and al fernandez has more from outside a petrol station in colombo. the situation is absolutely died now in sri lanka, as you can see behind me, the cues are basically at one of the few fewer sheds that are receiving supplies. it's one run by an indian company, whereas the state petroleum viewership are not receiving any stocks for a long time. so that is an absolute desperation in every single shed that has the applies opposition. groups in sudan have met to respond to the military, the management that it's stepping aside. the military rule is said politicians and civilian groups should start talks on forming a transitional government. lease in the us have detained a man in connection with the shooting at a 4th of july parade. in chicago, 6 people were killed and more than 30 others injured. when a government opened fire from a rooftop palestinian officials have rejected the findings of a u. s. investigation into the killing of al jazeera journalist reign of who actually in the us state department says it's likely she was killed by unintentional gun

and al fernandez reports from colombo, who testers, warbler, and key political landmarks on saturday. say they're staying till the president and prime minister resign. thousands of others are streaming in to visit the official residences. and this property, the presidential secretariat. we need a new system. we need a new governance. we need new prob unit proper leaders. so it would heavier to change that and to bring this notion of a country to a stable position via until we are fighting under the, in that in seems close. but for testers and not leaving, they're angry and fed up with having to spend days in cues and to find the money to buy a centers which have increased $3.00 to $5.00 times in price. present good of the raj boxes says he will resign on wednesday. political parties and parliament will elect a new president a week later, i'm going to read about our loan. i need the young. a government has to function according to the law. i'm here to protect the constitution and through it fulfilled the people's demands. what we need to day is an old policy government, and we will tak

the sri lankan people hope that their wishes will be respected when the choice is made. men of fernandez al jazeera colombo, the indian reappears, had an all time low against the us dollar, not feeling fears of worsening inflation. at a time when many people are already struggling to make ends meet poverty, mental has more from new tele traders and consumers will be paying a lot more for basic necessities. the ruby has plunged to its lowest levels, touching it t to the dollar for the 1st time. the biggest concern is the impact this could have on fuel prices, in dime ports, most of its fuel. and we know that fuel prices impact prices of almost everything else. now this comes at a time when the economy is still struggling to recover from the pandemic, and millions of people of barely getting by definitely inflation. there is no control. and off lately, even because of this sir, the valuation of there will be traveling as become the be the reverse. they've got down their expenditures on things that they are bringing or leave already. they selective items, prices for food health can travel are

al jazeera, mal fernandez, live in colombo, but how many facts? protested in eastern democratic republic of congo of attack, the un mission in north keyvi province. at least one person was shot when police dispersed the crowd in coma. demonstrates to say that un peacekeepers have to leave because they haven't protected them from violence. on to serious catherine soil reports. this is what remains of a un logistics base. it goma enough cuba province. oh, thousands of comedies, protested, chanted auntie un slogans demanding the peacekeeping mission. leave the country through storms looted, office equipment, and other material. oh, even the peacekeepers station in sight and local police could not control the crowd as beneficial. some people are dying every day in the nose, in benny and into the province. in the presence of monasco, the peacekeepers have said they are able to keep people safe to ensure the continued implement. the deputy spokesman for the un mission says everything is being done to minimize disruption to its work. of the mission is ac

a secret ballot is expected to be held on wednesday when al fernandez has more from colombo. on wednesday, parliamentarians will choose a successor to go tobey roger boxer who fled the country and resigned amid massive public protests as the vote approaches. the deal making is intense guttural, dallas, alabama, with the opposition leader pulled out of the race and proposed former government minister, dallas, alabama, among the chairman of the roger boxes, s o p. p party. second, the name ronnie luke armstrong. i'm a little margaret, nama oswick on physical, another senior said, p. p. member proposed drawn as the grimacing of for the post. and then the 2nd thing was this man who had been a vociferous critic, vicar missing her, has been premier 6 times, and he's now the acting president. he's a familiar figure, but not a popular one. seen as a protector of the roger boxers, he's likely to have their support. this man is his main challenger, dallas, alabama, a senior politician, sidelined by the roger pox, a brothers he 1st entered parliament in 1994. a few years later, he said

