this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 10. eight britons are among the 290 people known to have died after a series of suicide bomb attacks across sri lanka. 2a suspects have been arrested following the worst day of violence in the country for more than a decade. british aid worker faye mooney has been killed by gunmen who stormed the holiday resort where she was staying in nigeria. a comedian who played the president of ukraine in a television satire has been elected to run the country. two teenagers arrested in connection with the murder of the journalist lyra mckee in londonderry have been released without charge. a week of climate—change protests on waterloo bridge in london are brought to an end by police, who removed the final activists from the site late last night.

officials say eight british nationals are among the 290 people killed in a series of suicide bomb attacks in sri lanka. more than 500 others were injured in the blasts which targeted churches and luxury hotels on easter sunday. police say they've arrested 2a suspects. they've said they believe that most of those involved are part of one radical islamic group operating locally. leigh milner reports. st anthony's shrine in colombo. this is where people had gathered to pray on easter sunday when a bomb exploded. a string of attacks ripped through the country within minutes of each other. six bombs targeted separate churches and hotels in colombo. two other explosions hit churches in negombo and batticaloa.

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. hundreds rushed to hospitals looking for loved ones. for many, their search ended in heartbreak. the high commissionerfor sri lanka has confirmed that at least eight british people, including a mother and her two children, are among those killed. it's not yet clear who is behind the attacks. security forces have raided houses and a number of people have been arrested. but now it's claimed there were warnings of the attack ten days ago. this particular report was not taken serious. this was sent on the 11th of april. it says there could be suicide bombs, it could be a weapon, or it could be a knife attack or it could be even a truck. 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. an island—wide curfew has now been lifted, but security remains on high alert. leigh milner, bbc news. a short time ago the high commissioner for sri lanka to the uk, manisha gunasekera, expressed her shock at yesterday's events more of a shock today than yesterday, because yesterday we had a lot of action and we need to be in action mode. one of the targets is looking at the safety of uk nationals who have visited sri lanka at this point. it is only now that the shock really sets in. do you know how many uk nationals have been caught up in this? i think as of now there is information that eight british nationals have lost their lives. and the rest is actually... the

other numbers are of other nationals. and there are also foreign nationals who have been injured. 0ur correspondent sharanjit leyl in colombo said one day after the attacks it's not known who was behind it. this is something the prime minister and the authorities here i trying to get to the brunt of it. they are saying 2a people have been arrested but they haven't said where they are from. no group has come out to actually claim responsibility of this horrific tragedy. as you have reported, eight blasts across a matter of hours here in colombo and across sri lanka. in fact, matter of hours here in colombo and across sri lanka. infact, i'm standing here in a place where some of the luxury hotels were hit and, as you can hear, traffic behind me. there had been a curfew earlier overnight. it's been lifted. there will be another curfew later today, tonight, but people are going about their business. they are trying to get over the shock and horror of

this attack, some 2a hours after it took place. shop and i get you described. i want to talk about the anger because there does appear to have been some sort of warning that was in circulation, but wasn't passed on to those at the top. absolutely. this is something that the prime minister has talked about, as well. we heard in fact from the minister of communications telling the bbc just minister of communications telling the bbcjust a few hours ago that there was some sort of warning issued before these attacks took place. the authorities knew as early as april 11 that such an attack would take place, but the prime minister and his team say they were not informed so there was a lack of communication between the two sides. we are getting more details emerging about what might have happened. investigators are saying that seven suicide bombers may well have been involved in some of these blasts. we

are also getting reports from local sources that fbi and interpol may be flying out to try and help the sri lankan authorities and investigators to get to the brunt of exactly what happened. what is crucial of course is we know, some ten years since the end of the civil war here in sri lanka. this is a country that has not seen this scale of attack for a decade. they were due to celebrate the end of that war next month, in fa ct, the end of that war next month, in fact, and that was a war which of course ripped apart the country. it was ethnic strife between the ethnic groups. that war came to an end in 2009 and sri lankans have not seen this scale of attack so well organised in a matter of hours since then. we can speak now to roel raymond, associate editor at roar lk — an online news platform in colombo. there does seem to be focus on the intelligence. it was known or at least wa nt intelligence. it was known or at least want about. yes. there is some

