is unshakeable as he arrives in israel at the start of his first middle east tour. a judge tells amber heard she has no grounds for a retrial after her ten million dollar defamation trial againstjonny depp. welcome to newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore, and three thirty in the morning in sri lanka where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew out of the country, to the maldives, about 2k hours ago. but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state while he was absent. that s led to anger among protestors, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile, a curfew is in force and the prime minister and now acting president ranil wickremesinghe has told the military to do whatever is necessary to restore order. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe h
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are aubrey allegretti, political correspondent at the guardian, and former trade minister lord digbyjones. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the telegraph leads on penny mordaunt pushing liz truss into third place in the conservative leadership race. so does the i, which says the trade minister is rattling her rivals. the times predicts she may even be the ultimate victor of the contest, with her grassroots popularity outstripping rishi sunak s. meanwhile, the mail says the tory right was under pressure to get behind third place candidate liz truss. the sun focuses on the narrowing race with the headline the six factor . the mirror has a different spin by accusing the candidates of ignoring the cost of living crisis, claiming people are using washing up liquid to clean their hair. meanwhile, the ft says inflation in the us is piling the pressure on the federal reserve, and he
this is bbc news. the headlines gotabaya rajapaksa has broken his undertaking to resign as sri lanka s president by wednesday. mr rajapaksa has merely appointed the prime minister to be acting president while he remains outside the country in the face of massive anti government protests. the us president, joe biden, is in israel at the start of a middle east tour. he reaffirmed us support for the idea of a jewish state, and he repeated calls for talks with the palestinians on a two state solution. the results of the first round of the vote to find a replacement for boris johnson as conservative leader have been announced. six candidates remain with the former chancellor, rishi sunak, and penny mordaunt leading.