we begin in sri lanka where gotabaya rajapaksa has sent a letter formally handing over power to his prime minister, but stopping short of a resignation. our correspondent is in colombo with the latest development. we just had a statement from the office of president gotabaya rajapaksa, somebody that the protesters behind me, they have spent months camping out here in the centre of colombo, desperate for president gotabaya rajapaksa to resign and they blame him for this country s economic woes but we have had a statement from his office and it doesn t look like it is very clear exactly what he is planning to do. i have got the statement here. effectively he doesn t resign in this statement and he says that he is transferring the presidency to ranil wickremesinghe who is currently the prime minister, while he is out of the country, so this is a man who promised he would resign but he hasn t done that yet, and this is now leaving even more uncertainty, we are reading to the stat
leicester piggott, has died at 87. leicester piggott. hello, welcome to the programme. culture secretary nadine dorries has called on european football s governing body uefa to launch a formal investigation into what went wrong and why after chaotic scenes at last night s champions league final between liverpool and real madrid in paris. french police have been criticised for firing tier gas and pepper spray at some liverpool fans waiting to get in to the stadium. ms dorries said the footage from fans and the media was deeply concerning . the mayor of liverpool who was at the game described the police actions as brutal and intimidating. uefa has said it will review these matters urgently with french police.0ur correspondent danjohnson sent this report from paris. this sort of scene unnerves any football fan. it s not what you would expect of the biggest game in european club football. liverpool supporters say there was indiscriminate tear gassing by heavy handed f
leicester piggott, has died at 87. leicester piggott. hello, welcome to the programme. culture secretary nadine dorries has called on european football s governing body uefa to launch a formal investigation into what went wrong and why after chaotic scenes at last night s champions league final between liverpool and real madrid in paris. french police have been criticised for firing tier gas and pepper spray at some liverpool fans waiting to get in to the stadium. ms dorries said the footage from fans and the media was deeply concerning . the mayor of liverpool who was at the game described the police actions as brutal and intimidating. uefa has said it will review these matters urgently with french police.0ur correspondent danjohnson
california, last night in what police are calling a very likely targeted shooting. police say about 35 to 40 family members and friends were watching a football game when one or more people snuck on to the property and began shooting. in an overnight press conference, they told reporters that three men died on the scene, a fourth man died later in the hospital. all those shot were between 25 and 35 years old. the clashes between police and protesters are escalating in hong kong. over the weekend officers stormed a university that was economy held by demonstrators. the antigovernment protester had barricaded themselves inside the university for several days before officers moved in firing tier gas. and president trump is backing away from a proposed ban on flavored e-cigarettes with vaping on the rise among young people, the trump administration said two months ago they were planning to ban the products.
obstruction. the judge did not rule whether the suspects would be kept in custody. it s unclear what happens next or when the suspects will be back in court. in italy today, much of the attention is turning to the victim, he s a 35-year-old officer named mario rega. a newlywed who just returned from his honeymoon, his killing has prompted an outpouring of grief across the country. flowers are being left at the scene of his death. his funeral is expected to be held monday in the same church where he was just married. what s happening there in italy, just heart breaking. police and protesters authorities firing tier gas at the thousands of demonstrators who defied warnings to not march