chaos in the capital of sri lanka over the country's dire economic crisis as protesters storm the homes of the president and prime minister. there have been months of protests,

which erupted today, with people venting their fury on the streets. extraordinary scenes as people take over the pool at the president's residence, and march on official buildings, forcing their way in. there are reports that the house of the prime minister has been set on fire. we'll bring you all the latest. also on the programme... here, the defence secretary ben wallace rules himself out of the conservative leadership contest as two other cabinet ministers rule themselves in. the body of japan's assassinated former prime minister is brought home. police admit security flaws over his shooting. and moscow—born elena rybakina, representing kazakhstan, wins the women's final at wimbledon.

good evening. the ongoing economic crisis in sri lanka has erupted today with thousands of people storming the residence of the president in the capital colombo and setting fire to the home of the prime minister. after months of protests, huge crowds enraged by the authorities�* handling of sri lanka's worst crisis in decades overwhelmed the security forces. the prime minister has agreed to resign and reports say the president will step down next week. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel and medicine. caroline hawley reports. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowd, all suffering the effects of living in a nation in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, but the crowds were more determined.

and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he had already escaped. in extraordinary scenes on a tumultuous day for sri lanka, the protesters then cooled off in the president's pool after all the privations in this country's crisis, clearly relishing this moment. you could just make out a four—poster bed as the crowds enjoyed the inside of his home as well, and his bathroom. this was president gotabaya rajapaksa in 2020, campaigning during current parliamentary elections. his family are accused by many of corruption and catastrophic economic mismanagement. there have been shortages of fuel, as well as food and medicines, after the government earlier this year ran out of foreign currency. schools are closed, hospitals struggling. protests have been going on for weeks, but today marks a dramatic escalation.

"we must chase them out," this man says. "i spend one day a week working and five—day standing in queues." and five days standing in queues." "leave the country," this driver pleads, "you can't govern this country properly. " as the protest continues, sri lankans don't know now where the president even is, though one report says he has been protected by the island country's navy. it has been announced he will step down by wednesday. and this is said to be the prime minister's private residence. it was set on fire even though he had earlier offered to resign. sri lanka is in an unprecedented crisis. caroline hawley, bbc news. the defence secretary ben wallace has ruled himself out of the conservative leadership contest. in a statement he said it had not been an easy choice, but that he had decided to focus on his currentjob. six tory mps have entered the race so far, with two cabinet ministers, nadhim zahawi and grant shapps, confirming their candidacies this afternoon, as our

political correspondent jonathan blake reports. who is the best shot, so far? at the forefront of britain's response to the war in ukraine, ben wallace was seen as a strong contender for prime minister. the defence secretary is popular with conservative members but he's taken what he said was a difficult decision and wished the candidates good luck. the frontrunner for now is rishi sunak. the former chancellor says he'd gripped the moment and be honest about the challenges ahead. he has supporters and detractors. he's got the experience, he's got the ability, he's got the vision and i think at this moment in time we need to move to someone who's going to walk into numberten and take overthe reins of the country, they need that level of experience and ability. unfortunately, because rishi sunak�*s record is saying he wants low taxes and then putting them up, he's now got to double down on that record in his campaign. another grassroots tory favourite, the foreign

secretary liz truss. she is expected to enter the race and already sending signals about cutting taxes. do you think you'll make a good prime minister? i good evening. in the mix too the seniorbackbencher tom tugendhat, talking up his time in the military. i've spent 15 years serving our country in uniform. i've spent six, seven years now serving our community in parliament and i'd like the chance to serve again because i think this country matters. at the centre of the storm around borisjohnson in recent days, nadim zahi. chancellor since tuesday, confirmed tonight as a contender for the top job. among others expected to join the race, former health secretary sajid javid, whose resignation triggered boris johnson's final demise and jeremy hunt, who came second in the last contest back in 2019. grant shapps, the transport secretary, the attorney general suella braverman

