welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: inside sri lanka's presidential palace where protesters aren't satisfied with president rajapaska's pledge to quit. how does it feel to swim in the president's personal pool? translation: i'm happy. i'm so happy. japan's ruling coalition increases its majority in elections, in a move that could help cement the legacy of assassinated former prime minister shinzo abe. in the uk, a crowded field of candidates want to take over from borisjohnson as prime minister,

with 11 mps, and counting, eyeing up the top job. and in tennis — victory is sweet for novak djokovic, who wins his seventh wimbledon men's singles title. voice-over: live voice—over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's eight in the morning in singapore, and 5:30 in the morning in colombo, sri lanka where protestors have been celebrating what they believe to be the toppling of the country's leadership. president rajapaksa — whose family has dominated sri lankan politics for the best part of two decades — has announced he will step down on wednesday. our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, reports from inside the presidential palace which is still overrun by protesters. these scenes would have been

unthinkable days ago. sri lanka's seat of presidential power — now a sightseeing destination. security nowhere to be seen, as thousands push their way into a palace taken over by protesters. this is a really surreal moment for sri lanka. a building that is normally heavily fortified, now a free—for—all. at president rajapaksa's private pool, we meet carpenter ruan chiminda, who's taking a dip, a moment of relief after he walked hours to join the protests. translation: my kids are hungry- _ we don't have fuel. we don't have cooking gas. we don't even have fuel to do ourjobs properly. how does it feel to swim in the president's personal pool?

translation: i'm happy. i'm so happy- _ moments ofjoy and curiosity. but where does this leave the future of the island? the man who once lived here, president gotabaya rajapaksa, has now fled and is expected to step down this week. a lot of the people here need to also witness the fact that — how rich and wealthy and luxurious their lives are. even this place, how grand, how big the house is. there is people who have been dying and suffering to fight for the basic necessities. as they look around the lavish rooms, sri lankans continue to contend with a deepening economic crisis. is this the right thing to do? is this the right way to go about it, storming the presidential palace?

well, the people have been demanding for the president to step down. with respect, we've asked him to step down multiple times. so the people are realising that, well, unless we physically go and take him out of the chair, he's not going to leave. and when will your protests stop? when will you be satisfied? when will i personally be satisfied? if we go to a new election and hopefully people will vote for principles, morals, and ideals that the person running for the election holds and not the person itself — because when it comes to politics in sri lanka, it's personality—centric. after months of frustration, this feels like a release — crowds surging through the doors to get inside this presidential palace and get a peek of what life is like for sri lanka's political class. a palace overrun, a country in crisis. protesters say they won't leave until the president officially quits. but even once he does, who can

save this nation in need? for sri lanka, the challenges keep on coming. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo. sri lanka's caretaker president, mahinda yapa abeywardena, spoke to bbc radio in the last few hours. he insisted that president rajapaksa would return by wednesday when he's promised to resign. at the moment, he's, er, he's somewhere out in a nearby country. he will come back on tuesday — wednesday, he will be here. he told me he would be here. according to our constitution i will take over until the president is properly appointed. there's going to be a vote in the house. the international monetary fund said it was closely monitoring the situation in sri lanka, and was prepared to help the cash—strapped

island weather its deepest economic crisis. earlier i spoke to shanta devarajan, a professor at georgetown university. he's former acting chief economist at the world bank, now an advisor liaising between international financial institutions and the sri lankan government. he gave me his take on the situation: it's extremely serious, in economic terms. and that is why the people are so angry — because the reason why sri lanka has no foreign exchange at the moment is because of the misguided policies of the rajapaksa administration. for two years, they've actually been bleeding this country dry. now, that's why they're angry with rajapaksa and stormed the president's palace, and so on. but the point is, even when rajapaksa leaves, the debt problem and macroeconomic crisis will remain. so we have to be solving that problem — and that's what we've been working on for the last six months, working with the imf and various stakeholders in sri lanka to devise