i'm sure my now you'll be there to, to the firm those lines when we cam and al fernandez, live for us in columbia. thank you. now sir lanka is in the middle of a serious economic crisis. it's run out of foreign currency and doesn't have enough to pay for imports. part of the problem is a lack of visitors. tourism is a crucial source of foreign currency, but truism. revenues dropped dramatically after the 2019 easter bombing. and the coven 19 pandemic president. go to buy a raja parks that has been accused of economic mismanagement. a series of tax cuts contributed to creditors downgrading fil anchors rating. and then last april, roger packs are banned. fertilizer in ports sanks were lanka would be a 100 percent organic, a 100 percent organic farming nation. and that affected agricultural production, driving up through prices and fueling the need for imports were w a re g. rodonna is an independent economic analysts and the former deputy governor of the central bank of sri lanka, he says there are proposals for the speaker of the parliament to be appointed interim president. well in se

when al fernandez has more from colombo, the reports indicate that the president go to albert roger parker has told the speaker of polymer that he will step down and resign on the 13th of this month. that's basically a few days from now, 4 days from what we're hearing. i've spoken to a couple of sources around the story. and they said this may be to take in the kind of transition in terms of a transfer of power to put into place. you know what happens after his exit, but other observers also say it might be to kind of laid the groundwork to ensure that it's as painless and exit as possible. doesn't approach as to being held across the u. s. by abortion rights activists die in washington d. c civil rights groups and we're going to organize the march and sit in at the white house calling on jo biden's administration to do more to protect abortion access in the wake of the supreme court decision 2 weeks ago. to overturn the roe v wade ruling poles of opened in japan's upper house elections. hours after the body of former prime minister. she's obey arrived in tokyo, japan's longest having prim

when al fernandez has more from colombo, the reports indicate that the president got over roger parker has told the speak of parliament that he will step down and resign on the 13th of this month. that's basically a few days from now, 4 days from what we're hearing. i've spoken to a couple of sources around the story. and they said this may be to take in the kind of transition in terms of transfer of power to put into place. you know what happens after his exit, but other observers also say it might be to kind of laid the groundwork to ensure that it's as painless and exit as possible. doesn't a protest to being held across the u. s. by abortion rights activists die in washington d. c, civil rights groups immunized the march and a citizen at the white house. according on joe biden's administration to do more to protect abortion access in the wake of the supreme court decision 2 weeks ago. to overturn the roe v wade routing and purchase or taking place in argentina. as a wave of discontent sweeps across the country, left wing activists are angry at the government's economic policies and

when al fernandez has more from colombo, the sheer number of people trying to get in to see the president browse is pausing a real problem. those who are part of the protest campaign who are still trying to control some of the crowds are urging people to be careful, very structural damage, obviously a very all property and just cannot handle. the sheer numbers are climbing up the staircase. there has been structural issues, so that's causing a very real problem and the danger. so the africans president has condemned to 3 separate shootings that killed at least $21.00 people. the worst incident was in a bar, and johanna's bags, biggest townships to wetter, where 15 people were shot dead. to run pros described the killings as unacceptable and worrying people in serious last rebel held enclave. an idiot, province are about to lose access to vital aid. after the un security council failed to authorize deliveries for another year, last week russia veto to resolution extending the shipments. japan's ruling party and its coalition partner have one and 2 thirds majority in the upper house of parl

but al fernandez is in colombo and she says the declaration has come as a surprise to many people in the capital. one can only speculate at this stage because there's been no official line from the government. i did speak to so says at the prime minister's office, the acting president, run a victim a singer in fact, to confirm that gazette that had been issued proclaiming that state of emergency. now people are very much taken. 5 by surprise, not just people on the streets who are just digesting information, this information. but even officials are there are a few. i spoke to one particularly senior official, who should have been in the know a part of the sort of police mechanism who said, i'm trying to check the guys that i didn't have the gas it ukraine's president look, abuse. zalinski is sacked, his prosecutor general, and the chief of state intelligence, the president says 60 officials from that agencies are working against ukraine in russian occupied areas and investigation into the responds to the school shooting in ovalo, texas says police made poor decisions and the $400.00

and al fernandez has more from colombia the sheer number of people trying to get in to see the residents house is posing a real problem. those who are part of the process campaign who are still trying to control some of the crowds are urging people to be careful. there is structural damage, obviously, a very all property and just cannot handle. the sheer numbers are climbing up the staircase. there has been structural issues, so that's causing a very real problem and the danger people in serious last rebel held enclave an in live province have lost access to vital aid. after the un security council failed to authorize deliveries for another year. on friday, rush a veto to resolution extending those shipments. so the african president has condemned 3 separate shootings that killed at least $21.00 people. the west incident was in a bar and johanna's bags. biggest townships, a wetter where 15 people were shot dead. subtle ram opposed, described the killings as unacceptable and worrying japan's ruling party and its coalition partner have won a 2 thirds majority in the upper house of parliame

