sri lanka still feeling _ in 2022. sri lanka still feeling the _ in 2022.the effects of. in 2022. sri lanka still| feeling the effects of a struggling economy. that will be the number one going —— number one concern going forward with the new administration?- forward with the new administration? , , administration? yes it will but ou have administration? yes it will but you have also _ administration? yes it will but you have also got _ administration? yes it will but you have also got to _ administration? yes it will but you have also got to realise i you have also got to realise that the npp reduce brands that —— branded as marxist, leninist, socialist, by much of the international press, is actually moving towards the centre. i wouldn't say so much so that it is discarding its own positions on economic reforms because clearly since coming to power in september 2024 it has research —— reverse some of the reforms the previous administration put into effect but on critical fundamental issues like engaging with the imf, it is very clear what their position n

first of all in sri lanka the presidency...re. the most important thing is that the satisfaction of the people of the established political parties because this is a complete transformation of the political landscape in sri lanka. the politics were dominated by established political parties before. the party only had three seats in the previous parliament are now 159 such as the people wanted a real change. 50 159 such as the people wanted a real change-— real change. so a real change. what was _ real change. so a real change. what was his _ real change. so a real change. what was his main _ real change. so a real change. what was his main campaign l what was his main campaign stance? why had they voted for him in such numbers? that he has promised good governing because people experienced a. lot of corruption and people standing in queues for gas and food and a huge government protest. so he was promising good government and economic reforms to take the country forward. at the same time he also talked about welfare measures fo

sri lanka have lost another wicket against south africa. this has just this hasjust come in.ade to the bbc about historical allegations of misconduct are investigated. that has come from they show�*s production company. greg wallace will step away from presenting masterchef while complaints made to the bbc about historical allegations of misconduct are investigated. that has come from the production company. and we just have an update, this week, the bbc received complaints from individuals in relation to historical allegations of misconduct while working with presenter greg wallace on one of our shows. while these complaints have not raised the allegations directly with the show�*s produces or parent company, we feel it is appropriate to conduct an immediate external review to fully and impartially investigate. while this is under way, investigate. while this is underway, greg investigate. while this is under way, greg wallace will step away from his role on masterchef and is committed to fully co—operating throughout the process. ijust want fully co—operating throughout the

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south africa will resume on 80—4 on day two of the first test against sri lanka.sri lanka's bowlers had the better of a rain—hit opening day at kingsmead. home captain temba bavuma and kyle verreynne will resume at the crease on thursday. both sides are still in the running for a place in the world test championship final, but will likely have to win at least three of their final four matches to qualify. england have won their women's t20 series against south africa with a game to spare. heather knight's side equalled their third—highest score in t20 international history with a 36—run victory in benoni on wednesday. england posted 204—4, thanks largely to top—scorer danni wyatt—hodge, her 78 from just 45 balls making her england's first woman to pass 3,000 runs in t20 internationals. nat sciver—brunt also continued her fine form with an unbeaten 67 from 43 deliveries. former england propjoe marler has announced his retirement from professional rugby at the age of 34. marler had already recently called time on his international career. with harlequins he won two p

at the same time, sri lanka is in political slots with newly elected president and will come out of this and i keep having just bacon office. for now, the line grab it showed remains unresolved. what seen it come be new mullen and hundreds of daddy fall more side holding onto the whole bulk reclaiming deadlines. the body of just to give our viewers ascend this could you tell us how big of an issue the timing peoples play is in this election? where i think it's a big issue in terms of the minority, especially those leaving in the north and east and for them they want to see the issues of the land releases plenty to go price knives and they asked me questions being address an interesting me the pricey done was in the not on funding due for a can been meeting and made some public promises, spoke to some of these issues. so the government and particularly the procedure and here comes the grievances. the question is whether the government can move on these issues exactly. do you believe he will in the future be able to keep his promise of returning the land when he has opened up? so if you ye

