a very warm welcome to the programme, we begin in sri lanka where the president got a buy read your has not honoured his promise to resign, he flew to the mall deves 2a hours earlier but in the public letter he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state while he was absent. and she drank a curfew is in force with suzuki forces clashing with protesters. prompting the un security secretary general in the last few minutes to tweet saying it s important the root causes of the conflict and the grievances of protesters are addressed, i urge all party leaders to embrace the spirit of compromise for a peaceful and democratic transition. 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. protesters are lined up along this avenue. on the other side you can
Uncertain future. Everyone is locked in. We are here now, its kind of in. We are here now, its kind of unbelievable status. Backin back in the Fast Lane Item Pt Races into the british championship final into the british championship final in the quickest time in the world this year. Theres no break in the football at the moment, theres a full round of premier League Matches over the next three nights, five this evening with the main focus around relegation, three of the bottom five are playing. Burnley are unbeaten in three and still dreaming, win tonight and they could be one point off safety, but that also depends on how Nottingham Forest and everton get on. Ben croucher reports everton a re everton are on a tour of the run, this is the team arriving at newcastle in the last 30 minutes, at their last league when it was before christmas. Ben croucher reports its the time of year where teams look to spring forward, if you can bear to watch anyway. For everton, no 12 premier bear to wat
And try to reach the perfection of it. That is our main obsession how much of a difference will it make with the momentum of back to back wins . It is backtoback wins . It is important backtoback wins . It is important but backtoback wins . It is important but it backtoback wins . It is important but it cannot l important but it cannot distract us because we still belong way to go and we have experienced these moments before we had good performance in the next game we were not able to sustain this is the message, try to sustain. Everton striker Dominic Calvert lewin held his nerve from the penalty spot to score his first goal in 2a games in all competitions against newcastle at st james park. It salvaged a vital point for the toffees in their bid to stay in the top flight. Newcastle had earlier taken the lead through alexander isak. It finished one all. Look, i mean, this job wasnt a walk in the park when i got here. Its still not. Theres a long way to go, but theres a lot of steps wer
Humanitarian International Law . If you has the intention and ability to comply with humanitarian law, i made that clear to Prime Ministers netanyahu whenever i have spoken to him, too many civilian deaths in gaza. We need to see an immediate humanitarian pause to get the hostages out and more aid in. Earlier in the day the Prime Minister did a round of interviews with our colleagues on bbc local radio. And hes has come in for some criticism after he burst out laughing more than once at a question first put to him on bbc tees about when he may call a General Election in the uk. Hes a little of that exchange. Most people got in touch and social media, the overwhelming question was when will there be a General Election . ,. , when will there be a General Election . ,. , election . Oh, gosh i have answered that question election . Oh, gosh i have answered that question many election . Oh, gosh i have answered that question many times election . Oh, gosh i have answered that question many
manchester city chairman khaldoon al mubarak says the club want to be judged by the facts and not by claims and counter claims, after allegations of breaching financial regulations. hello and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. the king and queen, and the prince of wales havejoined second world war veterans at an event in portsmouth to mark the 80th anniversary of d day. the normandy landings were the largest seaborne invasion in history, with the 191m battle laying the foundation for an allied victory. the special ceremony was narrated by dame helen mirren and included a flypast by the red arrows. jon kay is at the commemorations on southsea common. good afternoon from portsmouth where in brilliant sunshine a crowd of thousands has just been treated to a spectacular, noisy and deeply poignant event to honour those who served on d day. part commemoration part celebration. yes, there was a vip box where members of the royalfamily sat alongside political leaders and mil