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
we ll take a look at what this says about the leadership race so far. and what s next for sri lanka after 100 days of protests that brought down the country s president? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore and 5pm in texas where the repercussions of may s shooting at an elementary school in uvalde are still having a huge impact. a preliminary report into the shooting has found systemic failures in the police response. 19 children and two adults were killed when the 18 year old gunmen opened fire. a texas house of representatives committee has been looking into why it took police more than an hour to confront and kill the shooter. for the latest on this, i m joined now by our correspondent rianna croxford in washington. great to get you on the programme and i have to say the findings of this preliminary report are pretty stark. give us a sense of what was said at this press conference. the? said at this press conference. t
this says about the leadership race so far. in golf, australian cameron smith hits a birdie blitz at st andrews to claim the open championship for the first time. jenny from the block becomes mrs affleck nearly 20 years after they first dated, jennifer lopez and ben affleck have reportedly tied the knot. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s 7am in singapore and 6pm in texas where a preliminary report into the uvalde school shooting has found systemic failures in the police response. the report says that while almost 400 officers responded, there was a lack of urgency and no one took overall command. 19 children and two adults were killed when the 18 year old gunmen opened fire. a texas state committee has been looking into why it took police more than an hour to confront and kill the shooter. state representative dustin burrows said the committee met the uvalde families to discuss the report, ahead of its release. my biggest fear, and i also shared th
killed when the 18 year old gunmen opened fire. a texas state committee has been looking into why it took police more than an hour to confront and kill the shooter. state representative dustin burrows said the committee met the uvalde families to discuss the report, ahead of its release. my biggest fear, and i also shared this with them at the meeting, is that we will look for simple solutions to these complex answers. and we will all look and say, well, you know, that s the way it was in the valley, it s different here. it was in uvalde, it s different here. well, let me tell you, the people of uvalde before this, they felt it couldn t happen here. they felt that. that s the false sense of security i worry about. i think some of the same systems that we found here that failed that day are across the entire state and country. for the latest on this, i mjoined now by our correspondent rianna croxford in washington.
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