this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm gareth barlow. our top stories: sri lanka's president, gotabaya rajapaska, will step down after protesters stormed the palace and set fire to the prime minister's house. we report from the scene in colombo these protesters, they want a new beginning for sri lanka, a new beginning for sri lanka, a new political culture so they will not face the similar economic crisis in the country. as japan grieves for the former prime minister shinzo abe, voting begins in elections for the upper house of parliament. uk chancellor nadim zahawi has added his name to the conservative leadership contest, joining a field of eight, including sajid javid and jeremy hunt.

and in the tennis, moscow—born elena rybakina wins the women's singles title, representing kazakhastan. sri lanka is in the grip of chaos and uncertainty after a dramatic 2a hours which has seen the country's president and prime minister pledge to step down. they were left with little choice after demonstrators stormed or set fire to to their official residences — a howl of anger after months of protests about economic mismanagement. our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan reports from the capital, colombo. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering

the effects of living 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 can just make out a four—poster bed as the crowds enjoy the inside of his home, too, and his bathroom. this was president gotabaya rajapaksa in 2020, campaigning during parliamentary elections. his family are accused by many of catastrophic economic mismanagement.

protests have been going on for weeks, but today marks a dramatic escalation. translation: we must chase them. they must go. it's time for us to think of the country. translation: we have children. we are on the streets, leaving ourjobs, because we believe in the cause. as the protests continue, sri lankans don't know where their president even is, though one report says he's being protected by the island country's navy. it has been announced by parliament's speaker 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. after a day of chaos, fury and confusion, the anti—government protesters here, they are celebrating the announcement of the planned resignations of president gotabaya rajapaksa and prime minister ranil wickremesinghe. and these protesters, they want a new beginning for sri lanka, a new political culture, so they will not face

the similar economic crisis in this country. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news, colombo. sri lanka has run out of foreign currency and has imposed a ban on petrol and diesel sales for private vehicles. so why is the country experiencing such turmoil? caroline hawley explains. sri lanka's best known perhaps to the world as a place of beautiful beaches. a country of 22 million people that was recovering from a vicious civil war. like everywhere else, it was hit hard by covid — but the roots of this latest crisis are far deeper than that. these are the rajapaksa brothers, who have dominated politics in sri lanka for years. gotabaya, on the right, president now for a few more days. mahinda, on the left, a former president — until recently, prime minister in his brother's government. critics blame them directly

for the country's woes. we got here because of sheer incompetence, mismanagement, and greed. and the rajapaksa family embodied that. they embodied three things that have brought sri lanka down — the first is authoritarianism, the second is corruption, and the third is ethnic chauvinism. and all of this came to a head when gotabaya rajapaksa became president. as sri lanka's economic problems mounted and fuel prices rose, protests broke out earlier this year. ordinary people turning their fury on the government. on the 1st of april, a state of emergency was declared, but the protests went on. on 12 april, the government announced it was defaulting on its entire foreign debt after running out of money to import supplies. in may, mahinda rajapaksa resigned as prime minister and had to be rescued from his home after it was stormed by protesters. byjune, the un was warning of a humanitarian emergency. popular anger grew as inflation

hit a new record this month, leading to today's dramatic events. whatever happens next, sri lanka's new leaders will inherit the worst economic crisis since the country's independence, huge popular discontent, and all the political challenges that will bring. caroline hawley, bbc news. earlier, we spoke to human rights lawyer and activist brahavani fonseka, who was at today's protests in the capital colombo. it's been quite the day today in sri lanka. we saw thousands of people peacefully coming out and protesting, and then, saw the shift in terms of breaching the official residence of the president and his office. but, unfortunately, violence has been seen in the last few hours, as you saw, the private residence of the prime minister was torched. and, so, there remains a lot

of questions and uncertainty as to what happens next. the last few months, people have been protesting for change, purely because they've been really facing difficulties, in terms of getting essential items, the long queues to get fuel — the power cuts. i mean, it's become the norm now to see vehicles, people staying and sleeping in vehicles to get fuel, and that ranges from 3—4 days sometimes. today was quite remarkable in terms of the numbers that turned up, in a context where people don't have fuel to travel in vehicles. so, many actually walked for hours to get to the protest sites, and the numbers that turned up were quite amazing. and i mean, it was peaceful until the evening today, many were just on the streets demanding for change. so very, very remarkable