an economic reform programme that will try to reverse some of these policies that got us into trouble in the first place, and try to put sri lanka... indeed, but looking at the events of this weekend, as you point out, people are very angry — but what prospects are there of any bailout from international financial institutions, given that not too long ago, the world bank said it won't provide any financial assistance to sri lanka until — and this is a quote from them — "adequate macroeconomic policy frameworks are in place." how is that even possible right now? that's precisely what we are trying to achieve. and i think it is possible to have an adequate macroeconomic framework in place possibly in the next 2—3 months. and once that has been achieved — and that would involve both a macro—economic and fiscal adjustment, many of which have actually already been put in place by the government

in the last 2—3 months, but also an agreement on restructuring the country's debt — once those two are achieved together, and that could be in about 2—3 months, then that would bring in additionalforeign exchange from the imf itself, about $800 million, about $1 billion from the world bank and another $1 billion from the asian development bank. so that is what we're trying to achieve over the next 2—3 months. now the big problem, and you're right to point out that this is a crisis, is what to do in the next 2—3 months — because right now, as i said, sri lanka is out of foreign exchange. just briefly, what are you hoping, or what do you expect to see happen? what needs to happen in order to get this assistance? over the next 2—3 months, what we're hoping to get, and there have been some very positive signals, is what's called bridge financing — a foreign exchange from countries like india, japan, possibly china and others, that will enable sri lanka to buy the necessary imports like fuel, food, pharmaceuticals, the fertiliser

it needed until we have reached that macroeconomic programme. sha nta shanta deva rajan there shanta devarajan there speaking to me a little earlier. japan's ruling party and its partners look to have won a super majority in upper house elections, just days after the assassination of former prime minister shinzo abe. it means the ldp could be in a position to amend the country's pacifist constitution — a long—time abe goal. earlier i spoke to william pesek, columnist and author based in tokyo, who writes on economics and politics for forbes and nikkei asia and started by asking hom how he thought voter turnout had been. well, you know, part of it is a sympathy vote, certainly. former prime minister shinzo abe was a bit of a polarising figure, but certainly there was a bit of a sympathy vote.

but i think also, it was for many japanese voters a way of reminding the world that democracy matters to us, and we'll vote no matter what happens in terms of violence in this country. indeed, william, and in terms of the issues, as i understand, it was things like the cost of living, security crisis, as well, of course, with russia and ukraine — but it seems that this result, or the eventual result appears to pave the way for prime minister kishida's government to be able to revise the constitution. how likely do you think that is? well, i think the bigger issue is economic reforms. as you mention, inflation is rising injapan — japan in some cases getting the highest inflation readings in a0 years — the yen is down by about 30% over the last couple of years. there's a lot of concern about importing inflation. so for prime minister kishida, this mandate is really a chance for him to, in many ways, accelerate his economic reform programme.

but the issue of constitutional reform, as you mentioned, also moves to the fore. prime minister abe's passion for years was redefining japan's military role in the world and revising the constitution. prime minister kishida is a somewhat less polarising figure, and arguably this mandate will give him a chance to take a deep breath and redouble those efforts. it's likely to happen in the next year or two, yes. is there appetite amongst the japanese public, william, for the constitution to be reformed and revised in this way? well, i think there is appetite and, given china's aggression in the region, certainly, there's appetite when japan looks at ukraine and wants its government to play a bigger role in world affairs. but i think some of the appetite is about the prime minister doing it the right way. and because prime minister kishida is a less polarising figure than prime minister abe was, i think you might have a bigger

chance of appealing to the public and encouraging this change in the constitution. i think a lot ofjapanese want a referendum — if you do it the right way, you get a referendum, you get a public mandate to change the constitution, and it's probably a better way to go about it. abe never had the patience for it. prime minister kishida now could go ahead with a referendum, and that would give him an obvious green light. and just to say, if indeed a referendum of that sort does take place injapan, what do you think the likely reaction from japan's neighbours might be to that? well, it would not be a great reaction. but i think in many ways, if japan deliberately does this the right way, does it with a public mandate and frames it the right way, there's no reason why this step should not be accepted globally. in many ways, japan has been somewhat of a model citizen for decades now in the asia region, and certainly china's increased defence spending and aggression in the region

