and brett favre insists he is the victim of he insists now he is the victim of a smear campaign in mississippi. this is what we are watching at this hour. we begin with cnn s exclusive interview with president biden. the president responding for the first time about putin s war in ukraine since his warn about a nuclear armageddon. he told jake tapper he doesn t believe the st. putin will actually yew nuclear weapons, but the mistake he believes putin may upon invading ukraine. i think he s a rational actor who has miscalculated significantly. i think he thought he was going to be welcome with open arms. this is the home of mother russia, and i think he totally miscalculated. the conversation also touched on saudi arabia. brittney griner, the economy, even the possibility of criminal charges against the president s son hunter. more on that in a moment. let s start with m.j. lee. m.j., he doesn t do many sit-down interviews these days. what are you hearing from there to
there on his first middle east tour. and as china s heatwave makes roads buckle and roofs melt, we ll hearfrom our correspondent in beijing. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s eight in the morning in singapore and 5:30 in the morning in sri lanka, where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew out of the country, to the maldives, about 2a hours ago. but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state in his absence. that s led to anger among protesters, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile, a curfew is in force and the prime minister, and now acting president ranil wickremesinghe, has told the military to do whatever is necessary to restore order. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, cr
new york s legendary studio 5a nightclub dies by assisted suicide in switzerland. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in sri lanka, where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew to the maldives about 2k hours ago. but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state, while he was absent. that s led to anger among protesters, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile a curfew is in force. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office, one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. there is an intense here in colombo. the protesters are here along this avenue, and on the other side you can see the security forces who are guarding this office, a
and, the man who owned new york s legendary studio 5a nightclub dies by assisted suicide in switzerland. welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the globe. we start in sri lanka, where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew to the maldives about 2k hours ago, but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state, while he was absent. that s led to anger among protestors, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile, a curfew is in force. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office, one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. there is a tense stand off here in colombo. the protesters are here along this avenue, and on the other side you can see the security forces who are