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Newsday: 15/07/2022 06:06 GMT : Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa officially quits presidency

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15/07/2022 06:06 GMT : Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa officially quits presidency

Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa officially quits presidency

BBC World Service - Newsday, Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa officially quits presidency

Anti-government demonstrators switch focus to the interim president, the current PM

Anti-government demonstrators switch focus to the interim president, the current PM.

The Speaker of Sri Lanka's parliament has accepted the resignation of  President Gotabaya Rajapaksa - but the protest movement shows no sign of being satisfied that real change will take place. 

And President Joe Biden continues his tour of the Middle East where he'll be meeting Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas before heading to Saudi Arabia where he'll have to navigate several difficult foreign policy issues.    

The civilian death toll is increasing in Haiti as gang violence continues, with the security forces unable to cope - now China has called for a regional police force to be sent there but many Haitians don't trust international interference.

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