into the isolated world of radical islam us and into a spiral of violence with a film about family face masculinity, with a thought it starts april 16th on d w. you're watching t w news asia coming up today. unrest continues in sri lanka, with protesters and the government add an impasse. what is the way forward for the country? in economic and political crisis, we take a closer look. plus the 1st tropical storm of the season for the philippines, leaves behind death and destruction. and managing to cards infamous jams will meet a man with disabilities and others who direct traffic in one of the world's busiest

cities. ah, i melissa chant, thanks for joining us. the crisis continues in sri lanka, with protesters demanding the exit of president got to buy or roger boxer. they accuse him of driving the country's economy into the ground. the country has defaulted on its foreign debts. inflation is sky high and people are having trouble buying the very basics, including food and fuel. t w's, many are chaudhry reports from colombo. oh, angry she lincolns are out on the streets. an unprecedented economic crisis has pushed these people to gather outside the president's office in the capital city, columbia shouting slogans, waving placards and demanding change around are on

the one the roger bucks, a family whose members occupy key positions in the shrunken government, including that of the president and the prime minister to resign. we believe their family rules then the court is him and blatant of corruption are responsible for this economy collapse. the people of the island nation have been facing regular power cuts, food and medicine shortages and soaring prices of essentials. long cues outside patrol and diesel stations have become a common sight as the country it runs out of cash to buy fuel. the crisis has brought people together. it's a paper spread as this is not political motivated. i'm not of any party and i don't think anyone here is that is the best time all of sri lanka has united against politics. this crisis has affected everybody stomach, so everyone is out on the street, irrespective of cost creed,

really janai economic backgrounds. a shilling concede, they want accountability, transparency, and a responsible government to control the unrest on the streets. a nationwide called you and a state of emergency was imposed briefly, but that barely da da da. but after that you lankin prime minister. my hinder lodge bucks are, is now appealing to the people for peace and support being that the government is working round the clock to resolve the economic crisis. but it is obvious that the government has lost the trust of the public. economists roland summoner, juba agrees that economic situation has been severely mismanaged by those in power . we are in excessive debt and it's very clear that in order to to be able to pick the steps we have to bring in dollars we, we cannot pay anymore debt. we need to seriously negotiate our people to whom we owe money and we have to get the economy functioning of the i back at the

for to site the crowd only increases as the sunset is not the one with people of all ages joining in a gun do we have is not of challenges. so he thought we would need and make change . and so that, so the heck army, adobe, adobe, adobe, so that any b to b, a demonstrated look determined to stay here, to keep a bare protest till they see the change, the hot even a heavy down poor as the evening progresses, doesn't dampen mister o joining us is a month, a para journalist, and also at central queensland university. welcome to the program, a monta. when we talk about sri lanka defaulting on its debts, i wonder what does that mean? is there an immediate impact on ordinary people? what's real guys announced is that they will 10 bro,

i least talk about the laundry payments that i do. so as i understand days 1 pm on that is due very soon. so probably as early as next street is around 70000000 us. so they will not be paying that and he has a already, the credit ratings have gone down, which means to really be classified as a country with the high risk. so there are that kind of impact on that. but well, the only people on the ground, one thing is certain that this is not going to anyway. they're offering a anyway. today is the traditional new. we're in sri lanka and a lot cues for fuel that are miles. so people have waited for the fuel for half a day or even longer. there's

a gas gauge that ease power cuts. and this rises us piling because the, the rupees. thank you. so just to give you how much that will be as fallen in mid march. there will be was grading at $200.00 rubies, but dollar. today it was 2 to 330. so everything is going up. it people kind of food. so what this means is that there is no easy way out for the people and carry . so can you tell us more about president roger pac sat, who is he and what has he done or rather not done as liter. so president roger ponce, e's a larry curious case. he's the brother of us were young and president mind a large box and he's also a former army officer. but after serving in the army till somewhere up to the early $990.00, he just disappear. he leaves to the u. s. u migrate,

and there's nothing really that we hear about. then he re emerges when his brother becomes the president in 2005. and he becomes a very powerful pause. and we've been for 4 years of his brother coming into the residency, the government, he's able to really crush the time. is that, but it's group which we're making a wall for 30 odd years. and since then, he has been looked upon as someone who was at least if not the via the architects on the wall victory. and he, when he became an, even ne, contested the election. he was powder as this person who was a technocrat who is going to do away with corruption and who could probably be the answer to most of the ills. that's right, and i was suffering and then well,

