i'm re to cima in the for like, and capital colombo. thank you so much. sports now and germany are through the semi finals. if you are 2022, after bidding austria to nil, gemini kept their composure in fiercely contested game in london. this for the 1st half. and right at the end to seal a meeting with either france or the netherlands. players was like amber contribute to like jimmy icon, eva 0. 1 of our own icons, mac made us from de w sports. is he the tell us more mark, a good win for jim? yes indeed. i mean, it was typical germany in this tournament. it was very clinical not a lot of floor flare, but got the job done. leaning goals gotten the 1st half and, and captain alexandra pop right at the end. they were surprised, actually, austria, quite unheralded. but it was quite a tough games and quite juicy tackles. there obviously was a bit of a darby feel given that the austrian speak german and quite a lot of the austrian players play in the german league. but they, they got it done in the end. so germany weren't among the favorites when we were talking

she joins me from the show. lincoln, capital, colombo and rita, can you tell me more about these rights on the protest? and i entered it. we had a very dramatic development overnight. here in the heart of colombo, i'm standing at the presidential secretary advance been reporting for the last few days. and this was the hub of protests, and this was in fact, the last bastion of protests when people had occupied the front of the presidential secretary. but this was overnight, the situation changed. we have in fact a tank a going pass right now. this you see the see now with yesterday i was showing you posters up there, thing, run you go home. there were people, mitre lankin facts and protested sitting on the steps. they're all that has changed . this is what it looks like now. and the scene changed actually, in the late hours of the night, police and the army suddenly appeared here in huge numbers, truckloads of soldiers got up. this is a situation now that you see truck loads of soldiers were here, armored personnel carriers were deploy just out there. and you had police commanders and th

from the capital, colombo, our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan now reports. barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, but the crowds were more determined. and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he had already escaped. in extraordinary scenes on a tumultuous day for sri lanka, the protesters then cooled off in the president's pool after all the privations in this country's crisis, clearly relishing this moment. you can just make out a four—poster bed as the crowds enjoy the inside of his home, too, and his bathroom. this was president gotabaya rajapaksa in 2020, campaigning during parliamentary elections. his family are accused by many of catastrophic economic mismanagement. protests have been going on for weeks, but today marks a dramatic escalation. trans

you're using sri lanka, capital colombo, aliya. she sent us this update on the reaction to the news off the president stepping down when i'm getting mixed reaction, but not in the way that you would expect the i think that they're very happy that go to better to book that design. but also they're very sad that a defeat looking at the state of the country, the situation in which he has lived. but thank you for they know that it's going to take a long time for the video for the country to come back to normal. think anonymously, politically, but the, i'll be happy. this is the one 5th period. the mean what it might look for the boss or 3 months for the predictive bid road with m p to live evening. but i soon as the news came in, the 100 the projects of year, they're 100 the demonstrators yoga celebrating bethany song. they're walking up and down the road, playing jump in and jump and singing songs and celebrating medic, letting them either victory or their people whom manero chantry and columbus rely. could they well to easily now, wh

he w. minear chaudhry was at the scene in the sri lankan capital colombo. well, yes, i'm right on the same street where the prime minister's office is located. it just coming from there. they are all over the place. there are hundreds of people inside the premise of the prime minister's office. they're cheering their reasons. logan's, they're raving the plague of felucca. they are sitting on the roof of the prime minister's office with their finally managed to force their way in sight that been too long. gone to columbia multiple times and every time of thumb, the situation has gotten worse. we have seen roles and hues of people outside a few stations outside looking gas station. they're not able to get anything. the prices of the medicine that short up the ambulance services have announced that they've gone to cater to every area because they're also out to fuel. so the crisis has only declined, but the thing is that economic crisis will not be stabilized till the time the country finds some, some stability in the politics in the government. but that is wh

