if syria cena pushes this through and if as has happened under his former when he was president rajapaksa is allows his people to use use coercion and force to maintain his power i think there's a high risk of violence alan keenan senior project director of the international crisis group thank you israeli forces have showed that a palestinian man during protests at the gaza border fence gaza's health ministry says another fifteen people were injured by live gunfire israeli forces have killed at least two hundred ten palestinians and injured thousands more since protests began in march meanwhile hundreds of people have attended funerals for three palestinian teenage boys killed in israeli drone strikes in gaza on sunday their families say they had no ties with armed groups and of called of hamas to retaliate against the attack herefore said reports from gaza. mourners gather at a hospital morgue in southern gaza inside like the bodies of three boys killed the night before it is really a strike israeli military said it had targeted a cell that was laying explosives along the border fence th

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

election but for many people that rajapaksa return is cause for celebration basically there is a large constituency in an electorate that still see him as the sort of hero that stopped the near three decade long war in this country and essentially see him as someone who needs to be at the helm of this country so like i said never say never but for a new vehicle missing her again who says he's still the legitimate prime minister he's still fighting for his survival. thanks a lot let's get more on the story. of the international crisis group he joins us live from london to this come out of no place relatively speaking or were there warning signals that the whole situation is going to collapse in this way. well not in this way but i think everyone who follows through on politics has known that certainly since february or march of this year the president might or policy or santa has wanted to get rid of his his prime minister right of the comet singer. and the question was just how he was going to do it and what it means were at his disposal now there was an attempt. to vote out the prime

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

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

here where i'm standing at is basically a view official residence of the former president mahinda rajapaksa he's still here and the crowds you see gathered before me behind me are crowd supporters well wishers who have all flocked to his residence where inside is a party a parliamentarian is meeting so all members of parliament of the joint opposition basically gathered being chaired at a meeting by the new prime minister of sri lanka in the rajapaksa so on the streets relatively sort of an uneasy calm there are sort of a few simmering tensions last evening some of the tensions spilled over at the state broadcaster we had the situation where basically loyalist of both factions those loyal to the former prime minister on a vigorous in her as well as those of the new prime minister mind the rajapaksa clashed over control of the state broadcaster special task force troops had to be called in to restore order and control of the situation so most people waiting to hear more details about it obviously the joint opposition and the new prime minister very confident saying that you know he has basic

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

now where rajapaksa sparty the s. and p. p. did when did sweep the polls in the local government elections and in february two thousand and fifteen they have been rumblings of a return to power by the rajapaksa government in some form or the other this alliance therefore puts sort of kills two birds with birds with one stone sets citizen are free from a prime minister in a party with whom he been having increasing disagreements and allows him to enter into an alliance with another leader who is seen as one that is gaining support all right we thank you very much for speaking to us on al-jazeera now we previously sat down with sirius in our program talked to al jazeera where he don't please allegations of war crimes similar contradicting key findings from a u.n. investigation at the time into the country's civil war so you can watch that episode with the president on talk to al-jazeera that's on our website al-jazeera dot com. meanwhile saudi arabia's public prosecutor is heading to istanbul to discuss the murder of jo

on friday replacing him with the former president rajapaksa we're going to sing i had earlier requested an emergency session of parliament to address the crisis the political turmoil follows the collapse of the governing coalition and they'll finance with more now from colombo. 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 thi

s cash is changing hands to common support rajapaksa highly inflammatory controversial allegations with people to make what they say that's the only way that he could get this support for the moment we'll leave it there thank you but it's with our correspondent in colombo. bangladesh and have agreed to begin returning ring of refugees to rakhine state by mid november fifteenth senior officials from me and more are now in the bunker there she comes out of darker to discuss the plan they're due to visit the refugee clones in talks is bizarre later last year nearly a million refugees fled what the un calls a campaign of violence by the me and love military rights groups are demanding that any repatriation must be voluntary and dignified. it's been revealed to the indonesian which crashed on monday had technical problems the day before and its pilots reported more issues just before the boeing seven hundred seven went down with one hundred eighty nine passengers and crew on board deep sea divers are searching for the black box recorders of the lion air flight where in hay reports from jakar

the rajapaksa came as a bolt from the blue there was basically most people thinking that this was some kind of joke when new started filtering out that present by policy to say had sworn in he's pretty sesar as the new prime minister now the former prime minister brown who become a sickness still digging in his heels and saying that he is the prime minister that the swearing in of rajapaksa was illegal that it is against the constitution and he says that he has the confidence of parliament and says he is still the prime minister 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 doesn't sort of an uneasy calm but certain 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 min