and al fernandez has moved from columbus. he only returned to parliament uh through the sort of back door because the of the one national list, which is a very technical allocation of one parliamentary seed to the, to his party was given to the party and run in a vic grimacing assume that seed. so it's not as if he has a public mandate, and even when president go toby, a roger boxer with that huge public outcry and his brother, my him, the roger pops a, a resigned. and he brought in, running a bit promising a. there was a massive outright because people said this man has no credibility that he has no legitimacy to abide in a set to arrive in israel and the next few hours on his 1st visit as us president. the white house wants to improve israeli saudi relations. but it is expected to face questions about the killing of serene a block li. tanya's military has condemned the presence of a u. s. destroyer in an area of the south china sea that it claims as its own. beijing said the u. s. s. penfold pass me the parasol islands whic

when al fernandez reports now from the capital columbia. on sunday, relatives. com returned to sri lanka protested remained and the president official residence making use of facilities normally reserved for the countries elite. a real carnival atmosphere here at the presidents, official residents. the great facade you see behind me, you notice the architecture, it goes back many, many decades. and this was the sight of that massive sea of people who overran this property. seeing the exit of president go to obey raj boxer on friday. and the sheer number of people trying to get in to see the president's house is posing a real problem. those who are part of the protest campaign who are still trying to control some of the crowds are urging people to be careful. there is structural damage, obviously a very all property and just cannot handle. the sheer numbers are climbing up the staircase that has been structurally shoes. so that's posing a very real problem and the danger. and this obviously the swimming pool at the president's house on the w

and al fernandez has moved around in your day to day activities have become a challenge. i mean, if you just look around where i'm at, it's one of the few petro stations in colombo, you can see there are 3 cues here. of motor bikes are cars and reveal attacks is on the far end and these.

because the government is running out of foreign currency and can't afford to pay for imports. men al fernandez has more from colombo motors like mr. pardon either a not drudge or that i've been speaking to have been waiting here for hours. he spent 10 hours so far and he has yet to get his fuel. the government has claimed that it is getting more supplies, and this means that they brought in a new system of people registering, being assigned a q r cord. and depending on the last digit of their vehicle, then being able to come on a particular day and get their fuel. but this doesn't mean that all is smooth as yet. as you can see behind me, there's a huge q or with the military, also helping out to ensure that things happen smoothly. we're ready to work with anyone to come out of this economic situation. but it looked like that we're putting of a, be out in the queue for every day, and we are wasting our not only the time, it's not be a productive deal, freeland goods, every individual we are resting or down when we are not doing anything to come out of this earth had risen than it is sad to see

new shipment arrived, motorists and colombo awaiting at long queues to fill up the vehicles and al fernandez reports from colombo, the fuel, our supplies are coming through a little more than they were a few weeks ago when people were waiting in queues for days and days, some stories like horror stories of people waiting up to 10 days and still, you know, running out of the pump, running out of fuel when they came to that turn. either the gentleman, if you look over my shoulder further down in it's a diesel vehicle, a sort of a container carrier. he's been in that queue or he's got to where he goes there. $26.00 days, thailand's prime minister, prior john archer and 10 of his ministers have survived a no confidence vote. opposition parties accused the government of ethics violations. iraq's parliament is holding a special session in response to an artillery attack on witness day that killed 8 tourists. iraq blames turkey, but anchor says the terrorists are responsible. at least 20 people have died in flash floods in iran southern fars province, according to local reports. teams of rescued do

president's home, say they will not stop until both he and his brother, the prime minister, resign and al fernandez, was there a real carnival atmosphere here at the president's official residence, the great facade you see behind me, you notice the architecture, it goes back many, many decades. and this was the sight of that massive sea of people who overran this property. seeing the exit of president go top a roger boxer on friday. now obviously he has to resign officially, but for the protest movement that called for him to step down. this has been a victory. and for more sher lumpkins that are here, they said they're not going to lose an opportunity to see how their leaders lived. this is our next money. so i'm here because of the out. so what kind of things been done for our tax money? that's actually what i'm yeah, this is the maximum. so wanted to just so to understand the part of people and the sheer number of people trying to get in to see the president's house is posing a real problem. those who are part of the protest campaign who are still trying to control some of the crowds are urging

