a failure to act on intelligence as president vows to restructure security services after a suicide bomb has killed more than three hundred and twenty people. hello i missed on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also ahead. thousands more protesters arrive in the capital to join demonstrations against the country's military rule an. egyptian versus back constitutional changes that could see president. rule extended to twenty three. and us president donald trump needs twitter hours after launching accusations against the social media company.

now sri lanka's president is promising major changes to the country's security leadership in the next twenty four hours this off to the government to knowledge that intelligence agencies received multiple tip offs for the easter sunday attacks that killed three hundred and twenty one people eisel claimed responsibility more than twenty four hours off to the suicide attacks on churches and hotels the government in colombo says initial investigation suggests the bombings were carried out in response to last month's shootings at two mosques in new zealand story reports. a seemingly innocent moment a man with a backpack strolls casually into the st sebastian church in a gunboat 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 for if it was in order certainly 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 of it back 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 that we 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 to put him personally she was in front of 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 before and if they had informed me i could have taken actions regardless. 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 the mosque shootings in new zealand but some here say there should be caution in making such links meanwhile sri 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. and on tuesday families of those killed bury their loved ones and mass funerals over one hundred people were killed at the st sebastian church in a combo where the first of two services was held traffic was that. 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 cold 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 there i know some people had been there i know . little children. and i. am a school teacher there is. to dance many students are they in this church.

where felt very sorry and i can explain my. very painful. gumbo 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. we really know what is going on right and we know one thing they killed us so. even though they killed us we need to tell them those who did this we forgive because our lord says' to do so we are we are we are believing. one true god yes. jesus christ of

nazareth he is our god he said when he was crucified for you all of them so we do forgive them but those who have done this how to answer and to be accountable before god remember that the priest didn't want to be named because he is afraid of being targeted by those who killed so many people here. the man cries for his dead sister. fernando was forty four years old she tried to go to church every sunday she leaves a husband a son and a daughter behind chance trafford al-jazeera the gumball sri lanka. well protests in sudan are getting stronger and louder against the country's military rulers hundreds of people arrived and packs trains to khartoum to join thousands more outside the army headquarters demanding civilian rule african union

leaders in cairo gave the military council a three month deadline to hand over power to a civilian government here's the latest from. sudanese protesters keeping up the pressure on the military council. and the sheer force of numbers two weeks since they managed to push the military to topple the regime of model bashir they are still here demanding the power to a civilian government as they have gone by skepticism in among the protesters until this minute the national congress party of bashir is still around its leaders still sitting around and until now the military council has not responded to any of our demands if they think we don't understand let them know we understand the former regime is still ruling us and directly i don't have any i mean we want to completely civilian government to be appointed right now and our demands to be it

away from the she is huge men and away from any politicians whatsoever we don't need any political parties all we need is the criminals to be brought to justice and our funds that were stolen and taken abroad to be returned if you will be the one you might. a fresh attempt by military police to remove the roadblocks around the city on tuesday appear to only exacerbate tensions in the car and an african union summit in cairo didn't help matters. we have also listened to the chairman of the african union commission about his last visit to sudan as well as his monitoring of the announced developments from all sudanese authorities regarding the transitional period we have agreed to give more time to the sudanese are thought. i'm sudanese parties to implement these measures . just as have condemned the outcome of the opera communion summit in cairo specially the decision to give the military council three months before it gives power to civilians and they have called for the biggest mass protests to be held

today the reaction i think you could see see should get out of our lives this is our country and our revolution it's us who got killed or rested and tortured no laid out or any foreign country has the right to interfere in our affairs or sabotage our revolution. the calls for more volleys continue to bring to the streets a trail loaded with protesters are from the northern city of are now regarded as the cradle of this uprising it was there that the first person was killed during a government protests in december their arrival of the opera activists appear to give a moron boost to those taking part in the sit in they say they have braved bullets tear gas and torture for over four months to bring about change but they are start going to continue they don't want anyone to derail their reform. or does iraq.

