of the previous administration, not a clean start at all? welcome to bbc news — i'm kasia madera. our top stories... celebrations on the streets of colombo, as sri lanka's president gotabaya rajapaksa resigns, following days of mass protests. presidentjoe biden pledges that america will use all its power to prevent iran from ever getting nuclear weapons. russian forces extend their reach into western ukraine, as cruise missiles hit business and residential buildings far from the front lines. a this attack happened right in the middle of a beautiful morning here in vinnytsia, where people would have been out and about and would have felt safe. but nowhere is safe for ukraine any more. political uncertainty in italy,

after the prime minister offers his resignation but the president refuses to accept it. and — ivana trump — donald trump's first wife and the mother of three of his children, has died aged 73. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. celebrations have been taking place in sri lanka, 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. the delay in handing over his letter of resignation was, it seems, to do with his flight from the maldives to singapore. from colombo, rajini vaidyanathan reports.

music. 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 and 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

a country still in limbo. i met nusli, 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 problems as much as 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. much more on the situation in sri lanka _ much more on the situation in sri lanka on our website. let's get some of the day's other news. authorities in colombia say three children have been killed after a mudslide buried a school in the andes in the country's northwest.

military officers and members of the public helped emergency workers in the rescue effort. the local mayor said 17 children and a teacher escaped the landslide. 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 fukushima nuclear disaster. one of the sons of a former honduran president, and three other young men, have been killed by unknown gunmen, as they left a nightclub in the capital, tegucigalpa. police said that the attack appeared to be well planned, and had probably targeted said lobo bonilla, who worked with his father, porfirio lobo. the actor kevin spacey has

pleaded _ the actor kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault_ pleaded not guilty to sexual assault charges, dating back 17 years— assault charges, dating back 17 years most of the five allegations relate to three men who years most of the five allegations relate to three men who are years most of the five allegations relate to three men who are now years most of the five allegations relate to three men who are now in years most of the five allegations relate to three men who are now in their years most of the five allegations relate to three men who are now in their 30s years most of the five allegations relate to three men who are now in their 30s and 40s — who are now in their 305 and 405. ~ , . ., who are now in their 305 and 405. ~ , ., ., .,, 405. the 62-year-old was granted — 405. the 62-year-old was granted unconditional- 405. the 62-year-old was granted unconditional bail| granted unconditional bail after appearing at a court in london, where he is due to stand trial injune next year. president biden and the israeli prime minister, yair lapid, have signed a joint declaration to stop iran from developing nuclear weapons. washington says it will use all the elements of us power to prevent it, but mr lapid said only a credible military threat would work. the american leader was injerusalem to meet israelis and palestinians, before moving on to saudi arabia. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome, and we will continue to work with israel to counter the threats from iran throughout the region, including support for terrorism, the ballistic missile programme that

continues, and the proliferation of weapons to terrorists and proxies like his brother. behnam ben tale—blu is a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies, a nonpartisan but hawkish think tank. behnam, you focus on iranian security and political issues. when it comes to the agreement between the us and israel, when it comes to how they deal with preventing iran from developing nuclear weapons, strong words from president biden, words that arguably we have heard similar thoughts before, but are these two countries, is the us, is israel really on the same page?— same page? well, it is a pleasure _ same page? well, it is a pleasure to _ same page? well, it is a pleasure to be _ same page? well, it is a pleasure to be with - same page? well, it is a pleasure to be with you | same page? well, it is a i pleasure to be with you and same page? well, it is a - pleasure to be with you and you raise a very good point because the proof will be in the pudding. only in the past two or three months has the biden administration began to incrementally increase and enforce some of the wider economic penalties inherited from both the trump and the obama administrations, giving a broad authority to go out of

