this is the colombo shot of hub, is teaming. you can see stalls selling so wrong, and people are sort of taking a look here. another ford shop where people are trying to buy some trades for the new year. but a reminder down here of what the situation is, a generator just to keep things running for the power. ah, because many, many people are suffering with paul cut. just one of the issues that's the reality of the economic price is the truck is going through and we're just. a hearing from the government that they have decided in the interim to stop debt repayment in the process of going to the i m f. they will be looking to restructure their debt. that announcement has come today. some economy said this is far too late in the coming. they've been asking for it for months and months. and the government insisted that it was in control. but now deciding to put a halt in the interim and can centrally restructure debt. then when i come out to gorda with the guy, now everything has gone up in price. i came to buy close by the are so e

canal to colombo. i expect to reach it by the late afternoon, today, and is another maybe 12 kilometres. the couple of hours rowing, is so nice to see that water actually here is not dirty at all. so very nice. probably closer to colombo will be worse, but for now, is proper good. 0h. may i have one, yes, to drink? thank you very much, thank you. looks amazing, isn't it? wow, mm. so sweet, oh! it is rather hot now, it is really refreshing. as i enter colombo, sure enough, the canal water becomes more polluted. unfortunately, most of this litter will end up in the sea. super exciting moment, i am reaching kelani ganga river, which means three days on water is done! that is it! i have just arrived at the temple and, today, the people here are celebrating the first visit of buddha into sri lanka, it happened 2500 years ago. looks like there will be quite a lot of people here. over three days, i have paddled more than 22 kilometres to get to the celebration in sri lanka's capital. i have seen a canal netwo

but 1st, michelle fernandez reports from colombo. this is the colombo shot of hub, is teeming. you can see stalls selling so wrong, and people are sort of taking a look here, another ford shop where people are trying to buy some trade for the new year. but a reminder down here of what the situation is, a generator just to keep things running for the power. ah, because many, many people are suffering with power. just one of the issues. that's the reality of the economic price is the truck is going through. and we're just hearing from the government that they have decided in the interim to stop debt repayment in the process of going to the i m f. they will be looking to restructure their debt. that announcement has come today. some economy said this is far too late in the coming. they've been asking for it for months and months. and the government insisted that it was in control, but now deciding to put a halt in the interim and can centrally restructure debt. when i come out to gorda with the guy, now everything has gone up in price. i came to buy clothes by the are so expensive

this is the colombo shot of hub is teaming. you can see stalls selling the wrong and people sort of taking a look here, another ford shop where people are trying to buy some trade for the new year. but it, remind that down here of what the situation is agility of the economic price is the tree lock is going through. and we're just hearing from the government that they have decided in the interim to stop dead through payments in the process of going through the i m f. they will be looking to restructure that, that, that announcement has come today. some economy said this is far too late in the coming. they've been asking for it for months and months. and the government insisted that it was in control. but now deciding to put a halt in the interim and can centrally restructure debt. then what i can go that route with the guy. now, everything has gone up in price. i came to buy close by. they are so expensive. the question is, is it enough for months and months, economist, opposition politicians have been asking the government to

it is raining very heavily in colombo. as for the rest of the population, they are actually, they are not traveling. most of us during this time, we want to travel back to our villages, and we can't do that because there are no buses. there is a shortage of diesel to fuel the buses from so many people are just staying in their homes, and of course they are going shopping. they are shopping, but as we saw in the footage earlier, the prices have risen tremendously, so people are really suffering, and at the moment, it is the poor people who are paying the price, but because they are using their food intake, for instance, but later on, it is going to hit the others also. it is also hitting us in the sense that these power cuts, which are unbearable. anchor: what you think is going to happen next? how would out? >> what i would like is to change the system and the constitution, and for that, it requires that the parliamentary majority should shift. already, 14 members of the ruling government have opted to become independents,

i one business has seen a boom in demand for protective versus on the call, the changing colombo, tens of thousands of relying tens take to the streets, demanding, and you've got to stay with us here on august. ah, richard, he has begun the full world copies on its way to cover your travel package to the hello there. there's lots of fine and dry weather to be found across east asia at the moment. in particular, for china, we thing above average temperatures in cities like beijing and shanghai as well as in hong kong, which is in contrast to what we saw last weekend. very unsettled and nasty weather . but look at that. lots of clear skies and sunshine and those conditions extend across the korean peninsula. sunny conditions for sol on sunday and monday. and it's an improving picture for japan, the tokyo, touching above the average. but have a look at this. we've got some very wet weather that's going to sweep in from the cell, bringing torrential downpours to southern areas. we could see some possible flooding with that. but further north of this, it stays largely fine and dry. now as w

