minister that belong to another party which came together in a joint coalition basically to defeat mahinda rajapaksa so no one expected this no one had an inkling that it was coming a few weeks ago there were reports that the two series and by him the rajapaksa had met but not much news coming out so very much a surprise and sri lankans just trying to come to terms with what this means for them and the country's future all right for the woman now for nando's life first in colombo. twenty one people have died from flash floods in jordan most of the victims were children on a school outing near the dead sea hoda abdel-hamid reports from the scene. search and rescue operations started after daybreak several people were still missing rescuers shores of the dead sea resort area while army divers room to water but with every hour that passed hopes to find anyone alive became dimmer and we sat patiently staring at the horizon wondering where his son could be. i came here with my success we were having a picnic all of a sudden we saw the floods rushing down my son saw the children in the water they went to

the swearing in the new members of the cabinet who were going to serve and now prime minister mahinda rajapaksa but not so far away sitting in the prime minister's official residence is running away from the single and says i'm still prime minister i still have the parliamentary majority to prove it the problem is the president has suspended parliament until november sixteenth so witnessing a contest claim and the suggestion is the president has let suspended because he wants to give the newly appointed prime minister rajapaksa enough time to pull in support to give him the parliamentary majority of the chinese for the first to call in on rajapaksa an offer that congratulations he of course when president of sri lanka brought in millions of dollars of chinese. at the end of the country's civil war was converse to the united states the european union and the indians of that will hang on a minute presence or cena should be respecting the constitution india of course very worried about spreading chinese influence in the strategically important parts of the indian ocean. well joining me live now is

tighten security around mahinda rajapaksa's residence. raja pa ksa people by surprise. still, mahinda rajapa ksa needs to people by surprise. still, mahinda rajapaksa needs to prove his majority in parliament. but his party is confident. the person who enjoys the majority of members support is mahinda rajapaksa, who not only has the support of parliament remembers, but the support of the people of our country. but the outed maithripala sirisena is defined, sang his firing was illegal. we are the majority in parliament. it is not necessary for us parliament. it is not necessary for us to create a crisis. it is not necessary for the people of the country to suffer. we are living in difficult times. we should get this controversy out of the way. that the parliament decide who has the majority. mr ranil wickremesinghe spoke to parliament about his case. it will be a challenge for him to keep his mps together. there will be more twists and turns to sri lanka's political turmoil. stay with us on bbc news. still to come — as brazil prepares to v

as president has sacked that prime minister and replaced him with his predecessor mahinda rajapaksa he was sworn in on friday and replaces for neil. we're seeing a insists he's still in office saying the decision to remove him isn't legal at all follows the collapse of the governing coalition and al fernandes has more from colombo. developments here in sri lanka giving the frieze never seen never heard almost completely different twist the former president mahinda rajapaksa now sworn in as his new prime minister and now the swearing in this development coming as a board from the blue no one here with the political circles in general day to day life expected it what we're hearing from the president's media division was that the president might or policy ricin swore in the former president now this is not something that many people expect they were almost sworn enemies after seriously in the defeated rajapaksa at the last presidential election now running a victory macing heard the prime minister that walked a bit serious enough to set up the coalition government essentially is claiming

police are on high alert after the president sacked the prime minister former president mahinda rajapaksa has been sworn in as the new pm but we can seem gay is refusing to leave office and supporters are calling the move unconstitutional in elf and then days has the latest from colombo. as you can see behind me the crowds i am at the official residence of the former president mahinda rajapaksa and the supporters have gathered here basically to express their confidence in the new prime minister everyone milling about as the parliamentarians of the joint opposition gather inside at a meeting chaired by the new prime minister now in the streets of colombo does a sort of an uneasy calm but amount of uncertainty as people try and gauge what exactly has gone on in the last twenty four hours israel has bombed several islamic jihad and hamas scientists in gaza the military says it was a response to fourteen rockets fired into israel nobody has been killed egypt in the un are trying to broker a long term truce between palestinian factions and israel those are the headlines we're back with more of

an assassination plot the president took place with limits with this man the former president mahinda rajapaksa now he is a strong or has a strong man reputation having been in power when the government ended decades of civil war bernard smith has the latest from colombo. these are the fountains in fountains of protesters and the speaker i'm sure lanka's parliament are calling on president by for a policy or a saner to recall parliament so that it can vote on whether the man holed up in the prime minister's official residence at the end of that road is still in fact prime minister on friday president serious cena fired prime minister ryoma single he came out spoke to the crowds earlier he told them he still lawful prime minister of sri lanka and he called on people to continue to protest to protect his democracy. the. president there is saying remove the prime minister from syria and replace him with former president mahinda rajapaksa many people here especially the protesters say that it was unconstitutional i think everyone is really surprised by what happened everyone should be shocked but e