and kemi badenoch, the former equalities minister, completing the line—up of confirmed contenders. expect to see and hear a lot more of all of them. jonathan blake, bbc news. the newly appointed education minister, andrea jenkyns, has admitted she should have shown more composure after she made a rude gesture to a crowd gathered outside downing street. she raised her middle finger to the crowd on her way to watch borisjohnson�*s resignation speech on thursday. she said she had endured a huge amount of abuse over years from some people and had confronted what she called a "baying mob". police injapan have admitted there were flaws in the security provided to the former prime minister shinzo abe, who was shot and killed yesterday at a political rally. a 41—year—old man armed with a home—made weapon said he carried out the attack. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports. there are flashing images. the site where shinzo abe was gunned down on friday has now become

a place of pilgrimage. many hundreds lined up this morning to lay flowers and pay their respects. it's an old cliche that japanese people don't show public emotion. not today. at lunchtime the hearse carrying mr abe's body arrived at his home in tokyo. here, too, the emotion was palpable. as a stream of friends and dignitaries came to pay their respects. 0utside, we met a close friend of mr abe's, a right—wing political ally. ifeel very, very... very, very sad. and a sense of loss is so great that i do not know how to overcome. it has been striking to see the continuing outpouring of grief and anger today, notjust here but from around the world. it's hard to think of another japanese politician whose death would have inspired days of national mourning in places as far away as india and brazil.

there are now serious questions being asked about what happened yesterday in nara, not the least of which is the performance of mr abe's bodyguard team. this video shows how the gunman was able to approach mr abe from behind. completely unchallenged. the team of bodyguards are all looking the other way. the first shot missed mr abe. but the gunman has time to fire a second shot. a nervous—looking nara police chief this afternoon admitted something had gone badly wrong. "it is undeniable that there was a security problem that caused a serious result," he says. "0ur security measures must be immediately reviewed." that is an understatement.

police today recovered a stash of home—made weapons from the suspect�*s home. but this is a country where there was just one gun fatality in the whole of last year. little wonder that on friday, the police were taken by surprise. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. at wimbledon, elena rybakina has become the first player from kazakhstan to win a grand slam title. she dropped the first set, but then went on to triumph on centre court, beating 0ns jabeur of tunisia. rybakina was born in moscow but switched allegiance to kazakhstan in 2018. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson reports. in this famous corner of london it was kazakhstan versus tunisia. a brand—new combination for a wimbledon final and a clash seemingly of styles. 0ns jabeur is a conjurer of shots. who, from there, could do this? what a shot! well, only her.

her opponent, elena rybakina, has stature and power but her touch initially was unreliable. oh, no. jabeur took the first set 6—3. but even in a three set match there's time to get better, to speed up. she's getting to them and putting them away. into the deciding set, rybakina retained her power but now she had the movement, the finesse. how could jabeur deal with that? well, she needed an answer urgently. she could not find one. third set, 6—2, the moment of victory seemed almost routine. of course, it was years in the making. rybakina's from moscow. she has represented kazakhstan since 2018. but in the year that russian players were barred from wimbledon, she is a champion some in russia claim as theirs. rybakina can't control perceptions. 0nly her achievements. and she was outstanding through this fortnight.

i want to say thank you for the royal box. i think the first time, it's an honour to be here and play in front of you. thank you so much. it's just unbelievable. thank you. applause. this victory for elena rybakina reallyjust reinforces how open, how fluid women's tennis seems at the moment. the last six women's champions here at wimbledon, all different names, all different nationalities. well, here's argentina and japan, fernandez and kunieda, finally defeating britain's hewett and reid after their ten consecutive wheelchairs doubles grand slam titles. worth the wait. joe wilson, bbc news, wimbledon. that's it for now. we're back with the late news at ten past ten. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye.

as we've been hearing, the conservative leadership race has been hotting up today. in the last few hours, both the chancellor, nadhim zahawi and the transport secretary, grant shapps have entered the race and launched their campaigns. let's speak with our political correspondent, jonathan blake. where correspondent, jonathan blake. does that bring us are where does that bring us? how many are now in the race? six. where does that bring us? how many are now in the race?— are now in the race? six confirmed in a race that _ are now in the race? six confirmed in a race that is _ are now in the race? six confirmed in a race that is suddenly - are now in the race? six confirmed in a race that is suddenly gathered j in a race that is suddenly gathered pace. nadhim zahawi who has been chancellor since tuesday is confirmed this evening as a contenderfor prime confirmed this evening as a contender for prime minister, launching his campaign officially and alongside the transport