now egyptians have voted to approve major constitutional changes in a snap referendum which could see president of the faster l.c.c. remain in power for eleven who are here the national election authority announced a turnout of more than forty four percent in the referendum but nearly ninety percent voting yes the amendments also extends the military's power over politics along with extending presidential term limits says he will also have more power over the the judiciary and the parliament rights groups say the referendum was not free nor fair from the board of the national election commission made today and handed down resolution number thirty eight of twenty nineteen declaring the outcome of the front i'm stating that. 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 to seventy percent. out of the total votes as it is ultimately it is resolved that the constitution shall be amended. earlier i spoke to a lot hob who is the director of the sat and alice at the arab sent to washington d.c. he says the referendum is out signal trouble times ahead for egypt since he has been leading a political system that is a lie and on the armed forces and the security services and we're going to need to do so except more. aggressively so to speak if you well the armed forces are now in full control of the state through sisi and through with their own power the armed forces are also in economic activity in the economy they come from probably about forty percent of the g.d.p.

and now they have the most political authority according to the new amendments so i think the armed forces are going to remain. the arbiter of the political system of the control of the political system through sisi. and unfortunately this may be but not auger well for where legal development in egypt egypt is driving up there two hundred million people and without an open political system it's not going to be able to leave because of the development that it means that it will mean for foreseeable future. whether it's next foxtel ahead on al-jazeera china's navy celebrates its seventieth anniversary by showing off brand new warships and all change on the ground developments plans for one of the outs last famous avenues.

to welcome back to international weather forecast while the heat is on here across parts of china as well as the active weather in terms of thunderstorms that means over here towards the east we're going to continue to see that as we go towards midweek in some areas temperatures are rising to about thirty four degrees here in studio up towards shanghai it is going to be a rainy day at about twenty six degrees down towards hong kong though it's going to be miti that's going to be the big problem with that fee heat index feeling more like about thirty three to about thirty four degrees across much of the area well for the philippines down across the southern part of the philippines particularly it is going to be the heavy rain showers and that is going to continue over the next few days as well up to the north though the temperature is coming up from manila about thirty six degrees over here towards what you meant thirty six degrees as well and for thailand those heat indexes are going to feel more like about

thirty seven to about thirty eight degrees very uncomfortable situation across much of the region across india it is still very hot across much of the central areas we're talking into the low forty's for many locations of course until the monsoon kicks in the temperatures are still going to remain quite high down towards the south though we are picking up some rain showers as well as clouds and that will bring some rain showers over here toward sri lanka as well up towards kolkata it is going to be a hot day if you with a temperature of thirty seven degrees. with a sponsor you can't own it. how have you changed since you were civil. charting the lives of the children of apartheid over twenty one years each story reflecting a history of dramatic social and political change twenty eight soft african part

one zero. hello again i'm. reminded of the news this hour true lanka's president is promising major changes to the country's security leadership this after the government acknowledged that intelligence agencies received multiple tip offs before the easter sunday attacks that killed three hundred twenty one people eisel has claimed responsibility more than twenty four hours after the attacks the government blames a local group with suspected foreign links. to. thousands of sudanese protesters have joined a certain outside the army headquarters in khartoum and they say the military

leaders are taking too much time to cede power to civilians. egypt's national election authority says voters have backed constitutional changes that pave the way for president are both to stay in power until twenty thirty presidential terms will now be extended from four to six years says he will also have more power over the judicial system and parliament. all saudi arabia has exit. the thirty seven people a majority of them from the shia minority group saudi state media said they were guilty of terrorism and disrupting security human rights group amnesty international has condemned the killings activists say it is the largest mass execution of shiites in the kingdom's history the kingdom is already executed over one hundred people this year. i spoke to who is the director of the institute for gulf affairs he says many of those executed were protesters. the amendment the

saudis use the word tirzah and they're talking about people who are posting on facebook and twitter or participating in protest so you are looking at the court system that has no place this time and each course and parts of the it is part of the regime and the judges are part of it you and they do whatever the government has them to do. since two thousand and twelve not a single member of isis for example has been sentenced to death or executed just two days after. the united states and i was it's zero. committing of sanctions against iran the saudis it take thirty four shia and thinking to abandon and some sunnis and get you know so it's not a list doesn't look like a sectarian decision and so this is why the saudis doing it let's remember a few weeks ago when john kerry u.s.

