minister is brought home. police admit security flaws over his shooting. and moscow born elena rybakina, representing kazakhstan, wins the women s final at wimbledon. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the ongoing economic crisis in sri lanka has erupted today with thousands of people storming the residence of the president in the capital colombo and setting fire to the home of the prime minister. after months of protests, huge crowds, enraged by the authorities handling of sri lanka s worst crisis in decades, overwhelmed the security forces. the prime minister has agreed to resign and reports say the president will step down next week. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel and medicine. caroline hawley reports. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowd, all suffering the effects of living in a nation in economic collapse
here, clashing with the police. the police were firing tear at protesters, so, this has been the response. in response to that, the fact that the protesters in the journalists were attacked, the news of that spread like wildfire, and you had people from other sites coming here, congregating here, and pushing back the police. this culminated in the burning of the prime minister s house. we also spoke to human rights lawyer bhavani fonseka who was at the protest earlier. it has been quite the day in sri