the. return of the president on al-jazeera. as president promises to sack defense force chiefs who didn't share key intelligence about the easter sunday attacks this is the first funerals get under way on a day of mourning in sri lanka. this is live from london also coming up. more protesters arrive in sudan's capital to add their voices to the thousands demanding a swift transition to civilian rule. egyptian voters approved constitutional amendments which will allow the president. to stay in power until twenty thirty.

and rights groups go to the u.s. supreme court to challenge a new census question which they say could directly disadvantage immigrant communities. because president says he will sack security chiefs in the wake of the easter sunday bombings it comes after it was revealed intelligence agencies were tipped off about an imminent attack hours before it took place the total death toll from sunday's attacks has risen to three hundred twenty one for injury reports from colombo. a seemingly innocent moment a man with a backpack strolls casually into the st sebastian church. he pats a child on the head and enters the building this security camera footage shows a suspected bomber one of several who carried out the attacks across three cities in st lanka on sunday officials have admitted there was an intelligence failure

a warning given more than two weeks before the attacks happened was not shared acted on now it's also emerged that intelligence services should have had one of the suspects on their radar much earlier hilmi ahmed the vice president of the muslim council of sri lanka says he had alerted security officials about a radical preacher said to be the leader of national. the group the government blamed for carrying out sunday's attacks but three years ago we were in turn told them that there is a muslim cleric who is preaching he had been gathering young people in the guise of conducting koran classes and radicalizing them at a news conference on tuesday afternoon the prime minister didn't sidestep questions about whether the attacks could have been foiled if we tried in order sadly we could have prevented many of the attacks in the churches and had more security in the heart of what is we could have prevented all the attack so at least reduce the

number of attacks that were taken place but when it came to the suggestion that it was a rift between him and the president who's in charge of the police that led to the breakdown in communication he was less forthcoming we had a meeting at yeah i mean we are different so medium but we would crash out and somehow look we've got to get the country out of this problem i don't think we can start and i wish she was in front a few hours later the president in a recorded address to the nation insisted he had no prior knowledge of the attacks emma rog. specifically i would like to say that i wasn't informed by the relevant authorities. or by the responsible officers in any form if they had informed me i could have taken actions regarding this. he said there would be changes in defense heads within twenty four hours the investigation is down looking at whether the suspects had links abroad as officials believe they would have required help planning and carrying out the coordinated attacks there was also

a suggestion from the defense minister that the bombings were in retaliation for a mass shootings in new zealand but some here say there should be caution in making such links meanwhile st lanka remains on high alert fearful of the possibility of more attacks officials here say there continue to be threats to the country its institutions and businesses even the post office has now said it will no longer accept sealed packages a return to war time practice it appears no one wants to take any chances after sunday's attacks florence louis al-jazeera colombo. watch sri lanka holds a day of mourning mass funerals are taking place across the island nation more than one hundred people were killed sebastian church negaunee north of colombo in the first of two services mourners paid their respects to thirty victims child stratford reports from. really.

the community in mourning. thousands came to pay their respects and remember the men women and children killed at the san sebastian church example the families of victims stand by the coffins of their loved ones over coal and grief. at least one hundred ten people killed when the suicide bomber detonated the explosive vest. police say the device was packed with ball bearings and metal objects so as to kill and maim as many people as possible some people here believe the bomber had lived and often been seen in the vicinity of the church a couple of months before the attack that i know some people who had been there i know. little children. and i. am a schoolteacher larry said students many students are they in this church.

where fair very scary and i can explain my. very painful how descriptive phrase. is often referred to by locals as sri lanka's row it is the country's catholic heartland now so many people were killed in the suicide attack at this church on easter sunday that there is not enough room in the main cemetery to bury all the dead a priest leads the funeral procession to the grave yard. there will be many more people buried here over the coming days. me know what is going on right i really know why didn't they kill us so. even though they killed us we need to tell them and those who did this we forgive you are because our lord says' to do so we are we are we are believers. one true god years on the sally the

