the result — a mass movement sri lanka has never seen. u can see the unity of the people, you can see the unity of the sri lankans. chanting. protesters: "go home, gota, go home!" chanting for change. sri lankans on the streets demanding the president, gotabaya rajapaksa, known as gota, step down. fed up with fuel shortages, rising prices and daily power cuts. i've neverjoined a protest before because i've lived a privileged life, so this is the first time even people like i have been affected with over ten hours of power cuts. none of us have ever seen this moment where sri lankans have stood up, regardless of their caste, their creed, their religion, they have just stood up and said no, go home, this is our country, our democracy. thousands of people have gathered at this protest in the sri lankan capital, colombo. and across the nation, people have been demonstrating in their numbers. day by day, the strength of anger towards the government has just grown and just look at the crowds who've gathered here today. and the one thing that's q

yes, and through too fascinated by the issue of sri lanka. t this is not a sri lankan thing about boomerangs. yes, then it puffs somewhere else, then it explodes somewhere else. yes, about the explosion. here. the explosion was a real explosion before our eyes at that moment . it is known that the parliament of latvia approved the demolition of the monument to the liberators in riga, this is exactly monument demolition memory yes ah, from which the flowers were removed by a bulldozer on may 10 and to which people came again a few hours later and brought even more flowers and a whole carpet, and organized around this monument. people stood singing victory day katyusha, getting up the country is huge. here is what maria zakharova said, what did she comment on? yes? e, a. well, actually in one word very, very appropriate, i would say tougher. well, you understand that vladimirovna moril, so to speak, is still within the framework of the diplomatic tradition listen, well, that is, look, that is, on the one hand, of course, it's terrible. this is h

for example, sri lanka.s that sri lanka is on the verge, it's just that self-destruction is the only way it can be called the country plunged into complete chaos, the absolute inhabitants. hungry residents beat journalists, burn the villas of politicians, rob the houses of rich people, the authorities of the country have already given the army, the authority to shoot , after all, with live ammunition, at the protesters on the spot without saying so, something tells us that these are all links one of some terrible monstrous chain under the neck. well, of course, the chain of these, you know , the imposition of sanctions, uh, the cancellation of the attempt. cancellation, there is russian riots in sri lanka. and this is just the beginning, i guess. i, well, look, yes, besides the slag , we, uh, we will show it later. or maybe now we will show you the numbers and some unprecedented inflation. uh, in europe and there is the coming famine, about which he speaks, and he and everyone in the world are talking, and s

looking for an interest-rate decision out of sri lanka. essentially we have many things in play right now. i've got tencent, we will come to that in a second. australia seeing the lowest unemployment for ages at 3.9%, the lowest level in 50 years. that is something holding up in spite of of faster inflation that gives the rba more room to raise the cost of borrowing as well. on the commodity side, a mixed picture. oil and double ti looking at $110, similar price for brent at the moment. and u.s. futures are pointing marginally lower after we saw the s&p 500 down about 4%, that's a brief look at markets. haslinda: the slight rug in asia tracking losses in the u.s. the s&p posted its biggest one-day loss in two years overnight. tech got hit. one company slumps 20%. it is premium versus staples has gone, when you look at the pe forward ratio, untaxed, it is the same as a stable. rishaad: we were expecting the sri lanka interest-rate decision , we were expecting them to raise the benchmark by 125 basis points. they have stood back, they have n

