minister is brought home. police admit security flaws over his shooting. and moscow born elena rybakina, representing kazakhstan, wins the women s final at wimbledon. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the ongoing economic crisis in sri lanka has erupted today with thousands of people storming the residence of the president in the capital colombo and setting fire to the home of the prime minister. after months of protests, huge crowds, enraged by the authorities handling of sri lanka s worst crisis in decades, overwhelmed the security forces. the prime minister has agreed to resign and reports say the president will step down next week. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel and medicine. caroline hawley reports. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowd, all suffering the effects of living in a nation in economic collapse
he ll step down on the 13th ofjuly, after protestors storm his official residence and set the prime minister s home on fire. it s over the handling of the country s economic crisis. the body of japan s assassinated former prime minister is brought home. police admit security flaws over his shooting. health warnings are issued as southern and eastern areas of the uk prepare for a heatwave that could bring record breaking temperatures over the next week. sporting history at wimbledon. elena rybakina takes the women s singles title to become kazakhstan s first ever grand slam winner. i never felt something like this and ijust want to say a big thanks to the crowd for the support, it was unbelievable all these two weeks. cheering two more cabinet ministers have, this evening, joined the race to become the next leader of the conservative party and succeed borisjohnson as prime minister: transport secretary, grant shapps, and newly appointed chancellor, nadhim zahawi. theyjoin four
and we ve been lucky enough to see a fair bit of it over the years. so, there is no better place to anchor our sports tech themed show. and we re going to start with something for the fans. tech giant ibm has partnered with wimbledon for more than 30 years and this year, it s upgraded the official wimbledon app to tell the future. so, for each singles match here, match insight is going to try and predict the outcome of that match, who s going to win, yeah? it is, indeed. it s using, of course, the players performance but it s also looking at what the media buzz is. we combine that with other stats, other data, like the player tracking and ball tracking that hawk eye are doing, players form, momentum, performance in the lead up to and now during the championships. the brains behind this app belong to watson, ibm s artificial intelligence. and after absorbing all the data and the chatter, it ll make a prediction that s totally separate from the official seedings. these predic
it s seven in the morning here in singapore and midnight in london, where the uk has recorded temperatures of more than a0 degrees celsius for the first time. the heatwave has caused widespread disruption on the railway network, and there have been a large number of fires in parks and grasslands. a major incident has been declared in london, where the mayor, sadiq khan, said fire crews were struggling to cope. the un s climate chief has warned that heatwaves such as the one currently gripping western europe are becoming more frequent. our first report is from our climate editor, justin rowlatt. with today s searing heat came fires, and lots of them. huge plumes of smoke rose above london as grassfires engulfed homes on the outskirts of the capital. the london fire brigade declared a major incident. a number of the calls that we ve been dealing with today have been wildfires or grassfires, where the ground has been tinder box dry result of the weather over the last week, but i
three candidates have been nominated by parliament to replace the outgoing gotabaya rajapaksa. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are natasha clark, who s a political and environmental correspondent for the sun, and eleanor langford, political reporter at politics home. welcome back to you both. let s take a look at tomorrow s front pages. burning hot britain is the headline in the metro which leads with the record breaking temperatures and fires across the country today. for the mirror, this was the hottest day in history. it shows the damage caused by fires in wennington where several homes were destroyed. the telegraph also leads with the devastation in wennington, describing how hundreds of people were forced to flee their homes. the i says the uk became a tinderbox as fire services as far apart as yorkshire and suffolk declared major incidents. the express leads with the tory leadership contest, and an i