sri lanka have beaten new zealand by 4 wickets in the first of two t—20 internationals.junhui has beaten xu si 9—6 to reach snookers international championship final. the 37—year—old has not won a ranking title since 2019 and will take on england's chris wakelin tomorrow. connor scutt�*s beaten the fifth seed dave chisnall on day one of the grand slam of darts in wolverhampton. this 120 finish sealed his 5—0 win in the biggest shock of the afternoon session. luke littler and michael van gerwen both play theirfirst games this evening. and a surprising but popular winner of wincanton's famous badger beer chase today. the veteran grey al dancer led nearly from start to finish under the top weight at 25—1. it was also particularly special for his young jockey callum pritchard and trainer sam thomas who today was doubling up as groom. the wta finals between coco gauff and zheng qinwen is going the distance in saudi arabia. the chinese player won olympic gold in the summer and continued herfine form in the first set — taking it by 6 games to 3. but former us open champion gauf

at the same time, sri lanka isn't politically flux with newly elected president and will come out of this and i keep having just bacon office for now, the line grabbing showed remains unresolved. what seen it come be mullins and hundreds of daddy followers on holding onto the whole above reclaiming deadlines. if you're watching the w news, here's a reminder of on the top story, republicans have won the enough seats to control the us house of representatives. cementing the hold on both the capital and the y a just be glad when and arizona alongside a victory in slow counting california. donald trump's pond to you and you can show it to you. 218 seats. and that's it from be a senior upstate. just stay with us coming up next is focused on the euro. the police are taking a closer look at mold over which is still debating whether it's and choose europe or russia even offers presidential the next. and remember the full phone use analysis and background to check all websites, dw the most on social media. as dw news is the handle, you need to go to office invalid. i support the, the, the bil

the hosts were in a spot of bother, having been put into bat — sri lanka taking full advantage of overcastads into south africa's top order — but play was only possible for 20 overs before rain brought proceedings to a premature end, with south africa 80—4. and that's all the sport for now. back to you. annita mcveigh. sarah, thank you very much. more now on our top story — thousands of lebanese are returning to the south of the country, following the ceasefire agreement between israel and hezbollah. cars and vans piled high with belongings have streamed through the southern city of tyre, which was heavily bombed during the conflict. the ceasefire itself seems to be holding, though israeli forces are yet to fully withdraw and it's unclear whether a hezbollah—free zone south of the litani river will be observed. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said the ceasefire would allow israel to focus on the threat from iran and on isolating hamas. rebuilding lebanon will be a monumental task — the world bank put the total damage to lebanon at $3.1; billion. to get a sense of what the hu

sri lanka were all out in just 13 and a half overs.shed the day on 132 for three, a lead of 281 runs. there is more on all these stories on the bbc sport website and app, but that's all the sport for now. thank you. the metropolitan police is investigating at least five people who may have assisted or facilitated mohamed al fayed 5 sexual offences. the force launched a new investigation after 90 alleged victims came forward — following a recent bbc documentary. al fayed died last year, but never faced any criminal charges. the current owners of harrods say they "wholeheartedly" support the police investigation. 0ur correspondent ellie price reports. mohamed al—fayed died last year. he never faced any criminal charges. now, more than five people who may have assisted orfacilitated him are being investigated by the met police. while al—fayed is no longer alive to face prosecution, we are determined to bring anyone who is suspected to have played a part in his offending tojustice. this investigation will look at what role those individual

south africa have thumped sri lanka by 233 runs to win the first test in durban. marco jansen who took 7 wickets in the first innings for the proteas managed 4 more in sri lanka's second innings. the tourists were dismissed for 282 after a lowest ever 42 in test cricket in the first innings with the second test getting under way on thursday. england's cricketers are on the verge of inflicting a rare defeat on new zealand in christchurch, after the third day of the first test. the tourists had built a first—innings lead of 151 and then threatened to embarrass the new zealand batters, by reducing them to 64—3 before kane williamson launched a rescue act. but a crucial 2 wickets in 3 balls, for chris woakes, broke the resistance, and it means the hosts are just 4 runs ahead, with only 4 wickets left. therefore england should be chasing a target within their reach when they take to the crease in their second innings. that partnership tomorrow morning... if they can get into their work early, i think especially now that the ball has gone a little bit softer, i think it

still to be found in sri lanka on choose day and its southern parts of east asia. they've been tormented by a number of tropical storm systems that go to another one is type food nanny that's pulled across the north of the philippines. it will fit in the south china sea as it starts to we can over the next few days, but it will bring those windy and wet conditions to southern pots of china. taiwan as well seen those fund to read down pause is very wintry to the north of that a cold wave is swept its way into japan. temperatures will improve the likes of beijing. and so the tokyo though, we will see them come right down to wednesday. but they'll be improvement here on friday that should weather update of the, in the philippines. women are renting out there with this sort of this is controversial and a highly religious nation to put in underground business driving. if the birth certificate of a child is falsified is not illegal, it is $1.00 oh $1.00 east goes under cover to review the legality in the industry. the for the news behind on al jazeera, what happens in th