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but it also goes much longer back to liberalization of sri lanka will stop until the 1970's, sri lankas considered a model state globally. even though we had very low per capita income, very -- mainly thanks to education and free health care policies that continue to today even in my university for my students. the gross mismanagement of our economy by this regime combined with the history of new liberal policies has brought sri lanka to its knees. the people asking very serious questions about particularly this regime and how it has handled this economic crisis since they came to power. rajapaksa was the prime minister and just resign, was president from 2005-2015. because of a two-term limit that was brought about to come his brother in 2019. when they came back to power, they focused only on consolidating their power. in fact, despite the pandemic, sri lanka is the least amount of -- compared to other south asian countries. people got little relief during the pandemic. they suffered quite a bit. all along, they try to consolidate their power. after the parliament or elections in 202

sri lanka.the form of the largest port terminal in the region of the chinese-owned highway network and, as promised by the commercials of the new financial center of south asia, the artificial island of portcity, which was supposed to become a competitor to dubai, it was china the largest creditor and holder of ten percent of the external debt of this island in the underbelly of india, but to correct the mistakes of the family from shpaks . sri lanka. now only $50 billion, inflation is approaching 30%, the cost of vegetables on the farmer's island has doubled people are taking out loans and pledging their gold jewelry so that they have enough money to live our president does not understand the problems of his people a perfect storm example debt trap and illiterate management, what the sri lankan syndrome actually became is impossible to say. the crisis on the island is just beginning, and in the region they are wondering who is next and one of the candidates. since the end of february, the situa

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well, it is a very tricky situation for sri lanka. thank you so much for joining us to discuss what's happening on the ground. now we'll be watching it very closely here on out as era. thank you to all of our guests, hasha da silva, gunnison wig know roger and bonnie fonseca, and thank you to for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website that's al jazeera dot com. and for further discussion to go to our facebook page, that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha inside story. and to remember, you can also join the conversation on twitter. our handle is at ha and fight story . for me, an associate a in the whole team here. and uh huh. bye for now. i aah. and a african story from african perspective, short documentaries, from african filmmakers from zimbabwe. we were pioneers of how economists could change the way. would you be good? i be happy to go into a physical store so dont ivory coast any gone with fresh farm fishing woods and the sean it africa direct on al jazeera. how and why did, who become so obse

well, it is a very tricky situation for sri lanka. thank you so much for joining us to discuss what's happening on the ground. now we'll be watching it very closely here on out to 0. thank you to all of our guests hush, a da silva, gunnison wagner, roger and bonnie fonseca, and thank you to for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website that's al jazeera dot com. and for further discussion to go to our facebook page, that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha inside story. and to remember, you can also join the conversational twitter handle is at a j inside story. for me, an associate in the whole team here in durham. bye for now. i ah. and a, a unique folded protest by a palestinian artist using a symbol of national identity to create postage and passport stamps. but as for some birds were not re donny life player to be at the conflict anyway, sending a message of resistance about the arab israeli conflict. our son, we come to palestine, palestine sun bed, a stamp of defiance on al jazeera. we don't simpl

however, the experience of sri lanka did not sober up the activists.chnological progress and obsessions to fertilize everything with manure . that's all for me, enjoy the weather. whatever it is, goodbye. it pours, it pours, it smokes, it melts. why do russians smile so little in the center of the brightest world the blackest holes are born, but everything they do does not count. and why are the russians smiling so little trying to drown out. it has already been we repeat russians. why are you so little? are you smiling? are we smiling? when what is planned happens, when we meet with a kindred spirit, we smile, and at the end of each long winter we smile just a little, we rise through the heavy stalk to me. it 's the earth smiling and you're standing on it, you feel like strength from the feet. in the head rises the face itself smiles when where there was only the ice of the city appear when our first goes into space, when the one who should reach victory reaches, and then returns and smiles. the all-ukrainian servicemen, the militants, especially have

with fertilizers in sri lanka, organic farming has failed in all directions, it has come to the point there is a shortage even with manure, yes, and the very idea of ​​using thousands of tons of rotting compost in a country with a hot climate somehow does not fit well with common sense ; let's analyze a catastrophic situation using the example of rice. this crop is very demanding on soil fertility the plant needs nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium nutrition 250 kg of synthetic fertilizers per hectare gives an increase in yield up to 25 centners per hectare rice fields, as a rule, are kept under water periodically change the depth of flooding depending on the phase of plant development for fight against pesticides are added to the water by pests, which also increases productivity in sri lanka, pesticides were completely abandoned, and the usual fertilizers were replaced. the basis of which is rotting organic residues, while the amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other elements necessary for plants is minimal to replace only one ton of mineral fertilizers , fields, it is nece