ambassador. india or it it was saying very similar things condemning shiite expansionism that's was well taken you might say to the the saudis saw in in us statements from and from john if you see it start now this year i was in general will face greater. community face greater. challenges this is the largest mass execution of shia in the history of saudi arabia since that days of the early sound you obvious state where thousands of shia were murdered by the obvious forces this is the largest since nine hundred. well u.s. president on trial has met twitter c. jack dorsey just hours after he launched an attack against the social media giant saying twitter was biased against him the meeting took place behind closed doors but according to the president it went great mike hanna has the latest for us from

washington d.c. in the past twenty four hour period president trump tweeted all reap tweeted fifty two times this is an extraordinary are put even for him you then launched an attack on the platform itself saying that twitter doesn't treat me well as a republican very discriminatory he continues hard for people to sign on constantly taking people off the list big complaints from many people different names over one hundred million but should be much higher than that if twitter wasn't playing their political games he then held an unshared jeweled meeting with twitter's c. jack dorsey and his team at the white house which lasted some thirty minutes after the meeting president tweeted that it was great and that dialogue must be maintained see jack dorsey said the health of the public conversation on twitter was discussed but other sources say that president trump spent much of the time

complaining about the size of his following on twitter is angered clearly from his earlier tweets about not being on the list of those with over one hundred million followers among those former president barack obama. a u.s. threat to block u.n. security council action on sexual violence in armed conflict has been averted after a compromise was reached thirteen council members voted in favor of the resolution while russia and china abstained over a number of concerns our diplomatic editor james bay is has more from the united nations in new york. the german foreign minister presided over this meeting about one of the grave issues possible women and peace and security sexual violence in conflict you'd think there'd be unity and joint resolve but as embassadors arrived here for the meeting it was clear there was deep

division this is a dark cloud on this group the concert on an issue that we supposed to be closing ranks and i agree we're on unfortunately the politics of this if we believe in the values of the u.n. we believe in the values of women rights this is a real fight and ironed out their attitudes that we just. as the council heard from the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists a nobel laureate snoddy him around and dr dennis mccuaig a tense negotiations continued about a draft resolution written by germany the us authority fought to get references to the international criminal court removed but backed by china and russia it also wanted changes to the words sexual reproductive rights because it argues that phrase implies support for abortion the campaigner and lawyer amal clooney made it clear the council would be judged by its actions this is the your nuremberg moment

your chance to stand on the right side of history you owe it to nigeria and to the thousands of women and girls who must watch i think members shave off their beards and go back to their normal lives while they the victims never can in me end the german delegation rewrote their resolution it passed with the u.s. support but with abstentions from russia and china after the controversial wording was removed the council effectively caving in to u.s. pressure. thank you very much. that was hard work. european nations say they are dismayed by the u.s. position and believe this battle is not over yet they detect the hound of the u.s. vice president mike pence in trying to roll back the internationally agreed position or women's rights for the last quarter of a century one diplomat described the alliance between the u.s.

china russia and others outside the security council including saudi arabia and the vatican as the axis of evil james zero of the united nations well china's navy is celebrating its seventieth anniversary by showing off the festival a new generation of guided missile destroyers president xi jinping says the navy is improving its ability to defend chinese waters but taiwan and others are worried about territorial claims far from the chinese mainland katrina you has more from beijing. thirty two warships and thirty nine aircraft including a raft of new nuclear submarines and destroy is difficult to see through the hazy air china's navy was out in force in the port city of qingdao celebrating seventy years since the founding of the people's liberation army president xi jinping presided over the parade since coming to power and twenty twelve has made

modernizing the military one of his main priorities china says a stronger navy means a more peaceful region. the chinese navy has always been a peaceful force and will not pose a threat to any country. chinese offices referred to past foreign invasions the source of deep wounds as motivation for improving their military china's defense spending has scaled new heights in recent years the soviet. its first aircraft carrier was launched two years ago a second domestically produced aircraft carrier is reportedly being tested china's navy was joined by warships from thirteen countries including india and australia. absent though was the united states the u.s. sees china's growing naval power as a threat to regional security and says it's overstepping its territorial claims by building and militarizing artificial islands in the south china sea which is

contested by several countries including vietnam and the philippines. u.s. naval exercises in what it says are international waters have resulted in tense confrontations and near collisions u.s. ally taiwan is also watching the chinese naval buildup closely china because it is the sell through broke trying to territory it has been conducting what it calls in so full of patrols in the taiwan strait leading some analysts say the conflict is in recent days likely because and warn them all. u.s. warships on the chart of the war. on encounters. more and more crowded but who says any skirmish is likely to remain small scale despite making great strides in recent years the power of china's navy still trails

