hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. after days of massive protests, sri lanka's president resigns. jubilation in the capital of colombo, president rajapaksa sent his resignation jubilation in the capital of colombo, president rajapaksa sent his resignation letter jubilation in the capital of colombo, president rajapaksa sent his resignation letter from singapore after fleeing the country. more resignation drama, this time in italy as the prime minister offers his resignation after losing political support. the country's president says he should stay on. and in the uk, five candidates remain in the race to become the next prime minister. rishi sunak and penny mourdaunt are still out in front.

welcome to the programme. the sri lankan president gotabaya rajapaksa has formally resigned after days of huge anti—government protests. mr rajapaksa sent his resignation letter from singapore, where he fled to on wednesday as protestors took over government buildings. demonstrators are celebrating on the streets of colombo, defying a curfew in place. the governor of sri lanka's central bank says the country now needs a stable government as soon as possible if it's to stand any chance of tackling its economic crisis. we begin our coverage tonight with this report from rajini vaidyanathan in colombo. under curfew. streets once packed with protesters, now patrolled by the military. outside the prime minister pots soldiers back on

guard, authorised to use force to maintain order. a day ago, it was different. security forces were overrun by protesters, who stormed the gates and entered. one of a number of government buildings taken over by the masses. the streets outside the presidential palace are now virtually deserted. it's a contrast from a few days ago, when this place had been occupied by protesters. they have now handed it back to the authorities, and, while there is a sense of calm here right now, this island's problems are far from over. tempers are running high as the basics are in short supply. only a few weeks of fuel now left in the country. in an exclusive interview, the governor of sri lanka's central bank told me that without a stable government, the suffering

will continue. we don't see a way forward on how to get enough foreign exchange to finance essential petroleum for this country. if that doesn't happen, then it will be like the whole country will be closed down. no one will be able to do any activity. the pace of the protests has slowed, the goal achieved. president gotabaya rajapaksa has now resigned. i met this man as he stormed the prime minister's house yesterday. he wants an interim government with new faces to be installed. we need an interim government for six months to one year to settle all this and ease the problems as much as possible. after that, elections should happen and people can select who they want to rule the next country next. tonight, they are celebrating the exit of the man who last ruled the country.

the end of a chapter in a protest movement where people power won. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo. just as we got that news confirming president rajapaksa's resignation we spoke to the protester, film—maker and director, king ratnam. here's his reaction. it brings me mixed emotions. on one hand, i'm very happy that, you know, people in sri lanka are, for the first time, realising that they can in fact make a difference and democracy can prevail. you know, we've been involved in this protest over the last 3—4 months — in a peaceful protest, you know, avoiding all opportunities of violence, avoiding violence and keeping it peaceful. and i think the people of

sri lanka have finally realised that it is possible to actually win democratically. and this is a big victory. on the other hand, i am saddened that this had to come to this level and our leaders had to bring us here, and install this process so much. you know, even though people are in urgent need of change, directional change in every sense, economically, politically, and so on, they are still managing installing it, just as the president has resigned. we have more hurdles to cross before we get to where we want to get. these images of sri lakans taking over key government buildings, including this, the presidential palace. the protesters have now left voluntarily and the army is back in control of the buidlings.

the bbc�*s anbarasan ethirajan was given access to the presidential palace after it was cleared. you see the security forces are now fully in charge, and i was speaking with one of the senior officers and he told me that this morning, they came inside and didn't find anyone. now they are fully in charge of this entire compound, not allowing any of the public, allowing anyone to come in. as we've heard, president rajapaksa fled sri lanka on wednesday after protesters began taking over government buildings in the capital, colombo. he's now in singapore, after initially going to the maldives. he's believed to have wanted to leave sri lanka before stepping down to avoid the possibility of arrest. the bbc�*s monica miller is in singapore with this update. singapore officials have confirmed that president rajapaksa has landed at the airport. they say he's on here —— here on a private visit and

not seeking asylum, nor are they offering him asylum. the 73—year—old left his country on sunday for the maldives after violent protesters took over the presidential palace. now officials here in singapore have already warned people not to protest because it is illegal. even one person holding a banner can be considered to be in a legal assembly, and anyone who is a four year protesting could be deported. it is unclear where his final whereabouts will be. —— anyone who is a foreigner protesting. just five candidates remain in the running to be the next conservative party leader and prime minister. conservative mps voted in the first of a series of secret ballots. let's listen to that announcement. badenoch, 49. suella braverman, 27. mourdaunt, 83. sunak, ioi. truss, 64. tugenhadt, 32.

therefore under the rules, suella braverman is eliminated from the contest, and the others are able to go forward to a further ballot on monday. so here they are the remaining five candidates. again, former chancellor rishi sunak and trade minister penny mordaunt got the most votes, followed by foreign secretary liz truss. kemi badenoch and tom tugendhat are also through. suella braverman didn't get enough votes so she's out. we'll see on monday where her votes go. mps will keep voting until two candidates remain then it'll go to conservative party members to decide. this latest yougov poll of conservative voters says they would vote for penny mordaunt over any of the other four, if she ends up in the final two.