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

south asia bureau chief, joining us with the view from the sri lankan capital colombo. let's look at some other stories making headlines around the world. floods triggered by torrential rain, have killed at least 12 people in the south are for profits of sudan. at least 100 houses in camps for displaced, people are damaged or destroyed. the united nations refugee agency is coordinating 8 efforts french president. emanuel mach wrong, has been leading commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the round up of jewish residence during the nazi occupation. the 1942 french police carried out german orders to arrest some 13000 people. many were later deported to nazi death camps. serbia's foreign ministry has criticized croatia for refusing to allow the serbian president alexander voltage to visit a world war 2 concentration camp. pro nazi authorities killed tens of thousands of serbs at the janice and novak camps ought to be. 3 people had been killed. 2 others wounded in a mass shooting in the us state of indiana. the gunman opened fire in a shopping mall before caleb being k

in history. langkow dozens are injured as security forces clear, the main protest kept in the capital colombo, tensions remain high after the countries foreign. a new president with close ties to the nations ousted former leader. also coming up. italy enters a new period of political instability. the president dissolves parliament, paving the way for early elections, and follows the reservation of prime minister at mario druggie. off to his national years, he government collapsed. and you as president joe biden tests positive for coven 19th. the white house says he's experiencing mild symptoms and will continue to carry out his duties. ah, hello, then i'm really mohammed so long can security forces have cleared a protest camp in the capital colombo, it was the base of the anti government protests for over 3 months. the crackdown comes off that should anchors new president or neil vick from a sing her was sworn in to office. many protest to see him as a member of the country's political elite and a continuation of the previous administrations politics. demonstrators say they will not support t

we visit the capital colombo in the wake of the country's political upheaval. ah, i'm rebecca richard malcolm to the program. it was a call that was hoped to diffuse tensions bought. china's president use talks with his us counterpart to issue a warning against supporting taiwan. according to chinese state media shaving. paying tell joe biden, that those who play with fire will only get china is outraged for a potential visit to taiwan by a high ranking u. s. official sch biden said the u. s. position on time one hadn't changed and stressed the need for more communication. president, gigi and things warning to the u. s. med headline. news in china. his message, if you don't play with fire home over taiwan with the, to our conversation with you as president joe biden was said to be broad ranging, but tensions over a potential visit by a powerful washington politician warning dominated the agenda. beijing views taiwan as a break away state of the mainland and denounces any political engagement which i pay . and it's democratically elected government. as i said to

our correspondent, anbarasan ethirajan is in the capital, colombo.uation like there? is it still as tense as it was? dramatic developments in the last few hours, and we saw hundreds of soldiers that came in two different directions, and then 50 metres from me, they pushed all the protesters away, dismantled the tents and they were quite aggressive. there are two armoured carriers full of soldiers. people are not allowed to cross into this area. despite the protesters saying that they would handle the president �*s office, just behind me, the police and special officers came past midnight to clear the area. all these activists have been pushed beyond near the designated area, and the situation is tense and there is a campaign mobilising more protests in the morning. anbarasan, i know you've cover this right from the start, and the sense was that the political crisis would abate a little bit. once there was a definitive choice. now we have ranil wickremesinghe in the seat and protesters don't seem to like him. seat and protesters don't seem to like him

following days of protests, as crowds continued to occupy his residence in the capital, colombo immigration officials said got a buyer roger boxer and his wife ordered an air force plane headed to the mall dees, roger pock. so went into hiding before angry mobs stormed his presidential. compound on saturday, the countries in the grips of it's worst economic crisis and decades. food fuel and medicine sorta just had become commonplace there on the island of 22000000 people. roger poxel was expected to resign this week, along with the country's prime minister. here's a quick look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. social media platform, twitter is swimming billionaire elan mosque, in an effort to force him to buy the company mosque is attempting to back out of an agreement to acquire twitter for $44000000000.00 and its lawsuit, twitter accused mosque of owning the coveting stock value and disrupting its operations. friendship you as president joe biden as hell talks with his mexican counterpart, andrea manual lopez or a door at the white house, biting cold immigration

i'm right, a chima reporting for us from sheila, as capital colombo. you watching d. w. news live from berlin up next. it is doc film looking back at the devastating floods that hit western germany one year ago. i'm sarah kelly and berlin. thank you so much for watching. i ah, school is establishing in she june, president of the global power china. any criticism of his regime? isn't it in the bud? ah, he's part of a whole system which believes it's time.

