day today for many sri lankans is an unbearable - elite. the crisis day today for many sri lankans is an unbearable one . sri lankans is an unbearable one because the very basics of life are so difficult to acquire. are you confident we can go through these formal processes what you want something rather more fundamental than that and nobody seems able to offer them? in a than that and nobody seems able to offerthem? in a region than that and nobody seems able to offer them? in a region which, than that and nobody seems able to offerthem? in a region which, in the past, has... , we could be at a stage where water is a vibrant democracy is endangered by this economic crisis.— democracy is endangered by this| economic crisis._ that democracy is endangered by this i economic crisis._ that is economic crisis. absolutely. that is my window — economic crisis. absolutely. that is my window government _ economic crisis. absolutely. that is my window government that - economic crisis. absolutely. that is my window government that is - my window government that is representative and can tell the people, look, we have got ourselves into a terrible crisis but it will

take some time to get out of it so please bear with us. the impatience, the anger, the frustration of the people need to take into account that you cannot get a solution overnight and so there are talks, there is a staff agreement hopefully by the end of this month which will then move to an agreement with the board of directors, conversations, discussions going on with other debtors in the markets and it will take time to get out of this and therefore the people need a government that has political credibility, who they have trust in and confidence. fine credibility, who they have trust in and confidence.— credibility, who they have trust in and confidence. one last thought on this. could some _ and confidence. one last thought on this. could some of _ and confidence. one last thought on this. could some of the _ and confidence. one last thought on this. could some of the powerful - this. could some of the powerful regional players, some of the important neighbours of shoreline can do more to signal their willingness to support the country, perhaps offer some more a sense of this being a regional crisis and

find to have the imf and others come in but there are some important, powerful economy just around in but there are some important, powerful economyjust around sri powerful economy just around sri lanka powerful economyjust around sri lanka who could perhaps do more to give it support. what is your assessment? are they doing all they can be expected to do given the attitude of the government? the one country that — attitude of the government? the one country that is _ attitude of the government? the one country that is important _ attitude of the government? the one country that is important and - country that is important and relevant here is india and india has done quite a bit, has given us over three and a half billion dollars to bridges over this current situation. perhaps they could do more but i guess they, too, have to have a basis of political stability before they can move further. last basis of political stability before they can move further. last thought. on a personal _ they can move further. last thought. on a personal level _ they can move further. last thought. on a personal level if _ they can move further. last thought. on a personal level if you _ they can move further. last thought. on a personal level if you don't - on a personal level if you don't mind me asking, how are you coping? well, we do not have gas or fuel, so we have to make do within those restrictions. when we have a bit of fuel, we can get to office and get to the supermarkets and whatever other wise we to the supermarkets and whatever otherwise we just have to walk there. it is tough for everyone. i’m

there. it is tough for everyone. i'm 'ust anoin there. it is tough for everyone. i'm just going to show you some pictures if we may, i don't know if you can see them but we are showing our audience on pictures from inside the palace, this is social media pictures placed online. we cannot verify it but we believe it is genuine. what you see are scenes which i suppose you would see in any powerful government building, people are kind of revelling in it, the anger is sort of not got anywhere to 90, anger is sort of not got anywhere to go, there is no violence as such but people clearly looking at this rather beautiful building with its ornate furnishings and i suppose it is the contrast, these are things you might not think about but when you might not think about but when you do not have the basics yourself, they become a symbol of something thatis they become a symbol of something that is wrong with your country. absolutely. the politics of relative deprivation goes berserk. people are now... it is almost like an expression of we have now taken power.

