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Sri Lankan president says he will appoint a new cabinet within a week

The main opposition party is calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down.

The Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa used a late-night address to offer a number of concessions, but said he needed to stay on to stop the country descending into anarchy. Also, US Democrats' bid for federal abortion law fails, and a passenger who had 'no idea' how to fly lands a plane in Florida as pilot falls ill.

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