but al, fernandez, zen colombo, with the latest on roger pac says resignation letter. it will have to go through a very stringent verification process. is what the speaker's office says. that will involve ensuring and making sure that it is what it purports to be. the original resignation document of resident got up a roger boxer, obviously a bit earlier in the day we heard that the president had flown from the mold is to sing a pole. but here at the protest ground 0, you can probably hear all the sort of speeches and some of the sound from behind. a lot of those speech is still a sort of reacting to that news alert that the resignation has come. so a lot of a sort of silly brain tree kind of speeches, but by far and large there's no a sort of strict curfew, even though we were told that it was imposed till tomorrow morning. so people are going on with things. a one concern is that we were told that outside the presidential secretariat for a few hours has been a number of buses full of military personnel on some with right. yes, some with battens. and that's a bit of a

and al fernandez is in colombo, the scenes outside this central station and at fuel sheds around the country is an example of the complete chaos caused by the economic crisis in sri lanka. i mean, just at this federal shed, queues have known to sneak more than 10 kilometers around for people waiting for fuel. it's impacted not just personal vehicle users. it's taxi cabs, it's the industrial because it's essentially services. it's every one that is really struggling to get on with their day to day lives. it's about me getting back and forth to work mostly been walking for days and days on end. this is my 3rd printer queue. oh, i've never seen one this long before. never stayed this one before, not eaten, not drunk properly. so it's very stressful. and people finding a day to day living like this q that you see are the 3 wheelers. it just sneaks around and round before it actually gets to the bedroom at these people just get 5 liters of fuel sometimes waiting as long as 7 days for that. and then musk you again so that they want what they want is a system that allows them to get on with

on friday, an ally of the former president was appointed prime minister, and al fernandez has worn out from columbia, where some protest has remained camped out there. the irony is that not just finished good northern as prime minister, but a little while later we also had the new president swearing in his cabinet. and almost every single face is the same, ah, save on one particular individual ali subway, who has sworn in as a foreign minister. now, most of obviously the cabinet then are being elected being selected by the raj boxes. and even the new foreign minister happened to be, the justice minister undergo toby roger boxer, and many reports indicate that he was on. it was also his personal lawyer. so for protest, as i don't know, as you can see, many of them behind me it's, it's quite dark now here in colombo. but there is still a clutch of protestors who are alongside the barricade, which kind of closes off the president's office. and that's what such a massive crackdown was deployed for this morning. i mean what this says, they don't want the same will same. all. they want a sor

and al fernandez has moved around in your day to day activities have become a challenge. i mean if you just look around where i'm at, it's one of the few petrol stations in colombo, you can see there are 3 cues here. of motor bikes are cars and 3 wheeler taxes on the far end. and these are all people who've been waiting. i said to leave for days . i just spoke to one lady who just drove off after having been given 14 liters, just 40 liters. after waiting since sunday, she was completely disgusted. she said, what can i do after this long? i have so much to get done. opposition groups in sudan have met to to respond to the military's announcement that it stepping aside the military rulers, said politicians and civilian groups should start talks on forming a transitional government and promised to stay out of discussions. police in the us have detained a man in connection with a shooting add a 4th of july parade in chicago. 6 people were killed and more than 30 injured when a gunman opened fire from a roof. palestinian officials have criticize the findings of a u. s. investi

when al fernandez has the latest from the lumber. given the sort of crucial days that we're heading into, it's quite obvious that acting present ronald vicar, missing her, is kind of arming himself with as many tools as possible to deal with the obvious expected backlash of from protesters. i mean for months on end, we had the campaign, a go to go home campaign, obviously, to see the exit of the man who occupied the building behind me, the presidential secretariat that was present, gotta be roger boxer. ultimately, when he didn't go a heating all those protests for months and months, hundreds of thousands of people are essentially converged on the presidential palace and of the, overran the palace, forcing him to beat a hasty exit, flee the country on a military flight. so i ran over grimacing obviously wants the military and the police to have as many tools as possible to stop this kind of protest. and essentially also have them stifle dissent. i detain people stop gatherings and things like that. ahead of that crucial election of t

and al fernandez has more from a petrol station in colombo. the situation is absolutely dire now in sri lanka, as you can see behind me, the cues are basically at one of the few fewer sheds that are receiving supplies. it's one run by an indian company, whereas the state petroleum, fewer sheds, are not receiving any stocks for a long time. so there is an absolute desperation in every single shed that has supplies, opposition, groups in sudan have met to respond to the military's announcement that it's stepping aside. the military rulers said politicians and civilian groups should start talks on forming a transitional government. police in the us have detained a man in connection where they're shooting at a 4th of july parade in chicago. 6 people were killed and more than 30 others injured when a gunman opened fire from a roof, tom palestinian officials have rejected the findings of the u. s. investigation into the killing of al jazeera, jenna sharina. abby. the us state department says it's likely she was killed by an i unintentional gunfire f

and al fernandez has more from a petrol station in colombo. the situation is absolutely dire now in sri lanka, as you can see behind me. the cues are basically at one.