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

presidents are saying that the sworn in the head of the rajapaksa as prime minister former president rajapaksa lost the election three years ago which was called after he scrapped the two term limit for the presidency protesters on the parliament speaker say there's been a constitutional coupe the prime minister they say should be chosen by palm and not to the president i think everyone is really surprised by what happened everyone's he shot but everyone kind of feels like they need to figure out how we can stop this he has happened not on our watch we are hoping that a process of protests of this nature by citizens by the people of sri lanka whether right to fund the government to follow the democratic process while posters of rajapaksa have started appearing nationwide the former president hasn't yet spoken publicly about his new appointment parliament remains closed this evening the country's constitution was changed a couple of years ago to take power away from the presidency and give it to parliament presidents are saying it says he's not breaking the law but his critics will sa

to a political earthquake president might a palace city senior sworn 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 their mission is. to restore. a 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 convene parliament so he can prove he has a majority in the house. that parliament who has. there are concerns the recent developments violate the constitution of the united states and the european union and urge the government to act in accordance with the

is expected and seen to function the very fact that this entire sort of swearing in of my in the rajapaksa came as a bolt from the blue now the fact that parliament has been suspended with no one really knowing what is to unfold in the coming days in the coming weeks does not auger well for sri lanka the people themselves are wondering what to expect in fact they don't know quite frankly who their prime minister is. for months people in gaza have been living with just four hours of electricity a day now that's about to double maybe even triple. positive development depends on always the relationship between us and israel are a force that explains. for the first time in two years gaza's only power station is working at seventy five percent capacity three of its core turbines generating desperately needed electric. the power company says the territory can now expect a rise in supply to twelve hours a day from purer than five. and i mean israel will get one hundred twenty megawatts and now seventy five from the power station right now we can talk about implementing to schedule of eight hours

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

presidents are saying are the sworn in the hindu rajapaksa as prime minister former president rajapaksa lost the election three years ago which was called after he scrapped the two term limit for the presidency. protesters on the palm and speaker say there's been a constitutional coupe the prime minister they say should be chosen by palm and not to the president i think everyone is really surprised by what happened everyone's he shot everyone kind of feels like they need to figure out how we can stop this is happening not on our watch we are hoping that a process. by citizens by the people of sri lanka where the right to have fun for the. party process while posters of rajapaksa have started appearing nationwide the former president hasn't yet spoken publicly about his new appointment franco's parliament remains closed this evening the country's constitution was changed a couple of years ago to take power away from the presidency and give it power to presidents are saying it says he's not breaking the law but his critics will say he's going against the spirit of the constitutional amend

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

president serious cena a sworn in the hindu rajapaksa as prime minister former president rajapaksa lost the election three years ago which was called after he scrapped the two term limit for the presidency. protesters and the parliament speaker say there's been a constitutional coupe the prime minister they say should be chosen by parliament not the president i think everyone is really surprised by what has everyone but everyone feels like they need to figure out how we can stop this is happening not on our watch we are hoping that approaches. by the people of the right to. the process. posters of rajapaksa have started appearing nationwide the former president hasn't yet spoken publicly about his new appoint. parliament remains closed this evening the country's constitution was changed a couple of years ago to take power away from the president and give it power to presidents are saying it says he's not breaking the more but his critics will say he's going against the spirit of the constitutional amendment which was made to strengthen his democratic institutions. al-jazeera. thousands

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

rajapaksa let's remind you of who's who in sort on can 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 christmas and 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 we claim a single because one of his cabinet ministers was involved in 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 fa

tighten security around mahinda rajapaksa's residence.a 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

still, mahinda rajapaksa needs to prove his majority in parliament. but his party is confident.as 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

sri lanka's new prime minister my in the rajapaksa getting straight down to business in the building behind me the prime minister's secretary in colombo now here arrived a little while ago in his convoy to meet with the three armed forces jeeves and the chief of defense services basically getting down to work here on his first official day as the prime minister of this country now obviously the sacked prime minister saying that this is unconstitutional that he is the one that still holds the premiership and he is the legal prime minister he's basically saying he can prove his majority in parliament and justify that he is the prime minister if the house is convened a soon as possible now basically the parliament speaker carroll jayasuriya having made just that point to the president in a letter yesterday and today speaking to reporters he has said that these issues must be resolved in the parliament that there is an attempt to take these issues onto the streets and warns that if that's the case blood will be spilled so carter just sort of striking home that point that things can turn