is growing now fernandez reports from colombo, angry, frustrated and desperate for justice around the president's office in colombo, under the eyes of the police. shalanda is facing its worst economic crisis in decades. all saturday the protesters kept coming. most of them young people in what reported to be the biggest protest over the crisis to d. o public service. so we are here to say that always as needs to be heard and he needs to be respected and is grice's needs though, and no because it has gone up to the limit that to well be broke and obey anymore. the crowds came from all of to lunch as diverse communities. this course to really give us stolen money back. and this is corrupt jewelers, uplaid with our future. in recent weeks, the price of essential goods rocketed and cooking gas and fuel became scarce. hopa last up to 30 hours. 7 economy see a massive drop in tourism revenue due to the east of bombing of 2019, and the pandemic, coupled with a loss of government revenue due to a major free election tax stuck to blame. not is not in a foreign currency for the government to bu

earlier, i wasjoined from colombo by human rights lawyer bhavani fonseka. it has got worse over the last few months. this is directly linked to the economic situation, where the government is unable to purchase essential items, and there are basically long queues on the road to buy medicine, fuel, gas, and it has also resulted in violence and several deaths as well in the last few weeks. but, what your reporter indicated yesterday was unprecedented, when many came out, in peaceful protest. one needs to recognise that ordinary citizens are facing severe hardships in different directions but they are coming to the streets because they want to be heard, and the situation is extremely dire at the moment on the ground. in terms of president rajapaksa himself, his entire cabinet resigned last week, and a0 politicians defected and yet he is refusing to go anywhere, isn't he? that is the political crisis. so sri lanka is facing a political crisis as well as an economic crisis. last sunday, the cabinet of ministers resigned. several members of parliament subsequentl

i. members in 500 different trade unions are marching across the capital, colombo opposition parties have organized 6 days of protests across the country shall hankens have been dealing with shortages of few food and medicine for weeks. vanelle fernandez is covering developments for us live from colombo min al. you're outside a hospital where doctors and nurses have been protesting. how large is this strike? and what to protest is want the sort of one day, a general strike called by all of these trade unions has pretty much crippled, most government services across the country. now here, opposite arshella has largest a hospital which is the government, the national hospital, which you see behind me staff has decided that they will not art of join the full strike, but did, did step out for a talk. and to was the reason they say is that the sort of dire shortage of medicines and supplies is already affecting their ability to serve their patients. they're not being able to deliver a 100 percent of their safety. step out, you know, the entire deed further are sort of inconveniences and e

in fact, this part of our discussion, let me just bring in colombo for the time being and john pereira. so if this i m f program actually goes ahead, it would be through like a 17 financial rescue package from the global lender. and as i got from jackson, i was saying it does, comes with strings and conditions attached. i will. why is this, i am a flown going to work when the country has already had 16 in the past, in your opinion? it a significance of this, this all it is that she long cause currency also has been said to the following has fallen by like close on 100 percent in the last 2 months. and we are also going to countries of foreign country and such as india or bangladesh. china asking for loans for to just title the next month. so in a sense that the government taking this action of tried to preserve whatever the foreign exchange it has by not paying the debt is, is to the people, if it will be something that baby. well come because they do want the petro the d. so that i q, q is lines of stretching for a kilometer more every day. people stay over night in these guests that

and al fernandez was at 1 march in colombo, a shell full again. she lank as president, go to obey raj boxer, and his administration. services were disrupted, as thousands of walkers join to one day strike demanding the government's resignation. bobby lamar get on daughter middleton. we are telling the government very clearly they should he to the message of the working class or else it won't just be one day. we will work towards longer stoppages and paralyzed the country. if we have to, to chase go to buy a roger packs of teachers, dentists, postal workers, railway stuff, and bankers were among the many thousands of people who stayed away from work to join colleagues in march. as like this one in colombo, they said they will lend their full support to the protest movement against a government dcs. inefficient and corrupt, and has only looked off date's own needs, the people's, all actually so much more. mccarthy, some had really bad news from name me back. i wonder dad, going to we're in effect. they want strikers march to the president's office,

even the main railway station in colombo, the nov center for commuters and bus stops, were crowded with people hopefully they can board the few buses on the roads. prison got our bare roger box and his government a fighting major battles on the economic and political fronts. the government has no money to pay for food medicine, fuel and of the essential import. after its foreign reserves fell to alarming levels. the government is talking to the i. m. f, world bank and friendly countries to raise emergency funds. at newly appointed finance minister, ali submarine has admitted things will get hard before they get better. wanted me to say it. today's page is just a token of what they can do. they want that if the government does not need paul to leave, they will learn much what we know fernandez are the 0, colombo is being called india as a whole to summer ever. millions are struggling to cope with an intense heat wave as also hit neighboring pakistan and it's going to get hotter. high temperatures are not unusual for south asia. it's just not supposed to be this hotter at this time of yea