jesus christ of nazareth he needs our guard he said when he was crucified before you all of them so we do forgive them but those who have done this. and to be accountable before god remember there are one of the priests didn't want to be named because he is afraid of being targeted by those who killed so many people here are. the cries for his dead sister. a glance he fernando was forty four years old she tried to go to church every sunday she leaves a husband son and the daughter behind chance trafford al-jazeera the government of sri lanka. to sudan now where hundreds of protestors have arrived in khartoum by train to

support activists demanding the military relinquish power to civilians about four thousand demonstrators greeting them at the station as the train arrives it comes as african leaders meeting in the egyptian capital cairo agreed to give sudan's military council three months to hand over power to civilian rule. president omar bashir was ousted by the military two weeks ago after months of anti-government demonstrations but those rights have continued against the military rule i'm about it's been speaking to protests in the capital. forty members of the military police came here and try to clear these roadblocks they told the protesters to move away from this place and to go closer to the center of the city and protesters told them that they categorically refused to move from that place and they have been telling us that this is a fresh attempt from the military council to clear the protest following statements from the deputy head of the military council in which he said that the military will not allow what he called chaos to reign in sudan under the litani council is

doing what it can to speed up the process of transferring power to civilians but people here are very skeptical about that just ask any doing that they get forty members of the military police came here on foot they said we have half an hour to clear the roadblocks we told them that we have demands as they receive orders from their leaders we also received orders from our easy you can't just come and make us go and we are now sure that britain is not a clean man and zenon aberdeen is worse than him either they go or we continue to protest if you like get our help it was all the generals who are in the council now were sitting around bashir including samael up at dean who is now the head of the council political committee all of whom are islamize and they have to be removed the. number of protesters have organized a counter movement a mobster words where the military police are standing another checkpoint in this direction trying to drive the message home but they are not going to move from this place until the all the demands of the revolution are met they are saying that even

if it takes a year to stay here they will stay. libyan government forces have pushed back forces loyal to warlord holly for have to in a counter offensive against his two we could dance on the capital tripoli they say they're ready to recapture the disused international airport south of the city after heavy overnight shelling of have to positions the government also claims to have cut off the main road to the city of garrion which has become have to as a regional base both sides are bringing in troops and equipment from other parts of libya despite united nations calls for a deescalation more than two hundred sixty four people so far been killed in have to as offensive on capitol. oh yeah yeah well there's always the task i've been charged with despite its difficulty is to return to negotiations i call for a peaceful solution to stop the war or the reunification of the libyans on a unified resolution to save their country whatever the work of the international community it will need

a special libyan will to stop the war. egypt's constitutional referendum has passed paving the way for president up to fetch a c.c. to remain in power until twenty thirty a national election for to put the turnout at forty four percent with nearly ninety percent of voters backing the proposed changes presidential terms will not be extended from four to six years the president also be given more power over the judiciary and parliament and the military's role in politics will be shined in the constitution rights groups say the referendum was neither free nor fair. the board of the national election commission met today and handed down resolution number thirty eight of twenty nineteen declaring the outcome of the front i'm stating that. approval of the voters a majority of the voters by the electors twenty three million four hundred sixteen thousand seven hundred forty one valid votes representing. eighty eight

point eight three percent. out of the total votes as a result it is resolved that the constitution shall be amended. algeria's army chief has welcomed a move by the judiciary to crack down on billionaires linked with former president of jersey's beautifully who are accused of corruption and the country's richest man is said rep bribes was amongst five people arrested on monday is suspected of making fake statements about the transfer of money in and out of the country four brothers from the wealthy could never family were also arrested if you can step down from office earlier this month after weeks of protests against his twenty year rule. the protests are continuing on an almost daily basis thousands of civil engineering and architecture students have marched through the capital chanting let's build a new algeria they want to see

a complete overhaul of the political system not just because departure they're demanding that all but you because in a circle face trial. for the years security council i were a draft resolution on sexual violence in conflict has been passed but only after its wording was watered down i didn't want to go to james bays joins us from the united nations in new york so james you wouldn't think this would be a controversial subject but what were the areas of contention. no i know that germany thought it was going to be a controversial subject when they made it the signature meeting of their presidency of the un security council the subject women in conflict zones and sexual violence and conflict zones they had the german foreign minister here they had the un secretary general they had nobel laureates dennis mccuaig a doctor from the congo and. the campaign are all here and they were going to pass a new resolution to go along with that well that resolution wasn't ready for the

