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
Electoral register. Reports in a number of newspapers say shell beianed number of newspapers say shell be invited to attend a Police Station voluntarily, and will be interviewed under caution rather than being arrested. Miss rayner has said shes confident the rules have been followed at all times. The uk rules have been followed at all times. The uk said it would support palestine gaining full member status in the united nafions member status in the United Nations when the time is right. The comments by the Deputy Foreign secretary, Andrew Mitchell, come as israel has launched fresh attacks on northern gaza in an effort to prevent hamas from regrouping, three months after the idf claimed it had taken control of the area. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of palestinians continue to flee rafah in the south as israel prepares to launch a major offensive earlier , hamas posted a video claiming british israeli hostage Nadav Popplewell has died after being injured in an airstrike last month. Th
Peace, it can be as part of those negotiations , us and those negotiations, us and britain will support palestine becoming a state at the un when we feel the time is right. That isnt now, but it may, as i say, be before the end of the peace process. Piocess. Process. A third man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a house fire in wolverhampton. Emergency services were called to a property in the Dunstall Hill area at 2 am. Yesterday, where two women, both in their 20s, were pronounced dead at the scene. Four people were also injured. Police have been granted extra time to question two men who were arrested yesterday, aged 19 and 22. Its believed they were known to the women. Towie de facto Natalie Elphicke has denied lobbying the justice secretary over her then husbands sex offences trial. Shes accused of asking sir Robert Buckland to move charlie elphicks case to a lower profile court, in an apparent attempt to avoid publicity. Speaking to the sunday times, sir Robert B
Counselor. There were inmates that shielded this victim. And tragically we learned that the fourth officer did not make is out alive. Sergeant floyd was found unresponsive. Sergeant steven floyd was with the department for 16 years. Was pronounced dead. 5 06 thursday a Tactical Team gained entry in building c where this erupted. They used a backhoe to get through barricades filled with water. They filled the foot lockers with water and that created very heavy building blocks. The facility is now secured and the investigation into why it happened and which of the 120 inmates all called suspects is just the beginning. We will leave no stone unturned and detectives are going cell by cell collecting evidence. At this time i am not able to give you a motive for the attack. And so back out live, we can tell you when it comes to the weapon taz these inmates use that is not clear, we were told they were sharp instruments. When it comes to Sergeant Floyd he leaves behind a wife and three childr