a dramatic turn of fortune for a family that dominated sri lanka, politics for nearly 20 years. starting in the mid to thousands to roger pox. the brothers rose to power as a package deal. ma hinder, 1st as prime minister then elected as president in 2005. he appointed his brother, catawba, defense minister. in 2009. they brutally crushed the tumble tiger insurgency. and in a decades long civil war and the family brand sword ma hinder one a 2nd term in a landslide. he packed his cabinet with family members who used their political clout and billions borrowed from china to plug budget shortfalls, and fund extravagant infrastructure projects drowning the country in debt. and 2015 melinda lost the presidency to a non family cabinet member. but 4 years later and islamist terrorist attack renewed public fears over security. the raja pox has vowed to get tough and the people voted them back into power. again a package deal. but this time go tub ya as president and my hinder as his prime minister. but interest 30 months, their grip on power has started to unravel. experts say there lac

time, china makes a statement that the quote supports the financial institution in consulting with sri lankaissue and promise to play a positive role in the future to improve the situation. the desire of the sri lankan government to receive help from anyone who is ready to suggest? it is clear to everyone. who is ready to do it? will the west want it with him? polina timofeeva and pavel morozov ntv television company the russian economy will remain an open response to western pressure uh will deepen moscow’s ties with countries that are interested in cooperation with russia, vladimir putin said this at a meeting on the transport complex, according to the president the development of trade routes by road, rail and sea is a top-priority task in the context of sanctions, russian business is developing. it adapts to these changes, rebuilds production and logistics chains, and actively establishes new ties with foreign partners. we must move forward at the same high dynamic pace, and our plans for the development of the transport infrastructure of the so -called bottlenecks, i want to be heard at

ah, sri lanka has enough petrol for a single day, new prime minister warning that his country is on the economic break. our sri lankan is ready to sacrifice even more as the island nation. desperately tries to get its books in order. also on the show of the euro areas, the slight growth in the 1st quarter worries of recession are mounting and the small village in columbia reveals the true cost of germany is rising call importance. blow welcome to the show. i'm seeing fiercely in berlin. it's good to have you with us. we begin to sri lanka where the country's new prime minister, renelle victrum, a singer says the country desperately needs $75000000.00 within the next few days. just to afford a central imports, including medicine and fuel. he, one of the sri lanka had enough petrol stocks for just a single day. but she loggins have already been facing our times tra lunches, economic woes, a hitting every one hard, most noticeably in food and fuel, petrol shortages mean, rick shaw driver's face long queues to fill up. their struggling to make ends meet god and mirror. i don't have much fue

for just one day, about half of the power plant in sri lanka runs on diesel the prime minister callsarations for 15-hour power cuts at gas stations , many kilometers and days in line. these are conflicts and skirmishes. the police and the military are trying to extinguish them. we have been here for 2 weeks every day in such queues. and a hint that the situation will soon change for the better at once, several tankers with oil, gasoline and diesel fuel are now in the roadstead near the port of colombo, but to start shipping. they can't have a country with no currency to pay for deliveries of sri lanka's most popular mode of transport. auto rickshaws are also standing idle, with no passengers and no hope of improvement. the government feeds every day with promises that tomorrow there will be gasoline, then the day after tomorrow, but we still don’t get it every day. we spend four or five hours refueling. i arrived at night, waited for several hours, and then found out that the gasoline was over. now you need to go to another gas station and this has been going on for a month and a hal

