Pledge to address corruption and reduce economic burden on true lancome. And that resonated with citizens who have been burdened with high living costs and rising poverty, even at a time when the economy overall seem to have stabilised. Now, anura kumara dissanayake promise to cut income taxes and slashes tells taxes on food and medicine, his also promised to renegotiate terms of the imf programme to make it easier for sri lankan. But experts say that he can manage to realistically deliver and fund the populous promises, while balancing sri lankan s. The foreign reserve is at $6 billion that can last forjust three months. Imf bailout line that forced his territory in order to boost government revenues is also halfway through and a deal to restructure the huge foreign debt by still not finalised. Stabilising the economy and manoeuvring lenders especially bilateral partners india and china will be one of the first test. This party so far has had a no experience in running a government, e
20 years ago tonight, baghdad was under attack, as the american led invasion got under way. we ll be looking at the tragic legacy. iraq sank into a nightmare. no one knows exactly how many iraqis were killed, it s in the hundreds of thousands. and workers have agreed a deal with network rail, but pay disputes with the train companies are still not resolved. and coming up on the bbc news channel. fulham s aleksandar mitrovic is charged with violent and improper conduct following his red card in the fa cup quarterfinal defeat at manchester united. good evening. the catastrophic impact of climate change and fears for the future of the planet have been laid out in a major new report which the united nations has described as a survival guide for humanity . climate experts say there is a closing window of opportunity to build a sustainable future, but they say that will involve rapid cuts to the use of fossil fuels, and maximising the use of clean energy and technology. the repo
now, for the business news, i m victoria valentine. we start in the us where there is more evidence that, after tens of thousands ofjob cuts, big tech is pulling out of its post pandemic slump. amazon is the latest to reveal it s making much more money than wall street was expecting. sales hit more than $127 billion in the first three months of the year, and the online retail giant says that figure will be higher in the current quarter. it comes after alphabet, the owner of google and youtube, and meta, which owns facebook and instagram, both surprised investors with better than expected results. samira hussain reports from new york. this over the last year and is on has been aggressively cutting costs to help with profitability. it has already laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. currently about to eliminate another 9000jobs. it currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. it would appear that some of those measures are already pay
government s planned pension reform as demonstrations grow across the country. global financial markets react nervously to the emergency takeover of the swiss bank credit suisse but are the fears now easing. and turning powder into beer. a german brewery comes up with a new product that could change the entire alcohol market and be good for the planet. president xi of china is on a state visit to russia where he s been warmly greeted by president putin. the summit has been the focus of a good deal of speculation following the publication of china s plan to settle the acute crisis in ukraine . mr putin said that moscow was always open to negotiation. but the americans have already warned that the chinese peace plan could be a just a delaying tactic. the visit comes just days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for president putin in relation to alleged war crimes. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. just three days ago, vladim