controversy least want about. yes. there is some c0 ntrove rsy over least want about. yes. there is some controversy over this. there is a letter that has been circulated on social media and initially the government dismissed it as being fake. in fact, journalists quoted the attorney general‘s office as saying it was fake. several other government positions said it was fa ke government positions said it was fake and no such warning had come to them. but yesterday, last evening, them. but yesterday, last evening, the prime ministerfor them. but yesterday, last evening, the prime minister for the first time sort of indicated that perhaps the letter was authentic and because he said he and his cabinet had not received information that there was the possibility of any attacks on religious places in colombo and other parts of the island, which is what the letter had indicated. the prime minister also said he would investigate why authorities had not informed. a couple of hours ago at a

press c0 nfe re nce informed. a couple of hours ago at a press conference the former government spokesman also laid blame with one particular organisation and this is the organisation that is mentioned in this letter that has been circulated since april 11. that isa been circulated since april 11. that is a religious extremist organisation. he also places blame this organisation, saying they are behind the attacks, six of the eight attacks that took place yesterday. six suicide attacks. however, i have to say that the police investigation is not complete. it's not over at the moment. the government investigation is still ongoing and i can't say that any of these comments from the minister or even the prime

minister, with any weight. . it could just beat conjecture at this moment. i think it would be best to see what the police have to say at the end of this investigation. it is also very frustrating. there is a lot of frustration online. there is a temporary ban on facebook in sri lanka. people are using vpns to access social media platforms and there is a lot of anger and frustration at the moment that the police have not yet made an official statement explaining who, what, when, where and why these attacks took place. what we do know is that 24 took place. what we do know is that 2a people have been arrested and they have been questioned by the criminal investigation department. a police spokesman did say he didn't wa nt to police spokesman did say he didn't want to reveal the identities of those arrested for security purposes. yesterday it seemed, all this precaution seemed justifiable but now more than 2a hours since the

incident took place, people really, really wa nt incident took place, people really, really want to know what happened, why it happened and whether it can be prevented from occurring again. and we are talking about something that only happened yesterday, so the sense of shock is still there. yes. as i've been saying, we were not expecting to be thrown back into this violent terrorist situation again so soon. next month we celebrate ten years, we might ten yea rs celebrate ten years, we might ten years since the end of the war. it took us a while to get over. every time there was a firecracker or a minor explosion not to immediately think it was a bomb attack going up in colombo. we come to the point where we were quite comfortable with the absence of violence. i'm not saying they won't any racial tensions. there were tensions between the communities. there were

riots last year, but in all i think we have gotten quite complacent in thinking that it would never happen to this place again. so there is a sense of shock and i suppose a deep fear also. can we go to hotels ain? fear also. can we go to hotels again? can we go to hotels as freely as we used to yellow can we go to church as freely as we used to? we still don't know who is behind these attacks and what they want, so there's a lot of questions, anguish, angen there's a lot of questions, anguish, anger, frustration right now across the island. its really good of you tojoin us. the island. its really good of you to join us. thank the island. its really good of you tojoin us. thank you. a british woman has been killed by gunmen who stormed the holiday resort where she was staying in nigeria. faye mooney — who was working for the aid organisation mercy corps — and a nigerian citizen were shot dead on friday. the attackers also kidnapped three other people. two teenagers arrested in connection with the murder ofjournalist lyra mckee in londonderry have been

released without charge. the 29—year—old was shot during riots on thursday night. police said support from the community has been positive, but appealed for tangible evidence. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, has more. the two teenagers, as you say, aged 18 or 19, they were arrested early on saturday morning and now they have been released without charge. the police officer who has been leading the investigation, detective superintendent jason murphy, has said that the police have received positive support from the community in the creggan area of derry which is where lyra mckee was shot dead on thursday night, but they need to convert that support into what he calls tangible evidence. so he says he wants to meet with local community representatives in creggan, with the hope that they can help him to unlock the evidence, as he calls it.