expression of we have now taken nower. ., ~' expression of we have now taken nower. ., ~ ,, y . y power. thank you very much. very nood to power. thank you very much. very good to speak _ power. thank you very much. very good to speak to _ power. thank you very much. very good to speak to you. _ power. thank you very much. very good to speak to you. i _ power. thank you very much. very good to speak to you. i hope - power. thank you very much. very good to speak to you. i hope we i power. thank you very much. very i good to speak to you. i hope we will speak again but i hope you will is see some progress in the coming hours and days. thank you very much for your analysis.— in the uk, the race to replace borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party is gathering pace with four mps launching their campaigns to become the next prime minister. they include former chancellor, rishi sunak, whose resignation earlier this week helped trigger the mass walk—out of ministers that forced mr johnson to stand down. this weekend, more candidates are expected to announce their intention to stand — as our political correspondent, ione wells, reports. will you be standing for the leadership? who is in the running to be the next tory party leader? are you going to be the next prime minister? some, like former chancellor rishi sunak, have publicly said they will be. he launched his bid in a slick video on friday. that's why i'm standing to be the next leader of the conservative party

and your prime minister. he was the second cabinet minister to resign from borisjohnson's government, and says his campaign will focus on integrity. he has had the backing of some prominent conservative mps already. he's got the right values. he is competent, he's honest. and i think he's the sort of conservative i want to see. he believes in cutting taxes, but he's going to be honest with people. we can only cut taxes if we control spending and if we get growth going in the economy. rishi sunakjoined backbench tory mp tom tugendhat and attorney general suella braverman. last night kemi badenoch also announced she would be running. and others who also sat in borisjohnson's government like sajid javid, liz truss, nadhim zahawi, priti patel and grant shapps are among those said to be seriously considering bids. some have been privately shoring up support among mp colleagues, and are expected to announce

their bids in the coming days. first, fellow tory mps here in westminster will whittle down the long list of contenders. then, in previous contests, conservative members have had a vote to decide between final two. the full process and timetable is expected to be announced next week. but it is expected that a new prime minister will be in place by september. as temperatures are set to soar this weekend, the leadership race is hotting up too. those who want to lead the country now need to spend their summer battling it out. ione wells, bbc news. our political correspondent david wallace lockhart gave us this update earlier. there are a lot of candidates we understand you're considering a run and perhaps some are hoping to set down a marker and ultimately when someone else is elected leader because they threw their hat in the ring and point they get a nice cabinet position or at least a governor in lima government minister off the back of that but if we cast our minds back a bit —— or become a

government minister. theresa may went down to the final two with andrea leadsom i was not a huge name in the public consciousness but she did, than one vote of becoming prime minister and ultimately withdrew before that and theresa may became pm and the rest is history but it does look like a lot of people could potentially throw their hat in the ring and when the rules for this leadership contest are decided on monday as they will be, i suspect the i922 monday as they will be, i suspect the 1922 committee that represents back edge conservative mps may want to put some thresholds in place that would allow them to whittle the numbers down quite quickly to those who have significant support within the party. in who have significant support within the na . , ., �* ., the party. in terms of britain cosmic support _ the party. in terms of britain cosmic support in _ the party. in terms of britain cosmic support in the - the party. in terms of britain cosmic support in the world, | the party. in terms of britain | cosmic support in the world, i the party. in terms of britain - cosmic support in the world, i was at the g7. an important figure, borisjohnson has been. we, still in

the un security council and silly nuclear—weapons nation. this is a figure who will have some potential cloud at least internationally. the rest of the world will be watching quite closely at what the british conservative party does and what signals it sends to the outside world in terms of choosing its next leader. �* , , , ., leader. i'm sure they will be and we can nut leader. i'm sure they will be and we can put one — leader. i'm sure they will be and we can put one issue _ leader. i'm sure they will be and we can put one issue to _ leader. i'm sure they will be and we can put one issue to decide - leader. i'm sure they will be and we can put one issue to decide here i can put one issue to decide here with a relationship with the european union. there is currently legislation going through that could potentially unilaterally change part of the brexit deal not going down well in the eu and that is something i'm sure we'll hear a lot from the about what they will do but broadly speaking on borisjohnson speaking on boris johnson international stands, speaking on borisjohnson international stands, particularly thinking of ukraine and the support he's been very willing to give ukraine in its fight against russia, i do not see that changing greatly. actually when we had dozens of ministers resigning this week, punishing the publishing their resignation letters, they add that

