tonight at 10: at least 200 people dead and hundreds injured in a series of bomb attacks in sri lanka. many of the victims were gathered in churches, celebrating easter, when the attacks happened. translation: i heard the explosion and then the roof fell on us. we took the children and ran out from the rear door, but when i came to the hospital, i saw my brother—in—law and son on the ground. eight people have been arrested so far and the prime minister suggested that information might have been received before the attacks happened. we must also look into why adequate precautions were not taken in this respect. but first and foremost, we have to ensure that terrorism does not lift its head in sri lanka. and in rome — the pope delivered his easter message,

condemning the attacks as an expression of cruel violence. we'll have the latest from colombo on the attacks which are believed to have claimed the lives of at least five britons. also tonight... in ukraine, a television comedian has been elected the country's new president by a huge majority. cheering. the teenage activist, greta thunberg, has addressed thousands of protesters at the climate change demonstations in london. good evening. at least 200 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a series of bomb attacks in sri lanka. five britons are believed to be among the dead. the explosions were targeted

at churches during easter services, and at some luxury hotels. the attacks took place in the capital colombo, in nagombo, and batticaloa on the east coast. one of the first places to be targeted in colombo was st anthony's shrine, which is a very popular for worshippers there. three of the city's major hotels were also hit — the kingsbury, the shangri la, and the cinnamon grand, followed by two further explosions on the outskirts of colombo. eight people have been arrested. the sri lankan prime minister says there may have been prior information about a possible attack. our south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports from colombo. this is where people had gathered to pray. but a bomb ripped through on easter sunday. dozens were killed here at

st anthony's shrine in colombo. this amateur video is believed to show the moment when the explosion occurred. translation: the moment when the explosion occurred. translationzlj the moment when the explosion occurred. translation: i heard the explosion and then the roof fell on us. explosion and then the roof fell on us. we took the children and ran out from the rear door but when i came to the hospital, i saw my brother—in—law and son on the ground. at around the same time an explosion took place here, in this catholic dominated town just north of the capital colombo at a church which isjust down of the capital colombo at a church which is just down this street. we are not allowed to go past this point right now because of security reasons but this is believed to have been the deadliest of all the bombings. a church in eastern sri la nka bombings. a church in eastern sri lanka was also attacked. families rushed to hospital is looking for loved ones. for hundreds, that

search ended in heartbreak. sri la nka search ended in heartbreak. sri lanka is home to more than a million christians, a community that has been left shaken. i'd also like to ask the government to hold a very impartial, strong inquiry and find out who is responsible behind this act. and also to punish them, mercilessly. three luxury hotels in colombo were also targeted, popular with tourists. many foreign travellers are among those killed and five british citizens have also lost their lives. investigators have been searching for evidence. a guest staying on the 25th floor of this hotel, the shangri—la, described what happened. we could hear two

loud bangs and shaking. i could see that a lot of guests have been taken to hospitals, a lot of casualties. for many, a holiday has turned into a nightmare. this 20—year—old is from america, he is being treated for his injuries. security forces raided a house where they believed some of those involved in the attack we re some of those involved in the attack were hiding. three policemen died. several people have been arrested in connection with the bombings. we must also look into why adequate precautions were not taken in this respect. but first and foremost, we have to make sure terrorism does not lift its head in sri lanka. a curfew

is in place across the country. security has been heightened at churches, hotels and the airport, among other places. since its bloody civil war ended ten years ago, it's the deadliest day sri lanka has seen. and yogita joins us now from colombo. yogita — what's the latest? and the latest on the investigation itself? just as we landed here in colombo, we would not let out of the airport, no one was being allowed inside and it was only later we learned the area was cordoned off because they found an improvised explosive device at the airport, which was disposed of. this was told to us by a military spokesman later. the area remains extremely tense. we have been to a few churches in this area, in the gumbo. a heavy military presence on the road outside the airport and outside hotels and

hospitals are struggling to treat the injured. we have been told there are at least 36 foreign nationals who have died in this attack, people from the uk, the us, denmark, the netherlands, india as well and turkey, but many are still to be identified. what we do know is that several arrests have been made but no information has been given on that. the prime minister said there might have been prior information about this attack and it will be investigated as to why no one acted upon that. so far, no group or no individuals have claimed responsibility for this attack. thank you very much for the update in colombo. our correspond in at the scene. as we've heard, eight people have been arrested, but we still don't know who was behind the attacks. sri lanka has seen a decade of relative calm since the brutal civil war which ended in may 2009. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley looks at what might have led to these attacks. sri lanka is no stranger