president syria's saying are the sworn in the hindu rajapaksa as prime minister former president rajapaksa lost the election three years ago which was called after he scrapped the two term limit for the presidency. protesters and the parliament speaker say there's been a constitutional coupe the prime minister they say should be chosen by parliament not the president i think everyone is really surprised by what happened everyone's really shocked but everyone feels like they need to figure out how we can stop this leak like this happen not on our watch we are hoping that a process of this nature by citizens by the people of sri lanka where the right to form for the. party process well posters of rajapaksa have started appearing nationwide the former president hasn't yet spoken publicly about his new appoint. parliament remains closed this evening the country's constitution was changed a couple of years ago to take power away from the president and give it to parliament presidents are saying it says he's not breaking the more but his critics will say he's going against the spirit of the cons

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 of this development coming as a board from the blue no one here with the 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 have policy to say in a war in the former president now this is not something that many people expect they were almost sworn enemies after serious in a 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 seats the votes 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. now an

lanka after the president sacked his prime minister and replace him with a former strongman manda rajapaksa was sworn in on friday and replaces ronnell with crime a singer but a singer insists he is still in power and alpha and is has more now from columbus. developments here in sri lanka giving the freeze never seen never one almost completely different twist the former president mahinda rajapaksa now sworn in his new prime minister now the swearing in of this development coming as a board from the blue no one here with the 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 have policy to say in a war in the former president now this is not something that many people expect they were almost sworn enemies after serious in the defeated rajapaksa at the last presidential election now running victor missing heard the prime minister that walked with serious enough to set up the coalition government essential claiming that he's still prime minister he says that he has the seats the votes and the suppo

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 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 that he's still prime minister he says that he has the seats the votes 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 malaysian prim

missing a still digging in his heels and saying that he is the prime minister that the swearing in of rajapaksa was illegal that it is against the constitution and he says that he has the confidence of parliament and says he is still the prime minister 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 i

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. vessel meant 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 president who is saying there should be respecting the constitution india of course very worried about spreading chinese influence in the strategically important parts of the indian ocean the former bangladeshi prime minister has been sentenced to seven years in jail for corruption the seventy two year old was convicted of taking more than three hundred thousand dollars from a charity in february she got five years after a conviction for stealing money from an orphanage zia says this is all aimed at keeping her out of politics with elections coming up in december. hundreds of russians are remembering people who were killed during the era of soviet leader joseph stalin relatives activists and others read out the names of the v

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 of this development coming as a board from the blue no one here with the 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 have policy to say in a swore in the former president now this is not something that many people expect they were almost sworn enemies after serious 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 seats the votes 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. al

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 two thousand and fifteen that. was. stubbornly taking not collective decisions that he tended to make individual decisions alluding to a small sort of inner circle that he made decisions with now citizen also said and denied categorically that he has violated the country's constitution saying all his decisions had been taken with legal advice and in accordance with the constitution of the country obviously a little earlier in the day the parliamentary speaker. asking the president. basically to respect and protect the rights of. until such time another person from within parliament. is able to demonstrate that they hold the confidence of parliament so basically cartridges turia asking the president to take on board that later saying he thought it was democratic and just and basically also saying that suspending parliament at the sixteenth was a bit too much and asking him to seriously

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

first now in colombo so you know i mean the rajapaksa formally started work as prime minister can he do that. doesn't he think so and obviously the administrative a part of also thinks so the building behind me you see is the prime ministerial secretariat in colombo in fact behind the rajapaksa has just arrived in his convoy to meet with the three armed forces commander and the chief of defense services now obviously with his swearing in before president might receive policy to say no on friday. the prime minister the new prime minister has. shortened that he has been recognized as the new prime minister of this country and he's getting about his business to day he sort of signed the first document formally assuming duties in this office behind me he's now having meetings obviously with the tri forces chiefs and basically getting on with the business of being prime minister. so what is the sand prime minister up to. de sac prime minister running over missing her still say is that he is the legitimate for me and of he says that his removal was unconstitutional he is staying put in the

as the prime minister remember rajapaksa is a former president who oversaw the end of a decades long civil war a un report said there were grave human rights abuses by government forces and that tens of thousands died in the closing stages of that conflict but checking with mel fernandez now his live in colombo for us minute what are we expecting to hear and from home today. come on we're expecting a statement from president might you parlous seriously to be honest the last couple of hours has been a case of waiting we are told the predicted statement will be distributed to t.v. channels it may have to the president is expected to sort of lay out reasons as to why he did what he did throwing this country into chaos over the last forty eight hours sacking prime minister on the victim missing swearing in the former president behind the rajapakse changing heads of state institutions and quite a few other things so he's expected to reasons obviously there are issues where the president and he's.

