this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 2pm: police in sri lanka arrest 2a people as the government blames a local islamist extremist group for a series of co—ordinated bomb attacks. eight british nationals are now thought to be among the 290 people killed. police say more than a thousand people have been arrested arrested after seven days of climate change protests. dozens of firefighters are trying to control a moorland fire in marsden in west yorkshire. gun salutes have taken place to mark her majesty the queen's 93rd birthday yesterday. and click takes a look at how social media is being used in the indian elections.

that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon. the sri lankan high commissioner says eight british nationals are among the 290 people killed in a series of bomb attacks. more than 500 others were injured in the blasts which targeted churches and hotels on easter sunday. police say they've arrested 2a suspects and that the bombings were carried out with the support of an international network. the government has blamed a local radical islamist group, although no—one has yet admitted carrying out the attacks. there has been another explosion today in the sri lankan capital colombo, as security forces were defusing a bomb inside an abandoned van near a church. nick beake reports.

the christians of colombo should have been celebrating rebirth this easter, but it's death, on an horrific scale, which has confronted them. this was one of three churches bombed, shouts and screams rang out where there had been singing and prayers. they were victims of a carefully coordinated strike which has plunged hundreds of families into mourning. among them, a 36—year—old's relative, his brother said he rushed him to hospital, but there was nothing that could be done. the scale of these attacks and the planning that went into them have stunned sri lanka. but already the prime minister has admitted that intelligence was received more than ten days ago about possible attacks on churches, so already some people are asking could these bombers have been stopped? visiting one of the bomb sites, a senior official defended the authorities‘ actions. why you try to isolate this particular incident?

what i have to say, it is very u nfortu nate, very u nfortu nate. at the shrine of saint anthony's in colombo, disbelief. more than 1,500 worshippers had packed into the easter sunday service. the chief priest told us he had left his church to pick up some papers when the bomb ripped through his congregation and that it was a miracle he survived. how does that touch you this morning, knowing you have been saved and 300 others lost their lives? i don't understand it yet, he has saved me. many are on edge, with good reason. explosions. this device has just exploded near one of the churches targeted yesterday, as the bomb squad was moving in. still no group has yet admitted it was behind the attack, the perpetrators may remain in the shadows but the carnage they have wrought is painfully clear. nick beake, bbc news, colombo.

it's been confirmed that three of the four children of the danish billionaire, anders holch povlsen were killed in the attacks. mr povlsen, who is denmark's wealthiest man, is a major shareholder in the online clothing retailer asos and one of the uk's largest private landowners, confirmed that his family were visiting sri lanka over the easter period. the queen has sent a message to the president of sri lanka. it says: prince philip and i were deeply saddened to learn of the attacks in sri lanka and send our condolences to the families and friends of those who have lost their lives. i pay tribute to the medical and emergency services who are providing support to those who have been injured. our thoughts and prayers are with all sri lankans at this difficult time. my colleague simon mccoy, spoke to the journalist lisa fuller, who lives and works in colombo. she began by talking about the latest bomb explosion. the bomb was outside one of the churches that was bombed yesterday.

it seems like it was just left over from the attack. even though it was being diffused, there was mass panic. that was obviously understandable. everyone is quite scared. what is being made of the targets? we are talking about churches on easter sunday, and then luxury hotels? no—one has claimed responsibility for the attack. we are getting the latest information from the government that it was an islamic group called national thowheed jamath. that is just within the past few hours. i can't speculate on the motives other than christians were part of it. 290 people dead, many more injured. your own sister—in—law was close to the attacks? yes, she was parking her motorcycle outside one of the churches when the bomb exploded. she is ok.

she had children in the church getting thrown out quite near her. it sounded very gruesome. we are talking about a country that for years was riven by civil war. and then a period of relative peace. this must reawaken many fears in sri lanka? yeah. the war ended almost exactly ten years ago. since then there has been violence but on lower levels. the biggest incident was last year, there were anti—muslim riots. they destroyed 400 muslim properties but only killed two people. so, we haven't seen anything like this since the war ended. this type of violence doesn't even look anything like the war. in those senses it is quite unprecedented. what about the very... there will be concerned

about the long—term effect this will have on tourism, which is important to sri lanka? absolutely. already people are talking about that. sri lanka was named the top tourist destination for 2019 by lonely planet. we have seen an upsurge in tourists. i am sure that the trend will not continue, at least in the immediate future. some talk of revenge attacks already happening? yeah, on a very small scale i have heard some unconfirmed reports of attacks on people who are perceived to be muslim. a few properties that were destroyed... i don't have any reports of injuries. given the recent history of anti—muslim violence, it is concerning that within 2a hours of the attacks we are seeing those types of incidents. that was lisa fuller speaking to simon mccoy. sharanjit leyl is in colombo for us.