we are seeing some shop showers, the southern parts of india and sri lanka. but across the move, it is a very quiet picture, but what you can see is the fog and smog that has continued to effect a new deli schools have been shot. we're looking at dangerous, at quality to west in the world for india at the moment, and we're expecting that to last through till friday. so lots of hazy sunshine here is the sunshine, of course, much of pockets down a little bit where to phone at port and me in mall, but the heaviest of the rain on wednesday, affecting southern parts of sri lanka and its southern parts of east asia that will continue see those stormy conditions. thanks to manny which is sitting out in the south china sea. it will start to take the heavy rain towards the vietnam on wednesday as it falls apart behind and island and southern parts of china. we'll still see some very stormy and windy conditions and is which are across japan is a cool field to come here and the 12 degrees celsius in tokyo, on wednesday. fine with sunshine for the korean peninsula. fine,

and sri lanka, but up know when it is a very dry and hazy story. the fog and smoke issues have to sit across pakistan and northern india. so can vary, has it is for new delhi, a slight improvement is to come on wednesday, but we'll still be very unhealthy through to thursday. now it's lunched. wire across the northeast. if you split some spots of rain, are expected in nipple bangladesh. continuing to see the sunshine, the wisest of the weather. still to be found in sri lanka on choose day and its southern parts of east asia that'd been tormented by a number of tropical storm systems. it go to another one, it's ty, food manny that's pulled across the north of the philippines. it will fit in the south china sea as it starts to we can over the next few days, but it will bring those windy and wet conditions to southern parts of china. taiwan, as well seen those fun to read down pause is very wintery to the north of that a cold wave is swept its way into japan. temperatures will improve the likes of beijing. and so for tokyo, though, we will see them co

the storm is affecting civil countries across the south asia in sri lanka, officials on higher loads of different goals, go to the island shows. earlier this week, several people were killed and thousands more displaced by torrential rains, which have also flooded a great cultural lands along the eastern coast. emergency cruise and the navy have been carrying a rescue operations and assisting those affected in how to reach areas. how the you with it is this where the system is moving away. its effect on the island will further reduce. however, relatively heavy rains will continue in the northern, and tru, and comedy areas. across the bay in thailand, rescue teams are delivering food and supplies to affected areas more than 4 days of severe flooding that has killed several and live thousands more homeless. meteorologist say have human soon range boat slash flights and waves of up to 3 meters high. and they won't, the worst is not over yet. i haven't looked at the o g 0 has been used for now. stay with us for top to obviously or next. thanks on the the to tend to be just now will pile

still to be found in sri lanka on tuesday and its southern parts of east asia that are being tormented by a number of tropical storm systems that go to another one is type food nanny that's pulled across the north of the philippines. it will fit in the south china sea as it starts to we can over the next few days, but it will bring those windy and wet conditions to southern parts of china. taiwan as well seen those fun to read down pause is very wintry to the north of that a cold wave is swept its way into japan. temperatures will improve the likes of beijing. and so the tokyo though, we will see them come right down to wednesday. but they'll be improvement here on friday. that's who weather update. the afternoon deluxe craddick nations justify this kind of behaviors. colorado, the average has collateral damage. that's what we all team is leading to. what we're seeing that will allow me to push back for a moment is a new assistance, corporate israel, affecting it's full of offending from the impact of the us selections. the escalating conflict in the me least of the urgency of climate

still to be found in sri lanka on choose day on its southern parts of east asia. they've been tormented by a number of tropical storm systems that go to another one is type food nanny that's pulled across the north of the philippines. it will fit in the south china sea as it starts to we can over the next few days, but it will bring those windy and wet conditions to southern parts of china. taiwan as well seen those fund to read down pause is very wintry to the north of that a cold wave is swept its way into japan. temperatures will improve the likes of beijing. and so the tokyo though, we will see them come right down to wednesday. but they'll be improvement here on friday that should weather update on the . ringback on the what they call. okay, cool. 29 in the as i advise you on any capital, a vacuum where the world's attention is focused on protecting the climate crisis for bangladesh. the risk story, especially severe ranks among the top nations for climate dissolves the risk. the country could lose 17 percent of its land to rising seas by 2050 wiping out 30 p

