to come here at al-jazeera strength by sri lanka's former president tens of thousands come out in the capital calling for the current government to resign. and help pregnant women in bangladesh getting medical care some of them for the first time. from a fresh breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. hello there we've got plenty of violent thunderstorms over parts of europe at the moment we look at the satellite picture we can see one area of cloud is in the east over the black sea lots of thunder and lightning at the moment and then further west we've also seen some storms here those are working their way eastwards over parts of france now and across into the mediterranean this whole system that will work its way eastwards as we head through the day on thursday behind it it's going to be fresh with london getting to around twenty degrees for the east though those thunderstorms are going to continue with this so for thursday no must have change for us to expect some more very heavy thunderstorms with some hail and maybe with some flooding rains as well as we had o

sri lanka's former president tens of thousands rally in the capital calling for the government to resign david baca reveals the name and logo for his major league soccer team that story is coming up with peter in sports. hello is hard to define gordon as drove the mass of clouds which is what it is now but it's still of course brought extra lift to the air and to do more so it's raining there are still flood warnings flash floods and longer term floods around the mast submissively valley up to particular mississippi and i think alabama but you can see the green stretches right back to texas the heaviest rain has fallen in thunderstorms in texas so this warm and she made areas still exist and there's a division line that runs well more or less through chicago this saudis much cooler more sunny and this is sticky and potentially wet and that's the case for the next twenty four to thirty six hours with maybe more emphasis further west still with some big showers likely a new mexico again parts of texas hails quite likely and that cutoff line is still there and if you're in new york o

the maldives opposition have been living in exile in sri lanka i'm in now for now and fernandez is there she joins us live now from columbus was the president's concession a surprise. for many people that we've spoken to they have been taken by surprise that the concession came so quickly even last night as the figures spoke for them serves and it was quite clear that the opposition had taken the election people still raise the question and released certain concerns as to what the handover process would be and indeed as to whether president ya mean would go and go quietly and that has been answered a short while ago so still a lot of surprise even the social media networks you know reflecting that surprise of how quickly and how smoothly in all intents that this handover announcement has come and this concession has come from president i mean i'm. so what's next then for the opposition. right now many of them are getting over the last couple of days and the overnight of the election sort of you know exhaustion but right now there's a lot of sort of consultation a lot of consulting

games there's been a big shock at cricket asia cup sri lanka have been knocked out after a second straight defeat afghanistan beating them by ninety one runs sri lanka had already lost their group opener against bangladesh defending champions india are without a star batsman virat kohli he's being arrested for the event they play their first going against tournament derby since hong kong in dubai on choose day twenty four hours later they take on his rivals pakistan. we have our own block is that because to morrow we are all gone so obviously we have to focus on that but it will be but once we finish that bit more recently we'll look at. what distant and weaknesses are. but even for us we haven't. you know the last of all these guys maybe it was during i would be fourteen it's been a long time since we're at this particular venue. made a big decision at harvest time against the l.a. charges the thirty year old decided it was a good song to announce his retirements davis had played in the league for ten years started the game but quit with the bills trailing twenty eight six at hal

entire country last month the health minister said more than one hundred towns across sri lanka have boycotted the sale of cigarettes even still more than five million sri lankans are addicted to it. taxation is considered probably the best way of preventing home from tobacco and to and to reduce tobacco use but clearly among the youth and the poor so what we'd like to see is a situation where the taxation is done according to a calculated formula and done regularly which will result in the government increasing its revenue by taxation but at the same time and more importantly for us the consumption of cigarettes and tobacco will go down among the population. well so far men and students actually smoke more than women about twenty eight percent of men do twenty seven percent of students and every week one hundred ninety one men die from tobacco related illnesses it's also still legal to smoke in restaurants and bars now the hash tag no tobacco is being used to spread awareness about the negative health impacts of tobacco and how recently how more taxes can actually help keep people h

