's have elected prime minister ronald wick, grimacing gay as the new president, despite widespread calls for him to quit politics. that is, the ex leader go to by our roger pox, a slit last week. after a series of protests, the new president must deal with so long cuz a worst economic crisis. u. s. presidential biden has called climate change a clear and present danger that cannot be ignored by is using his presidential powers to invest billions of dollars to protect communities from extreme weather and to support wind energy. speaking at a former cold fired power plant in massachusetts, he said the u. s. month that a global example while protecting americans from extreme weather the president as playing by low poll numbers as environmental activists. our on his ability to make concrete changes on climate, but he's, as the find isn't over, will not take no for an answer. i will do everything in my power. clean our air and water protect our people's health. when the clean energy future, which again sounds like our purview, our children and grandchildren are counting on us. not a job, not

they birds, ronald wick from a singer to order security forces to stop using force on protest has hundreds of troops cleared their main post camp on friday. at times, violently, the testers had announced they would vacate the site voluntarily. security forces walls are seen beating at least 2 journalist june the overnight rein and such assertions of resume sales under a rushing system. they started selling fuel off to a much needed shipment arrived for i was in columbia. i've been waiting long two's to fill up their vehicles. hedgeland diesel had been in short supply for months after the government went out to foreign currency to pay import. fernandez as more from colombo motorist like mister pony that had not drudge that i've been speaking to have been waiting here for hours. he spent 10 hours so far and he has yet to get his fuel. the government has claimed that it is getting more supplies, and this means that they brought in a new system of people registering, being assigned a q r code. and depending on the last digit of their vehicle, then being able to come on a particular day and get

there are 3 candidates and the bonnie, the top contender acting president ronald wicks. i'm a singer, is a raj, epoxy favorite, but many voters said they don't want him. michelle fernandez has more from colombo . on wednesday, parliamentarians will choose a successor to go tobey roger boxer who fled the country and resigned amid massive public protests as the vote approaches. the deal making is intense guttural, dallas, alabama, with the opposition leader pulled out of the race and proposed former government minister, dallas, alabama, among the chairman of the raj boxes, s o p, p party, 2nd, the name probably luke graham, singer myrtle margaret nama oswick, long physical another senior sir, p. p. member, proposed donald grimacing for the post. and then the 2nd thing was this man who had been a voice for a critic, vicar missing her, has been premier 6 times and he's now the acting president. he's a familiar figure, but not a popular one seen as a protector of the roger boxers, he is likely to have their support. this man is his main challenger, dallas, alabama, a senior p

economy forced former president got a biology pucks at to flee the top contender acting president. ronald wicked, i'm a singer, is a roger pucks, a favorite, but many voters say they don't want him. well, michelle fernandez is joining us now from the capital colombo. this whole process. i think manella takes about a couple of hours. what's going to be happening? isn't that secret ballot that was scheduled for today has gotten under way and the reason that it's expected it will take a couple of hours is that every single member of parliament, the 225 or the confirmed sort of attendance to day, we'll have to go and physically fill a ballot paper and cast their vote. so by the time each one is called on, they go, they take the ballot paper from the 2nd to general. there are 2 boots basically that has been set up in the center of the chamber and the 2nd general, any staff are very close the parliament in his to take the ballot. ah, he's the secret, general signatures on the reverse, the they mark their preference and then they put it in the ballad box. so this is going to take a bit of a process. we

and ronald wick from his singer is going to be sworn in as well as president on thursday, despite his unpopularity with the public formerly to go to borrowed your packs of fled the country last week during mass protests and then resigned. so those the headlines this our witness is coming up next. but i will have more news for you a bit later on. ah ah yes. destiny not about you no mama domestic boston bonnie a mummy he had no toys. doctor john sir. vista with delicacy . doctor dave zable, the g shared up now brought them chicago cheney granular for body of the g is festival offset. voluntary change? your mom is solid column novel. top of it just as you go to my chest will hang you . she shall go by shenika said judge need. jim yanked albert, but there were bed. daniel bear them at the battalion, duchess gilbert, a sort of honor i of them again, but to be so now doctor with no you're mr. is on you should go calling it or tricky values up of him so that when you model wish you have a good research, for example, devotional exist, not on. so she will sample when you're gardening. ok. so t

it's likely a final vote is going to be held on weapons doing. acting president ronald wicks. i'm a singer. is one of the candidates and he's imposed a nation wide state of emergency. mal fernandez, has more from colombo inside parliament. what we're going to see happening over the course of the morning is that the nominations for the post of president are going to be formally handed over to the secretary general of parliament. now obviously the speaker, usually a sort of overseas things, but because he is also an elected m b, he takes a sort of her aside. he sounds aside as the 2nd gender runs this election for president. so for names are what we're hearing so far. we have the acting president, ronald v, grimacing her who will contest i. he has been backed by the roger pox, a party, the s l p. p. raging wildfires are burning across large parts of western europe, threatening homes and putting lives at risk spain. as soon some of the worst fires more than 220 square kilometers of forest have been torched. in france, meteorologist say the southwest is going through a heat apocal