welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. celebrations on the streets of colombo — as sri lanka's president gotabaya rajapaksa resigns following days of mass protests. russian forces extend their reach into western ukraine as cruise missiles hit business and residential buildings far from the frontlines. this attack happened right in the middle of a beautiful morning when people would've been out and about and would have felt safe. but nowhere is safe in ukraine any more. and presidentjoe biden pledges that america will use all its power to prevent iran from ever getting

nuclear weapons. it's seven in the morning in singapore, and four—thirty am in the sri lankan capital colombo where celebrations have been taking place after gotabaya rajapaksa became the country's first sitting president to quit. he did so after months of angry protests over the rapidly rising cost of living, and shortages of food and fuel. from colombo, rajini vaidyanathan reports. a moment to savour after months of struggle. now there's joy. these demonstrators had one key

demand, that the man they blame for their economic woes resign. tonight, president gotabaya rajapaksa did. protesters say they are celebrating what represents a victory for people power. it's the end of the rule of the rajapaksas, after a week of turmoil on the island. just yesterday at the prime minister's office, security forces were overrun by protesters. it was one of a number of government buildings taken over by the masses. today, protesters handed it back to the authorities, soldiers now on guard, authorised to use force to maintain order. sirens. a country under curfew, streets once packed with protesters, now patrolled by the military.

elsewhere, tensions are running high. with the basics still 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. a president gone and the country still in limbo. i met this man as he stormed the prime minister's house yesterday. he wants an interim government to be installed. we will give the interim

government six months to a maximum of one year to settle all this and ease the problem is possible. after that, elections should happen and people can select who they want to rule the country next. but nobody knows who that should be. as they celebrate the end of one chapter in this protest movement, another difficult one is about to begin. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo. earlier i spoke to asanga abeyagoonasekera, who is a sri lankan political analyst, and currently a senior fellow at the millennium project think tank in washington dc. i asked him whether president rajapaksa's resignation will help to stop the protests. this will be a key factor to de—escalate the political tension. for three months the protesters were asking for the right resignation it's a huge victory for the protesters,

a nonviolent revolution. we have seen a fair amount of protests and some violence on the streets and just looking back at the events of the last few days, there hasn't been a sort of definitive leader in this protest movement. going forward, how do you see the political situation playing out? according to the constitution the acting president should be appointed. and now the prime minister, the one who is there acting, he's planning to be the acting president. but the constitutionality and legitimacy is in question because had only one seat in parliament and he was not appointed by the people and he was appointed by gotabaya rajapaksa. i think the next few days will be, who will be the acting president and who will be the next prime minister and the next cabinet.

because for all the negations with the imf we need to finance minister, you need the prime minister as well as the president. so much uncertainty as you pointed out, realistically, when we're looking at the political makeup as you point out, they need to appoint a sort of new government and the current acting president not that popular with the protesters out on the streets. how soon can in election take place realistically? it is an interim measure only. clearly the constitution mentions it is an interim measure. i'm thinking about six months and not more than six months. here the protesters are asking for this demand of political stability. they want to see new faces, fresh faces, give chances for more younger people to be elected. there are demands by the protesters that has to be met.

what ever the mandate that was made in 2019 is no more valid. because what they want to see is fresh faces in the legislature. one important element which they are asking is accountability. although he escaped, the president, from a military flight but they want accountability. i am happy that the british parliamentarian has raised this, ed davies, and international arrest warrant could be looked at. these are positive signs towards re—democratizing. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the italian president sergio mattarella has rejected the prime minister's resignation offer. mario draghi had said he was no longer able to continue in office after losing the support of the five star movement — a key party in the governing coalition.

but the president has instead invited him to appear before parliament to gauge political support. ivana trump, the former wife of donald trump has died at the age of 73 at her home in new york. she was born in what was then czechoslovakia and became a fashion model, designer and businesswoman. she was married to the former us president between 1977 and 1992 and they have three children together. the japanese prime minister has called for more nuclear power plants to operate next winter to counter possible energy shortages. fumio kishida said the country needed a balanced mix of energy sources. but the japanese public has been wary of atomic power since the fu kushima nuclear disaster. the airline emirates has strongly criticised heathrow in london: on carry us to stop selling tickets over the busy summer. because of its stepping problems with the heaters that it needed to limit passengers to 100,000 a lack of staff

caused in part by the pandemic. the chief executive of gas giant shell has warned europe may have to ration energy this winter because of limited supplies of gas. saying the continent would face what he called a really tough few months. he also warned that customers could face a significant rise in prices. russian missiles have struck civilian buildings in central ukraine, killing at least 23 people including 3 children and injuring as many as 50 — according to ukrainian officials. the attack took place in the city of vinnytsia, far from the frontline in the east of the country. you may find some details in sarah rainsford report distressing. a sunny morning in vinnytsia suddenly turned pitch black. this was moments after the russian missiles hit. the staggering wounded.