let's speak to our uk political correspondent rob watson. rob, has the mist cleared and he? i must say, you've set it all up very nicely. has the mist cleared? you can see that bit better, can't you? i think you don't have to be the greatest navigator in the midst or the sharpest political reporter who ever lived to figure out this is now a three horse race, and that rishi sunak is pretty much certainly going to be one of them — so that leaves you with the big question, will he be up against liz truss or penny mourdaunt?— be up against liz truss or penny mourdaunt? ~ , ., �* ., mourdaunt? well, why don't we go through some _ mourdaunt? well, why don't we go through some of _ mourdaunt? well, why don't we go through some of the _ mourdaunt? well, why don't we go through some of the aspects - mourdaunt? well, why don't we go through some of the aspects of - mourdaunt? well, why don't we go i through some of the aspects of those two candidates, when we talk about rishi sunak and penny mourdaunt? rishi sunak and penny mourdaunt? rishi sunak, for example, if we begin to take a look at what he was

saying on the today programme today, he was giving his views, he is the main rival to the penny mourdaunt. she may be more popular with grassroots conservatives than him, but she is less publicly known. i also want to bring up one of the daily mail headlines that talk about penny mourdaunt. here's a daily mail headline today — "penny who? just 11% of the public can name surprise tory leadership hopeful mordaunt when shown a photo of her, new polls finds... and two people mistook herfor adele!" what we think about that? what will be the deciding factor between rishi sunak and penny mourdaunt, and

particularly with those conservative party members that would be making that final decision? i’ll party members that would be making that final decision?— that final decision? i'll come to that final decision? i'll come to that in a second, _ that final decision? i'll come to that in a second, but _ that final decision? i'll come to that in a second, but the - that final decision? i'll come to | that in a second, but the points about adele remind me of that one political columnist who tried to describe penny mourdaunt for people who don't know her as possibly being like theresa may but with bigger hair. so you can see what happens when people aren't well known. i must say, i'm utterly amazed that 11% of british people would be able ii% of british people would be able to identify her — orfrankly any ii% of british people would be able to identify her — or frankly any of them, really, apart from boris johnson. look, the important thing to remember at this point is, whether penny mourdaunt or any of them are particularly well known with the public, that's not the electorate we are dealing with, we are dealing with 100—2000 grassroots party activists who lean to be even more to the right than the parliamentary conservative party, certainly more to the right than the

average brit —— loo—200,000. in pulling of those activists leans towards penny mourdaunt. rishi sunak was interviewed on the bbc today. have a listen to one exchange. there's a headline in the mirror today— there's a headline in the mirror today saying _ there's a headline in the mirror today saying scant _ there's a headline in the mirror today saying scant britons - there's a headline in the mirror today saying scant britons are i there's a headline in the mirror- today saying scant britons are using used washing — today saying scant britons are using used washing up _ today saying scant britons are using used washing up liquid _ today saying scant britons are using| used washing up liquid as shampoo. are you _ used washing up liquid as shampoo. are you tom — used washing up liquid as shampoo. are you t0- - -— used washing up liquid as shampoo. are you to- - -— are you to... tauson, i don't 'udge --eole are you to... tauson, i don't 'udge people by — are you to... tauson, i don't 'udge people by their fl are you to... tauson, i don't 'udge people by their bank �* are you to... tauson, i don'tjudge people by their bank accounts, - are you to... tauson, i don'tjudge people by their bank accounts, i i people by their bank accounts, i judge _ people by their bank accounts, i judge them by their characters democrat character. whenever i've needed _ democrat character. whenever i've needed to — democrat character. whenever i've needed to step into support people, i have, _ needed to step into support people, i have, and — needed to step into support people, i have, and furlough is a fantastic example — i have, and furlough is a fantastic example of— i have, and furlough is a fantastic example of that. but what i would say as _ example of that. but what i would say as a _ example of that. but what i would say as a is— example of that. but what i would say as a is that i believe in hard work— say as a is that i believe in hard work and — say as a is that i believe in hard work and aspiration —— as a conservative. that's my story, and if i'm _ conservative. that's my story, and if i'm prime — conservative. that's my story, and if i'm prime minister, i'll be making— if i'm prime minister, i'll be making that case with the bigger. but you _ making that case with the bigger. but you know nothing, the charge is,

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-- also a magician's assistant. , that was the early _ -- also a magician's assistant. , that was the early years. - she was elected mp for portsmouth north in 2010. she's been in cabinet. she was secretary of state for international development, and the uk's first female defence secretary. she's popular with younger voters as head of the party's youth wing. let's do a little of what her plan is. low tax, small state, personal responsibility. we need to get back to that, _ responsibility. we need to get back to that, because we've got some really serious challenges ahead. we've _ really serious challenges ahead. we've got to stave off a recession. we've _ we've got to stave off a recession. we've got— we've got to stave off a recession. we've got to stave off a recession. we've got to deliver on the huge ambition— we've got to deliver on the huge ambition that the british people have, _ ambition that the british people have, having left the european union — have, having left the european union. we've got to catch up after covid _ union. we've got to catch up after covid we — union. we've got to catch up after covid. we have a war. and we have a manifesto to — covid. we have a war. and we have a manifesto to deliver, and standards in trust _ manifesto to deliver, and standards in trust to— manifesto to deliver, and standards in trust to restore. penny mordaunt spoke about brexit there. she was a well—known brexiteer. and she was deputy to david frost, who led the uk's negotiations with the eu. he told talk tv...