to violence, to civilian suffering, but this is completely different to anything it's seen before. christians now mourning en masse, after they'd come together to celebrate and pray. for almost three decades, the country was at war — a civil war between the government and tamil tigers, that killed tens of thousands of people. but ten years ago, that conflict came to an end and since then it's enjoyed a relative calm. this is how sri lanka would like to be known — for its beautiful beaches. tourism is vital to its economy, but there have been simmering political and intercommunal tensions. last year, buddhist mobs attacked muslim properties, and christians too have complained of being intimidated by hard—line buddhists. interreligious and interethnic violence is not new. it's something that has occurred. however, i think what's significant about today's attack is the scale of the attacks that we've seen and the coordination that took place, and the fact that luxury hotels in colombo, where foreigners frequently stay, were targeted.

we still don't know who was behind today's attacks. despite the arrests made no finger of blame has been pointed yet and no group has come forward saying it carried out the bombings. we have updated our travel advice for people travelling to sri lanka to take account of this latest incident. our high commissioner is working on this around the clock and we are trying to gather as much information as we can about this. a crisis centre has been set up and there is an emergency helpline on the gulf dot uk website for anyone with concerns about friends or relatives who may be holidaying in sri lanka. the sri lankan government has warned that hard—line groups could exploit the aftermath of these horrific attacks to stoke communal tensions. it's appealing for calm as condemnation continues to pour in from around the world. caroline hawley, bbc news. the pope has condemned

the attacks in sri lanka, describing them as "cruel violence". speaking at his annual easter day address at the vatican, pope francis said he stood by the victims of the attacks, saying that christians had been hit by "mourning and pain". our religion editor martin bashir has the latest. st peter's had been transformed into a vast garden of flowers as christians gathered to celebrate the resurrection of jesus. but as news of the attacks in sri lanka reached the vatican, the pope's traditional easter message was altered to acknowledge the unfolding tragedy. i heard of the serious attacks in sri lanka today with great pain and sadness, that on easter sunday have brought mourning and suffering. i would like to express my closeness and affection to the christian community, struck while it was gathered in prayer, and to all the victims of the cruel violence. at canterbury cathedral,

archbishop justin welby condemned the attacks. the will to power leads to the murder of innocents in sri lanka, the utterly despicable destruction that, on this holiest of days, seeks to undermine the reality of the risen christ, to say that darkness will conquer, that our choice is surrender or death. the queen, who is 93 today, also attended an easter service at st george's chapel, windsor. and in paris, worshippers were invited to attend mass at saint—eustache church, on the other side of the river to notre—dame. during the service, archbishop michel aupetit handed over a bible rescued by firefighters from notre—dame — a sober moment on what is normally a joyous day

in the christian calendar. martin bashir, bbc news. let's look at some of the day's other news. in ukraine, president petro poroshenko has conceded victory to his rival, the comedian volodymyr zelensky. exit polls suggest mr zelensky, with no previous experience of politics, has won a landslide majority. he stars in a ukrainian television show as a fictional president and is said to have won the presidential election with nearly three—quarters of the vote. this report from jonah fisher contains some flash photography. the latest episode of the volodymyr zelensky show started at the polling station. are you ready to be president? i don't know, the people will decide it in the evening. i'm ready. he doesn't, however, have any political experience, or, judging by his election campaign, that many ideas. the choice ukraine must make today is whether to stick with the president they've had

for the last five years, or take a leap into the political unknown, with this man, the comedian volodymyr zelensky. across town, there were fewer smiles. mr zelensky‘s opponent, president petro poroshenko, has been blamed for the stalling of reforms. "it's important people vote with their minds and not for thejokes", he said. that's what mr zelensky is best known for — slap stick humour and for playing the part of a principled, honest president in a popular television series. this evening, with the music from his tv series playing, mr zelensky took to the stage. exit polls immediately confirmed an overwhelming win. so, there we have it, fact will follow fiction.

