let s get some of the day s other news. a wildfire near yosemite national park in california is spreading quickly threatening thousands of homes. central and north eastern regions of the us are also sweltering under extreme heat, with temperatures of 38 celsius forecast in washington and dallas. human rights watch has urged the new president of sri lanka, ranil wickremesingher, to order security forces to cease all use of force against anti government protesters. the call came after hundreds of heavily armed soldiers stormed a section of the main protest site in colombo on friday and took control of the president s office. the hungarian prime minister, viktor orban, has said that ukraine can t win against russia, and has called on the us to help bring the war there to to an end. mr orban said that the strategy of imposing sanctions had failed. the prime minister was speaking at an international conference
the call came after hundreds of heavily armed soldiers stormed a section of the main protest site in colombo on friday. the hungarian prime minister, viktor orban, has said that ukraine can t win against russia, and has called on the us to help bring the war there to to an end. mr orban said that the strategy of imposing sanctions had failed. travellers heading to france through the port of dover in kent, and the eurotunnel at folkestone, are facing a third day of disruption. a major incident was declared on friday after vehicles were caught in trafficjams of several hours. france have beaten the netherlands to secure a place in the women s euro 2022 semi finals. the score at full time was 0 0 and a penalty decided the game in extra time. france will play germany on wednesday the winner of that game will take on either england or sweden in the final.
human rights watch has urged the new president of sri lanka, ranil wickremesingher, to order security forces to cease all use of force against anti government protesters. the call came after hundreds of heavily armed soldiers stormed a section of the main protest site in colombo on friday. france have beaten the netherlands to secure a place in the women s euro 2022 semi finals. the score at full time was 0 0 and a penalty decided the game in extra time. france will play germany on wednesday the winner of that game will take on either england or sweden in the final. pope francis is arriving in canada today on a mission he describes as penitential . he is going to meet the survivors of the indigenous community who suffered abuse at roman catholic run schools. leaders say they are hoping for more than an apology they want action, as gail maclellan reports.
the new president of sri lanka, ranil wickremesinghe, to order security forces to cease all use of force against anti government protesters. the call came after hundreds of heavily armed soldiers stormed a section of the main protest site in colombo on friday and took control of the president s office. mr wickremesinghe took office a day earlier, after the ex president gotabaya rajapaksa fled the country in the aftermath of public anger at the country s deep economic crisis. 0ur south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan, is in colombo for us. the sri lankan government did not expect such a strong reaction from the international community after hundreds of heavily armed soldiers stormed this place yesterday morning, removing all the tents and the banners that the anti government protesters had put up, and they beat up many of these protesters. we were there right in the middle when all these things were going on, and the president s
office isjust behind me, and the soldiers also took control, and this was stormed by huge crowds ten days ago following this public anger. now, the un human rights council s core group on sri lanka, which also includes the uk, they came out with this strong statement saying peaceful protest, the right to hold peaceful protest, should be respected, and not only that, the senior diplomats from the us embassy, the uk commission, they all came out with a strong statement saying, expressing their displeasure over what they described as a high handedness in terms of sending heavily armed soldiers on peaceful protesters. and this place was a protest site about 48 hours ago. now, about 100 metres has been cleared. the protesters are still there at the designated area outside, but all happening on the same day when prime minister and president ranil wickremesinghe took office, and then the action started in the evening. that s what disappointed many people inside the country