when al fernandez brings us the story now from colombo . back to school, at least for now, she lumped his new president runner become a singer and his government. want to sure things are returning to normal. schools have been asked to start on site lessons 3 days a week. the other day students are taught online. but many seed, the fuel shortage and economic crisis are still a major obstacle that am at the aggression at diekama montana. this i faced a lot of hardships due to the fuel crisis and the mother and a teacher. and i had to queue for 2 days to get fuel cleaner. the we have to wait 30 to 40 minutes for a 3 wheeler tactfully. and even if we get one, we are helpless with unfair charges to day i paid double the usual fare. the head of shall, anchors, teacher's union told al jazeera, its members are also having transport issues. here the government to declare education and the central service, giving it the priority. it deserves parcel road. del ladiva schools were closed because there was no fuel even today. that's the situation with en

months now against governments handling in the countries west economic crisis in 70 years. men al fernandez, brings us more from colombo. and what you see behind me are basically religious tut chance are invoking blessings on full buddhist monks who have decided to launch a fast on to the death. this is until such time present roger parker steps down. now the buddhist monks that you see around me essentially have come together. they represent all the different groups of the buddhist clergy. here in sri lanka, they have been basically agitating one week ago they rode to present got our bay rodger boxer, presenting a series of proposals. they said that they put him on notice that if our these steps weren't implemented in one week that they would come in to colombo and basically stage or sit in and not move until he leaves. they said the roger pox of family has single handedly destroyed this country doing even worse than the leader of the tamil tigers that the government was battling for over 26 years. they say that even though the president, when he took all, talked about the support of the b

and colombo. hundreds of heavily armed soldiers of police assaulted members of the public when al fernandez reports from colombo. an uneasy cecil synch elonka on friday evening. very different to the chaos of the morning. hundreds of military personnel and police commanders surrounded and to go from protest as who had camped outside the president's office. the 105 days i mobile seemed footage was night streamed by. those who were barricaded in and attacked 1000 all sergeant emanuel deli, a facebook, with sandy's toys, tomei, t. sams, angles, teens, and take over the place. i nod animals there for discursive footages. they are badly injured and some of them have stood annual joy, a 1000 as good and 19 president lisa collared, and he took cowardly action against the face. with a condemnation of the government's actions was harsh and swift. bobby, that run ill, you are not too big for us. after taken the oath as president, you started with oppression. you started by warning, the people mom and we will respond to your oppression, your threats, and your thugs, peacefully and democratically. well

i'll just do as my al fernandez reports from columbo. the key issue is for the students to get to and from school as well as the teachers. now i did speak to the head of the transport association of vegas that bring lots of these kids to school. and what they were saying was, you know, this issue of queueing up for fuel is dont practical for them. they can't spend either 10 hours or overnight in a queue and then have to ferry kids up and down the next day. one, it's dangerous but to it's just hugely time consuming. and for many of the kids, this is a real challenge in getting them to school like the school behind me right now. obviously a, one lot of the younger kids have left. the next ones finish in a little bit and even speaking to parents out here, they keep talking about how difficult things are in addition to that, obviously fuel charges have shot through the roof. so kids who came in school vans are very close. now sometimes i having no choice but to opt to buses, sometimes run by the public transport. but even that when you have

hope comes as a food and fuel crisis, intensifiers and inflation heads towards 60 percent. men al fernandez reports desperate times for j ratner and hundreds of thousands of sri lankan ah, the prices of feed and fuel increasing and severe shortages. the dairy farmer is wondering how to continue the inductor maker and for long again than name. i don't think it's possible to go on because when you look at the cost of animal feed and the price of a bottle of milk, it's not doable. ultimately, the person who makes a profit is the butcher, because the animals and other government, the government says shall anchor is bankrupt. this means there's no money for food medicine, fuel and cooking gas. this food delivery rider has told us he spends more time in cues than he does working yesterday i was wrote, do the do for 14 hours to get really to spectrum. so i was really just little i can work for just 6 or $8.00. one, which means it is very difficult to so like, and out of the semen. colombo waited 4 days to get enough fuel to shoot this story . now the fuel is arrived, but he will take another hour

