this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 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've 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. here in the uk, 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. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. 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 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 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. a short time ago we spoke tojournalist marlon ariyasinghe, who was outside the prime minister's residence. he described the situation there. there are still raging flames, and as you can see a lot of people still hanging around. you can hear, a lot of amnesty also. one and a half hours ago, you saw angry protesters

here, clashing with the police. the police were firing tear at protesters, so, this has been the response. in response to that, the fact that the protesters in the journalists were attacked, the news of that spread like wildfire, and you had people from other sites coming here, congregating here, and pushing back the police. this culminated in the burning of the prime minister's house. we also spoke to human rights lawyer bhavani fonseka — who was at the protest earlier. it has been quite the day in sri

lanka, — it has been quite the day in sri lanka, we _ it has been quite the day in sri lanka, we saw a lot of people peacefully coming out and protesting, and then the shift in terms _ protesting, and then the shift in terms of— protesting, and then the shift in terms of breaching the official resident — terms of breaching the official resident of the president. unfortunately, some of the scenes that you _ unfortunately, some of the scenes that you have seen, the private residence — that you have seen, the private residence of the prime minister was torched _ residence of the prime minister was torched. the remains a lot of questions _ torched. the remains a lot of questions and uncertainty as to what happens _ questions and uncertainty as to what happens next, recently, within the last few— happens next, recently, within the last few minutes, the president has announced — last few minutes, the president has announced that he will resign on the 13th of— announced that he will resign on the 13th ofjuty. — announced that he will resign on the 13th ofjuly. one does not understand why he has to wait until the 13th. _ understand why he has to wait until the 13th, but that seems to be the public— the 13th, but that seems to be the public announcement. there is going to be _ public announcement. there is going to be questions as to what happens in the _ to be questions as to what happens in the next — to be questions as to what happens in the next few days, but also after his resignation, because it is clear that he _ his resignation, because it is clear that he and — his resignation, because it is clear that he and the prime minister need to go— that he and the prime minister need to go according to the demands. will the to go according to the demands. ii. the resignations take some of the heat out of what is clearly an

explosive situation there? i heat out of what is clearly an explosive situation there? i doubt the resignations _ explosive situation there? i doubt the resignations alone _ explosive situation there? i doubt the resignations alone will - explosive situation there? i doubt| the resignations alone will address some _ the resignations alone will address some of— the resignations alone will address some of the problems. this speaks to some _ some of the problems. this speaks to some of— some of the problems. this speaks to some of the _ some of the problems. this speaks to some of the economic suffering and the hardships faced by the people, that too— the hardships faced by the people, that too resignations alone will not satisfy— that too resignations alone will not satisfy the demand of system change. at least _ satisfy the demand of system change. at least this is a start, if the president _ at least this is a start, if the president and the prime minister depart _ president and the prime minister depart. there has to be a peaceful transition — depart. there has to be a peaceful transition of power, which is yet to be seen. _ transition of power, which is yet to be seen, but hopefully there's a bit more _ be seen, but hopefully there's a bit more information in the next few hours _ more information in the next few hours and — more information in the next few hours and next few days as to what happens. _ hours and next few days as to what happens, and the constitution provides— happens, and the constitution provides for various procedures that can come _ provides for various procedures that can come in— provides for various procedures that can come in in such a situation. we need _ can come in in such a situation. we need political stability as well as economic— need political stability as well as economic stability, and there is a lot of— economic stability, and there is a lot of work— economic stability, and there is a lot of work ahead in terms of the dynamic— lot of work ahead in terms of the dynamic situation on the ground. but also, _ dynamic situation on the ground. but also, the _ dynamic situation on the ground. but also, the humanitarian crisis, there is a lot— also, the humanitarian crisis, there is a lot at— also, the humanitarian crisis, there is a lot at stake here, and a lot of

work— is a lot at stake here, and a lot of work that— is a lot at stake here, and a lot of work that needs to be done in the next _ work that needs to be done in the next few— work that needs to be done in the next few days. here in the uk, 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 number ten and take over the 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 senior backbencher 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, nadhim zahawi. chancellor since tuesday, confirmed tonight as a contender for the top job. among others expected tojoin the race, former health secretary sajid javid,

whose resignation triggered borisjohnson'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. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes sent this report, which contains some 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. outside, we met a close friend of mr abe's,

and right—wing political ally. ifeel very, very... very, very sad. and the 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 gunmen 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. "our 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. let's bring you some live pictures now from madrid.

of thousands of people have been taking part in the annual pride march in the spanish capital. the event had been cancelled for the previous two years because of the covid pandemic. marchers waved rainbow flags and danced to samba and techno music in searing heat. several ministers from spain's left—wing coalition governmentjoined in. homosexuality was decriminalised in spain in 1978, three years after the death of the military ruler, general franco. the country has since legalised marriage and adoption for same—sex couples. the foreign ministers of china and the united states have met for the first time in nine months; both have expressed concern about relations between their countries. after five hours of talks at the g20 meeting in bali, indonesia, china's wang li said they'd agreed to work on improving ties, but listed numerous greivances,

including over taiwan. earlier, us secretary of state antony blinken expressed concern over china's alignment with russia, saying beijing's professed neutrality over the invasion of ukraine did not stand up to scrutiny. i don't think that china is engaging in a way that supports neutrality. it has amplified russian propaganda. going back, even as russia was massing its forces, president xi jinping is aligned himself with president putin. president xi jinping has made clear that he stands by that decision. i'm joined now by neil thomas, china analyst at the eurasia group. hejoins me from washington dc.

