michelle fernandez reports from colombo crisis stalks at the prime minister's office in colombo. a 10 member delegation from the international money to fund is intra lanka to discuss a bailout package. it's the greatest crisis that we have ever had since independence. and the breakers into this is it about 30 percent due to misfortune and 70 percent new to mismanagement. so you to mother of oil crisis and her if not for the i am, if there's really no other safety net that kenzie of us, there's no money to import food medicine, fuel or cooking gas. people have struggled with shortages for months. but things have got worse and she lumpkins have run out of patience. i. the senior policeman was firmed assaulting. mortar is who are demanding fuel army personnel fired into the air on at least 2 other occasions. and in this incident, protest ers turned on a v. i v, vaguer that had jumped the fuel q. on monday, police arrested 21 people demonstrating outside the finance ministry for obstruction. they said it had delayed senior officials attending meetings with the i. m. f delegation. if

particular boss is a boss, is an out station bus of 4 to 5 hours applying for to 5 hours outside colombo. but obviously has come to the capital run out of fuel and needs to queue. at least 4 people have been killed and dozens injured in columbia after part of an arena collapse during a bull fight, a witness film the moment the standard fell apart in the town of ella, a spin yell, some bulls ran through the streets, enjoying several people. relatives of at least 21 young people who died in a bar in a south african township. a waiting for answers about the cause of the debts. samples from the bodies have been taken to toxicology lamps. they died in the city of east london in the east in cape province, clay say there were no obvious signs of injury. ecuador president has promised to cut fuel prices by $0.10 a gallon in response to a nationwide strike. that's now in its 3rd wake strike as want a 40 cent cut. the national assembly is debating whether to remove him from office in height, he hundreds of support. the former president, jean bertrand aristide, had gathered in the capital to demand

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo. you're watching newsday on the bbc.n is continuing to endure a heat wave which has seen the highestjune temperatures in nearly 150 years. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. cheering. challenger powered past _ the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 34 years. _ there was no hiding the sheer elation ofj richard branson and his crew. welcome back to newsday on the bbc with me, arunoday mukharji, in singapore. our headlines once again... a setback for the biden

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and i'll found it as more from the capital. colombo people are milling about, obviously the shed in itself is close. there are a ticket tape across it that you can't have acres, but these are all more trees have been waiting for days and days in queues. ah, there was one taxi driver who told me that he had been parked for 3 days. or if you just look right across the far corner of the frame towards the back, or you will see the beginning of q is the diesel. now that particular bus is a bus is an out station bus are $45.00 eyes are playing 45 hours outside colombo, but obviously has come to the capital run out of fuel and needs to q. i could, old president has probably to cut fuel prices by $0.10 a gallon in response to a nationwide strike this now in its 3rd week, strike is once a 40 cent cut. the national assembly is debating whether to remove him from office before people are being killed and dozens injured in columbia on the part of an arena collapse during a bull fight, a witness film. the moment the stand fell apart and the town of l. a spin out, some bulls ran through the streets, inj

indie is not going to, yes, and in colombo they understand that indian money is only a loan, and debtse repaid one way or another dmitry melnikov and vladislav dodonov lead colombo sri lanka. an international boxing tournament with the participation of athletes from asia, africa and south america ended in moscow. the first intercontinental cup was won by the boxers of the russian team. we went for a month in a new format in a round robin system, and even under the sanction of our special correspondent, among the rings, the fourth evening big international boxing superfinal of the intercontinental cup in the ring boxers from russia and asia fighters from other continents from africa and south america turned out to be a weaker battle russians and neighbors on the continent gathered a full hall of stalls and boxes, everything is in full swing. we don't hunt for each other's head tournament format wall to wall five fights from light to heavy weight category each fight has four rounds of 3 minutes. but this, of course, if knockouts are not enough to keep the victory in a separate, taken fig