secretary, grant shapps. those names you can add to those already declared, tom tugendhat, prominent backbencher, kemi badenoch, former equalities minister and rishi sunak who is seen as the frontrunner, the former chancellor who resigned last week, one of two cabinet resignations which led to boris johnson's eventual demise and suella braverman still in post as attorney—general. it's a relatively broad field and there will be more. there will be, how many would you expect? we there will be, how many would you exect? ~ , , , expect? we will see jeremy hunt, i think, expect? we will see jeremy hunt, i think. former— expect? we will see jeremy hunt, i think, former health _ expect? we will see jeremy hunt, i think, former health secretary - expect? we will see jeremy hunt, i think, former health secretary who j think, former health secretary who finished borisjohnson, came second in 2019, declared before too long. sajid javid is also expected to throw his hat in the ring, as his foreign secretary liz truss who we saw earlier leaving her home but saying nothing other than a polite good evening to those waiting, but she is already sending signals about cutting taxes, frankly as they all

are at this point when all the candidates and potential candidates have to make a broad pitch, as broad as possible to secure as much support at this point in the race while also setting themselves apart from the others and that is probably harder bit. ~ . �* , , ., from the others and that is probably harder bit. ~ . �*, , ., ., harder bit. what's the plan? how much is known _ harder bit. what's the plan? how much is known at _ harder bit. what's the plan? how much is known at this _ harder bit. what's the plan? how much is known at this point - harder bit. what's the plan? how| much is known at this point about the potential timetable? the timetable is _ the potential timetable? the timetable is not _ the potential timetable? tue: timetable is not set. the potential timetable? tte: timetable is not set. the 1922 committee will meet on monday and decide the rules of this contest. we can expected broadly to follow the same pattern as last time. firstly mps voting in several rounds to whittle down the number of candidates and then those final pair will be put to the conservative party membership as a whole who will elect their new leader and with that, give the united kingdom and you prime minister. plenty of people in the conservative party want this is done as soon as possible.

certainly talking weeks rather than months but with this number of candidates to begin with, there is clearly, it's going to take a bit of time to get down to the final two and choose a winner. more now on the events unfolding in sri lanka. after months of protests, the economic crisis in sri lanka has erupted today, with thousands of people storming the residence of the president in the capital colombo and setting fire to the home of the prime minister. he has agreed to resign and reports say the president will step down next week. earlier we heard from, kalani kumarasinghe, the features editor at sri lanka's daily mirror who is in colombo. over the last few hours, things escalated, we sawjournalists being attacked by military personell on live news, that really got to the crowds, which led the mobs to breach the prime minister's private residence, set on fire and after all of these,

a little while ago received news that the president has informed the speaker that he is willing to step down next week. this has been received with all sorts of reactions. mostly the public seem to be happy, but also posing the question what it means for us as a country politically, because there is absolutely no political consensus in the capital right now and we have to wait and see what unfolds over the next few days. i will try to explain what life was like over the past six six alone, it has meant everything we live off, essentials, were in short supply. food, medicine, also dealing with hyperinflation. people are finding meals unaffordable at the moment. people are foregoing meals, there are reports that children and expectant mothers have foregone meals. it means poor nutrition for kids.

patients cannot get to hospitals. just this last couple of weeks, people in the private—sector and state sector were all unable to come into work because there was not a drop of fuel to be found. this is what life has been like for people from all walks of life. it has been suffering and endless pain. this is what we have been living through and today was the day that a lot of organisers, civic protest organisers as well as political parties, urged crowds to come and people made long journeys by foot, travelling miles to reach the epicentre of the protest and it was very peaceful in the morning and then at some point, they basically stormed inside the presidential area and although you have seen moments ofjoy, it is after months and months of pain.

i cannot say for certain the economic crisis can be overcome but i'm certain there will be some political agreement that we need to get over this. we need to find solutions and that is what we will hope to see over the coming days and weeks. prime minister wickremesinghe says he is only willing to step down once there is an interim government with a majority formed, so there is that as well so we all have to wait and see what happens over the next couple of days. a heat—health alert has been issued for parts of the uk as temperatures are predicted to hit 30 degrees celsius, higher than in los angeles, marbella and santorini. parents are advised to limit their children's sun exposure. wales is expecting a prolonged period of hot weather over the weekend and into next week.