so that's a little bit about what mr frost was saying today. mps who support her candidacy disagree. i'm pleased to say the number of mps voting for mp each time are ignoring the voices of lord frost. don't forget, lord frost who was part and parcel of the brexit negotiations all the way through — let's look to see who will be the prime minister

best place to move the country forward. penny mourdaunt is a very competent performer, i worked for her in the ministry of defence, she was the defence secretary and is very calm under pressure. she understands the briefs, and is very happy to delegate, as well. and that is so important, indeed. we've not had a cabinet construct that is working, whitehall has been floundering. we need to reboot how government actually operates, and i know that penny mourdaunt will be able to do that. she is up to this task. let's speak to our uk political correspondent rob watson. it's interesting, i thought also with what mr frost was saying they are, do you think this whole process, whether it's between rishi sunak and penny mourdaunt, or others that we will get into in a moment, could it damage the party? i that we will get into in a moment, could it damage the party?- could it damage the party? i don't think there's _ could it damage the party? i don't think there's any _ could it damage the party? i don't think there's any doubt _ could it damage the party? i don't think there's any doubt about - could it damage the party? i don't| think there's any doubt about that. to have party leaders, party politicians who are not taking chunks out of each other is never a good look because we know the voters

just don't like divided parties. and it must be said that even before this happened, i was checking out the latest polling before talking to you, so i think the last up—to—date polling was pretty much as boris johnson was resigning and the governing conservatives were ten percentage points behind labour, so one can't help feeling that all this squabbling and fighting is probably not going to help. let squabbling and fighting is probably rrot going to help-— not going to help. let us continue to talk more _ not going to help. let us continue to talk more about _ not going to help. let us continue to talk more about this. _ rishi sunak and penny mordaunt are both seen as moderate tory mps. candidates on the right of the party, liz truss and kemi badenoch, are in third and fourth place respectively. and this was the headline in the daily mail newspaper — "unite now or we lose", truss tells tory right. liz truss launched her campaign today. we are at a critical moment for our country _ we are at a critical moment for our country we — we are at a critical moment for our country. we face huge challenges in the aftermath of covid and president

putin's_ the aftermath of covid and president putin's appalling war in ukraine. now is— putin's appalling war in ukraine. now is the — putin's appalling war in ukraine. now is the time to be bold. we cannot— now is the time to be bold. we cannot have business as usual economic— cannot have business as usual economic management. which has led to low— economic management. which has led to low growth for decades. we need to low growth for decades. we need to deliver— to low growth for decades. we need to deliver on brexit and the opportunities it offers. and we need to win _ opportunities it offers. and we need to win the _ opportunities it offers. and we need to win the fight for freedom at home and around _ to win the fight for freedom at home and around the world.— could this turn out to be a battle between the right of the party and the more moderate wing? i’m between the right of the party and the more moderate wing?- between the right of the party and the more moderate wing? i'm not sure ou would the more moderate wing? i'm not sure you would describe _ the more moderate wing? i'm not sure you would describe any _ the more moderate wing? i'm not sure you would describe any of— the more moderate wing? i'm not sure you would describe any of it _ the more moderate wing? i'm not sure you would describe any of it really - you would describe any of it really is particularly moderate. since the brexiteers vote, the conservative party has really moved off to the populist right — most of them, certainly those left in the race. and i think it's important to remember that whoever wins, whether it's rishi sunak or liz truss, or penny mourdaunt, all of them are convinced brexiteers and all of them are pretty anti—european, pretty

much in favour of a smaller state and lower taxes. i want to go back to the question you asked me before, which i think i messed up and didn't do properly, whatever, about the damage done to the party. and i think the conservatives need to be very careful that they don't go back to the downfall of margaret thatcher, because what that led to was a lot of bad blood in the party — people who were loyal to mrs thatcher feeling that her and her cause had been betrayed, and there's a danger of that with the removal of borisjohnson. a danger of that with the removal of boris johnson. there's a danger of that with the removal of borisjohnson. there's also a danger, and i got this from one conservative commentator, that it becomes a sort of cult party of brexit, that they'll think, "if only we had done brexit properly, we never did it pure enough so it didn't work out properly." so they have all sorts of dangers lurking around, plus of course the mighty economic headwind of very low growth in the uk compared to other big

european countries, and a massive rise in prices and rising inflation. rob, thanks so much, we will continue following this. a lot of the candidates comparing themselves to margaret thatcher — interesting to margaret thatcher — interesting to bring that up, we shall talk again. to italy, where there's political turmoil too — with the italian prime minister mario draghi saying he'll offer his resignation to president sergio mattarella in the next few hours. mr draghi said the conditions were no longer in place for him to carry on after he lost the support of the five star movement, a key member of his governing coalition. he'd earlier survived a confidence vote in parliament without their support. mario draghi is the former head of the european central bank has led a unity government since february 2021. when the previous government

