kharkiv, the country s second biggest city. let s turn to another top story for you now this time in sri lanka where tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the capital, colombo, protesting steep price hikes for essential goods. dwindling foreign currency reserves has meant the island nation of 22 million people, is struggling to pay for food, fuel and foreign medicines. the may day rally, is the culmination of a week of demonstrations, uniting the country s different ethnic groups, in opposition to the government. from colombo, anbarasan ethirajan has that story. a bruised economy bringing thousands to the streets. the country has run out of cash, struggles to import essential items. but these sri lankans aren t giving up. they demand a course correction. vimarsana ranasinghe has been camping here for 18 days.
up in huge numbers. the present government has led our country to total ba nkru ptcy. there is abject poverty in all sectors of society. this government is an incompetent government. the government is on the back foot. it now admits to a colossal failure in managing the economy. they missed the point. they should have known, for example, 2020 when we started with the fresh government. no one can say that we didn t have the facts. i mean, if you are a good analyst of the economic situation you should have known that this is coming. the country s economic recovery is going to be
strategy, in your view, there. with the opening up strategy, in yourview, simon, will it help new zealand s economy? will it help new zealand s econom ? , ., economy? the first thing to say is nobody s economy? the first thing to say is nobody s worried economy? the first thing to say is nobody s worried about - economy? the first thing to say is nobody s worried about the i is nobody s worried about the borders reopening, the virus is already in new zealand, they have kept it at bay for a long time but it is here, thousands of cases a day, people are dying every day there is no real port that it s going to have much impact. you still need a negative covid test when you arrived in as you come into the country as i did recently, you are given some very rapid antigen tests and you must fill in and out to show you tested negative during your stay so they got a fairly good idea of what s going on. the hope is as long as reuniting families it will give a boost. tourism is about
massive labour shortage, but packis massive labour shortage, but pack is locked out, many workers from traditional places to come to work here in asia and the pacific islands have struggled to get visas. there is a hope that is the country continues to open up they can come in and that will help new zealand economy. come in and that will help new zealand economy. simon atkinson at auckland zealand economy. simon atkinson at auckland airport, zealand economy. simon atkinson at auckland airport, thank - zealand economy. simon atkinson at auckland airport, thank you - at auckland airport, thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. back with a bang the unusual thai festival that s making an explosive return. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to devote myself to the well being of the republic of south africa.
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