summarise how things are at the moment with the latest details of that explosion. that's right. we have had those deadly explosions on sunday that we have been reporting on but today there is very much still an active situation as we have seen explosions over the last few hours, controlled detonations. 0ne that was found in the vicinity of saint anthony's shrine. it was a van that was detonated. there were get more explosions, controlled, we are told, taking place at a market nearby. some 87 devices were found at one of the big bus station is here that were also detonated. still very much an active situation. investigation is continuing here in colombo into what caused this

attack. a lot of issues and questions being asked around just how much the government and the authorities knew and when because it has since emerged that there was a memo put out that one as early as april the 11th that such an attack would be taking place. but that the prime minister and his office were not informed of this. there is a lot of questions about what could have been done, perhaps precautions could have been put in place, specifically at the luxury hotels. we are hearing from the hotel is that they would have had their security and their security personnel on high alert if sun of this had been put in effect. speaking of precautions, according to the united states, that threat is not over. they are warning of further attacks. is the curfew still in place? i am a missing a few cars moving behind you. yes, that is

right. today, people were back pretty much going about that business. there had been a curfew last night and there will be a cu rfew last night and there will be a curfew injust last night and there will be a curfew in just about an hour's time. the curfew seem to be in place overnight. security is still out in force. we have seen military on the streets trying to keep the situation safe on the streets. we are told this a curfew is coming into effect. the state of emergency has been declared. that will come into effect at midnight on tuesday and a day of mourning has also been declared for the same day. thank you very much for this latest details. thank you. climate change protesters, who've staged a week of demonstrations in london and edinburgh, will meet this afternoon to discuss the next phase of their campaign. more than a thousand people have been arrested since the protests began. 0ur correspondent caroline davies is at marble arch and send us this update. as you can see behind me here, the main stage is in relatively full

swing and there are crowds that are gathering. earlier today, there was ceilidh dancing out on the streets here and we also heard from the green mp caroline lucas. when we arrived first thing this morning, it was relatively quiet, but people have been staying overnight in tents over here. there's about 100 or so of them on the grass. we also spoke to people who said that they had been staying in their cars overnight and there are other people that have been arriving, there's been a steady stream of people arriving to protest in the sunshine. this extinction rebellion has been going for eight days now. it started last monday and we've heard from the police that there have been over 1,000 arrests, 1,065 so far with 53 people charged. among those people who have been arrested including the gold medal award winning 0lympic canoeist etienne stott. he spoke to me earlier. he was on waterloo bridge last night when he was arrested by police and put into the back of a van. he was released in the early hours of this morning and she came down

——he was released in the early hours of this morning and he came down here to address the crowds. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, said yesterday that he wanted london to get back to business as usual. he says that this has caused immense disruption for businesses and for londoners and that 9,000 police have had to help with this operation and he wants it to end. however, we've spoken to organisers today and that doesn't seem to be a hugely likely prospect at the moment. they're planning a people's assembly later this afternoon, around three o'clock, where the crowds are expected to gather and then form into groups to come up with their own proposals about what should happen next. the exact decision about what those proposals might be isn't clear yet, but we've heard from the organisers they don't expect to be going home any time soon. dozens of firefighters are trained to control a fire in yorkshire. it is that it extends to more than eight square mile and it is thought

to have been started by a barbecue. it isa to have been started by a barbecue. it is a six fire this year. this fire started last night and firefighters are very busy today trying to tackle it. we have just had another flare—up. the helicopter has been going down to this reservoir nearby, scooping up water and dumping it on the fire in an attempt to stop it. i am here with craig best from the national trust. i am here with craig best from the national trust. you have been here all night watching this, haven't you? it must be devastating to see the damage. yes, i have been on site since about one o'clock. the fire started at seven o'clock last night and we believe it was through the use of a barbecue. in that time, it has spread quite rapidly from what was initially a very small fire to a scene that we see behind us which amounts to about 300 hectares in total. that is actually double the size of the previous fire you have

already had this year. that is double the size of the fire we had at the end of february, but is actually the six fire that we have had this calendar year. which is exceptionally rare for this time of year. what about damage to wildlife? this is a key nesting time, isn't it? yes. this moorland is really important for ground nesting birds, and a number of ground nesting birds are currently nesting so there would have been some impact on birds nests and also a whole range of small mammals and reptiles. and what about the financial cost as well to the national trust? we think of this landscape in the same way as a stately home. it is a significant asset that has gone up in smoke. we have invested several hundred thousands of pounds in restoration to restore the moorland, make it better, improve it for wildlife can improve those peat soils, and we estimate around