top of the meeting in fact they had to go ahead with the speeches while for some hours the negotiations continued the meeting went on as these tense negotiations continued because there were opposition to the german text coming from three countries from china from russia and interesting leak from the united states that they had already fought to get a reference the international criminal court removed from the resolution but they had a problem with phraseology which is sexual and reproductive rights which the trumpet ministration sees as code for abortion they wanted that phrase which has been in all the u.n. language for the last twenty five years removed from the resolution it became a very big fight in the end the germans caved in i think on that specific point and simply referred to previous resolutions that had had that language in it i think it's cause some concern among women's campaigners that this will be part of

an ongoing fright fight with the trumpet ministration which is certainly raise these issues at the united nations in the last couple of years this is the first time that there's been a battle like this in the u.n. security council i can tell you that one diplomat said to me that european nations were dismayed by the u.s. position this u.s. alliance this diplomat described to me with russia and with china and with others who don't sit on the security council like the vatican and and also saudi arabia what what was the axis this diplomat said of the mediæval teams both thank you very much indeed. still to come on al-jazeera seven year sentence two journalists jailed for reporting on they rang a crisis lose their final appeal last. time says give you an india is a fantasy for almost four million people could lose the right to vote after this

general election. hello again and welcome back to international weather forecast or still it has some very messy weather here across much of south western europe and you can see all the clouds on our satellite image extending all the way from the u.k. down through france in their bare peninsula unfortunately the next few days things are going to remain quite wet as well as windy for many locations and the temp is going to be going down to london we're going to start here on wednesday at eighteen degrees professors at eighteen degrees as well the rain continues across much of the area the winds that get worse as we go towards thursday but those temperatures do drop to about fourteen degrees to london and paris at about fifteen degrees for you we are seeing those warmer temperatures though are over here towards central parts of europe we are looking at berlin at twenty six and vienna at about twenty

seven degrees for you well we did see some messy weather across the northern part of africa things are getting a little bit better still some winds to deal with here across parts of libya as well as tunisia tripoli at twenty seven degrees there over here towards my guys the it is going to be a cloudy day few with about twenty nine degrees but as we go towards thursday the clouds really begin to dissipate winds come out of the south that means some more air coming into play there but guys he is going to be about a thirty degree tape for you in cairo about thirty two degrees but we could see some rain over here towards morocco with some clouds at about twenty degrees. refugees heading for a better night in australia to set. and sent to remote islands indefinite detention in. good conscience. understand. smuggled out for each and eyewitness accounts is the main thing you're doing for

pay for even asking them not thomas that will want to kill themselves witness chasing asylum. on al-jazeera. we're going to the top story here because president says he was sacked security chiefs it was revealed intelligence agencies were tipped off about one of the easter sunday attacks before it took place. hundreds of people have arrived in the sudanese capital khartoum by train to support protests demanding the military relinquish power to civilians. and libyan government forces to push back forces go

into world honey for have to in a counter offensive against his two we could dance on the capital tripoli. mean months highest court has rejected the final appeal of two broaches journalists jailed while reporting on the rigging a crisis while known and who were sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of breaking the last official secrets act so far they've served sixteen months scott had has more from bangkok. the last appeal for word is journalist wallow it has been rejected by the supreme court in me and more that coming down on tuesday now they heard the argument from their attorneys just a couple of weeks ago this comes three months after a lower court rejected an appeal they said the sentence would be upheld that also coming down from the supreme court on tuesday now what had happened since the verdict came down in september sentencing these two gentlemen to seven years behind bars international outcry over the sentencing and also just the process

particularly as myanmar marches its way toward democracy a lot of criticism for that and also just last week the investigation the two gentlemen working on won a pulitzer prize for international reporting award as news agency their employers coming out almost immediately after this decision by the supreme court saying that they will continue to fight for their journalist behind bars and that they are part of a police set up. kevin corley he is the asia add to favorites as he outlined how roche's would approach the case from now on myanmar's legal process would allow for an additional appeal to the supreme court by wall and chose who themselves to and through their lawyers have indicated that for them you know they they want this to be the end of the legal process and myanmar and we have we've made it clear both at the trial and then and the subsequent appeals that there was no evidence of a crime that is instead there is ample evidence including testimony from