collapsed. i'm nowjoined by our reporter in rome, good to have you with us. just as i began introducing that segment, i saw that italy's president refuses mario draghi's resignation. what happens now? exactly, it's been a totally confusing day for italian politics! italians have been glued to the news since this morning when the five star movement refused to support mario draghi's national unity government. since then, so many discussions have happened because as you said, mario draghi wanted to resign, but the president of the republic hasjust resign, but the president of the republic has just refused his resignation because that would create and trigger a period of high uncertainty and chaos for a country who's already dealing with a very

tough post pandemic recovery, the war, inflation. so the president of the republic really knows what's best for the country, and he doesn't want mario draghi to resign because he knows that mario draghi is italy's best bet. so a lot of adrenaline today. we don't know yet what will happen because i read about president sergio mattarella just before this chat with you, so i do not know much about it, but i do know what the president wants to ensure is that italy is a stable country, that europe is staged a democrat stable in such a crucial moment. we have to deal with ukraine, the war, inflation, and obviously mario draghi's very

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star movement, which has been losing ground and losing pieces since mario draghi was appointed. and they are desperately trying to regain the ground they lost in terms of opinion polls, and they are a bit agitated ahead of next year's national election. so they are trying to speak to the voters, to a desperate population who are struggling because of inflation, because of energy prices — and yeah, people are worried about those things, but the five star movement are also worried themselves that they won't make it if they don't make some noise. so they want to regain ground politically and talk to the voters and to the base, and show them that they are ready to act and do something for them. i’m they are ready to act and do something for them. i'm also wondering. — something for them. i'm also wondering, with _ something for them. i'm also wondering, with the - something for them. i'm also wondering, with the prime i something for them. i'm also - wondering, with the prime minister, if he does address parliament and give that clear picture of the political situation, what would he

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stay with us on outside source. good evening. there's been a temporary lull in the heatwave conditions for most in the last day or so. but the heat wave conditions will return widely through the weekend, with some exceptional heat forecast across much of england and wales — hence the amber warning of that extreme heat, through sunday to tuesday, from the met office. it means there's likely to be quite significant disruption to transport and widespread health impacts, not just for the elderly and the vulnerable. more details on that warning on our website. as for this evening and overnight, still a few showers around — in fact, more general rain starts to make its way in across northern ireland this evening, and into scotland overnight. so temperatures won't be quite as low here as last night, with some quite heavy splashes of rain, whilst further south, and more comfortable night for sleeping — even more so in southern and eastern

areas compared with last night, now we've lost that humidity. could be a little bit of mist under the ridge of high pressure first thing. but friday does bring with it those weather fronts to the north initially. behind it, the cloud will break, some sunshine will come through. as i say, some quite heavy rain first thing could affect st andrew's for the gulf here. it moves its way southwards through northern england, perhaps affecting the midlands and east anglia, just a few light bits of drizzly rain here. so the best of the sunshine, if you like, the longer spells of that strong sunshine further south. for most, temperatures will be on a par with those we've seen during the day today. but as i say, we could have a little bit of rain initially, and then, just i—2 showers following for the open. but saturday and sunday, it looks drier and warmer — because, yes, there's very little cloud around on saturday, still have weather fronts in the far north and west, but we change our wind direction and we start to pull in the heat. so widely, the mid—to—high 20s in the south, across most of england, actually pushing into wales, southern scotland into the low 20s as well. by sunday, well, those temperatures up to around 30 across much

of england and parts of wales, pushing towards the high 20s for the borders of scotland. and that heatjust continues to expand and become more intense — this is through monday, and then, beyond that into tuesday, we could have some record—breaking heat. so it's going to be hot for all. very uncomfortable by day and of course, by night, monday and tuesday nights, too. and then it may well end with some thundery downpours. but in the interim, we are looking at some exceptional heat.

hello. this is outside source. after days of massive protest. sri lanka's president resigns. tribulation in the capital, the president sent his resignation letterfrom singapore president sent his resignation letter from singapore after fleeing the country. my resignation drama, this time in italy, the prime minister offices his resignation, but the country's president says he should stay on. joe biden lends his support to keep we're going to take you to the middle east now

wherejoe biden is on his second day of meetings in israel. this morning the us president and israel's caretaker pm yair lapid met to discuss security, support and sport: we had a very good conversation about american baseball which i know nothing about. but the key focus was iran. here's the pair later in the day, signing a joint statement pledging commitment to military cooperation and to never allow iran to acquire nuclear weapons. neither country wants iran to have nuclear weapons, but opinions differ between the us and israel over how best to tackle the issue. words will not stop them, mr president, diplomacy will not stop them. the only thing that will stop iran is knowing that if they continue to develop their nuclear programme, the free world will use force. the only way to stop them

is to put a credible military threat on the table. speaking alongside him, president biden took a different tone. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome, and will continue to work with israel to counter threats from iran throughout the region including support for terrorism and the prolierationof weapons to terrorist and proxies like hezbollah. this is what the diplomat approach to curbing nuclear�*s iran's ambitions has looked like in recent years. in 2015, during the obama administration from iran agreed —— in 2015, during the obama administration, iran agreed to a long term deal on its nuclear programme it was known as the "'joint comprehensive plan of action'. under the plan, iran agreed to limit its sensitive nuclear activities and allow in international inspectors, in exchange for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions. in 2018, then president donald trump