far behind that the united states katrina new al-jazeera beijing. at least thirty two people have died after floods and mudslides crushed homes in the south african port city of. the heavy rain started on monday night hitting parts of president a towel and the eastern cape where many homes and roads were flooded and destroyed rescue workers continue to search for survivors. well there are plans to revitalise france's most famous avenue. each year about twenty million people visit but less than two percent of those a parisian local architects say it's in desperate need of renovation ahead of the twenty twenty four olympics that ash about their reports from paris often described as the most beautiful avenue in the world the shores lisa is a symbol of paris its name conjures up images of french elegance luxury and flair but the reality is quite different traffic's heavy pavements of crowded and the avenues lined with fast food restaurants sports shops and car showrooms parisians

tend to stay away tourists are often disappointed noise but it's not exactly what i expected and there are too many people everywhere there are so many cars people and noise that i find it hard to see any beauty here the head of a business and residence committee says the situation's urgent he's launched a project to renovate the famous of new plans include more green spaces more the road around the art a trio of could be transformed into a garden beach or ice rink. the of a new has lost its soul and its identity to shows it is a supposed to be a place for walking if the reasons don't come in and it's not because it's not you curious enough. it's because it's noisy unpleasant and polluted one of the main problems with the shortly is there is the traffic is nearly always noisy and busy sixty four thousand vehicles pass up there is that when you each day sometimes the

pollution is worse not viruses far bring greater that's why architects say one of the solutions could be to reduce the number of lanes. since its construction in the seventeenth century the shores elisei has been central to french culture from the allied liberation of paris from german forces in one thousand nine hundred forty four to france's two world cup wins people have celebrated here recently. many people were shocked when some protesters found allies shops and monuments the architect behind renovation project says it's vital to maintain the show's easy unique place in french history but it's all we could use this to show french excellence in gastronomy call tour fashion and green technology this sounds silly season international symbol a myth and icon it should reveal where the nation does best the project has yet to be given the green light by a paris a city hall but those behind it say a new look. could be revealed in time for the twenty twenty four paris

a lympics and help restore some of the avenues lost glory and romance the tasha butler al-jazeera paris. hello i'm a star in doha with the headlines on al jazeera. president is promising major changes to the country's security leadership in the coming hours this after the government acknowledged that intelligence agencies received multiple tip offs before the easter sunday attacks that killed three hundred and twenty one people eisel has claimed responsibility more than twenty four hours after the attacks the government blames a local group with suspected foreign links. we have been receiving information about trainings the terrorist were having the security department has received so much information regarding their activities we did not investigate thoroughly and carry out the necessary action against these

organizations and their members unfortunately we have experienced this incident innocent people have been killed due to the horrific incident thousands of sudanese protesters have joined a sit in outside the army headquarters and. they say the military leaders are taking too much time to hand over power to civilians the african union. leaders are giving the military council three months for the transition. egypt's national election or thirty's as voters have backed major constitutional changes that could allow president. to stay in power until twenty thirty the amendments also extend the military's power over politics along with extending presidential term limits rights groups say the referendum is neither free nor fair north korean leader kim jong un is on his way to russia to meet president vladimir putin on thursday kim is traveling to the russian city of that of our stock on a private train accompanied by a high level delegation his visit is believed to be part of pyongyang's efforts to

build international support following the breakdown of talks with the united states u.s. president donald trump has matured to see jack dorsey just hours after he launched an attack against the social media giant saying twitter was biased against him the meeting took place behind closed doors but according to the president it went great . scientists believe they've measured the first seismological tremor on another planet the faint rumble on mars was picked up by nasa is inside the probe and has been labeled a mars quake researchers hope to analyze how rocky planets were formed by analyzing seismic activity on mars well those are the headlines join me for more news here after inside story.

stop buying iranian oil or face sanctions will the u.s. ultimatum stoked tensions in the gulf and does donald trump risk alienating friends and antagonizing god this is its story. hello and welcome to the program on am wrong oh prices are on the rise off the united states and the new crackdown on iran's oil exports aimed at reducing them to the iranian.