well, for more on this, i'm nowjoined by prof david griggs. he is the president of the royal meteorological society. thank you forjoining us. it is suddenly upon us. talk us through what's going to be, what is going to unfold and how it compares with previous summers. tote unfold and how it compares with previous summers.— unfold and how it compares with previous summers. we are certainly exectin: previous summers. we are certainly expecting some _ previous summers. we are certainly expecting some hot _ previous summers. we are certainly expecting some hot weather, - previous summers. we are certainly expecting some hot weather, some | expecting some hot weather, some countrywide over the next few days with the possible exception of northern scotland. i don't think we are seeing exceptional temperatures, i don't think we will see records broken but we will certainly see temperatures that are breaking the threshold for a heatwave. we define a heatwave as temperatures over a certain threshold above the average. that changes depending on where you are in the country. here in devon where i am, that threshold is 25. three consecutive days with a

maximum temperature over 25 is defined as a heatwave. in london, three days over 20 degrees is defined as a heatwave. we would expect to see was threshold spoken of the next few days. what expect to see was threshold spoken of the next few days.— expect to see was threshold spoken of the next few days. what had been the patterns — of the next few days. what had been the patterns over _ of the next few days. what had been the patterns over recent _ of the next few days. what had been the patterns over recent years - of the next few days. what had been the patterns over recent years and l the patterns over recent years and looking further back?— looking further back? because a heatwave is _ looking further back? because a heatwave is defined _ looking further back? because a heatwave is defined as - looking further back? because a heatwave is defined as a - looking further back? because a i heatwave is defined as a threshold above the average, the problem is, the average is changing because of human induced climate change. we are seeing more hot temperatures, more hot extremes, but what we have to do is if we did not change the average, and we still had the average from 100 years ago, we would have record heat waves all the time. every 30 years we change the average. it, last time we had the average of 1961-90, we last time we had the average of 1961—90, we have updated that to 1990-2020. a lot of the 1961—90, we have updated that to 1990—2020. a lot of the counties around the country have actually had

to increase the threshold at which they define a heatwave. we are not getting more heat waves but that is because we are making the... sliding scale. because we are making the. .. sliding scale- higher— because we are making the... sliding scale. higher every _ because we are making the... sliding scale. higher every time _ because we are making the... sliding scale. higher every time because - because we are making the... sliding scale. higher every time because of i scale. higher every time because of human induced _ scale. higher every time because of human induced climate _ scale. higher every time because of human induced climate change. - scale. higher every time because of i human induced climate change. what were the levels _ human induced climate change. what were the levels for _ human induced climate change. what were the levels for heat waves in those previous 30 year segments? some of them have not changed very much and some have changed by1 degrees from 27—28 for example, depending on which county you are in how much it has changed. certainly over the time of the last 100 years orso over the time of the last 100 years or so we have seen warming of 1.5, 2 degrees and as we move into the future with human induced climate change that will continue so we have to continue to change our thresholds and we are going to expect to see more periods of extended warm weather and more hot extremes. tt weather and more hot extremes. it sort of feels strange sometimes as well in that it has felt like it has

not been very summer —like weather up not been very summer —like weather up until this point and yet we will have some in march ridiculously high temperatures as well. what's going on with the seasons? that temperatures as well. what's going on with the seasons?— on with the seasons? that is uk weather for _ on with the seasons? that is uk weather for you. _ on with the seasons? that is uk weather for you. has _ on with the seasons? that is uk weather for you. has it - on with the seasons? that is uk weather for you. has it always l on with the seasons? that is uk - weather for you. has it always been that way and _ weather for you. has it always been that way and every _ weather for you. has it always been that way and every year _ weather for you. has it always been that way and every year feels - weather for you. has it always been that way and every year feels a - that way and every year feels a surprise? that way and every year feels a surrise? , ., , , that way and every year feels a surprise?— that way and every year feels a surrise? , ., , , ., surprise? yes, what, yes, we have alwa s surprise? yes, what, yes, we have always had — surprise? yes, what, yes, we have always had a _ surprise? yes, what, yes, we have always had a highly _ surprise? yes, what, yes, we have always had a highly variable - always had a highly variable climate, we have always had extremes of heat and cold in every month. 0bviously what we are now seeing because of climate change we are seeing many more hot extremes and many fewer cold extremes. the record for march might be broken with a hot extreme, it's much less likely to be broken with a cold extreme. this year it has actually been reasonably sunny but quite cool and windy so it has not felt like we have had much of a summer up until now.- has not felt like we have had much of a summer up until now. thank you ve much

