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tonight will be at buckingham palace. and the king's visit is a reminder of the history in the region marched by the violent sectarian conflict between loyalists and irish nationalists known as the troubles. and embodied by the 2012 photo of elizabeth shaking hands with the deputy first minister, a former commander in the irish republican army, the group responsible for assassinating her cousin in 1979. it was an event that rocked the royal family. that is the challenging historical context charles finds himself in as monarch, and the question now looming over his reign, what does th...

welcome to newsday. it's 8am in singapore, and 5am in the maldives, where sri lanka's president has arrived after fleeing sri lanka on a militaryjet. gotabaya rajapaksa's 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 remaining in position, he kept his immunity from prosecution. many sri lankans blame him for the econo...

hello, welcome to bbc news at downing street. borisjohnson resigns as the leader of the conservative party. in a statement outside downing street, he said he was proud of his achievements but it was now clearly the will of tory mps that he stand down. it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party, and therefore, a new prime minister. but as we have seen at westminster, the herd instinct is a powerful and when they heard moves, it moves. and my friends, in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. the announcement ...

welcome to newsday — we start with breaking news. it's six am in singapore and three thirty am in sri lanka where injust the last hour the bbc has confirmed that sri lanka's president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country — days after popular protests forced him to abandon his official residence and after several earlier failed attempts to leave. he left by plane. his destination is not clear, but it's understood he had earlier tried to travel to the united arab emirates. president rajapaksa had promised to resign, but by remaining in position, he kept his immunity from prosecu...

welcome to newsday. it's seven am in singapore and fourthirty am in sri lanka — the bbc has confirmed that sri lanka's president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country — days after popular protests forced him to abandon his official residence — and after several earlier failed attempts to leave. he left by plane. his destination is not clear — but it's understood he had his but it's understood he had brotherformerfinance minister his brotherformerfinance minister has also left the country. president gotabaya country. president gota baya rajapaksa country. president gotabaya ...