al fernandez, brings us more now from colombo. despite the seeming chaos and free for all. or you can see that there are still certain structures and systems that are in place. if you just look behind me, the line of a military personnel guarding entrance to the presidential secretary. obviously, a certain section of it that takes you to certain officers and things like that. this is very different to the steps that takes you to a different section. obviously, which people are being allowed a little bit of freedom to go explore. we need a new system, we need a new governance muted new prov. you new proper leaders. so to deliver, to change that, and to bring this mission of a country disturbed position via onto the avia fighting on to the end. and this is where the protest all are started in terms of the go to go campaign. it was a campaign to see the exit of president go to albert roger boxer for 3 months just down the road. they set up camp and they stayed there. and just a few days ago, this offers the president's office was over on now, as you can see, all around me, the

and al fernandez has more from a petrol station in colombo. the situation is absolutely dire now in sri lanka, as you can see behind me, the cues are basically at one of the few fewer sheds that are receiving supplies. it's one run by an indian company, whereas the state petroleum fuel ship are not receiving any stocks for a long time. so there is an absolute desperation in every single shed that has applies palestinian officials have rejected the findings of u. s. investigation into the killing of al jazeera, jealous, sharina, abu o'clock. the us state department says it's likely she was killed by unintentional gunfire from israeli positions, but did not off for clarity on how they reached that conclusion. a meeting of 40 countries and organizations in switzerland has a grade on the priorities for the reconstruction of ukraine. once the war is over, its prime minister has put the cost of rebuilding at $3.00 quarters of a trillion dollars. nato has signed off on the accession and protocols for sweden and finland. the nordic countries have been

but al fernandez has more on the phone from columbo they had vowed to come to colombo to sit in just their president and basically need to go. now he has been forced to feed that visual residence. hearing that we don't know where he has been exactly had to do and in the meantime, but also had him that the prime minister, as now cause for a special lead, a conference and to parliament to be someone. but even some of the, the sampling official residents. and that's the extent to which people have sort of over on that official residence, an old and history property. but people are just living into this pens up emotion where they absolutely fed up without food. we gas about you, i'm saying you know enough, we want our futures back. ilang mosque was concerned that he's terminating his $44000000000.00 takeover of twitter. the tesla c o legal team since the company breached the deal. but twitter says that it will su, mosque to enforce the agreement. he was secretary of state antony blinkin says that he's laid out america's concerns of a freedoms in taiwan to china's foreign minister wang ie

but al fernandez is more from colombo, the shank and people have literally been sort of spellbound listening to you know, the travels of go to a very large box trying to get to one military base to an airport to mrs flights because immigration officers refuse to put stab his passport, so all of these things with the sort of web closing in and getting increasingly desperate. and the latest now we're hearing is in the last hour or 2. basically he bordered in 32 military flight that has also been confirmed to have arrived in the board of carrying the president, his wife, one military brigadier, who over here is a body guard and at least and one of the male passenger, the latest hearing of the us house committee investigating the january 6th insurrection has focused on an oval office meeting, described as unhinged during tuesday session. republican representatives cheney also directly accused form of president donald trump, of witness tampering congressional investigators are seeking draw connections between trumps associates and right wing groups who stormed the capital in an effort to keep tru

and al fernandez is at a petrol station in colombo, where many people have been queuing there for days. the situation is absolutely dire now in sri lanka, as you can see behind me, the cues are basically at one of the few fuel sheds that are receiving supplies. it's one run by an indian company, whereas the state petroleum, fuel sheds, are not receiving any stocks for a long time. so there is an absolute desperation in every single shed that has supplies. if it going to show you are and you look over my shoulder, far down are literally down the hill. and as far as the i can see you have are essentially this q. it's 3 concurrent lines. motor bikes, cars and 3. villa tax is now for people. this is about them finding their day to day income for many of them. and they have seen that they spend entire days and sometimes like for the taxes or you know, one days worth of fuel just gives them a couple of hours worked. and then they're back again for goodness knows how long. so people are desperate, they're angry and it's really beginning to reflect in terms of every single family in terms of t

