this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. protestors in sri lanka living it up in the president's palace the day after it was stormed. they say they won't leave until he officially resigns. now, people from across the country — men, women, children — they are coming here and taking pictures and waving national flag. they feel the people's power has won. nine tory mps are now in the contest to become the next party leader and prime minister. russian rockets strike an apartment block in eastern ukraine killing at least 15 people. our correspondent is at the scene. a massive data leak reveals how top politicians around the world changed the rules to help uber.

and novak djokovic wins his seventh wimbledon title after beating nick kyrgios in four sets. protestors in sri lanka have said they will continue to occupy the residences of the country's president and prime minister until they leave office. thousands of people stormed the official residences in colombo on saturday, following weeks of protests over economic mismanagement, which has lead to shortages of food, fuel and medicine. from the capital, colombo, our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan now reports. a day these anti—government protesters have been waiting for.

before these doors were breached, president gotabaya rajapaksa fled from this sprawling mansion. once a highly protected compound with hundreds of soldiers and guards, it now resembles a tourist spot. some took the liberty to enjoy the facilities. protest movement leaders saying they will not leave the official residences of the president and prime minister until they finally quit the office. for many, it's a moment to cherish. a hard—fought win. this is the sri lankan president's office. this was stormed yesterday by thousands of people. now, people from across the country — men, women, children — they are coming here and taking pictures and waving the national flag. they feel the people's power has won and they forced the president, and prime minister ranil wickremesinghe, to resign. many sri lankans know the country is moving

through an uncertain period. they are aware that the battle is yet to be fully won. the main goal was to ask the president and the government to step down and change the system and do the things that are necessary to overcome the issues that we have already in the country. sri lanka's economic crisis has now turned into a political crisis. if a new president is not chosen in the coming days, it could further add to the uncertainty. but continuing political chaos could complicate efforts to pull sri lanka out of its worst economic crisis. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news, colombo. the downfall of president gotabaya rajapaksa brings an end to one of sri lanka's most powerful political dynasties. in 2005, his older brother, mahinda rajapaksa, was elected president. mahinda oversaw military victory over the separatist tamil tigers in 2009 —

ending the country's brutal 20—year civil war. it earned him huge support from the island's sinhalese buddhist majority. he remained in power until 2015, when he was defeated by the opposition, led by one of his former cabinet members. but only four years later, his brother gotabaya was elected president. he promised to bring security to the island, following the easter sunday terrorist attacks that same year. mahinda served under him as prime minister untiljust a few months ago, when mass protests over the country's deepening economic crisis forced his resignation. now, saturday's protests have brought down both brothers. earlier, i spoke to the sri lankan political analyst asanga abeyagoonasekera. i asked him how much he thought the sri lankan first family

were to blame for the events of the last few days. it's a clear historic moment. i mean, the people... it's a huge victory to the sri lankan people. there is three conditions which the people protested. the regime of the family rule of the rajapaksas, random construction and economic traditions —— random corruption. all three conditions were against protesters. you can see the heavy military ration —— militarisation. multiple policy blunders which he later apologise. too many other inward... which he was speaking

about. they managed to remove him, so he was told he would resigned on the 13th ofjuly. he so he was told he would resigned on the 13th ofjuly-— the 13th ofjuly. he hasn't been seen in public _ the 13th ofjuly. he hasn't been seen in public or— the 13th ofjuly. he hasn't been seen in public or made - the 13th ofjuly. he hasn't been seen in public or made a - the 13th ofjuly. he hasn't been - seen in public or made a statement of his own. people gathered outside the palace will want to know if he will really make good on this promised to resign. do you think he will? he promised to resign. do you think he will? ., , ., ., ., , ., promised to resign. do you think he will? ., ., ., , , will? he has no other option because every district. _ will? he has no other option because every district, everybody's _ will? he has no other option because every district, everybody's out - every district, everybody's out there in colombo. they are going through a lot. 70 people have been injured. what he did several days ago, the people thought it was a dangerous trajectory that he was