and l fernandez was at one much in march in colombo. a shell full again, she lank as president, go to obey raj boxer, and his administration services were disrupted, as thousands of walkers join to one day strike demanding the government's resignation. bobby lamar get on daughter middleton. we are telling the government very clearly they should he to the message of the working class or else it won't just be one day. we will work towards longer stoppages and paralyzed the country. if we have to, to chase go to buy a roger packs of teachers, dentists, postal workers, railway stuff, and bankers were among the many thousands of people who stayed away from work to join colleagues in march. as like this one in colombo, they said they will lend their full support to the protest movement against a government dc's inefficient and corrupt, and has only looked after its own needs. the people's all actually stomach when they go to some administrative system. they are getting me back. i wonder dad, going to we're in effect. they want strikers march

the canal to colombo. i expect to reach it by the late afternoon today and it is another maybe 12 kilometres. a couple of hours of rowing is actually nice to see that the water here isn't actually dirty at all, so that is nice stop probably closer to colombo it will be worse. for now, it is proper good. may i have one, yes, to drink? thank you very much, thank you. looks amazing, isn't it? wow. mmm. so sweet! 0h! it is rather hot now, it is really refreshing. as i enter colombo, sure enough, the canal water becomes more polluted. unfortunately, most of this letter will end up in the sea. —— litter. super exciting moment, iam reaching this river, which means three days on water is done! i havejust arrived means three days on water is done! i have just arrived at the temple and today, the people here are celebrating the first visit of buddha into sri lanka, it happened 2500 years ago. looks like there will be quite a lot of people here. 0ver over three days i have paddled more than 52 kilometres to get t

say they won't be fooled by quick fixes. bonaire fernandez, ojo 0 colombo protests against rising prices and peru have stranded hundreds of foreigners near cruise co and the peruvian. andy's unions went on strike there on monday, blocking roads and shutting down public transport. the testers are demanding the government, do more to lower water electricity and fuel prices. mexico is experiencing heat wave conditions with temperatures as high as 38 degrees celsius in some areas. stafford vis soon, the southern city of merida. i've been trying to keep the animals cool, with specially made frozen treats dozens of states of issued heat and fire warnings in the past 3 weeks. ah, over again, the headlines on al jazeera, the sour haines military says it's fighting back against the new russian assault moscow's operation dubbed the battle for don bos, reportedly aimed to carve ukraine in.

of the countries economic crisis. tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets and colombo, demanding president, got a buyer, a japan resign. when l fernandez reports angry, frustrated and desperate for justice around the president's office in colombo, under the eyes of the police, shalanda is facing its worst economic crisis in decades. all saturday the protesters kept coming. most of them young people in what reported to be the biggest protest over the crisis to d. o public service. so we, i had to say that always as needs could be heard and he needs to be respected and dis, grice's needs though and no because it has gone up to the limit that well be broke and obey any more. the crowds came from all of sanchez, diverse communities. this goes to read, give us stolen money back. and this is corrupt jeweler's, up playing with our future. in recent weeks, the price of essential goods rocketed and cooking gas and fuel became scarce. hopa last up to 30 hours. 7 economy see a massive drop in tourism revenue due to the east of bombing of 2019, and the pandemic, coupled with a los

the bbc�*s archana shukla has more on the latest protests from colombo. their patience is running out. angry sri lankans tried to storm the president's house late on thursday night. but they were met with water cannon. and tear gas shells. scenes quickly turned wild with multiple rounds of tear gas fired and stones pelted in retaliation. injuries on both sides, but protests continued. it is very obvious. the people are here distressed. the people who actually can do something. and just leave the country. because it is enough. translation: people are in the queue for gas, for milk powder, and for fuel. we have never been this unhappy. they chant. this is right outside president gotabaya rajapaksa's house. a crowd of about a thousand people have gathered here, protesting prolonged power cuts in the country, the economic crisis, rising prices, and demanding that the government stepped down. the desperation has been palpable, as sri lankans have spent their days on the street, in queues to buy for life's daily essentials at sky—high prices. translation: i h

thousands are camping outside the president's office in colombo. our correspondent is there and sent us this report. >> waving sri lanka's national flag, thousands marched through the streets of colombo, from all walks of life. the slogans against the government were strong and powerful. with the dwindling foreign exchange reserves, the government is badly -- has banned the import of essential items and prices have escalated, hitting millions hard. >> there's no electricity. there are sometimes kilometer-long queues for d iesel. the demands of the people will be met. >> the protesters want the president and the entire cabinet to step down. the government is under pressure. tens of thousands of protesters have come fr different parts of sri lanka, expressing their anger. people here say they don't have any faith in the government in handling this economic crisis. but the president has rejected calls for his resignation and instead expressed his willingness to form an interim government. the government's negotiations with the for a bailout loan have

