hello and welcome. celebrations have been taking place in sri lanka after gotabaya rajapaksa became the country s first sitting president to quit. he did so after months of angry protests over the rapidly rising cost of living, and shortages of food and fuel. the delay in handing over his letter of resignation was, it seems, to do with his flight from the maldives to singapore. from colombo, rajini vaidyanathan reports. a moment to savour, after months of struggle. now there s joy. these demonstrators had one key demand, that the man they blame for their economic woes resign. tonight, president gotabaya rajapaksa did. protesters say they are celebrating what represents a victory for people power. it s the end of the rule of the rajapaksas, after a week of turmoil on the island. just yesterday, at the prime minister s office, security forces were overrun by protesters. it was one of a number of government buildings taken over by the masses. today, protesters handed it back to
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to a maximum of one year to settle all this and ease the problems as much as possible. after that, elections should happen and people can select who they want to rule the country next. but nobody knows who that should be. as they celebrate the end of one chapter in this protest movement, another difficult one is about to begin. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo. let s get some of the day s other news. police in el salvador have raided the offices of the country s football federation as part of a money laundering investigation. agents have also seized computers and documents from the home of the federation s president, hugo carrillo, who said he was cooperating with the investigation and denied any wrongdoing. one of the sons of a former honduran president and three other young men have been killed by unknown gunmen as they left a nightclub in the capital, tegucigalpa.
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