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ah, i melissa chant, thanks for joining us. the crisis continues in sri lanka, with protesters demanding the exit of press to buy a raj epoxy. 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. heed up, he's many, are chaudhry reports from colombo. oh, angry she lengthens are out on the streets. an unprecedented economic crisis has hushed these people to gather outside the president's office in the capital city column move shouting slogans, reading black hoods and demanding change r o b one. the roger puts

a family whose members hokey by 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 had become a common sight. as the country it runs out of cash to buy fuel. the prices have brought people together. it's a papers, as this is not politically motivated, i'm not of anybody. and i don't think anyone here is this the 1st 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 the 3rd, the death of 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 dissolve the economic crisis. ah, 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 this step, we have to bring in dollars we. we cannot pay any more debt. we need to seriously negotiate with 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 gandhi we have is not of challenges. so he thought we would need and make change and so that, so the heck i'm here to be able to be by to be solid and to be to be above the demonstrators look determined to stay here, to keep up their 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 deaths, i wonder what does that mean? is there an immediate impact on ordinary people? what street on 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 do really soon as so probably as early as next 3 years on 17000000 u. s. so they will not be paying that and he has a already, the credit ratings have gone down, which means it's really going to be classified as a country with the high risk. so there are that kind of impact on that. but for the ordinary 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 dallas queues for fuel that are miles. so people waited for gun 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 would be as far as an inmate 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 very 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 19 ninety's, he just disappear. he leads to the u. s. c, 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 is 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 bomb, the architects on the wall victory. and he, when he became, when even ne, contested the election, he was powder as this person who was there take no crack, who is going to do away with corruption and who could probably be the answer to most of the ills. that's when i was suffering. and then well, here we are. so what's the way forward?

well, protesters demands be met. well, the bonus took the brutus demise up white cleo. ah, they said that was the doing has to resign. they said, oh roger buffer, family members and johnston is hall for nathan in the government and it extends beyond that. so what they're said is that a family member in the government have to resign or at least relinquish their post . and there needs to be a gap and government and then they can move forward. the government has not shown any signs that they are going in that direction. on a scale may a month, a para. thank you so much for joining us. welcome. more than 100 people have been killed in floods and land slides 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 farming communities. the army say is it 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 the climate change and it's still meggy 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 than stop lights and give away signs to manage . so many busy crossings come with dedicated directors to keep the traffic flowing . managing this intersection intercourse takes courage and experience united has plenty of both for over 2 decades. tonight,

also known as daddy has been helping reduce traffic jams in this mega city despite his disability. because his hearing impaired and can't speak, he relies on his wife to communicate 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 because he works alone as a disabled person and didn't get an education. he could only be a topic director. what matters is that he has an income jack out about one of the most fun just to see it is in the world. and now that coverage restrictions happening relax, traffic is back to normal. and official traffic directors help prevent a total collapse, assisting cars and trucks. particularly at crossing speed out traffic lights disposed to j as they are known work in exchange for tips from drivers. there are

thousands of them across down even a trend crossings. here in sal jakarta, sola and a team of 2 off workers have been managing the barrier for years over by gender, where he fall 24 hours. we share the job at the crossing. some managed traffic and others help push carts. we're ben as the sunsets we change teams, but i'm still here for 24 hours longer than the language handle my them and it even in recent years, traffic jam in indonesia as capital, have decrease some se, thanks in parts through the policy. japan, but others disagree with the lat, alexander the man. there are times when they're helpful, but sometimes they prioritize the people, giving them money and hold up those who don't london and that causes the traffic tobacco monumental. and my get that if that the more bit though, when we don't have any small change in the car, we automatically won't give them any money. and then they won't stop the traffic

for us up. i don't what i'm back though. i don't think that my latin working at the intersection is the call of duty for denied. and like some people who quickly lost their nerves in traffic. essays, he likes 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 tomorrow. ah, is the end of the pandemic in site? we show what it could look like. will return to normal and we visit those who are finding it difficult. he sees his successes at noon in a weekly coven 19, especially over 19 special next on d. w. d. w's crime fighters are back to little africa. most

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