basically found in a car that was reported a suspicious car that was found parked near this an anthony shrine that is bomb disposal units were brought in the basically approach to this bomb and did carry out a controlled explosion the sheer scale of that bomb coming home in terms of the visuals that we have seen coming out of that explosion first you see this car obviously match of the media the general public will moved away to a safe distance the next thing you know there's not even a sign that a car had been in the area even was close to that car having been sort of destroyed by the force of that explosion even earlier on during the afternoon reports that a package had been abandoned near the main private bus terminus a package containing eighty seven detonators obviously bomb making equipment so

these are all of these factors continuing from yesterday's targeted attacks causing a lot of concern indeed of course the health minister took to the microphones for a press conference earlier in the day menow. range of issues he was talking about in terms of information they did or did not get as a government but also he managed to name a small group that he blamed for the attack but it's still very sketchy as to exactly what involvement they may have had in these attacks if at all. that's right so i mean i guess still very early stages yet this group there has been different claims allegations made against this group. a local organization but the minister also referring to the possibility that the didn't act alone that it was possible that they are looking into all lines of investigation to check

if there had been international support and to see how this group had actually put this together now even the prime minister on a victim missing a yesterday alluded to the fact that international leaders had been approach that requests had gone out internationally to help sri lanka's authorities look and explore all lines of investigation to find out all options to exhaust all avenues of investigation to get to the root of these things so as much as the details that we did hear one group mentioned a further list of names being read out form a circular that was basically sent among intelligence chiefs among the security establishment according to the minister earlier as much as a week or more than that a warning of the potential of such attacks even suicide attacks being the

possibility and the concern here is that not enough action was taken to prevent these things so we'll leave it there but often it is our correspondent in colombo thanks for joining us. the mother rajapaksa is an opposition member in the sri lankan parliament and son of the former president rajapaksa joins me now live from colombo a very good to have you with us on al-jazeera can i just get your initial reaction to the statement from the health minister saying that the prime minister was not aware of a security alert and a likely attack. charlie. and i was saying they're usually we're going to implement that as you know. that course it's. going to be.

so really really you know. give me one. of the say when we want to go to work. as you know no. action to go to it is clearly. going to be the only. kind of up there because you say you want to work with the government and work alongside them though you are the opposition it's easy for the opposition to blame the government you say you don't want to blame the government but as lawmakers aren't you responsible for the safety of the country because nothing you've done nothing but argue amongst yourselves and end up the world seeing a political rollercoaster in sri lanka this last few months with both the prime minister and the president and even the opposition not being able to work with each other you have a responsibility to the people of sri lanka do you not because they're looking to you for guidance and security. well a lot of poor luck with their cars and the blair will be checked to be sure that we

show that the government has and you're going to be what it's about it's not about . this and that we don't create a hundred and one in six thousand six hundred people i don't see it and. i back seem to. believe there's a lot of hooey. so this is. going to the voters are going. to get far more last year and. the reality that even the basic because they've got the money that it will work when they don't need it when people are going to but it has a really iraq that you're not going up and you never even. get started. it's not required to get rid of us and the evil that you do but then again but again sir i'll focus again in on the fact that the defense ministry portfolio and the

national security agency of which you all are part of certainly the prime minister's office is a part of has been divided and split up over the last few months where the president has taken control of this and so you have now a situation where the prime minister is saying i wasn't informed about national security issues so it's very clear that the political infrastructure of sri lanka is broken and that neither side is talking to each other and the real victims of all of this are those two hundred ninety individuals nearly forty of them foreigners international governments will want answers from colombo. did not happen to them or if for their own they really. did look at me ask them about what it is that the government is you know this is something in the ground this is something you haven't any god. or any other. religion and that and that wouldn't be there. in the government we're going to mexico and