in many ways gives japan a very valid reason to alter its constitution. but again, it'sjust a matter of doing it deliberately and transparently, and doing it the right way with public backing. and prime minister kishida might now have that mandate to do it. he's got about three years now arguably, without having to face a national election. so he does have the time to make his case, and i think he will. william pesek there speaking to us a little earlier. the british foreign secretary liz truss has become the latest big name to join the contest to succeed borisjohnson as conservative leader and prime minister. with the cost of living soaring, tax is becoming a key issue. several candidates are promising cuts — as our political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. the pace is picking up on the race to be the next prime minister. this morning to key contenders put forward their plans. 0ne contenders put forward their plans. one has kept his

distance from borisjohnson. distance from boris johnson. there are distance from borisjohnson. there are a distance from boris johnson. there are a lot of distance from borisjohnson. there are a lot of angry distance from boris johnson. there are a lot of angry voters after what happened in the last few months. they won't come back to us automatically and choosing me would be a very strong signal.— strong signal. the others' regulation _ strong signal. the others' regulation triggered - strong signal. the others' regulation triggered his . regulation triggered his departure. regulation triggered his departure-— regulation triggered his dearture. . departure. once you lose confidence _ departure. once you lose confidence in _ departure. once you lose confidence in your - departure. once you lose confidence in your boss, | departure. once you lose - confidence in your boss, your prime minister, i don't think you can hide that. you have to be honest with your boss and yourself. be honest with your boss and ourself. . . , , , yourself. tax cuts is the big battleground _ yourself. tax cuts is the big battleground of _ yourself. tax cuts is the big battleground of this - yourself. tax cuts is the big j battleground of this contest and both would let companies keep more of their profits. sajid javid also cutting income tax sooner than planned. he described the rise in national insurance agreed while he was insurance agreed while he was in government. we insurance agreed while he was in government.— in government. we don't have the tax cuts. _ in government. we don't have the tax cuts. we _ in government. we don't have the tax cuts. we won't - in government. we don't have the tax cuts. we won't get - in government. we don't havej 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 have never come across a decision especially the big decisions, they don't involve risk, one of the other. mr hunter warned _ risk, one of the other. mr hunter warned against personal tax cuts too soon and that

reducing business rates was the way to encourage growth. the number one — way to encourage growth. tue: number one priority, way to encourage growth. tte: number one priority, me way to encourage growth. tt2 number one priority, 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 (applause) next silicon valley.— silicon valley. another new entrance — silicon valley. another new entrance to _ silicon valley. another new entrance to the _ silicon valley. another new entrance to the race - silicon valley. another new - entrance to the race promising, yes, tax cuts straightaway. it's very important as we have this cost of living squares that people get money back in their pockets quickly.- their pockets quickly. these promises — their pockets quickly. these promises are _ their pockets quickly. these promises are what - their pockets quickly. these - promises are what conservative mps want to hear but cutting taxes usually means spending less or borrow more and there are warnings about the consequences. tt are warnings about the consequences. are warnings about the conseuuences. , ., �* ., consequences. if you're going to cut taxes — consequences. if you're going to cut taxes and _ consequences. if you're going to cut taxes and increased - to cut taxes and increased borrowing, probably the thing you don't want to do it is when prices are already rising at 10% or more. that means putting more money into the economy and therefore more pressure on to

