three longer impose a state of emergency following sunday's bomb attack that killed at least three hundred ten people. hello and welcome to al-jazeera live for my headquarters in doha with the product also ahead myanmar's highest court rejects the final appeal by two journalists jailed for breaking in official secrets. military leaders and said on the order protesters to remove barricades the demonstrators say they go nowhere until there's a civilian government and. mexico detains hundreds of asylum seekers in the biggest crackdowns and so-called modern cad stocking arriving from neighboring countries.

because observing a national day of mourning after more than three hundred people were killed in multiple suicide attacks on easter sunday. people have been praying outside churches that were bombed and observe three minutes of silence in memory of those killed explosions ripped through churches and hotels killing worshipers locals and tourists a limited state of emergency has come into effect across the country twenty six people have been arrested so far as get more now our correspondent in alpha mandas is joining us live from the capital and as the country started the national day of mourning what that three minute silence menow the death toll has risen.

that's right elizabeth we're hearing the police spokesperson putting the death toll now at three hundred ten obviously this number rising every few hours or as the days progress now don't forget that we had over five hundred people being injured and the very nature and the ferocity of those explosions that drip the church. basically you can just imagine the needs of the injuries so we basically expecting that these talent is the further numbers of dead that keeps racking up maybe people that are succumbing to their injuries so as we hear the death toll going up there still seems to be further incidents yesterday we had a controlled explosion of an explosive device in a vehicle today there are reports coming in that just down the road from here in a railway station that a suspicious package was detected on

a train bound for a place mount ravine or further down from the city of colombo the train has been stopped passengers have been taken off they're waiting police at the scene say the bomb disposal units have been called in awaiting to see what. transpired there obviously a situation where there is a lot of tension a lot of concern anything and everything is being treated as a potential bomb or an explosive device we found and now the package on the way to the airport on the road yesterday road was closed bomb disposal squad was called in however they found that this was not an explosive device but people aren't taking any risks so a lot of things happening down the road from here the presidential secretary probably see over my shoulder there's a v.i.p. movement heading to the presidential secretariat where there are continuing meetings the president is expected to meet with him by. foreign representatives

here in colombo and those things are going on as things unfold here in sri lanka elizabeth the president mandela has asked for foreign assistance because he believes that the perpetrators did have foreign assistance and all of this happening under a what's being called a limited state of emergency across the country. that's right as of midnight on monday we have these regulations and the clauses aimed at the prevention of terrorism closes under that regulation being brought in under a state of emergency so the authorities saying that this would be aimed at giving the police adequate measures to be able to predict the people and the country now generally emergency their wide ranging sweeping powers were expecting that there

might be a limited form of this specifically relating to a particular offenses the ability to detain people to question them to integrate them but giving the police and law enforcement authorities sort of a wider flexibility to do this not necessarily within the required sort of fourteen days or the requirement to produce them before magistrates giving them a little more flexibility the exact regulations are yet to be made public the proclamation of the announcement of the emergency has gone into place and we are in that state of emergency but what exactly these new either fences or or criteria under the emergency we are still waiting to hear details elizabeth thank you very much for that for now that isn't enough and fernandez with the latest live in colombo thank you. we're going to move on to other news now myanmar's highest court has rejected the final appeal of two voices journalists imprisoned for breaking an

official secrets law while out and have spent more than sixteen months in detention they were arrested and twenty seven team are working on an investigation into the killing of ten men during a military crackdown let's go to our correspondent scott hyla he is tracking that story from bangkok so the court once again rejecting their appeal as they did and january but significantly this was their final appeal scholar's elizabeth yes it was and that's because it was the supreme court the highest court in me and more the decision being made in the that or the capital now it what you said in january that was their first appeal that was rejected that was a lower court in yangon where this trial initially went through the verdict there read back in september said things that sentencing the two gentlemen to seven years behind bars today what we heard on tuesday was from the supreme court as you said that's the last resort for an appeal and they said that the ruling stands and

