BBCNEWS BBC World News July 7, 2024
hello and welcome. celebrations have been taking place in sri lanka after gotabaya rajapaksa became the country's first sitting president to quit. he did so after months of angry protests over the rapidly rising cost of living, and shortages of food and fuel. the delay in handing over his letter of resignation was, it seems, to do with his flight from the maldives to singapore. from colombo, rajini vaidyanathan reports. a moment to savour, after months of struggle. now there's joy. these demonstrators had one key demand, that the man they blame for their economic woes resign. tonight...