well you know. some of it i like. the failure to act on intelligence the president balance to restructure security services after suicide bombers killed more than three hundred twenty people. i don't welcome to al-jazeera live for my headquarters in doha with me and his big brother and so ahead. thousands more protests arrive in the capital to join demonstrations against the country's military. backed constitutional changes that could see president of the fatah el-sisi extended to twenty third and us president donald trump meets. hours after the pews and social media platform of pirates.

as president is promising major changes to the country's security leadership the softer the government acknowledge that intelligence agencies received multiple to parts before the easter sunday attacks that killed three hundred twenty one people claim responsibility less than twenty four hours after the suicide attacks on churches and hotels the government in colombo says initial investigation suggests that the bombings were carried out for a response to last month's shootings at two mosques in new zealand saw and slowly reports from colombo. 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 out 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 both 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 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 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 that being thrashed out and somehow look we've got to get the country out of this problem i don't think we can start working for us and 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 offices. if they had informed i could have taken actions regarding. he said there would be changes in defense had 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 shootings in new zealand but some here say there should be caution in making such links. 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 al-jazeera. well let's get more on this. joining us live from colombo firstly the latest on the investigation and how seriously are authorities taking claim of responsibility.

the investigations have been broadening as there are leads that are being obtained from the suspects already in custody order to being interrogated by the criminal investigation by the police and investigators were hearing just a short while ago that another eighteen people have been detained and these people will also be subject to questioning and interrogation there are lines sensually of investigation that are opening up depending on the information that is being extracted from these suspects that are in police custody obviously the authorities realizing that they need to leave no stone unturned yesterday we did have reports that there are further sort of. explosive devices possibly that are out of the prime minister did say that number

of assailants might be still on the run he did admit that some of them can be armed and dangerous so these are reasons why people of very conscious and relatively worried about what they're hearing not just now about sunday what happened on easter sunday as as disturbing as it has been over three hundred and twenty one people killed now it's a case of trying to figure out when this fear this crisis can end elizabeth and nell when you talk about authorities realizing that they have to leave no stone unturned how much pressure on given the country's leaders have admitted that these attacks could have been prevented given that police had intelligence.

i think there is a window of opportunity here that they need to act on to exploit elizabeth obviously there are certain lines as i said of investigation that are opening up coming from the information that is coming from the detainees from the suspects who are being interrogated so i thought it is realizing that having already letting this get past them the very fact that this coordinated blitzkrieg was launched on sunday night they're having to claw back to try and ensure that nor further incidents or at least the possibility of any such incidents are minimized to the greatest possibility that they can ensure which is why there is a lot of security at the end of the day yesterday there was a island wide police curfew just getting back for us we were probably stopped about eleven times in the period of about fifteen minutes so there is an

indication that the police is very much under pressure it's not just the police the entire security establishment to do something and do something fast elizabeth thank you very much for that announcement alpha nando's live in colombo thank you. we're going to move on to other news now and protests are growing in sudan against the country's military rulers hundreds of people arrived and packed trains took from to join thousands more outside the army headquarters demanding civilian rule african union leaders in cairo have given the military council a three month deadline to hand over power to a civilian government mohamed vall has the latest from. these protesters keeping up on the military council. and the sheer force of numbers two weeks managed to push the military to topple the regime of. they're still here demanding the. power to

a civilian government as they have gone by skepticism increases among the protesters like until this minute the national congress party of bashir is still around its leaders still sitting around burned 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 i don't have the shuttle with any we want to completely civilian government to be appointed right now and our demands to be it away from the shias hegemon 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 is mine you might ask a fresh attempt by military police to remove the roadblocks are on the sitting on tools that appear to only exacerbate tensions in the college and an african union

summit in cairo didn't help matters the most. 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 development from all sudanese authorities regarding the transitional period we have agreed to give more time to the sudanese just over two years and sudanese parties to implement these measures. what does this have condemned the outcome of the article union summit in cairo specially the decision to give the military calls for the months before it gives power to civilians and they have called for the biggest mass protests to be held today in reaction i think it was a c.c. should get out of our life 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 crowds to the streets a trail loaded with protesters are right 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 arrival of the activists appear to give. 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 their struggle continues they don't want anyone to derail their revolution. or does iraq come. to egypt now with a national election authorities as voters have backed major constitutional changes that could allow president. to stay in power until twenty thirty officials announce a turnout of more than forty four percent in the referendum with nearly ninety percent voting yes the amendments also extend the military's power of

a politics along with extending presidential term limits also have more power over the judiciary and the parliament rights group said the referendum was neither free nor fair. joblessness 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 and nonpartisan director of research and analysis of the absent to washington d.c. and he says the referendum results said no troubling times ahead for egypt. sci fi