my publishing their resignation letters, they have paragraphs about what boris johnson letters, they have paragraphs about what borisjohnson did well and ukraine was always coming up. i think we will see a continuation of his policy on these matters by whoever becomes executive leader. —— conservative leader. i'm joined now by the whitehall editor of the financial times, sebastian payne. from inside the red wall as it were, how does this contest look? how worried are those mps who won seats under borisjohnson? these candidates may be very admirable but they are just not going to cut it in those places that, for the first time in some cases, gave their votes, lent their votes to the conservative party.— votes, lent their votes to the conservative party. you can imagine nearly every — conservative party. you can imagine nearly every contender _ conservative party. you can imagine nearly every contender is _ conservative party. you can imagine nearly every contender is probably l nearly every contender is probably going to say, i can keep together borisjohnson's going to say, i can keep together boris johnson's voting going to say, i can keep together borisjohnson's voting coalition, the last camp i've heard from today say that is liz truss who is expected to break to —— are expected to launch a bid tomorrow or monday.

he is a northern mp, represents a seat of richmond in north yorkshire quite back to be fair to his critics, he is not what you would call... he is the opposite of the red wall. the 2019 election was a very unique set of circumstances. it was for the conservatives to get brexit done, in quotes, and the majority combined with labour's structural problems, but the question for any contender is given we are three years into this government, borisjohnson has not had a huge amount of success with the levelling up agenda. will they be able to do it? what difference can they make and all the damage that has been done, not only over the past week but the first nine months of trauma towards the end of the government, can a new leader overcome that? that is the real challenge and so far we've heard a

lot of the broad vision is about the future but not really with much detail and that is what we have to come. it detail and that is what we have to come. . ., ., ., detail and that is what we have to come. _, ., ., .,, come. it will come down to the most com nnellin come. it will come down to the most compelling case _ come. it will come down to the most compelling case for _ come. it will come down to the most compelling case for dealing - come. it will come down to the most compelling case for dealing with - compelling case for dealing with those conservatives. dealing with coalitions on their own, you know the next election will be a tough one. even under borisjohnson for will be a tough one. is there any sense among the backbenchers you're talking to picking up the mood an hour ago of such distaste with the way the government is operating itself in the past few months and how willing some of them were to indulge the prime minister's approach and all the other algorithms that have been made that may be some backbenchers, some are saying they do not want someone sat round the cabinet table was boris johnson, they want someone who was detached from that. and saying this

is a clean sweep. that will be tested out. is a clean sweep. that will be tested out-— is a clean sweep. that will be tested out. , tested out. over the next few days. there was a — tested out. over the next few days. there was a poll— tested out. over the next few days. there was a poll that _ tested out. over the next few days. there was a poll that came - tested out. over the next few days. there was a poll that came out - tested out. over the next few days. there was a poll that came out on l there was a poll that came out on friday. if you are standing, he was still be —— if he was standing, he would still be beaten by boris johnson borisjohnson was party leader. they want a clean break and of course borisjohnson was always more popular with party activists than he was with tory mps but what will be interesting is seeing those who quit. after becoming chancellor, versus rishi sunak and sajid javid, all manner of other people. this contest is a race of thousands and it is wide open at the moment. genuinely not a serious frontrunner. rishi sunak has had a great start

with his slick videos, over 2 million hits already. but the chart hit factors, we are still processing it over the next week. you don't know whether you want to go a someone loyal to borisjohnson or hewitt against borisjohnson, or someone who is against him. blew; someone who is against him. very elonuentl someone who is against him. very eloquently put- — someone who is against him. very eloquently put. have _ someone who is against him. very eloquently put. have a _ someone who is against him. very eloquently put. have a good journey back to the hot tales of westminster. good that you've got some fresh air outside of it at the moment. we will see you on your back down there. thank you very much. the body of the former japanese prime minister shinzo abe has been taken to the capital, tokyo, a day after he was assassinated while speaking at a political campaign rally. police say an unemployed 41—year—old man has admitted the killing, using a homemade gun. a former member of the navy.

