simulating attacks on the self ruled island of taiwan, this comes after a meeting between the tae hwi s just taiwanese president tsai ing wen and kevin mccarthy last week. the tensions, the international monetary fund warns of severe weakness in the global economy over the next half a decade. the fund says its outlook for global economic growth for the next five years is the weakest it s seen in a while. earlier on spoke to peter mwai, chief executive of xm australia and he told me situations like these are when investors may look to rebalance their portfolios. peter mwai. look to rebalance their portfolios. peter mwai. they look at market portfolios. peter mwai. tie: look at market interpretation, rhetoric, they said there and they say ride, are there other opportunities, the certain sectors of the markets removed from or other markets to look stronger out, gold or retail versus institution or mining, so we have a degree of concern and we need to wear this one thro
the uk chancellor nadim zahawi has added his name to the conservative leadership contest joining a field of eight including sajid javid and jeremy hunt. and in the tennis, moscow born elena rybakina wins the women s singles title representing kazakhstan. sri lanka is in the grip of chaos and uncertainty after a dramatic 2a hours which has seen the country s president and prime minister pledge to step down. they were left with little choice after demonstrators stormed or set fire to to their official residences a howl of anger after months of protests about economic mismanagement. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation, and is struggling to import food, fuel, and medicine. our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan reports from the capital, colombo. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, b
wins the women s singles title, representing kazakhastan. in the last hour, the united states has urged the sri lankan government to work quickly to address discontent in the country. discontent is putting it mildly protesters have stormed government buildings, and the president and prime minister have pledged to step down. it s all due to to months of economic mismanagement. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel and medicine. our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan reports from the capital, colombo. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, but the crowds were more determined. and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he had alre
and in the tennis, moscow born elena rybakina wins the women s singles title, representing kazakhastan. hello and welcome to bbc news. sri lanka is in the grip of chaos and uncertainty after a dramatic 2a hours which has seen the country s president and prime minister pledge to step down. they were left with little choice after demonstrators stormed or set fire to to their official residences a howl of anger after months of protests about economic mismanagement. our correspondent, anbarasan ethirajan, reports from the capital, colombo. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, but the crowds were more determined. and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he had already