Have been dashed after he was knocked out by Daniel Dubois in the fifth round. Hello, im kasia madera. Start with some Breaking News from Sri Lanka. The left wing opposition candidate, anura kumara dissanayake, has won Sri Lankas first president Ial Poll since the country defaulted on its international debts two years ago. That news just coming into us here at the bbc. He won when second preference votes were Ta Ken into account after winning about forty percent in the initial round of counting. The opposition leader, sajith premadasa, came second, with the outgoing president , Ranil Wikremesinghe Trailing in third. Breaking news from Sri Lanka on that election. The left wing opposition candidate, anura kumara dissanayake, has won Sri Lankas first president Ial Poll since the country defaulted on its international debts two years ago. We will speak to our correspondence on the ground. She willjoin us live with the latest on that. We start in the Middle East, where israel says hezbollah
We are expectIng reactIon to come In, but thIs Is the sItuatIon In SrI Lanka. Anura Kumara DIssanayake has one the fIrst presIdent Ial Poll sInce the country had to default on Its InternatIonal debts two years ago. He won second preference votes. When they were taken Into account when he won 40 In the InItIal round of countIng. The OpposItIon Leader came second. The outgoIng prIme MInIster TraIlIng In thIrd place. Anura Kumara DIssanayake heads the natIonal Peoples Power AllIance and It Is a party. That alIgns Includes hIs Peoples LIberatIon front party, a party tradItIonally backed, that has tradItIonally backed, that has tradItIonally backed stronger InterventIon and lower taxes. Its campaIgn for let thIs economIc polIcIes. WIth thIs wIn, SrI Lanka wIll see for the fIrst tIme, a government that Is headed by a leader wIth a strong left wIng Ideology. We are expectIng Anura Kumara DIssanayake to dIssolve the. To dIssolve the parlIament and then call for parlIamentary electIons after ha
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Race which is heating up as a big Rate Cut is set to bring Borrowing Costs down. With high prices and the economy still at the top of americas minds, which candidates plan will get voters or fired up at the polls in after a second attempt on President Trumps life, the bipartisan Push Congress is making to keep making president ial candidates safe. The Task Force Member,. Pat fallon, and Democrat House Intel Community Member Ami Bera are here. I am David Asman in for Neil Cavuto, this is cavuto live. Kamala harris and Donald Trump are talking up the top issue which, of course, is the economy. Alexandria hoff is in wilmington, north carolina, where trump is set the speak later today. Hey, alexandria. Reporter hey, david, good to be with you. Yeah, Cost Of Living, Housing Prices are at the the fore if front of the former president s remarks here today. But with this Rate Cut, you know, just recently happening its kind of resumed some of the criticism that the former president has had of C