while the government's urging employers to let staff work from home and awful under supports from colombo, many here have wasted hours and days waiting for fuel. the sri lankan government says is running out no comfort to the thousands like for bath. he has spent the last 3 days in a que, may boiling melinda in the law, after waiting so long and getting out leases of fuel. we earn a few 1000 rupees, but we have to use part of that to buy fuel. again, what we're left with isn't enough to buy food, let alone bring up 3 children. the minister of power and energy says she lanka, o's around $735000000.00 for early a few of shipments. and no one is willing to provide more. you see mazama mazama, no company is willing to supply us with fuel without p payment. we to get the situation coming to that. we need 550000000 for fuel this month, but we only have 130 minute. she longed, has been running out of foreign currency to please the food medicine, fuel and cooking ass in days, providing $4000000000.00 in credit. and some other countries have offered to help a u. s. delegation from the treasury and

ah, let's now gather thoughts of our guests. joining us in colombo as jihan, pereira, executive director of the national peace council of sri lanka in nottingham is tammy another. vin, i again lecture in the international human rice law at the university of nottingham, in colombo, shire them, singer, economists of the frontier research welcome to the program jihan when the prime minister says that the country's economy has completely collapse. what does that mean for sri lanka? is it a strong indication that the economy itself has become now dysfunctional? well, what we're really concerned about is that the playlist i saying the economy has collapsed, but he's not saying what's going to be 9 about it. what is the trend of foreign be expected to serve him? in fact, when he was appointed prime minister, a person who, oh was a has only one seat in parliament. a bet has been a kindly still 5 times in the past. we expected and the people expected that he would be or take us out of this more asked that reaction because his experience of governance and his, the international connections, his, h

let's go straight to michelle fernandez, who's in the capital of colombo, and now tell us more about this and why the i m f is stepping in to be honest from what we're hearing. it's because shalana doesn't seem to have any other option. now obviously you had the economist, you had the opposition, you had specialist for months, almost a year or so, urging the government to go to the i moved to look at a be allowed to look at its debt, but essentially it stuck its head in the ground the government of the time and didn't do it, and right now they have their back up against the wall. things are really dire, sri lanka does not have the money, the foreign currency to pay for food medicine fuel. we've got fuel cues that stretch for kilometers and kilometers at every single fuel station in the country. now, just behind me, the building you can see the white ah edifice of the back is the prime minister's office, and that's where the i am. if staff delegation had its 1st session with the prime minister, with the central bank and representatives of the finance ministry. now obviously the consul

and as of more from colombo, it's a sort of a double edged sword at the moment. i mean, we've heard this announcement from the minister of energy content video saker a little while. oh, earlier today. the fact that he has no choice but to start registering consumers. and then basically giving them a guaranteed caught up a week. now it all looks good when he announces it, but obviously for consumers, it's going to mean that they're going to want to see this actually are put into action. what you see behind me is a busy patrol station air in the heart of colombo, this station actually has fuel stalks, but there's an on ending line of that. he goes both petrol and diesel. there are 3 wheelers or the local taxis. there are essentially motorbike people who've been queueing up for hours. this one gentleman who's just sitting a little bit off camera that's been here since 6 o'clock in the morning and he still hasn't got all the supplies he needed. now people obviously have much better things to do things like getting on with their lives going and putting of food on the

like at this petula shed where i'm standing, which is pretty much in the heart of colombo people, are milling about. obviously the shed in itself is close. there are a ticket tape across so that you can't have acres. but these are all motorists who have been waiting for days and days in queues. there was one taxi driver who told me that he had been parked for 3 days. if you just look right across in the far corner of the frame towards the back, you will see the beginning of q is for diesel. now that particular bus is a bus is an out station bus. $4.00 to $5.00 eyes are playing 4 to 5 hours outside colombo, but obviously has come to the capital run out of fuel and needs to q. not people are just completely desperate, even though there's no fuel. they know there's no fuel that desperately hoping that they might have, you know, an injured supply when, as, and when a bows it does appear. now the government has announced that it would be introducing a token system. we did see that in a couple of fewer sheds, in other locations where the 3 armed forces have been drafted in to help police ta

michelle fernandez reporting from colombo. hundreds of marches, haven't taken place across the u. s. to demand tougher gun laws. they come after a series of mass shootings including one at a primary school in texas and another at a supermarket in buffalo, new york last month. my can, a reports in washington dc. brain kept away many, but had little to diminish. the spirit of the thousands that came to protest about more than $19000.00 people in the united states have died in gun related violence this year alone. and after the recent massacre of elementary school children and you've all the texas, those here insist that enough is enough. we're not asking for a lot washington dcs mayor summarizing the feeling of all at the rally where demanding change your weather man thing change. now we need a new american, a majority of americans whose share a bow used to let their senators know that they need either need to make change now or get out of our way. for too often, we've had so many mass shoes across the country and we're not gonna sit around our houses in just let it happen. we're go