we're going to so let's get on with it my government so the important remember the president of the capital not being there. and you know not the. government yet is one of the really bad music and are. going to be a leader by only so i think it's probably so the. obviously. the premise of the last four years because the case then and if that's the case mr patterson if that's the case mr rajapaksa how do we move forward in sri lanka how do the opposition work with the government now to make sure that you get the answers that the country needs to find out who was behind this terrible attack and that is this possibly a turning point for all political parties and groups in sri lanka to take heed of what's happened and start working together and look forward to perhaps

a more cohesive and sustainable future together certainly in terms of the political diaspora. see how i will believe barack and i don't think that is going to be. important that these are not going to be there about the south indian or center and what i mean by that plainly every influence but they're not about the government now and you might not be given the opposition they have been for saying my national security and we're all a bit of it with the government we need the governor something that had run by him in the garment at least meets this senate is going to get in on the senate you know even again it doesn't mean he saw this coming we saw it. with the that's really the reason he needs these kind of activists getting dizzy if you have your act as a country and to me as a country now why don't we understand that the kind of going to protect our people as a god but at the same time and that inner security if not most important in this day

and look at it is actually to be in them and be unwilling to follow the word of information that we're going to take on this relented and really get it and the police asked least and then and even. then i noticed a change in but you know this is going to hit with a c. and it does exactly that. and so this is kind of at banks and beat and beat these dollars by strengthening billions ok well we'll have to leave it there i'm sure that many sri lankans watching this broadcast will take comfort from your words for the moment for the moment turnabout rajapaksa thanks so much for joining us from columbus thank you thank you reynolds. police in the area of arrested five billionaires as part of an anti corruption investigation those arrested are said to be close to former president of the lizzie's beautifully now the former prime minister and the current finance minister have also been ordered to appear in court

in connection with an investigation into the misuse of public money meanwhile there are more protesters demanding change. our correspondent has been following events in algeria interesting set of arrests and one wonders what the connection is between these billionaires and the former president these are basically oligarchy connected with the former political establishment in the syria people like. the biggest private company in the country with activities in different sectors such as steel electronics food and business the couldn't of brothers are know to be associated with who is the brother of the former president and his top political adviser had one of the wealthiest men or worse arrested a few days ago i don't think it's the government. pretty much concerned about the anger on the streets people are saying that the reason why we took to the streets is first of all to change the political establishment but also to ensure that those

responsible for impoverishing algeria should face justice we're talking about the richest nation one of the richest nations in the african continent of the richest by far in north africa it's rich in gas and. oil but it has huge comic problems back a few years ago he had in his reserves something like two hundred billion dollars in foreign currency now that number has shrunk to something like seventy billion dollars and people are saying where has that money. the accused people like. the corner of likelihood there are many others of taking advantage of that relationship with the political elite getting massive bank loans failing to pay back those those taking advantage of favorable deals with the government taken over a huge project of the country and people say they should definitely face justice how do you assess than the protests that are wrong going in terms of the fact that people are saying we want to regime change and we want clean trust current

government and yet you have these sorts of arrests who's making those arrests and why are they making them will they ever reach a quarter will justice be seen this is just a witch hunt or is this just a show there are two sort of sets of protests going on here indeed indeed is definitely an attempt by the government to say you know what we are determined to answer your demands are very are well arresting those people who have been. accused of embezzling public funds and yesterday with the another they are suddenly the former prime minister. along with the finance minister a strong indication of they are determined to go forward probably as a serious because it's all these things to be more of a window dressing on the placebo rather than a genuine political reform they say we would like to see are the colorable son who is the president now interim president of all syria also. to step aside and they don't really believe that those in power in power in algeria are genuine about any

political reform and this explains why the general sentiment among the people is the need to push ahead for more protests on the streets or just see what happens certainly in algeria in the coming days or the moment thank you. military council has ordered people to stop blocking roads and let police do their jobs they warning comes after protesters suspended talks with the council the deposed president earlier this month. was in this third week of the sit in at the army headquarters in sudan's capital how to thousands gathered around the podium there waiting for the coalition of the declaration of freedom and change to announce names first a billion transitional council the coalition made a different announcement. that will continue with the sit in and have suspended talks with the military council will escalate the revolution on the streets through protest schedules tell all demands are implemented we'll start forming a complete transitional authority that will announce in

