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Sri Lanka under nationwide curfew

Anti-government violence spread across Sri Lanka on Monday after the Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, quit.

A nationwide curfew has been imposed in Sri Lanka after violence engulfed the country on Monday claiming five lives and causing more than 180 injuries.

US President Joe Biden signs a "lend-lease act" to speed up military aid to Ukraine and Eastern European allies - we'll speak to the Mayor of the besieged city of Mykolaiv for reaction.

And Caribbean nations are asking the former colonial powers like Britain to pay reparations for the damage done by slavery - as we hear in a special report from Grenada.

50 minutes

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  • Tue 10 May 2022 04:06GMT