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headlines sri lankan president gotobaya
rajapaksa has assured people he will
resign as promised this week as crowds
continue to overrun the presidential
palace protesters say they won't leave
until he is out of office
a vigil will be taking place shortly for
japan's former prime minister shinzo abe
who was assassinated on friday the
result of sunday's election means the
country's governing coalition can now
change the constitution to become a
non-pacifist nation
fifteen people have been killed after a
russian rocket hit an apartment building
in the town of chassis ya in eastern
ukraine at least 20 people are feared to
be buried beneath the rubble
and much of europe is experiencing a
major sweltering heatwave in spain
temperatures have hit 43 degrees celsius
the heat in portugal has sparked
wildfires those are the headlines