lankan police are on high alert after the president sacked the prime minister for president mahinda rajapaksa has been sworn in as the new pm but run neil we can see him gay is refusing to step down calling the move unconstitutional those are the headlines back to witness. a lot of fear so i'm sure. i will say i hope. you have this enough i say. at the top of the. op then you got to know that it was you. who. went to the money who got to die. so that is all my little nugget in to gaza. mum and dad one of them will come on their. new. bundle put it one. that i love i mean how many guys i'm. going to drown like you know those will go on. so there are going to be. there for your game is that the new. army will build here carol for the room. but it will grow period the comma. there i was up there i think about here you go our way but everybody knows that the song i'm going to like done. with the movie. goes i don't do a survey on the part of some of the you know there's a company. supporting our yani young plane and you see in the summer we're mothers are called upon. on a key. by reform because.

sri lanka's former president mahinda rajapaksa on the left, sworn in by the current president on the rajapa ksa was development few people saw coming. mahinda rajapaksa was beaten by maithripala sirisena to the post of president three years ago. these two men have something of a complicated history. formerly allies turned rivals, now apparently friends once again. mr rajapaksa is a highly controversial figure again. mr rajapaksa is a highly controversialfigure in again. mr rajapaksa is a highly controversial figure in sri again. mr rajapaksa is a highly controversialfigure in sri lanka. his government crush the tamil tigers in a brutal civil war that endedin tigers in a brutal civil war that ended in 2009 and in which thousands of civilians were killed. there are many from the tamil community who still want many from the tamil community who still wa nt a nswers many from the tamil community who still want answers about what happened to their loved ones. the country has been thrown into a constitutional crisis, by rajapaksa's constitutional crisis, by rajapa ksa's appointment. the cons

sri lanka's former president mahinda rajapaksa on the left, sworn in by the current president on the ple saw coming. mr rajapaksa was beaten by maithripala sirisena to the post of president three years ago. these two men have something of a complicated history. formerly allies turned rivals, now apparently friends once again. mr rajapaksa is a highly controversialfigure in sri lanka. his government crushed the tamil tiger rebels in a brutal civil war that ended in 2009, and in which thousands of civilians were killed. there are many from the tamil community who still want answers about what happened to their loved ones. the country has been thrown into a constitutional crisis by mr rajapaksa's appointment. the man he replaces insists he is still prime minister and will challenge his dismissal in court. while for mr rajapaksa this is something of a rise from the political ashes, it is not clear yet for how long. concern is growing about the fate of critically ill civilians, many of them children, who are trapped by the conflict in yemen. the united nations says dozens of children are d

but as you can see behind me the crowds i am at the official residence of the former president mahinda rajapaksa and the supporters have gathered here basically to express their confidence in the new prime minister everyone milling about as the parliamentarians of the joint opposition gather inside at a meeting chaired by the new prime minister now in the streets of colombo there's a sort of an uneasy calm but amount of uncertainty as people try and gauge what exactly has gone on in the last twenty four hours most people have heard about the new prime minister they're also hearing claims by the former that he's still in power but people are waiting to see what's going to happen we had one incident at the state broadcaster yesterday where supporters of both sides gather there was a sort of a standoff special task force personnel had to be called in to restore control in order and the police leave has been canceled at the moment so we're waiting to see what exactly transpires this is the weekend so any challenge in court or the supreme court might need to wait so people of them serves waiting with

mahinda rajapaksa is a man credited by many in sri lanka for ending the country's decade—long civil wars and corruption. in sri lanka's political boiler, it's hard to predict what will happen next. yogita limaye, bbc news. the current breakthrough in the struggle for peace on the korean peninsula began at an under—15's football tournament in december last year, when a south korean governor met his north korean counterpart. the football tournament is being held again this week in the south korean province which borders the north. our correspondent laura bicker was there as north played south. cheering and applause every touch of the ball is fought for. every run at goal brings eager screams. cheering the rivalry on this pitch is fierce. but this hard fought match has also helped push two countries, technically still at war, to the brink of peace. this time last year, the tournament was being held in china, just as donald trump was tweeting about raining down fire and fury in pyongyang. the governor of this province in south korea, however, took a chance. he travelled to china and, on the

