is sweet for novak djokovic, who wins his seventh wimbledon men s singles title. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 3.30am in colombo, sri lanka where protestors have been celebrating what they believe to be the toppling of the country s leadership. president rajapaksa whose family has dominated sri lankan politics for the best part of two decades has announced he will step down on wednesday after demonstrators stormed his official residence and set fire to the prime minister s house. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports from inside the presidential palace, which is still overrun by protesters. these scenes would have been unthinkable days ago. sri lanka s seat of presidential power now a sightseeing destination. security nowhere to be seen, as thousands push their way into a palace taken over by protesters. this is a really surreal moment for sri lanka. a building that is normally heavily
Good morning. A swathe of cloud across eastern england, through the midlands, Northern England come into the south west and that is producing a bit of rain at the moment and either side of that is sunshine and a few showers today. I will have all the details throughout the programme. Its wednesday the 15th of may. A major manhunt is under way in france after two Prison Officers were killed in an ambush on a police van. The attack happened at a toll booth near rouen in normandy, and police said the man who was freed has links to a gang in marseille. Our europe correspondent, nick beake, has the latest. An unremarkable tollbooth in northern france, and the scene of a swift and brutal ambush. Cctv Footage Shows the Moment A Dark Car Veers into a white prison van, and at least two masked attackers start shooting. Terrified passengers on a passing bus throw themselves to the ground as the bullets ring out. One assailant is seen strolling calmly among the other vehicles on the motorway. Then
Let us talk about what we know so far. With me now is said shehata from bbc arabic. Talk to me first of all about the meeting, the second time in 24 the meeting, the second time in 2a hours the war cabinet has met. Do we have any clarity on what can happen next . We what can happen next . No decision what can happen next . No decision has what can happen next . Fir . Decision has been announced yet by the agreement within the cabinet is about the response, the military Chief Of Staff said the Reading Attack will be better with a response, but the timing and the response, it will affect the escalation or the response because iranians have said what is done destructive consulate in damascus was a strategic mistake and what they have done, it was self defence. In that case, that is it. Israel says it is damaging, so the attack on its soil, even if the damage was minimum, inside israel it looks like damage for its reputation as a superpower. The pressure on the cabinet and on mr netanyahu