yes, this inhabitant of sri lanka. they are no longer in the comfort zone, to put it mildly, but sri lanka sri lanka has been for decades . almost the main comfort zone in south asia compared with neighboring countries bangladesh, any country. take the country, for example, india and pakistan, sri lanka - it was considered a very harmonious society, a balanced economy. here is the result of agriculture, if you drive after sri lanka, you will see rice fields, emerald rice fields. so to say, there have never been any problems. not with bread, not with rice, not with dairy products, not with meat, everything was breaking. believe me. i saw it there and i'm here when i see this footage. i can't believe now that this is happening at all. it seems to me that i am dreaming, as if, but could we believe what biden would say and that an economic crisis and a hunger crisis were brewing in the world. let's be honest, let's say that the food crisis will attract him absolutely all economists argue only about the timing and where this

next, a disturbing development in sri lanka.ued on-site order after deadly violence and rioting. police say to people have been killed in unrest. it began 24 hours earlier after demonstrators called for the resignation of sri lanka's president. reporter: defyi a natioide curfew, dozens of protesters gathered. this is where they think the former prime minister could be taking shelter. he was ousted from his official residence on monday. thousands of people stormed the palace after clashes with the prime minister supporters. they attacked protesters with sticks and set caps on fire, and incident the u.n. condemned. >> the high commissioner said she was deeply troubled after supporters attacked peaceful protesters yesterday. the subsequent mob violence. reporter: for weeks, sri lanka seven demanding their leaders do more. protesters blamed the ruling political dynasty for this crisis. though the prime minister has stepped down, his brother has stayed. tuesday, the government gave security forces shoot on-site orders for anyone boot

what is sri lanka, leadership doing to address this crisis? well, the countries are not take situation, it's completely out of control. the burning the property is multiple locations, as well as you know, attacking the peaceful protest. turn, turn the pro, turn everything to wireless, the specially attacking the symbolic place of the protest. i wish the piece will protested, we're talking about re democratization process. so. so it's, it's a, it's an, a knocking situation with political instability. and the producers are saying for the president. now that was the 1st tradition that they had from month ago. and they have not changed that they had one right. it boxes out the pope has among others called for calm. the joint peril association form, which represents pretty long because apparel industry has also appealed for political stability. is that likely to help? yes, may others like the lawyers, the b s. l as well as so many others have mentioned the even the defense secretary, the army commander to remain calm but day. i mean if you look at

in colombo, it's a capital sri lanka. thank you very much. and out of some of the other global business stories making headlines, shares of india's life insurance corporation dropped more than 8 percent on their 1st day of trading in the us biggest ever. i. p. o is part of an effort by prime minister in orange remote to sell off state assets in order to monetize nationalized companies. for the fiscal deficit of more than $200000000.00. full automates lensky says his country is facing a monthly $5000000000.00 budget deficit due to war related costs. ukrainian president brought up the spinning squeeze during a video conference with the international monetary fun saying afterwards. he's looking forward to working with the i enough to maintain ukraine's financial stability class. the academic picture in the you isn't pretty. 20. $22.00 was supposed to be a year of recovery from the pandemic. now, the u. s. flirting with recession. the latest number shows gross domestic product in the euro area. that is the 19 countries that use the euro currency

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rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, sri lanka.nister has resigned — but the protests are continuing. people are demanding the resignation of the president. but is it as simple as that? a question i put to dr niro kandasamy, an expert in sri lanka migration at the university of sydney. i think the widespread protests across the island show that people are beyond frustrated with the sri lankan government. and this is a reflection on the systematic problems within the government itself. economists have long observed and warned that consecutive sri lankan governments have been mismanaging the national economy. so the current economic crisis we're seeing — the worst we've seen since sri lanka gained independence from the british in 1948 — was entirely predicable and people are really frustrated at the government. as you say, it is a deeply rooted economic crisis, but how long will it take to sort that out? especially the likes of the imf may not offer financial assistance if the political situation is unstable. it's difficult to say, a

