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
time at the state opening of 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 8:00am in the morning in singapore, and 5.30am 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
we ll be talking to people in stoke, asking them to survive the cost of living crisis. also tonight. ukraine claims russia has used hypersonic missiles to target the port city of odesa raising fears that the country s grain exports will be affected. vardy versus rooney, but this time in the high court the so called wagatha christie trial gets underway. for years, deborahjames has shown us what living with cancer can look like now as herjourney draws to an close, her charity has raised more than a million overnight. it makes me feel utterly loved, but it makes me feel like we re all kind of in it at the end together. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. one of the world s top strikers is heading to manchester city. the 21 year old erling haaland willjoin on a five year deal this summer.
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,
i said, i don t really do handshakes, i do hugs. and so, i hugged a princess. she hugged back? and she hugged me back. you can t fake anything in that. that, for me, is that they are feeling your sentiments as well. steve also gave the couple a souvenir of his charity. yes, i managed to squeeze them both a free wristband. it might not be the height of fashion down there, yet, but it will be! kate wore earrings featuring manchester s bumble bee emblem, a nod to the strength the city has shown since the attack. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. the high court has heard that rebekah vardy had no choice but to bring the libel claim against coleen rooney to establish her innocence . the long awaited trial involving the two footballers wives is under way, following claims mrs vardy leaked false stories about mrs rooney to the press. as our correspondent