actually that the punishment is well served as the crime fits the crime they said so seven years these two young gentlemen will remain behind bars it's a it's a crime scott that not just the journalists lawyers but many in the international rights and legal community have argued that police have not provided proof for and yet we're seeing this happen in a country that is supposed to be transitioning to democracy. yes absolutely you know this is something something that's interesting to just last week the investigation the two general working on about the ranger murdering of ten remains a gentleman in a part of the province in rakhine state they won that investigation want to put surprise for international reporting just last week international condemnation of freedom groups human rights groups international politicians the united nations has

come out over these last several months since these gentlemen were arrested so obviously a big international outcry warders news agency their employer issued a statement almost immediately after the verdict i say the decision from the supreme court came down they said that they're going to continue to fight for their freedom and they said that they were victims there their reporters were victims of a police set up elizabeth scott thank you very much for that phenomena scott hide live in bangkok thank you. saddam's military council has warned protesters against blocking roads and caught a film signaling that it may take action to remove them demonstrators have been outside the headquarters for more than two weeks to take down their barricades a coalition of political parties has suspended talks with the military council for failing to transfer power to a civilian authority so don's with a train leaders say they're working to woods forming the civilian government as soon as possible gonna let the of the how do you rule views offered by the groups

including the forces of the declared is sinful freedom an expression of full of peaches and national interests this made us at the incisional military consul more optimistic that's an imminent political solution based on consensus is it possible to have a mortgage and has this update from. the coalition of the declaration of freedom and change which includes twenty two political parties and the sudanese professional association the body that has been spearheading calls for protests in sudan for the past four months have said that the military council is not keen to hand over parts of civilian government they've also said that they don't want the council to include anybody from the former government and from the former ruling party in the upcoming transitional government when that is formed the coalition suspended talks with the government or with it with the military council on sunday saying that unless the council says it is ready to hand over power and recognizes the fact that it's time to hand over power to civilian government then they are not

going to continue talks obviously the military council as we've heard from them say that they want all political parties to be in consensus when that transitional government is being formed and not just a single coalition and meanwhile this is all happening where thousands of protesters continue to gather in front of the army headquarters despite the council saying that the barricades that the place there should be removed those barricades are still there and protesters are saying that the barricades represent their resistance to any four is that is going to try to disperse the sit in there saying that they will not move and they will not remove their barricades until an independent transitional government is formed of course at the moment the political parties and the sudanese professional association as well as the military council are yet to decide how that transitional government would look like and how it would be formed so it looks like the sit in front of the army headquarters is not going to come to an end anytime soon. the u.s. has demanded all countries stop buying iranian oil or face sanctions ironic sports

a little more than a million barrels per day with the majority going to china india south korea and japan washington announced last year that it would impose sanctions on any country importing oil from iran but it offered waivers to some key trading partners or secretary of state my pump air now says that those waivers won't be of a new when they expire next month south korea has since reacted to the announcement saying the goal. what the u.s. to extend the wave on the way home pay also said the united arab emirates and saudi arabia will and shore sufficient supplies of oil but they are the pace to contradict that saying it wanted to made a step up rosslyn jordan has more from washington. the u.s. says its efforts to impose a worldwide embargo on iranian oil is already working in the last eleven months the trumpet ministration says iran has lost about ten billion dollars in oil revenue all this says washington to punish the han for what it calls the government's quote

maligned ways the top administration and our allies are determined to sustain and expand the maximum economic pressure campaign against iran to end the regimes destabilizing activity threatening the united states our partners and allies and security in the middle east these demands are not just coming from the united states government and many of our allies and partners they are similar to what we hear from the iranian people themselves the u.s. imposed oil sanctions on iran in may two thousand and eighteen after it withdrew from what president donald trump called the ineffective iran nuclear deal the u.s. wanted to cut off iran's ability to support hezbollah and who the fighters as well as send aid to governments in syria and venezuela last fall when oil supplies were tight the u.s. gave several countries permission to wrap up their existing iranian oil purchases by no later than may second but now the u.s. says supplies are plentiful and so the five countries still importing iranian crude

