ukraine anymore. political uncertainty in italy, after the prime minister, offers his resignation but the president refuses to accept it. and ivana trump, donald trump s first wife and the mother of three of his children, has died, aged 73. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe celebrations have been taking place in sri lanka after gotabaya rajapaksa became the country s first sitting president to quit. he did so after months of angry protests over the rapidly rising cost of living, and shortages of food and fuel. the delay in handing over his letter of resignation was, it seems, to do with his flight from the maldives to singapore. from colombo, rajini vaidyanathan reports. music. a moment to savour, after months of struggle. now there s joy. these demonstrators had one key demand, that the man they blame for their economic woes resign. tonight, president gotabaya rajapaksa did. protesters say they are celebrating what represents a victory for people
has been locked in a particular area in cite soleil called brooklyn. those who manage try to get out of the city on small boat, canoes have been shot at by gangs. 21 of the 89 have been burnt to death. burnt to death, so extremely violent. gang violence has really gone up since the assassination of the president? exactly. this has been intensified. we had this before the assassination of the president just next door, in the neighbourhood calle la saline, but we have seen a number of massacres, we had one in may, east of the capital, and now this one. today i spoke with the mayor who said, quote, they are still shooting. while speaking to him you can hear the sound of automatic gunfire and while we were talking, police were actually at the port where they were searching containers that arrived, where they found at least a 17 automatic rifles, 43 magazines and ammunition. i wonder, the international