..and those killed on the spot. it was a strike on the very heart of this city. there was an air raid siren, but this is central ukraine, far from the fighting, so people ignored it. the blast was huge. and among the ruins we found this, smeared with blood. the four—year—old it belongs to was killed. her name was liza. her mum filmed the little girl just an hour before the attack. they were on their way to see her speech therapist. irina herself was badly injured. today, in the hague, ukraine's prosecutor general called russia's missile strike a war crime. translation: it was scary. people came running this way covered in shrapnel injuries, so i ran in the other direction, because it was frightening.

a giant department store was destroyed, including a medical centre, completely gutted on the ground floor. but it seems the russians�* target was opposite. this is called 0fficers house, but it's a concert hall. we saw no sign of any military here. it is really hard to see scenes like this and to think of how russia talks about its precision missiles and its 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. and this attack happened right in the middle of a beautiful morning here in vinnytsia, when people would have been out and about and would have felt safe. but nowhere is safe in ukraine any more. not even people's houses.

alexander thinks he heard the missile, before it struck below his balcony. with so many injured and killed, he tells me he feels lucky that only his windows were shattered. translation: | ducked - like this, but then i thought, there's nowhere to run, its too late. so i thought, whatever will be will be. the missile fragments are being collected. the investigation has begun — a process once unimaginable in ukraine that's now terrifyingly familiar. sarah rainsford, bbc news, vinnytsia. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... why liverpool and many premier leaves are playing families almost three and 1000 miles from home.

they are coming down the ladder now. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire's being blamed today for the first crash in the 30 year history of concorde, the worlds only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence - and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia, l but now a decade later it's being painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity and an increase in malfunctioning sperm, unable to swim properly. thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet at this lunch time as children buried their noses in the final instalment of harry potter.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore, our headlines. people in sri lanka have defied a curfew to celebrate the resignation of president gotabaya rajapaksa following days of protests. russian forces extend their reach into western ukraine — as cruise missiles hit business and residential buildings. president biden and the israeli prime minister yair lapid have signed a a joint declaration to stop iran from developing nuclear weapons. the american leader was injerusalem to meet israelis and palestinians before moving on to saudi arabia asjeremy bowen reports. not the wild west, but the middle east. for all its power, america's ability to control middle eastern turbulence is limited. joe biden and israel's acting

prime minister, yair lapid, signed a declaration billed as historic. in fact, it had all been said before, but israel needed him to say it again. i made it absolutely clear we will not, let me say it again, we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. for israel, it starts with a conventional, not nuclear threat on the heavily fortified border with lebanon, three hours drive north from jerusalem. it's one of the most dangerous potential flashpoints in the middle east. i'll show you a couple of places over here. that's because it's a front line between the israelis

and iran's strongest ally and client, his brother. if we'll stand over here like a couple more minutes, we will see people of his brother coming over here. both sides have worked hard to keep the border quiet since his brotherfought israel to a standstill in a war in 2006. but when his brother appeared, they were in israel's sights. behind the watchers in lebanon, the israelis assumed his brother guns were also ready. it took one incident to spark a month of war in 2006. these men have thejob of protecting israel's northern border, but it's about a lot more than that, because this is one of the great fault lines that runs through the middle east. on that side, friends of iran. and on this, friends of america. and the division is dangerous and it's heating up again. israel's already fighting a covert war of assassinations and bombings with iran. this border would also explode if israel or the us mounted full scale air strikes on iran's nuclear facilities.

are you conscious that behind hezbollah down there is iran? yeah, absolutely, yeah. we can see how they're acting over here, how they're operating day and day? it's not myjob to say it, but myjob is to be over here and protect the tactical things. but we know we can see that and everything that they have, how they act and how they are operating over here, yes. back injerusalem, what's missing is any attempt to ease the festering israeli—palestinian conflict. it used to be the top priority for visiting american presidents. in his progress around the city the israelis call their eternal capital, president biden repeated his call for an independent palestine alongside israel. 0n the other side of the wall, israel has built to separate jerusalem from the palestinians of the west bank, that sounds empty. he's clearly here for one case only and to help the israelis and not palestinians. he doesn't even care about us. so many presidents came in the last ten or 15 years