china india turkey japan and south korea no longer have a reason to keep buying from terre han. to conduct these transactions one almost always needs to participate in the financial markets and we intend to enforce the sanctions we don't lay out sanctions that we don't have any intention of encouraging countries to cooperate with analysts say it's important to look at the impact sanctions could have on ties between the u.s. and other countries for example how sanctions could derail current chinese american trade talks but analysts say it's just as important to consider why the white house considers saudi arabia and the united arab emirates and not other oil producing nations key to making the iranian embargo work i think that actually feeds into this narrative of this very close relationship that the president trumped hassle with the saudi royal family and of course the united states is again this is the president who looks at issues from

a transactional standpoint state department officials won't say just how soon after may third that the u.s. will impose sanctions on countries still buying oil from iran but they are adamant they say the only way to get iran to change its behavior is by imposing an embargo and the only way to make certain that the embargo works is to impose sanctions on other countries even if those countries happen to be the u.s. friends rosalyn jordan al-jazeera the state department so ahead on the bulletin a new prime minister takes charge in monny but people are growing impatient of violence and an economic crisis and when the mexican city of bad credit is what people are mocking five hundred g.s. the spanish conquest despite a diplomatic dispute. and

there's still plenty of active weather in the middle east at the moment they like to sweating massive cloud. it's here making its way through parts of iraq and into iran giving some of us some heavy rain and even some snow in places as well that system will work its way eastwards as we head through the day on tuesday and things behind it will dry up so aleppo there will get to around twenty degrees in the sunshine the showers though they are here making their way eastwards we're also see more wet weather over parts of afghanistan welcome rain here we do need more in the way of what weather but that's extending all the way further north as well here in doha the winds will say strong over the next few days and that will ensure the temperatures aren't quite as high as they have been so a maximum of around twenty eight degrees but it will feel a little bit cooler than that if you were out in that wind for this now this humid in muscat a top temperature here of around thirty two and dropping to thirty as we head through the next few days even further towards the south we've got plenty of

showers here some of the wettest of the weather is in the southern parts of south africa very heavy downpours around the coast some of the worst of that will begin to move away as we head into wednesday and then there will be more draw weather around but it won't be completely dry i think we'll still see some showers particularly over this region in the northeast some of it will be quite heavy. sponsor. i really want to get down to the nitty gritty of the reality whether online. male chauvinism that is with. it is really hard to get. or if you join us. this is a dialogue everyone has a voice to talk to us in our live you tube chat and you too can be in history join the global conversation on out is iraq.

it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera and these are top stories people across sri lanka have held three minutes of silence in memory of more than three hundred people killed in sunday's bomb attacks that targeted churches and hotels a limited state of emergency has come into effect across the country. highest court has rejected the final appeal of two voters journalists imprisoned for breaking an official secrets the wall. were arrested twenty seventeen or working on an investigation into the killing of ten men during a military crackdown and saddam's military council has protested against blocking roads and khartoum signaling that it may take action to remove them a coalition of political parties has suspended talks with the military council for

failing to transfer power to a civilian authority. the u.s. is offering a reward of up to ten million dollars for information that could allow disrupt funding for lebanon's hezbollah the state department specifically names three lebanese businessmen as examples of key funders of the party's armed wing as bolivar save support from the wrong which the u.s. has labeled a state sponsor of terrorism. in previous years hizbullah has generated about one billion dollars annually through direct financial support from iran international businesses and investments donor networks and money laundering activities the group uses these funds to support its more line activities throughout the world which includes the development of militia to syria in the support of assad dictatorship. and to yemen in support of the rand line who think rebels. ugandan

police have arrested a pop star turned politician bobby why after shutting down one of his concerts and firing tear gas at his fans please pull the m.p. from his car and. speak to fans about the cancelled show why is one critic of long time president a seventy authorities have frequently stopped him from performing. the president of money has named a new prime minister after the government resigned last week former finance minister would form a new government in the coming days he is under pressure to improve security as the country faces a rise in violence and reports from the capital bamako a twelve year old feels like he's being spun a tale every day adults tell him his school will reopen tomorrow he's here at the same story for almost a year but schools have remained closed with striking teachers demanding to be paid . it's just seriously their words that really count when things really matter to us this. year mr well the last lesson on keeping promises is still on the

