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Steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. to sri lanka now — where hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting against worsening shortages of fuel, food and medicines. the governor of the central bank has resigned and senior government ministers have stepped down because of the growing economic crisis. problems have been made worse by the collapse of the tourism industry during the pandemic as our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports from colombo. theyre calling it sri lankas arab sprin...

Theyre calling it sri lankas arab spring. a mass uprising in a country on the brink of economic collapse. people have had enough of food and fuel shortages and daily power cuts. a few moments ago, the street light went. people are waving their phones in the airfor light. this is another moment of solidarity, in a country which was once deeply divided by civil war. as the desperation has grown, so have the protests. why are you here today? to show the disbelief that the people of sri lanka have i...