we now fernandez reports from colombo mercy pereira, struggling to keep the home fires burning for 35 years, who has been making unit selling string hoppers a populace reluctant staple. but with food prices, sky, rocketing cooking as an garrison unavailable. she's struggling on like a linear court. i don't have that angle. i have to look after 8 people i, i manage all the expenses, was what i make. even the water and electricity bells. my, if costs increase more than this, i just can't go on like music, not alone. marshall uncles are reeling as food. inflation has raced past 50 percent . i ha, ha, ha, my dorm, a border, 3 days more than no human last week. no joy, it's are all really every day to bring argument that muslim again, i the in the middle, so our meeting, the person who bought kilos before now buys 250 grams. things are at rock bottom of the united lation says the country's economic crisis has affected food security, agriculture, livelihoods, and access to health services. it's word food program says 3 out of 4 families are badly affected by cutting back on meals. they're c

and wait a minute, fernandez ojo 0 colombo. so done is planning to recall that ambassador to 80 saba bar. it comes after accusations, ethiopia is army killed. 7 sunni soldiers and one civilian spokesman for the sudanese armed forces, said ethiopia, killed the prisoners of war and put their bodies on public display, a senior. if european official denied the claims. decades attention between ethiopia answered, i have searched in recent months over the disputed border area of alpha shallow. each accuses the other of violating its sovereignty. hey, morgan is in cartoon. she says there are several reasons why attention could be escalating now. it is the rainy season and if it is known to be a very fertile land, that's one of the reasons why in farmers have been farming on it for more than $550.00 decades. now according to the colonial agreement that was fined in 1900 or 2. unfortunately, the food in the 3rd, sorry. but if you can, farmers have been on bad land for more than 50 years and they say they have rights to that territory. a

miller fernandez al jazeera colombo to zimbabwe. now where mining is usually a male dominated industry, but in a rural area in the north, one operation is being run and staffed entirely by women is providing much needed income in a country where millions of people are living in poverty higher, more toss every pause from her own way. this isn't an ordinary mine in some bob way . only women were care. women like 15 emma cooper. 3 years ago she was struggling to look after her children while working as a farm laborer. let us know if we can can, mining is better than growing to martyrs, onions and other vegetables are used to so vegetables, but the money was very little money. now i'm earning a bit more and i can send my children to school. josh, none of these women had any experience in mining. they learned on the job in a country with a very high unemployment rate. these aqua marine gemstones have created new opportunities for them. they plan to start a jewelry line making pieces like these from the gemstones. the women say working at

and l fernandez, reports from colombo. mercy pereira is struggling to keep the home fires burning. for 35 years. she has been making and selling string hoppers a popular sheila and staple. but with food prices skyrocketing, cooking as an kerosene, unavailable, she's struggling on like a loaner car. i don't have her and i have to look after 8 people i, i manage all the expenses with what i make. even the water and electricity bills. it costs increased more than this. i just can't go on. lucy is not alone. moisture lanterns are reeling as food inflation has raced past 50 percent or hong from idaho border. 3 days more than no human last week. no joy, it's are already every day to bring argument that mom at logan i the in the middle . so our meeting, the person who bought kilos before now buys 250 grams, things are at rock bottom of the united lation says the country's economic crisis has affected food security, agriculture, livelihoods, and access to health services. it's word food program says 3 out of 4 families are badly affected by putting back on neil's. they're cutting back on t

miller fernandez al jazeera, colombo, m, p. 's from the largest political block and iraq's parliament have resigned on mass at their leaders request in protest against 7 months of deadlock, are reforming. a government shia cleric, lieutenant sanders party $173.00 seats in elections last year is seen as a populist and a critic of both iran and the united states. is been set on forming a majority government with his allies, which excludes his iran back. she arrivals, but he hasn't been able to get the 2 thirds majority needed to elect iraq's next president. which must happen before a cabinet can be chosen. more properties linked to muslim protest as have been demolished in the indian state of utter pradesh. the destruction of all his days of rally is against 2 former bp officials who made remarks about the prophet mohammed that many consider offensive adore again miracles. a bulldozer demolishes the home of a muslim politician and activist authorities in the state of utah pradesh. say mohammed javin didn't have planning permissio

