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we'll have the latest. good morning. the heat continues to build over the next few days. today it is looking dry, with strong sunshine, and it will feel very warm, especially in the south. i will have all the details throughout this morning's programme. it's sunday, iothjuly. our main story: eight candidates are now officially running in the conservative leadership contest, following a series of announcements from senior figures within the party. the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, are the latest to come forward and the foreign secretary, liz truss, is expecte...

To destabilise the country any longer. these protests have achieved the resignations of both the prime minister and president, but whoever takes over will inherit a humanitarian and law and order crisis as they are urged to restore stability quickly by the united states and the imf so that talks on an economic bailout package can resume. joining me from colombo is our south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan. and you are at the presidential offices there. still huge crowds. we can see them behind you. extraordinary scenes, weren't there, over the weekends? protesters in the pool there. what is go...

There are three things that have brough sri lanka down. - the first is authoritarianism. the second is corruption and that is chauvinism. i now foreign currency is running dry humping imports of food, fuel and medicine and forcing schools to close. at the beginning of april, angry protests prompted a state of emergency. 12 days later, the government could not pay its foreign debt for the first time in its history. the prime minister resigned in may. a month on, the un warned of a humanitarian emergency. now, with the storming of the president's home, parliament speaker had this message from th...

A month on, the un warned of a humanitarian emergency. now, with the storming of the president's home, parliament speaker had this message from the president. he asked me to tell the country that he will resign on the 13th ofjuly, on wednesday, to ensure a peaceful handover of power. therefore, there is no need to destabilise the country any longer. these protests have achieved the resignations of both the prime minister and president, but whoever takes over will inherit a humanitarian and law and order crisis as they are urged to restore stability quickly by the united states and the imf so t...

Forcing schools to close. are at the beginning of april, angry protests prompted a state of emergency. 12 days later, the government could not pay its foreign debt for the first time in history. prime minister mahinda rajapaksa resigned in may. a month on, the un warned of a humanitarian emergency. now, with the storming of president rajapaksa�*s home, parliament�*s speaker has this message from the president. translation: he asked me to tell i the country that he would resign i the 13th ofjuly, on wednesday, to ensure a peaceful handover of power. therefore, there is no need to destabilis...