and the sri lankan capital colombo, a quick reminder of our top story. the funeral of former japanese prime minister sions lava has taken place in the capital, tokyo, thousands of mourners gathered outside of the temple where a private service was held up. next, it is close up with a documentary and looking at houses georgians aren't welcoming exiles from vladimir, put russia. all that more coming up. there's always more in the website he w dot com. i'm sarah kelly and berlin. thanks for watching. not just another day. so much is happening all at once. we take time to understand this is the day in depth look at current news, events analyzed by experts and.

i'm re to cima in the for like, and capital colombo, thank you so much. to sports now in germany a through to the semi finals, a viewer at 2022 after betting austria to nil. and we kept their composure in a fiercely contested game in london escorting the 1st tough. and then again, right at the end to seal a meeting with on france, all the middle of the place for black arm bands in this game attribute to light gemini icon. that made us from de w. sports is here to tell us about what was a pretty good wind for germany. yes. clinical. it's exactly as jimmy of been throughout this torment, not a huge amount of flare, but getting the job done. lena mcgill scoring in the 1st half hour under pop. very late on there were quite surprised actually with how good austria work is austria, relatively unheralded. and that was a bit of a darby game. it really is oscar. obviously jerome speaking and quite love austin player, play in the, in the german league. so it's a bit of a bit of a dub, even of a club match or most, and some quite juicy tackles flying. and i've got t

in sri lanka police have begun dismantling protest camps in the capital colombo.ew president. he swore his oath of office on thursday, and promised to restore peace and order. our south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan is there, and has the latest. dozens of sri lankan security forces have now lined up on the main road, very close to the protest site and many protesters from the other side, they are coming and talking with the officials, there is a tense situation at the moment, thatis tense situation at the moment, that is a stand—off and these protesters, they believe, they suspect that the protest site over there might be cleared by these soldiers and as we speak, there is another group of police officers, they are over there, they are coming over there, they are coming over there to clear. in the last few minutes, dozens of security forces have now entered this protest village and now they are clearing all the tents that were put up months ago by these protesters. they have gone to the other side and there is a tense situation here where the soldiers a

michelle fernandez has more from the capital, colombo, as you can see behind me the crowd. i mean, essentially, and the father sends the presidential 2nd period, but tens of thousands of people are still streaming in to colombo in any way they can. on our drive year we saw dozens of people on foot with backpacks living around colombo. even people who had been walking from out of colombo were also hearing that trends which had been, are sort of halted. are people storm rear stations and literally forced railway employees to put trains on the tracks and bring them into colombo and the one thing they say that they are taking that country back. hello, mask has confirmed he is terminating his $44000000000.00 tank over of twitter. the tesla ceo's legal team says the company breach the deal, but twitter says it will so masked to enforce the agreement. the police chief in the japanese city of nara, where the former prime minister should so ave was assassinated on friday, says he can't deny they were problems with his security ave was shot and killed while giving a campaign speech. o

intensified outside wickremesinghe�*s private residence in the country's capital colombo.bc tamal�*s range sirilal is in colombo. what more can you tell us of the storming of the prime minister's because this game dry shortly after the prime minister said he would step down in the interest of the country. step down in the interest of the count . , ., ' ., , country. yes. he offered to resign, to find a peaceful _ country. yes. he offered to resign, to find a peaceful solution - country. yes. he offered to resign, to find a peaceful solution to - country. yes. he offered to resign, to find a peaceful solution to the i to find a peaceful solution to the current political crisis. this follows the meeting of the parliament which decided that the prime minister should resign. the speaker had informed the president that the party leaders had decided they should resign given the consideration of the government but there are protest in front of his house and six journalists of the local media were beaten brutally by the police which triggered protesters to break into his house and