a police official that this was a set up so for us this is the end of the legal process in myanmar will be regrouping now and the families will be renewing their appeal for a pardon to the government of myanmar police in northern ireland have arrested a fifty seven year old woman in connection with the killing of a journalist last week lyra mickey was shot in the head during a riot in london derry or derry on says day arash nationalist group the new ira has apologised for the death of the twenty nine year old reporter the group is one of a small number of active organizations which oppose northern ireland's nine hundred ninety eight peace deal. dozens of british m.p.'s are trying to block a state visit by donald trump accusing him of racism and xenophobia the u.s. president has been invited to the u.k. by queen elizabeth hundreds of thousands of people protested against his first visit last year and they said have demonstrated again in june when the hayward has more from buckingham palace. well donald trump has accepted the offer from the

queen to come here to take part in a state visit between the and the fifth of june he'll be here for three days and he will take part accompanying the royal family to commemorate which will take place on the south coast to mark the seventy fifth anniversary of the d.-day landings what makes this visit different to his visit to the u.k. last year though is that this is a state visit and that comes with all the privileges that a state visit and tie of a large banquet of about one hundred fifty people which will be hosted by the queen now of course everybody is happy about trump coming back to britain of course last year when he visited the u.k. there were several hundred thousand people who protested on the streets of london he didn't get anywhere near the protests and of course through a large balloon which appeared in the sky above parliament depicting trump as an angry baby we don't know yet whether that will feature in this year's visit. the

north korean leader kim jong un will travel to russia to meet president vladimir putin on thursday a progressions are being made in the russian pacific port of blood of awestruck by the summit will take place kim's visit is believed to be part of pyongyang's efforts to build international support for in the breakdown of talks to us in february russia is also keen to play a role in any peace plan on the korean peninsula. indians are voting in the third largest phase of the country's general election prime minister narendra modi was among more than one hundred eighty million indians eligible to vote on tuesday he cast his ballot in his home state of gujarat the vote is seen as a referendum on modi's five year rule is adopted a nationalist approach trying to appeal to the country's hindu majority voting in the staggered election ends on may the nineteenth. tuesday could be the last time millions of people in india's northeastern state of assam get to vote and many people there are not on

a citizenship list which is meant to distinguish between illegal migrants and indian nationals those who aren't on the register could face imprisonment or deportation courts for mass on. john emmett is voting this election maybe for the last time despite his family living in the region since the one nine hundred thirty s. his name is not on the national register of citizens a list created to distinguish between indian citizens and illegal migrants from other countries. a completed draft of the register was released in twenty team and its wife was on the list but he and his daughter weren't. when we found out names weren't on the list she would be ready if you don't find our names on the list we will lose all our rights as citizens if we lose our rights we will lose everything that we have. i think it's a problem facing almost four million people in this region who could face

imprisonment even deportation if they're not on the register many hindus and muslims live in villages and towns like this one in assam generations of their families have been here for centuries but more recently new migrants have arrived illegally from bangladesh. that's become a political issue this election with the prime minister saying the government will act against illegal migrants. are full effort is to make sure. the name outside the national seat isn't just a. rights groups say the governing party the b j p is targeting people based on religion and ethnicity and turning the citizens register into a political weapon government is definitely trying to get people to understand that this process isn't wanted. but. by this. government right away that it wasn't

this independent candidate has been campaigning to keep the migrants out saying they don't fit in you become a threat blinded to this idea but they just piss off from all the common numbers. hemet checks in at the polling station and goes to cast what may be his last vote as an indian citizen he's appealing to get on the citizen's register if he fails he worries he and his family will lose everything clued in the right to live in their own country. sam. rights groups in the united states have been challenging a proposed change to next year's census at the supreme court in washington d.c. the national question taking place every ten years. for the first time there whether someone is a u.s. citizen critics say it's a deliberate attempt to intimidate immigrants adding that particular citizenship question could lead to the undercounting in communities across america particularly

