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
from hong kong have taken up the british government s offer of a new visa route to start a new life in the uk. the world s fifth oldest zoo, bristol zoo gardens, is set to close its gates to the public for the final time, with the animals on the move to a new location. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president biden has made an impassioned speech in defence of american democracy. he warned that donald trump and what he termed maga republicans represent a form of extremism that threaten the american way of life. he also urged all americans to come together to defend american democracy, regardless of their ideology. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has this report. an historic setting for a speech that pulled no punches, a prime time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life thatjoe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. we must be honest with each other and with oursel
gas, the electricity companies, particularly the water companies. i think there are questions to be asked about whether these industries are properly regulated, because when you look at not only the salaries of these chief executives, but also the bonuses and tips they are being paid, and it s a nice table in the metro, naming and shaming photographs of some of the big packages. then you look at the performances, you look at there are so many leaks and these old pipes that they are pumping more sewage into our seas and rivers. but they are about to impose, and some have already imposed, hosepipe ban and some are about to. and ijust think that the ordinary person who s paying the charges for these senses, it s actually pretty fed up. so the regulators i think have failed to do theirjob, they failed to hold these companies to account and make sure they deliver a proper performance. and certainly in the case of the water companies, the likelihood of climate change, we ll see dro
a group of charities and community organisations have called the rises in energy bills a national emergency as labour is to call for the energy price cap to be frozen in october. the energy minister says their plan won t work. the son of author sir salman rushdie says his injuries are life changing but that his feisty & defiant sense of humour remains intact after he was stabbed at an event in new york state. egyptian health officials say at least ai people have died and forty injured in a fire at a coptic church in north west cairo. warnings in the uk over the use of disposable barbecues as tinder dry conditions continue after a weekend of wildfires in parts of england. at least 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in southern france as wildfires continue there in a summer of historic drought and a series of heatwaves hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lord kim darroch, former british amba