pulled the us out of the agreement, choosing instead to reimpose unilateral sanctions against the country. in response, iran dropped some of its own pledges. joe biden seen herejust after his inauguration in 2021 made restoring the iranian nuclear deal a key priority in entering office. but talks have stalled. iran says it won't give up what it calls its "'rightful and logical positions'. here's the iranian president ebrahim raisi speaking yesterday. how many more times does the united states want to repeat the experiences of iran not succumbing to american bullying? the united states should not use the language of bullying to talk to iran. until now, what iran's negotiating team has come up with has been rational and logical. for now, it seems neither side is willing to budge. here'sjoe biden once more. we've laid out for the people, for the leadership of iran what we're willing to accept

in order to get back intojcpoa. we're waiting for the response. when that will come, i'm not certain, but we are not going to wait forever. i'm nowjoined by barbara, welcome back to outside source. are we seeing any policy change when it comes to the us? hat seeing any policy change when it comes to the us?— seeing any policy change when it comes to the us? not really, on the face of it, comes to the us? not really, on the face of it. no- _ comes to the us? not really, on the face of it, no. the _ comes to the us? not really, on the face of it, no. the americans - face of it, no. the americans have always said that they would never allow iran to get a nuclear weapon and within that is the unspoken willingness to use force, here in israel, mr biden has actually had an expression to that, he said as a last resort, i think because he wanted to show strong assurances to israel, but as we heard, he is still saying that he wants diplomacy. he is still helping to provide that nuclear agreement. the problem is, as he mentioned, those talks have stalled in time is running out for

that agreement to be resumed. so mr biden is consulting with his regional partners, that includes israel, but also states in the arab gulf about what to do if that agreement fails, because those states also see iran as a threat from and one of the thingsjoe biden will be exploring is the possibility of essentially military alliance between israel and arabs against iran should talks not succeed. that would be a new elements, but that is very much in the talking faces. it's not going to be something they announce. . , not going to be something they announce-— not going to be something they announce. . , announce. that is something quite different, isn't _ announce. that is something quite different, isn't it? _ announce. that is something quite different, isn't it? also _ announce. that is something quite different, isn't it? also we - announce. that is something quite different, isn't it? also we have i different, isn't it? also we have been watching over the past day with you about this response that mr biden got from it when he arrived on the runway there in tel aviv in israel, but he is going to be meeting with president, the palestinian president in the coming days. i think it is tomorrow, and i am just wondering what is expected there? ~ ., ., , . am just wondering what is expected there? ~ , . , there? well, the mood music is completely _ there? well, the mood music is completely different _ there? well, the mood music is completely different because i there? well, the mood music is completely different because it| completely different because it israel, you have biden making his

first presidential visit to affirm what is a very tight relationship with the palestinians he is essentially formalising resumption of it diplomatic ties that were broken under donald trump. we had heard him give lip service to the idea of a two state solution, but he is not going to be making any push to try to get talks started on a palestinian state, and that has disappointed the palestinians. they are also disappointed that he is not doing more to it reverse israeli advances under donald trump, and also anger because some palestinians think the americans have given impunity to israel over the recent killing of this palestinian journalist. so the tone is quite different, and frankly, when it comes to arab—israeli at relations, mr biden's priority is not necessarily the palestinians, what he is really pushing for is improving relations between israel and arab states. i improving relations between israel and arab states.— and arab states. i am sure that is aeoin to and arab states. i am sure that is going to be _ and arab states. i am sure that is going to be a _ and arab states. i am sure that is going to be a point _ and arab states. i am sure that is going to be a point of _ and arab states. i am sure that is going to be a point of contentionl and arab states. i am sure that is l going to be a point of contention in the palestinians that are following this as well, but related to this,

we do now that the us president will head to saudi arabia, as he mentioned a little bit later, and also meet with other heads of state. he spoke a little bit more about the importance of the visit. let's listen. ., ,., importance of the visit. let's listen. ., , , , ., listen. there are some the issues at stake that l — listen. there are some the issues at stake that i want _ listen. there are some the issues at stake that i want to _ listen. there are some the issues at stake that i want to make _ listen. there are some the issues at stake that i want to make clear - listen. there are some the issues at stake that i want to make clear that| stake that i want to make clear that we can continue to lead in the region and not create a vacuum, a vacuum that is failed by china and or russia against the interest of both israel and the united states and many other countries. what both israel and the united states and many other countries. what do ou think and many other countries. what do you think it — and many other countries. what do you think it means _ and many other countries. what do you think it means that _ and many other countries. what do you think it means that saudi - and many other countries. what do | you think it means that saudi arabia is on the agenda, even if it's not the only people that he is meeting with? ., the only people that he is meeting with? . , , with? yeah, it is interesting because he _ with? yeah, it is interesting because he was _ with? yeah, it is interesting because he was responding | with? yeah, it is interesting l because he was responding to with? yeah, it is interesting - because he was responding to a question about the controversy back home over why he is actually making this visit, because he had previously pledged to make saudi arabia pariah because of its human rights records. he essentially admitted he was going there because of us interests. he said the us was losing influence in the middle east