investigators say he initially planned to attack a leader of a religious group. mariko oi is in tokyo. iam standing here where —— i am standing outside shinzo abe's home here in tokyo, where his body was brought back all the way from the city of nara, earlier this afternoon. he was assassinated in nara on friday, and shortly after his body came back, we saw the current prime minister coming here to pay a visit. also we have been seeing a number of politicians, government officials, coming here to pay their respects, as well as some members of the japanese public, holding flowers, waiting sometimes for hours for his return as well. but, as the country mourns, people are asking questions about the security. this shocking event happened in the middle of an election campaign. how could a former prime minister be allowed to just be campaigning on the street with a couple of bodyguards, and whether or not they acted quickly enough.

so, a lot of questions remain to be answered, but at the same time, we have just learned that his funeral will take place on tuesday, after the election on sunday, which is still going ahead. a special constable serving with the metropolitan police — has been charged with rape, in connection with an incident in shropshire. ao—year—old paul hoile will appear at kidderminster magistrates court this morning, facing a total of four charges. he's been suspended from the met and the case has been referred to the independent office for police conduct. tennis now...and history will be made at wimbledon later in the women's singles final. tunisian third seed ons jabeur is bidding to become the first arab player to win a grand slam singles title. and elena rybakina, who was born in russia but has represented kazakhstan since 2018, is aiming to become the country's first player to win a major singles trophy. twitter and elon musk are in an extraordinary standoff over his more—than—ao billion dollar deal to buy the social

media company. the world's richest man wants to pull out of the deal, claiming he's not recieved the data he asked for about the number of fake or spam accounts on the platform. but twitter�*s board says it will sue mr musk to enforce the deal. for more on this story is our business and economics reporter ben king. people were astounded in some ways ljy people were astounded in some ways by his sheer bravado going into this deal given all his other business interests and the range of them. has he been genuinely shocked, do you think, by what he has found on twitter or has he thought, actually, i've over bid for this and i don't really want it? it’s i've over bid for this and i don't really want it?— i've over bid for this and i don't really want it? it's impossible to know exactly _ really want it? it's impossible to know exactly what _ really want it? it's impossible to know exactly what is _ really want it? it's impossible to know exactly what is thinking i really want it? it's impossible to know exactly what is thinking is. really want it? it's impossible to - know exactly what is thinking is. we know exactly what is thinking is. we know what he said in his court findings. he said the number of boats, the spam accounts is higher. —— the number of bots. twitter says

5%, he says much higher but it is hard to work out exactly. if you look at the landscape of the technology industry, he offered a very generous price in april when he agreed the deal and since then the price of technology companies has come down. it's an even worse deal for him. he also runs tesla, they will�*s most valuable car company, extremely demanding to run that, he has a rocket company as well. it is interesting because he made this picture and restoring the picture. he does worry about his public image. he is a pr conscious

executive and that could weigh in his calculation on whether he wants to take this on. you his calculation on whether he wants to take this on.— his calculation on whether he wants to take this on. you might have been sur-rised to take this on. you might have been surprised by — to take this on. you might have been surprised by the _ to take this on. you might have been surprised by the amount _ to take this on. you might have been surprised by the amount of _ to take this on. you might have been surprised by the amount of backlash | surprised by the amount of backlash he got. he loves his public image, has a high profile and uses that to market his cars and everything else but it may be that which brings you into every single controversy in the platform, every person on that platform, every person on that platform, it looks like that is too much to deal with. from a business perspective, this kind of mix of businesses, the idea that one person could be in charge of such a variety of different companies, does that feel very modern or slightly old—fashioned the idea that you can have this giant of the commercial world? has have this giant of the commercial world? �* , , ., have this giant of the commercial world? a i. have this giant of the commercial

