is unshakeable as he arrives in israel at the start of his first middle east tour. a judge tells amber heard she has no grounds for a retrial after her ten million dollar defamation trial againstjonny depp. welcome to newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore, and three thirty in the morning in sri lanka where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew out of the country, 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 and the prime minister and now acting president ranil wickremesinghe has told the military to do whatever is necessary to restore order. 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 h
security forces to be increasing the level of confrontation. for all the striking nature of the images your sin, we got to remember in the last week for example, one person has died as a result of tear gassing and the demonstrations. the actual physical hurt to people is not anything like the scale that you may expect given but is actually happening out there. jonathan s-encer, happening out there. jonathan spencer, thank happening out there. jonathan spencer, thank you happening out there. jonathan spencer, thank you so - happening out there. jonathan spencer, thank you so much i happening out there. jonathan l spencer, thank you so much for happening out there. jonathan - spencer, thank you so much for your time on the program. appreciate your thought on newsday. we have a special section on our website including this piece by an agent digital reporter looks back on the dramatic events unfolding. well worth the lead. just log to bbc .com. let s take a look at some of the stories