his brother, president gotabaya rajapaksa, has now also fled. a ruthless politician accused of brutality and corruption, part of a family dynasty which has ruled sri lanka for decades once popular, now parodied. gotabaya rajapaksa is blamed for the country s economic woes. he s brought this country to its knees. we have no food to eat. we have no food. the basic, the basic human necessities are missing. and that s thanks to these people and this one family, which has been basically draining all the sources of income that we have. lining up for a peek inside the presidential palace days after gota baya rajapa ksa fled his home, he s now left the country.
he finally left, said to be heading to america. his brother, president gotabaya rajapaksa, has now also fled. a ruthless politician accused of brutality and corruption, part of a family dynasty which has ruled sri lanka for decades once popular, now parodied. gotabaya rajapaksa is blamed for the country s economic woes. he s brought this country to its knees. we have no food to eat. we have no food. the basic, the basic human necessities are missing. and that s thanks to these people and this one family, which has been basically draining all the sources of income that we have. lining up for a peek inside the presidential palace. days after gota baya rajapa ksa fled his home, he s now left the country.
down from the post of president, he will lose the immunity from arrest and he may face charges against some of the criminal proceedings and criminal charges that have been on the rajapaksa family, and gotabaya rajapaksa in the last several years of protests here in the country. thank you very much indeed. i think we can speak to the founding executive director of the centre of policy alternatives in sri lanka. thank you forjoining us. ranil wickremesinghe has been made acting president, now that gotabaya rajapaksa has fled. rajapa ksa has fled. constitutionally, rajapaksa has fled. constitutionally, does that follow what would ordinarily be the case? i thought it was up to the speaker to declare a period of 30 days before an acting president could be imposed? an acting president could be imosed? :, , :, . , imposed? constitutionally, the president can imposed? constitutionally, the president can be imposed? constitutionally, the president can be got imposed? constitutionally, th
just to say since we spoke to mr brewster as we ve been reporting, the sri lankan president, gotabaya rajapaksa president, gota baya rajapa ksa has president, gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country and landed in the maltese. well, let s move from the political crisis in sri lanka and tell you about washington, where the committee investigating the storming of the us capitol has laid out how donald trump incited far right extremists in a last ditch bid to remain in office. jason van tatenhove, a former spokesman for the oath keepers, described the group as violent, dismissive of the rule of law, and capable of swaying people through lies and deceit. rather than try to use words, i think the best illustration for what the oath keepers are happened january 6th, when we saw that stacked military formation going up the stairs of our capital. our correspondent nomia iqbal has been following the hearing and talked through what s happened so far. there were two parts
we have no food to eat, we have no fuel, the basic human necessities are missing, and that is thanks to these people and this one family which has been basically draining all the sources of income that we have. lining up for a peek inside the presidential palace. days after gota baya rajapa ksa fled his home, he s now left the country. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo. these are some of the first images released by nasa, and the european and canadian space agencies from the world s most advanced telescope the james webb space telescope which was launched into space last year. the extraordinary images are the deepest and most detailed view of the universe ever seen. they contain light from galaxies that has taken billions of years to reach ours as our science editor rebecca morelle explains.