and in the tennis, moscow born elena rybakina wins the women s singles title, representing kazakhastan. hello and welcome to bbc news. sri lanka is in the grip of chaos and uncertainty after a dramatic 2a hours which has seen the country s president and prime minister pledge to step down. they were left with little choice after demonstrators stormed or set fire to to their official residences a howl of anger after months of protests about economic mismanagement. our correspondent, anbarasan ethirajan, reports from the capital, colombo. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, but the crowds were more determined. and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he had already
Its 8 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 3 00am in yemen, where according to the United Nations a catastrophe is unfolding. The country is struggling with the worlds worst cholera epidemic, and the looming threat of famine. Un Officials Say yemen has been brought to its knees by more than two years of war between Houthi Rebels and a saudi led coalition. Our correspondent orla guerin has gained rare access to the Southern Port City Of Aden and sent this report. We cross the red sea to reach yemen, past the sunken wreckage of a hidden war. This was the only way to the port city of aden. The saudi led coalition, bombing the country, grounded the un plane due to fly us in. This is the kind of suffering they dont want the world to see. Rassam is 11. He is one of many children wasting away across the country. Since the war, Malnutrition Rates have soared. Hunger is menacing this nation, from the very old. To the very young. Like hussain. His mother showed us how he fights for every brea
Amazon Founderjeff Bezos briefly becomes the worlds richest person. But wall street nerves about the companys massive Spending Push him back down to number two. Plus, Making America Grow again. Will the latest figures on the us economy bring President Trump closer to his 3 target . Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. Also coming up a billion dollar round of coffees as starbucks buys out its chinese partner. But first we start with retail giant amazon. It has seen its shares fall sharply after its latest figures disappointed wall street. The good news it is raking in huge sums of money as its sales keep expanding. The bad its spending a fortune on developing its business, and that is making investors nervous. Lets show you the details. Total sales in the three months tojune jumped almost a quarter compared to last year to just under 38 billion. Unfortunately, they spent almost all of it Operating Expenses surged to well over 37 billion. That means there wasnt much actual
[applause] i want to take you on a tour of what the science discoveries from ours are, especially in the last 14 years of our program of exploration known as the Mars Exploration program which is implemented in our jet Propulsion Laboratory and i want to leave you with a thought that the science discoveries i hope to convince you are real and they come from a Large Community of scientists across universities, nasa centers and private industry. They are really the impetus for human exploration of this planet. Many of us have been working these missions. I hope i can give you that sense. Want to remind you of where we are. We are a long way today from ours, even though we are in a close approach right now. I reminded our administrator of this 15 years ago. Mars is not our mother earth. It is a profoundly different world. It does not read our textbooks. Our ideas are changing. There is a Large Community of science working with scientists working with the missions of curiosity. We dont tot
Defense equipment. Fabius said people in france stand in solidarity with the japanese and to want work more closely. The ministers agreed to have their countries develop defenses gear together and share technologies. They promise to limit transfers of equipment to other nations. Translator our agreement and specific ways to cooperate is a great result. Translator france and japan have established an exceptional partnership. The ministers said japan and france will jointly develop unmanned systems. Examples they gave include underwater mine clearance devices. They also include robots that operate on land and can help in responding to natural disasters. The ministers also denounced acts of terrorism inflicted on their countries. They promised to Work Together to prevent european and japanese people from joining extremist groups, and they agreed to join hands to stop the flow of money to terrorist organizations. Members of a Japanese Defense think tank have been analyzing the strategies o