of the days of turmoil troops on patrol in the capital, colombo after the government re imposes occur few to restore order as to leave government buildings and consider the next move. ah, i'm going to have else as well come to the program. israel's prime minister yale up here has welcomed us president joe biden to jerusalem on is 48 hour middle east trip in there, one or $1.00 to $1.00 talks biden urge sloppy to join other middle eastern nations in the united front against iran analyst say is rapidly approaching completion of a nuclear weapon, israeli prime minister vowed never to let that happen on friday by the will meet with leaders from the palestinian authority and saudi arabia before returning to washington. he has what the u. s. president had to say about his vision for dealing with iran to day. you and i also discussed the marriage commitment to ensuring iran never obtains a nuclear weapon. this is a vital security injures to both israel and united states. and i would add for the rest of the world as well. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this ou

now that was journalist to accelerate v in the sri lankan capital colombo. now for some science news that was 13000000000 years and the making, the white house has revealed the 1st full color image taken by the james webb's 8th telescope. nasa says the photo is the deepest look into the universe ever recorded taken from a 1000000 miles from earth. the image is show the earliest stars and galaxies ever observed. a telescope, a joint project between us canadian and european space programs, is expected to operate for up to 20 years. lou, it's the most powerful telescope ever to be built. the james web space telescope developed by space agencies in europe, the us and canada, is intended to explore the oldest galaxies and the universe. the new telescope is about $100.00 times more sensitive than its 30 year old predecessor, the hubble space telescope. thanks to a 25 square meter mirror and inference senses, it can detect galaxies, stars, and planets that a hidden in the visible spectrum by dust and gas. ready the telescope was under development for more than 30 y

a capital, colombo. many people are giving up hope for improvement, did abuse money or child re met some of those who want to leave in search of better opportunities. every single day, 100 q of pure and the passport office in sri lanka, pushed by circumstances they wish to leave the country. one of them is 50, do you, roy, germany, they the gun who has been coming here for 3 days now with her husband and son about to have asthma. i have come here with my husband and my son to get their passports made. and we want to leave them locked as no work for us here because nothing has been cut. amnio, germany has worked as a caregiver for years. and her husband as an odoric shall driver who have lost a livelihood because of the cut in crisis. and she lanka and are finding it difficult to even so like what she wants now is a better life for her 19 year old son, which she knows is a far cry in her country. germany says that it's not just her but boundless. others who are suffering. people here have been waiting for

and she joins me now from the she like and capital colombo, amrita. how of people there been reacting to the carrying off the cap? obviously, this great anger and rage, again, had read. i'm standing is next to the presidential secretariat, which was taken over by the police and the army in a dramatic midnight operation. and right here in front of these barricades, you can see there is a protest going on. it is a small protest, but the people here are extremely angry. you have men, you have women. but you also have some nuns sitting at the back. at one point, they saw them be at the police filming them, and there was a big anger because it's meant to be a silent protest. but 23 men stood up and said, take my picture. i'm the person who's prepared to die for the country, not just for my family, but for your family as well. so you can see tempers are running very high. now right across here is the remnants of the major protest scam. the go go to a camp here, which is called the go good are gonna camp. and we met a few protesters there and they were here

we visit the capital colombo in the wake of the countries political upheaval. also alaska goes up in flames. the north east. fewest northern us state is saying an unusual spite of forest fires, dw mates. the crews struggling to sight homes. ah, i am rebecca writ is welcome to the program. russian missile attacks have hit outlying areas of ukraine's capital. you for the 1st time in wakes, ukrainian officials said some of the missiles fired on thursday came from neighbouring bell. ruth may long ukrainian forces as stepping up efforts to retake the southern city of her psalm and appeared to be close to cutting off russian troops there from other occupied areas with from the ruins of this hotel. rescuers pull a man from the rubble alive. not every one was so lucky when russian rockets hit buck moved on thursday. the city in the donuts region has been hit again and again . i indiscriminate russian shelling part of moscow stalled efforts to claim ukraine's east for but in the countries south, keith says a counter offensive is moving forward. the city of have son fell

