$40 billion dollars in aid for ukraine. and going back to the past the company trying to prove that sailboats are a greener way to transport cargo. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. security forces in sri lanka 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. at least eight people have died in the violence and 200 have been injured, as our correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports from colombo. a capital under curfew. troops told to shoot at sight at anyone who damages public property or threatens lives. the skeletons of a bustling city scorched by an economic crisis. reeling after a day of violence. yesterday, supporters of the prime minister attacked anti government protesters, who until that point had been peacefully demonstrating. at the cit
will be persistent towards the end of the night. a fairly mild night for all areas between 7 12 celsius. the high pressure low pressure to the north, quite a wet start, with persistent, heavy rain at times across much of wales, south west england, and this starts to push eastwards into parts of eastern england, some questions over it, probably no further north in the greater manchester area, and by the end of the day working its way towards east anglia and the south east but it ll start to break up. the wind quite a feature of the system as it moves through across southern england and south wales. further north, sunshine and showers, temperatures between 14 17 c. some showers across scotland and northern ireland on thursday and friday, high pressure starting to building by the weekend, starting to turn warmer and more humid across southern areas with an increasing chance of thundery showers. that s all from the bbc news at six and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams
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
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