welcome to newsday we start with breaking news. it s six am in singapore and three thirty am in sri lanka where injust the last hour the bbc has confirmed that sri lanka s president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country days after popular protests forced him to abandon his official residence and after several earlier failed attempts to leave. he left by plane. his destination is not clear, but it s understood he had earlier tried to travel to the united arab emirates. president rajapaksa had promised to resign, but by remaining in position, he kept his immunity from prosecution. many sri lankans blame him for the economic crisis which has crippled their country leaving it short of funds to buy medicines or fuel. i m joined now by david brewster, a specialist in sri lankan politics with the australia national university. great university. to get you on the program, david. great to get you on the program, david. just to start by saying, the dramatic developments we ve h
welcome to newsday. it s seven am in singapore and fourthirty am in sri lanka the bbc has confirmed that sri lanka s president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country days after popular protests forced him to abandon his official residence and after several earlier failed attempts to leave. he left by plane. his destination is not clear but it s understood he had his but it s understood he had brotherformerfinance minister his brotherformerfinance minister has also left the country. president gotabaya country. president gota baya rajapaksa country. president gotabaya rajapaksa had promised to resign but remaining in position he kept his immunity from prosecution. many sri lankans blame him for the economic crisis which has crippled their country leaving it short of funds to buy medicines or fuel. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan was with protestors outside the presidential palace in colombo when the news of president rajapaksa s departure was made public. there
growing anger and frustration in south texas and around the country following the release of new information and images concerning the law enforcement response to the uvalde school shooting. the latest report spreads blame for the failure to intervene across multiple agencies. senior correspondent casey stegall is in uvalde tonight. good evening, casey. bret, good evening. uvalde s mayor decided to release the body camera footage from the city police and it came after the texas house committee that was tasked with investigating this tragedy made public a 77 page report highlighting a series of failures that morning here. shots fired. get inside. go, go, go. 11:36 a.m. three minutes after the gunman entered robb elementary school, uvalde police are already on scene. one minute later. [gunfire] suspect fires at officers. positioned in the hallway and they retreat. at 11:38. an update goes out over the radio. he is armed inside this building. we have him contained. c
facing fees they can t afford. their plea for help. prosecutors dropped dozens of criminal cases brought by a pair of east bay police departments. their explanation. an east bay animal shelter overwhelmed with cats. why the staff says the pandemic is probably to blame. plus, a bay area wine bar without a selection from wine country. the first of its kind spot opening tonight. a little different taste. they re not afraid to experiment. good evening. now at 11:00 on kpix 5, residents of this redwood city trailer park are worried they could soon be forced to hit the road as code violation notices pile up around their properties. they tell kpix 5, they would be happy to fix the problems but it is not as simple as it sounds. reporter: this tiny trailer is where mary, her daughter and grandsons call home. slot 24, the skoia mobile home park in redwood city. the space costs her $1,200 a month. the cost of living in redwood city is ridiculous. we can t afford to may any
down. good morning from southampton, where northern ireland and england face each other in their final group game at the euros. england look to continue their winning form as they head to the quarterfinals, while northern ireland want to finish their first major women s tournament on a high. sunny in the southern half of the country at the moment but a cloudy and damp start in the north. it will brighten up. news of exceptional heat coming our way into next week. it s friday, 15thjuly. our main story. thousands of rail workers are to go on strike again as the leader of one of britain s biggest union warns of a summer of discontent . the rmt union has announced its members will strike on thursday the 18th and saturday the 20th august in their ongoing row over pay, jobs and conditions. the union had already announced a day of action on the 27thjuly. yesterday, the aslef union also said train drivers at eight rail companies would stage a walk out on saturday 30th july. sharon g