taking in the country he has to resign. taking in the country he has to resin. ., , . ., ., resign. you predicted the fall of the rajapaksa _ resign. you predicted the fall of the rajapaksa family. _ resign. you predicted the fall of the rajapaksa family. why - resign. you predicted the fall of| the rajapaksa family. why now? protests have been taking place there for something along the lines of six months. i there for something along the lines of six months.— of six months. i wrote last year in june. it of six months. i wrote last year in june- it was _ of six months. i wrote last year in june. it was a _ of six months. i wrote last year in june. it was a clear— of six months. i wrote last year in june. it was a clear indication. - june. it was a clear indication. multiple institutions of the country. the president, the first time we had a sibling regime in sri lanka. so, it's not one factor. it was multiple factors which triggered the downfall of the rajapaksa

regime. sri lanka's caretaker president has just spoken to the bbc. he insisted that president rajapaksa would return by wednesday when he's promised to resign. he said an all—party national unity government will be formed as opposition parties have demanded. at the moment he cut —— at the moment, — at the moment he cut —— at the moment, he _ at the moment he cut —— at the moment, he is in an unknown country. they are _ moment, he is in an unknown country. they are going — moment, he is in an unknown country. they are going to be a vote in the house _ police in south africa are trying to trace the gunmen responsible for a shooting at a bar in which 15 people died. nine others were wounded in the attack, which happened in the township of soweto. in a separate shooting in pietermaritzburg, south—east of soweto, four people died. south africa is one of the world's most violent countries, with 20,000 murders every year.

0ur africa correspondent, andrew harding, reports from soweto. a mass shooting on the outskirts of johannesburg. the dead, all young men, taken away early this morning. watched by grieving families. some had gone into the tavern moments after the attack, hunting for relatives. "bodies were lying on top of each other," says ntombi meji. "we had to climb over the bodies to look for our brothers." the police are still hunting for the attackers, who used automatic weapons. but was this a gang turf war or something else? as to what is the motive, currently, we don't know, but our detectives are hard at work. we've been speaking to a man who was working inside the bar when the gunmen arrived. he said they didn't talk, theyjust opened fire at random, and most importantly, he says they stole nothing.

he claims this was not a robbery. the killings have sparked deep anger in this desperately poor neighbourhood. almost two thirds of young south africans are unemployed and tensions are rising. we're going to have to use force. one year ago, violent riots left whole towns in ruins. just last month, 21 partying teenagers died from suspected poisoning. and now, this. people are on edge now, are they? correctly so. they are on edge. they have reason to be. they think this could happen again? yes, everyone is worried. for now, a shocked community waits for answers. andrew harding, bbc news, south africa. here in the uk, nine conservative mps have now joined the contest to succeed borisjohnson as leader of the party and as prime minister.

the soaring cost of living has put the candidates' tax policies under particular scrutiny. the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, have both said they will not only cancel the planned rise in corporation tax, but reduce it still further. but the former chancellor, rishi sunak, has suggested tax cuts may have to wait. this report is from our political correspondent, jonathan blake. the pace is picking up in the race to be the next prime minister, and this morning, two key contenders put forward their plans. one has kept his distance from borisjohnson. there are a lot of very angry voters after what's happened in the last few months, and they're not going to come back to us automatically. choosing me would be a very strong signal that the conservative party has listened to that anger. the other�*s resignation triggered his departure. once you lose confidence in your boss, your prime minister, i don't think you can hide that. i think you have tojust be honest with your boss and with yourself.

tax cuts is the big battleground of this contest, and both would let companies keep more of their profits. sajid javid also cutting income tax sooner than planned — and he'd scrap the rise in national insurance agreed while he was in government. if we don't have the tax cuts, we won't get the growth, and if we don't get the growth, we won't be able to sustain the public services. that's a much greater risk. in all my time in government, i've never come across a decision — especially the big decisions — that don't involve risk one way or the other. mr hunt warned against personal tax cuts too soon and said reducing business rates was the way to encourage growth. the number one priority with me with my business experience is to get the economy growing, and that's why... ..not necessarily the most retail tax cuts, but the things that will boost business, make us an attractive business environment, use our brexit freedoms to turn ourselves into the world's next silicon valley — those are the things that will make a real difference.

