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wins the womens singles title, representing kazakhastan. in the last hour, the united states has urged the sri lankan government to work quickly to address discontent in the country. discontent is putting it mildly — protesters have stormed government buildings, and the president and prime minister have pledged to step down. its all due to to months of economic mismanagement. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel and medicine. our corresponde...

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there are now six left standing in the tory leadership contest. rishi sunak and penny wouldnt lead the way in the race to become the next prime minister of the conservative mps cast their votes in the first round. there are now six people left standing in the tory leadership contest. today started with all of these candidates here still in the running they needed at least 30 votes to stay in. jeremy hunt and nadhim zahawi didnt get enoug...

good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. dj tim westwood is facing allegations from a woman who said they had sex several times, starting when she was iii. she says mr westwood was in his 30s at the time and describes him as a "predator". the woman is one of several to come forward after an investigation by bbc news and the guardian, with claims of misconduct and abuse dating from 1990 to 2020. mr westwood did not respond to a request for comment. this report from our correspondent chi...

and in the tennis, moscow—born elena rybakina wins the womens singles title, representing kazakhastan. sri lanka is in the grip of chaos and uncertainty after a dramatic 2a hours which has seen the countrys president and prime minister pledge to step down. they were left with little choice after demonstrators stormed or set fire to to their official residences — a howl of anger after months of protests about economic mismanagement. our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan reports from...

leadership contest, joining a field of eight people, including two former health secretaries. now on bbc news, its time to click. this week, were at wimbledon to find out if ai can predict the winners, although spencers concentrating on the more important parts of the event. choose my blanket design. got to get the food sorted first. lara gets her trainers on to put some of the latest fitness devices through their paces. they say that i run like an elephant. the question is, is it true...

and in the tennis, moscow—born elena rybakina wins the womens singles title, representing kazakhastan. hello and welcome to bbc news. sri lanka is in the grip of chaos and uncertainty after a dramatic 2a hours which has seen the countrys president and prime minister pledge to step down. they were left with little choice after demonstrators stormed or set fire to to their official residences — a howl of anger after months of protests about economic mismanagement. our correspondent, ...

a reason to remain in power deflecting attention away from spiraling domestic problems is in the countries in either case of the biggest, more in europe or breaking is hodges were responsible just to, to walk away with broadcasting, lab, director of studios and moscow. this is our international im john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. and we start with the latest developments in dumbass, where local officials say at least 3 children were killed and several other people wound...

a huge the place in russia. so me that the 3rd, the 3rd act is the mismanagement of this government. the all the reason i say, i know the reason when all the reason im doing it, the people are people up there, but you know, the price is a tree line because example clearly shows the global economy isnt a set of rules that produces a single co rank policy, its impossible to punish one country with sanctions, without hurting the interest of others. the embargo and oil from russia immediat...

we begin in sri lanka where gotabaya rajapaksa has sent a letter formally handing over power to his prime minister, but stopping short of a resignation. our correspondent is in colombo with the latest development. we just had a statement from the office of president gotabaya rajapaksa, somebody that the protesters behind me, they have spent months camping out here in the centre of colombo, desperate for president gotabaya rajapaksa to resign and they blame him for this countrys economi...

security forces, the police, all the armed guards, they are nowhere to be seen. another public building here in sri lanka which is now being occupied by the people. well have the latest from sri lanka, where a state of emergency has now been imposed. also on the programme... and then there were six — we consider whos got momentum and who hasnt after the first ballot for new conservative leader. theres to be another strike by rail workers on 27thjuly, in the dispute over pay, conditio...