is sweet for novak djokovic, who wins his seventh wimbledon men s singles title. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 3.30am in colombo, sri lanka where protestors have been celebrating what they believe to be the toppling of the country s leadership. president rajapaksa whose family has dominated sri lankan politics for the best part of two decades has announced he will step down on wednesday after demonstrators stormed his official residence and set fire to the prime minister s house. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports from inside the presidential palace, which is still overrun by protesters.
australia. in australia, the landmark sydney opera house has lit up in the colours of the japanese flag to honour the japan s former prime minister, shinzo abe. japanese expats in australia said it was the only place to pay their respects to him. the 67 year old was assassinated in the southern city of nara whilst campaigning. a reminder of our top story: the sri lankan speaker of parliament has said the president is no longer in sri lanka, but will return by wednesday. the speaker, mahinda yapa abeywardena, who will become caretaker president, told the bbc that an all party coalition government would be formed as opposition parties have demanded. the president fled when huge crowds of protesters stormed the presidential palace and set fire to the residence of his brother, the prime minister. he said he would step down on 13july, according to an announcement made by the parliament s speaker on saturday. that s all for now stay with bbc world news.
set and it made some think this could be a possible upset. but time and again with novak djokovic, even at these championships think about his semifinal against britain s cameron norrie, where he lost the first set, and his quarterfinal againstjannik sinner, he lost the first two djokovic is so good at resetting and coming back. and within the second, third and fourth sets, he never really looked in trouble thereafter. for nick kyrgios, there were the moments we are used to seeing from him the chuntering at the umpire, upset with some decisions, upset with his own box, his friends and family who he felt weren t always giving him the support he wanted. he was particularly annoyed with somebody in the crowd when the umpire said, who is it specifically? he said, it s the woman who looks like she s had 700 drinks. he was finding those usual frustrating moments and i think for djokovic on the other side of the net, he thought, you do all that, i ll stick to the tennis. and d