sri lanka s parliament has gathered to begin the process of choosing a new president. that new leader will replace gotabaya rajapaksa who s fled the country. despite the uncertainty, it seems that weeks of anti government protests have brought sri lankans closer and sparked unity amongst different faiths. the bbc s nitin srivastava reports from colombo. weekly visits to this buddhist temple were a ritual for the mighty rajapaksa clan. not anymore. the brothers dominated by tapping their traditional voter base, the majority sinhalese buddhist community. but sri lanka is a diverse country home to tamil, hindu and muslim minorities.
the uncertain economic future. nitin srivastava, bbc news, colombo. the russian invasion of ukraine has caused severe cooking oil shortages, particularly in europe which gets 80% of its oilfrom ukraine and russia. now a brewery in germany has come up with a cunning plan to make sure customers can still order the fried schnitzel they love. wendy urquhart reports. danke schon. who would have thought that the best thing to take to the pub in germany would be a bottle of cooking oil? the war in ukraine has caused a severe lack of rapeseed and sunflower oil. supermarket shelves are empty, and several shops in munich alone have slapped a limit on the number of bottles people can buy. translation: getting oil is very difficult. - you can only get small quantities in the shops. if you need 30 litres
bjp made some derogatory remarks about the prophet muhammad. the bjp controls uttar pradesh, where the houses were demolished, but nationally, the bjp government has distanced itself from all of this, after various muslim countries objected strongly to the remarks of the two officials. how serious is this new threat to the always delicate hindu muslim relationship in india? nitin srivastava, news correspondent in the bbc s delhi bureau, comes from uttar pradesh, and he talked me through what s been going on there. there are experts who believe, and there are people who have credible evidence, who say that the society in india is now increasingly getting polarised, especially between the majority hindus and minority muslims, who are more than 200 million in the country. the national party, the bjp party,
nitin srivastava, news correspondent in the bbc s delhi bureau, comes from uttar pradesh, and he talked me through what s been going on there. there are experts who believe, and there are people who have credible evidence, who say that the society in india is now increasingly getting polarised, especially between the majority hindus and minority muslims, who are more than 200 million in the country. the national party, the bjp party, the hindu party, if you like, has actually sacked the two officials who made these supposedly derogatory comments about the prophet muhammad, so, this is not nationally driven, is it? the ruling party in india, which is the right wing bjp, has definitely taken action against its own office bearers.