world? a ::, ., world? as you say, in the 70s and 80s, the conglomerate _ world? as you say, in the 70s and 80s, the conglomerate is - world? as you say, in the 70s and 80s, the conglomerate is how - world? as you say, in the 70s and 80s, the conglomerate is how a i world? as you say, in the 70s and l 80s, the conglomerate is how a lot of businesses ran, steel, fish, chips, there is plenty more value for money. if you want to invest in rockets, for example, you might not want exposure as well. vitamin b will pause there as our views from bbc internationally leave us. you're watching bbc news. —— we will pause there. carry on without thought. they are pretty few and far between? in western markets, yes, in places like korea, japan, there is a huge conglomerate with a really wide range of interests but in other places it is unusual. unusual in so many ways. places it is unusual. unusual in so many ways-— places it is unusual. unusual in so many ways. could this go to court? it looks likely _ many ways. could this go to court? it looks likely it _ many ways. could this go to court? it looks likely it will. _ many ways. could this go to court? it looks likely it will. it _ many ways. could this go to court? it looks likely it will. it seems - it looks likely it will. it seems unusual, highly unusual that a

delaware court would grant the request of elon musk to cancel the deal on the basis that he has put forward, that very rarely happens. but it's something that seems to be in the interest of both sides to resolve quickly so they may do a deal. ., ., resolve quickly so they may do a deal. . ,, , ., resolve quickly so they may do a deal. ., ~' , ., , resolve quickly so they may do a deal. . ,, i. , . ukraine has urged its allies to send more weapons to slow russia's military advance through the eastern donbas region. officials have reported towns and villages being shelled ahead an expected push for more territory. one way other countries are helping ukraine is by training recruits. in the uk, a special programme has begun that offers both military and survival skills. the ministry of defence says it aims to prepare up to ten thousand ukrainians for the conflict against russia. replace the tmh at the front and make sure the pins... just days ago, these recruits from ukraine had never before picked up a weapon. plumbers, electricians, office workers, now being put through their paces in the north—west of england by british soldiers. the training will teach weapons

handling, first—aid, battlefield tactics under the law of armed conflict. it is serious training, because it is an important part of our upcoming life and the more skills we own here, the better we will be prepared, and i do feel a high level of responsibility, in front of my people and my family and all my relatives, simply because i am here to be prepared to defend them. the plan is to train 10,000 ukrainians and 120 days, at mod sites across the uk. the british government says it is part of a package of military age totalling more than £2 billion. many of the british soldiers passing on their skills have easy —— previously had tours of duty in ukraine themselves. i really feel like we're making a difference, they came to us essentially, civilians. now three days into a training programme they have started acting like soldiers, thinking like soldiers, they have started speaking to us like soldiers. borisjohnson and ukrainian president have enjoyed

a close relationship. but given the recent political turmoil in the uk, the government has this message for president zelensky. britain is full square behind them. the assistance we give is not just one person, not me, not the prime minister, it is the whole effort. we have the british army appear today, up in the north of england, training ukrainians on what it needs to do. this next generation are being issued with body armour and first—aid kits to take back with them, trying to prepare the troops for life on the front line. simon jones, bbc news. if now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah. hello. a warm, sunny weekend ahead and if you are hoping for a bit of rain for your gardens we are not going to be seeing much, certainly over the next few days. temperatures build, high pressure in charge. still a fair amount of cloud lingering in the far north—west, parts of northern ireland, north and west scotland as well, some rain for the northern isles

where temperatures in lerwick will be around 13 degrees. but down towards central and southern england 27 there towards the london region and it is going to be pretty hot for the women's final at wimbledon today, 27 there. hot and dry though for the men's final tomorrow 29, it could be 30 degrees on centre court. moving through this evening and overnight, a fine, warm end to the day, lots of late sunshine, light winds around. some mist and low cloud forming, particularly around some the irish sea coast throughout the day tomorrow. temperatures ten to 1a degrees to start the day. sunday promises more of the same, more widespread sunshine, very high levels of uv, high levels of pollen as well. hot and dry, sea breezes along the south coast but inland we could see temperatures between about 21 to 29 degrees. bye— bye. hello, this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley and these are the headlines... sri lanka's president has reportedly been moved from his home before protesters stormed the building calling for him to resign. it comes as thousands of demonstrators gather in the capital, colombo, as people grapple with the country's worst economic crisis in decades.