distributed, but if you look at any of the fuel sheds around the country, particularly here around colombo, they're a shed. there are cues that stretch for kilometers, unit 3, deep. so it is very much a dire time for sure. lanka, and even if the talks in there are, you know, make progress, it's going to be longer rather than the short term that very, some really well, thank you very much. indeed. minim fernandez, talking to us from colombo prototyping out in pakistan. i guess the rising cost of living the demonstration in islamabad was organized by support is a form of primary. so imminent con, there blending con successor slash honey crisis. fil subsidies were slashed recently under pressure from the i m f. but government trying to revive a $6000000000.00 below package. still, i had on al jazeera, ah, in protest as voice their discontent over the president's plans with a new constitution accusing, ty, side of a power, grab ah, coals for justice as americans observed june 10th holiday to commemorate the end of slavery. ah, with rising temperatures, the big story across the middle east. hel

along with unemployment madell fernandez reports from colombo helping put food on the table. community kitchens like this are starting up around sri lanka, as people struggle with its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years, food inflation has hit nearly 60 percent, and many people are finding it difficult to cope. most of these government who are coming to day are been coming are to writing me through me. so we are giving them the responsibility of the arrival on mil and you're saying, like movies or do with one me, but a good healthy me. few now get to eat this. well, i'm already me like i am. it's very difficult. we rarely get food like this. only my husband is working, but what he earns for a day is not enough to feed the 3 of us now. tax guts, 3 years ago, slash government revenue by more than $2000000000.00. the tourism industry was then damaged by the easter bombings and the pandemic. now there is no money to import fuel medicine, cooking gas or food right now, but for me, i mean, focuses on food banks on carbon picketers and again, long to medium t. m. o community

miller fernandez al jazeera colombo, not the golden arches are gone, but american style cheeseburgers are on the menu in moscow. again. what was the 1st mcdonald's restaurant in russia as reopened under new branding and ownership? the chain is now called delicious. first stop, donald shot, all of its 850 russian outlets and march following the invasion of ukraine. it has the option to buy back its locations within 15 years.

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo. now, today has been a good day for brits at wimbledon. 25—year—old produced the biggest win of her career, defeating last year's finalist. joe wilson was watching. the big centre called entrance. you walk on these days, and its dramatic... it is. instinctively, karolina pliskova turned left, like she did for last year's final. katie boulter walked straight ahead for her big occasion. nearest the camera, after losing the first set, she showed her best tennis against the number six seed. she had beaten the czech player earlier this month, but that was eastbourne. this was everything. a victory the world could see, and a family occasion. my gran passed away two days ago, and i'd just like to dedicate that to her today. i've got, hopefully, many more matches to play, and if i can have you guys behind me for those, then hopefully i can go a long way, so thank you so much, thank you. it's it's another third round for heather watson, who resumed and won quickly on court 18. an extraordinary adventure for liam broady, who lost 11 games in a row b

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we now fernandez has more from colombo. it's a sort of a double edged sword at the moment. i mean, we've heard this announcement from the minister of energy content video saker a little while. oh, earlier today. the fact that he has no choice but to start registering consumers. and then basically giving them a guaranteed caught up a week. now it all looks good when he announces it, but obviously for consumers, it's going to mean that they're going to want to see this actually are put into action. what you see behind me is a busy precision air in the heart of colombo, a vis a station actually has fuel stocks. but there's an on ending line of because both petrol and diesel. there are 3 wheelers or the local taxis. there are essentially motor bikes. people who've been queueing off for hours is one gentleman who's just sitting a little bit off camera that's been here since 6 o'clock in the morning. and he still hasn't got all the supplies he needed. now people obviously have much better things to do things like getting on with their lives going and putting up, you know, food on