things like oil sales and petrochemical sales to china. for the past year and half for instance, there was a long period of time where the administration was letting some of these penalties go unenforced and thus the regime could illicitly generate revenues, and it is important to say no at the negotiating table in a bid to resurrect that nuclear deal. we will see after this agreement there is a substantial change in the us position, if it happens itself, but there has also been critics of this agreement, even from the hawkish position that you may add, because the word military for instance was not used in an attempt to bring joe biden back into concert with four different american presidents, clinton, bush, obama and trump, who all talked about using military force or having all options on the table against iran.— having all options on the table against iran. when it comes to what we've _ against iran. when it comes to what we've been _ against iran. when it comes to what we've been seeing, - against iran. when it comes to what we've been seeing, in - what we've been seeing, in terms of the first part of this was being billed as an historic visit of the us president to

the region, are we looking at arguably a decline in us influence? i am thinking specifically when you think back to what happened when he was there last injerusalem as a vice president with barack obama. it was described that he was humiliated by the then prime minister benjamin netanyahu when he called on the freeze of is radially settlement projects produce with this trip with regard to both israel and saudi arabia, there is two very different countries ideologically, is the rising threat of iran, both in the nuclear and non—nuclear space and it is a threat that the joe space and it is a threat that thejoe biden administration the joe biden administration has thejoe biden administration has had a tougher time within the past two and a half years, but that broader macrolevel diminishment of the us force present in places like iraq or

afghanistan or the persian gulf region, the way the afghanistan withdrawal was handled, the us quest for a deal that was different by 2015 standards, so what we know about nuclear programme in around versus what we know about it today. so all of these things have a celeste not just of these things have a celeste notjust —— have left notjust us allies to press harder, but one thing that the biden administration should push for in this trip is more air to ground missile defences, like drones, ballistic missiles and other threats, and also to bring everyone diplomatically on the same page together, perhaps more normalisation to counter this iranian threat. you touched upon saudi arabia, and that links us into the president previously describing saudi arabia when it comes to the killing ofjamal khashoggi as a pariah. he will now be going to saudi arabia. there was concern over the price of fuel. we have the news developing that the president has welcomed a decision by

saudi arabia to open to allow civilian to enter the saudi airspace will stop on the sidelines of course, diplomacy is taking place, but is the us, is taking place, but is the us, is it backtracking, in terms of how it initially reacted, when it comes to saudi arabia? well, i would say _ it comes to saudi arabia? well, i would say the _ it comes to saudi arabia? well, i would say the early _ it comes to saudi arabia? well, i would say the early biden - i would say the early biden administration and the early biden campaign are dealing with better medicine first of they came into office thinking the saudis would change, would greatly accommodate the us and that this was a one—way relationship, but in many ways unfortunately many of the statements of the campaign were a bit ignorant of the decades of the us saudi relationship, beyond energy, when it comes to regional stability, when it comes to being a pillar of the american liberal order, and it is still possible of course to have a tough conversation about human rights and many important issues, about rule of law with states that you don't see ion,

but it is imperative that you don't lose their trust. and i think when you look at the oil production issue, when they look at how you count around, some us partners in the region typified by saudi arabia have lost that trust, and i think part of this trip by the biden administration in the region, particularly in the persian gulf, is to try to round up that trust. but again the proof will be in the pudding, when joe biden is back in washington, what will happen? absolutely, everybody watching very closely, we are monitoring base next leg of the journey. thank you very much. russian missiles have struck civilian buildings in central ukraine, killing at least 23 people including three children — and injuring as many as 50 — according to ukrainian officials. the attack took place in the city of vinnytsia, far from the front line 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 officers 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, it's 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. much more on the ongoing war in ukraine on our website. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: donald trump pays tribute to

his first wife and mother of his first wife and mother of his first wife and mother of his first three children, even ivana trump, who has died at age 73. radio: i see you coming down the ladder now. that's one small step for man... ..one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30—year history of concorde, the world's 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 been 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. seven, six, five... thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime,

