Sri Lanka has been plunged into political turmoil, with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa under pressure to resign as protests escalate over an economic crisis.
The Sri Lankan crisis spiralled today with the Mahinda Rajapaksa government temporarily shutting down embassies in Australia, Norway and Iraq. In Colombo, protests continued outside the house of Prime Minister Rajapaksa.
Sri Lanka's opposition has dismissed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's invitation to join a unity government as "nonsensical" and instead demanded he resigns over the country's worsening shortages of food, fuel and medicines.