a few days. the military council took over when it ousted president bashir on the eleventh of april ending his thirty year rule it had hoped that forcing out bashir would end the sit in that started nearly a week before after months of protests. since taking over the military council has been in talks with political parties to form a transitional government but many at the sit in say the army isn't keen to hand over power to civilian government a key demand for them to end the protests and return home. as i would have in my opinion where with the declaration of freedom and change because they got is this far i will be with them till the end since the council is part of the old regime and is behaving like the old regime will continue with protest till it's gone we said to those we need music because so many years. ago. it was not good and now we want to change this is the citizens.

government that is it is us of course it is the ruling. anything. the military council has repeatedly said that it will hand over power if political parties in sudan are ready to form an inclusive government of consensus. we are hoping that we and the political parties and other stakeholders will get over our differences so we can speed up with what is needed at this time the military council reaffirms that it isn't against any party and abides by the slogans of the revolution for freedom peace and democracy. but not all parties are in agreement on how to form the government and what it should look like. professional association and its coalition and i think that it has suspended talks with the military council it seems that the development of the army headquarters is not coming to an end anytime soon and more than a week after al thing president bashir is nowhere near forming a transitional government. what comes next will largely depend on how much pressure

the protesters can put on the military council and how long it takes for the divided parties to come together to start a new face for the country. even more going on to zero. let's go live to. our correspondent is standing by and of course an issue of perhaps trying to find a compromise is it seems far away for the protesters when it comes to the demands that they want of course the way that they conduct their negotiations with those of the currently in charge of the country. that's right because until yesterday evening there was hopes high hopes that the two sides were moving towards a common understanding but that statement by the leaders a test. stop is in talks with representatives of the military council and the political. he gave a warning and you know made everyone he expect the worst to come in in terms of the

dealings between the two sides are sore today the military council has announced that he has called on the protesters to clear the roads and remove the roadblocks and accuse them of public order and discipline public order so two announcements there within less than twenty four hours that don't bode well in terms of the future of this. world and this is standoff between the military and the protesters will be talking to some of them a little bit and in the morning there was a little bit of frustration among protesters because they were expecting the list of government members to have been announced yesterday night a little bit of frustration to worsen it a ship of the protest but there were also speeches and communications from the leadership of the protest to explain to their base that they need more time before they announce those lists and they need also to make sure that the military council will respond favorably to what the lists of names suggest the military

council is accused by the protesters of dragging its feet and refusing to hand over power to the civilians the military council is saying that it needs more time because it's not just the protesters it's not just those coalitions within the protests that are concerned it's also a wide spectrum of political parties that have all to come together around an understanding and an agreement about the formation of this government so each side has its own argument and its own its own idea about what's going on and they have really to go ahead and meet their understanding is that that's going to happen in the near future because if they don't meet and if they don't talk everybody knows they will not be able to move forward on this problem. for the moment i'm happy to leave it there of course and monitor events with you from khartoum thank you now it's the third and final day of voting in egypt's controversial referendum

which could extend the president of the vote and see she's term in office until twenty thirty the official results are expected to be announced on tuesday but rights groups say the referendum is not free or fair if approved the changes could allow the president to appoint top judges that expand the role of the powerful military security across egypt while thickness of the fire is the founder and chairman of the british arab network and joins me now from london good to have you with us on al-jazeera and in an interesting referendum depending on how you perceive it either inside of egypt or outside it but the consequences of the result will reverberate for decades ahead. certainly i feel and think that befriend them measure was to humble as a last nail in the egyptian arab spring revolution and this entrenched c.c.