and al fernandez reports from colombo. a daily battle is being fought by more. she lengthens the battle to make ends meet. prices are rising so fast, many a wondering how they will feed their families. i am working now word. they said it is not enough, was, was there all the exam been gone? not with alan lang, a demon rice is a to high usually are by 500 grams of each vegetable. now it's just 250 grams. unsustainable debt reduced to it is m income and mismanagement, and corruption by the government has created shall anchors, worst economic crisis in memory. the shortage of fuel is only adding to the misery . these are roughly the gallery. it is difficult with the diesel problems. things are more expensive because of this, so they are less people shopping because many are still in fuel, cures shavon. so the bridge to boys don't sell and we have to throw them away with food. so expensive people are being forced to compromise. the quantity has come down that money bought so and even the quality wise by the cheaper stuff than the expense you pensioners are badly aff

and al fernandez, is that a petrol station in colombo? the situation is absolutely dire now in shalanda, as you can see behind me, the cues are basically at one of the few fuel sheds that are receiving supplies. it's one run by an indian company, whereas the state petroleum, fuel sheds, are not receiving any stocks for a long time. so that is an absolute desperation in every single shed that has supplies. if you're going to show you are and you look over my shoulder far down literally down the hill. and as far as the i can see, you have a centrally this q. it's 3 concurrent lines, motor bikes, cars and 3, la taxes. now for people at this is about them finding their day to day income for many of them. and they have seen that they spend entire days and sometimes like for the tax is, or you know, one days worth of fuel just gives them a couple of hours worked. and then they're back again for goodness knows how long. so people are desperate, they're angry and it's really beginning to reflect in terms of every single family in terms of the foo

with al fernandez is in colombo with the latest on roger pox. his resignation letter it will have to go through a very stringent verification process. is what the speaker's office says. that will involve ensuring and making sure that it is what it purports to be. the original resignation document of resident got arbitrage boxer, obviously, a bit earlier in the day we heard that the president had flown from the motives to sing a pull. but here at the protest ground 0, you can probably hear all the sort of speeches and some of the sound from behind. a lot of those features still are sort of reacting to that news alert that the resignation has come. so a lot of a sort of silly brain tree kind of speeches, but by far and large there's no a sort of strict curfew, even though we were told that it was imposed tomorrow morning. so people are going on with things. a one concern is that we were told that outside the presidential secretariat for a few hours has been a number of buses full of military personnel. i'm some with right? yes, some with battens.

but al fernandez is in colombo with more. the reports indicate that the president got up, roger parker has told the speak of parliament that he will step down and resign on the 13th of this month. that's basically a few days from now. 4 days are from what we're hearing. i've spoken to a couple of sources around the story and they said this may be to take in the kind of transition or in terms of transfer of power to put into place. you know, what happens after his exit. but other observers also say it might be to kind of laid the groundwork to ensure that it's as painless and exit as possible. essentially, it will see the back of the last of the raj boxes holding power. but it's, it's been a sort of a family that has been bouncing back, i with a whole bunch of different fortunes over the recent years. and in fact, if indeed present got arbitrage, epoxy resigns, as reports indicate, he says he will on the 14th on the 13th of july. then by default, if nothing else changes. politically, it would mean that the prime minister run o

of sb now for a full unfortunately, we seem to have some problems with the audio with them and al fernandez there. so we'll come away from that. so for the time being and move on by bringing in your hand perrera, who is executive director of the national peace counsellors for lanka, and economists for the islands newspaper. he joins us sir, via skype from colombo, welcome to the news hour. so how do we go about choosing a next leader and next leadership that isn't tainted by what's gone before? yes, i mean i like to comment done what i was trying to say because my own office driver, he was in the line for 3 days continuously sleeping over 1000 used vehicles because he didn't want to need the vehicle. and then he got, he got at gross, got 14 liters a ball having stayed overnight 3 days. and it's hardly anything that's going to run out. but that shows the amount of tests and anger in our society at the moment. while these presidential elections are going to be conducted within parliament, there are a number of candidates and the ruling party has apparently, people talk about the acting presid

a critic say it's a ploy to squash dissent and remain in power and al fernandez reports. i'm columbus . i 1st it was president gotta be roger boxer. now, protestors want his replacement gone outside the country central railway station. they demonstrated calling for acting, president, running vicar, missing her to resign. there was a broad the right button. you want to say, i got the right about rudo history. we want to or you want to hear god, the roger barbara bribery and also corruption. weaker, missing her was voted out of parliament. at the last general elections, he returned as an mp with a single seat allocated to his party. on wednesday parliament will choose the successor to go to obey raj boxer the raja pucks a party. the s o p p has said to a back vicar, missing her burial, tried to bring oh roger boxes, our daughter laura rog, a bunch of last really become a resident. that's why we are both running dawn, dawn dryer or ring granny. latter buzzard, i'm it will be a big, big, big them osler's on in the country. such warnings prompted vicar missing, had to declare

