hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. sri lanka s president, gotabaya rajapaksa, has announced he will be stepping down. it comes after protesters stormed his official residence and set fire to the prime minister s house. roger hundreds of thousands of demonstrators descended on the capital colombo after months of protests over economic mismanagement. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel, and medicine. from the capital colombo, our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan now reports. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, but the crowds were more determined. and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he
temperatures over the next week. commentator: what a turnaround in this final. sporting history at wimbledon, elena rybakina takes the women s singles title to become kazakhstan s first ever grand slam winner. two more cabinet ministers have, this evening, joined the race to become the next leader of the conservative party and succeed borisjohnson as prime minister including transport secretary, grant shapps, and newly appointed chancellor, nadhim za hawi. theyjoin four other mp5 who have also declared: former chancellor, rishi sunak, the attorney general suella braverman, the former equalities minister kemi badenoch, and the chairman of the foreign affairs committee tom tugendhat. however, the defence secretary ben wallace has ruled himself out. i think we will seejeremy hunt, sajid javid is also expected to throw his hat in the ring, as is the foreign secretary, liz truss, who we saw a little earlier leaving their home, but saying nothing other than a polite good evening.
them is the international message to them? my message to them is the international space - them is the international space station, us going there was only the first step and i m really keen to see more and more of you learning more about stem education, science, technology, mathematics, and all the different set is that would help build the space sector in saudi arabia especially. let s ta ke let s take a look at some of the stories in the headlines for you. authorities say a sonic boom heard across washington, dc was caused by militaryjets responding to a plane in restricted airspace. pilots also used flares while attempting to intercept the civilian craft. officials say the pilot of the cessna citation was unresponsive and later crashed in southwest virginia. they deny the fighter jets caused the crash. police injapan have arrested a youtuber and former mp over threats he allegedly made to celebrities. yoshikazu higashitani, known on youtube as gaasyy, was kicked out of parliament
as routine, but china has accused the us of deliberately provoking risk in the region. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines.. police injapan have arrested a youtuber and former mp over threats he allegedly made to celebrities. yoshikazu higashitani, known on youtube as gaasyy, was kicked out of parliament earlier this year after failing to attend any sessions. he was placed on an interpol most wanted list, after allegedly posting videos threatening and slandering several people in japan. authorities say a sonic boom heard across washington dc was caused by militaryjets chasing a small plane in restricted airspace. officials say the cessna citation later crashed into mountainous terrain in southwest virginia. they deny the fighter jets caused the crash. swedish striker zlatan iibrahimovich says he s going to end his football career.
was caused by militaryjets responding to a small plane in restricted airspace. pilots also used flares whilst attempting to intercept the civilian craft. officials say the pilot of the cessna citation was unresponsive and later crashed in southwest virginia. they deny the fighter jets caused the crash. police injapan have arrested a youtuber and former mp over threats he allegedly made to celebrities. yoshikazu higashitani, known on youtube as gaasyy, was kicked out of parliament after failing to attend any sessions. he was placed on an interpol most wanted list, after allegedly posting videos threatening and slandering several people. a capsule with saudi arabia s first female astronaut aboard returned safely to earth earlier this week.