The World Tonight

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Sri Lanka in chaos
President Rajapaksa flees - protesters storm PM's offices
13 Jul 2022,45 mins
Nominations close in Tory leadership contest
Rishi Sunak through - Sajid Javid pulls out
12 Jul 2022,45 mins
Conservative leadership candidates feel the heat
1922 Committee of backbenchers sets out rules and timetable for contest
11 Jul 2022,45 mins
Rishi Sunak enters Tory leadership race
Former Chancellor says it’s time to stop telling “fairytales”
08 Jul 2022,45 mins
Boris Johnson resigns as Conservative leader
Johnson insists he will remain prime minister until the autumn
07 Jul 2022,45 mins
Cabinet ministers tell PM to go
Boris Johnson stays put - and sacks Michael Gove
06 Jul 2022,60 mins
Chancellor and Health Secretary quit
Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resign from the government
05 Jul 2022,60 mins
Russian troops "liberate" entire Luhansk region
Putin orders troops to continue offensive in the country
04 Jul 2022,45 mins
Alleged member of IS terror cell on way back to UK
Aine Davis – one of the “Beatles” - could be flown in a few weeks from Turkey
01 Jul 2022,45 mins
Blow to Biden’s climate agenda
US Supreme Court limits President’s power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
30 Jun 2022,45 mins
2015 Paris terror attacks verdict
Only surviving attacker given full life term
29 Jun 2022,45 mins
Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in jail
Maxwell was convicted in December of sex trafficking for Jeffrey Epstein
28 Jun 2022,45 mins
Big rise in NATO forces on high alert
Russian strike kills 13 at Kremenchuk shopping centre
27 Jun 2022,45 mins
Roe vs Wade overturned by Supreme Court
US women lose constitutional right to abortion
24 Jun 2022,45 mins
Polls close in 2 crucial by-elections
Conservatives could lose seats in West Yorkshire and Devon
23 Jun 2022,45 mins
Afghanistan’s worst earthquake for 20 years
Officials believe at least 1000 people dead
22 Jun 2022,45 mins
Widespread disruption for rail passengers
Unions walk out over pay and jobs
21 Jun 2022,45 mins
Eve of 3 day national rail strike
Britain's railway network winds down ahead of industrial action
20 Jun 2022,45 mins
Ukraine offered official EU candidate status
Commission boss says she wants Ukraine to "live the European dream"
17 Jun 2022,45 mins
BBC speaks to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
German, French and Italian leaders visit Kyiv
16 Jun 2022,45 mins
Lord Geidt resigns
Prime Minister's independent ethics advisor goes “with regret”
15 Jun 2022,45 mins
Plane carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda stopped
Last minute intervention from European Court of Human Rights
14 Jun 2022,45 mins
Northern Ireland Protocol bill published
Liz Truss says changes do not break international law
13 Jun 2022,45 mins
High Court rules for government on Rwanda policy
First flight taking asylum seekers from UK can go ahead on Tuesday
10 Jun 2022,45 mins
Two British men sentenced to death
Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner were captured by Russian forces fighting for Ukraine
09 Jun 2022,45 mins
UK's growth forecast to be zero next year
OECD says UK will be major economy worst hit by Ukraine war
08 Jun 2022,45 mins
PM: "line has been drawn" after confidence vote
Tory MPs who voted to oust Johnson say he'll be replaced before general election
07 Jun 2022,45 mins
Boris Johnson wins vote of confidence
211 Conservative MPs back PM - 148 vote against
06 Jun 2022,45 mins
Boris Johnson booed during Jubilee celebrations
Service of thanksgiving held at St Paul's Cathedral
03 Jun 2022,45 mins
Britain celebrates Queen's Platinum Jubilee
4 days of festivities to mark Elizabeth's 70 years on the throne
02 Jun 2022,45 mins