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a very warm welcome to the programme, we begin in sri lanka where the president got a buy read your has not honoured his promise to resign, he flew to the mall deves 2a hours earlier but in the public letter he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state while he was absent. and she drank a curfew is in force with suzuki forces clashing with protesters. prompting the un security secretary general in the last few minutes to tweet saying its important the roo...

southwest florida, where nearly five days after hurricane ian made landfall, the death toll continue it is climb. hundreds of thousands of people remain in the dark without electricity as some communities are now essentially unrecognizable. this morning we have the very latest on rescue and recovery efforts taking place as president biden prepares to tour the damage here firsthand. >> good to be with you, boris. and im amara walker. overseas more than 100 people are dead after violence...

six become five in the conservative leadership contest race — with the attorney general knocked out. rishi sunak remains in front — with penny mordaunt in second. current polling suggests she would win a head—to—head contest against any of the other candidates if she is one of the two put forward to the tory membership. liz truss finished third in the ballot today among tory mps — and earlier she launched her campaign — as our political editor chris mason explains. the name...

america will use all its power to prevent iran from ever getting nuclear weapons. its six in the morning in singapore, and three—thirty am in the sri lankan capital colombo, where celebrations have been taking place, after gotabaya rajapaksa became the countrys first sitting president to quit. he did so after months of angry protests over the rapidly rising cost of living, and shortages of food and fuel. from colombo, rajini vaidyanathan reports. a moment to savour after months of st...

nuclear weapons. its seven in the morning in singapore, and four—thirty am in the sri lankan capital colombo where celebrations have been taking place after gotabaya rajapaksa became the countrys first sitting president to quit. he did so after months of angry protests over the rapidly rising cost of living, and shortages of food and fuel. from colombo, rajini vaidyanathan reports. a moment to savour after months of struggle. now theres joy. these demonstrators had one key demand, th...

the us says it will ease internet restrictions there, which could help iranians get around online censorship. pbs and around the globe. we begin tonight with ukraine. voting that has been seized in places theyve been partially occupied by russian forces. housed in the so—called referendums to these regions want to join russia? ukraine and its allies have denounced the balance is a sham to justify the annexation of ukrainian land and in moscow, there been rallies in favour of the refe...

protect china? take the banking sector, for example, it was just years ago when the big wigs of wall street decided to fall in line behind black lives matter, remember? and al sharpton, all that. that was after george floyds death that they railed against american racism. in social media posts. and then they went on to commit billions to promote racial justice, ended up being in large , say, giveaway to racial hucksters coast to coast. >> but when pressed in congressional hearings this...

welcome to newsday. its 8am in singapore, and 5am in the maldives, where sri lankas president has arrived after fleeing sri lanka on a militaryjet. gotabaya rajapaksas departure from sri lanka ends a family dynasty that has ruled the country for decades. he had been in hiding, after crowds stormed his residence on saturday. his brother, former finance minister basil rajapaksa, has also left the country, sources have told the bbc. president rajapaksa had promised to resign, but by remai...

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. sri lankas president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country amid mass protests over its economic crisis, and landed in the maldives. mr rajapaksa left aboard a militaryjet, ending a family dynasty that has ruled the country for decades. he had been in hiding, after crowds stormed his residence on saturday. sources have told the bbc his brother, former finance minister basil rajapaksa, has also left the country. president r...

over its economic crisis, and hes landed in the maldives. mr rajapaksa left aboard a militaryjet, ending a family dynasty that has ruled the country for decades. he had been in hiding, after crowds stormed his residence on saturday. they are still there. sources have told the bbc his brother, former finance minister basil rajapaksa, has also left the country. the president had promised to resign, but by remaining in position, he kept his immunity from prosecution. many sri lankans blam...