i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. sri lanka s president, gotabaya rajapaksa, has fled the country along with other members of his family, following mass protests there. the committee investigating the storming of the us capitol lays out how president trump incited extremists in a last ditch bid to remain in office. four time olympic champion mo farah reveals he was trafficked into the uk as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant. and the first extraordinary images from nasa s new telescope distant galaxies and light from 13 billion years ago.
yes. as you say, the instability we re seeing on the streets in sri lanka with protests taking place, will this departure of the president be enough to stop those press test? do you think people will be satisfied with these imminent resignations? satisfied with these imminent resianations? ~ , resignations? well, his departure obviously meets resignations? well, his departure obviously meets their resignations? well, his departure obviously meets their immediate | obviously meets their immediate demands. but underlines the demand for the incredible economic crisis that we ve seen in sri lanka over the last several months. that is not going to be resolved anytime soon. it will take months and even years to do so. and i have very serious doubts that the next president and government, whoever they may be, thatis government, whoever they may be, that is appointed in the coming days will actually be able to resolve these problems. 50 will actually be able to resolve these problems. wi
these problems. so where do we go from here? these problems. so where do we go from here? what these problems. so where do we go from here? what you these problems. so where do we go from here? what you just these problems. so where do we go from here? what you just described j from here? what you just described is a country that has no functioning government, protest that may well continue and in economy that is collapsing. what does that leave sri lanka? , ., . lanka? first of all, constitutionally, i lanka? first of all, i constitutionally, were lanka? first of all, - constitutionally, were not lanka? first of all, constitutionally, were not even sure whether gotabaya rajapaksa is still president. if he has resigned or will resign as he said he would, when the current prime minister will resign and what the actual constitutional process will be to appoint a new president. that will all play out in the coming weeks. but one saying i am very sceptical that the new government
david. great to get you on the program, david. just to start by saying, the dramatic developments we ve had just in the last hour of so, what is your sense of how they will impact sri is political situation go forward? your riaht political situation go forward? your right there s political situation go forward? 7m;- right there s extraordinary scenes of the last few days with the storming of the presidential palace and the attempts by the president to leave the country being blocked by other countries and his own officials. so we re not yet sure where he s going to or in deed what the procedure will be, the constitutional procedure will be in the coming days to appoint first of all in acting president and a permanent president. but what is clear is that this instability is not short lived, it s going to continue for months or even years.