mahinda rajapaksa is a man credited by many in sri lanka for ending the country's decade—long civil warcorruption. in sri lanka's political pot boiler, it's hard to predict what will happen next. yogita limaye, bbc news. the current breakthrough in the struggle for peace on the korean peninsula began at an under 15's football tournament in december last year when a south korean governor met his north korean counterpart. the football tournament is being held again this week in the south korean province which borders the north. our correspondent laura bicker was there — s north played south. cheering and applause. every touch of the ball is fought for. every run at goal brings eager screams. cheering. the rivalry on this pitch is fierce. but this hardfought match has also helped push two countries, technically still at war, to the brink of peace. this time last year, the tournament was being held in china, just as donald trump was tweeting about raining down fire and fury in pyongyang. the governor of this province in south korea, however, took a chance. he travelled to china and, on the

still, mahinda rajapaksa needs to prove his majority in parliament. but his party is confident. s the support of parliament remembers, but the support of the people of our country. but the ousted pm, ranil wickremesinghe, is defiant, saying his firing was illegal. we are the majority in parliament. it is not necessary for us to create a crisis. it is not necessary for the people of the country to suffer. we are living in difficult times. we should get this controversy out of the way. that the parliament decide who has the majority. mr ranil wickremesinghe spoke to parliament about his case. it will be a challenge for him to keep his mps together. there will be more twists and turns to sri lanka's political turmoil. fashion is a growing industry in africa and lagos fashion week has established itself as an event not to be missed. from nairobi to johannesburg, it now attracts major african names and collections showcased on the catwalk are exported all over the world. eliza philippidis reports. bold prints, vibra nt colours and flowing silks — just a few of the reasons why african

to leave the prime minister's office the president has replaced him with a former president mahinda rajapaksa let's remind you of who's who in sore and politics because frank ended up in this crisis through a series of events first the sacked prime minister ranil wickremasinghe well he was dismissed on friday but refuses to accept it with limiting or believe that he still commands a parliamentary majority but he can't prove that because the man who fired him president. said a center has suspended parliament citizen and says he decided to get rid of a single because one of his cabinet ministers was involved in an assassination plot the president replaced with limits with this man the former president mahinda rajapaksa now he is a strong has a strong man reputation having been in power when the government ended decades.

giving the frieze never seen never heard almost completely different twist the former president mahinda rajapaksa now sworn in as new prime minister now the swearing in this development coming as a board from the blue no one here in where they'd be in political circles in general day to day life expected it what we're hearing from the president's media division was that the president might be policy ricin swore in the former president now this is not something that many people expect they were almost sworn enemies after seriously in the defeated rajapaksa at the last presidential election now running a victory macing heard the prime minister that walked a bit serious enough to set up the coalition government essentially is claiming that he's still prime minister he says that he has the seat the vote and the support in parliament and he says that this entire swearing in is illegal so it will come to the coming hours tomorrow as things unfold when it becomes a bit clearer as to who has what support and what kind of support base that will see what exactly will be sri lanka's political future for mal

assuming duties after his sudden appointment triggered the political crisis former president mahinda rajapaksa is replacing rather work from a single refused to leave the official residence. believes he still enjoys majority support in parliament but is unable to prove it since the present my three palace at the center suspended the law making assembly the president said the move was motivated by an assassination plot those are your headlines the news continues here on desire after inside stories stay with us. after finally acknowledging jamal khashoggi his killing was premeditated saudi arabia sends its top prosecutor to turkey as pressure grows on riyadh to extradite the suspects will the two countries cooperate this is a story. hello and welcome to the program. it's been more than three weeks since journalist jamal khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul never to be seen again and with each passing day brings a new element so crime that shocked the world turkey one saudi arabia to extradite the eighteen men who have been suspected in this killing but saudi arabia incest they'l

and its controversial former president mahinda rajapaksa returns to power we'll look at what position he's in this time. hello there we see some deadly flooding in parts of russia recently mostly is being in the southwest of the country where the worst of the weather has been these pictures are from around the black sea so in the sochi region you can see just how bad the flooding is there it's actually destroyed part of that bridge now this system is all part of the same system that gave us the flooding in jordan as well you can see the showers out of that and it's all part of this huge swirling mass that's also given us some wet weather and snow over parts of turkey really has turned quite wintery for some of us here particularly in the east that system hasn't quite finished with us just yet it's working its way steady eastwood still still getting some heavy downpours i think the heaviest rains as we head through saturday will be around to the north of terror on an old site for the southwestern parts of iran so very heavy downpours in these two regions and then it'll sweep its way ea