and needed to reassert it. in that issue has been thrust on his agenda by russia's war against ukraine. the biden administration wants arab states to do more to help isolate russia, especially saudi arabia, which has close ties at the kremlin. semi coming together. barbara, thank you so much. —— so many stories coming together. just talking about ukraine there, let's get the latest on the war. russian missiles have struck in civilian buildings killing at least 22 people, including three children and injuring as many as 50. that's according to ukrainian officials. the attack took place far from the front line in the east of the country where russian and ukrainian forces are fighting. sarah rainsford is on scene and you may find some of these details distressing.

a sunny morning, suddenly turned pitch black. a man filmed this right after the russian missiles hit vinnytsia. it is the very heart of this city. they killed workers, women, children. there was an air raid siren, but this is central ukraine, far from the fighting, so people ignored it. but the blast was huge. a giant department store and an office block were destroyed, but it seems the russians�* target was opposite. this place is called officers house, but it's a concert hall. we saw no sign of any military here. translation: it was scary. people came running this way covered in shrapnel injuries, so i ran in the other direction because it was frightening. this is right in the heart of vinnytsia and now this whole

today in hey, today's prosecutor general call that a war crime. it is really hard to see scenes like this and to think of how russia talked about its precision missiles and its military targets. this wasn't a military targets. this wasn't a military targets. this wasn't a military target and the force of the blast here was so huge that it wrapped that car around the base of this building. this attack happened right in the middle of a beautiful morning here when people would've been out and about and what it felt safe, but nowhere is safe in ukraine any more. not even's peoples houses. alexander thinks he heard them it's a big part struck below his balcony. with so many injured and killed, he tells me he feels lucky that only his windows are shattered. the missile fragments are being

collected. the investigation has begun, a process once unimaginable in ukraine that is now terrifyingly familiar. sarah rainsford, bbc news. let us turn out to the us basketball player. brittney griner has appeared in court in moscow for a hearing in her trial on drugs charges. she faces a potential sentence of a decade in prison after being found carrying cannabis oil in vape cartridges. these are the latest pictures showing griner entering the courthouse. russian authorities released this cctv footage of britney griner which they say show her being stopped at moscow's sheremetyevo airport in february. she has pled guilty to the charges but told the court she did not intend to break the law. this was brittney griner�*s lawyer speaking after a previous hearing. ican i can say that britney has always been a great team—mate, semi role is to be here with her to support her, we niche or energy, i was very happy to see her and i hope the trial will be over soon and with a positive outcome.

russian authorities released this footage at the airport in february. she's pled guilty to the charges but told the court she did not intend to break the law. this was her lawyer after a previous hearing. she admitted that it was hers. she said that it was unintentionally brought to russia because she was in a hurry and she was packing. it was just by accident that it ended up in her luggage. she is a super star in her sport. a two—time gold medal olympian and play centre for the phoenix mercury. she was in russia to play for a club there during the off—season for the us women's nba. at six foot nine inches tall she's considered peraps the greatest female basketball player of all time. the united states continues to press for her release. this was the white house press secretary last week. i can say that britney has always

been a great team—mate, we believe that the russian federation is holding, wrongfully detained britney and she is an intolerable circumstances right now, and we are going to do everything that we can. the president has this type of mind to make sure that we get britney home safely. some of brittney griners�* supporters say if the white house does think she's been wrongly detained then it should be doing more to bring her home. nba superstar lebronjames said "how can she feel like america has her back?" pointing to the fact brittney griner has been detained for nearly five months with no sign of a negotiated release. in her shoes, he says, "i would be feeling like, 'do i even want to go back to america?”' brittney griner was arrested just days before russia invaded ukraine, and her case has prompted concerns moscow could try to use her as leverage. russian authorities say her case is not political and say the us should negotiate through "diplomatic channels".

we call on the us authorities not to speculate on such sensitive matters as the fate of specific individuals, and advise them to stop exerting pressure on us. we call on them instead to concentrate on practical work via established channels. there is no other way." tara sonenshine is a former us under—secretary of state for public affairs currently a professor in the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university. you are so you are so welcome you are so welcome to outside source. it is such an interesting story. i see that you are writing about it saying that there is speculation that the former new mexico governor, bill richardson, that he may go to moscow hoping to bring me home a stop is there any evidence to that effect?— evidence to that effect? firstly, i think the news _ evidence to that effect? firstly, i think the news from _ evidence to that effect? firstly, i think the news from his - evidence to that effect? firstly, i think the news from his centre i evidence to that effect? firstly, i think the news from his centre is| think the news from his centre is that he is considering going into preparing and done detailed bill richardson actually boards the plane and go as, which he has done in the past, i think we don't know. what i