cricks is of just sworn their opening game of the asia cup beats in sri lanka in abu dhabi they scored two hundred forty nine in their fifty overs sri lanka all out for one hundred and fifty eight they are out of the tournament after losing their group opener against bangladesh or defending champions india without stop us from vera kohli who's being rested for the event they play their first game against tournament every since hong kong in dubai on tuesday twenty four hours later they take on face rivals pakistan at the same stadium. we have are focusing on black is that because to morrow we bring the whole gong to obviously we have to focus on that particular team but once we finish that bit more recently we'll look at. what distant and weaknesses are. but even for us we haven't. you know the last of all these guys maybe it was during a b. and it would be fourteen it's been a long time since we've cleared at this particular venue now in the n.f.l. buffalo bills player davis made a pretty big decision at half time during the game against the l.a. charges the thirty year old decided it

that. now to sri lanka where hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in antigovernment marches in the capital colombo the protests have been organized by the opposition coalition which is led by the former prime minister mahinda rajapaksa extra police have been deployed and special security has been put in place around parliament the courts have ruled the protesters can be arrested for disrupting the peace the opposition says the government no longer has a mandate health to recent losses in local government elections let's talk to our correspondent. in colombo how much trouble then is the government of three policy reason actually and. money in the government of my policy the sailor facing a dilemma at this stage they're three little over three years into they're. facing a lot of unpopularity escalating cost of living and basically the joint opposition yapping at their here's the joint opposition very much fronted by former president strongman behind the rajapaksa keeping on proving and showing the masses who are still a significant amount of them sued ba

hours with protesters from communities throughout sri lanka they came to the financial heart of the capital to deliver their message to the government that they want change but i operated in up the tax burden on the difficulties we're facing that brought us here we can voluntarily spending our own money to be here. now but yeah we came here because we want my hand to rajapaksa back he's the only one he can deal with the country's problems mahinda rajapaksa is beating the opposition campaign he was president for nine years and is seen as a hero by many for ending the almost thirty year long civil war with tamil tiger rebels he lost the two thousand and fifteen election to form a health minister my trip to the same and after accusations of human rights abuses and corruption of president saddam hussein and the government was seen as a fresh start but critics say their failed to deliver on many election promises. there are many things working in my head to rajapakse his favor right now there are the everyday issues that are brought people onto the streets combined with what's perceived

on the turkey syria border. lots more to come here at al-jazeera including face off in sri lanka as the former president's coalition tries to unseat the current leader. at least ten people are dead and three hundred of windy from typhoon jackie in japan. hello again it's good to have you back well we are seeing a little bit of a break in terms of the rain in the clouds up towards the philippines particular up here towards luzon manila you can be right on the edge of that but we do think in terms of rain you're going to get a break most of the rain is going to down towards the south across the central philippines and also very heavy rain showers could be expected across borneo over the next few days coming down into that area down towards jakarta that we do expect to see some rain for you temperatures staying into the low thirty's up towards parts of singapore maybe thirty degrees for you acquire them poor it is going to be a cloudy and humid day at about thirty three degrees well in parts of australia we are seeing one big storm system make its way across the by right there there is

been on the streets of sri lanka's capital protesting against economic conditions and the delay in holding provincial elections former president mahinda rajapaksa who suffered a surprise defeat three years ago is leading the charge when a reports from colombia. the leaders of the protest movement said it was going to be the biggest show of force yes their predictions of hundreds of thousands fell short nevertheless the streets of colombo would choke for several hours with protesters from communities throughout sri lanka they came to the financial heart of the capital to deliver their message to the government that they want change but i operated in up the tax burden on the difficulties we're facing that brought us here we can voluntarily spending our own money to be here. yeah yeah we came here because we want mahinda rajapaksa back he's the only one he can deal with the country's problems mahinda rajapaksa is beating the opposition campaign he was president for nine years is seen as a hero by many for ending the almost thirty year long civil war with tamil tiger rebels he lost the

stay alive and shoppers in sri lanka are asking is there no end to rising prices but a familiar face reckons he has the balance. hello again we're here crossing we are seeing really up to the north some clouds passing across back who over to the other side of the caspian sea now over the next few days the heavy rain will actually be down towards the south tehran u.b.c. some showers potentially heavy in the afternoons temperature high thirty degrees few there and then as we go towards tuesday a little bit cooler but down towards quiet city we do expect to see about forty two in your forecast well we did see quite a few clouds here across much of the among coast of the last few days those are starting to edge way but down towards the clouds continue to remain and we are going to sing about twenty eight degrees up towards doha seasonable for us where the temps are there of about thirty nine and riyadh we do expect to see your high at about forty and as we make our way down here towards parts of africa we are going to be seeing really a change for parts of capetown we are seeing some bet