usually this is one of the busiest streets and colombo, the capital of sri lanka. but now most costs remain on the sidelines. the road feels eerily empty. almost every once affected by the fuel salesman, only buses, ambulances, treacherous and trucks carrying essential goods like food, get dead tanks filled up. many a frustrated than those the dock. this is a huge injustice. we buy them fuel is an essential item for the people. sama, if there's no fuel. the whole country will come to a stand still that may go by the way. that's a how can an ordinary person come to work without fuel for their transport, it even in an essential service. i work in tourism. if i cannot get fuel, i cannot come to work on the buses are overcrowded and many are not working properly. mm. a mile again, the transport system cannot deal with a tremendous influx of commuters. the government has appealed to the public and private sector to allow employees to work from home. schools have gone online to conserve energy. the government of president could i by our raja pox. i took all of these deci

of gathered in front of the presidential administration building on this square in the capital of colombo. it's become a kind of tent city where the protest asleep coke chant and away change is the man man, boston globe or to hold on with .

particular bus is a bus is an outs station, bus of $4.00 to $5.00 eyes are playing 4 to 5 hours outside colombo, but obviously has come to the capital, run out of fuel and needs to queue officials in columbia cert, least 4 people have been killed and hundreds injured after part of an arena collapse during a bull fight. some balls escaped him, run through the streets and drink several more people. ecuador president to get more lesser has promised to cut fuel prices by $0.10 a gallon. a reduction in fuel prices as being one of the main demands of a nationwide strike led by indigenous groups, which is now into its 3rd week. sudan has accused ethiopia of executing 7 suit new soldiers and a civilian. the spokesman for the armed forces claims ethiopia executed the prisoners of war and put the bodies on public display tension between ethiopia and sudan assertion recent months over the disputed border area of alpha saga, south african authorities are investigating the deaths of at least $22.00 young people found inside a popular bar and the coastal kind of east london. police are collecting samples to

well, to discuss that i'm now joined from colombo by a gum, our political economist and senior lecture at the university of georgina. dr. do them are, it's great to talk to thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me. now, not fully done with the comment pandemic, but there is another malays to be spreading around the world. i'm talking about economic, social instability, your country, your longest needs to be in the 1st one's affected on a scale of one to 10. how bad it is. this is by far the worst economic and political crisis kind spacing since its independence in 948 supplies of all kinds of essential goods from petra and b. so putting gas medicines and even food stop, find short supply and the price of many of these goods have doubled, all triple making it on the phone to bill for people. so by far, it's the worst economic crisis. and this has led to a political crisis of legitimacy in the country. there are widespread cause now for the resignation of the president himself and his brother, the prime minister in the entire cabinet, it resigned. we've had a new govern

of gathered in front of the presidential administration building on this square in the capital of colombo. it's become a kind of 10 city where the protested sleep cook chant underway, change with the game you in on the light. and this is that the way is that during the 2nd is they'll this douglas and roger is a shortened version of president. go to my is name, mean 3 reasons for these economic crisis and current lindsay lanka. the 1st thing is that all the guys that that's the starting place. the 2nd thing is that i see a new pin. whoa, whoa, clear. because our other export, i'll export mother. it is a hugely blessed in russia. so the last that the 3rd, the 3rd sacked is the mismanagement of this government. the all the reason i say i know that is when all the reason i'm doing it, the people are people out there, but the price is a 3 line because example clearly shows the global economy isn't a set of rules that produces a single correct policy. it's impossible to punish one country with sanctions without hurting the interest of others. the embargo and oil from russia immediately increase

of gathered in front of the presidential administration building on the square in the capital of colombo. it's become a kind of tent city with a protest asleep coke chant and away change with the game you in on the light and this is the 22nd. during the 2nd is dale. the struggle router is a shortened version of president. go to buyers, name main reasons for these economic crisis and current lindsay lanka. the 1st thing is the week dyson flattened. that's the starting place. the 2nd thing is that i see and you've been, well we because our other export, i thought mother is a huge the best in russia. so the last that the 3rd, the 3rd sacked is the mismanagement of this government. the all the reason i say, i know the reason when all the reason i'm doing the people are develop, but you know, the price is a tree line because example clearly shows the global economy isn't a set of rules that produces a single correct policy. it's impossible to punish one country with sanctions, without hurting the interest of others. the embargo and oil from russia immediately increased energy costs. free lank