an assassination plot the president replaced with a single with this man the former president mahinda rajapaksa he was a strong man the last has a strong man reputation of being in power when the government ended decades of civil war ben smith has more from sri lanka's capital colombo. these are the fouls and fouls of protesters and the speaker i'm sure lanka's parliament are calling on president by for a policy or a saner to recall parliament so that it can vote on whether the man holed up in the prime minister's official residence at the end of that road is still in fact prime minister on friday president serious cena fired prime minister ran over in a single he came out spoke to the crowds earlier he told them he still will or for prime minister of sri lanka and he called on people to continue to protest to protect sri lanka's democracy. that. presidents are saying remove the prime minister from syria and replaced him with former president mahinda rajapaksa many people here especially the protesters say that it was unconstitutional i think everyone is really surprised by what happened everyo

assuming duties after his son this appointment triggered a political crisis former president mahinda rajapaksa is replacing running the workrooms a single who has refused to leave the official residence become a single believes he still enjoys majority support is unable to prove as president may three parlous had a say in a suspended parliament president said the move was motivated by an assassination plot middel founder's has this update from colombo. it's all happening here in sri lanka first thing in the morning we had the new prime minister mine the rajapaksa chairing a meeting of all the joint opposition parliamentarians now shortly after that we heard the former prime minister on a victim missing her basically calling for an emergency session of parliament where we're told that he wrote to the speaker asking that parliament be convened for especially emergency session and speaking to the media he said that he would show the numbers the support he enjoys in parliament thereby legitimizing his role as the current prime minister he has said that the swearing in of my in the rajapakse is unc

replacement for the second with former president mahinda rajapaksa and then suspended palma for two weeks so that he gained support. and after a meeting in bangladesh the minimal government has agreed to begin with tracing rangar refugees by the middle of next month rights groups say their return to iraq and state must be voluntary and dignified around three courses of the million of a million the floods and the military crackdown last yeah. and tunis here at least twenty people have been wounded after a suicide bomber blew herself up in the capital tunis fifteen policemen are among the injured the country has been under a state of emergency since two thousand and thirteen when dozens of people were killed in a series of i saw attacks. i regret to say that security personnel are always paying the heavy toll paying it and blood i am sure officials will identify the causes and consequences such attacks undermine the state its authority and state i believe any gathering must be licensed as it is a right guaranteed by the constitution we thought we had driven terrorism out of our cities in tw

their performance suffered so the fact that it has led to the return of the former president mahinda rajapaksa is a huge huge surprise. what sort of power will he have minimal because sri lanka is one of these countries which has a prime minister and the president different countries have different power vested in each position how will it work in sri lanka. longer has sort of a mixed system the executive presidency in sri lanka is a very very powerful office and president seriously and when he took over he did have certain constitutional amendments which kind of trimmed some of those powers but it is still very much of powerful executive presidency he has a kind of an all over riding power over government over cabinet even though there have been certain tweaks to the constitution that kind of limits those powers the prime minister functions as the head of government and hence this is why we're expecting with the new prime minister being sworn in that he will be expected to form a new government now all of this with the former prime minister or as he calls himself the current prime minister ru

officially started work after his sudden appointment triggered a political crisis for the president mahinda rajapaksa as replacing it out in the chemist seeing her as refusing to leave the official residence when alpha and as reports from the capital colombo. mine the rajapaksa started work on monday signing off his first document as the country's new prime minister he's office was standing room only with parliamentary colleagues and well wishers wanting to share his success but the appointment has been tainted by claims that it was unconstitutional . running witnessing he insists that his removal and rajapakse his appointment violates the constitution. darrius and ban current i'm upset about the appointment of a prime minister who does not command a majority in parliament in order to cover his wrongdoing he's telling stories that even small children understand prison might be policy ricin or blames we can sing her for everything wrong with that coalition government that says an assassination plot against him was the last straw but she long to speak it wasn't buying that argument he issued a stark wa

