which erupted today, with people venting their fury on the streets. extraordinary scenes as people take over the pool at the president s residence, and march on official buildings, forcing their way in. there are reports that the house of the prime minister has been set on fire. we ll bring you all the latest. also on the programme. here, the defence secretary ben wallace rules himself out of the conservative leadership contest as two other cabinet ministers rule themselves in. the body of japan s assassinated former prime minister is brought home. police admit security flaws over his shooting. and moscow born elena rybakina, representing kazakhstan, wins the women s final at wimbledon. good evening. the ongoing economic crisis in sri lanka has erupted today with thousands of people storming the residence of the president in the capital colombo and setting fire to the home of the prime minister. after months of protests, huge crowds enraged by the authorities handling of sri
had the chief of the local police department on scene here, and what role did they play and why didn t they step up and say, listen, we need to go in, we need to stop this gunman. the fact that he s been singled out by the director of the dps certainly made him unhappy, has ruffled some feathers here, but there are so many more questions and then yesterday, john, you know, we were told here that the swearing in for chief arredondo who was elected on the city council seat was not going to happen, and then we get word here late last night that, you know what, it did happen. they did not invite the media to witness any of this, it was supposed to be a public event, that did not happen, what they did was they had every new city council member come in, on their own, just so that they wouldn t have to call a public meeting for this swearing in, john. shows you their state of mind about maybe what they think of the visuals there. shimon, this door, the door that the killer used to
and if you re familiar with that area, it is extremely steep. extremely thick vegetation that has not burned in probably decades. once it s got ahold, and started up that hill, i think we all saw that, as soon as i got to my headquarters, you could see the tremendous smoke column and we knew we had a significant fire. okay, this is the live scene right now of what s happening in the laguna hills area. this is the orange county area of colorado. it s about an hour or so outside of los angeles. it s very close to the ocean. you can see that fire burning in the distance there on the hills as the fire officials describe it. that of course is a palm tree. one of the issues they ve had with this fire is that embers have been spread by the winds. in fact, that s why some of these houses, according to the fire officials, have actually been burnt and have been involved in fire, as you can see right there. the embers have been managing to get inside the homes, into their attics and t
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the united states where the president s son, hunter biden, has been found guilty of lying about his drug use, to illegally buy a gun. the jury in the trial in delaware, convicted him on all three counts. he could face a maximum of 25 years in jail. sarah smith has been following the trial and sent us this report from wilmington. hand in hand with his step mother, the first lady, as well as his wife, hunter biden left court a convicted felon. this trial peppered with lurid details from his private life and previous addiction to crack cocaine has clearly put great stress on the whole family. joe biden appeared after the verdict, ironically at a gun safety event, not mentioning his son. in a statement, he said he loved hunter and he s proud of the man he is today. he then set off to travel to delaware to be with his son this evening. during the trial, prosecutors argued that hunter biden ha
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m arunoday mukharji. let s get you the headlines. ajury has found hunter biden guilty of all three felony gun charges in the first criminal trial of a child of a sitting us president. hamas responds to the latest peace proposal for gaza, saying its ready to engage but still wants israel to commit to a permanent ceasefire and completely withdraw its forces. india confirms two of its nationals have been killed while fighting illegally for the russian forces in ukraine. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the united states where the president s son, hunter biden, has been found guilty of lying about his drug use to illegally buy a gun. the jury in the trial in delaware convicted him on all three counts. he could face a maximum of 25 years in jail. our north america editor sarah smith has been following the story and has more. handin hand in hand with his step mother, the fi