another new entrant to the race promising — yes — tax cuts straight away. we need these businesses. i think it's ery important - as we have the cost of living squeeze that people get money back in the . pockets and quickly. the chancellor, nadhim zahawi, says he has been subject to smears about his finances. claims he is being investigated orfalse, he says, adding that he will answer any questions officials have. 0ur leadership has to change... the trade minister penny mordaunt�*s campaign hit an early hitch, her promotional video re—edited to remove well—known figures. there's at least one more candidate to come. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is expected to confirm she's running soon. jonathan blake, bbc news. twitter has hired an american law firm to sue elon musk. it's over his backing out of the $41ibn deal to buy the social media giant, after he said twitter had not given him enough information

about the number of real users versus fake accounts. reports say twitter is aiming to submit the lawsuit early next week. 15 people have been killed after a russian rocket was reported to have hit an apartment building in the east of ukraine. at least 20 more are feared to be buried under the rubble in the town of chasiv yar in ukraine's donetsk region. from there, our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, has this report. those are civilian dronings. this is the moment a ukrainian military unit says it witnessed a massive explosion in chasiv yar. the video posted on social media, one of the voices in english. shock as a fireball lit up the sky. the bbc has not been able to verify their location. but this is what's left of an apartment block in the town. the entire side of the 5—storey

building crumpled. rescue teams still desperately looking for survivors, stopping only occasionally to listen for signs of life. bodies wearing military uniform were among those recovered. but this was not a military base, it was people's homes. this woman lived here for 15 years, now she shows me her apartment�*s destroyed. translation: the flash was really bright. - i fell down, and then everyone scattered, running for cover. i rushed into the basement, and you can see for yourself, everything is gone. what can i say? translation: now i am walking around in the open and i am scared. _ i'm traumatised, psychologically and mentally scarred. and they're in no doubt this was caused by russian strikes. this is yet another example of russian artillery

destroying people's homes and killing civilians. once again, it raises questions as to what was the military target here and about the accuracy of russian weapons. but one thing's clear throughout this war — russia's shown no remorse about deliberately targeting civilian areas. it is an all too familiar pattern. as russia continues its advance in the donbas, it's slowly flattening its towns and cities. jonathan beale, bbc news, chasiv yar. documents leaked to the guardian newspaper show president emmanuel macron and former eu competition commissioner neelie kroes held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, the ride—sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests across europe from taxi drivers who felt their livelihoods were being threatened. as part of an investigation

by the international consortium of investigativejournalists, bbc panorama has discovered how uber used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton has the story. when uberfirst arrived in france, it started a taxi war. but while many cab—drivers were on the streets, the leak shows uber had a friend in government. the documents show that despite uber offering an illegal service, emmanuel macron, then minister for economic and digital affairs, agreed to help them change the law. the leak shows uber offered to draft new legislation and thanked mr macron for his cooperation. president macron�*s spokesperson said it was his job to work with tech companies and to remove barriers.

the leak shows how uber went about changing laws and rules around the world. in 2016, the documents show their lobbying and pr budget was $90 million. 90 million is an enormous amount of money. the bottom line is that companies spend that amount of money because they want to influence decision—making. it gives them access. the documents seem to show the company's former chief executives saying violence could be good for uber. when told that uber drivers in france could be attacked, he messaged, "if we have 50,000 riders, they won't and can't do anything." "i think it's worth it, violence guarantee success." a spokesperson for travis denied

that he'd ever suggested uber should take advantage of violence. across europe, including france, uber muscled into the big cities. but the mp appointed by france's president to deal with uber was not impressed. how would you, in one word, describe the way uber goes its business? translation: cowboys. they put one foot in the door and then break the door wide open. and once they're in, you're forced to deal with them for better or for worse. the company says no one at uber has ever been happy about violence, and safety is a top priority. uber denies its lobbying secret and adds that engagements with government are now both in line with the law and also transparent. but more revelations

are set to be released, showing how uber took over the world. richard bilton, bbc news. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's marc edwards. hello, david. there's only one place to start. novak djokovic has been crowned champion for the fourth consecutive time. it's djokovic's seventh title. sheth and pocket —— tatton path that has been watching the action. for a fourth consecutive year, novak djokovic is the men's singles champion. he's on seven wimbledon

