with 11 mps, and counting, eyeing up the top job. and in tennis victory is sweet for novak djokovic, who wins his seventh wimbledon men s singles title. voice-over: live voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 5:30 in the morning 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. our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, reports from inside the presidential palace which is still overrun by protesters. these scenes would have been unthinkable days ago. sri lanka s seat of presidential power now a sightseeing destination. security nowhere to be seen, as thousands push their way into a palace taken over by protesters. this is a really surreal moment for sri lanka
intertwine with the media in this country is vital to understanding it. and we also need to look at how scoops about mrjohnson s behaviour ultimately triggered his downfall. for that, we wanted to hear from journalists tasked with reporting events as they unfolded. and when news is breaking every few minutes, how do you cope with that? well, let s begin with kate mccann, political editor at talktv. well, it requires flat shoes, a lot of snacks in your bag and the ability to stay up late, get up early in the morning and pretty much never turn your phone off. in fact, one of the most important things is to have a phone charger in your bag, because on days like today, and pretty much the last couple of weeks, things happen really quickly. and it s quite difficult often to get a handle on how the mood changes. it just. .. it happens so fast. i mean, there s been a lot of disquiet around yesterday, before we saw those very significant resignations from the cabinet, in the house of
political power . world leaders have reacted with shock to the killing of the formerjapanese prime minister shinzo abe. injapan itself, the current prime minister described the shooting at a political rally as an unforgiveable act of brutality. his attacker was a former member of the japanese navy. now on bbc news, it s the media show. and i should say, this programme was recorded on wednesday. hello and welcome. now, a week is famously a long time in politics, and the day we recorded this edition of the media show will go down in history as one of the longest. it was wednesday afternoon that we went on air. boris johnson at that point was holding out, but minister after minister were resigning and we wanted to get a sense of how we d got there, because the media is a central part of the story of borisjohnson. how power and politics intertwine with the media in this country is vital to understanding it. and we also need to look at how scoops about mrjohnson s behaviour ultima
To the programme. Lets begin at the Rugby Union World cup in france, where in the last hour england have booked their place in the semi finals, after a narrow 30 21; win over fiji. Andy swiss is in marseilles and joins us now. Andy, england have done it but they were pushed all the way. They certainly were. The england fans have Onlyjust Stop celebrating inside the stadium behind me. They are through to The World Cup semifinals but only after the most extraordinary drama. They got off to an excellent start, they scored two first half tries, the first from man u to langa who bulldozed his way over. How was his First International try for two years. Followed by a try from joe marchand. England were in total control of the star of the second half. They seemed on course for a straightforward victory but back came fiji and harrow, two tries in quick succession. And higher. Not much more than ten minutes left when the score was 2a all and the fiji fans sensed a remarkable comeback. But in th
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