spiritual leader mohamed badie who received a life sentence. opposition movement in sri lanka is using the country's economic issues as a political weapon against the governing party the government is struggling to deal with a mountain of debt inherited from the previous administration as way hey reports now from colombo. it's in the small markets that macro economic changes can often be felt most prices of sri lankan food staples like coconuts have been fluctuating at the moment buyers are enjoying a slight reprieve but in the markets of the capital colombo prices have increased about seven percent from a year ago and then in the in the lead and it's very difficult the moment because things have become so expensive we find it difficult to manage because prices keep going up if you let them the government says at three point four percent general inflation is not a problem but it is trending upwards and is one of the economic issues opposition groups the seizing upon as they try to force the government outs but some experts believe by sowing political instability the opposition is in fact u

been cancelled. a major antigovernment protests is expected in sri lanka security has been increased around parliament in the capital colombo the protest has been organized by the opposition coalition led by former prime minister. he says the government no longer has a mandate after losses in recent local elections minal fernandez has more from the sri lankan capital. the demonstration and public rally that the joint opposition is promising is very much it's show of force it's displayed all of the kind of public support it has called the people's protests the people's power brought to colombo this protest is all about the opposition calling for this government to step down the see that it has lost its mandate after a dismal showing at the last local government election they say they have repeatedly sort of messed up the governance of the country now the government says that they have reports that the joint opposition will air to attack some sensitive government institutions and there is a huge police presence there's a water cannon park behind me just down the road from the president

on al-jazeera why sri lanka's former president is accusing the government of mismanaging its finances. and they're supposed to keep students in the u.s. safe but there's a call to kick police out of schools will explain why. hello again we're here across north asia we are watching a front about to make its way towards the parts of the pacific more rain down here towards the south of the next few days and a lot of clouds across much of japan here on monday sunday twenty six tokyo twenty eight same thing down here towards osaka a little bit better across the korean peninsula but a little bit cooler as well with seoul only seeing about twenty degrees then as we make our way towards tuesday the rain starts to build up along the coast of japan you can see tokyo getting that rain as well but for so we are looking at some partly cloudy conditions a beautiful day with those temperatures really coming up maybe about twenty three degrees there where the rain is back here across much of china you can see those showers popping up those afternoon thunderstorms right there we do think that over the

charges in two thousand and fifteen and is now in exile in sri lanka the other is young means half brother mamoun abdul gayoom he was sentenced to nineteen months earlier this year accused of joining forces with the opposition to try to oust the president and chief justice. and another judge ali hamid were arrested earlier in the year after they delivered a ruling that opposition figures had not been given fair trials and could talk less now reports. it's famous is a holiday on its destination popular with newlyweds of the holy book but in the run up to the presidential election in the maldives on sunday there are allegations by the opposition intimidation and security crackdown we keep saying there are going to be heavy rain but we take part in that believing that all the support is so overwhelming that we will be able to overcome that. despite the alleged intimidation opposition challenger ibrahim ali has been campaigning for votes president abdullah yemenis aiming for a second term declared a fifteen day state of emergency this year provoking concerns the country is sliding towards auth

almost all his rivals for president mohamed nasheed who's in exile in sri lanka offered his congratulations yet in the last four five years especially since i was it just. brought home a saw that has led the flock that our party has brought together all the other parties together. and yet has of course proven to be one of the best yes it's that of a country to never have gone originations little. iran's revolutionary guard is vowing what it calls deadly an unforgettable vengeance after saturday's attack that killed at least twenty five people dozens more were wounded when four gunmen opened fire on the event in the city of a vase commemorating the start of the iran iraq war iran's president has accused the u.s. of helping support those who committed the attack an accusation unlikely to help tensions between the country's leaders at the upcoming u.n. general assembly. here campaign is for any bricks at referendum of the marching in liverpool where the opposition labor party is meeting this week they want the party to back a second referendum they believe that jeremy corbyn sa