inflation. ., . , ., inflation. the one exception so far as rishi _ inflation. the one exception so far as rishi sunak _ inflation. the one exception so far as rishi sunak who - inflation. the one exception so far as rishi sunak who is - far as rishi sunak who is chancellor put up certain taxes and now suggests any cuts would have to wait. today his successor, na zeen zahabi, hit back are looking into his personal tax affairs saying has been smeared advantage to answer any questions. the trade minister penny mordaunt campaign haet ali hatch, her promotional video re—edited to remove well—known figures. confirming her bridge to be prime minister tonight, liz truss becomes the 10th candidate and promises tax cuts from day one. jonathan blake, bbc news. if you want to get in touch with me, i'm on twitter @bbckarishma. send me your thoughts on stories you have seen on newsday, the leadership race in the uk, for instance. i am looking forward to hearing from you. you're watching

newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: novak djokovic has won his fourth consecutive wimbledon title, beating nick kyrgios in four sets. after months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the eurozone. the immediate prospect of greece going bust in the worst crisis to hit the eurozone has been averted. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the "great white way" by americans. but tonight, it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis have brought to them. leaders meet in paris- fora summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. this morning, theyjoinedl the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs—elysees. . wildlife officials in australia have been coping with a penguin problem. fairy penguins have

been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much they could barely stand. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: the speaker of the sri lankan parliament says president gotabaya rajapaksa fled the island following the storming of his official residence. japan's ruling coalition is set to increase its majority in the upper house. leaked documents show french president emmanuel macron and a former eu competition commissioner 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, the bbc has discovered how uber used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton reports.

when uberfirst when uber first arrived when uberfirst arrived in france, it started a taxi wall. but while many cabdrivers 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 ministerfor 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 hisjob

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 _ budget was $90 million. £2 million is an budget was $90 million. 52 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. decision-making. it gives them access. , , ., access. the documents seem to show the company's _ access. the documents seem to show the company's former - access. the documents seem to | show the company's former chief exec 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 guarantees success. a spokesperson for travis denied

that he had 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. t to deal with uber was not impressed-— to deal with uber was not impressed. to deal with uber was not imressed. ., , ., ., impressed. i would use one word to describe _ impressed. i would use one word to describe the _ impressed. i would use one word to describe the way _ impressed. i would use one word to describe the way uber- impressed. i would use one word to describe the way uber goes i to describe the way uber goes about its business. translation: cowboys. they put one foot in the door then break the door wide open. and once they are in, you are forced to deal with them, for better or for worse. deal with them, for better or for worse-— deal with them, for better or for worse. the company says no-one at — for worse. the company says no-one at uber _ for worse. the company says no-one at uber has - for worse. the company says no-one at uber has ever- for worse. the company says | no-one at uber has ever been no—one at uber has ever been happy about violence, and safety is a top priority. uber denies its lobbying was secret, and adds that engagements with governments 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. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines: 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. president cyril ramaphosa has said he cannot allow violent criminals to terrorise people. rescuers in ukraine are continuing to search for some 20 people who are believed to be under the rubble of an apartment block in eastern ukraine that was largely destroyed in a russian rocket attack. at least 15 people were killed in saturday's attack in the town of chasiv yar. last—minute negotiations are continuing at the united nations to try to extend by another year authorisation for cross—border aid to reach north—western syria. it is expiring at the end of sunday. the authorisation, which bypasses permission from the syrian government, has allowed aid into the country since 2014.

president biden says he has asked officials to check whether he has the authority to declare an abortion—related public health emergency. he is under pressure from fellow democrats to do more to protect abortion rights following last month's supreme court ruling. at wimbledon, novak djokovic has beaten nick kyrgios in the men's singles finals. they battled it out for three hours on centre court. 0ur sports correspondent chetan pathak was there. seventh wimbledon title. that brings him level now with peter sampras and it is 21 grand slams, that takes them ahead of roger federer, who was on 20, and just within one of rafael nadal�*s men's singles record of 22. djokovic's numbers are

