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That's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. goodbye for now. in the last few hours, the new sri lankan prime minister has been sworn in. dinesh gunawardena, who is a former minister, took the oath in the presence of president. the rest of the cabinet is expected to be sworn in later on friday. meanwhile, sri lankan police have been dismantling protest camps in the capital, colombo. they were originally set up by groups demonstrating against the economic crisis — but in recent days protestors have expressed their anger...

In colombo near the main protest site and it's a huge investment — sri lanka's biggest foreign direct investment projects. but still they are not willing to restructure the debt. that is also impacting the overall discussions the government is holding with the imf. because, presumably, china could have saved the rajapaksa regime if it had wanted to? yes, technically they could have saved. what analysts are saying is that president gotabaya rajapaksa and his brother, formerfinance minister, basil rajapaksa, were not really helpful, or not to china, that led to this attitude of china. so what'...

In colombo near the main protest site and it's a huge investment — sri lanka's biggest foreign direct investment projects. but still they are not willing to restructure the debt. that is also impacting the overall discussions the government is holding with the imf. because, presumably, china could have saved the rajapaksa regime if it had wanted to? yes, technically they could have saved. what analysts are saying is that president gotabaya rajapaksa and his brother, formerfinance minister, basil rajapaksa, were not really helpful, or not to china, that led to this attitude of china. so what'...

Atmosphere here at colombo seafront, which has been a protest site for many weeks, one of the main demands protesters have was for gotabaya rajapaksa to go. their slogan, their chant was "go home, gota". we now know that president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country. he fled on a militaryjet with members of his family. we don't know where exactly he's headed to. he'd been in hiding for the last few days, ever since his home, his official residence, was overrun by protesters. it wasn'tjust his official residence, in fact over there his presidential secretariat, his offices, that was also ov...

Welcome to bbc news — i'm david eades. our top stories: senior figures in sri lanka say the president's fled the island, but is expected to resign on wednesday. his palace is now a protest site as crowds continue to pour inside. our correspondent is there. how does it feel to swim in the president's personal pool? after months of frustration this feels like re— relief. crowds surging to get inside this palace. and they get to see what life is like for the political class. to enjoy or endure? a heatwave hits western europe. parts of spain reach 43 degrees. eleven and counting. here in the u...