as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. welcome back. this is bbc news. our main story: people in sri lanka have defied a curfew to celebrate the resignation of president gotabaya rajapaksa following days of protests. there's political uncertainty in italy after the prime minister mario draghi offered his resignation, only to have it rejected by president sergio mattarella. mark lobel explains. temperatures are rising in italy amid a political heatwave dripping with uncertainty. it's notjust dripping with uncertainty. it's not just the damaging dripping with uncertainty. it's notjust the damaging drought needs dealing with as the country rebels after the

pandemic. there are fragile negotiations to secure billions of euros in eu funds. under pressure to reduce its reliance on russian gas stop but it's political coalition is melting. italian residents are not relishing the prospect of another government facing collapse. translation: it seems to be madness _ collapse. translation: it seems to be madness at _ collapse. translation: it seems to be madness at this _ collapse. translation: it seems to be madness at this time - collapse. translation: it seems to be madness at this time with l to be madness at this time with a country recovering. translation: this is not good. we should come to an agreement. the decision by the 5—star party to boycott this confidence vote on thursday prompted mario draghi, former head of the european central bank and italy's prime minister since february last year, to conclude the pact of trust that it sustained the unity government had gone. but there was a plot twist at the presidential palace when the italian president sergio

mattarella refused to accept his resignation. he has now called on mr draghi to address parliament and provide a clear picture of the political situation. the 5—star movement was originally the biggest party in the coalition but has seen a string of factions and falling support. now it's accused of a cynical plan to bring down the draghi government to revive its own support. but by dragging italy closer to economic and social collapse, they've shown total irresponsibility according to the general confederation of italian industry. leaving one senior executive watching with worried astonishment. milan's stock market dropped as nervousness spread to investors in the eurozone's third biggest economy. italy's next national elections are due next year but could come as early as this autumn if this instability persists. mark lobel, bbc news.

at least 89 people have died in haiti, in a violent gang attack on a cite soleil, a slum neighborhoud, with a population of 300,000. fema said the groups were fighting for control of the area. on wednesday, demonstrators in haiti blocked roads with burning tyres, to protest against fuel shortages. chronic fuel shortage became more acute, after clashes between rival gangs prevented two fuel ships and one propane tankerfrom docking in the capital port—au—prince. for more, we can speak to jacqueline charles, the carribean correspondent with the miami herald newspaper who just came back from haiti. you are reporting on these deaths. what do we know about these 89 people?— deaths. what do we know about these 89 people? what we know is that these _ these 89 people? what we know is that these are _ these 89 people? what we know is that these are basically - is that these are basically impoverished populations that

have been locked in a particular area in cities the called brooklyn. those who manage try to get to small canoes have been shut out by gangs only 21 of the 89 have been burnt to death —— cite soleil. been burnt to death -- cite soleil. �* ., ., soleil. burnt to death, so extremely _ soleil. burnt to death, so extremely violent. - soleil. burnt to death, so extremely violent. gang i extremely violent. gang violence has really gone up since the assassination of the president?— president? exactly. this has been intensified. _ president? exactly. this has been intensified. we - president? exactly. this has been intensified. we had - president? exactly. this ha5| been intensified. we had this before the assassination of the president next door in the neighbourhood but we have seen as a number of massacres, we had one in may, east of the capital, and now this one. today i spoke with a mentor who said, quote, they are still shooting. while speaking to him you hear the sound of automatic gunfire and while we were talking, police were actually at the port where they were searching containers that arrived, where they found at

least a 17 automatic rifles, 43 magazines and ammunition. i wonder, the international community, the un has a presence there but what kind of oversight that they have because i believe that the un security council, for them to be there, the mandate runs out imminently. what control does the international community have, if any? the international community have. if any?— have, if any? they really don't. the _ have, if any? they really don't. the mandate - have, if any? they really don't. the mandate runsj have, if any? they really - don't. the mandate runs out tomorrow, friday, there has been a lot of discussions back and forth but i remind you that and forth but i remind you that a few weeks ago, less than two weeks ago, a group of gangs basically took over the courthouse and despite the fact that haiti has a us arms embargo, arms continue coming in. the police are outgunned by these gangs, governments have automatic weapons, police rarely have weapons, much less bullet—proof vests to go against these guys. yesterday police officers told me they had not been paid for the month, they didn't even have