and you can see the shadow cloud lingering across the southern parts of india and sri lanka. and that's where we'll see the showers in today's head some storms as well. i'd like you to push into chin life and stormy conditions could also be seen across sri lanka. but the west of the weather is set to link out in the bay of bengal, wheels alike each see some showers for me and my bundle dish as well. but from northern parts of india, it is a clearer picture. we are seeing bad at quality that will continue to put quality for north west and parts of india and pakistan in the days ahead of you. shot was coming in to the very notes on monday. but what's more with the weight of hazy sunshine on the cards here over the next few days. and the sunshine is set to come back in with a new week for shanghai as we looked at east asia, golden pots of china, we're seeing some warms. come back, another wintery wave has pushed its way to russia's far, reese, we will see some sunshine pushing through the clouds. west of the weather is set to scott its way across southern parts of japan and 15 e

your company and honest again at the top of the next hour, the van and you felt that many women in sri lanka are involved in this dangerous work clearing landmines. they lost their sons and husbands in a decades land civil war. now they are risking their lives to remove remnants of this conflict as the sole bread winters of their families. they had no children. the reporters this weekend, the news on the news follow your plan has been on the russian and tech for years now with unimaginable consequences for the people, the country and security in europe and the environment and the region. nevertheless, the country wants to push ahead with kind of protection kind of protection in times of war. how does that go together? at the sidelines of international climate conference in buck was about john, i'm now joined by you praise environment, minutes a savannah friendship. thanks for joining minutes, sir. thank you for inviting help in the kind of surprises be tech codes without peace. i want to speak about peace. we discussed today with the during cover at events and say during dollar by, by letter

as the international monetary fund has approved the release of over $300000000.00 us dollars to sri lanka as part of a bailout package, the country's new left is government has agreed to continue the required austerity measures and tax reforms. the i'm f one to 3 long cars economy remains vulnerable and australian teenager has become the 6 foreign traveller to die of suspected method of poisoning in loss. the woman found the l in the popular tourist town of yvonne gang and was rushed to a hospital. a neighboring thailand had this, follows a string of fatalities all believe to be connected to booth like alcohol. authorities in laws have released few details so far, but say an investigation is ongoing. when are joined by andrea stella, he's a professor of chemistry at university college in london. good time you with us. please tell us, 1st of all, how do you actually recognize that you've had a drink that contains methyl? no, does it taste differently? do it feel sick immediately? how do you know what the problem is now? is that it is quite serious. i mean, if you actually smell and all the

now coming up next report is joining women on the front line of the mining operations in sri lanka, monica jones for me, and then use team here in the, in. thanks for watching the if you like, history, but with the side of culture, travel and control the see this one i'm ready to see what the nice thing about the wow, that's up back into your everyday life. every day we encounter so many things that we don't even notice that it's just gonna fade into the background, but it is still showing a spotlight on them. what you say might just surprise. we're gonna dig up the, the on the everyday things around. when did they come from? when, why did they have all the time? i should, we can just search for the day and change them out for. i mean that's the this down best. the beat of she never was 15 years on them instead of ivers still caddied scars and for many of us have lost our husbands and children near the u. as the boy that i gave this to in rain, for some the journey has been about starting over a member of our people say on e, scanned that on lines exploded again. rebuilding from ruin the c

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renewable energy and airports and it is a big name in india and other countries, for example bangladesh, sri lankam and the philippines. it is one of the biggest companies in the country. so indicting the chairman of the company and many others is seen as a huge blow and not only that, it is coming just a year after a firm in new york called hindenburg accused the company of accounting fraud and using offshore havens, misusing them. though the adani group has denied all the allegations and even the latest one calling them baseless and that they will take legal records to all these allegations, but it has huge political ramifications. already, opposition parties in india are calling for the arrest of mr adani was widely perceived to be very close to prime minister narendra modi so it isn't simply about economics and business, it is also going to have a lot of political issues in india and this is why it is seen as very significant. you touched there on the political ramifications which is where i wanted to go. what does this mean for india, us relations?— does this mean for india, us relations? , ,