encourage people to come forward. police say they know there are people in creggan who know what happened and who was involved, and they have acknowledged that in situations like this when dissident republicans are involved, it's thought that new ira, the largest dissident group, carried out the murder of lyra mckee. they know that there is sometimes a reticence or fear in communities for people to come forward to the police and bring evidence. police are working with members of the community and leaders in the community, with clergyman, and local politicians, so that they can break down that fear and encourage witnesses to come forward and give statements. the police investigation is continuing, in the meantime preparations also now being made for lyra mckee's funeral which will be held in belfast, where she grew up, on wednesday. older women are being exploited by ivf clinics "trading on hope", the fertility watchdog has warned.

sally cheshire, chairwoman of the human fertilisation and embryology authority, said some private clinics are using "selective success rates" to target older women. joining me now is our news correspondentjenny kumah. well, for many people, this will bring aligned bells. yeah, so some clinics are using blatant sales tactics to persuade vulnerable women to undergo treatment and she says she is a 50—year—old woman herself and was recently offered fertility treatment when she was at a fertility trade show and she was offered it by staff who didn't realise she was ahead of the uk's fertility watchdog. she herself is a former ivf patient who went on to have a family through adoption and she would like to see clinics be more open about success rates. we can have a look at some of the figures the watchdog has published.

ivf is more successful for women under 35. since 2004 the number of women in their 40s undergoing fertility treatment has doubled to 10,835 in 2017. for those over 44, there was a success rate ofjust i% between 2004 and 2017. 196? very low. this is an expensive process. that's right. in some areas you can get up to three cycles on the nhs, but sally cheshire says that some private clinics are charging up to £20,000 will stop she says that four times the cost of the treatment and she is also worried about the growing trend of clinics offering so—called add—ons which they say will increase your chances of getting pregnant. services such as embryo glue and endometrial scratching. the watchdog says there is no conclusive evidence that these

services can increase your success. the watchdog would basically like to see, like to have greater powers so they can clamp—down on practices such as this and clamp—down on profiteering by clinics. jenny, thanks very much. the headlines on bbc news... eight britons are among the 290 people known to have died after a series of suicide bomb attacks across sri lanka. british aid worker faye mooney has been killed by gunmen who stormed the holiday resort where she was staying in nigeria. a comedian who played the president of ukraine in a television satire has been elected to run the country. sport, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. big build—up. hi, simon. jurgen klopp says his team is motivated by their supporters not the "holy grail" of a first league title since 1990. liverpool are back on top of the table but were kept out by cardiff for the best part

of an hour before georginio wijnaldum gave them the lead. it finished 2—0 afterjames milner scored from the spot. cardiff remain in the relegation zone three points adrift of safety. liverpool are two points ahead of manchester city, but have played a game more. if you are only motivated if you went the holy grail then something is wrong with you. we are motivated itself because we play for this club, because we want to win football games, because we enjoy the ride together with our fans, that's the truth. manchester united have suffered their biggest defeat under manager 0le gunnar solskjaer — a shock 4—0 defeat at everton. united remain in sixth, two points off the top four. it's the manchester derby at old trafford on wednesday night. 0ne one step at a time and i've said all

along, i'm going to be successful here. the players that won't be part of that successful team, but there are players there that of course... many of these do have it. chelsea women scored what could be a precious away goal against the best team in europe — lyon — although they lost 2—1 in the first leg of their champions league semi—final. and they didn't make life easy for themselves — first scoring an own goal and then conceding after being unable to defend a corner. they also had a fran kirby penalty saved, but erin cuthbert‘s fantastic strike gave them a hope. the second leg is next sunday at kingsmeadow. i'm disappointed. we haven't got a better result here. because i thought we, today, where the better team. andi thought we, today, where the better team. and i thought we played with the courage and the conviction that i'd asked of the players and getting the away goal means that the tie is very much alive, but i expect it