into a military dictatorship and talked of dictatorship where the military control or leavers of powers what is worrying that. the seas is a problem gander and the egyptian media spread false assumptions that the west and israel fear will see she is very important for them and he is for tech to base is indispensable for them and such. spreading of false information heritage as a west in the. eyes and egyptian public in general because they don't pretend militia and they don't know exactly true facts about general sisi and of course you don't have a scenario. for the present brock obama told the barak to go you have europe who have yet to say to c.c. you've gone too far and if you have a scenario as you say that is now sort of reminiscent of the barak era if

everything is cyclical in history then you will have another uprising of the future potentially if there is a credible voice or a credible opposition. certainly egypt is a time bomb now. we have control of the military control of the intelligence has got a huge a spy network but i'm sure the west as obama has done can ask him emphatically and the clearly to quality today and leave power because he won't stand almost a generation to rule egypt which is ridiculous someone who hardly been known five years ago to want twenty or the country for thirty or forty years to come i think. it's a very very serious situation in egypt egypt is poor or egypt is breaking down as a country and it could be a failed state in very short period of time this is sixty thousand people

imprisoned sawzall screen disappeared or killed and the spider says they get ninety seven percent and lost their friend them so he fixed the results on the i'm sure he's going to fix those outsources there from them to over the but we will leave it i think most of us thank so much for joining us from our london bureau thank you. thank you well still to come here well the al-jazeera news on a protest as a moroccan box calling on the government to release activists who've been detained . but why this moment has been thirty two years in the making for taiwan joe we'll have those details in sport. a clan the style and world of illegal trade what you have here is not just archaeological objects you're talking about a political dimension where the spoils of war are smuggled and sold to walk in

houses and private collectors dying for selling artifact is where finances the beheadings of muslims in the middle east don't sal don't cry that's one quick solution trafficking on al-jazeera. one of the really special things about working for others here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to the story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for it is you know it's very challenging liberally particularly because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are the people we live to tell the real story so i'll just mandate is to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe.

looking back you're watching al-jazeera news with me said rob a reminder of our top stories sri lanka's president says he'll ask for foreign assistance into sunday's attacks that killed two hundred ninety people got but to also give police the military extensive powers to detain anyone without a court order. also sudan's military council is all the people to stop blocking roads and let police do their jobs the warning comes after protesters said they've suspended talks with the council that deposed the president over the share this month. the u.s. is unsettled no longer allow any country to bahrain you know oil secretary of state might pompei or said waivers that made it possible for some countries to purchase oil from iran will no longer be bush. says. it is now to iran to ensure that sanctions are lifted. with the announcement today

we made clear our seriousness of purpose we are going to zero we how long we remain there. depends soley on the islamic republic of iran senior leaders we've made our demands very clear to the ayatollah and his cronies and your pursuit of nuclear weapons stop testing and political missiles stop sponsoring and committing terrorism halt the arbitrary detention of us citizens are pressure is aimed at fulfilling these demands and others that will continue to accelerate until iran is willing to address them at the negotiating table ukrainian media and of lot of man's lansky has won the presidential election by a landslide political office is estimated to have received around seventy five percent of the vote his rival petro poroshenko has conceded defeat forestry will cannot reports from. having played the role of president in a t.v.

show below to meet zielinski is now on course to make that role a reality winning an overwhelming majority of votes cast on sunday. thank you to my parents for their support and for living through all of this thanks to my team for their strength and stamina has my wife heard all of the things that was said about me in this campaign and perhaps she would never have married me faced with defeat president petro poroshenko was mcmanus but he will continue to play a role in ukrainian politics do you dear ukrainians i want to underline that the new president will face strong opposition very strong but i want to say that the country our ukraine which is the best in the world well only benefits the next. poroshenko painted zielinski as naive and didn't experience dangerous for a country at war with russia with questionable links to an unsavory only go. but

zelinsky portrayed himself as a simple guy who had come to break the oligarchic system a corrupt system many ukrainians believe poroshenko as a wealthy businessman belonged to it was either a protest vote or a genuine belief that a comedian might make a worthy commander in chief a more just maybe it is time maybe those who think differently i majority leader choices very simple either or either hope or a like with zelinsky is hope but you must mean we want change. blood to me zielinski a fictional president now it seems the president elect. fiction has become fact. zillion ski and his team can celebrate this election victory but defeating corruption and ending the war with russia is going to prove far