the move and the move gives the police and military sweeping new powers in the capital, colombo, hundreds to find the lockdown, demanding a reversal of the measures as a growing anger on the streets of sri lanka, after the government announced a we can curfew. troops have been deployed under the draconian measures saying they need to protect the public alder. having having curve you is not gonna help anybody. people have to run business as people have to ah, these 2 drivers, any do live that they leave on a daily which day do i run that duke say drawer. like if the single day people out people are going to suffer is gonna keep via continuous thing. does unger uh, the roger pucks of dennis day. the family that dominates for lankin politics. demonstrations in the capital, colombo had been increasing in recent weeks. a wallet hub, b scenes of violence. many protests in peace. the worst economic crisis since roland can. independence, has in queues for fuel and shortages of food and medicine. as me many other developing countries, the economy, consequences of depend any well, especially severe

dennis day, the family that dominates were lankin politics. demonstrations in the capital, colombo had been increasing in recent weeks. and wallet hubby, scenes of violence, many protest in peace. the worst economic crisis since roland can, independence, has in queues for fuel and shortages of food and medicine. as we many other developing countries the economy. consequences of the pandemic. well, especially severe. i'm sri lanka, the restriction, the bush to cur. the sprained up the writers in 2020, and 2021. cd affected every sector of ali corner. while the government point to coven tall petering the countries critical to rest dollars. or does length political mismanagement. mister lank is ailing economy. i. after a $27.00, yes, civil wall. that has been relative peace since 2009. the united nations has called for tom from old groups. as the countries fragile democracy faces its biggest test in decades. wow. you're watching d. w news coming up next and you episode of dw was odds 21 and focusing on at the ball. the inheritance of history will be back to the latest use of the top of th

thousands are camping outside the president's office in colombo. our correspondent is there and sent us this report. >> waving sri lanka's national flag, thousands marched through the streets of colombo, from all walks of life. the slogans against the government were strong and powerful. with the dwindling foreign exchange reserves, the government is badly -- has banned the import of essential items and prices have escalated, hitting millions hard. >> there's no electricity. there are sometimes kilometer-long queues for d iesel. th demands of the people will be met. >> the protesters want t president and the entire cabinet to step down. the government is under pressure. tens of thousands of protesters have come fr different parts of sri lanka, expressing their anger. people here say they don't have any faith in the government in handling this economic crisis. but the president has rejected calls for his resignation and instead expressed his willingness to form an interim government. the government's negotiations with the for a bailout loan have not

the move gives the police and military sweeping new powers in the capital, colombo, hundreds to find the lockdown, demanding a reversal of the measures as a growing anger on the streets of sri lanka. after the government announced a we can curfew. troops have been deployed under the draconian measures saying they need to protect the public alder. having, having curve you is not gonna help anybody be, but have to run business as people have to talk about these 2 drivers any to live that they leave on a daily which they do run that through stage war. like if the single day people out people are going to suffer, there's gonna be a continuous thing. there is under the roger pucks. dennis day. the family that dominates re lankin politics. demonstrations in the capital, colombo had been increasing in recent weeks. of wallet hubby, scenes of violence, many protest in peace. the worst economic crisis since rankin independence has in queues for fuel and shortages of food and medicine. as me many other developing countries, the economy, consequences of dependency were especially severe. i'm sr

the family that dominates re lankin politics. demonstrations in the capital, colombo had been increasing in recent weeks and wallet hub b scenes of violence. many protest in peace. the worst economic crisis since rankin independence has in queues for fuel and shortages of food and medicine. as we many other developing countries, the economy consequences of depend any well, especially severe. i'm sri lanka, the restrictions you forced to correct it. the sprained up the white us in 20202021. seriously affected every sector of ali corner while the government point to coven torpedoing the countries critical to risk dollars. or does length political mismanagement? this rank is ailing economy. i. after a $27.00, yes, civil wall. that has been relative peace since 2009. the united nations has called for tom from all groups of the countries fragile democracy faces its biggest test in decades. oh, a watching the de leon used his a reminder of our main story. ukraine says russian troops have either withdrawn all been repelled to from the entire region around keith. so just moving into villages and

these each treatment here at the national hospital in colombo, or in a network of state hospitals or the countries economic crisis has hit them hard. they hold up with most people are helpless. we are told to buy everything from outside, even the needle used to check sugar levels has to be bought from outside. there is no point coming to our government hospital for treatment. doctors have been warning of an impending. busy medical disaster as their face shortages affecting their ability to treat patients. many doctors are reluctant to speak on the record, but some union members are speaking out. there may be a situation if this continues. when a prepare person come with the road traffic accident won't be able to get the surgical services. i can't exactly. so when it is going to happen. but if nothing rescuer will thing happens, we may have to see one dark beer like that. the private sick days, also facing shortages of hot medication. b, beatrice and other drugs and consumables. reasons already there panic, panic, now they are getting some more to the right. it's going lower. stocks a