from sitting on friday and replaced him with former president mahinda rajapaksa the political turmoil follows the collapse of the governing coalition. the headlines that he's continues after inside story next. the united states says it's time to pull out of a nuclear arms pact with russia signed more than thirty years ago that helped end the cold war but president donald trump wants to rip it up why now and does it mean a return to the nuclear arms race and an increase in the risk of conflict this is inside story. hello i'm wrong this is inside story from the united states in the old soviet union once on the brink of nuclear war they called it the cold war and it dragged on for decades but in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven u.s. president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev signed the into mediate range of nuclear forces or i.n.f. treaty defusing the arms race now there are more phase another one could be about to start because president donald trump wants out of the agreement we'll speak to our guests shortly but first let's take a look at what the i.n.f. treaty

on friday and replaced him with the former president mahinda rajapaksa political turmoil follows the collapse of the governing coalition. let's return to our top story with a focus on saudi arabia's judicial system the saudis say they will prosecute the suspects joining us today here on. director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies at the institute sultan welcome back the saudi judicial system is it geared up to operate and to function and to handle this case. or clearly the judicial system is a sophisticated system and has dealt with lots of murder case in the past but the issue here is whether they have the right type of evidence to present in the case and of course the way or the gun has been playing it so far is that he has made it clear to everyone including the president of the ests that he's holding an evidence which is possibly not the sort of evidence that can be permissible in a court of justice it's an evidence that is maybe wired in illegal organs of inch of the vienna convention so they know that he knows they know that he knows where the body is and he h

saying he was fired by president might follow sort of set up and replaced by former president mahinda rajapaksa a political trouble follows the collapse of the governing coalition. at least five people including two police officers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in central afghanistan another twelve people were wounded after a check up blew up a government vehicle. police place police base in wardak province this is voting is underway in kandahar province after parliamentary elections that were pushed back by a week the delay came after a high level afghan general was killed in a taliban attack the day before polls would you to open the security situation in afghanistan has been tense following last weekend's parliamentary elections but now yell is a writer and political analyst he says that so far polling has been peaceful. the election is going on today in kandahar seventeen districts in one seventy polling stations yet know the situation is peaceful. this is the public participation is good and did no complaints yet the received about the technical issues publicly. more than expec

the claims during an address to the nation become a singer was replaced by former president mahinda rajapaksa. three palestinian teenagers have been killed in violence israeli drone strike in gaza they died in the eastern region of the strip between the new nursery and there are the israeli army says it fired towards three palestinian saboteurs who were attempting to plant an explosive device near the barrier fence with israel meanwhile palestinian president mahmoud abbas. says accusing his harassed rivals of supporting the interests of the u.s. by not giving up control of the gaza strip. that the u.s. is planning a proposal to offer palestinians some stay home in the hamas controlled strip and limited autonomy in the occupied west bank he's pushing for full independence in both areas amassed seize control of gaza in two thousand and seven because of the headlines al jazeera world of journalism is not a crime. i am of dual chammy of al-jazeera arabic i'm looking at why my colleague mahmoud hussein has been in jail in egypt for nearly two years without trial. he is experienced and as covered s

nation to explain the political up people off of it promising a was replaced by former president mahinda rajapaksa. mr ranil wickremasinghe behaved very arrogant and stubbornly in the government mostly making decisions individually which led to a serious political crisis you want you to be in i must state at the appointments dismissals and the appointment of a new government has been done with the advice of legal experts in accordance with the constitution and i totally reject the allegation that they were in violation of the constitution and not in accordance with the law. in his statement to the nation present my three policy resave has basically provided dream for his behavior his actions his decisions that basically has plunged this country into a lot of uncertainty over the last forty eight hours presidency basically saying it was all about. the former prime minister the prime minister he said. it's all his fault i was left no option but to appoint him the rajapaksa but to break that down he says victor missing his political conduct was very politically uncivilized sort of belittle the victor

the most recent or most powerful reason to appoint former president mahinda rajapaksa as prime minister removed from a singer as prime minister was a conspiracy to assassinate me i realize that there could be an issue of trust regarding the investigations informants has revealed that a government minister was involved in the assassination attempt against me the president talking rejected the allegations that his decision violated the constitution and said this was one he had taken following advice and in keeping with the constitution but the parliament speaker seemed to question that decision in a letter he sent the president. urged to resign or to reconsider his decision to suspend parliament until november sixteenth saying it would lead to serious and undesirable consequences for the country. a tale of two prime ministers one legitimate the other not the key to his future is determining which is which the sack prime minister insists his dismissal was illegal and he's refusing to leave his official residence in a finance al-jazeera colombo. germany now where both parties and the govern