lanka where she lost her left by sri lankan army r.p.g. and april two thousand and one cat she became really known and recognizable for that pats tell us about that time i tell you. you just. tumble. community has spent so incredibly supportive of my family and done so much like you see so. i really appreciate that from now and i know that here so much to make their voices fair and the journalism student who wrote and i'm sure her parents might not be thrilled. to be dangerous but. it makes me really happy you know we've started journalism school in greece named she was so supportive of us because she believed in how the stock was especially today. if your. students are interested in following greece. pool there's a big picture behind me and it's a view a marine working together and you look at his fees what was it do you think that made your working relationship work so well obviously the same black sense of humor but there's going to be a lot more than that carry you through was a. yeah i mean i don't honestly think it boiled back to how we first met in syria i think it was this eve

this long green. antigovernment protesters in sri lanka a gathering for a major demonstration in the capital security has been increasing around parliament the protests is being organized by the opposition coalition led by the former prime minister brenda rajapaksa he says the government no longer has a mandate after losses in recent local elections wayne hay is there in the midst of things in the capital colombo and wayne so it seems as a mr rudd rajapaksa has managed to get a significant number of people out onto the streets. yes it seems as if it was a bit of a slow start but slowly as people have finished their jobs for the day the streets around this area of the capital city colombo which is where the financial heart of the city really is also a lot of government buildings in this area those streets or started to fill up people have been walking along some of the main arterials leading to the syria to come into this proteas sidewall up they've been waiting for the former president that you mentioned mind to rajapaksa he's been very much behind the push to get these people out on

years ago he was ousted in a coup the spent most of his time in exile in sri lanka he watched as his friend and ally sunday rallied opposition leaders into a coalition to take power back i like to call their conduct alert on the ground moment so i mean the president elect. you has got that dream the heart and it's jeems i love it that in the last four five years first the inside was arrested. the motif has been in political turmoil under your name during his five year tenure two former presidents the prosecutor general and a number of opposition politicians have been jailed in controversial trials. on the eve of the vote campaign office was raided by police but no evidence of electoral fraud was uncovered this was a bigger fish what he was hoping and he was aiming was to consolidate power. and with the way that prior to the elections the way that. as i would call it manipulated the institutions i think it will fully backfired. vians judge his tenure with a pen and paper and extraordinary numbers turnout was over eighty five to seemed despite. i came to vote eight in the morning and i

determined to reduce its debt burden sri lanka has never ever before to the bit. north chance that that's going to happen in the future i. guess and seriously and we really mean to all our commitments to achieve that it says fiscal discipline is paramount and that includes slowing down the practice of taking out more loans to pay existing debts other measures have been taken to like tax increases and the removal of some farm subsidies the government says overall it's in good shape but these are uncertain economic times and in the markets people are also having to watch what they spain's wayne hay al-jazeera colombo mexican director alfonso caught on film roma has won the top prize at the venice film festival the black and white drama draws on across childhood mexico city in the one nine hundred seventy s. it's the first major victory for the streaming company netflix which will distribute that film a wonderful best actor or a vincent van gogh the bio pic eternity's kate and olivia colman won best actress for her role as the eighteenth century queen and the favorite. so ahead on al-

church in mexico to meet the artist who painted a new rules. why sri lanka's former president is accusing the government of mismanaging its finances. hello again welcome back we're here across the southern part of asia we are watching what is happening in the philippines very carefully they are pretty dry right now but if you look up there on the edge of the chart we are looking at a typhoon making its way to the west incident northwest now we don't expect a landfall there but we do expect to see some rains over the next few days so sunday not too bad as we go towards monday still clear but winds are going to begin to pick up and then as we go towards tuesday you notice that we are picking up more clouds and rain so i think by mid-week we're going to be seeing even more of that even though the storm is making its way towards the north well here across australia really not looking too bad at all in terms of any clouds across much of the area we did have some clouds pushing across perth another system making its way towards the tasman sea and we're going to be seeing a little bit c