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, sri lanka.is dr niro kandasamy, an expert in migration from sri lanka and conflict at the university of sydney. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. firstly, the prime minister's resignation hasn't calm the situation. if anything, resignation hasn't calm the situation. ifanything, it seems to have worsened it. but is it as simple as the president stepping down? m0. president stepping down? no, it's not, because _ president stepping down? no, it's not, because i _ president stepping down? iirr, it's not, because i think the widespread protests across to my car across the island show the people are beyond frustrated with the sri reflection on the systematic problems within the government itself. economists have long observed and warned that consecutive governments have been mismanaging the national economy. so the current economic crisis we are seeing — the worse we are seeing since sri lanka gained independence from the british in 1948 — was entirely predicable and people are really

sri lanka's president vows to give up most of his executive powers, but stops short of resigning over the country's economic crisis. in the us, republican senators block a democrat bill which aimed to preserve women's right to abortion nationwide. it was put to a vote ahead of a key supreme court ruling. shanghai residents face more covid—19 restrictions as china tries to crush an outbreak. millions have now been locked in their homes for seven weeks. we are restricted on the food we can get over the next few days, no commercial deliveries, no group buying, just government approved food, there are also further restrictions on access to hospitals. try and hold the wings level and — try and hold the wings level and start _ try and hold the wings level and start descending for me. and a passenger with no idea how to fly is given instructions to land a plane in florida, after the pilot fell ill. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. . hello and welcome to the program. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says his country's forces have been retaking a number

sri lanka's president vows to give up most of his executive powers, but stops short of resigning over the country's economic crisis. broadcaster al—jazeera accuses the israeli military of deliberately targeting journalists, after one of its best known correspondents, shireen abu aklay, was shot dead in the occupied west bank. try to hold drive for the ascent. and a passenger with no idea how to fly is given instructions to land a plane in florida, after the pilot fell ill. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin our program with a special report from ukraine's second biggest city, kharkiv. in recent days, ukranian forces have been retaking a number of towns and villages, pushing russian infantry and artillery back towards the border. the fighting, which has led to a dramatic fall in russian shelling of kharkiv, has been slow and costly, but ukrainian forces, say they now have the upper hand. kharkiv is just a0 kilometres from the russian border, and the russians�* retreat, could pose a wider threat to moscow's stated aim of capturing significant territo

we begin to sri lanka where the country's new prime minister, renelle victrum, a singer says the country desperately needs $75000000.00 within the next few days. just to afford a central imports, including medicine and fuel. he won that re laga had enough petrol stocks for just a single day. but we loggins have already been facing our times. sri lanka is economic woes, a hitting every one hard most noticeably in food and fuel, petrol shortages mean, rick shaw driver's face long queues to fill up. fest struggling to make ends meet god in mirror. i don't have much fuel in my ritual. i've already been to 3 petrol stations, but there was no fuel in any of them, even though they have some here at this station. the key was too long. the resignation of prime minister raj, a pack so last week was not enough to quell the protests. his brother remains president despite being myatt and corruption allegations appointed last week. the new p. m is now attempting to calm a furious nation, announcing measures to stop a total economic collapse. but those came with a dire warning that they were what we di

a season politician has been appointed at the prime minister of sri lanka. he has held the bullets 5 times previously but never completed the full dome. while some people find hope in him, many others have their own doubts. many distrust victor mussing how they see him as being close to the ruling raj bucks a family who they want gone from pow wow. we don't have any faith in the cotton prime minister to be honest, like no one has faith in him, given his history and leg, given the fact that he is basically got a reputation for being credited wishy washy. an inept they onto height. they want to hide their corruption. that is why they have brought rick romancing as a prime minister that i needed something at the brightness did most recently, he's remembered for shooting the roger boxes when he was prime minister in the previous government. even that cynicism abounds about his appointment, the new prime minister has his desk, but out for him. needless to say, vicar marketing hope this is an uphill battle of willing and essentially bankrupt country out of its gra