still ahead on the news hour mahinda rajapaksa returns a three lanka's prime minister but the man he's replacing is refusing to go and come out and force leftist footballers pay tribute to their liaison into those killed in a helicopter crash at the ground on saturday. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts or across the philippines we are watching typhoon you to make landfall here right now you can see the storm as it approach across the parts of luzon so that storm today is going to be bringing some very very heavy rain across the area flooding rain we expect to see now the storm is going to be pushing across the island and it's going to be entering back into the south china sea where we are going to be losing some of its intensity but as we go into wednesday it is still going to be bring some very heavy rain there once it leaves on wednesday we're going to be watching the path very carefully because we do think it's going to be coming up to the northwest possibly the north maybe even making another landfall for china or maybe taiwan that is something we'll be wa

reasons obviously there are issues where the president and he's supporters as well as mine that rajapaksa have been very critical of the way around of the missing sort of government has run the economy the basically accuse them of being the reason that the rupee the currency has devalued so much against the dollar that ascension the the economy's in such crisis more on a personal lot for seriously there has been an assassination plot that has been unfolding here for the last six weeks president serious saying is to be kind of taken aback that the government of the can missing or didn't take that into assassination plot against him as seriously as it should have so these are things that are expected to be in the statement we've already by the way heard from the speaker who has written to president syria seen a short while ago today telling him that he has received a request to protect the rights and privileges of running the risk of missing her until such time that someone emerges in parliament that enjoys the confidence of parliament and he says he feels that a just and democratic request

and his supporters are basically saying that minded rajapaksa has the confidence of parliament they are claiming that they have the parliament majority they have refused to go into detail about numbers but they're very confident that the can show a majority some even go to the extent of saying they have an absolute majority and they can display this obviously the problem being that with parliament suspended by the president showing that by either side is being delayed and the speaker once again alluded to this suspension of parliament in that letter to the president and said it's not appropriate given the current circumstances and has asked the president to reconsider. the president was going to make a public statement today and thank you reported earlier on that we we think that he's recorded such a statement it hasn't been released yet. that's a question on the top of everyone's mind we did hear from. the president's office of the statement had been recorded earlier today we have been giving. deadlines as to what time that statement would be released is expected to release to be r

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

off the president suspended parliament and sacked the prime minister a new prime minister amanda rajapaksa took on friday but his predecessor insists he is to empower myself and i'm his has more from columbus. sri lankans will cop to a political earthquake president by two policy the same or sworn 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 in the mission. of the president doris stall. and. election but 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 t

sort of center suspended parliament to hold off any challenge to his decision to appoint mahinda rajapaksa as prime minister rajapaksa former president oversaw the crushing of a decades long tunnel tiger uprising let's go live down to colombo which is there as well fernando is the president is due to speak soon what can we expect. everyone some of the things that we are expecting from president might be paula seriously and are reasons or justification for why he did such a drastic sort of thing over the last forty eight hours this board from the blue where he removed the prime minister on the vicar missing her a prime minister who's coalition brought into power as president to be defeated by in the rajapaksa he removes that prime minister and appoints the same man that he came forward as a common candidate in two thousand and fifteen to defeat so his statement to the nation it has been recorded we're hearing from presidential sources and it will be distributed to t.v. channels and play out in a short time from now so we're expecting to hear that sort of justification as to why he took thes

presidents are saying or a sworn in the hindu rajapaksa as prime minister former president rajapaksa lost the election three years ago which was cold after he'd scrapped the two term limit for the presidency protesters on the palm and speaker say there's been a constitutional coupe the prime minister they say should be chosen by palm and not to the president i think everyone is really surprised by what happened everyone's really shocked but everyone kind of feels like they need to figure out how we can stop this is a guy like this happen not on our watch we are hoping that a process of protests of this nature by citizens by the people of sri lanka whether right to do or fun for the.