five hours seems like a long time for a conversation between these two politicians, anything productive likely to have come out of it? taste likely to have come out of it? we did see likely to have come out of it? - did see some positive signs coming out of the readouts from both the united states and china. there was an agreement to improve consular interactions, as well as some promises on things like climate change and public health. if we look at the bigger picture, we saw no major change in this intensifying dynamic of strategic competition with china and the us, and indeed we heard the chinese foreign minister in his readouts warning the secretary of state that there was increasing trying out phobia in the united states, and that china was concerned about us— china relations,

and the us support for taiwan. is a and the us support for taiwan. is a oster and the us support for taiwan. is a poster could _ and the us support for taiwan. is a poster could be an degree of pragmatism from the united states seeking to improve ties with china, as they need to remove some of the tariffs to fight inflation? the as they need to remove some of the tariffs to fight inflation?— tariffs to fight inflation? the best research out _ tariffs to fight inflation? the best research out there _ tariffs to fight inflation? the best research out there indicates - tariffs to fight inflation? the best research out there indicates that l research out there indicates that the removal of even all of the tariffs that the us pressed on china would only have a moderate effect on inflation, which is fuelled by a lot of things including russia's invasion of ukraine. i think what this meeting reflects, and what rumours of a call betweenjoe biden and xijinping indicate show rumours of a call betweenjoe biden and xi jinping indicate show signs of a new era of co—operation or hope, but both recognise that this

new dynamic of strategic competition is potentially dangerous, and increases the potential for miscalculation, especially in security hotspots like taiwan and the south china sea. there is a need for clear and consistent communication between top officials to make sure that this competition does not boil over into conflict. it does not boil over into conflict. it is an important relation, isn't it, between the two leading economies in the world? of course, president biden was elected on a promise to set about countering the economic rise of china, has he succeeded in doing that, do you think? he is certainly trying- _ doing that, do you think? he is certainly trying. we _ doing that, do you think? he is certainly trying. we saw - doing that, do you think? he is certainly trying. we sawjust i doing that, do you think? he: 3 certainly trying. we sawjust the certainly trying. we saw just the other month when biden was on his trip tojapan, he other month when biden was on his trip to japan, he launched an indo pacific framework, which seeks to improve the standards of economic trade and investment between america and a group of about a dozen

economies. that is better than nothing, but it also falls short as to what a lot of indo pacific partners of the united states one, which is a regional trade agreement, like the partnership that the united states walked away from under the trump administration, and are struggling to get back politically. it is politically toxic in washington, dc. we are seeing that the g7 promised a $600 billion over five year infrastructure, and china's potentially spent over $1 trillion, this money from the west has not materialised, so they will be hoping that there is more commitment now from both the united states domestically, as well as its allies and partners in the g7, and the indo pacific.—

the indo pacific. thank you very much forjoining _ the indo pacific. thank you very much forjoining us. _ twitter and elon musk are in a 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 received 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. james clayton reports. in april, elon musk seemed excited. he had a $41; billion bid for twitter expert accepted. yes, he exclaimed, on twitter. since then, he has had a very public spat with twitter�*s chief executive. twitter does have a problem with fake accounts, what elon musk wanted to know was how many users, actual people, does

twitter have? in a filing to the market regulator, he said the responses he received from twitter were not adequate, that they were in breach of contract, and he was pulling out of the deal. twitter�*s board hit back, saying that elon musk could not pull out of the deal, and the expected the deal to go through. i and the expected the deal to go throu~h. ., ., ,., through. i imagine there are some very dramatic— through. i imagine there are some very dramatic talks. _ through. i imagine there are some very dramatic talks. i _ through. i imagine there are some very dramatic talks. i would - through. i imagine there are some i very dramatic talks. i would imagine a lawsuit is either being drafted currently, being filed, orwill a lawsuit is either being drafted currently, being filed, or will be filed on monday.— filed on monday. there is some expectation _ filed on monday. there is some expectation that _ filed on monday. there is some expectation that elon _ filed on monday. there is some expectation that elon musk- filed on monday. there is some expectation that elon musk has| filed on monday. there is some i expectation that elon musk has an ulterior motive. with the economy in trouble, the deal is looking like an increasingly bad one for the world's richest man. whether he has to buy twitter will be decided in a us court with some very expensive lawyers, which, fortunately for him,

elon musk him very much forward. —— elon musk him very much forward. —— elon musk him very much forward. —— elon musk can very much afford. i'm joined now by gerrit de vynck, a tech reporter at the washington post. he joins me from vancouver. what happens now for this megadeal? it is likely this will go to court, it could take months or years for this to come to fruition, it will be very painfulfor twitter this to come to fruition, it will be very painful for twitter in particular, people have been quitting saying they do not want to work for elon musk. the company has not been able to make any moves from a business perspective because it has been wrapped up in the steel, and it looks like this potential legal fight could drag and it looks like this potential legalfight could drag out. the porter said they want to enforce this deal, they want elon musk�*s money, because they have gone through all this pain because of his commitment to buy it, but at the same time it could cause more chaos for the company.