in colombo, under the eyes of the police, shalanda is facing its worst economic crisis. in decades. all saturday the protesters kept coming. most of them young people in what reported to be the biggest protest over the crisis to d. o public service. so we are here to say that always as needs to be heard and he needs to be respected. and his grades his needs though and no because it had gone up to the limit that to well be broke and obey any more. the crowds came from all of to lunches, diverse communities. this course to read, give us stolen money back, and this is corrupt jewelers are playing with our future. in recent weeks, the price of essential goods rocketed and cooking gas and fuel became scarce. hopa, last up to 30 hours economy see a massive drop in tourism revenue due to the east of bombing of 2019, and the pandemic, coupled with a loss of government revenue due to a major free election tax stuck proud to blame. not is not in a foreign currency for the government to buy a central that's only by and be out of this crisis about the raj, a bunch of has to be removed from the

there have been protests slowly building all over the country, but particularly in colombo. professional areas, and increasingly in upscale middle—class professional areas, where people are just completely fed up with the complete collapse of the economy, but also of governance, but i think what's particularly striking about the protest last night was that they were at the president's private residence. and it was filled with angry chants asking him to go, demanding he and his family leave the country, and just months ago, people were terrified of him. his reputation as the ruthless commander or a civilian commander of the military in the final months of the war and his connections with brutal counterinsurgency campaign that helped win the war and the repression of dissent afterwards, all that has meant that until recently, people have been often too scared to call him out and to challenge them publicly. so to have crowds of people chanting his name and demanding that he go is a real change in sri lankan politics, i think. that is quite a big change, and as you say, what led to those s

many are chaudhry reports from colombo. oh, angry she lengthens are out on the streets. an unprecedented economic crisis has pushed these people to gather outside the president's office in the capital city, colombo, shouting slogans, waving placards, and demanding change for r. i'm the one, the roger bucks, a family whose members occupy, keep positions in the should on can government including that of the president and the prime minister to resign. we believe their family rules, then the court is him and blatant software option are responsible for this economy . collapse the people of the island nation have been facing regular power cuts, food and medicine shortages and sorting prices of essentials. long queues outside patrol and diesel stations have become a common sight. as the country it runs out of cash to buy fuel. the crisis has brought people together. it's a paper spread as this is not politically motivated. i'm not of any party. and i don't think anyone here is this. the best time all of sri lanka has united against politics. this crisis has affected everybody s

there is no certain way out of true, lank is worth political crisis for decades. joining as found, colombo is an backer, saquina nathan human rights advocate, and formerly with the human rights commission of sri lanka. thanks for joining the program. i'm back her. what's happening and she lanka has been a long time coming. i want to start with the economy. tell us a bit more about how the country ended up, where it is today. yes, as you would have seen right now facing a foreign exchange, prices are due to which we also are facing shortage of fuel gas. which is effecting even the large industrial, small and medium industries. and just generally economic activity we are unable to that will meet all the payments, which means that we can eat it all, which then i, i comment that it's worth that even in general conflict. and this has been a long time coming because it is hard to can only try and pop political prices meet normal prices brought on by years old mismanagement also with this particular government, despite the fact that it was advice to go to the national monetary fund by many expert

but she'll enter or taking it, then you know, fernandez, audra 0 colombo. ah, i'm carry, jones to with the headlines here on al jazeera, ukraine's president for them as zalinski has called on the international community to hold russia. isn't that a met putin responsible for walk.

there is no certain way i was of 3 rank is worth political crisis for decades. joining us from colombo is america saquina. nothin human rights advocate, and formerly with the human rights commission of sri lanka. thanks for joining the program. i'm occur what's happening and she lanka has been a long time coming. i want to start with the economy. tell us a bit more about how the country ended up, where it is today. yes, as you would have seen right now, facing a hard exchange, prices are due to which we also are facing shortage of fuel gas, which is effecting even the large and 3 small and medium industries. and just generally economic activity we are unable to that will meet all the payments, which means that we can eat it all, which then i, i comment that it's worth that even in general conflict. and this has been a long time. i mean, because it is part of the prices and our political and economic price is brought on by years old. mismanagement also with this particular government, despite the fact that it was advice to go to the international monetary fund by many experts, refused t

the move gives the police and military sweeping new powers in the capital, colombo, hundreds to find the lockdown, demanding a reversal of the measures. there is a growing anger on the streets of sri lanka, after the government announced a we can curfew. troops have been deployed under the draconian measures saying they need to protect the public alder. having, having curve you is not gonna help anybody. people have to run business as people have to talk these 2 drivers any do live that they leave on a daily, which they do run that through stage roar. like if the single day people out people are going to suffer is gonna be a continuous thing that's under the roger pucks. dennis day, the family that dominates re lankin politics. demonstrations in the capital, colombo had been increasing in recent weeks. and wallet hubby, scenes of violence, many protest in peace. the worst economic crisis since roland can. independence has in queues for fuel and shortages of food and medicine. as we many other developing countries, the economy consequences of the patent. i mean, well, especially sever

there is no certain way i was of 3 rank is worth political crisis for decades. joining us from colombo is america sac when a nathan human rights advocate and formerly with the human rights commission of sri lanka. thanks for joining the program. i'm occur what's happening and she lanka has been a long time coming. i want to start with the economy. tell us a bit more about how the country ended up, where it is today. yes, as you would have seen right now facing a hard exchange, prices are due to which we also are facing shortage of fuel gas. which is effecting even the large industrial, small and medium industries. and just generally economic activity, we are unable to meet all the payments, which means that we can eat it all, which then i, i think it's worse that even in general conflict. and this has been a long time coming because it is hard to can only try and political prices and the normal price is brought on by years old. mismanagement also with this particular government, despite the fact that it was advice to go to the national monetary fund by many experts, refused to do that.

