The president of Sri Lanka has fled the country after protesters stormed his home and office amid a three-month economic crisis.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife and two bodyguards left aboard a Sri Lankan Air Force plane bound for the city of Male - the capital of the Maldives.
It comes just days after activists took over his residence, as well as the official home of the country's prime minister, over their outrage at the current economic situation. Mr Rajapaksa had agreed to step down, while PM Ranil Wickremesinghe said he would leave once a new government was in place. Lawmakers have agreed to elect a new president next week, but they have struggled to decide on the makeup of a new administration.
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