blackboard mr good day waits to hear from the newly appointed prime minister hoping that he will keep his word and make education a priority because there may be enough funds for the one billion dollars a year u.n. peacekeeping operation in mali but not enough to pay mr two hundred dollars monthly salary. the government doesn't care about schools this is a setback for the future of young people if we cannot invest in young people then the future of our country of mali is in jeopardy. former finance minister forty one year old. newly appointed prime minister after the government was forced to step down last week following a mass demonstration on the streets of of mostly young people they're unhappy with the state's inability to keep money in safe from attacks the price of basic necessities are shot up by twenty percent strikes affect the education justice in

transport system crippling the capital while bomb i go is one of the fastest growing cities in africa it's also one of the youngest with half of all of mali and under the seat and so the challenge for this new prime minister is to form a government that will be accepted by all and address grievances of this young population. is the young municipal council on monday. the mean attacked his town killing scores of soldiers it took hours before reinforcements arrived. but it's not that i feel betrayed by or governament the state. there is no police. no prisons to reassure them. and make us feel like we are part of mali with a new prime minister these government is at a crossroads waiting for the state to deliver the promises made at stake is the

country's future because hawke al-jazeera about micro voting has ended in a constitutional referendum which could extend president out of. an office until twenty thirty the official results are expected to be announced on tuesday said the referendum wanted to be free or fair if approved the changes could allow the president to appoint top judges and expand the role of the powerful in the tree well valley a family is an associate professor of political science at long island university and she says egypt's economy has suffered. since the military coup of two thousand and thirteen and the president's election we have seen egypt degraded economically where the cost of living has increased where upwards of sixty percent of population is a poverty and so economically has not been successful in terms of security even blue the military is in it is in sinai with all the u.s. military aid and buying arms from france sisi has not been able to eliminate twelve hundred fighters isis fighters from sinai so in terms of securing the state and

growing the state economic we all of his schemes including the expansion of the suez canal have not led to the growth that he has promised and sourcing that he's not carrying out to save that oprah's it needs to be in power and extend his term limits so that he can be successful goes against the notion of what a democratic process is all about it's about being voted in and then out of office not being voted in and then not being removed and so essentially what egypt is doing which is unprecedented in its history is crystallizing formal up there terry military rule. logic has begun in the third largest phase of india stag a general election promised in that interim order voted in his home state and goes up morning is aiming for a second term in office the election as saying as a referendum on has a five year old polls are now almost half way through five hundred forty three seats in the lower house of parliament. north macedonia is heading for

a presidential election runoff after the turnout in the first round was too low for any candidate to win outright the election campaigns dominated by deep divisions of the country's recent name change a pro candidate will now be pitted against a nationalist in the second round of may and. has more from the capital skopje. the first round of the presidential elections the north passed in fair and democratic atmosphere the candid the ruling coalition there will bend out of position candidate. have passed in the second round of the president all elections citizens of north most adorning the second round for two weeks both candidates expect to receive support from voters and ethnic minority in the first round. pick a candidate awful position albinia in parties who won eighty thousand wards but did not enter in the second round of elections in june last year the country reach an

agreement with neighbor greece and resold the name dispute and a step to compromise name northam with the dornier the country will become a full member of nato by the end of the year. a powerful earthquake has struck the northern philippines killing at least eleven people and injuring sixteen others the magnitude six point three quake northwest of the capital manila damaging buildings and knocking out power officials in the town of products say three bodies have been pulled from a collapsed building rescuers are continuing to search for survivors. mexican police have detained hundreds of refugees and migrants are trying to make their way to the united states only a president like his article had promised to welcome them but he's facing pressure from washington to stop the crossings from mexico city john heilemann has the latest. hundreds of people detained then in this caravan of about three thousand