support a sort of say no suspended parliament to hold off any challenge to his decision to appoint mahinda rajapaksa as prime minister rajapaksa a former prime president oversaw the end of a decades long civil war. reports from colombo. president. expected to lay out the reasons or justify. what he did just over one and a half days ago when he threw this country's political scenario into turmoil removing his prime minister on the vicar missing and appointing a man who said would threaten his life or challenging him to the presidency in two thousand and fifteen and the rajapaksa now some of the reasons we're hearing that the president for his decisions is the handling of the economy we've seen essentially in recent times. taking a beating devaluing hugely against the u.s. dollar investments the general political climate is quite shaky but more than that in recent days almost on a personal force it has been this assassination conspiracy that's been unfolding over the last six weeks here in sri lanka where we're hearing. in fact he's been arrested being implicated in an assassination plot against presi

president has sacked the prime minister and replaced with his one time rival former president mahinda rajapaksa was sworn in as prime minister on friday he replaces. says he is still in office and little decision to remove him is illegal. brazil's two presidential candidates wrapping up their campaigns before the run a photo on sunday far right candidate jr seen his commanding lead over rival for nanda had bad for six percentage points in the past week fanning hopes of a stunning turnaround from a leftist candidate that i suppose has more from rio de janiero. we're hearing. at an event held by the workers party. the workers party presidential candidate is currently in northeastern brazil trying to gather as many votes that they can that's the stronghold of the workers' party there he attacked. one out all saying the brazil doesn't deserve a president like him and that he's a threat to democracy on the other hand it was not extreme right candidate he's here. he has asked his followers to remain quiet until election day but he also attacked by that on twitter saying that he's being run by a man t

the swearing in the new members of the cabinet who are going to serve under now prime minister mahinda rajapaksa but not so far away sitting in the prime minister's official residence is running away from the single says i'm still prime minister i still have the parliamentary majority to prove it the problem is the president has suspended parliament until november sixteenth so witnessing a contest claim and the suggestion is the president has let suspended because he wants to give the newly appointed prime minister rajapaksa enough time to pull in support to give him a parliamentary majority the chinese for the first to call in on rajapaksa and offer their congratulations he of course when president of sri lanka brought in millions of dollars of chinese. at the end of the country's civil war was conversed with the united states the european union and the indians of that will hang on a minute present serious cena should be respecting the constitution india of course very worried about spreading chinese influence in the strategically important part of the indian ocean. it's the beginning of the en

out very interesting leigh the chinese ambassador was the first to offer congratulations to mahinda rajapaksa in his new appointment of prime minister it was rajapaksa who bought in billions of dollars of chinese investment after the twenty six year long civil war here in sri lanka while on the other side the european union the united states and the indian government have said well hang on a minute presence there is a should be respect in the constitution the indians of course very worried about spreading chinese influence in this strategically important part of the indian ocean there in all rights burn a smith the update from colombo thank you we have an interesting opinion piece on al-jazeera dot com and the author here argues that sri lanka is tamils are at imminent risk after rajapaksa is richer and he's calling on the international community to take urgent action to protect tamils after the former president's return you can read his analysis on the home page of al-jazeera dot com. israeli forces have shot dead a palestinian man and injured twenty five others during protests at the gaza b

has been fired by the by sri lanka's president serious cena and replaced by former president mahinda rajapaksa and everybody here says that is unconstitutional because the lanka's constitution has been changed it gives power to parliament takes power away from the president and the prime minister who has a parliamentary majority is the one who should be anointed made prime minister the protesters said to say the president ignored that and he's also suspended parliament the suspicion being that while parliament remains suspended the appointed prime minister rajapaksa can gather support and get enough people on his side to show that he has a parliamentary majority so but everybody here barry uncomfortable very unhappy about that they. call these people to out on the streets to protest and to protect democracy he says because he is the legal prime minister. bangladesh have a greater began returning rangar refugees by the middle of next month fifteen men ma government delegates are in the capital dhaka are due to visit overcrowded refugee camps in cox's bazar three courses of a million rang the mi

the negotiations continue following the shock appointment of the former president mahinda rajapaksa sri lanka's new prime minister now obviously. the former prime minister says the job is still his he says and has called for an emergency session of parliament where he says he can sure his parliament majority and the support he enjoys but of course work of business and matter of business continues behind me the presidential secretariat in colombo the scene of a meeting between the new prime minister and president. obviously mind the rajapaksa is bringing along all his parliamentarians that have pledged their support for him many in the joint opposition as well as some who are crossing over from the government to throw their hat in with the rajapaksa now the joint opposition that addressed the media today said this had been sort of the legitimate course of action restoring my in the rajapaksa to the helm of this country because he had done so much and he knows what's best for the people also saying that this is very much a transitional government and hinting that the new government in min

