mr rajapaksa is a highly controversial figure again. 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 constitutional crisis, by rajapaksa's appointment. the man he replaces insists he is still prime minister and will challenge his dismissal in court. while for raja pa ksa dismissal in court. while for rajapa ksa this is dismissal in court. while for rajapaksa this is something of a rise from the political ashes, it is not clear yet for how long. stay with us on bbc news, still

mr rajapaksa is a highly controversialfigure in sri lanka.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 dying every day, because the country's medical services are close to collapse. more than three years of civil war have led to the crisis — with the country divided beween houthi rebels backed by iran, and government forces supported by a saudi—led coalition, which includes the uk and the us. from sanaa, 0rla guerin rep

the president fired runnel wickramasinghe on friday and replaced him with the former president mr rajapaksa more news on the web site whenever you want al-jazeera dot com is the address up next the coming war on china i'll see you soon. these american bases form a giant news encircling china with missiles bombers warships. if you're in beijing looking out eastern the tallest building in beijing a look out of the pacific ocean you'd see american warships you'd see quantum is about to sink because there's so many missiles pointed at china you look up the korean see american armaments pointing at china the chinese the two thousand years ago built the great wall to keep the barbarians out and nothing they'd be a muchness film is to break a silence the united states and china may well be on a path toward a nuclear war is no longer unthinkable. shanghaied today use a prosperous international city still wrong by the communists at least in name. yes there are issues with human rights especially the right to speak against the state and challenge its power i had a range to see professor zion way way

the decision to suspend parliament until mid—november is seen as an attempt to give mr rajapaksa timed late into the night in the capital, colombo. it was a dramatic comeback for the former strongman who lost to the current president in 2015 election. it is all smiles as the former foes have become friends again. soon after taking over, he visited a buddhist temple to pay respect. by saturday morning, the changes on the ground are visible. tighten security around mahinda rajapa ksa's residence. the sudden political change has taken 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 rajapa ksa, who not only has 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

after the president suspended parliament and sacked the prime minister the new prime minister mr rajapaksa took the oath on friday but his predecessor insists he is still in power in elfin and as has more from colombo. sri lankans woke up to a political earthquake president mighty palace city senior swore in his former boss mind the rajapaksa as the new prime minister on friday taking everyone by surprise this was after all a man that serious in the said he risked his life to defeat in the two thousand and fifteen presidential election rajapaksa supporters were overjoyed at his return flocking to his residence while he met up with members of his parliamentary group on saturday morning the rajapaksa camp say they will preside over a transitional government and hold elections as soon as possible we have. learned that. his excellency the president boris straw. and. the drowning victim a singer the man whose coalition brought to power as its common candidate was dismissed as prime minister without notice in a single paragraph letter. he says his removal was illegal and has urged the speaker to

that they have i think you should against holding office but does it all come down to one man mr rajapaksa i mean he was the leader of a government which has been accused of suppressing freedoms of the media and expression and many other things he is just one man in all of that do you think he will be making such a huge difference if he were to return. when his brother was also defense secretary he helped heal the military and then for the allegations of military by nations they were elegant they were there were allegations of buying used by missions but sites to work but on the military side part of that much of the rest of the time of assistance i'm not up has been appointed his brother what about that and so there is there is more. also the development of precedence it is it now made an international committee in two thousand and in a consensus decision to the evil act council to address the issues of accountability and and yet again she said have been found to be to be banned by a very un investigations so at this point again this is this government we have to do a bike because it touc

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 victory of

mr sirisena provoked a constitutional 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

in what was a surprise move the president mr is that a center fire grenell wickramasinghe on friday and replaced him with the former president mahinda rajapaksa a singer had earlier requested an emergency session of parliament to address the crisis we'll get more on that story for you in a couple of minutes first though let's go to turkey because the turkish president mr in istanbul the addressing specifically the conference to do with syria but we are expecting him to touch on this situation that's more than three weeks old between ankara is turnbull and washington following on from the death of the washington post so the journalist who had us residency jamal khashoggi let's just get a sense if we can from inside that building not quite sure why we've flipped over to an outside shot i'm thinking maybe let's just open the microphones even get some sound from inside and the turkish president mr one. no we just got to stablish in short so far that's that's an intriguing aspects of camera control at the risk of stating the obvious for you we don't have any control over what the camera crews are doing there we flip open our switches they flip ope

mr wickremesinghe, who remains at the prime minister's official residence, has demanded parliament be reconvened immediately. yogita limaye has the story. he's back, mahinda rajapaksaarge as sri lanka's prime minister on monday. for the past few years, the influential and controversial politician has been looking for a way back into power. and now he has been put there by none other than the man who defeated him in the last election, maithripala sirisena, sri lanka's president, who sacked the country's cabinet last week. translation: i categorically state that the appointments were made is in accordance with the constitution and on the advice of legal experts. with all respect, i completely reject the charge that what was done was a violation of the constitution. the sudden move has triggered unrest. on sunday, armed guards of the sacked minister fired at the crowd. one person was killed, and the minister has now been arrested. 0utside his official residence, supporters of the ousted prime minister are continuing to gather. he is refusing to budge from his house and his position. we are the majority in parliament. it is not necessary for us to create a crisis. let