the barricades were meant to keep the protesters out, but they were no barrierfor the furious and desperate crowd, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used a water can and fired shots in the area but the crowds were more determined and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he had already escaped. in extraordinary scenes on a tumultuous day or sri lanka, the protesters then called off in the president s pool called off in the president s pool, after this country s economic crisis, clearly relishing this moment. you can just make out a four poster bed as the crowds enjoy the inside of his home too and his bathroom. this was president gotabaya rajapaksa in 2020, campaigning during parliamentary elections. has family are accused by many of catastrophic economic mismanagement. as the protests continue, sri lankans don t know where
sustained you throughout your life? i sustained you throughout your life? ~ sustained you throughout your life? ~ ., , sustained you throughout your life? ~ . , ., life? i think that is part of ou life? i think that is part of you just life? i think that is part of you just love life? i think that is part of you just love what - life? i think that is part of you just love what you - life? i think that is part of you just love what you do | life? i think that is part of - you just love what you do and i d just love to hit the ball. it is magical. d0 i d just love to hit the ball. it is magical. it is magical. do you still -la ? it is magical. do you still play? my it is magical. do you still play? my wife it is magical. do you still play? my wife just - it is magical. do you still play? my wife just got i it is magical. do you stilll play? my wife just got me play? my wife ust got me started during play? my wife just got me started during covid, - play? my wife jus
grand slam title at the age of 17 as an unseeded player on her first visit to wimbledon, becoming the youngest person to win the women s doubles at the championships. king played aggressively, hitting the ball hard and displaying exceptional speed. but in the early days of her career, it wasn t always her career, it wasn t always her sporting skills which people focused on. for the first time. people focused on. for the first time, wimbledon - people focused on. for the first time, wimbledon metj first time, wimbledon met little miss chubby legs with the owl like glasses. king won a record 21 the owl like glasses. king won a record 21 wimbledon - the owl like glasses. king won a record 21 wimbledon titles l the owl like glasses. king won | a record 21 wimbledon titles in a record 21 wimbledon titles in a career spanning nearly 30 years. billiejean king, thank you for talking to the bbc and thank you for doing it here. well any chance to be at wimbledon, i m a happy camper. there is
her 17 as an unseeded player on her first visit to wimbledon, becoming the youngest person to win the women s doubles at the championships. king played aggressively, hitting the ball hard and displaying exceptional speed. but in the early days of her career, it wasn t always her career, it wasn t always her sporting skills which people focused on. for the first time. people focused on. for the first time, wimbledon - people focused on. for the first time, wimbledon meti first time, wimbledon met little miss chubby legs with the owl like glasses. king won a record 21 the owl like glasses. king won a record 21 wimbledon - the owl like glasses. king won a record 21 wimbledon titles l the owl like glasses. king won | a record 21 wimbledon titles in a record 21 wimbledon titles in a career spanning nearly 30 years. billiejean king, thank you for talking to the bbc and thank you for doing it here. well any chance to be at wimbledon, i m a happy camper. there is one big thread running thr
on the court and a boundary busting social activist off the court, billiejean king talks to amol rajan about her extraordinary life and career. when, in 1950s california, a young girl named billie picked up young girl named billie picked up a tennis racket she belonged to a world that few of us can imagine today and over the next few decades, billiejean king as she would come to be known, changed the world for women in america and far beyond. she did it via tennis. she was arguably the first female sports superstar winning 39 grand slams and completely dominating the sport, and yet it was in her parallel career as a social act best that she left a legacy that can be felt far beyond today. billiejean king is a game changer in the original sense. i have come to her