the uk chancellor nadim zahawi has added his name to the conservative leadership contest joining a field of eight including sajid javid and jeremy hunt. and in the tennis, moscow born elena rybakina wins the women s singles title representing kazakhstan. sri lanka is in the grip of chaos and uncertainty after a dramatic 2a hours which has seen the country s president and prime minister pledge to step down. they were left with little choice after demonstrators stormed or set fire to to their official residences a howl of anger after months of protests about economic mismanagement. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation, and is struggling to import food, fuel, and medicine. our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan reports from the capital, colombo. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, b
the barricades were meant to keep the protesters out, but they were no barrierfor the furious and desperate crowd, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used a water can and fired shots in the area but the crowds were more determined and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he had already escaped. in extraordinary scenes on a tumultuous day or sri lanka, the protesters then called off in the president s pool called off in the president s pool, after this country s economic crisis, clearly relishing this moment. you can just make out a four poster bed as the crowds enjoy the inside of his home too and his bathroom. this was president gotabaya rajapaksa in 2020, campaigning during parliamentary elections. has family are accused by many of catastrophic economic mismanagement. as the protests continue, sri lankans don t know where
support for the governing liberal democratic party, of which mr abe was the leading statesman. the uk chancellor nadhim zahawi has added his name to the conservative leadership contest, joining a field of eight people, including two former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt. the current favourite is the former chancellor rishi sunak, who resigned from his post on tuesday. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk columnists with foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline: london. britain s conservatives like to think of themselves as belonging to the natural party of government. this week, it s looked more like the natural party of farce. two cabinet ministers announced publicly that they d had enough of boris johnson. mrjohnson had not had enough of himself and for 48 hours, he dug in his heels, refusing to resign as prime minister, even as, one after another,
and in the tennis, moscow born elena rybakina wins the women s singles title, representing kazakhastan. hello and welcome to bbc news. sri lanka is in the grip of chaos and uncertainty after a dramatic 2a hours which has seen the country s president and prime minister pledge to step down. they were left with little choice after demonstrators stormed or set fire to to their official residences a howl of anger after months of protests about economic mismanagement. our correspondent, anbarasan ethirajan, reports from the capital, colombo. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, but the crowds were more determined. and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he had already