because the former president who's in exile in sri lanka has already offered his congratulations. i like to call going to congratulate him on the ground. the president elect. dreamed the. and it's seems a little bit in the last four or five years especially since i was arrested from almost all the lead the flock yes live our party has brought together all the other parties together. and here was of course brought on to be one of the best yes it's that of a country to never have congratulations little well we go to yemen now where hundreds in the government held city of eight in a been protesting against the saudi m.r.c. presence in the country they say the coalition has become an occupying force saudi arabia and the u.a.e. intervened in two thousand and fifteen to support yemen's government in its war with the who sees since then u.a.e. backed groups have been accused of committing major human rights abuses in a network of secret prisons in parts of the country they control the resurgence of fighting around the port city of the data is worsening the country's humanitarian crisis the u.n.

hambantota port in sri lanka where the chinese have taken it for ninety nine years because the sri lankans couldn't make that infrastructure pay and there's a worry on the continent that this infrastructure has been inflated in price and is highly unlikely to make a return on investment that is necessary for these countries to get in order to pay back the debt indeed dominoes already beginning to fall so well you know i was going to also you actually further what do you think the president she's where to african business leaders who he met with just before the official official start of the summit when he said that chinese investment in the african continent does not come with political strings attached what does that mean and who does that actually favor. that's that's an interesting point that they're always they they make two points no strings attached and we won't we won't interfere in your internal affairs but i think you're seeing a change of tone a change of voice from seeing playing it's a bit behind the curve i know he's sacked his propaganda chief last week but i think the lookin

bangladesh begin their group b. campaign against sri lanka on saturday american turn for now has become the final player to make the ryder cup team for now finished tied for eighth of the b.m.w. have been philadelphia which impressed us captain jim furyk enough to hand him the last wildcard pick. and which also impressed the crowd from their celebration as he tapped into a stronger than samoan ancestry he joins fellow wild card picks for mickelson and tiger woods on the plains of paris for the showdown with europe at the end of the month and that's all the support from us for now we'll have another update for you again later on thank you very much peter now find this bulletin m.-o. genes have become a part of the way many of us communicate since they were first invented in japan now they're being used in art exhibitions and possibly in the world of science and the hayward reports. a picture can paint a thousand words happy thoughtful even horrified with one tap there's a short cut to human emotion and emote and now making it into the art world at a new exhibition in london artist

moving on to the neighboring province of quebec. to sri lanka now where the former president has accused the government of mismanaging the country's finances the rupee has plummeted against the dollar in recent months and inflation is at an all time high now fernandez has our report from colombo there with joe ward in open the big three in colombo six months ago bringing his savings and experience from working abroad he had big plans but his wife says an unstable economy increasing costs and a sliding rupee have made things very difficult we can't increase our prices each time gas prices increased off live in grief because our customers nor the office certain items that so each time we come increasing so as a result we absorb the cost the price increases have been many. fuel sugar even bus commuters forced to fork out higher fares for the second time in four months. the way i got to doing at that moment it may be a small increase in the fear but when you take the total cost it's a big amount for the money. to make matters worse for the struggling economy the sri lankan rupee has lost alm

settled here and is fine and dry for sri lanka. the weather sponsored by cats are at peace. the occupied west bank city of hebron is on the front line of the arab israeli conflict you don't really care after a while of palestinians you don't like it i don't like it but you just don't care about but one man is standing up to israeli pressure to sell his house for an unimaginable figure you call him you go crazy man you miss the public company of al-jazeera world tells the story of the house that's a symbol of resistance to continuing occupation the hundred million dollar home. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories for you right now sweden center right and center left parties are neck and neck and sunday's general election prime minister social democrats remain the biggest party that asked expected the anti immigration far right party the sweden democrats have made significant gains eighty four people have been killed in renewed fighting in yemen's port city of her data it comes a day after a peace talks in geneva collapsed when the rebel delegation failed to show up hospital sta