and we did not see any difference in our situation. along joe biden's route into bethlehem, his next stop, are accusations that israel is guilty of apartheid. denied by the israelis and the us, widely accepted by palestinians and human rights groups. and he'll see many portraits of shireen abu aqleh, the palestinian—american journalist killed by israeli troops in may. for this american president, what matters much more are israel's security, iran's nuclear plans and the final leg of his trip to saudi arabia. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. in bbc news, jerusalem. the race to succeed boris johnson in the race to succeed boris johnson as conservative leader and prime minister the former chancellor rishi sunak and

after one are still in the lead up after one are still in the lead up to the latest round of voting for the power political editor chris mason has more. the name of the game for the candidates right now, lower as many mps as possible to take a seatin many mps as possible to take a seat in your team. before today's voting it was the last of the big campaign launch events. , ., ., ., , events. times are going to be tou~h events. times are going to be tough but _ events. times are going to be tough but i — events. times are going to be tough but i know _ events. times are going to be tough but i know that - events. times are going to be tough but i know that i - events. times are going to be tough but i know that i can . events. times are going to be | tough but i know that i can get us on an upward trajectory by 2020 for. we can get there by delivering our assurances, insurance paid through the ground, people are focusing on delivery, delivery and delivery. delivery, delivery and delivery-— delivery, delivery and delivery. delivery, delivery and delive . ., , delivery. how can you be the creditable — delivery. how can you be the creditable agent _ delivery. how can you be the creditable agent of _ delivery. how can you be the creditable agent of change . delivery. how can you be the - creditable agent of change when you have sat around boris johnson's cabinet table for time as prime and how worried are you that your current pain in my campaign is being trampled by the march of more. 7 there is no direct answer and this being a senior minister under borisjohnson. i this being a senior minister under boris johnson.- under boris johnson. i was critical under _

under boris johnson. i was critical under the - under boris johnson. i was critical under the cabinet l under boris johnson. i was | critical under the cabinet of the proposed national insurance rise. i was a cabinet minister who spoke out against it at that time. who spoke out against it at that time-— who spoke out against it at that time. �* �* ., ., , that time. but i'm a loyalist. by lunch _ that time. but i'm a loyalist. by lunch time _ that time. but i'm a loyalist. by lunch time the _ that time. but i'm a loyalist. by lunch time the focus - by lunch time the focus switched to parliament and more voting. so the campaign launch this morning to a polling station openjust up this morning to a polling station open just up the stairs there, conservative mps voting on day two of this contest for that one of the candidate fair, suella braverman. film that one of the candidate fair, suella braverman.— that one of the candidate fair, suella braverman. ann came the results. suella _ suella braverman. ann came the results. suella braverman - suella braverman. ann came the results. suella braverman is - results. suella braverman is eliminated from the contest for the and — eliminated from the contest for the and the others are able to id the and the others are able to go forward to a further valid on monday. go forward to a further valid on monday-— on monday. obviously disappointed, - on monday. obviously disappointed, chris. l on monday. obviously - disappointed, chris. incredibly overwhelmed _ disappointed, chris. incredibly overwhelmed and _ disappointed, chris. incredibly overwhelmed and grateful - disappointed, chris. incredibly overwhelmed and grateful fori overwhelmed and grateful for all of — overwhelmed and grateful for all of the _ overwhelmed and grateful for all of the support _ overwhelmed and grateful for all of the support i— overwhelmed and grateful for all of the support i got- overwhelmed and grateful for all of the support i got from l all of the support i got from my parliamentary— all of the support i got from i my parliamentary colleagues. once — my parliamentary colleagues. once again _ my parliamentary colleagues. once again the _ my parliamentary colleagues. once again the former- once again the former chancellor rishi sunak at the roast boats, penny mordaunt see it here as the campaign launch yesterday came second ahead of liz truss, kerry paid or not was fourth and tom tugendhat

speaking this morning was fed. where will this go, i do know, i can't tell you. i offered to serve and that's what i'll do. and so six have become five as the rays to move in here continues. our political editor chris mason reporting. the english premier teams are still in asia. on friday they are right here in singapore to face another english side, crystal para two palace. the reason is commercial but also a reward for thousands of their fans in the region we could speak to one of them now. in the region we could speak to one of them now. mohamed ismail mohamed yusoff is a liverpool fan who's based i believe you get tickets for the game tonight for that wonderful to get you on the programme put up you look very excited, i could see you are indeed quite a loyalfan. talk

