new york s legendary studio 5a nightclub dies by assisted suicide in switzerland. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in sri lanka, where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew to the maldives about 2k hours ago. but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state, while he was absent. that s led to anger among protesters, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile a curfew is in force. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office, one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. there is an intense here in colombo. the protesters are here along this avenue, and on the other side you can see the security forces who are guarding this office, a
and, the man who owned new york s legendary studio 5a nightclub dies by assisted suicide in switzerland. welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the globe. we start in sri lanka, where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew to the maldives about 2k hours ago, but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state, while he was absent. that s led to anger among protestors, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile, a curfew is in force. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office, one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. there is a tense stand off here in colombo. the protesters are here along this avenue, and on the other side you can see the security forces who are
new york s legendary studio 5a nightclub dies by assisted suicide in switzerland. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in sri lanka, where president gotabaya rajapaksa has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew to the maldives about 2k hours ago. but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state while he was absent. that s led to anger among protestors, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile, a curfew is in force. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office, one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. there is a tense stand off here in colombo. the protesters are here along this avenue, and on the other side you can see the security forces who are guardi
of harry potter. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the president of sri lanka, gotabaya rajapaksa, who fled abroad, in the face of massive anti government protests, has broken his earlier undertaking to resign. two candidates have been eliminated, after the first round of voting to choose britain s next prime minister. in an increasing sign of thawing relations between the united states and cuba, it s been confirmed that american airlines will soon resume flights to several cuban airports. until last month, passenger flights were only allowed into havana, but president biden has reversed some of the tough restrictions introduced by the trump administration,
the president of sri lanka, gotabaya rajapaksa, who fled abroad in the face of massive anti government protests, has broken his earlier undertaking to resign. president biden insists america s commitment to israel s security is unshakeable as he arrives there on his first middle east tour. in an increasing sign of thawing relations between the united states and cuba, it s been confirmed that american airlines will soon resume flights to several cuban airports. until last month, passenger flights were only allowed into havana. but president biden has reversed some of the tough restrictions introduced by the trump administration, saying it was in the interests of cubans. is this a thaw in relations? we can now speak tojorge duany who s the director of cuban research institute. hejoins us from miami.