in this sense. and there was this excitement and hope that this change will transfer into something positive in sri lanka. now what happened in the evening, with the torching of the prime minister's private residence raises a lot of questions and needs to be looked into. but it raises this fundamental question whether the law and order situation is even under control. so there's multiple challenges, despite what we saw — a remarkable display of people coming out peacefully to protest. voting has begun in elections forjapan�*s upper house of parliament, just two days after the assassination of the former prime minister, shinzo abe. a warning, this report from our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes, 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, 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 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. as we said, japanese voters are casting their ballots in upper house elections. the ruling liberal democratic party is widely expected to win the election, due, largely to disarray among opposition parties. our correspondent, mariko oi has more. it is only been two days since the shocking assassination of the shocking assassination of the former prime minister shinzo abe but the elections are going ahead as scheduled and understanding standing outside one of the polling stations open since early this morning. usually a turnout rate is quite low, sometimes well below 50% but since friday's attack, which happened during

an election campaign, people have been calling on each other to go out and vote, saying that violence is not the answer to any political disagreements but also because some experts are predicting that the death of shinzo abe will give the ruling party a boost. han the agenda, just like everywhere else, the cost of living rises but here in japan cost of living rises but here injapan things have not generally got more expensive for many decades, but now other countries inflation while people's salaries have not gone up people's salaries have not gone up so go to really starting to feel the pinch. —— voters are really starting to feel the pinch. let's get some of the day's other news. police in southern ukraine say they've opened criminal proceedings against russia's military, accusing it of deliberately destroying crops in the kherson region. they claim russian forces used incendiary shells to set crops alight, scorching patches of forest and hundreds of hectares of wheat, barley and other grains. ukraine accuses russia of weaponising food supplies by targetting or blockading supplies in areas kyiv

controls, damaging agricultural infrastructure, and stealing grain in areas under occupation. moscow denies the allegations. hundreds of us abortion rights activists have gathered in washington to speak out against the supreme court decision to allow individual states to ban terminations. the demonstrators say they want to put further pressure on the us congress and presidentjoe biden to take executive action to protect abortion rights. hundreds of pro—gun demonstrators have been protesting in the brazilian capital, brasilia, to demand further relaxations to firearms laws. president bolsonaro�*s son, eduardo, who's a federal deputy, told the crowd that if people were armed, criminals would think twice. here in the uk, the race to succeed borisjohnson as conservative party leader and therefore prime minister is getting rather crowded. eight candidates are now standing, including serving cabinet ministers nadhim zahawi and grant shapps.

former cabinet ministers jeremy hunt and sajid javid are in too and there could be even more to come as our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. who's 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's 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 "grip 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 10 and take over the reins of the country, they need that level of experience and ability. unfortunately, because rishi's record is of saying he wants low taxes and then putting them up, he's now got to double down

on that record during in this campaign. waiting to make an entrance, another grassroots tory favourite, the foreign secretary, liz truss, expected to enter the race soon. do you think you'll make a good prime minister? good evening. in the mix too, the senior backbencher tom tugendhat, talking up his time in the military. i've spent 10—15 years serving our country in uniform. i've spent 6—7 years now serving our community in parliament, and i'd like the chance to serve again because i think this country matters. among the candidates with cabinet experience, grant shapps, the transport secretary, stressing his loyalty to boris johnson, while others were plotting. nadhim zahawi, chancellor since tuesday, confirmed tonight as a contender for the topjob. and suella braverman, the attorney general, who was first to say she'd stand. less well—known, but tipped as a rising star, kemi badenoch who's taken an uncompromising stance on cultural issues. and tonight, sajid javid, whose resignation as health secretary triggered boris johnson's final demise, has confirmed he's standing, as hasjeremy hunt —