same time it could cause more chaos for the company-— for the company. elon musk has already put _ for the company. elon musk has already put pen _ for the company. elon musk has already put pen to _ for the company. elon musk has already put pen to paper - for the company. elon musk has already put pen to paper on - for the company. elon musk has already put pen to paper on thisj already put pen to paper on this deal, how can he get out of it now? if you talk to lawyers, which i have been doing, they are very sceptical about his arguments. he knew about the box before this deal, and now he is saying that the bot problem is why he wants to get out of the deal. of course, elon musk is shown over the years that he is willing to fight hard in a court of law to have his way, even when lawyers are telling him, dude, slow down, you're not going to win this one. he is more than willing to go and fight all the way. it is possible that it could be so painfulfor twitter that they do say fine, pay a smaller fee, they do say fine, pay a smaller fee, the $1 billion break—up fee, and we willjust walk away.

the $1 billion break-up fee, and we willjust walk away.— willjust walk away. thank you for “oininu willjust walk away. thank you for joining us. _ willjust walk away. thank you for joining us. and — willjust walk away. thank you for joining us, and for— willjust walk away. thank you for joining us, and for your _ willjust walk away. thank you for joining us, and for your insight. i 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 ons jabeur of tunisia. rybakina was born in moscow, but switched allegiance to kazakhstan in 2018. our 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. ons jabeur is a conjurer of shots. who, from there, could do this? gasps from crowd commentator: what a shot. well, only her. her opponent, elena rybakina, her stature and power but her touch initially was unreliable. jabeur took the first set 6—3, but even in a 3—set match there is time to get better,

to speed up. commentator: she is getting to them and she is 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 is from moscow. she has represented kazakhstan since 2018, but in the year that russian players were barred from she is a champion some in russia claim as theirs. rybakina cannot control perceptions, only her achievements. commentator: she is getting to them and she is putting them away. - rybakina cannot control perceptions, only her achievements. and she was outstanding through this fortnight. i want to say thank you for the royal box. i mean, i am playing first time and it is an honour to be

here to play in front of you. thank you so much and it isjust an unbelievable atmosphere. 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 is argentina and japan, fernandez and kunieda, finally defeating britain's hewett and reid, after their ten consecutive wheelchair doubles grand slam titles. worth the wait. joe wilson, bbc news, wimbledon. now it's time for a look at the weather with owain wyn evans. hello, everyone. i hope you are doing all right. plenty of sunshine on offer for most of us over the next couple of days, and rising temperatures as well. we have this weak front introducing thicker cloud and patchy rain into northern ireland, through southern scotland come into the north of england. further south across much

of england and we are seeing plenty of sunshine. quite breezy for the north and cooler as well, especially where we see that by the front. top temperatures reaching 27 or 28 celsius. we have very high uv levels in places at the moment and very high pollen levels. the bbc weather app is the best place for that wherever you are. as we head through this evening, the high pressure is still with us and it sticks around as we head through the weekend. tomorrow, a decent enough day for us, plenty of sunshine. again, breezy in places, temperatures reaching 27 or 28 celsius and we are hanging on to this warm and dry weather over the next couple of days.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: newly—appointed chancellor nadhim zahawi and transport secretary grant shapps announce they'll be standing for the conservative party leadership. but one man who isn't standing is the defence secretary ben wallace —

he had been one of the bookies' favourites to succeed borisjohnson before he ruled himself out. the president of sri lanka announces he'll step down on the thirteenth ofjuly after protesters storm his official residence and set the prime minister's home on fire — it's over the handling of the country's economic crisis. the body of japan's assassinated former prime minister is brought home. police admit security flaws over his shooting health warnings are issued as southern and eastern areas of the uk prepare for a heatwave that could bring record—breaking temperatures over the next week. sporting history at wimbledon — elena rybakina takes the women's singles title to become kazakhstan's first—ever grand slam winner.

i have never felt something like this and — i have never felt something like this and i— i have never felt something like this and ijust want to say a big thanks— this and ijust want to say a big thanks to — this and ijust want to say a big thanks to the crowd for the support, it was— thanks to the crowd for the support, it was unbelievable all these two weeks _ now on bbc news: brenda emmanus explores the global impact of african fashion and travels to ghana look at how designers are putting culture and traditions front and centre of their designs. african creatives are shifting the landscape of fashion by simply being themselves. there has evolved a single—mindedness when coupled with creativity has produced a generation of innovators who have caught the world's attention and on a trip to ghana i got to understand why. i think it has a very kind of fresh energy, a very vibrant energy. we are just in a period now that african brands are just owning that, owning what we have and projecting it in however they see fit.