security forces in sri lanka have raided the main anti—government protest camp in the capital colombondreds of heavily armed troops in riot gear tore down tents outside the presidential offices and pushed the protesters behind a barricade. on thursday, ranil wickremesinghe was sworn in as president. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. around the world, there are signs of deepening worker discontent. inflation is outstripping wages, global corporations stand accused of putting profits before people, while many governments see organised labour as a threat. why, then, is the union movement seemingly in retreat? have workers lost their faith in collective action? well, my guest is long time boss of the international trade union confederation, sharan burrow. do workers have problems that unions cannot fix? sharan burrow in brussels. welcome to hardtalk. good evening. good to have you on the show. let's look at what is happening in the world right now. we have a spike in energy costs right around the world, we have rising inflation in many count

our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan reports from the capital, colombo.

and d w correspondent, ma, near a chowdhury is following this story for us in the sri lankan capital colombo. earlier i asked her for an update on the situation there. well, after the dramatic developments that took place to yesterday to city up the us senate doubly much calmer. right now. there are not as many protested out in the street. but justin is that the prime minister gunman? victim, i think i had given a directive to him cause of course you yet again in the columbia in colombo, administrative district, which is coming, which has come into effect from 2 as noon today and really be bad in 5 am. tomorrow morning. so as i said, they are not in a protest on the street, but they are expected to storm the streets again to day evening. and we saw yesterday that indeed they stormed official buildings, took some of them over madeira. they are calling for the president to step down as he pledged to do so by the end of day yesterday. 10 that indeed be expected his resignation. well that expectation has been there since july 9th, saturday when the demonstrator took over the residential secretar

and d, w se, asia bureau chief, i'm re, to chima, is entry lunk as capital colombo, and explained what the state of emergency means on this extraordinary gazette which was passed by the interior of acting president. james, enhanced by i was to all the security forces and this means the police as well as the army police. and once i've been here and i present a lot of for just i would have been deployed. if you look behind me lurking in the shadows, not an army, so just me and is ready to avoid what happened last week. if you remember, the plan is just ugly scene stuffers broke out tear, gas was tired. now bad. i'm a senior, the acting president said she's going to stop just elements taking over these. and by that he met change elements, radical fringe elements, trying to keep things hijacked. what is essentially these project? and i'm marita, we understand security as tight as parliament chooses a new president. how high mean time is the risk of fresh protest that really just the outcome election? embodiment if wanting to end this for the post president, the idea of was a unit you got g

south of the country, plus sri lanka, on edge of the days of turmoil troops are on patrol in the capital, colombo, the government pre imposes a curfew to restore order protest is the government buildings and consider the next move and germany march the anniversary of one of its worst natural disasters. many survivors are angry, still waiting for help to rebuild a year off the floods, through their homes and businesses. ah, i'm painful and welcome is where the payment is. the year le pete has welcomed you as president joe biden to jerusalem on his tour of the middle east in there, one to one, talk spite, and urged unpaid to join other middle eastern nations in a united front against iran. analysts say tape round is rapidly approaching completion of a nuclear weapon is by the lead of bound to never let that happen on friday byte. and we'll meet with leaders from the palestinian authority and saudi arabia before returning to washington is what the president had to say about his vision for dealing with iran to day. you and i also discussed the murder commitment to ensure in iran, never change a nucle

last fall anchor on edge of the days of term, our troops on patrol in the capital, colombo, after the government re imposes occur few to restore order. protesters leave government buildings and now consider the next move. germany marks the anniversary of one of the countries worse. natural disasters here of the devastating floods talk through western regions. many survivors are angry, still waiting for help to rebuild their businesses and hope. oh, lou. i'm glad elf has walked up to the program is what else? prime minister la peter has well, comes u. s. president joe biden, to jerusalem on his 48 hour middle east trip in the $1.00 to $1.00 talks biden i slipped, needs to join other middle eastern nations in a united front against iran who analysts say is rapidly approaching completion of a nuclear weapon. these rating prime minister vowed never to let that happen on friday by them will meet with leaders from live palestinian authority and saudi arabia before returning to washington. and he has what the u. s. president had to say about his vision for dealing with iran to day. you and i