beaten in straight sets by the twenty year old belorussian id in sri lanka who won her fast w.t. trophy just last week. former world number one maria sharapova is through it to the last sixteen the five time major champion getting a constable straight sets when the elena penco six three six two was the school in . that was a vital win for the los angeles dodgers going into the final stretch of the season the major league baseball the division leading ira zone a diamondbacks that already hit too hard and runs when matt kemp stepped up to the plate for the dodgers and launched a three run homer that gave the los angeles three fairly. and three two when as they tied our zone at the top of the national league one. now to the second leg of the gulf's at fed ex cup playoffs and america's webb simpson to hold a huge part to lead the hoff way stage in boston this was the part from the seventy feet watching it's way down the slope for an eagle to help him get to eleven under par he leads in dishman justin rose into round us and by one shot. tiger woods fought back after a disappointing o

already affecting us across the southeastern parts of india and through sri lanka it's further away from the land though where the storm really gets going as we head through wednesday and then work its way a little bit further towards the west so this eastern coast of india is where we're expecting the heaviest of the rains over the next few days there is likely to be some flooding and watch out for the winds on the system as well meanwhile here in doha no major change for us over the next few days it's still hot and it's still very very humid the winds are still coming in from the east so they're drawing in all that moisture forty degrees will be our maximum not only on wednesday but on thursday as well it's around where there's a little bit more cloud in the chance of some drizzle. the past past. travels the roads of mexico raising. creative solution of the country's most remote. demonstrated. in the struggle a better speech to the. past passed by a. couple of the viewpoint in america. on al-jazeera. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera president putin says a

in two thousand and fifteen but is now living in exile in sri lanka echoed that call we've all transfixed they do not want to see president ya mean but to his old tricks. not also print cords. no more martial law. no more and i just did all. those up and. they will hopefully again the beautiful country. or junaid muhammed as a chalice with the multi-verse independent i spoke earlier from ali i just came back from what is a celebration going on its. main opposition and the peace can be in center and hundreds of people are gathered. there to jump in the festive crowd the president elect is also there it now his running mate is that as well and i'm the leader of the joint opposition as well and they are saying that there will still have been tonight until elections commission finishes in us in the official provisional results right now from the provisional results that have been called by the local media are ninety eight percent of the war has the countered that is around four hundred sixty three books books is out of four hundred seventy two and continuing to see. the president e

play hardball as i said we've seen in sri lanka where the sri lankans couldn't pay back the debt for this ports and china then took over the lease for it well we all know the chinese doesn't. a chinese long doesn't come with a lot of political strength but it does. i mean china has no conditions in fact over fifty percent of china's loans to africa and latin america is backed by commodity things like energy and food and medicine very important for china to have sort of some sort of backup but overall i don't think people should consider china as some sort of aid provider. the chinese entrepreneurs go over to african countries build up factories and change the landscape of africa it is out of their self interest and not the fundamental thinking of helping african countries i still think the valve for countries like us and europe probably take really the moral high ground in this issue but what's really has changed in the past decade in africa we have to we have to admit that the chinese is actually taking the lead here not the western countries i must add that the the big criticism of

rashid who is also in exile in sri lanka right now and here's what she tells a stream about how she's feeling so the opposition speak to me instead of a lot of people living in exile can go home now so here in colombia there's more than a dozen people and their families who've been out of the country for several years i've been speaking to some of them here and there's a lot of joy about the possibility of returning but many of them say they're not taking chances until this is the transition of power for me personally i've been outside of them all these some more than two years now and i'm looking forward to seeing my family especially my niece who is one year old and why haven't you. jeffrey what do you make of that comment there are several the number really is not countable but there are people who are in x. i know we're not heard from some of them what do you make about. the number is not countable because a lot of the time these are self-imposed there's no charges against a lot of these people there's no reason why they cast all. i would like to there's people have been going to

after a coin toss decided the quarter final between them and sri lanka this time the maldives with three no one is over nepal they'll face india who beat pakistan three one in the other semifinal although the maldives game against the pole was suspended because of a thunderstorm. the colorado rockies have never won a division title in major league baseball but their dreams of breaking that run have taken a step closer that's thanks to a walk off home from d.j. lim a huge they were trailing four to three to the arizona diamondbacks at the bottom of the ninth before he let fly the rockies are one and a half games ahead of the los angeles dodgers in the national league west going into the final weeks of the regular season. to las vegas where unusually there was no faceoff between gennady love can and canelo alvarez at of their huge rematch fight this weekend traditionally both fighters square up for the cameras at the fight week press conferences but they kept their distance on wednesday it's reported that cannot refuse because he's too angry with gloves can the kazakh fighter has mad

