the travel show. this week on the travel show: i m in the great american outdoors for a close encounter with some grizzly bears. we re heading to australia to wish a very happy birthday to one of the most iconic bridges in the world. and in mexico, we meet the people breathing life into an ancient ballgame that predates football by around 3,000 years. hello, and welcome to yellowstone park here in the united states. this is one of the oldest national parks in the world. it celebrates its 150th this year. now, this is a vast and mesmerising place. a little later on in the show i will be coming up close to one of yellowstone s most famous and fearsome residents, the grizzly bear. but we re starting this week somewhere where you definitely won t need bear spray to visit. now, the famous film director baz luhrmann once said if paris is the city of light, then sydney is the city of fireworks. that is certainly the case every new year s eve when the global party really gets started
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. sri lanka s president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country amid mass protests 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. 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. i want to show you some pictures from the presidential office itself in colombo. people expect a resignation to be announced. we have heard that the speaker of parliament saying nothing yet, but there should be something official by this evening colombo time. quite a few hours still to wait if that is the case, but crowds expectant in anticipation of the president s resignation. they blame him f
executed detainees and murdered unarmed people in afghanistan. the heatwave is expected to hit a peak on monday as temperatures rise towards 35 degrees in parts of the uk. in sri lanka, the president flees the countryjust days after protesters storm his palace. and the extraordinary impact of the deepest, most detailed view of the universe ever seen. and coming up on the bbc news channel. england are bowled out for 110 as they slumped to a miserable io wicket defeat against india in the first one day international at the oval. welcome to the bbc news at 10:00pm. the first round of voting for the new leader of the conservative party will involve eight conservative mps, with the final two candidates selected before the end of next week. so the next prime minister will be one of these. from left to right nadhim zahawi, rishi sunak, suella braverman, tom tugendhat, penny mordaunt, kemi badenoch, jeremy hunt, and liz truss. any candidate attracting fewer than 30 votes tomorrow
the headlines. sri lanka s president gotabaya rajapaksa has fled the country with members of his family following months of protests over the island s economic crisis. the bbc understands his militaryjet has landed in the maldives. he d been in hiding after protestors stormed his residence on saturday. in washington the committee investigating the storming of the us capitol last year has laid out how donald trump incited far right extremists in a last ditch bid to remain in office. members of his inner circle told how during a stormy meeting mr trump ignored their advice to concede. in britain the race to replace borisjohnson as leader of the governing party and the country s prime minister has narrowed to eight fellow conservative mps. the field will be narrowed down to two in a series of votes. the part at large will then decide on the winner. now on bbc news,
the highest civilian honour the george cross to the nhs for its courage, compassion and dedication during the pandemic. health leaders from the four home nations were each awarded a medal. frontline workers also attended the ceremony including the nurse who gave the world s first covid vaccine to a patient. sri lanka s president gotabaya rajapaksa has fled the country along with other members of his family, following mass protests there. he had been in hiding since crowds stormed his palace on saturday. sri lankans are struggling with power cuts and fuel and food shortages, and blame political leaders for their worst economic crisis in decades. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from colombo. many sri lankans feel that leaving is their only option and in a crisis defined by endless weights, hundreds