compounded by the pandemic, has led to this tragedy. troops patrol the streets outside the parliament and colombo looked down after unprecedented street demonstrations against sri lanka, president. go to buy a roger puck so once, while he popular his approval ratings have been undermined by people's anger at ramp and inflation as well as food fuel and medicine shortages. the cupboard panoramic destroy tree, like as tourism industry, leading to a lack of foreign exchange for imports. let me get it, but again, the a very bad anger and i started a small business recently allow me like it, but it's very difficult to maintain a shadow of them. there's no gas, there's no kerosene in. and that's why people are protesting in the street pump. i need to fire availa. good. it is that the abbey is the road. people are suffering a lot. they reached the end of their patience. one can't say how the people will behave, what decision they'll take, or do they have a go to buy a roger packs or is backed by sri lanka is powerful cinderella, buddhist majority, who credit him with ending the 26 year long civil war in

a day after the president imposed a state of emergency and the capital colombo, hundreds defy the locked down, demanding a reversal of the meshes as a growing anger on the streets of sri lanka, after the government announced a we can curfew. troops have been deployed under the draconian measures saying they need to protect the public alder. having having her have you is all going to have anybody, people have to run business as people have to, ah, these 2 drivers, they need to leave that. they leave on a daily which they do run that joke, saved roar like every single day people out. but i'm going to software is going to keep via continuous thing. as under the rug epoxy, dennis day, the family that dominates re lankin politics. demonstrations in the capital, colombo had been increasing in recent weeks of wallet hubby, scenes of violence, many protest in peace. the worst economic crises since roland can. independence has seen cues for fuel and shortages of food and medicine as me, many other developing countries. the economy, consequences of the pandemic were especially severe. aren't sri l

the bbc�*s archana shukla has more on the latest protests from colombo. a day after they tried to strum the presidents house calling for his ouster, the president declared a state of emergency in the country today. protests on thursday quickly turned violent with multiple rounds of tier gas fired and stones thrown in retaliation. injuries on both sides, but protests continued. it is very obvious. the people are here distressed. the people who actually can do something. and just leave the country. because it is enough. translation: people l are in the queue for gas, for milk powder, and for fuel. we have never been this unhappy. they chant. this is right outside president gotabaya rajapaksa's house. a crowd of about a thousand people have gathered here, protesting prolonged power cuts in the country, the economic crisis, rising prices, and demanding that the government stepped down. the desperation has been palpable, as sri lankans have spent their days on the street, in queues to buy life's daily essentials at sky—high prices. translation: i haven't had

let's bring in our gas, they're all in colombo. how should the silver is a member of parliament? he represents the main opposition party as j. b. brovana fonseca, a senior researcher and the attorney at law with the center for policy alternatives . and w a which was dana, is a column, is that the daily financial times and a former deputy governor of the central bank of sri lanka, a welcome, a warm welcome. told me if i could start with harsha. so looking at it, what cause this economic crisis can be pinned on one specific factor? if i think it can be pinned on 2 factors, one is the president and totally unnecessary tax cut off 2019 december revenue that would have come into the treasury. they fell by about one 3rd line, 3 london currency about 600000000000 rebates by year. and in order to fill the gap in the treasury, the central bank stock of printing money and that started a downward spiral in economic management. and we got downgraded by their credit rating agencies globally and shop their door to international financial markets that lead to the government going into the reser

let's bring in our gas, they're all in colombo. how should the silver is a member of parliament? he represents the main opposition party as j. b. brovana fonseca, a senior researcher and attorney at law with the center for policy alternatives. and w a which was dana is a columnist at the daily financial times. and a former deputy governor of the central bank of sri lanka, a welcome, a warm welcome, told me if i could start with harsha. so looking at it, what cause this economic crisis can be pinned on one specific factor? if i think it can be pinned on 2 factors, one is the president and totally unnecessary tax cut off 2019 december revenue that would have come into the treasury fed. ready by about one 3rd line, 3 london currency about $600000000000.00 rebates per year. and in order to fill the gap in the treasury, the center bank stock of printing money. and that started a downward spiral in economic management. and we got downgraded by their credit rating agencies globally and shop their door to international financial markets that lead to the government going into the reserves