harder word in english. guy. he may be funny but ukrainians have shown little patience for presidents and failed to deliver. a mob and forestay walker joins me now from the capital kiev in a real perhaps a new chapter in ukraine's history is about to be written robin. so well you know an election was held and a president got elected nothing remarkable about that but perhaps what is remarkable is that this election was to some extent pretty competitive and the incumbent president accepted the result and is no handing over well with me to talk about how that campaign. took place how it went is peter taylor he's head of mission of the overseas main election observation office peter thank you very much for coming on al-jazeera to talk to us about this campaign. and the election

process which was which went pretty well i think by your standards yes it's went quite well and remember we had two rounds yesterday went well as far as we can assess for the time being it was competitive there are shortcomings in the legal system that legal framework but still there were competitive what is the main take home from all of this as far as ukraine is concerned as we are here to assess a rather long process which also includes pre election day election day and what comes after it's a little too early for us to have a full assessment but this has meant is that it went well on election day we notice that there were no major. problems with the counting no major problems with the tabulation as and as you said the incumbent to concede defeat early. we are also looking at whether you can say that that where it was easy for the voters to

make an informed choice there we are more. have more views about the media landscape the ownership of the media there with the extent they gave a impulsion imbalance view of the of the alternatives we are still not ready yet but we do our own monitoring of the media and there are interests of the illness reflecting also in the way t.v. has which is the main channel used to use papers and it's so important that we do see a scope for improvement so we can see. the the winning candidate flood the music had his own television channel effectively pumping out. very positive messages in the form of television programming and so forth did the company. have access to the same kind of. support well the incoming bush has his own t.v. channel as you know which reflected his views in

a motion. positive way according to our military so in that respect you because they had two different sides were given but it's more the question is it possible for the voted to get you know what are the what are the alternatives where the option was not the policy being proposed and there was not so much reflected in media probably because both candidates. were not so eager to discuss substantive issues it was very much a personalized campaign unfortunately we've got to end it there i wanted to ask you whether there been any outside interference in the ukrainian election process because there was a lot of chatter a lot of talk. of course we know in this in this current information age that russia has been very active in elections throughout europe in the united states but at least from here in ukraine we now have a new president and things are looking obviously very positive for the music people he's got a tough challenge ahead of him back to you thanks very much roy and robin force

a walk i think you have. to north africa where they've been explosions overnight around libya's capital troops aligned to the un recognized government targeted warlord khalifa haftar us forces the world health organization says two hundred fifty four people have been killed and thousands injured in the last three weeks and i saw marty is the director of the tripoli based institute joins me now from london good to have you with us on the program again what does the use of drones mean in this much larger picture of the conflict that we're seeing on the ground. well it's certainly a green light from trump mortimer compositions that were taken close only a few days ago with between trump and after wrestling to buy local isn't in the u.a.e. which are told the drone base and use them looking out for them during which the to destroy us of the ability to not under doesn't it will displace thousands more in dozen or dozens more injured dozens of missed occasions but will cross into the

back of those operations and i think what drones them to do is escalate so that. they supplement in ground forces that are active and as we've seen over the last couple of weeks more such as an effect of displacing people and killing civilians has not been attractive and taking ground in tripoli still remains at times either on the outskirts of tripoli or in the last few days went back to a staging ground really and we launched this at the invitation into tripoli that you're not weeks ago so i guess drone strike to give you a competitive advantage but what we really do is that for submission of the civilian population there's a lot a lot we can't we can't beat this ingrained forces will often struggle in that when they compete against the forces that are discrete that move about protecting much as a presence or noise presence and taken by surprise so it's a very it was a it's a cowardly way in a great callous war and of course you have a tacit support for us to have to you have saudi and the u.a.e. getting involved in the drones apparently.