has been that leading it but a good system that is a lie and on the armed forces and the security services and that we're going to need to do so except more. aggressively so to speak of. the armed forces are now in full control of the state through c.c. and through with their own national power the armed forces are also an economic act that invasion the economy they come from probably about forty percent of the duty free and now they have most probably got off or at the according to the new imam ben so i think the un forces are going to remain there as the arbiter of the political system of the control of the political system through sisi. and unfortunately this may be the not augur well for a look at development in egypt you know if you're driving up there the one hundred

million people and without an open political system it's not going to be able to be as the development that it means that people need for foreseeable future. still ahead on the bulletin as the u.s. off of millions of dollars for information on hezbollah there are concerns from devon and washington's a west of stance could destabilize the country and all change in the shops and say grand developments planned one of the world's most famous avenues. coloe again it's good to have you back here crossing right states it is going to be a rainy day in the thunderstorms are going to continue across much of the south here's the system that we are watching and it's a slow moving system that's going to be the big problem there because with the slow moving system the potential of flooding is going to be on the increase and we're

talking about areas such as dallas over here towards new orleans as well we're going to be seeing the rain continuing and in the center storms we could be seeing some hail as well as some some damaging winds as those storms continue up towards the north though not looking too bad for minneapolis twenty degrees for you there new york is going to be a little bit cooler with a temperature of eighteen degrees well across the caribbean things are quite calm at the moment we're not seeing too much in terms of rain maybe some showers down here across much of the south we talked about panama over here towards costa rica but up to its kingston the rain has stopped for what we see earlier in the week with a term for there of about thirty degrees and unfortunately going to be seeing some more rain here across the northern part of argentina as well as into paraguay the rain has been quite substantial of the last couple of days we have seen flooding there over the last couple of days as well rio is going to see a partly cloudy day with thirty degrees there and as we go towards thursday rain is going to continue across much of the day oh but for one is that is it is going to be a cool day in winds with a temperature of nineteen. i

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president is promising major changes to the country's security to shut the government acknowledged that intelligence agencies received a multiple before the easter sunday attacks that killed. three hundred fifty nine people i say has claimed responsibility more than twenty four hours after the attacks the government blames a local group with suspected foreign things. thousands of sudanese protesters have joined a certain outside the army headquarters in top form they say that when the two leaders are taking too long to see the politics of that against the african union leaders have given the military council three months for the transition and egypt's national election authority says that constitutional changes that pave the way for president of the father and sisi to stay in power until twenty thirty presidential terms will now be extended from four to six years. also have more power over the

judicial system and parliament. saudi arabia has executed thirty seven people the majority are from the shia minority some of the state media said they were guilty of terrorism and disrupting security she when rights group amnesty international has condemned the killings and activists say it is the largest mass execution of shias in the kingdom's history has already executed over one hundred people this year. weathers director of institute for gulf affairs and he says those executed or mostly protesters. 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 that is part of the regime and the judges are part of it even they do whatever the government has them to 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 at some sunnis and get you know so it's not a list doesn't look at 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. to libya at the newly appointed 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 to be seen it's time 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 so you obvious state where thousands of shia were murdered by the obvious forces this is the largest since nine hundred . lebanese group hezbollah is yet to respond the u.s. offered a ten million dollars reward for information that would disrupt the group's finances the group is backed by iran and there's concern that america's anti iran agenda may destabilize lebanon saying aha the reports from beirut. present a large receives donations and religious tax from its support base in lebanon shiite community but it's a small fraction of its budget the united states says the iranian backed group earns almost one billion dollars a year to financial support from iran international businesses and investments corruption and money laundering it announced a new initiative to further isolate hezbollah today the us department states

rewards for justice program is offering a new reward offer up to ten million u.s. dollars for the information leading to the disruption of financial activities that support the global terrorist organization lebanese is valid. the us administration has been pushing a hard iran agenda secretary of state mike pompei i was in beirut last month where he told the lebanese to stand up to hezbollah but has blind its allies control parliament and government making it harder for the u.s. to target the group without targeting the country. the u.s. officials always be clear that they want to this year between lebanon and hezbollah between those sanctions and the economy and i think this is that of course by this is possible we cannot say we are safe but we are taking a lot of measures here internally and good trying to keep safe the economy and the

banking sector but the u.s. has offered military and economic support to lebanon despite hezbollah's growing political influence that may change with a more confrontational policy involving sanctioning hezbollah's allies who include the president and head of parliament. so there will be further u.s. action against his like sanctioning his political allies there is no doubt sanctions have already hurt his but for the live in a state not to be affected it will need to distinguish itself from his. the u.s. considers hezbollah as an arm of iran's revolutionary guards while it may have been created by the guards decades ago it has since embedded itself in the lebanese state. this is the effectiveness of u.s. sanctions and calls them a form of war its leader hassan nasrallah in early march urged the porters to donate money that call was not seen as a sign of desperation. message to hezbollah's followers to embrace austerity