us through how it feels to have these football games here in singapore. a chance to see your favourites. it singapore. a chance to see your favourites-_ favourites. it went it was announced _ favourites. it went it was announced we _ favourites. it went it was announced we never- favourites. it went it was - announced we never thought it would come to singapore. usually i have to travel sell to us again. however the news and we were excited about it. i think liveable dough khmer was this is time and we have the best present i think now in this area. so at certain times ——. very excited here. i this area. so at certain times --. very excited here.- --. very excited here. i bet ou --. very excited here. i bet you can't— --. very excited here. i bet you can't wait _ --. very excited here. i bet you can't wait for _ --. very excited here. i bet you can't wait for the - --. very excited here. i betj you can't wait for the match tonight. you are talking about being at the training ground yesterday. i think something

like 12,000 people showed up to watch that. ticket prices, you've talked about how expensive they are. for our viewers it would be worth mentioning that they are about 150 singapore dollars i think that's about £80 or so for two nights game. that is more expensive than some premier league games. do you think that's fair? i league games. do you think that's fair?— league games. do you think that's fair? i think we have to look at two — that's fair? i think we have to look at two points _ that's fair? i think we have to look at two points during - that's fair? i think we have to l look at two points during covid they cancelled. the price hike is justified. they cancelled. the price hike isjustified. i think they cancelled. the price hike is justified. i think the game you could see the likes of mo salah. i think the most expensive, everyone wants to see. i think the hype, the experience will matter. around the world to the possibility especially, —— yeah. for me

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stadium, it's massive. that's ri . ht. stadium, it's massive. that's right- just — stadium, it's massive. that's right- just to _ stadium, it's massive. that's right. just to jump _ stadium, it's massive. that's right. just to jump in - stadium, it's massive. that's right. just to jump in there, l right. just to jump in there, we are running out of time. i have to say, some of these matches when they're broadcast very late at night out here in asia, briefly, how do you staff for all of that? it doesn't get in the way of you working like? work is work but i think the programme you watch at two a:m., 4am especially when you have to go to work. when i look at the clock it's have to go to work. when i look at the clock its three or 4am in the morning to watch the game. it's a passion. inaudible. fit, game. it's a passion. inaudible. �* ., ., ., ., inaudible. a passion and a law. we can certainly _ inaudible. a passion and a law. we can certainly see _ inaudible. a passion and a law. we can certainly see that - we can certainly see that passion and love thank you for joining us on the programme for the best of luck in the match tonight. thank you for

watching, tuesday with bbc news. hello. we've seen a bit of a lull in the heatwave conditions over the past 2a hours or so. it was a little bit fresher on thursday and into friday, too. but intense heat is on the way, particularly by sunday into tuesday. the met office have issued an amber warning for extreme heat across much of england and wales. we're likely to see widespread impacts from this spell of severe heat. health impacts notjust for the vulnerable. we could see transport disruption, potentially disruption to energy supplies as well. so, certainly some severe weather on the way with those exceptionally high temperatures sunday to tuesday. back to the here and now, for friday morning, we're going to be seeing a few splashes of rain across scotland,

northern england, too. any showers quickly clearing from northern ireland. stays dry all day for southern england and wales. plenty of spells of sunshine coming through, and again it is going to feel warm. so, highs in the south 25—26 degrees. we're looking at the high teens or low 20s across scotland and northern ireland. moving through into friday evening, any of those showers in the north fading away fairly quickly, so it is dry, it's clear. we'll see a little bit of a warmer night as we head into the early hours of saturday. still reasonably fresh across parts of scotland and northern ireland. we could see single figures here, but down towards the south, we're are looking at mid—teens, i think, to start off your weekend. now, through saturday, a bit more cloud and a few spots of rain for the far north west of scotland. dry elsewhere with strong sunshine, very high levels of uv this time of year. so, those temperatures starting to pick up. the mid to high 20s across england and wales, the low 20s for scotland and for northern ireland. those temperatures continue to build then day on day. this is how sunday's looking. perhaps the odd rogue shower for scotland, dry, hot and sunny elsewhere. the hottest spots in the low 30s, i think, across much of central and southern england. even further north and west,

we're looking at the mid to the high 20s. by the time we get to monday, that heat becomes more extensive across the map, so more of us will see temperatures in the mid, possibly high 30s, potentially record—breaking temperatures by the time we get to tuesday. one or two spots potentially 38—39 degrees as well, so temperatures like that, we don't see them very often here in the uk. they are going to cause some significant disruption. do make plans for monday into tuesday. we could see those temperatures near a0 degrees in a few spots. thundery breakdown at last on the way by wednesday. bye— bye.

welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. ethiopians have known much conflict throughout their recent history, but the war which broke out between the government of the prime minister abiy ahmed and the tigrayan people's liberation front, the tplf, two and a half years ago has been particularly devastating. tens of thousands have been killed and millions displaced. plus there are also ethnic conflicts in other parts of ethiopia, such as in oromo in the west, and the amhara community are also restless.