i will go with i was born in berlin. sports july 22nd on w. ah ah, this is the w means live from berlin, trunk as president and prime minister agreed to resign off the demonstrations store may holmes protestors blame the president and his long ruling family for shortages and high prices. last ukraine, appeals for more weapons,

as bombing continues in the east indian civilians in the done yet screech, and are once again caught in the middle as russia precious. it's offensive. the u. s. is promising more military age for gift. ah, i'm really mohammed, welcome to the program. we start in sri lanka where months of economic hardship has led to anger and anti government protests on the streets of the capital, colombo, a speaker of parliament says president, go to buy at roger park. so we'll step down on wednesday. it's off the demonstrators stormed the presidential palace and set the prime minister's home on fire. oh, they came from all over the country, angry and exasperated. after months of fuel and food shortages and galloping inflation with one demand. the president stepped down,

valley had let me leave the country. you can't govern this country properly. we have children. we are on the streets, leaving our jobs because we believe in the coals. we love the country. we love our children. we are suffering a little bit in the security forces. tried to hold back, the crowds clashing with protesters, but their numbers proved too great. thousands could be seen in live broadcasts on social media, storming the presidential compound. as authorities stood by and watched some scale the walls of the colonial era mansion. once inside, they strolled through the residence, taking selfies in its stately rooms, while others took a dip in the compounds garden pool, as crowds cheered them on m i r b. the whole countries under pressure. so people have come here to release the pressure when you see the luxuries in this

house. for them it's obvious that they don't have time to work for the country and what places like this are a waste of our national resources. that already the of the domains under government and unprecedented economic crisis has subjected the island nations $22000000.00 people to months of hardships, which in turn has led to months of unrest. critics accused the president and his family of corruption, his prime minister, who took off his less than 2 months ago, put out a tweet, saying he would step down with the safety of all citizens in mind. in the evening, protesters also broke into his private residence in colombo and set it on fire. which earnest marlin maria sing here is then colombo following that developing story. and he updated us on the situation that i yeah, i'm actually at the main site. oh

yes. so the new a that the president has decided to resign on the 13th and wants that new scheme out that they are still remaining summer deciding to disperse. yes, and we are all wandering a nice because will bother you haven't had any communication. se bad about except for the fact that the had to communicate to the speaker that the bill to sign on. and the prime minister has also tweeted that he'll resign to facilitate an establishment of an all party government. might that steady the situation at the moment? yeah, because i think i was earlier at the prime minister's residence with these private residents, which was set on fire. and one of the reasons for this was the violence escalated a bit of

a back by the police. so at that site over there days also, i think i was just, i just came from that feeling off the escalation because of these announcements because of these resignations, again, prime minister annually grossing her all the way we did it out saying that you requested an interim government, we are not so sure. i mean, he has not officially, you know, so that's, that's the situation at that sense. can you just talk us in how the demonstrations evolved throughout the day and what's been the police response to the protesters? yeah, so i mean if you, if you start at the beginning, so at the, in the morning you had, but this is from all of us, the nuns are coming into the site is now being from,

from all over the country. and at the beginning of the british a. 2 police brutality in the sense that there was a news against the super dentist that he against a was deployed. but then later on i think he would have seen the scenes i did. it was okay, bye bye. and also the president. so after that, the police response might been down for a bit, but then escalated again, the situation at the prime minister's residence when the police started fighting a gas as well as attacking and also attacking journalist guys that are. ringback we deal with this being attacked by the police, and this is one of the lead with them. okay. marlin ari, a singer in colombo, thank you very much for your time. thank you. in ukraine,

authorities are describing russian shalley and the eastern region of done yet as relentless moscow's troops are pushing their offensive off to capturing the neighboring region of lou huns. ukraine is also wanting more russian troops, i gathering for a new assault. meanwhile, ukrainian civilians are caught in the crossfire wished altura. these people are waiting to collect a pension, which even as the sound of bombardments creeps ever closer every day we are being of a k to we have nothing to go on, no pension and no place to go. we sit around and wait, team was maybe somebody will give us something job. yesterday we received humanitarian aids, a car arrived and gave us bread as well. russian forces are stepping up that offensive. and the don, yes. korean, after capturing key cities,