as days of turmoil troops are on patrol in the capital, colombo, after the government re imposes a coffee to restore roda, protests is leave government buildings and considered that next vote. and germany mocks, the anniversary of one of its worst natural disasters. many survivors are angry, still waiting for help to rebuild a year off to funds tool for their homes and businesses. ah, i'm been fizzle and welcome you alliances of forming in the middle east is where the prime it is. the yellow heat has welcomed us president joe biden to jerusalem on his tour of the region. in 11 talks biden urged le pete to join other middle eastern nations in a united front against iran. analysts say to runs rapidly, approaching completion of a nuclear weapon is right. the date of bound to never let that happen on friday. biden will meet with leaders from the palestinian authority and saudi arabia before returning to washington is what the president had to say about his strategy on iran . today, you and i also discussed immersed commitment to ensuring a ran never changed a nuclear weapon. this is a vital s

take a closer look now at how the crisis is affecting the lives of citizens in the countries capital? colombo for 7 days as our mo heading has been waiting here in a kilometer long line for gas in sri lanka, capital colombo, he turned a new fuel delivery was coming, he spent day and night here since then the gas in there is simply no more fueling we have no more gas at home to cook. we used to have an income, but for weeks now the money has stopped coming to one and we love, we can't go on like this. life is hard. i similar to make matters worse. his wife is ill. he tries to spend a little time with her every day at lunchtime, risking losing his place in line the early and then i keep calling him when he's there waiting. it's the tormenting thoughts that have made me think. i was even met at a hospital. we didn't even have fuel for him to drive me there. and according to it, many people in sri lanka face similar problems. inflation is soaring and prices a skyrocketing even for essentials like food. hardly any one can afford to buy what they need. oh really isn't the name of the people years t

ah, we begin with breaking news from trial anchor where protest is in the capital colombo of storm. the official residence of president go to buy a raja parkson, demanding his resignation there, protesting against the monks, long economic crisis and widespread shortages. the prime minister's office says the political party leaders a set to meet for an emergency session to address the situation. will some of the protest us who occupied the president's home been taking advantage of its facilities, including up to for the swimming pool at the historic building. the president was taken to safety earlier. his whereabouts are unknown. in w, the 1st protest of also made their way into what appears to be the president's bedroom, which showed themselves rummaging through crossing teaching. sophie's home a bit, al jazeera is my now farmed as reports. now, from colombo president, go tabi, roger pox and his government had been put on notice that if he didn't go that the whole of sri lanka would take to the streets that would come and basically sit in until they saw his exit. as you can see behi

it comes as thousands of demonstrators gather in the capital, colombo, as people grapple with the country'sorst economic crisis in decades. could britain's former chancellor, rishi sunak, be the conservative party's new leader, as he becomes the latest mp to enter the race to be the next prime minister? downing street has just told the bbc it is incredibly disappointed, real disappointment with the former chancellor for not reciprocating the loyalty of the prime minister showed to him. the body of japan's former prime minister, shinzo abe, is brought back to his tokyo residence, a day after he was shot dead during a political rally. elon musk is threatened with legal action after pulling out of a $41; billion deal to buy twitter. now, we are going to talk more about the causes and consequences of boris johnson's resignation as prime minister. it is dateline london with me, shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk columnists with foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline: london. britain's conservatives like to think of thems

he's alive pictures from the capital, colombo with speaker my him that yup. i look at the window. donna is due to speak shortly earlier he'd said the resignation letter must be checked for authenticity. china's economic growth has slowed sharply with 2nd quarter gdp increasing just 0.4 percent compared to the same quote. last year. economy's been under pressure due to at 0 covet policy and widespread lockdown. now a global food crisis, soaring inflation and a gloomy economic outlook are the focus of g 20 meetings in bali with finance chiefs from most of the world's largest economies. a holding talks, jessica washington reports in bonnie's resort district of new said, do a finance ministers from gee 20 countries are preparing to discuss a troubling issue. state of the global economy. i made soaring food and energy costs. us treasury secretary, janet yellen, once russia to be held accountable. it's troubling to see how the war is contributing to higher energy costs. food insecurity and hunger for the most vulnerable global lay. yellen will use the meeting hosted by indonesia to push