when al fernandez says more from colombo, the kind of protest you're seeing behind me is the increasing sort of voices was about ronald vicar missing his candidacy. and there's a lot of opposition to that in parliament today. we saw that form a process where nominations were handed over to the secretary general of parliament . now there were 4 that were named and expected, but just before the nominations were handed over, we heard that the opposition leader was withdrawing from the rest. the reason he said was that he and his party, the s g b, had decided to support the candidacy of dallas, alabama. alabama is basically a fairly senior politician, part of the sort of parent party that then evolved into the roger box that kind of faction lead s l p. p. a dallas? i'm sort of was sideline due to the time of the roger buck says he's, he's not obviously as the cat is magic as mine, that i did park so as forceful. but he does have a silent support. what we're hearing from the sergeant ray mendoza. cam is that the reason for him withdrawing is that there is an agreement that has been reached b

i want to go to men al fernandez. she joins us now from colombo and a min out. we had heard the former prime minister now president ronald with chromos, singer vowing to crack down on what he described as troublemakers. what is happening there? now, there are hundreds of military personnel and special task force commanders of the police who have fanned out across the proto site. now from protest, who i've spoken to literally in the last few minutes. the concern is that the sheer numbers of the military has given concern as to either them being cleared violently or otherwise. now what they have started doing is they have put up barre. kids of this is securing the president's office of the presidential 2nd david, which has been the scene of the protest for months and months now. and this is where they have started the sort of advance march from they have dismantled and broken up some of those things that the protests have been using. but right now, there seems to be a sort of a stand off if you like, a sort of a $30.00 to $50.00 me to distance between the massive

and al fernandez reports from colombo. i 1st it was present, gotta be roger boxer. now protestors want his replacement gone outside the country, central railway station. they demonstrated calling for acting, president running vicar, missing her to resign. why does he plan to come? nothing else. there was a brother roger button. he won't believe that the rider bug rudo history. we want to or you want to hear god, the roger boxes are a bribery and also corruption. i know that that's why render the bill you're gonna want to come to the roller weaker, missing have is voted out of parliament at the last general elections. he returned as an mp with a single seat allocated to his party. on wednesday, parliament will choose a successor to go to obey roger boxer the roger pox a party, the a c p. p. has said it will back vicar missing her there. how hon. wrangler interfered, they will try to bring home roger box robert bar. roger, bunch of last will become a resident. that's why we are both lanelle dawn, dawn. try to bring granny latter brussard. i'm. it will be a big, big, b

blamed for economic mismanagement, which has left the country shorter food, fuel and medicine, and al fernandez reports from colombo. on sunday, relatives. com returned to shanker protests as remained and the president official residence making use of facilities normally reserved for the countries in the arena . carnival atmosphere here at the presidents, official residents. the great facade you see behind me, you notice the architecture. it goes back many, many decades. and this was the sight of that massive sea of people who overran this property. seeing the exit of president go to obey roger boxer on friday. and the sheer number of people trying to get in to see the president's house is posing a real problem. those who are part of the protest campaign who are still trying to control some of the crowds are urging people to be careful. there is structural damage, obviously a very all property and just cannot handle. the sheer numbers are climbing up the staircase. there has been structural issues. so that's posing a very real problem and the danger. and this obviously the swimming pool at the

when al fernandez has more from colombo back to school, at least for now to london, new president runner become a singer and his government. want to sure things are returning to normal. schools have been asked to start on site lessons 3 days a week. the other day students are taught online, but many said the fuel shortage and economic crisis are still a major obstacle that i'm at the aggression at diekama tay hannon. this i faced a lot of hardships due to the fuel crisis and my mother and a teacher, and i had to queue for 2 days to get fuel cleaner. the we have to wait 30 to 40 minutes for a 3 wheeler tax slip. and even if we get one, we are helpless with unfair charges to day i paid double the usual fare. the head of shall, anchors, teacher's union told al jazeera, its members are also having transport issues. here the government to declare education, an essential service, giving it the priority. it deserves. parcel road del ladiva schools were closed because there was no fuel even today. that's the situation with endless accuse will r as a trade union, we don't want schools to stay clo