by mahinda raja pa ksa government headed by mahinda rajapa ksa who was government headed by mahinda rajapaksarn in on friday. a few other investors were sworn in yesterday. they are sending out the message that they are the new government and they are going to start work. also making the news today: the mexican authorities have detained members of a second group of central american migrants who've crossed into the country from guatemala. local media say one man drowned as he attempted to swim across the suchiate river that divides the two countries. us president donald trump says he is sending more than 5,000 troops to the border to prevent migrants from crossing it. a uk senior government figure says britain is complicit in creating a famine in yemen. speaking in parliament, andrew mitchell called for an end to britain's support for the saudi—led coalition which backs yemen's government in its war with the houthi rebels. he said britain should be neutral position, and work towards a ceasefire. the notorious boston mobsterjames ‘whitey‘ bulger has been killed in prison. the 89 year—old was on

parter sort of saina suspended parliament to hold off any challenge to his decision to appoint mahinda rajapaksa as prime minister or the parks former president oversaw the end of a decades long civil war let's go live now to colombo al-jazeera smell the land for a smell just a muddy the waters even further now the speaker of parliament has weighed into this route what's he been saying. that's right we've have news that the speaker has written to present my partner seriously in a centrally throwing sort of his way into into this constitutional ascension the quagmire that has unfolded over the last forty eight hours the speak of writing to the president says he considers it his utmost duty to protect the rights of every single m.p. in parliament especially in light of the constitutional crisis that has a risen in the country at present he says he has received a request to protect the rights and privileges of running a vicar missing her the sacked prime minister basically this request he says has been received to protect the rights of run over missing up until such time that any other person emerg

fired rummy wickramasinghe on friday and replaced him with the former president mahinda rajapaksa were missing i had earlier requested an emergency session of parliament to address the crisis political turmoil follows the collapse of the governing coalition in sri lanka with the full story from. the negotiations continue following the shock appointment of the former president mahinda rajapaksa sri lanka's new prime minister now obviously missing the former prime minister says the job is still his he says and has called for an emergency session of parliament where he says he can sure his parliament majority and the support he enjoys but of course work of business and matter of business continues behind me the presidential secretary in colombo the scene of a meeting between the new prime minister and president by three policy to say no obviously mind the rajapaksa is bringing along all his parliamentarians that have pledged their support for him many in the joint opposition as well as some who are crossing over from the government to throw their hat in with the rajapaksa now the joint op

presidents are removed the prime minister from cindy and replaced him with former president mahinda rajapaksa many people here especially the protesters say that it was unconstitutional i think everyone is really surprised by what happened everyone should be shocked but everyone in the feels like they need to figure out how we can stop this because this happened not on our watch we are hoping that approaches protests of this nature by citizens by the people of sri lanka will the right tool for the government to follow the democratic process the president says he's acted constitutionally but for lanka's constitution has changed a couple of years ago taking powers away from the president and giving it to parliament the prime minister is the one who should come out and the parliamentary majority that is why people say what's happened recently is unconstitutional and they feel a threat to sri lanka's democracy well human rights watch has released a statement calling thailand's criminal investigation against a music band baseless and one said to drop the case sara horowitz is here with more on the

the negotiations continue following the shock appointment of the former president mahinda rajapaksa sri lanka's new prime minister now obviously. the former prime minister says the job is still his he says and has called for an emergency session of parliament when he says he can sure his parliament majority and the support he enjoys but of course work of business and matter of business continues behind me the presidential secretariat in colombo the scene of a meeting between the new prime minister and president might recall a citizen of this in mind the rajapaksa is bringing along all his parliamentarians that have pledged their support for him many in the joint opposition as well as some who are crossing over from the government to throw their hat in with the rajapaksa the giant opposition that addressed the media today he said this had been sort of the legitimate course of action restoring my in the rajapaksa to the helm of this country because he had done so much and he knows what's best for the people also saying that this is very much a transitional government and hinting that the

after the president sacked the prime minister and appointed a former president to replace him mahinda rajapaksa has been sworn in as prime minister by president that sort of thing that those are your headlines inside story with imran khan is next. the united states says it's time to pull out of a nuclear arms pact with russia so i moved in thirty years ago helped end the cold war but president donald trump wants to rip it up why now and does it mean a return to the nuclear arms race and an increase in the risk of conflict this is a story. hello i'm wrong this is inside story from the united states and the old soviet union once on the brink of nuclear war they called it the cold war and it dragged on for decades but in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven u.s. president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev signed the into mediate range of nuclear forces or i.n.f. treaty defusing the arms race now there are more phase another one could be about to start because president donald trump wants out of the agreement we'll speak to all guests shortly but first let's take a look at what th