you can speak to michelle fernandez to join us on the phone from the capital colombo femina. why has this state of emergency been announced now, and what will it mean? well, basically the actual document to which i was sent by the prime minister's office, acting, president's office from the victim of thing. says that because the thing is of the opinion that for public security, for public order and to maintain supplies, that the state of emergency is necessary. so that keeps it. now bear in mind that we are in some very political, turbulent times. we have the resignation of the president, we have an acting credit in school and in and we have that crucial election which will choose the successor to go to the router box in the next 2 days. so tomorrow that's tuesday. parliament is due to meet to here nami nations who is going to be in the running for the presidency and then on wednesday, no longer than 7 days, form that resignation as required constitutionally we will have the election for the post of president, and that individual was the remainder of the term so that have bee

lanka has erupted today with thousands of people storming the residence of the president in the capital colombond setting fire to the home of the prime minister. after months of protests, huge crowds enraged by the authorities�* handling of sri lanka's worst crisis in decades overwhelmed the security forces. the prime minister has agreed to resign and reports say the president will step down next week. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel and medicine. caroline hawley reports. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowd, all suffering the effects of living in a nation in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, but the crowds were more determined. and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he had already escaped. in extraordinary scenes on a tumultuous day for sri lanka, the protesters then cooled off in the president's pool after

in sri lanka, police have been dismantling protest camps in the capital colombo.pointment of ranil wickremesinghe as the new president. he swore his oath of office on thursday. 0ur south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan has the latest. dozens of sri lankan security forces have now lined up on the main road, very close to the protest site and many protesters from the other side, they are coming and talking with the officials. there is a tense situation at the moment that is a stand—off, and these protesters, they believe, they suspect that the protest site over there might be cleared by these soldiers and, as we speak, there is another group of police officers, they are over there. they are coming over there to clear. in the last few minutes, dozens of security forces have now entered this protest village and now, they are clearing all the tents — these tensts that were put up months ago by these protesters. now, the protest movement, they have gone to the other side and there is a tense situation here where the soldiers are now taking out all these tents a

demanding the resignation of sri lanka as president have stormed his house, an office in the capital, colombo, military sources say he had previously left the building for his own safety. public anger ad go to buy a. roger pasco has been mounting amid the countries unprecedented economic crisis. people are enduring shortages of fuel, food and medicines with the country unable to pay for inputs. you're up to date, doctoral is up. next, a michael oak, who in berlin from me and the rest of the crew here, thanks for watching. ah, ah, nikko is in germany to learn german hello pinnacle. why not learn with him online, on your mobile and free the chef fee w e learning course. eco's vague ah with why oh oh, oh oh, that is what i call inclusion. that's probably being the only person in this race with this disability is not a problem for me. it's kind of them. if instead that whole that i get to take part with people with no physical disability, ah, why does it have minutes? we act, i picked the event by chance to well it's mostly the years i've been able to somehow go beyond my physical boundary. and w

resignation, but it had to be authenticated how to 0 steadfast and as more from the shoreline can capital colombo. it took the speaker also more than 12 hours to verify this latter. and he is now alone saying that it is indeed a legal letter that it says according to the constitution. now a valid resignation. so that's what he is amounting now to the public here in sri lanka, of course it means the end and quite ungrateful downfall of the box of family who has been in control in the government. here for most of the last 2 decades, china's economic growth has slowed sharply with 2nd quarter g d p increasing just 0.4 percent compared to the same quarter last year. economist, a warning, the government's full year growth target of 5.5 percent is not achievable. economy has been under pressure to to at 0 coven policy. and widespread locked else. leaders of the world's major economies are being urged to work closely to counter the impact of the war. new crane g 20 finance ministers in central bank had a meeting in barley. a russian air strike has killed at least 23 people in one of ukraine's largest ci