last night when we were here, it was difficult to see the full extent of the damage. but this morning, you can the rocket has completely ripped into the back of the shopping centre here. you can see it s completely folded. and, going back to the past, the company trying to prove that sailboats are a greener way to transport cargo. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. security forces in sri lanka have been ordered to shoot anyone seen looting or damaging public property in the latest attempt to stop anti government protests. since last month, the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicines. at least 8 people have died in the violence and 200 have been injured, as our correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports from colombo. a capital under curfew. troops told to shoot at sight at anyone who damages public property or threatens lives. the skeletons of a bustling city scorched by an economic crisis.
welcome to bbc news. i m david eades. our top stories: shoot on sight. the orders for security forces in sri lanka amid violent protests calling for the president to step down. a warning for china the world health organization says beijing must change course on covid. when michelle jaques zero covid strategy, we don t sustainable considering the behaviour of the virus now and what we anticipate in the future. we are in the city of odesa as ukraine s strategic port struggles under the barrage of russian missile strikes.
hayley wilkinson is in wagga wagga, new south wales. hayley, very good to see you. thanks forjoining us. before we get onto sheldon, there will be a huge step give it for ukraine but what do you rate them in terms of their performance and their song? i think that by father had the most standout performance of the first semi final. the staging, the energy, the crowd was completely on their feet, not a single person sitting down. you could really feel the energy all the way down and australia at 530 in the morning it was a standout performance and they truly deserve to be in the final. . , . and they truly deserve to be in the final. ., , ., ., , the final. that s a generous commentary the final. that s a generous commentary on the final. that s a generous commentary on ukraine. i the final. that s a generous i commentary on ukraine. what about your boy, sheldon riley? not the same as the title of the soul and its very much his whole persona, isn t it?- whole persona, isn t it? y
coming up in a moment: flying the flag for their country, ukraine qualifies for the final of the eurovision song contest. we will have more on that. the pope was shot, the pope will live that s the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican. the man they called the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentencedl to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication - she felt even - the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, garry kasparov. it is the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. am
nudges can be helpful. 0k. we will have to leave it there, but thank you very much indeed for your expertise as china continues to battle with the challenge of covid there. taking a live now to the us house of representatives because there is a bow going on right now about approving a significant sum of money in aid to ukraine. you would know that joe biden had called on $33 billion as the amount he wanted. they are actually voting on $40 billion of funds, which could be used to provide military support to the ukraine but also humanitarian assistance to the civilians affected by the russian invasion. the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, told