titles. just one behind roger federer�*s record. he started against australia's nick kyrgios, and it was the first time grand slam finalists who made the stronger start. bold and confident and taking the game to djokovic. curiosity winning the first set, but thereafter, djokovic did what he so often does, and that is reset. before he came back to win the next three sets. he told us afterwards just how much it meant to him to win this title for seven—time. him to win this title for seven-time.— him to win this title for seven-time. ~ , , . him to win this title for seven-time. g . . ., , seven-time. my first image of tennis was crass seven-time. my first image of tennis was grass and _ seven-time. my first image of tennis was grass and wimbledon, _ seven-time. my first image of tennis was grass and wimbledon, and - seven-time. my first image of tennis was grass and wimbledon, and i - was grass and wimbledon, and i always dreamed of coming here, just playing _ always dreamed of coming here, just playing in_ always dreamed of coming here, just playing in this court, and realising the child _ playing in this court, and realising the child noted during an winning this trophy —— the childhood dream. it this trophy —— the childhood dream. it gets— this trophy —— the childhood dream. it gets more — this trophy —— the childhood dream. it gets more and more meaningful and special— it gets more and more meaningful and special every time, so i'm very blessed — special every time, so i'm very blessed and thankful to be standing

here with _ blessed and thankful to be standing here with the trophy. | blessed and thankful to be standing here with the trophy.— here with the trophy. i think we're all exhausted. _ here with the trophy. i think we're all exhausted. i _ here with the trophy. i think we're all exhausted. i definitely - here with the trophy. i think we're all exhausted. i definitely made i here with the trophy. i think we're all exhausted. i definitely made a| all exhausted. i definitely made a well earned — all exhausted. i definitely made a well earned vacation. _ all exhausted. i definitely made a well earned vacation. it's - all exhausted. i definitely made ai well earned vacation. it's probably the hest— well earned vacation. it's probably the best of— well earned vacation. it's probably the best of my— well earned vacation. it's probably the best of my career. _ well earned vacation. it's probably the best of my career. maybe - well earned vacation. it's probably the best of my career. maybe one| well earned vacation. it's probably- the best of my career. maybe one day all he _ the best of my career. maybe one day all be here _ the best of my career. maybe one day all be here again, _ the best of my career. maybe one day all be here again, but _ the best of my career. maybe one day all be here again, but i _ the best of my career. maybe one day all be here again, but i don't - the best of my career. maybe one day all be here again, but i don't know. i all be here again, but i don't know. nick kyrgios — all be here again, but i don't know. nick kyrgios saying _ all be here again, but i don't know. nick kyrgios saying he _ all be here again, but i don't know. nick kyrgios saying he wants - all be here again, but i don't know. nick kyrgios saying he wants a - all be here again, but i don't know. i nick kyrgios saying he wants a break before the attacks the hard court season. in terms of the us open, it's far less straightforward are novak djokovic. what happens next remains to be seen, but it's possible that he doesn't play at the us open or the australian open because under the current rules, being unvaccinated, he wouldn't be able to play. it would be ten months until we see novak djokovic at a grand slam again at the french open. for a man driven by numbers who ultimately wants to be the greatest of all time, he is one within rofile no but i'll�*s rashford —— rafael

nadal�*s record. it was imperative for him to win this single title yet again on sunday at wimbledon. me’ee again on sunday at wimbledon. we've seen 14 of the — again on sunday at wimbledon. we've seen 14 of the 16 _ again on sunday at wimbledon. we've seen 14 of the 16 teams _ again on sunday at wimbledon. we've seen 14 of the 16 teams at _ again on sunday at wimbledon. we've seen 14 of the 16 teams at euro - again on sunday at wimbledon. we've seen 14 of the 16 teams at euro 2022 and the final two are in action right now in group d. france against italy. new york stadium in rotherham, south yorkshire. france have never won a major women's trophy, and have made a fine start to the tournament. bst midfielder grace with a hat trick, and things looking like they will be even better as there is a red card par check for the italy captain. it is still 5—0. ferrari's leclair won an incident pract grand prix and moved up incident pract grand prix and moved up to second in formula one. it's a bad day for red bull. sirjay perez retired after... handing lewis

