the earliest galaxies. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 9am injapan where a private funeral will be held in tokyo later, for the former prime minister shinzo abe, who died after being shot while at a political campaign event. mourners have streamed into a temple in tokyo to pay their respects. these are scenes from a vigil at the zojoji temple. world leaders have also paid tribute. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said mr abe did more than anyone to elevate the relationship between their two countries. rupert wingfield hayes reports from tokyo. shinzo abe was a fresh faced 52 year old when he shocked everyone by becoming japan s youngest postwar prime minister. it did not go well. and in less than a year, he was gone. five years later, he plotted his return with a new hairstyle and a new slogan. and this time, he stayed, for eight years, longer than any other postwar japanese leader. today, japan is layin
here in the uk, candidates are lining up in their bid to take over from borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. magnificent seven for novak djokovic as he overpowers nick kyrgios to maintain his domination of wimbledon. thanks forjoining us. the speaker of sri lanka s parliament has said that president gotobaya rajapaksa is no longer in the country but should return by wednesday when he has promised to resign. the president fled when huge crowds stormed his palace and set fire to the residence of the prime minister, in protests against corruption and economic mismanagement. hundreds are still in the presidential house and grounds. they say they won t leave until mr rajapaska has gone. our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, reports from colombo. these scenes would have been unthinkable days ago. sri lanka s seat of presidential power now a sightseeing destination. security nowhere to be seen, as thousands push their way into a palace
to take over from borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. magnificent seven for novak djokovic as he overpowers nick kyrgios to maintain his domination of wimbledon. in the last few minutes, president gotobaya rajapaksa of sri lanka has confirmed he will resign after having fled when crowds stormed his palace. it s not clear whether, as suggested, he will return to to the country this week to formally quit. hundreds of protesters furious about corruption and economic mismangement are still in the presidential house and grounds. they say they won t leave until mr rajapaska has gone. our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, reports from colombo. these scenes would have been unthinkable days ago. sri lanka s seat of presidential power now a sightseeing destination. security nowhere to be seen, as thousands push their way into a palace taken over by protesters. this is a really surreal moment for sri lanka. a building that is normally heav
magnificent seven for novak djokovic as he overpowers nick kyrgios to maintain his domination of wimbledon. hello and thanks forjoining us. the speaker of sri lanka s parliament has said that president gotobaya rajapaksa is no longer in the country but should return by wednesday when he has promised to resign. the president fled when huge crowds stormed his palace and set fire to the residence of the prime minister, in protests against corruption and economic mismanagement. hundreds are still in the presidential house and grounds. they say they won t leave until mr rajapaska has gone. our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, reports from colombo. these scenes would have been unthinkable days ago. sri lanka s seat of presidential power now a sightseeing destination. security nowhere to be seen, as thousands push their way into a palace taken over by protesters. this is a really surreal moment for sri lanka. a building that is normally heavily fortified, now a free
leaked documents show president emmanuel macron and a former eu competition commissioner held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, the ride sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests across europe from taxi drivers who felt their livelihoods were being threatened. as part of an investigation by the international consortium of investigativejournalists, the bbc has discovered how uber used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton reports. when hoover first arrived when hooverfirst arrived in france, it started a taxi well. but while many cabdrivers were on the streets, the leak shows uber had a friend in government. documents show despite uber offering an legal service, emmanuel macron then nestorfor service, emmanuel macron then nestor for economic service, emmanuel macron then nestorfor economic and service, emmanuel macron then nestor for economic and digital affairs, agreed to help them change the law. the leak shows uber offe