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have five test matches and you have five test matches and you have five test matches and you have sri lankaig series, but we thought our prep was good leading into this series. i think i was the only one in the team that didn't play any red ball cricket, buti the team that didn't play any red ball cricket, but i had some odi cricket and quite a similar lead into previous years. the cleveland cavaliers continued their impressive start to the nba season with a 122 to 108 win over the toronto raptors. donovan mitchell led the way for cleveland, scoring 26 points as the cavaliers maintained their unbeaten record at home — they had started the season with 15 straight wins before losing to the boston celtics last week, something that was beyond their expectations to start the year. much more on the website, including live snooker from the snooker championships. and that's all the sport for now. heavy rainfall and dire winter weather is taking a toll on gaza's population, many of whom have been displaced by the war. heavy rain has flooded hundreds of poorly constructed tents across the enclave. so

the international monetary fund has approved the release of over $300000000.00 us dollars to sri lanka, as part of a bales package of countries. new left is the government has agreed to continue the required austerity measures and tax reforms. the i'm f 13 long cars. economy remains vulnerable. police in the philippines. i've opened an investigation of the vice presidents. i've had to tear to threaten to have the president killed during a press conference. she said she had spoken to an assassin who would kill her, didn't on marcus junior, if she herself were killed. the 2 campaigned and the last election is running mates . but have since for an out us astray and teenager has become the $64.00 and traveler to die of suspected methanol poisoning in loss. the women fell ill in the popular tourist town of fung yang and was rushed to a hospital in neighbouring thailand. her death follows a string of fatalities. oh, believe to be connected to book like alcohol. and i spoke earlier to andrea stella was a profess off chemistry at university college london. i asked him if people would notice if

they are also looking to head, target people, overseas, israeli tourists in sri lanka. >> now, london. the u.s. government has raised concerns that iran may try to retaliate for the u.s. drone strike in 2020 that killed a top general in iran's revolutionary guard . by trying to kill president-elect donald trump, who ordered that strike or some of his former advisers, what does it say to you that iran is trying to put this plan into motion? >> i think that is one question we need to ask right off the top. who in iran? it does -- he had that elite military force, the qods unit . with all their proxies that they have around the region. he was a very important figure. they will be behind why they are still planning and trying to get revenge, but we know you had an example in the uk, just this year, a young iranian -- they have a channel that is not aligned with the iranian government and they were attacked and hospitalized in a similar storm of attempt, it appears, by the iranian government, or parts of it, to silence critics. i go back to that question . who is this? who is deciding this

you've got five test matches, and of course you've got sri lanka as well afterwards.ig series. but we thought our prep was really good leading to this test match. everyone�*s was a little bit different. you know, i think i was the only one in the team that didn't play any any red—ball cricket, but had some odi cricket and, um, you know, quite similar lead—in to previous years. and, yeah, i don't think, you know, prep was the issue. we were outplayed this week. proud of the team. you know, we were put under pressure in the first innings when we were bowled out for 150. but then, you know, the team showed character and didn't lose belief. so that is something that will be really special for us. going forward as well, we can take a lot of confidence from that. obviously in this game, a lot of positives for us. you know, we scored a lot of runs in the second innings, new guys coming in, also chipping in with a lot of runs. and of course virat scoring 100 as well is a great sign for us. to an extraordinary story from cricket's indian premier league auction now. the rajasth

south africa have thumped sri lanka by 233 runs to win the first test in durban.e as they were dismissed for 282 in their second, the second test starts on thursday. still goalless at the london stadium between west ham and arsenal. sportsday is coming up at half past six if you watching in the uk. see you then. in syria, islamist rebels are reported to be in control of much of the city of aleppo, for the first time since being forced out by government troops in 2016. rebel soldiers are patrolling the streets and there are reports of queues of cars clogging the roads out of aleppo as civilians flee. they're also said to have seized control of aleppo airport. earlier, i spoke to fuad sayed issa, the founder of violet, a humantarian organization providing relief to communities in northwest syria, including areas of aleppo, where rebel fighters have been active. he told me what his teams have been seeing on the ground. the team justjoined the city today morning as like the many like conflicts stopped in aleppo and the rebels, i mean get acted to control all of aleppo