from the heart of sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m outside the presidential office, and today, its pristine exterior is well guarded. but six months ago, angry antigovernment protesters stormed this building, as well as the presidential palace, forcing the president to flee the country. they were angry at just how desperate their economic situation had become, and they blamed government corruption and mismanagement for it. sri lanka is saddled with heavy debt, soaring inflation and impossibly high food and fuel costs. and it s become something of a bellwether for other lower income countries. world leaders are looking to see whether sri lanka can overcome its worst economic crisis for more than 70 years, and whether its experience marks a growing trend of civil unrest. applause. welcome to the magnificent national museum here in colombo, which charts the history of this beautiful island, as it marks 75 years of independence from britain, and we ve got a top panel here from s
sunshine around today, it is a much quieter looking day of weather today than at the weekend, when we saw two named storms, storm elin and storm fergus. today, quieter, sunny spells, a few showers partially towards eastern areas of scotland, mostly because storm fergus is just pulling away through the north sea towards denmark. so, a few showers, the winds will be getting lighter towards the east coast and our next weather system approaches from the west. that will be with us tomorrow. for the rest of today, a line of cloud and a few showers coming down through the cheshire gap, misty conditions with moist air across parts of the south west and western wales, temperatures mild, 7 13 for most of us. overnight tonight, here is our next area of low pressure, that will be bringing heavyweight to northern ireland particularly heavy across county are mine county down, into southern scotland tomorrow morning, early frost maybe out towards eastern areas but temperatures will rise aga
in than the outskirts of gaza city. more foreign passport holders leave gaza through the rafah crossing. in other news rishi sunak s ai warning. he says monitoring the risks of artificial intelligence is too important to be left to big tech companies. an australian woman is charged with murder over the suspected mushroom poisoning deaths of three people. # now and then i miss you. and, the final song from the beatles now and then has just been released. we ll hear it for the first time and talk live to those behind the incredible progject. before we go to sport let me just show you the live pictures because just in the last few minutes we were actually watching israel s prime minister, this is the finance minister, this is the finance minister who has taken his place giving an update on the economy. but those crucial lines that were reported and it s just worth repeating what israel s prime minister has just said about israeli troops having pushed through the gaza
so it s easy to say that the corruption alone, it sjust one point, there are massive reforms which are necessary. but it is a factor? of course it is a factor. you re saying it s one amongst a few, but what tangible actions and mechanisms are being implemented to ensure that you have that accountability of funds in the country? yeah. we are looking at an anticorruption law in the style of hong kong to give further power to the independent commissions of corruption and bribery, so that more prosecutions can take place. harini wants to say something to you, ali sabry. yes. say it to him, not to me! you re looking at me! laughs but i think the issue here is that corruption, - as we ve understood, . it s systemic here, right, and it s notjust a case of. it s about holding i people accountable. this government has been in. power for three years already. three years now? 2.5, three years. i where is the accountability?
yeah. we are looking at an anti corruption law in the style of hong kong to give further power to the independent commissions of corruption and bribery, so that more prosecutions can take place. harini wants to say something to you, ali sabry. yes. say it to him, not to me! you re looking at me! laughs but i think the issue here is that corruption, - as we ve understood, . it s systemic here, right, and it s notjust a case of. it s about holding i people accountable. this government has been in power for three years already. three years now? 2.5, three years. where is it accountability? what has really happened even- when they ve been in power, right? and what about the | ongoing corruption? there have been instances right now, |as we speak, of corruption going on. | minister also spoke - you also spoke about the blow to the public sector. who is responsible for that? who hired those people? we re going to come to that. applause.