do know, having had a friend detains four months in iran, that for every individual will, anyone who finds themselves in a situation where you are in prison and overseas, it is a torturous, lonely, horrific situation and very complex as he said in your reporting. what situation and very complex as he said in your reporting. what about this? in said in your reporting. what about this? in the _ said in your reporting. what about this? in the case _ said in your reporting. what about this? in the case of _ said in your reporting. what about this? in the case of britney, - said in your reporting. what about this? in the case of britney, is - this? in the case of britney, is there a thoughts about actually there a thoughts about actually there is a consent —— brittney, what that exchange might be, how difficult is it to make those decisions on whether it is appropriate or not and perhaps talk us through some of the challenges as well because you have been in that situation of trying to secure somebody�*s exchange or release. it somebody's exchange or release. it is a balancing act, right? you don't want to incentivise people or groups anywhere to take people thinking

they will get a high price or somebody or something in return. on the other side, you are dealing with humanitarian situations, as we saw with one of the americans releasing trevor read where there was the commuting of a sentence of a russian criminal, and fair if you had a case thatjust went on and on and the word was that trevor read was quite ill. we have had a chance to see brittney, we also have paul wheeling, another american, and i guess what i would say that difficulty in this situation is you are dealing with the governments in moscow, a very material government and a very material vladimir putin at a time when there is a war going on between russia and ukraine and the united states and nato and to britain and others have made it very clear where they stand on that

issue. britney greiner was taken one week before at the russian invasion of ukraine. so i imagine what she was thinking, and her case, it was for a small amount of drugs that she says she inadvertently packed, you know, in the case of other areas, it is charges of spying, so these are all very different very complicated, and you are dealing with a governments that the best word i said i could use this material at best. ., ., , ., best. you also said diplomacy should best. you also said diplomacy should be encouraged. _ best. you also said diplomacy should be encouraged, what _ best. you also said diplomacy should be encouraged, what is _ best. you also said diplomacy should be encouraged, what is that? - best. you also said diplomacy should be encouraged, what is that? there. be encouraged, what is that? there are three levels _ be encouraged, what is that? there are three levels when _ be encouraged, what is that? there are three levels when you _ be encouraged, what is that? there are three levels when you are - are three levels when you are dealing with somebody, and i want to be careful that your listeners understand that there is a distinction between a hostage and somebody wrongfully detained, and we want to get off into it now, but the point is when somebody is being held

against his or her well overseas, you have three circles operating, you have three circles operating, you have three circles operating, you have the very private diplomatic negotiations going on, you have the very public family and organisations like the wnba, and then you have these because i come as we talked about with l richardson, there are other organisations i mentioned james foley in my piece that are proprietary or congress are might be prior parliamentarians, and they get involved and they often can press their own levers, if you well to try to exert pressure on the government that has taken somebody into custody. that has taken somebody into custod . . ~ that has taken somebody into custod . ., ,, that has taken somebody into custod . . ~' . that has taken somebody into custod . ., ,, . ., custody. thank you so much for explaining _ custody. thank you so much for explaining that. _ custody. thank you so much for explaining that. we _ custody. thank you so much for explaining that. we continue i custody. thank you so much for explaining that. we continue to j explaining that. we continue to follow this story. thank you very much to her. stay with us on outside source. still to come...

the latest from italy as the prime minister offers a resignation that is rejected by the president. the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in the uk could be broken next week with warnings of extreme heat particularly across southern, eastern and central england. water levels in some reservoirs are at their lowest levels for decades. danny savage reports from yorkshire. water companies are starting to worry. because a large part of the uk, it's been dry for months and reservoir levels are falling. this is one of several reservoirs which supplies drinking water to leeds. yorkshire water say back in march, they were nearly full. you can see the line on the wall up there as to whether what got. it is now right down here. they are now asking customers to use water more widely. in other words, use less or face mandatory restrictions. restrictions is one of the tools

we have with our drought management plan as we head into very high temperatures. we will be doing very targeted communications was that they adapt their behaviour and that makes a difference. but of course, we can't rule out restrictions later. yorkshire water isn't alone. customers in other regions are also being asked to take shorter showers and let the lawn turn brown. with potentially record temperatures forecast for next week and no recent rain, an increase in wildfires is expected. this is the salisbury plain area today. how bad is it this year? it's really bad. we have had significant periods of dry weather. conditions are some of the worst this fire officer has seen. we are seeing record numbers of fires in the uplands and our rural landscapes. we have already surpassed our national totals and were onlyjust hitting our summer months now. so it's really concerning time

for us as a fire service. the dry conditions could soon lead to hosepipe and other restrictions. more fires are expected. next week's high temperatures won't help. danny savage, bbc news, west yorkshire. this is outside source live from the bbc news room. our top story, sri lankan president has officially resigned spiking celebrations among antigovernment protesters. more on this tray about resignations developing out of italy instead, the italian president has rejected the prime minister's resignation offer. he had said that he was no longer able to continue in office after losing the support of the 5—star movement. that is a key party and the government coalition. i am