independent and strong front runner for clean sport. to cricket and after afghanistan eliminated sri lanka from the asian cup hong kong where i am to join killing field of their own and they didn't do too badly against india in dubai in a group a game on tuesday after the indians posted two hundred eighty five to seven in their fifty overs things to shikhar dhawan century hong kong reached two hundred fifty nine for eight to win to reach the next round though while india next to play pakistan now met all the support from us it's back to barbara in london each year thank you japanese billionaire is set to become the first paying passenger to fly to the moon any stake in some friends along for the ride the space x. company hopes to make the historic flight in twenty twenty three as victoria gave now reports. the japanese entrepreneur who hopes to be the first person to fly to the moon in a private rocket won't reveal how much it's going to cost but you saki amaze our says it will be worth it i choose to go to the. us. finally i can say i'm very good at thirty yet and i really exciting

even goals but needs more time mahinda rajapaksa son who seen as a potential future leader of sri lanka says time is up for the governments and so people doesn't want to see is where they get high are there to be a higher tax i'm sure the people doesn't have on a change that they're all that has stopped them losing jobs and that the unemployment rate is going up mahinda rajapaksa is calling for political change but he's barred from becoming president again because of the constitutional two term limits but as he proved when he was in power the constitution can be changed and he clearly still enjoys plenty of support wayne hay al-jazeera colombo. still to come on the program the chief exec. facebook grilled about foreign influences in election campaigns. i was in school. business. going places together. business updates. going places together. thank. you. and twitter about. election campaigns social media have been warned that new noise could be on the way. to stop them aiding election fraud how does your castro has more from washington. the era of the wild west in social media is c

years bangladesh begin the group campaign against sri lanka on saturday. go for the new world number one justin rose finished second at the b.m.w. chairmanship to secure top spot in the rankings for the first time rose put himself in a great position to win in philadelphia on monday with shots like this. but he missed the perth to win the tournament. i and it was eventually american keegan bradley who beat rose in a playoff to take the tie. a momentous day for american tourney for now who was handed the final spot up for grabs at the ryder cup final finished tied for eighth in philadelphia which impressed united states captain julie theory comerford to hand him the last wild card pick. this is how often are celebrated tapping into his tongue in an samoan ancestry this is something none of the europeans are likely to have in their arsenal when the ryder cup begins in france in two weeks' time. and that's all the sport more later folly here thank you very much i think for this news hour on object here i thank you for watching. it was a big problem because it was different people admire

after serving two terms as president of sri lanka that he never really went away so he is very much leading this opposition movement now this protest movement to try to force the government out and they are saying they're going to get around two hundred thousand people onto the streets all the capital colombo today i was seeing some pretty large numbers there are marching along some of these main roads in the capital city toward some key locations in the city where they will continue their protest and yes the former president himself when the rajapaksa will be present addressing the crowd talking about the aims of this protest movements and how people perceive the the current presence or a center to have failed and delivering his promises. well i think laura it's a case of if you can name and really they will seize upon it in terms of anything negative that can be placed on this government they see this government as being very weak it's being led by a very weak president it's a weak coalition made up of small parties and really since they won the election in twenty fifteen and form

sri lanka from the asian cup hong kong eyeing a giant killing field of their own they're facing india in dubai in a group a game so far it's not really going hong kong's way the indians are one hundred sixty six for to hong kong have to win while india still have to play pakistan in their final group game and that's all the sport for me more sport coming up again later on marty peter thank you very much indeed and that's all for this al-jazeera news have a don't go anywhere because i'll be back in just a moment or two a much brighter day for. the market. and hundred forty one of them. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country haven't truly been able to escape the war. a clan the stine world of illegal trade what you have here is not jus

japan to. a still ahead why sri lanka's former president is accusing the government of mismanaging its finances. and they're supposed to keep student.