will be even more difficult at home because lyon have the quality, as we know, but i'm very, very proud of my tea m know, but i'm very, very proud of my team today. bite alone have a 1-0 lead against bayern munich. tennis now and some great news for great britain. great britain are into the fed cup world group for the first time in 26 years. they beat kazakhastan to secure promotion. johanna konta won the first of two rubbers they needed at the copper box arena, leaving katie boulter with a chance to claim victory for britain against zarina diyas. she needed three sets, but that secures a place in the eight—team second tier of the world group. the competition will be much tougher but a former british number 0ne thinks they'll be up to it. when players are sometimes put their home country's tracksuit on it brings out different pattern, different levels of performance. anything can happen. i think with bothjohanna anything can happen. i think with

both johanna konta and, anything can happen. i think with bothjohanna konta and, it is a strong team. we have someone injohn konta who have beat some of the strongest champion. she is beaten 0saka connor kirby. she's beating williams, caroline wozniacki. you know, all of the players she has beaten out on the tour, she has enormous self belief. i think this tea m enormous self belief. i think this team is very, very strong and i think every time they step out onto court against anybody, i think they probably feel they have a great chance of winning. the world snooker championship continues in sheffield. the morning sessionjust the morning session just getting under way. let's take your life to the crucible. the 2005 champion shaun murphy has resumed 9—0 up against luo honghao. if he wins this frame then that will be only the second whitewash in the history of the tournament. is not on the table at the moment. yes, he is, he's back now. the three times world champion mark selby is on the other table, his first round match just getting

going againstjhao xintong. you can follow that across the bbc. that's all the sport for now. is he at the table or isn't he? he is, he's just moving very slowly, as shown murphy does. is not alone in that! thank you very much. a comedian who has never held political office has won ukraine's presidential election. exit polls suggest that volodymyr zelensky took nearly three quarters of the vote. the incumbent, petro poroshenko, has conceded defeat. mr zelensky is best known for starring in a satirical television series in which his character accidentally becomes ukrainian president. 0ur correspondent jonah fisher is in kiev. it's retty mind—bending stuff. fact has followed fiction here in ukraine and yes, as you say, it is a landslide for this comedian with no political experience, volodymyr zelensky. looks like he's going to get 75% of the vote or so with the incumbent, the man who's been president here in ukraine, just getting 25%.

so, yes, extraordinary developments here. we are also facing the prospect in a couple of weeks' time when mr zelensky becomes the president, we will have the tv show airing in the evening where we see the fictional president, while during the daytime mr zelensky will be doing the job for real. you're joking! laughter crazy. ok, let's look... this is the sort of warped reality we are having to deal with at the moment, simon. oh, i know, but i don't think ukraine is alone in that. let's just talk about the lead up to this because he didn't do any serious interviews. he just did a few light—hearted comments on social media. yeah, he almost ran an anti—campaign in this election. he didn't do rallies, he didn't do political speeches. the few interviews he did, he really came off as... well, as you might expect, a comedian, a bit lightweight and jokey and lacking in real political substance. his team quickly worked out

to keep him away from the politics, to mainly campaign on social media, and the less he talked the more popular he became, so it was a formula which worked but clearly it's not a formula that's going to work in government because his team have now got a few weeks before the inauguration to try and put together some concrete policies and to work out what he really stands for beyond very broadly being about something new and something different and changing the way ukraine works. and he's got some pretty serious stuff to deal with, including a war on the eastern front. yeah, yeah. being the president of ukraine is not really a joking matter. there is a war going on in eastern ukraine and has been going on for the last five years against russian—backed forces. 13,000 people have died in that war over the last five years. ukraine also has some pretty serious economic problems. it's a hugely corrupt country. one of the most corrupt in europe, and badly needs some reforms. so yes, when he gets into office in about three or four weeks' time,