crisis when he sacked his prime minster and replaced him with a controversial former president, mahinda rajapaksa with a man shot dead as a minister from the ousted government tried to return to work. exit polls suggest germany‘s governing coalition has suffered a big setback in the western state of hesse, a result that could spell trouble for chancellor merkels‘s administration. both the christian democrats and their partners in the federal government, the spd, went back by about ten percentage points. the outcome is likely to increase tensions in the governing coalition in berlin. some dramatic pictures to show you. this is a huge fire at an oil depot in tianjin municipality in northern china. more than 70 fire engines and 500 firefighters were reportedly involved. they did eventually manage to bring it under control, and no casualties have been reported. here is the man of the moment. britain‘s lewis hamilton has secured his fifth formula i world championship title. he finished fourth at the mexican grand prix to secure the necessary points he needed. the 33—year—old british driver is nowjust

the most recent or most powerful reason to appoint former president mahinda rajapaksa as prime minister and removed from a singer as prime minister was the conspiracy to assassinate me i realize that there could be an issue of trust regarding the investigations informants has revealed that a government minister was involved in the assassination attempt against me. the president rejected the allegations that his decision violated the constitution and said this was one he had taken following advice and in keeping with the constitution but the parliament speaker seemed to question that decision you know a letter he sent the president. urged to racine or to reconsider his decision to suspend parliament until november sixteenth saying it would lead to serious and undesirable consequences for the country a tale of two prime ministers one legitimate the other not the key to his future is determining which is which the sack prime minister insists his dismissal was illegal and is refusing to leave his official residence in a philanderer al-jazeera colombo. to afghanistan our vote counting is und

citizen of fayyad run away from saying on friday and replaced him with the former president mahinda rajapaksa one who will come sing earlier requested an emergency session of parliament to address the crisis the political turmoil follows the collapse of the governing coalition in serious mental finance his reports from colombo. it's all happening here. first thing in the morning we had the new prime minister mine the rajapaksa chairing a meeting of all the joint opposition parliamentarians now shortly after that we heard the former prime minister on a victim missing her basically calling for an emergency session of parliament we're told that he wrote to the speaker asking that parliament be convene for especially emergency session and speaking to the media he said that he would show the numbers the support he enjoys in parliament thereby legitimizing his role as the current prime minister he has said that the swearing in of my in the raja proxies unconstitutional and that it is illegal now within this even. has called for parliament to be essentially convened within that press conference lite

thing that we saw happen today is the first cabinet meeting of the new government headed by mahinda rajapaksarn in on friday. a few other ministers were sworn in yesterday. they are essentially trying to send out the message that, you know, "we are the new government, we are going to start work." also making news today: the mexican authorities have detained members of a second group of central american migrants who've crossed into the country from guatemala. local media say one man drowned as he attempted to swim across the suchiate river that divides the two countries. us president donald trump says he is sending more than 5,000 troops to the border to prevent migrants from crossing it. denmark has demanded new eu sanctions against tehran, after it said it had foiled an iranian plot to carry out an assassination on its soil. a norwegian citizen of iranian background has been arrested. the danish intelligence service says he was working for tehran and planning to murder an iranian arab activist living in denmark. the suspect denies involvement. a uk senior government figure says britain is co

sacks the prime minister to run over crime a singer and replaced him with the former president mahinda rajapaksa a singer is accused of enabling corruption and mismanaging the economy he insists his dismissal was illegal saudi arabia's public prosecutor is heading to istanbul to discuss the killing of jamal khashoggi to fish authorities want the eighteen suspects to be extradited but saudi arabia says they'll be prosecuted inside the kingdom the us defense secretary james mattis says he's held talks with saudi arabia's foreign minister and demanded a transparent investigation into the. on the thai billionaire owner of les to city football club is feared dead after a helicopter crash in central england which i probably as helicopter came down in the club's carpark after a game on saturday it's not been formally confirmed if he was on board or not but the reuters news agency is reporting he was among the five people killed in the crash according to club sources. you're up to date with all of the top stories coming up next on al-jazeera it's one i want to east. it was an election that malaysia's go