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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 at london s high court, the case of the footballers wives rebekah vardy denies leaking information to the press, as she gave evidence in her libel action against coleen rooney. live from singapore. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 3.30am in colombo where security forces have been ordered to shoot anyone seen looting or damaging public property, in the latest attempt to stop anti government protests. in sri in sri lanka. since last month, the country been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts, and a lack of medicines. demonstrators are calling for the resignation of president gotabaya rajapaksa. his brother, mahinda rajapaksa, stepped down as prime minister on monday, following violent street clashes. protesters have defied
parliament. and vardy versus rooney but this time in the high court. the so called wagatha christie trial gets under way. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 4.30am in sri lanka where security forces 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. demonstrators are calling for the resignation of president gotabaya rajapaksa. his brother, mahinda rajapaksa, stepped down as prime minister on monday following violent street clashes. protesters have defied an island wide curfew, and at least eight people have died and 200 have been injured as our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports from colombo. a capital under curfew. troops told to shoot at sight at anyone who damages public property or threatens lives. the
that she d been left with no choice but to bring this libel claim to establish her innocence and validate her reputation. it was stressed that this legal battle was being reported as entertainment, but in fact had had a hugely damaging impact on rebekah vardy s life. and then it was the turn of coleen rooney s legal team to set out her case. they claimed that rebekah vardy s agent had leaked the stories, and this was like hiring a hit man although rebekah vardy hadn t pulled the trigger, she was still responsible. they also accused rebekah vardy s team of widespread and significant loss of evidence, including a phone being dropped into the north sea. towards the end of the day, rebekah vardy was questioned and denied being the leak before being accused of having a history of selling stories to newspapers for money. the trial may have kicked off, but there s a long way to go with wayne rooney himself expected to be called as a witness next week. colin paterson, bbc