staggering. 39 consecutive wins now on centre court. he has not been beaten here since 2017, fourth consecutive wimbledon title. he is seen off nick kyrgios in four sets. the australian took the first set and it made some think that this could be a possible upset, but time and again with novak djokovic, even at these championships, thinking about the semi—final against britain's cam norrie, and his semi—final, djokovic is so good at resetting and coming back and winning the second, third and winning the second, third and fourth sets. we never really looked in trouble thereafter, but nick kyrgios, thereafter, but nick kyrgios, there were the moments we are used to seeing from him. the chattering at the umpire, upset at decisions, upset at his own box. who are not always giving him the support he wanted. he was particularly annoyed at somebody in the crowd. when the umpire said who is it specifically, he said it is the woman who looks like she has had 600 drinks. he was finding those usual moments. djokovic on the other side of the net thinking you do all that, i'll

just win the tennis. and for a fourth consecutive wimbledon title, like i said. in australia, the landmark sydney opera house has lit up in the colours of the japanese flag to honourjapan's former prime minister shinzo abe. japanese expats in australia said it was the only place to pay their respects to him. the 67—year—old was assassinated in the southern city of nara whilst campaigning. a reminder of our top story: the sri lankan speaker of parliament has said the president is no longer in sri lanka but will return by wednesday. the speaker, mahinda yapa abeywardena, who will become caretaker president, told the bbc that an all—party coalition government would be formed as opposition parties have demanded. the president fled when huge crowds of protesters stormed the presidential palace and set fire to the residence of his brother, the prime minister. he said he would step down on 13july, according to an announcement made by the parliament's speaker on saturday.

thank you forjoining us on newsday. stay with bbc news for the latest global headlines. hello. sunday, scotland and northern ireland saw their highest temperatures of the year so far. monday could well be the turn of wales and england. so feeling just as hot out there, if not hotter. and a lot of sunshine, yes, though increasing high cloud will turn things hazier out there. and if you're looking for rain, this is the next five days. while some will push in towards north—western areas — not very much, mind you — but where temperatures are at their highest for the next couple of days at least, well, it will stay mainly dry, just exacerbating the very dry conditions out there with high pressure close by. although some changes from low pressure slowly, as we go through the next few days. a lot of sunshine as monday begins, temperatures rocketing. misty, low cloud just pulling away from some irish sea coasts. and increasing high cloud from the north, again,

turning things hazier out there. the temperatures widely into the upper 20s from eastern scotland through wales. a large swathe of england 30 or above, maybe 33 in south—east england. strong sunshine, high, very high uv levels, cooler sea breezes around the coast. going into monday night, look at the change for northern ireland and scotland from that low pressure system i showed you. we see some outbreaks of rain moving in. ahead of all of that, though, it will be a much warmer night going into tuesday, and that does make it tougher for sleeping. the house really doesn't want to cool down after it's been so hot during the day. well, slowly we take some outbreaks of rain away from scotland and northern ireland on tuesday, where it'll be cooler, fresher, brightening up. the chance of a shower, breezier too. thicker cloud with maybe the odd splash of rain working into parts of wales and england, bringing temperatures down a little — though, still for east anglia and the south—east into the low 30s with for london, for example, a heat wave continuing to be throughout the week and into next weekend, whereas elsewhere, it will cool

off a touch. wednesday brings temperatures much closer to average, particularly across northern areas of the uk. some patches of cloud. the chance of a few showers around. for many, though, it'll be staying dry. still into the upper 20s in south—east england. for most locations, though, well shy of that at this stage, and thankfully, if you're not a fan of the heat. looking further ahead while scotland and northern ireland, no great change, wales and england heat up again — look at that temperature potentially for london into next weekend. i just want to show you the uk high—temperature record. there is a concern that this will come under threat next weekend. not a guarantee, but there's a potential for some extreme heat to build in across southern areas next weekend. that's certainly something we're watching.

this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. hello and welcome. now, a week is famously a long time in politics, and the day we recorded this edition of the media show will go down in history as one of the longest. it was wednesday afternoon that we went on air. boris johnson at that point was holding out, but minister after minister were resigning and we wanted to get a sense of how we'd got there, because the media is a central part of the story of borisjohnson. how power and politics

intertwine with the media in this country is vital to understanding it.