neighboring low hunts. meanwhile, ukrainian troops are digging in, hoping to turn the tide and push back russia's advance. but they're counting on receiving more weapons from western nations. with elizabeth, it depends on the number of weapons we will be provided with carrington. what we have is only enough to stop the russians for some time artificial mamma, but we can't throw them back yet. mortimer bring up another job, alicia rachel, for the vulgar you. greens. president bullard me. zalinski visited the front line to boost morale among the san jose. today, i work all day on the road. in upper and in the region. i was in the front lines of a defense in the juniper petrov, st. jan. i listened to the reports of the commanders and thanked the boys and girls

who hope the region looks from my home. he also hang the efforts of the troops involved in regaining control of sneak island in the black sea. a much needed when for the ukrainian side these of these next, spicer is in ukraine's capital keith, and i asked him about reports casting doubt on russia's claims of a pause in their campaign. when you're right, the attacks appear to be intensifying despite the russian high command, declaring an operational pause during which so get their fighting units back together. they're continuing the shelling to such an extent that the governor of the lou hand screech in which is now occupied by russians entirely. more or less says that the people that are living through a true hell with villages being attacked, civilians being killed in markets and such an extent that ukrainian has a government is calling all of the people to leave the area by all possible means

before the counter offensive from ukraine begins. now the weapons at the west has provided appear to be making a difference. zelinski has said so himself, we're talking particular about these american high mars mo bile rocket systems which can fire rockets, 70 kilometers, and what the ukrainians are doing is targeting what weapons depos, particularly the stacks of artillery shells that the russians are using. sometimes firing 46000 in a day in the month of june, making the russians move them back a 100 kilometers in the front line and making it much more difficult for them to continue their onslaught. and nick soleski did get, did go to see the situation in dundee, pro on friday. how important are these visits to the frontline? i think they're massively important and you know, presidents zalinski communication strategies since the beginning of the war has been one whereby he appears to be the leader every day. whether it's, you know,

with his handheld videos that he puts out on telegram or he's talking to directly into the camera as if it was a skype conversation with your family or visiting people on the front line. showing that he's not a coward. remember at the beginning he was offered a chance to leave the country and he said, i'm not leaving what i need, his weapon. so this is all part of keeping up morale. and you know, he's got 93 percent approval rating. so something appears to be working. we only hear about these visits after they taken place, of course, for operational security. because the russians set at the beginning, the beginning of the world, the ukrainians, considered the beginning of the war, that he was target number one for russia. and we are seeing a force that ukraine's ambassador gemini has been fired. and this also includes several other top foreign envoys as well. what more do you have on that? we don't really have an official explanation. there's a presidential decree, 5 ambassadors basically sacked. one of them is andrew melnick,

who was the very outspoken ambassador to germany, who badgered the german chance through olaf sholtes about the slowness of weapons deliveries. at one point, calling him a liver or sausage. he really got into hot water with the germans. however, in an interview, when he talked about stepping mendera, who was a nationalist leader during the 2nd world war here, his comments about him in an interview caused israeli government to say that he was minimizing the holocaust. and it caused the government here in ukraine to say that they dissociated themselves from his comments. they were purely personal. so not the kind of ambassador you can hold on to. and the other ambassadors, perhaps other motivations. as i said at the beginning, there's no explanation being provided, but you know, i think that might be part of the explanation. each of these next by saying, nick, thank you. well, here's a look at some of the stories that he needs around the won't. the body of hands,

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president have stormed his house and office in the capital, colombo, military sources say they had previously left the building for his own safety. public anger as go to buy a raja pox. there has been mounting during the countries unprecedented economic crisis. they're watching the of the news live from berlin coming up next is shift. looking at all the latest technology hyperlinks into the future of anything mobile. don't forget to find much more news analysis and video on a website, d, w dot com and, and for watching with every day for us and for our planet. lloyd years is on its way to bring you more conservation.