ukraine's television president is now going to become this country's real president. incredible! cheering. this is a fairy tale win for mr zelensky, but it's also a protest vote against notjust the president, but a political class that are widely seen as self—serving and corrupt. jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev. police in west yorkshire have arrested three men in connection with fires burning on ilkley moor. more than 70 firefighters and a helicopter have been battling a large fire, covering around 25,000 square metres. the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg has addressed climate change protestors in london tonight. she told the audience they were making a difference. extinction rebellion, the group behind the week long demonstrations, are meeting tomorrow to discuss the next steps

of their protest, with some debate about whether to pause their direct action, as our correspondent jon donnison reports. for a seventh day, climate change protesters were making noise on the streets of london. some dressed for the weather, others not so much. the people that are standing here today and that have been here for the last seven days, have been amazing, and without people standing up and speaking up louder and shouting, no one will listen. on waterloo bridge, there were more arrests, after demonstrators glued or locked themselves together to block the road. but around lunchtime, as protests continued, came news of a shift. in a leaked e—mail sent to demonstrators, one organiser said it was perhaps time for a pause. and a transition from mass disruption to negotiations with politicians. but this evolving movement has no real leaders and the message that it's time for a pause is by no means felt

by everyone. we've spoken to one organiser here who says that direct action, like the kind of thing we seen over the past week, should and will continue. there certainly won't be a pause in our activities. the agreement that has been agreed is that we will carry on with a week of activities. we have a whole week scheduled. and this evening, we love you was the chance for the 16—year—old swedish activist who has inspired young people to demonstrate around the world. we are the ones making a difference. it shouldn't be like that but since no one else is doing anything, we will have to do so. as night fell, police moved in to remove the last of the glued down protesters from waterloo bridge. with a debate now within the movement about whether such tactics should continue, demonstrators will hold a public meeting tomorrow to discuss their next move. jon donnison, bbc news. in sudan, after months of protests,

the leaders of the campaign to end military rule have tonight suspended their talks with the army. they accused the generals of frustrating plans for a civilian government. earlier, the leader of the transitional military council said that he was committed to giving power to the people. our africa editor fergal keane reports now from the sudanese capital, khartoum. among the crowds it often feels like a celebration, but for a new world that's still struggling to be born. every cause in the country comes here, to claim its part in the revolution. women's rights campaigners, students. yet the weight of past cruelties is ever present. these are people from darfur. 300,000 were killed there in a genocidal campaign waged by the bashir regime. and they want justice.

the woman leads a chant to avenge the victims. these are relatives of soldiers killed by their own leaders. mohammed sayed malik was executed by the regime in 1990. "i came to congratulate myself and the sudanese people for getting back our rights," says his sister. "those who gave us hunger and a nightmare have been overthrown." past experience of the military is the biggest barrier to trust now, despite a promise tonight from the new regime leader. translation: first, the role of the military council is a supplementary role to the uprising and the blessed revolution. the council is committed to giving power to the people. but this prominent activist is sceptical. she saw her husband and daughter jailed in the past. i think this military is an extension to the previous regime, so we don't trust it, 100%. how many percent do you trust them? i would say 20%. that's not great, is it?

it isn't. so what happens next? i think we will continue on our protest. we will continue on our revolution, until we get what we want. there is so much at stake here, for sudan of course, but also the watching world, because across this region authoritarian rulers can see the challenge posed by a peaceful civil society. remember, it's come to this moment without violence by the protesters, with women playing a leading role, and with the inclusion of all ethnic and religious groups. tonight, the protest leaders said they were suspending talks with the military and escalating demonstrations, hoping the tactics of defiance of the past fortnight will eventually bring civilian rule. fergal keane, bbc news. with all the sports news, here's karthi at the bbc sports centre.

good evening. for the first time for over a quarter of a century, great britain will play in world group two of tennis's fed cup. johanna konta and katie boulter won today's singles matches at london's copper box arena for a 3—1 play—off victory against kazakhstan to gain the promotion. david ornstein reports. and this time, katie boulter delivers! the serve that sent britain back to the top table of women's team tennis, a moment 26 yea rs women's team tennis, a moment 26 years in the making, a dizzying achievement delivered by somebody who wasn't even born when it happened last. before katie boulter put the tie to bed, there was an equally pivotable job to be done by johanna konta. with a best of five at 1-1 johanna konta. with a best of five ati—i in the johanna konta. with a best of five at 1—1 in the final day, the nation's leading player lost the opening set to her kazakhstan counterpart but in the fed cup, johanna konta is something of a

comeback specialist and here again she drew level before overturning a 4-1 she drew level before overturning a 4—1 deficit in the third, to put her tea m 4—1 deficit in the third, to put her team in control. now it was down to katie boulter and hampered by a back problem, initially her meeting with the more experienced serena dyas did not go to plan. soon, though, she was in full swing and so where the home crowd, helping propel katie boulter to a decider which she would dominate, ceiling a feat the women's game in britain hadn't managed since 1993. it is time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know today's football results, as match of the day 2 and in scotland sportscene follow soon. liverpool returned to the top of the premier league table after a 2—0 win over cardiff. jurgen klopp's side are two points above manchester city, who have a game in hand. cardiff remain in the relegation zone. everton beat manchester united 4—0. and arsenal were defeated by crystal palace. celtic need four more points

to claim the scottish premiership title after today's goalless draw with hibernian. that result puts neil lennon's side one point closer to an eighth league title in a row. chelsea are aiming to reach a first women's champions league final, but five time winners lyon stand in their way. although chelsea lost the first leg of their semi—final by 2—1 to the defending champions, erin cuthbert scored an important away goal for the london side. there's more on the bbc sport website. huw. thank you, karthi. that's all from us tonight. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. good night.