of a summer up until now. thank you very much indeed. _ of a summer up until now. thank you very much indeed. president - of a summer up until now. thank you very much indeed. president of - of a summer up until now. thank you very much indeed. president of the l very much indeed. president of the royal meteorological society. it's being called northern italy's worst drought in 70 years as water levels in its longest river hit record lows. the po cuts through the country's northern heartlands with five surrounding regions now under a state of emergency. 0ur europe correspondent, jessica parker, reports from those communities that rely on the vital po river. this heat makes you thirsty. here, they're hoping for rain to help fill the empty outlook. translation: to me, it looks desolate. - it makes me feel bad, because i've never seen it like that. i hope that the weather changes and little by little it could return to normal. it is a disaster for everybody, for the companies around here too. this valley saw some of the final stages of world war ii. low water levels are revealing the river's hidden history. locals say that in a normal year, even in high summer,

i couldn't do what i'm doing right now, which is walk across this stretch of the river po without even getting my feet wet. this riverbed has become a sandbank. high temperatures, along with the lack of rain and snow since winter, has led to a state of emergency for five northern regions. a weaker river means seawater is seeping inland miles further than usual. normally, you will see that the seawater enters the mouth of the river for a few kilometres. at the moment, official data shows an ingression up to 30 kilometres from the mouth, of seawater. you actually have the tide coming in. that water is used for irrigation, and therefore you can imagine that the farmers may suffer huge economic damage from this. so this is salt, here? yes, si.

on his farm close to the adriatic, giampaolo says some salt is normal, but not this much. translation: we fear the progress of salt inland, because this - makes the soil arid, . and it's affecting more and more of our land, i making it more difficult to cultivate and less productive. so, this is what giampaolo is growing here, peanuts. and in the green areas you can see, things are going pretty well. in the brown areas, not so well. rather than finding this when you pull up the root of the plant, you might find nothing. water must flow one way or another, but for many, this record—breaking drought has heightened fears about the effects of climate change. translation: i'm 67. i've lived here since i was born. this is the worst year ever. giuliano has been looking out at this land all his life, and says he sees a hard future ahead. jessica parker, bbc news,

in northern italy. back to wimbledon now and elena rybakina become the first woman from kazakhstan to win a grand slam singles title. the 23—year—old beat the tunisian 0ns jabeur on centre court after coming back from being a set down. when asked how she felt about her achievement, she said she was relieved that the match was over. i was super nervous before the match, during the match and obviously i am happy that it has finished, to be honest... laughter. really, i neverfelt something like this. i just want to say a big thanks to the crowd for their support, it was unbelievable, all the way through it. cheering lots more of that and the rest of the day's sport coming up

but first, time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello, there. it is not quite as hot today. there is more of a gentle north—westerly breeze this time. these are the temperatures as we head into the early part of the evening. highest numbers across more southern parts of england and wales typically the mid—20s still. clear skies overnight for england and wales. got some thicker cloud coming into northern scotland bringing some rain for a while in the northern isles and following on from that this mist, low cloud and fog will push into the north—west and through the irish sea. temperatures typically 11—111. comfortable enough night ahead. into tomorrow, that mist, fog and low cloud will burn back gradually towards these coasts in the far north—west, we will have sunshine more widely, the wind remains very light, sea breezes may keep it a little bit cooler around the coast, but otherwise, temperatures continuing to rise, peaking at 27—29 in the midlands and south—east of england. it gets hotter for england and wales next week. temperatures up to the low 30s, but cooler and more cloudy as you head further north across the uk.