joined now by the correspondent in rome. you are welcome to outside source. what about this? i have often heard so many times over they years of resignations in italy. i don't know if i've heard about it being rejected, have you? yes. don't know if i've heard about it being rejected, have you? being re'ected, have you? yes, i... i think, being rejected, have you? yes, i... ithink, i being rejected, have you? yes, i... i think, i think _ being rejected, have you? yes, i... | think, | think the _ being rejected, have you? yes, i... i think, i think the line _ being rejected, have you? yes, i... i think, i think the line there - being rejected, have you? yes, i... i think, i think the line there has i i think, i think the line there has just frozen for a moment. we are going to try and reconnect, of course with amy and just a couple of minutes of time. let's see how we reconnected with her. let me... you know what, we are going to talk about something completely different, and then we are going to come back to italian resignations. we will talk about teeth instead. the quest for the perfect smile is leading to serious complications for growing numbers of people who are travelling abroad to get

cosmetic work done on their teeth. bbc news has learned that hundreds of british dentists are dealing with people who had cut price crowns put on overseas — in procedures that have significant risks. divya talwar has the story. this is one of the latest beauty trends that's taken off on social media. it's all about getting the perfect smile by filing down most of your natural teeth and gluing a cap or crown on top. it's been dubbed turkey teeth because it's one of the most popular destinations people are travelling to for this look. tilly is 22 and says she hated her old teeth. ever since a young age, i was bullied for my teeth, so i grew a complex against them, i didn't like them. it was called things like bugs bunny. so earlier this year, tilly travelled to turkey for 16 new crowns. i'm smiling a lot more and laughing.

i'm not hiding my mouth, which i did constantly. our investigation has found that this risky and invasive treatment is often planned entirely over social media, and many dentists in the uk won't touch turkey teeth. if we have a patient who is not our patient say they've had work done in turkey, it is much easier for us to simply not take that patient. if i did 20 crowns on a 21—year—old for the purposes of improving the colour, i would have my licence revoked. getting this look can come with major risks, like painful infections and tooth extractions. turkey teeth don't last forever. lisa says she had no idea they'd need replacing when she had her teeth done over a decade ago. she had to go back last year to have 26 new crowns. i thought once they put the teeth into your mouth, that was it. they never said, you know, that your teeth can die, that you can get... they never said anything. lisa's had major complications, including infections and chronic pain.

i've just been crying. if she'd known about these risks, she never would have got the treatment done. while many people will continue travelling abroad for that instagram—worthy smile, the advice is to do your research — because once you've got these teeth, there's no going back. divya talwar, bbc news. there is much more on that in the bbc documentary. let us turn to experts at the national galleries of scotland. they say they are thrilled to have found a previously unknown self portrait of vincent van gogh. here it is, hidden on the back of another of his paintings dating back to 1885 called the head of the peasant woman. the piece was being x—rayed before an exhibition and was found covered by layers of glue and cardboard. the artist often reused canvases to save

money, and we have found that mysterious painting that has come to life. good evening. there's been a temporary lull in the heatwave conditions for most in the last day or so. but the heat wave conditions will return widely through the weekend, with some exceptional heat forecast across much of england and wales — hence the amber warning of that extreme heat, through sunday to tuesday, from the met office. it means there's likely to be quite significant disruption to transport and widespread health impacts, not just for the elderly and the vulnerable. more details on that warning on our website. as for this evening and overnight, still a few showers around — in fact, more general rain starts to make its way in across northern ireland this evening, and into scotland overnight. so temperatures won't be quite as low here as last night, with some quite heavy splashes of rain, whilst further south, and more comfortable night for sleeping — even more so in southern and eastern areas compared with last night,

now we've lost that humidity. could be a little bit of mist under the ridge of high pressure first thing. but friday does bring with it those weather fronts to the north initially. behind it, the cloud will break, some sunshine will come through. as i say, some quite heavy rain first thing could affect st andrew's for the gulf here. it moves its way southwards through northern england, perhaps affecting the midlands and east anglia, just a few light bits of drizzly rain here. so the best of the sunshine, if you like, the longer spells of that strong sunshine further south. for most, temperatures will be on a par with those we've seen during the day today. but as i say, we could have a little bit of rain initially, and then, just 1—2 showers following for the open. but saturday and sunday, it looks drier and warmer — because, yes, there's very little cloud around on saturday, still have weather fronts in the far north and west, but we change our wind direction and we start to pull in the heat. so widely, the mid—to—high 20s in the south, across most of england, actually pushing into wales, southern scotland into the low 20s as well. by sunday, well, those temperatures

up to around 30 across much of england and parts of wales, pushing towards the high 20s for the borders of scotland. and that heatjust continues to expand and become more intense — this is through monday, and then, beyond that into tuesday, we could have some record—breaking heat. so it's going to be hot for all. very uncomfortable by day and of course, by night, monday and tuesday nights, too. and then it may well end with some thundery downpours. but in the interim, we are looking at some exceptional heat.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines at eight. attorney general is out of the race for the conservative leadership leaving just five candidates left to be the next prime minister. the italian prime minister has offered his resignation after losing political support by the countries president says he should stay on. train drivers from eight railway companies will strike on the 30th, three days after a 2k hour walk out the rmt. after days in sri lanka, economic crisis, the president has resigned. ambulances in england of 51 minutes to respond to an emergency like a attack or stroke last month and far longer