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, president gotabaya rajapaksa did. protesters say they are celebrating what represents a victory for people power. it s the end of the rule of the rajapaksas, after a week of turmoil on the island. just yesterday, at the prime minister s office, security forces were overrun by protesters. it was one of a number of government buildings taken over by the masses. today, protesters handed it back to
and it was just such an awful thing to say. she would never have said it to anybody else who was married. so why did she say that to me? just because i was unmarried. russian missiles have struck civilian buildings in central ukraine, killing at least 23 people including four year old liza dmitrieva pressure on nhs emergency services or at an all time high. and europe continues to struggle with rising temperatures hundreds evacuate from their homes in spain as wildfires spread. good morning. our top story this morning thousands of rail workers will go on strike again in the coming weeks. in addition to a day of strike action on the 27thjuly, the rmt union has announced its members will strike on thursday the 18th and saturday the 20th august in their ongoing row over pay, jobs and conditions. yesterday, the aslef union also said train drivers at eight rail companies would stage a walk out on saturday 30th july. sharon graham, the general secretary of unite union is warnin
how is the world going to move 3 millions tonnes of wheat a day through a war zone and the shipping channels now infested with mines? and spot the resemblance? the ukrainian croissiant that was made in honour of the british prime minister. tonight with the context, former conservative cabinet minister justine greening and the political satirist and host of the web series oh my world, hagar chemali. welcome to the programme. time to draw the line was the prime minister s message for his cabinet this morning as collectively they try to steer the conversation away from the obvious split within the conservative party. but is it that easy when 40% of your mps have rebelled? history tells us, no, it s not! in 1990, margaret thatcher won a leadership contest by a similar margin against michael heseltine, 208 votes to 152, though rules at the time meant she would face a second vote and two days later, she stepped down. in 2018, theresa may won a vote of no confidence amid a rebelli
Richard parker, narrowly beat the conservative s Andy Street Who had served two terms in the role. The labour mayor of london, sadiq khan, was re elected for a historic third term. Overall, the conservatives lost hundreds of councillors in the local elections in england. This morning, the transport secretary, mark harper, said while the results were disappointing, the General Election was still all to play for. But speaking to the bbc, Suella Braverman insisted her party here is this report from our correspondence, damian grammaticas. Its a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. The shudder through conservatives. Tie Conservative Shudder through conservatives. Tue Conservative Party candidate, 224082. , Conservative Party candidate, 224082. ,. , 224082. Labour victorious in the West Midlands 224082. Labour victorious in the West Midlands mayoral 224082. Labour victorious in the West Midlands mayoral race. I 224082. Labour victorious in the West Midlands mayoral race. Al