president zelensky will have a very, very serious in tray and he will have to start really getting to grips with what the reality is of being president for real. a week of climate—change protests on waterloo bridge in london has been brought to an end by police, who removed the final activists from the site late last night. more than 960 people have been arrested in connection with the demonstrations. simon jones has more. as night fell, officers moved in to remove the last of the protesters who'd glued themselves to waterloo bridge. with police patience and resources stretched, the only approved place for protest remains marble arch. chanting: we love you! there, a 16—year—old swedish schoolgirl received a rapturous welcome as she took to the stage. greta thunberg's protest outside the swedish parliament calling for action on climate change is credited with inspiring demonstrations worldwide. 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. she was undoubtedly preaching to the converted. i think she's right. yeah, that's really all that i want to say, but she is right and people need to listen to her. she's going to be very welcome here, isn't she, because she is one of the first people who spoke out and drew attention to all of this. i wish that at 16 i would have had the guts to do what she's doing now. but police say the disruption has been unacceptable. hundreds of people have been arrested. the protests are now entering their second week but there is some discussion about the best way in which they should be taken forward with many people having differing views. activists will meet today to consider whether direct action should be paused in favour of dialogue with politicians. as waterloo bridge reopens, the direction of travel is far from clear. simon jones, bbc news. hundreds of holiday—makers in county down, northern ireland, have spent the night in emergency

accommodation after a large hillside fire forced them from their caravan park. more than 50 firefighters worked through the night to bring the blaze on the mourne mountains in newcastle under control. declan harvey reports. too close for comfort. at around 7:00 yesterday evening, smoke was spotted rising from the forest above picturesque newcastle. eyewitnesses were shocked at how quickly it took hold. at its height, the flames were a mile wide. on one of the busiest weekends of the year here, bonnys caravan park was evacuated as sea winds fuelled the flames. many, including a pregnant woman and young children, were bussed to this community centre where they spent the night. very frightening. people were told to get into their cars, move their cars and then get into their cars and then you were told

to get out of the cars and run to the front gates. i was like, well, this is really serious... if we have to evacuate. so ijust got really scared and, yeah... by the early hours, the fire appeared under control. the fire service is expected to give details of what may have caused the fire and the extent of the damage later today. declan harvey, bbc news, in newcastle, county down. you look at the bank holiday weather now. hello, easter sunday was a very warm and sunny one across the board. we saw a top temperature in the afternoon of 25 celsius. it is going to be another pretty warm one for easter monday as well, but we start to see that sunshine turn a little bit hazy in places and we will have more of a breeze in the south and south—east, so it will be a little bit fresher along the southern and eastern coasts. but it is a fine morning to come. we have lost that weather front

from the west of scotland so a lot more sunshine here for you too. notice the cloud beginning to build, generally high cloud which will turn the sunshine hazy into the afternoon. just a slim chance of a shower developing across the southwest. top temperatures again in the low to mid 20s celsius. we could continue to hold on to a risk of a shower or thunderstorm for the channel islands and into the south—west of england, perhaps into south wales through the course of the night, but elsewhere a largely dry one. a bit of cloud around and a few mist and fog patches and the temperature is quite mild in the south—west with a few chilly spots across the north—east. let me show you the pressure chart from tuesday onwards. we can see an area of low pressure developing towards the south—west and it is this that will destabilise the atmosphere to produce showers and thunderstorms particularly as we head into wednesday. but on tuesday again it is another largely dry, sunny and warm day with the risk of cloud and showers across western areas which will develop as we head through the course of the afternoon

and into the evening. but it will be another warm one with the temperatures into the low 20s celsius. then that threat of showers and thunderstorms increases on wednesday and bands will move northwards, some of them could be quite torrential in fact. northern areas stay largely dry with sunshine as the temperatures start to come down to highs of 19 or 20 degrees. that is because we have got the cooler air beginning to invade off the atlantic as we head deeper into the week. you can see the blue colours moving across the british isles, pushing the orange and yellows back across the continent. it is a cooler trend as we head through the week and you can see those temperatures falling day by day with increasing showers and thunderstorms developing. this is how the week is panning out, turning cooler gradually and the showers will be quite intense as they spread northwards. it will be breezy.

hello, this is bbc news with simon mccoy. the headlines... eight britons are among the 290 people known to have died after a series of suicide bomb attacks across sri lanka. a british aid worker, faye mooney, has been killed by gunmen who stormed the holiday resort where she was staying in nigeria. a comedian who played the president of ukraine in a television satire