over its economic crisis, and he s landed in the maldives. mr rajapaksa left aboard a militaryjet, ending a family dynasty that has ruled the country for decades. he had been in hiding, after crowds stormed his residence on saturday. they are still there. sources have told the bbc his brother, former finance minister basil rajapaksa, has also left the country. the president had promised to resign, but by remaining in position, he kept his immunity from prosecution. many sri lankans blame him for the economic crisis which has crippled their country, leaving it short of funds our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan was with protestors outside the presidential palace in colombo when the news of president rajapaksa s departure was made public. there is a real party atmosphere here at colombo seafront, which has been a protest site for many weeks, one of the main demands protesters had was for gotabaya rajapaksa to go. their slogan, their chant was go home, gota . we now know that
influence people s attitudes. that influence people s attitudes. is perhaps one of the questions that is perhaps one of the key questions of our time, are we to endure the climate change moments or enjoy them? people seem to find that a very difficult conundrum to resolve. yeah, thank you so much for having me, david. there are those who continue to frolic in the sun, go to the sea, find a fountain to cool off, but when we focus on those media images solely through mainstream media, television and newspaper photographs, we actually overlook some of the very damaging and dangerous features of heat waves. such as the high night time temperatures, and those that are vulnerable, the elderly and children, in homes that don t cool down at night. when we also look at those