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welcome to newsday. it s seven am in singapore and fourthirty am in sri lanka the bbc has confirmed that sri lanka s president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country days after popular protests forced him to abandon his official residence and after several earlier failed attempts to leave. he left by plane. his destination is not clear but it s understood he had his but it s understood he had brotherformerfinance minister his brotherformerfinance minister has also left the country. president gotabaya country. president gota baya rajapaksa country. president gotabaya rajapaksa had promised to resign but remaining in position he kept his immunity from prosecution. many sri lankans blame him for the economic crisis which has crippled their country leaving it short of funds to buy medicines or fuel. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan was with protestors outside the presidential palace in colombo when the news of president rajapaksa s departure was made public. ....
Medicines and fuel. this queue, you can see it going all the way down here, people here are queuing up forfree bread and curry because people are struggling to get a hold of the basics. but news of president gotabaya rajapaksa departure gota baya raja pa ksa departure from gotabaya rajapaksa departure from the country, that is still filtering in here. i spoke to one person who said he was relieved and pleased. another woman said she felt that she had been abandoned by the man she blame for this crisis who has gone without offering a solution. our solid agent correspondent talking us through that story. earlier i spoke to david brewster, a specialist in sri lankan politics at the australia national university, about the impact rajapaksa s departure will have on the country s political situation. there s extraordinary scenes of the last few days with the storming of the presidential palace and the attempts by the president to leave the country being blocked by other countries and his own ....