measures. government allows it to use resources to fill the gap in services it used to provide directly to its own constituency the group may survive but lebanon is in the middle of the us iranian confrontation threatening its fragile stability. beirut and south africa at least thirty two people have died after floods and mudslides crushed homes in the city of heavy rain on monday night. and the eastern cape where many homes are flooded and destroyed rescue workers are continuing to search for survivors. a court in hong kong is due to hand down sentences for non pro-democracy leaders behind the so-called umbrella protests five years ago. but many of their supporters are gathered outside the court as the activists wait to learn their fate they're facing up to seven years in prison after being convicted on public nuisance charges and twenty

fourteen hundreds of thousands of people blocked roads for seventy nine days to demand open elections for the says he's leadership. thanks to these. and takes. a start as they have been doing. today stick to extremism to leave me naive. to think. thank you that it's the mind reconnecting to make this it. was obvious to me and i don't really think you want them to see. the reality of things that's ok and i don't think the system every single day. u.s. president or trump has met with a c.e.o. 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 from

washington d.c. . in the past twenty four hour period president trump tweeted all retreated 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 trump 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. north korean leader kim jong un has crossed into russia to meet president vladimir putin on thursday he's traveling to the city of that of austar on a private train accompanied by a high level delegation has visitors believed to be part of pyongyang the efforts to build international support following the breakdown of talks with the u.s. in february and russia is also looking to play a role in any peace plan for the korean peninsula teenage environmentalists go to town bird has been meeting british politicians and climate protesters in london the sixteen year old swedish activists held talks with the leaders of opposition parties tom burke has inspired tens of thousands of children around the world to boycott classes to draw attention to global warming her trip to london coincides

with a new. ninth day of climate protests by the extension rebellion group. now there are plans to revitalize farms as most famous avenue the shops any say a chair about twenty million people visit but less than two percent are parisians local architects say it's a desperate need of renovation ahead of the twenty twenty four olympics the 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 a 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 situations urgent he's launched a project to renovate the famous avenue plans include more green spaces more the road around the outer tree of could be transformed into a garden beach or ice rink. the of a new has lost its soul and its identity to show as it eases supposed to be a place for walking. on community it's not because it's not your choice enough. it's because it's noisy unpleasant and polluted one of the main problems with the show also is there is the traffic is nearly always noisy and busy sixty thousand vehicles pass out there is that when you each day sometimes the pollution is worse not viruses far bring growth so 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 shah's 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 a renovation project says it's vital to maintain the shore z.z.z. unique place in french history but it's all we could use this to show french excellence in gastronomy call to refreshment and green technology this chance that he sees an international symbol a myth and 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 see 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. now scientists believe they have measured the first side of the logical tremor on

another planet a faint rumble on mars was picked up by nasa is inside prague and has been labeled a miles quake researchers hope to analyze how rocky planets were formed by analyzing seismic activity on mars. hello again i'm in as a problem and with the headlines on al-jazeera the death toll in sri lanka after sunday's attacks has now increased to three hundred and fifty nine the president is promising major changes to the country's security leadership that's after the government acknowledged that intelligence agencies received multiple tip off before the attacks i saw has claimed responsibility more than twenty four hours after the bombings that ripped through churches and luxury hotels the government has blamed a local group words suspected foreign lang's men are philanderers has the latest on the investigations from colombo. investigations have been broadening as

there are leads that are being obtained from the suspects already in custody order to being interrogated by the criminal investigation by the police and investigators we're hearing just a short while ago that another eighteen people have been detained and these people will be subject to questioning an interglacial there are lines sensually of investigation that are opening up depending on the information that is being extracted from these suspects that are in police custody thousands of sudanese protesters have joined a certain outside the army headquarters and. they say the military leaders are taking too long to hand over power to civilians african union leaders have given the military council three months for the transition egypt's national election authority says voters have backed major constitutional changes that could allow

president other than further l.c.c. to stay in power until twenty thirty the amendments also extend the military's power of a politics rights group said the referendum is neither free nor fair according hong kong is due to hand on sentences for nine pro-democracy leaders of the so-called umbrella protests five years ago. and many of their supporters are gathered outside the court as the activists went to learn their fate the facing up to seven years in prison after being convicted on public nuisance charges and twenty fourteen hundreds of thousands of people blocked roads for seventy nine days to demand open elections for the city's leadership well those are the headlines on al-jazeera up front is coming up next. china is probably has become famous for its large number of elderly many aged one hundred years one on one east investigates if the region holds the secrets to a long and healthy long on al-jazeera all of from today we'll speak with the award

winning bangladeshi photo journalist and activist shot at all of on his recent imprisonment and the political climate under prime minister sina but first it's the biggest crisis of our time climate change but how do we tackle it or is it too late . climate change is ravaging our planet last year thousands of deaths were linked to heat waves and wildfires while millions of people were impacted by floods and typhoons scientists say time is running out to save civilization as we know it so what will it.