in immigrant communities and hispanic communities it would mean that communities entitle to resources get those resources it would deny certain communities of equal representation and so in the interest of fairness in the interest of upholding this quintessential american promise we are obligated to ensure the most accurate count in the twenty twenty census and as such we must use every tool at our disposal in our arsenal to fight to protect its integrity. to be affected in new york. the question seems straightforward enough are you a u.s. citizen and for the first time ever the u.s. government wants to force everyone to answer that question on the two thousand and twenty u.s. census but yet siri tovar is not a citizen and is worried about answering it the time ministration has showed me not to trust the twenty six year old was brought to the u.s.

illegally by her parents when she was just two years old and even though she's lived in new york all of her life since then she's worried aid no answer could make her a target for deportation and it's happened before and in her neighborhood people have put up signs on the doors cautioning immigration officers known as ice agents not to enter without a judicial warrant. so the fear is real the fear in our communities is real i fill it out as being undocumented person i can be targeted i can have agents outside of my house because in the census i said i am undocumented and i gave them my apartment number but it a congressional hearing last month republican lawmakers said they supported the idea of asking everybody if they are a citizen on the census i cannot understand what universe our leaders would not want to know who's a citizen or who's not we actually ask whether you're

a citizen or not in order to get a firearm in the state of california. should we take the citizenship question off and make it easier for people to get firearms an estimated eight hundred eighty billion dollars a year in federal tax dollars for schools and public services distributed to local communities around the u.s. based off census data immigration advocates have filed lawsuits trying to block the citizenship question from being asked on the census saying it will lead to cuts in federal funding for communities with a large number of immigrants if many of them do not fill out the census we could have a reality where places like new york city do not get their fair share of resources for things like roads for hospitals and political representation for siri tovar she isn't backing down she says it's not about one question but one more attack against immigrants from

a hostile white house one she is determined to fight gabriel's andro al-jazeera new york. and a good one you can always catch up with all the stories we're reporting on watching our website al-jazeera dot com. and one of the top stories. should lanka's president says he will sack security chiefs in the wake of the easter sunday bombings that killed three hundred twenty one people it comes after it was revealed intelligence agencies were tipped off hours before one of the attacks took place the government has released footage of one of the alleged suicide bomber was wearing a backpack. specifically i would like to say that i wasn't informed by the relevant authorities or by the responsible offices in any form i thought i had informed me i could have taken actions regarding this. hundreds of protesters have arrived in the sudanese capital khartoum by train to support activists demanding

the military relinquish power to civilians as far as the birthplace of the uprising that toppled sudan's former president omar bashir about four thousand demonstrators greeted them at the station. libyan government forces of pushback forces loyal to the lord honey for have to in a counter offensive against his two we could dance on the capital tripoli they say they're ready to recapture the disused international airport south of the city after heavy overnight shelling of have to positions. egypt's voters of backed constitutional changes in the referendum paving the way for president of the fattah sisi to remain in power until twenty thirty the national election or thirty put the turnout at forty four percent with nearly ninety percent of them yes sisi and the military both receive greater powers. are jarius army chief has welcomed a move by the judiciary to crack down on billionaires linked with former president

did as he's put a figure who accused of corruption areas richest man he said were bribes was amongst five people arrested on monday. mean mars highest court has rejected the final appeal of two reuters journalists jailed while fourteen on the river in the crisis while known and show certain were sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of breaking me in mars' official secrets act so far they've served sixteen months. there's bad ones we'll be back in just under half an hour coming up next the stream speaks to kashmiris about the impact india's election could have on the disputed region do stay with us if you can thanks for watching by fire.

i mean how can you go in the stream india prime minister narendra modi has promised economic was a prosperity for all people if this morning he adds a lot of party is reelected next month but what does that mean for the just. yet imo it could be valid today we speak with kashmiris about the first three phases of polling and what this is stuart election could mean for indian administrate kashmir want to share a few of your thoughts but them in the you tube chat or tweet us we'll do our best to include them in the conversation. i am aria tucker i'm a reporter for court india and you are in the stream of. the fast food.