welcome to newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 5am in the maldives, where sri lanka s president has arrived after fleeing sri lanka on a militaryjet. gotabaya rajapaksa s departure from sri lanka ends a family dynasty that has ruled the country for decades. he had been in hiding, after crowds stormed his residence on saturday. his brother, former finance minister basil rajapaksa, has also left the country, sources have told the bbc. president rajapaksa had promised to resign, but by 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. there is a real party atmosphere here at colombo seafront, which has been a protest site for many weeks, one of the main demands protest
over its economic crisis, and he s landed in the maldives. mr rajapaksa left aboard a militaryjet, ending a family dynasty that has ruled the country for decades. he had been in hiding, after crowds stormed his residence on saturday. they are still there. sources have told the bbc his brother, former finance minister basil rajapaksa, has also left the country. the president had promised to resign, but by 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 our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan was with protestors outside the presidential palace in colombo when the news of president rajapaksa s departure was made public. there is a real party atmosphere here at colombo seafront, which has been a protest site for many weeks, one of the main demands protesters had was for gotabaya rajapaksa to go. their slogan, their chant was go home, gota . we now know that
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. sri lanka s president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country amid mass protests over its economic crisis, and he s landed in the maldives. mr rajapaksa left aboard a militaryjet, ending a family dynasty that has ruled the country for decades. he had been in hiding, after crowds stormed his residence on saturday. sources have told the bbc his brother, former finance minister basil rajapaksa, has also left the country. the president had promised to resign, but by remaining in position, he kept his immunity from prosecution. i want to show you some pictures from the presidential office itself in colombo. people expect a resignation to be announced. we have heard that the speaker of parliament saying nothing yet, but there should be something official by this evening colombo time. quite a few hours still to wait if that is the case, but crowds expectant in anticipation of the president s resignation. they blame him f
to reduce travel disruption. nasa s new telescope delivers its first full colour image showing light from galaxies that are billions of years old. and coming up on the bbc news channel. england will find out later who they face in the quarterfinals after storming into the last eight with a record breaking victory over norway. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. sir mo farah has revealed he was trafficked into the uk as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant. the four time olympic champion told the bbc he was born hussein abdi kahin but was given the name mohamed farah by those who flew him from east africa with fake documents. he previously said he came to the uk from somalia with his parents as a refugee. our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell has the story. one of the defining moments of the london 2012 olympics. sir mo farah on olympic saturday. taking gold in the 10,000 metres, part of a record breaking career cementing his place in t
and the first extraordinary images from nasa s new telescope distant galaxies and light from 13 billion years ago that have left scientists speechless. a miserable day for england, they are thrashed by india in the first of their one day matches at the oval. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. sir mo farah has told the bbc that is hugely relieved that the government says no action will be taken after he revealed he was trafficked illegaly into the uk as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant. the four time olympic champion says he was born hussein abdi kahin, but was given the name mohamed farah by those who flew him from east africa to london with fake documents when he was 9 years old. until now he had always told people that he came with his parents to the uk from somalia as a refugee. our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell has the story. he isa he is a household name and winning double gold at london 2012 was one of the defining mom