beaten in the final two last time round, pitching now to win back trust. jonathan blake, bbc news. this is bbc news, the headlines: sri lanka's president gotabaya rajapaksa will step down after protesters stormed the palace and set fire to the prime minister's house. as japan grieves for the former prime minister shinzo abe, voting begins in elections for the upper house of parliament. each year a number of countries in southeast asia are at risk of being covered in a smoky haze which is caused by people using fire to clear land. for the last two years this hasn't been an issue with pollution levels much lower than usual. however, a new report says that the haze could return this year, driven by an increase in land clearing to grow food as commodity prices soar. well for more on this let's hear from associate professor

simon tay who is the chairman of the singapore institute of international affairs. the last two years have been quite good years stopping the weather has been kind and because market prices were down, people were clearing less land and to be fair the indonesian government was really quite alert to this problem. now, this year, the main moving part of market forces, the price of palm oil, one of the product that causes this land clearance and deforestation has soared on the back of food price inflation and the problems we see across supply chains and the world. the price has gone up, therefore we are putting out an amber warning that hayes could return. not a red light, an amber light that says danger is that unless policies continue to be stern. —— haze. that unless policies continue to be stern. -- haze.- that unless policies continue to be stern. -- haze. how do we balance the _ to be stern. -- haze. how do we balance the need _ to be stern. -- haze. how do we balance the need for— to be stern. -- haze. how do we balance the need for people - to be stern. -- haze. how do we balance the need for people to l balance the need for people to earn a living, to produce and consume food, to also then

protect the forests that are threatened and then also protect people living in towns and cities who are at risk of the haze? it is a tricky balance to find? it the haze? it is a tricky balance to find?- the haze? it is a tricky balance to find? it is, and we have got _ balance to find? it is, and we have got it — balance to find? it is, and we have got it wrong _ balance to find? it is, and we have got it wrong in - balance to find? it is, and we have got it wrong in the - balance to find? it is, and we j have got it wrong in the past. in the past, like brazil there was a kind of headlong land clearance that led to massive haze. i would like to say that the present government in indonesia has got the balance about right. it has put moratoriums into place, headlong clearance of land and rainforest has stopped. a small protect of over smallholders to encourage them to put up their productivity and of course cautionary but also promoting the large companies that supply a very important source of edible oils for the world, so in this sense indonesia has been very responsible. indonesia's weather, though drier than normal has been less severe than you have seen across the world in california, in australia, etc, and so in

this sense we have got the balance right so far in the last two years but the new tipping factor, potentially is this prices which we might see again, a rise of a legal planting, clearing land as quickly as possible and therefore using fire rather than other means. now we've got some good news for anyone in paris who would like to relax and enjoy a beach holiday from the middle of the city. the paris plages project has opened up as stephanie prentice reports sun, sand, and seine is now on offerfor people in paris wanting a full holiday experience from the comfort of the capital's river banks. translation: there's the water, the boats, i the sun, the beach chairs, the umbrellas — everything's been calculated to give us an ambience of summer, of holidays. the annual beach installations on the river seine have opened along the first, fourth, sixth and seventh arrondissements, as well as the popular bassin de la villette's artificial lake.

some good news about these resorts — the activities are all free. and even that holiday classic, the pedalo, is on offer. and for those struggling with the cost—of—living crisis and record inflation levels, bringing a bit of riviera chic to the capital has come at the right time. it's really a privilege to be here, like, on a sunny day and at the beach. so i really think that people who are less privileged, they can enjoy it here as well as in the south of france. this year, even more water sports on offer than usual, with six pools cordoned off in the river for kayaking and paddle—boarding. or, for those less active, a chance to relax and enjoy a little "je ne sais quoi" in the heart of the city. stephanie prentiss, bbc news. the supermodel naomi campbell has been awarded an honorary doctorate for her impact