bbc news, colombo, sri lanka.: britain's queen elizabeth has pulled out of tomorrow's state opening of parliament. it will be the first time since 1963 that the queen will miss the annual ceremony. prince charles will deliver the speech instead. buckingham palace said the 96-year-old monarch could not be there because of mobility problems. searches continue for survors after 35 people were killed at an explosion in havana last friday. four more bodies were found in the rubble this morning and officials fear more victims could be among the ruins. the blast is believed to be caused by a gas tanker outside the building. the u.k. opposition leader says he will resign if a police investigation concludes he b u.k. lockdown laws in 2021. the labor leader says no rules were broken when he had curry and a beer at an mp's office. he is facing allegations of hypocrisy after calling for boris johnson's resignation when he was fined for breaching covid rules. emmanuel macron has said it could take decades for ukraine to join t

sri lanka is in the middle of its worst economic crisis ever.ntry imposed 85% of its medical supplies, but with foreign currency reserves running low, essential drugs are difficult to obtain. cancer and other life-saving drugs are fast running out. >> we're going to have a huge problem in the next couple of weeks. reporter: for now, sri lanka is praying to get hold of any medicines at all. laura: official results in lebanon's election confirmed allies have lost the majority in parliament. there is a major blow to the group supported by iran. there is no single political group -- anna foster explains from beirut. reporter: these results are no help to lebanon. what it means is lebanon, potentially even months will be left in the midst of negotiations. it will make it much harder for any block to try and make meaningful change. in lebanon, that is so important. this is a country that has been devastated by an economic crisis, one of the worst in the last 150 years. people are living in poverty, they are looking to politicians for change, political

can he answer sri lanka's prayers? for the sixth time. this, his biggest challenge yet. such is the struggle, they are queueing forfree bread. i met a mother of six yesterday called priyanthe, queueing just to get two pieces of bread and she asked me what difference you, as a new prime minister, can make to her life? what would you say to priyanthe? i believe that people should have three meals a day. when i've been prime minister on earlier occasions, i ensured that and i will ensure that they will have three meals a day again. first is to find out how bad the economy is, so i will be like a doctor who is opening up a patient for the first time. already a dire diagnosis. queues for fuel run four miles. with supplies low, the pm said he may have to ration it. you yourself said a month ago that resources are running out. yes. this is your opportunity to be straight with the people of sri lanka. how much worse could it get? it is going to get worse before it gets better. i want someone to have sufficient food, fuel and m

karolis at the end of his mammoth journey there in sri lanka. learning about the battle to bring the acropolis back up to date. i have never been so happy to see concrete. that is amazing. the last time i was here it was all rough, gravelly, and really hard to push along. do try and join us for that. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow us on facebook and instagram, and watch past episodes on bbc iplayer. i am now going to go off and shelter from the rain, and potentially read another page or two of ulysses. from us here in dublin, goodbye. hello. the weather system are streaming and off the atlantic. that is the main that brought to parts of scotland. the rain are starting to fizzle out and if anything, it is going to be an area of cloud spread across the uk so this is what it looks like early in the morning. dribs and drabs of rain around the irish sea. it is very mild first thing. seven o'clock in the belfast, ten in london and elsewhere typically 7—9. let's pick up on that rain. damp around the osc. very slowly that area down by the

ah ah, ah. sri lanka has enough petrol for a single day, new prime minister warning that his country is on the economic break. our sri lankan is ready to sacrifice even more as the island nation. desperately tries to get its books in order. also on the show, the euro areas, the slight growth in the 1st quarter of worries of recession are mounting and a small village in columbia reveals the true cost of germany's rising coal inwards flow hawk into the show. i'm seeing beardsley in berlin. it's good to have you with us. we begin to sri lanka where the country's new prime minister, renelle victrum, a singer says the country desperately need $75000000.00 within the next few days. just to afford a central imports, including medicine and fuel. he won the sri lanka, had enough petrol stocks for just a single day. but she loggins have already been facing our times. sri lanka is economic woes, a hitting every one hard most noticeably in food and fuel, petrol shortages mean, rick shaw driver's face long queues to fill up. fest struggling to make ends meet god in mirror. i don't have much fuel i