hello. this is bbc news with julian worricker. if your password is "1231156" —

then you share it with more than 23 million people — that's according to a study published today by britian's cyber security watchdog. the national cyber security centre says people should make it harder for hackers to access their data by using three random, but memorable words. our security correspondent gordon corera has more. a password is supposed to keep our information secure, but as we have all had to use more and more passwords, the temptation is to keep them simple. that, though, can be a mistake. a new study which analyses the passwords that have already been stolen shows the risks. the most used password overall is "1231156" , appearing more than 23 million times in the study. the next biggest is the not much more imaginative "123456789". and the phrase "password" appeared 3.6 million times. all of these are easy

for a hacker to guess. only 15% of the uk population feel they know how to stay cyber say. they know how to stay cyber safe. there are five simple things we are saying. for passwords, get three random words, password manager, back—up your data, do two factor verification if it is available to you, and also when the updates for apps come through, do it. nearly half of people in the survey said that information on how to keep secure online is confusing and as we move more and more of our lives online, the hope is that the survey today may make more people think again before they take the easy route when it comes to their password. the queen has attended an easter service at windsor castle on the day she celebrates her 93rd birthday. she wasjoined for by family members including the duke and duchess of cambridge and the duke of sussex.

the duke of edinburgh, who has retired from public duties, and the duchess of sussex, who is expecting a baby, did not attend. here's what happened when her majesty left the chapel. crowd sings happy birthday some spontaneous singing. it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. thanks forjoining me, let's bring you right up to date with the forthcoming week across the british isles. glorious fare for many across recent days but not that everywhere asi recent days but not that everywhere as i have stressed in recent days. the northern isles and western isles

and the mainland of scotland and at times the western side of northern ireland had to contend with the re m na nts of ireland had to contend with the remnants of an old weather front which thickened up the cloud and tempered the feel of the day. there is the weather front as we start the new week, close to the western and north—western parts of scotland and western side of northern ireland as well, and there is a sense it will gradually pull away back into the atla ntic gradually pull away back into the atlantic enough further to be the prospect of decent sunny spells across shetland and through orkney down towards the western isles and into northern ireland. the temperature responding, 17 or 18, and another warm day despite the fa ct and another warm day despite the fact some of the sunshine could become hazy with a lot of medium level cloud streaming and across the channel from france. tuesday an area of low pressure into biscayjust beginning to get more instability into the atmosphere, especially in those areas of devon and cornwall, maybe as far north as northern

ireland, the chance of one or two showers, elsewhere a reasonable day along the eastern shores and here again the temperature will be tempered by a breeze, 13 or 1a inland. wednesday a day of transformation with the low—pressure to dominate across the west of the british isles down into biscay in the heat of recent days will be centred towards the eastern side, notice how the colours drain away moving into the second half of the week and into next weekend. this little pulse of something warmer indicative of more unsettled weather coming out of the atlantic. as a consequence from mid week turning much cooler, showers and thunderstorms moving northwards during the course of wednesday which may well start dry across england and wales but notice what happens. longer spells of rain if not

thunderstorms. only at this stage for a time during daylight hours that scotland and northern ireland but overnight wednesday into thursday it pushes the rain further north. here is thursday with the low pressure very much the guiding feature swinging and at times, these belts of showers and longer spells of rain with the odd thunderstorm in the mix from the south to the north across many parts of the british isles and where you may have experienced 25 recently, could be much closer to 15. and that the tail end of the week, not a great deal of change with the low pressure anchored to the western side, notice the number of isoba rs anchored to the western side, notice the number of isobars in the wind also featured at times, around about the gusty showers and generally across the southern half, into friday it could well be some fairly strong winds and again, a mixture of sunny spells and also the prospect of some showers as well and we end the week with the temperature much

closer at around about 12—15, so quite a mild contrast as we move later in the forthcoming week. hello. this is bbc news with julian worricker. we will take a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment, but first the latest headlines. more

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