is unshakeable as he arrives there on his first middle east tour. protestors gather in washington to demand more action on gun legislation as newly released video of the texas school shooting sparks more anger about the police response. welcome to newsday. it s sevenin the morning in singapore, and four thirty 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 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 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
for champions league qualification. good evening. police have issued at least 50 more fines, after parties in downing street and other government buildings breached coronavirus rules at the height of lockdown. it s thought at least some of the latest fines relate to a christmas party which borisjohnson did not attend. more than 100 fines have now been issued in total, including to the prime minister and the chancellor. the metropolitan police says their inquiries are continuing. labour says it s evidence of industrial scale partying at number ten. here s our political editor, chris mason. it s long been suspected. today, further confirmation. covid lawbreaking was happening, involving loads of people, for months on end, right at the heart of the government led by boris johnson. the police offered few words, but they did have a big number more than 100 fines. and they re not finished yet. the prime minister s been in staffordshire happy to pose for pictures, less keen to
experience, landing a plane safely. let s go outfront. good evening. welcome to a special edition of outfront live from kyiv. i m erin burnett tonight. outfront this ooefg, the first russian civilian killed just miles from the ukrainian board we are russia. according to the kremlin, the russian civilian was killed by an attack just outside of belgorad, which putin has been using as a staging ground for troops entering ukraine. ukraine hasn t denied this, they have not commented on it as of yet. but news of this reported death raises the stakes. it was yesterday that biden s national director of intelligence warns that putin would escalate this war. the civilian death comes as ukraine is offering to release russian prisoners of war in exchange for the evacuation of injured ukrainian soldiers inside that steel plant in mariupol. it is the last thing right now, standing in the way of russia owning that key port city. we re also hearing from a commander still inside the pla
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