still ahead, sri lanka set to name a new prime minister and cabinet this week. we discussed how that could change the course of the debt crisis as global investors selloff dollar bonds. first, staying rational during the bear market. hear lolita strategies. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ >> these numbers obviously are too high. >> the fed is walking a significant tight rope. >> the fed has its work cut out for it. >> they will have to be a lot more tolerant of high inflation for a while. >> the market is overpricing with the fed will do. >> the market is pricing in that the fed will have to hike more. >> we are expecting a 50 basis point increase the next meeting. >> may be put that 75 is this point increase back on the table. >> now, greater than 50 basis point moves, why rule anything out in the early innings. >> if they go by another 50 basis points in june, another 50 in july, that is a lot of tightening over a couple of months. >> monetary policy is going to be required to get inflation under control. shery: guests reacting to the u.s. cpi print.

thank you for that update on the desperate situation in sri lanka. royal appearance on the balcony at buckingham palace. but the queen has decided that prince harry and meghan — along with prince andrew — won't be allowed to appear on the balcony during trooping the colour. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. an appearance on the palace balcony is a centrepiece of any major royal celebration, but for the platinum jubilee there are sensitivities around some family members. so, the queen has decided that only working royals willjoin her on the balcony. so, cancelled in balcony terms are the duke of york and the sussexes. harry and meghan say they are coming to thejubilee, but they won't be on the balcony. the big question, of course, is how visible will the queen be throughout the four days of the jubilee celebrations. it all begins on thursday the 2nd ofjune with trooping the colour, at the culmination of which the royal family makes that balcony appearance. according to the palace, the queen plans to attend trooping — but a final decisi

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, sri lanka.t the british government's legislative programme, is one of the great events of state here in the uk — but the one which happened on tuesday was a little different because, for the first time in nearly 60 years, queen elizabeth was not there. buckingham palace said mobility issues meant she could not take part — and instead, her eldest son, prince charles, took the role. it involves reading out the programme which the government — made up of borisjohnson�*s conservatives — plans to introduce. it included proposals to tackle housing problems in england. the government has promised to take further action to control the sharp rise in the cost of living. there are plans to remove more eu regulations, which ministers claim will save businesses £1 billion, as well as measures to improve energy security, and to reduce carbon emissions. after prince charles had spoken, the politicians gave their thoughts — starting with the uk's prime minister boris johnson. we need the legislative firepower t

sri lanka has been witnessing weeks of protests against the government, and the protesters have beeninda rajapaksa, was forced to resign on monday, after violence during these protests. now, president gotabaya rajapaksa says a new cabinet will be formed within a week, acceptable to the public and also parliament. and he's willing to amend the constitution to transfer more powers to parliament. he will have discussions with the coming interim government about abolishing the executive presidency in the country, and he also warned that strict action would be taken against anyone who damaged public property or threatening lives. this speech comes in the backdrop of even the central bank governor warning that, if there is no political stability here in this country, then we can expect more long power cuts and fuel shortages. this is a very stark warning from the central bank governor, because sri lanka has run out of foreign exchange reserves. they are struggling to import basic supplies, like fuel and food — at the moment, they are getting these things from india on a credit line. so, ec

but roger paxis speech was more about how to bring back some political stability to sri lanka. and he was promising to carry out political reforms when the country became more stable. you just heard in there saying he was going to name a new prime minister. and that's quite important though, because the country's situation is getting more precarious every day, even before the violence, the beginning of the week. we saw the people were suffering from electricity blackouts, there were shortages of fuel and medicine and food. and that's because the government has run out to foreign reserves to pay for these imports. and the governor of the central bank was urging go to buy a roger pack. so to bring back some stability to the country because the country needs a prime minister, a finance minister to be part of the team that's negotiating right now with the i m f. 2, to restructure the countries debt and to, to create a rescue plan for sri lanka. so, seen lots of unrest, for example, on monday night, you know, and this just, you know, following is an escalation of all the violence an