say they won't be fooled by quick fixers. bonaire fernandez, ojo 0, colombo, british prime minister bars, johnson as apologize to parliament for breaking his own government covey 19 lockdown laws and being fined by police. but it wasn't enough for his political opponents who labeled johnston statement a joke. bed demanding, he quit. john hall has the story from london. it was the 1st time that for his johnson had spoken to n p's about the fine that he received during the easter recess. one of a number of fines handed out to senior figures in downing street by the metropolitan police as part of their ongoing investigation into allegations of rules. breaches specifically parties. in downing street during periods of cobit lockdown, he repeated the public apology. he made at the time, acknowledging people's hurt and disappointment, saying they had a right to expect more from their leaders from the very people who made those rules in the 1st place. but did he think he'd actually done anything wrong? let me also say not by way of mitigation or excuse, but julie, purely because it explains my p

now fernandez is out of protests in colombo. so as you can probably see behind me, i mean this is a still, the protesters who are digging in here the far distance. the brown sort of buildings is the presidential secretary very much the focus of these protests. now we had tens of thousands of people surrounding this area. this stayed right through the night or till about 2 or 3 a. m, despite the huge amount of rain and showers that came through. they did not go on this sort of cool group of 3 to 5000 people. but in the early hours of the morning, people did move out, but they're back again now again from the early hours of this morning, this crowd has been building. and it's a real multitude of sort of communities of religions, of different age groups that are families, those one man with his 3 or 4 year old daughter on his shoulders who was angry, who's he said, i'm here for her? i mean, there have been sort of implications that this is a very colombo lead, elitist thing, but that is not what we're seeing on the ground. this gro

me now fernandez, auto 0 colombo still to come here on out a 0. china has gone all out to clamp down on curve at 19, but there are signs that is straining the economy. oh, you sent us a more help on the weight. the number of dead goes off in south africa's worst flooding in decades. ah, the journey has begun the faithful world copies on its way to the castle book, your travel package today. hello there. let's look to south asia and it's all about the relentless heat. but there is some relief coming into play for northern areas of india. you can see temperatures still sitting in the early forty's, touching to the mid fourties in central areas. but by the time we get into wednesday, we are expecting from possible fund the storms for new delhi temperatures, dipping down into the high thirty's was what some warnings out for hot, gusty wind blowing across roger some we could see a dust storm or 2 here. and further north of this, we can see those thunderstorms picking up for northern areas of india and pakistan . we're also going to see some shop a storms push into shore lanka and coastal

so i'm, the government must go, you know, fernandez audra 0, colombo peruvians are once again taking to the streets to protest against president federal castillo's administration. rising food and fuel prices have led to demonstrations in recent days. protests was want the president to resign, to thursday, to route, to pay the state of emergency to clear highways that are blocked by truck drivers, protesting against inflation. and in brazil, thousands of march through sao paolo, to express their frustrations with president j bowles and arrows. members or be opposition and indigenous groups blamed the far right president for double digit inflation and what they call on affordable fuel costs. well, sanara has also come on the fire for trying to push through controversial legislation that would allow commercial mining of indigenous lands. now, travellers heading to france from britain not being warned of delays due to small traffic from the perry, from the ferry port of dover and england. a section of the main highway and near the port has been closed off to allow thousands of trucks to

anbarasan ethirajan in colombo there. ramadan is the most important month in the muslim calendar. each night, people come together at sunset to eat after fasting during the day — called iftar. but the social side of that was lost over the past two years because of the pandemic. but now it's back. the bbc was invited to join the celebrations in the english town of scunthorpe in north lincolnshire. imam recites prayer iftar is a very important time of the day because you get to break your fast after 15 hours of fasting, long days with no water and no food. it'sjust amazing. the fact that we are able to do this now once again after maybe two years of not being able to do it _ just breaking the fast, having the food that we get to have, j meeting people we have not seen for a while — it's been amazing that we have been able to gather round this year and break the fast together, bring friends and family and community spirit back together again. it's henna. in arabic, we call it mehndi, and there are lots of flowers and lots of patterns. it's like a fake tattoo. in the past two year

archana shukla, bbc news, colombo, sri lanka. workers at an amazon warehouse in the us have taken the unprecedented step of voting to set up a trade union. staff at the site in new york predicted that amazon workers elsewhere would follow suit. the online retailer has always fiercely opposed unionisation of its million— strong workforce. michelle fleury reports. cheering. history in the making for american workers. this, the moment union organisers celebrated. to the first union in american history. cheering. after amazon workers in new york voted to unionise — the first successful attempt since the retail giant was founded in 1994. this will be the catalyst for the revolution. that's exactly what this is, y'all just witnessed that. an independent group just took on one of the world's biggest companies and won. 55% of workers at this staten island warehouse voted in favour of union of a union. chris smalls, the fired amazon worker leading the fight, had this message for the e—commerce giant. they'll have to negotiate with t

