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Alarm expert Michael Seed has coughed up less than £50,000 of the £4.7million he pocketed in Britain’s biggest burglary. He will now serve an extra six-and-a-half years on top of his ten-year jail term

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Sri Lanka's president fled the country early Wednesday, slipping away only hours before he promised to step down under pressure from protesters angry over economic chaos that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel. But the crisis that has gripped the island nation for months was far from over:…

The Rajapaksa dynasty dominated Sri Lankan politics until April when street protests against fuel and food shortages began to slip out of control. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country early on Wednesday, leaving no one from the once- illustrious family in a position of power.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed acting president after the crisis-hit country declared a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday following President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's flight from the country.

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Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic and political crisis since the civil war. In previous weeks we've covered the recent downturn. But at the centre of it all is one family. Their history is the key to understanding the present crisis.

In 2020, Mahinda Rajapaksa won elections to become Sri Lanka's prime minister, serving under his brother and president Gotabaya. In 2021, another sibling, Basil, was named finance minister, tightening the family's hold on power.