people it's being called the biggest mass detention since these caravans heading through mexico most of them from central america trying to get to the united states began and it's been seen here is quite a surprise and that's because president and raise money well lopez obrador of mexico for a long time has had a sort of softer line on migration he says but it's cause really by a lack of opportunities back home in the south of mexico or honduras el salvador salvador guatemala and he says that the all sorts of this really is for more investment in those countries for a long time he's been trying to get president donald trump to sort of join in investment attempts and schemes for those countries but this seems to be a sort of shift in the policy when it comes after in the beginning of the month of april president donald trump saying that he'd give mexico year and then if they didn't stop the problems of migration or drugs coming through the country and

heading to the united states by mexico's northern border that he thought more terrorists on cause and then it but didn't work then he'd shut the border now mitch chris president has really tried to avoid any sort of confrontation with president trump and it was sort of of that that we started to see a couple more arrests happening in migrant caravans trying to get through mexico. now mexico is marking five hundred years since the first europeans arrived but the events have been overshadowed by a diplomatic spat between the mexican president and the king of spain andres manuel lopez obrador has refused to attend after demanding an apology from spain for colonizing mexico monologue reports from better crews. it's been five hundred years since spanish conquistadores arrived in what is now a modern day bit of news. and for residents of one of mexico's most valuable port cities the studios are in order to commemorate the event though it up more so and

that's why we've seen a lot of participation from our community which understands the difference between commemoration as celebration and this context the city has prepared a serious of activity has. been a truce was founded by the spanish who instead of it and i'm sure this is a rival signalled the downfall of a thriving empire by way of european diseases and the enslavement of native peoples . officially the first township on the american continent modeled after european customers easy but it was became an invaluable port city to the vice royalty of new spain over the centuries the city has maintained its economic and cultural importance that a missile you don't have it at the very cruise deserves a starring role in history because the city has been a gateway in every sense of the word a gateway for peak with the trends in fashion and vera cruz became a door to the rest of the world. the founding of it it also marks the birth of

a new nation but not all ceremonies commemorating the event are the same we're at an archeological site just outside of it i could use that was once home to the told to knock up people it's been said that it was from this mountainside five hundred years ago that eleven large ships were first spotted aboard were more than six hundred soldiers and sailors all under the command of it and then called this. at the ruins of yell we saw the members of the various indigenous groups from across mexico are holding a ceremony of their own. here indigenous activists are hoping to shine a light on a different version of the historical narratives on this is given the sign us today be commemorated this five hundred years have been ongoing the distance do not let observations die remembering on sisters who gave their lives to keep ancient ways and i for many the spanish conquest is five hundred years in the past but for a culture born of a mix between the new world and the old reconciling the history of this city could

be the key to bridging a cultural divide that still exists today madrid up a little. bit of. time again ominous of a proud of and our home of the headlines on al-jazeera that funerals are being held in sri lanka where the death toll from sunday's suicide bombings has risen to three hundred and ten people observed three minutes of silence in memory of those killed and limited state of emergency has come into effect across the country police have arrested forty people in elf amandas has this update from colombo. the see that this would be aimed at giving the police adequate measures to be able to predict the people and the country now generally emergency their wide ranging sweeping powers we're expecting that there might be

a limited form of this specifically relating to particular of the ability to detain people to question them to get them but giving the police and law enforcement authorities sort of a why you do flexibility to do this not necessarily within the required sort of the requirement to produce them before magistrates giving them a little more flexibility nine months highest court has rejected the final appeal of two voices journalists imprisoned for breaking in official secrets of the war while on an choice who were arrested and twenty seventeen while working on an investigation into the killing of ten men during a military crackdown sudan's military council has more protest as against blocking votes and card for signaling that it may take action to remove them a coalition of political parties has suspended talks with the military council for failing to transfer power to a civilian authority the u.s. is demanding or countries stop buying iranian oil or face sanctions

a six month exemption for iran's biggest customers like china india south korea and turkey will expire in may and won't be renewed beijing and ankara have both criticize what they call washington's unilateral decision the united nations says tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes as fighting around libya's capital tripoli enters its third week explosions and shelling continued on monday as troops aligned with the un recognized government targeted warlord for half those forces african leaders will meet in cairo for an emergency summit on tuesday to discuss solutions to the conflict. well those are the headlines on al-jazeera the stream is coming up next thank you for watching.

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