on globalfashion. she started her career in fashion at the age of 15 and became the first black model to appear on the cover of vogue. naomi sat down with the bbc�*s sophie van brugen. a chance to reflect on four decades in the fashion industry. fresh from the runways of paris, naomi campbell received the honorary doctorate for her impact on globalfashion. i doctorate for her impact on global fashion.— globalfashion. i am so honoured _ globalfashion. i am so honoured to _ globalfashion. i am so honoured to be - globalfashion. i am so honoured to be here i global fashion. i am so - honoured to be here today, and i was just thinking yesterday, i was just thinking yesterday, i was just thinking yesterday, i was on the runway doing balenciaga, thinking my dress wasn't going to get through the door because it was quite big. what advice would you give to 21—year—old naomi? {30 what advice would you give to 21-year-old naomi?— what advice would you give to 21-year-old naomi? go for your life, no 21-year-old naomi? go for your life, so for— 21-year-old naomi? go for your life, so for it — 21-year-old naomi? go for your life, go for it all. _ 21-year-old naomi? go for your life, go for it all. go _ 21-year-old naomi? go for your life, go for it all. go for- 21-year-old naomi? go for your life, go for it all. go for it - life, go for it all. go for it all and then you decide what is

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her rise has been extraordinary, she was the favourite going into this final, she talked about how desperate she was to win this title for the people back home on the first day of eid, she gave herself the best possible start by winning the first set but then nerves and even fatigue began to set in and rybakina found her all—round power game to get herself over the line. rybakina at 23 makes history the first only player to win a grand slam singles title and she gave a muted response when she won at the end, something we have got used to seeing from her. she often talks about her poker face but even she couldn't hide her smile when she lifted that venus rosewater dish. wimbledon has often given us unexpected good winners, especially in the women's draw but with her all—round game, rybakina is someone that we should expect to see her time and again. and we will bring you the

action from the men's final a little later on sunday. all from us at the moment. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @garethbarlow. thanks for watching. hello. very little rain in this forecast — but there is heat to talk about. and in fact, as temperatures head up during sunday, parts of wales, the wider area of england, begin three consecutive days with temperatures in the mid—to—upper 20s, some spots low 30s, which will qualify it as a heat wave right underneath this area of high pressure. there will be cloud to begin with, though, misty low cloud into northern ireland, western scotland, parts of north west england, north wales. a lot of that's going to disappear and mayjust linger around some irish sea coasts, far north—west scotland staying cloudy, in the northern isles, rain clearing away from shetland. for many, though, it'sjust a case of plenty of sunshine, mid—to—low 20s, the warmest parts of northern ireland through eastern scotland, mid—to—high 20s, much of wales and england, 30 in south east england, somewhat cooling sea breezes around the coasts. it's going to be a hot

one on centre court — and notjust wimbledon players and spectators will need to protect against the strong sunshine with high, or indeed, very high uv levels. sunday evening, well, stays fine, very warm, bit of misty low cloud returning towards north—west scotland and maybe still around some irish sea coasts going into monday morning. overnight temperatures mid—to—low teens, but the nights are getting a bit warmer, as well. then during monday, there will be a bit more cloud filtering into scotland and northern ireland, though it will still feel very warm with some sunny spells. an increasing breeze and some rain, some rain heading into the western isles later in the day. for wales and england the sun will turn hazy, but it will still be there and it'll feel hotter. more places getting to that 30 or above celsius mark. and then, going into tuesday, there's a cold front that's moving its way southwards, but it will have barely any rain once it moves through scotland and northern ireland, and it willjust be a band of cloud, really. so behind it for scotland and northern ireland, feeling fresher on tuesday, some sunny spells the chance of a shower. although there will be some cloud filtering through wales and england, it will still feel

very warm or indeed hot in places, and in fact could well be a hotter day still on tuesday in south east england into the low 30s before then. just turns a touch cooler going into wednesday. in fact, for the rest of the week, scotland and northern ireland temperatures in some spots below average for the time of year. it will stay very warm across southern areas, and there is the potential for another burst of heat, maybe extreme heat, into next weekend, which we are watching.

this is bbc news, the headlines: sri lanka's president, gotabaya rajapaksa, will step down after protesters stormed the palace and set fire to the prime minister's house. hundreds of thousands of demonstrators descended on capital colombo after months of protests over economic mismanagement. sri lanka is suffering high inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel and medicine. as japan grieves for the former prime minister shinzo abe, voting begins in elections for the upper house of parliament, two days after his death. there are suggestions his murder could boost support for the governing liberal democratic party, of which mr abe was the leading statesman. the uk chancellor, nadim zahawi, has added his name to the conservative leadership contest,