fuel in their vehicles, yet they were being asked to quell they were being asked to quell the violence that was erupting throughout the capital. you aid a throughout the capital. you paid a desperate _ throughout the capital. you paid a desperate picture. jacqueline charles, just back from haiti covering those days, 89 people died from the cambrian, correspondence from the miami harold, thank you for any image on what's happening in the ground in haiti.— in the ground in haiti. thank ou. ivana trump, the first wife of the former us president donald trump, has died at her home in new york. she was 73. she was born in czechoslovakia and became a fashion model, designer and businesswoman. the couple were very public figures in new york in the 1980s and 1990s, and had three children together — donald junior, ivanka and eric trump. our correspondent, rianna croxford has been following the story and shejoins me now from washington dc.

she was a larger—than—life character? that's right. the ivana trump flowed what was then czechoslovakia before going on to forge an illustrious career in the us, a prominent skier, worked as a ski instructor before becoming a model. during that time she met donald trump, herformer husband of 15 years. those close to her often described her as a workaholic and she played a key role in developing the trumpland before later in life wanting her own beauty lines, her lines and beauty products. herfamily say lines, her lines and beauty products. her family say her pride and joy were three children. eric, give anke and donald trump children. eric, give anke and donald trumer. children. eric, give anke and donald trump jr.— children. eric, give anke and donald trump jr. when it comes to reaction _ donald trump jr. when it comes to reaction from _ donald trump jr. when it comes to reaction from the _ donald trump jr. when it comes to reaction from the family, - donald trump jr. when it comes to reaction from the family, we | to reaction from the family, we know donald trump himself has tweeted about this.— tweeted about this. that's ri . ht. tweeted about this. that's right- on _ tweeted about this. that's right. on social— tweeted about this. that's right. on social media - tweeted about this. that's i right. on social media former husband described her as a wonderful, beautifuland wonderful, beautiful and amazing woman wonderful, beautifuland amazing woman who had a great and inspirational life and has been echoed by her children who say they are heartbroken and

praised her as a survivor calling her a force in business, world—class athletes and a caring mother and friend. when you talked about her relationship with donald trump, when that was beginning at the beginning of that, she attracted a lot of attention internationally when i started. definitely. they were seen are one of new york city's most prominent power couples in the 19805, prominent power couples in the 1980s, the pair married for 15 years before going to have a highly publicised divorce after mr trump had highly publicised divorce after mrtrump had an highly publicised divorce after mr trump had an affair. in recent years she said the had improved, writing in her memoir in 2017 that the pair spoke about once a week.- in 2017 that the pair spoke about once a week. thank you very much _ about once a week. thank you very much for— about once a week. thank you very much forjust _ about once a week. thank you very much forjust talking - about once a week. thank you very much forjust talking us l very much forjust talking us through the death of the ivana trump, rianna croxford, our corresponded in washington, on the death of the ivana trump, donald trump first wife, who has passed away at the age of

73. much more on a website. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @kasiamadera. goodbye. hello. we've seen a bit of a lull in the heatwave conditions over the past 24 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 205 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 205 across england and wales, the low 205 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 305, i think, across much of central and southern england. even further north and west, we're looking at the mid to the high 205. 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 305, 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 40 degrees in a few spots. thundery breakdown at last on the way by wednesday. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: sri lankans delighted at the resignation of the president have been celebrating on the streets of the capital colombo. a formal letter of resignation — sent from singapore — has been received by government officials. the president fled earlier this week, after protests against corruption and inflation. at least 20 people have been killed in a russian missile strike in vinytsia, southwest of the capital, kyiv. ukrainian officials say the missiles — fired from a submarine in the black sea — hit a commercial building in the city centre, blowing out its windows and destroying numerous cars. president biden and israel's prime minister yair lapid have signed a joint statement promising to stop iran from developing nuclear weapons.

washington says it will use all the elements of us power