Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stepped down after fleeing to Singapore in the face of mass protests, the country s parliament speaker said on July 15.
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Coach jesse marsch. the club say an agreement in principle has been agreed with the spanish side. the move is reportedly worth an initial £49 million. he will undergo a medical in spain. and that is all your sport news for now. much more on the bbc sport website. i will bring you more throughout the afternoon. the acting sri lankan president ranil wickremasing has given powers to the military to install as he puts it the normalacy in the country. it comes just hours after the previous president gotabaya rajapaksa fled to the maldives. police in sri lanka have fired tear gas at protesters who have been marching on the prime minister s office defying a nationwide state of emergency. angry demonstrators were trying to force their way into the compound. protesters have also overrun the state owned television channel, which is now off air. for months people have been struggling with daily power cuts and shortages of basics like fuel,
At 10.30 and will be hearing from penny mordaunt at10.30 and the will be hearing from penny mordaunt at 10.30 and the voting begins at 1.30. we will have full coverage here. now, back to the studio. this is the situation in sri lanka. life pictures, tear gas fired by police as protesters gathered around the prime minister s house. ranil wickremasing has been appointed acting president it comes just hours after the previous president gotabaya rajapaksa fled to the maldives. he landed in the last hour or so. we think he is in transit to another place. police are now continuing to fire tear gas at protesters. interesting that the prime minister, ranil wickremasing, interesting that the prime minister, ranilwickremasing, is interesting that the prime minister, ranil wickremasing, is now the acting president. he was brought in