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new york's legendary studio 5a nightclub dies by assisted suicide in switzerland. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in sri lanka, where president gotabaya rajapaksa has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew to the maldives about 2k hours ago. but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state while he was absent. that's led to anger among protestors, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile, a curfew is in force. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their tar...

newly—formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third. but the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. and so begins a new era in south african politics, as well as new challenges for president cyril ramaphosa, who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid. the bbc�*s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. it had been a slow and steady day, and then...this. the former president, now the head of the upstart mk party, an unexpected challenge to the anc. already reeling from voter anger over economic mismanagement and corruption scandals...

To go of this campaign, but all parties hope these pledges will help them be victorious onjuly 4. ione wells, bbc news. hackers say they have stolen the personal details of more than half a billion customers of ticketmaster worldwide. the company's owner — live nation — has confirmed there's been "unauthorised activity" on its database but has not said how many people have been affected. the hackers are reported to be demanding a ransom payment of $500,000 — or £400,000 — to prevent the sale of the data. our business reporter simon browning reports. ticketmaster, one of the biggest ti...