here we are. so what's the way forward? well, protesters demands be met. well, the blunders look, the brightest is the laws up like cleo. ah, they said that was it, it has to resign. they say that a roger buffer family members, and he drops into these hall for nathan in the government and it extends beyond that. so what they've said is that raj above the family members in the government have to resign at least relinquish, paused, and there needs to be a gathering government and then they can move forward. the government has not shown any signs that they have in that direction. on a scale made a month up herrera. thank you so much for joining us there. welcome. more than 100 people have been killed in floods and landslides in

the philippines. many more people are still missing and fear dead. after tropical storm maggie hit the country earlier this week. the extent of the damage caused by tropical storm meggy is gradually coming to light. the landscape has been transformed. heavy rains triggered mud slides and large areas burying entire villages in dirt and mont, and devastating some fishing and foaming communities. the army says it's still searching for survivors. but for the most part, it's now a question of retrieving the bodies of the dead. blue. one group of rescue is filmed the moment. that's a new landslide hit as they approach the area. oh, oh, sorry to say the storm is now dissipated,

but it's after effect so severe nearly $200000.00 have been displaced. many of these people's homes and livelihoods have been destroyed. communications are still unstable. the philippines is used to extreme weather events, but scientists warn they're becoming more lethal. as the world gets hotter because of climate change and a storm maggie shows the philippines remains one of the most vulnerable nations on the planet. the traffic in indonesia, capital jakarta, is notorious for being among the worst in the world. and all those vehicles clogging the city streets, take more the stoplights and give away signs to manage so many busy crossings come with dedicated directors to keep the traffic flowing. managing this intersection in jakarta, next courage and experience tonight. he has plenty of both for over 2 decades.

donati, also known as daddy, has been helping reduce traffic jams in this mega city, despite his disability. because his hearing is impaired and can speak, he relies on his wife to communicate the law mildly about it. not bad. mm hm. thank god, he has work. he's got the trust of the police to he was even given a uniform because of his enthusiasm. they were very happy with daddy mama because he worked alone as a disabled person and didn't get an education. yeah, he could only be at half director of other than what matters is that he has an income. i jack out of those, one of the most fun just that series in the world. and now that corporate restrictions half in relax traffic is back to normal. and officials, traffic directors help prevent a total collapse, assisting cars and trucks, particularly at crossing speed out. traffic lights bespoke the japan,

as they are known, worked in exchange for tips from drivers. there are thousands of them across down even a train crossing here in south jakarta, solar and the team of tough workers have been managing the barrier for years over them by the where he for 24 hours. we share the job at the crossing some money, traffic and others help push cars and then the sunsets we change teams, but i'm still here for 24 hours and then we laggy on monday, monday evening. in recent years, traffic jam in indonesia capital have decreased. some se, thanks in part to the policy japan, but others disagree. there are times when they're helpful, but sometimes they prioritize the people, giving them money and hold up though we don't cope the traffic tobacco monumental. if at the more bit though, when we don't have any small change in the car,

we automatically won't give them any money. yeah. and then they won't stop the traffic for what i'm like. so i don't think that you're not working at the intersection is a call of duty for june id like some people who quickly lose their nerves in traffic. safety like being in the midst of chaos. and it gives him a good feeling to change things a little bit for the batter. that's it for thursday, thanks for watching and see you tomorrow. with these places in europe for smashing the records. stepped into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of you to record breaking sites on google maps, youtube and now also in book form. and we're interested the

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gasoline bills in the nation. and bread is expensive and hard to find into media due to the war and ukraine. the government is rationing flower and hoping the worst soon passes. welcome to the show, i'm seeing beards in berlin as russia continues, it's war in ukraine. western nations are counting on sanctions against russian banks and foreign reserves to take a deeper biden's of the countries finances, future embargoes against russian oil and gas. should they come to pass? would dry up another source of foreign currency. and yet russia has made a point of building up its gold reserves in recent years. could they help the country as it navigates those western sanctions? jewelry stores in sudan are doing well. the north east african country is suffering from the consequences of a long civil war. and gold is seen as a safe haven and on certain times, it's not just sudanese people buying the precious metal though russians are also buying on a grand scale.