archana shukla, bbc news, colombo, sri lanka. let s get some of the day s other news ajudge in new york has upheld ghislaine maxwell's sex trafficking conviction — despite a false statement by a juror at her original trial. she was convicted in december for helping the disgraced financierjeffrey epstein to sexually abuse teenage girls. the biden administration is to lift sweeping immigration restrictions which were imposed by donald trump, in the early stages of the pandemic. the public health order has been used by us officials on the border with mexico to turn back 1.7 million undocumented migrants. the draw for the world cup in qatar has placed senegal against the netherlands in the first game of the tournament in november. england has drawn iran and the usa in group b — the other place could be scotland, wales or ukraine. ahead of the queen s platinumjubilee injune, the bbc has been given rare access to the household cavalry and their barracks in central london. asad ahmad met some of the people and horses that will take

archana shukla sent this report from colombo. well, the state of emergency imposed in the country and the island nation is 2a hours after there were violent protests outside the sri lankan president's house, and i'm standing at that location right now. these protests that happened on thursday night turned violent with tear gas shells, water cannons, and injuries on both sides of the party, when angry citizens actually clashed with police forces. they wanted to storm inside the house of the president, demanding his ousting from the government. demanding his family to leave the government. over the mismanagement of the economy. the angry citizens are not happy with how the country has been moved into an unprecedented economic crisis. just 2a hours after that violent protest, the president came out and announced a state level emergency which means that military has sweeping powers. the military can take actions in the name of restoring public order. already we are hearing, you know, inputs from local reporters about some social medi

but this time we counting much, would of others in this crowded colombo neighbourhood? echoed her blight. this family struggle to find the milk they needed for this new year. tradition. they see every one is finding it hard to make ends meet, that difficulties. what brought together these protested to the president's office . they denounce good or bad roger parson, his government, the feeling the people this our government, he does a lot began their corruption and all they have didn't do anything. every time they've, they've asked our money probably by law do a lot do now, are we voted for them? not expecting there would be like this, destroying the country, a bit prime minister mine the roger pucks of the president's brother, says he's willing to talk to the protest is they have refused about warranty debina or would the diagram was embarked on a massive program to get over the current crisis, we're facing, the president and the government has spending every 2nd to get our country out of this crisis. o month government leaders insisted they were in control of the econo

thousands have gathered here in the sri lankan capital colombo for a day of mass protest. there is a real strength of feeling here, lots of anger, almost all of it directed at sri lankan's government, in particular the country's president gotabaya rajapaksa. throughout the afternoon, protesters have been shouting, chanting, calling for him to step down. so far, the president and his brother, the prime minister, mahinda rajapaksa, are refusing to resign. they say that they will continue in government and get sri lanka through this crisis. but people here are not convinced, and that crisis is continuing to impact millions of people across this island nation. i talked to many families here today, middle—class families who have good jobs who say they are struggling to put food on the table for their children. they say the value of their salaries has gone down because prices have risen so much. and also they say that even when things are available and affordable, they are struggling to get their hands on them because everything is in such short supply — food, fuel, gas, die

anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news, colombo. higher prices are also a focus in indonesia, which is the world's largest producer of palm oil. it's banned the export of the product following a domestic shortage that has sparked street protests. it's expected to further contribute to higher globalfood prices, at a time when costs are already under pressure. indonesia accounts for 59% of global output of palm oil, which is used in everything from chocolate and frying fats to cosmetics, soap and cleaning products. the announcement shocked the markets, throwing the price of palm oil to over $1,850 a tonne. that's a 10% increase from just a few days earlier. naturally, the ban on palm oil exports has been welcomed by ordinary indonesians. street vendors in the capital jakarta are among those most affected by high prices. the are hopeful the intervention by presidentjoko widodo's government will see the cost of palm oil begin to fall. translation: i hope that there won't be any rise in oil prices, i mrjoko widodo. i hope the prices stay

they seek treatment here at the national hospital in colombo or in a network of state hospitals. but the country's economic crisis has heaped them hard, mangled up when most people are helpless. we are told to buy everything from outside, even the needle used to check sugar levels has to be bought from outside. there is no point coming to a government hospital for treatment. doctors have been warning of any bending medical disaster as their face shortages affecting their ability to treat patients . one doctor sent this recording to his friends and colleagues. it went viral. we. busy have the student lead newborn babies and we are very soon we are running out of all the stops. and i, we have come to a stage of kind of reusing the endotracheal to ubs for ventilating a new baby, which is how you, me, and acceptable. and i hate to do it, but there's more adoption. many doctors are reluctant to speak on the record at some union members are speaking out. there may be a situation if this continues. when a paper, a person come with the road traffic accident wont be able to get the surgic

shops reopen under tight security in the capital, colombo. hollywood actor will smith resigns from the oscars academy after slapping comedian chris rock on stage during last sunday's ceremony. the academy says it accepts smith's resignation and would continue to move forward with their own disciplinary proceedings. today marks a0 years since the start of the falklands war —