hamilton the third finish. leclair overtook max verstappen. he's got the dutchman's lead to 37 points. it has retained the leader's yellow jersey after the tour de france. luxenberg's won this stage. won by 22 seconds to claim his first victory. his main rivals, maintaining his league and increasing it over there any comments —— geraint. that's all your sport for now. is not often we get to say these words. temperatures in parts of the uk are set to soar this week, with the met office issuing a heatwave alert

our correspondent helena wilkinson sent this report from southend—on—sea. the hotjuly sunshine brought huge crowds to this seaside resort. by mid—afternoon, it was 28 degrees. we came cos it's really hot, so we're just going to enjoy the beach and go in the water. yeah, it's lovely to come down on a lovely, hot dayjust to relax and chill with the grandchildren. when you go to the beach, you're able to swim - in the sea, so it's cooler. people at a festival in glasgow were making the most of the warm weather, too. it was the hottest day of the year so far in scotland, with 27.3 degrees recorded in aboyne in aberdeenshire. the high temperatures will continue next week. parents and carers have been advised to make sure children are well protected. short bursts in the sunshine, making sure they're covered top—to—toe in sun cream, regular re—applications of that, and also having light clothing on top as well.

and we're being reminded to check on vulnerable people — in particular those with dementia. fabulous news. you're watching bbc news. hello again. we've had more strong sunshine today. it's been hot enough already, but across england and wales it's likely to get hotter still for tomorrow. the heat is building underneath this area of high pressure. it's keeping us with clear skies and hardly any wind. and for the moment, keeping those weather fronts at bay towards the northwest. clearer skies overnight, 11—13 degrees, typically maybe clearer skies overnight, 11—13 degrees typically, maybe a bit warmer than last night in the south east of england. following on from that, it's sunshine pretty much all day across england and wales. and we will see some cloud coming in as the breeze picks up into the far north west of scotland and northern ireland. but in the sunshine and light winds, it continues to heat up, all the way and into yorkshire, it continues to heat up, all the way temperatures could reach over 30 degrees on monday afternoon. won't be as hot as that in scotland and northern ireland.

still some warmth here, mind you, and sea breezes will keep coastal areas of england and wales a little bit cooler as well. that area of high pressure and the heat is getting squeezed towards the southeast as this weather front brings some rain into scotland and northern ireland on monday night. and ahead of it, we've got a lot of heat still. it could be uncomfortably warm on monday night. minimum temperature in much of the country, 17 degrees, but we will see more cloud coming into england and wales on tuesday. there's our weak weather front. there's not much rain on it, but a lot of this cloud is going to be quite high cloud. and we've got some sunshine following to scotland and northern ireland, where it's cooler and fresher. and we may start to see temperatures dropping across other parts of england and wales as they really high temperatures and the heat gets stuck towards the south east of england and east anglia. ahead of that, a weather front that continues to move southwards. it is just a band of cloud essentially that should tend to move through. and following on from that, we're going to have again more sunshine and dry weather

for england and wales on wednesday. scotland and northern ireland seeing more cloud and maybe a few showers coming in on that westerly breeze. so temperatures, 17 degrees in glasgow, still got 28, it's still very warm in the south east of england, butjust not as hot as the next day or two. and not much changes really, i think, on thursday, again, it's dry and again it's pretty sunny across england and wales with light winds. scotland and northern ireland always a bit cooler over the coming few days. more cloud here, maybe the odd shower temperatures held at 17 shower, temperatures held at 17 or 18, much hotter in the southeast.

this is bbc world news, the headlines: protesters in sri lanka have said they will continue to occupy the president and prime minister residences until they officially resign. sri lanka's caretaker president has told the bbc that president rajapaksa would return by wednesday when he's promised to resign. nine candidates have now declared their intention to become britain's new prime minister, after borisjohnson announced last week he'll step down. fifteen people have been killed after a russian rocket was reported to have hit an apartment building in the east of ukraine.

at least 20 more are feared to be buried under the rubble