is sweet for novak djokovic, who wins his seventh wimbledon men s singles title. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 3.30am in colombo, sri lanka where protestors have been celebrating what they believe to be the toppling of the country s leadership. president rajapaksa whose family has dominated sri lankan politics for the best part of two decades has announced he will step down on wednesday after demonstrators stormed his official residence and set fire to the prime minister s house. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports from inside the presidential palace, which is still overrun by protesters. these scenes would have been unthinkable days ago. sri lanka s seat of presidential power now a sightseeing destination. security nowhere to be seen, as thousands push their way into a palace taken over by protesters. this is a really surreal moment for sri lanka. a building that is normally heavily
Greenlighting an investigation into biden without any evidence of wrongdoing. And in moments, ill speak with the throne and mccarthys side, that is republican Congressman Matt Gaetz who is threatening to oust the speaker, in part over this issue. But first, some context. Republicans want to know if President Biden benefited from his sons business dealings. And that is a legitimate question. But the doj did spend here is investigating hunter biden, and so far there has been no evidence that his father did benefit. Meantime, House Republicans and their investigations have presented zero direct evidence to contradict that. Also, mccarthy is to invest now unilaterally without even a vote, even though Kevin Mccarthy himself from 11 days ago disagreed with that method. Quote, if we move forward with an Impeachment Inquiry, it would occur for a vote on the floor of the peoples, house not for a declaration by one person. And just four years ago, mccarthy attacked democrats for doing the same.
Picking for the opposition. This crisis is the inevitable result of 13 years crisis is the inevitable result of 13 years of crisis is the inevitable result of 13 years of cutting corners, botch jobs, 13 years of cutting corners, botch jobs, Sticking Plaster politics. And alleuedl , jobs, Sticking Plaster politics. And allegedly. A jobs, Sticking Plaster politics. fific allegedly, a westminster staffer arrested for spying for china. So we will ask this morning, while the uk bakes, how much more can go wrong when the Prime Minister is in the indian son . The man responsible forjailsjoins us. Can the Justice Secretary tell us how on earth Daniel Khalife escaped . The indian sun. Jonathan reynolds, whod be labours captain of industry, is live in the studio too. Jonathan reynolds, whod be labours captain of industry, is live in the studio too. And an exclusive interview from across the atlantic with this powerful duo the uk and the us most senior military men, admiral tony radakin and gene
england prepares for their first match of the tournament later today. when you know, you know. we start this hour with the latest on the israel gaza war. in the last few hours the israeli military has announced what it s calling a daily tactical pause in part of southern gaza, but not the city of rafah. that is where the focus of the military operation is. it says the halt in operations will be during daylight hours to facilitate the delivery of aid. aid organisations have repeatedly warned of a humanitarian crisis in gaza. israel has released the names of the eight soldiers killed by a hamas rocket in rafah on saturday, the deadliest incident for its troops in months. it is really army said the israeli army said it happened during operational activity. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the war would go on. where will this be in gaza? . there has been mixed messaging from the israelis today. we had a statement first thing idf said that would be our pause in t
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