£200,000 of restoration has gone up in smoke. what will be happening for the rest of the day? we will be working with the fire service and continue to use the helicopter to put the fire out. but there is no doubt we are going to be with this fire for the next couple of days to ensure there are no flare—ups. fire for the next couple of days to ensure there are no flare-ups. 300 hectares of land is an awful lot for the fire service to tackle, to get on top of, so this command centre is going to be here for the next few days at least. that was sally hurst that in yorkshire. in northern ireland hundreds of holiday—makers in county down spent the night in emergency accommodation after a large hillside fire forced them from their caravan park. the wildfire happened in the mourne mountains above the seaside town of newcastle. they're now under control. chris page reports. 0n the mountainside, a fire a mile long threatened some houses as it burned through the gorse. eyewitnesses described it as a running wildfire. 50 fire fighters worked to bring

the blaze under control. the flames came close to a caravan park. police went from one mobile home to another, telling people to get out quickly. buses took around to hundreds of holiday—makers to a leisure centre. buses took around 200 holiday—makers to a leisure centre. it wasn't how expected to be spending their easter. very frightening. people were told to get in to their cars, move their cars. then you got in and you were told to get out of your cars and run to the front gates. the wind was blowing it towards the caravan site. once it hit one caravan, then they were worried about the gas bottles. once the gas bottles are hit, it would have made a chain reaction. they have now been allowed to go back to their caravans. the mourne mountains provide some of the most striking scenery in northern ireland. the hilltop scrubland adds to the rocky beauty. but when fires break out here, the wind and the terrain mean they spread rapidly. it isn't clear yet how this one began. but the emergency services have pointed out the vast majority

of gorse fires are started deliberately, and pictures like these show how dangerous that can be. chris page, bbc news. a british charity worker has been killed in northern nigeria. faye mooney was shot dead on friday, along with a nigerian man, when gunmen stormed a resort in kaduna state where she was visiting on holiday. three other people were also kidnapped. no—one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. two teenagers arrested in connection with the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee, have been released without charge. the 29—year—old was shot dead during violence in londonderry on thursday night. police said support from the community has been positive, but appealed for "tangible evidence". five people have been killed after a powerful earthquake rocked the island of luzon in the philippines. the quake, which had a magnitude of 6.4 and lasted

for around 30 seconds, caused office buildings to sway in the capital, manila. the full extent of the damage caused is still unknown. the time is 2:17 p m. the headlines on bbc news: police in colombo are continuing to find and defuse explosive devices, a day after 290 were killed in a series of suicide bomb attacks across sri lanka. eight britons are among the dead. police say more than a thousand people have been 7 days of climate change protests dozens of firefighters are trying to control a moorland fire in marsden in west yorkshire. in ukraine, a comedian, volodymyr zelensky, has been elected the country's next president in a landslide victory against the incumbent petro poroshenko. he won 73% of the vote with no

previous experience in politics, though he does star in a ukrainian television show as a fictional president. the european union says he can count on its strong support to fight corruption. from ukraine's capital kiev, here's our correspondentjonah fisher. this was the first time volodymyr zelensky was told he'd become president. it was three years ago and the first episode of his television show. servant of the people. last night, fiction became fact and the music from the tv show was played as volodymyr zelensky was told for the second time. this time for real, that he was ukraine's next president. translation: to all former soviet countries, look at us. everything is possible.

across town, the president conceded while muttering darkly that the kremlin would be celebrating the comedian‘s when. ——that the kremlin would be celebrating the comedian‘s win. ukraine could be quickly returned to the russia orbit. relations with russia will now be the key issue for the soon to be president zelensky. can we expect any change in ukraine's relationship with russia? the population is pretty decided upon towards what russia is. the vast majority sees it as an aggressor. so there's no real scope for president zelensky to try to strike some sort of deal over the conflict in the east or it negotiate over crimea, for example. he may try to do that but at the same time i think it would create a public outcry. what of the activists?

from the street revolution. what do they make of ukraine's comic turn? when i'm looking at this from the angle of the change in the elite, ukrainians wanted change. and if only zelensky happened to be someone who can deliver this change... so we should work with what we have. it's a step in the right direction, you think? i would say this is a step and we have to make it right! there are still plenty of unanswered questions about mr zelensky, not least his relationship with a controversial oligarch. but for now it's important to reflect on a peaceful campaign, a fair vote, and what looks set to be a smooth transfer of power. the world may be laughing at ukraine's comic choice of leader, but this country has lots to be

proud of, too. older women are being exploited by some ivf clinics, who are trading on hope, that's according to the head of britain's fertility watchdog. sally cheshire, chairwoman of the human fertilisation and embryology authority, has accused some overseas private clinics of using selective success rates to persuade middle—aged women to undergo treatment. the human fertilisation and embryology authority says that those undertaking ivf aged between a0 and 42 had a success rate ofjust 9%. those a year older saw their chances of getting pregnant fall significantly to 3%(00v 3)and those aged 44 had to 3%. nd those aged 44 had a success rate of one % — that equates to just two live births. a short while ago i spoke to sally cheshire. we're concerned about are more of the foreign clinics

who are coming to the uk who are investing here because there are returns to be made, who absolutely are not being honest with women, and the advent of social media and other outlets where people can find their information means that we can't always provide those patients with the right, accurate information that they have. i would encourage them to come to the hfea and to ask very searching questions of their clinic about the cost of treatment, about any add—ons to basic ivf that may be offered to them and, as you pointed out, we have a traffic light system which rates the most common and suggests that, actually, there's no evidence that any of them are effective. what hopes do you have, then, of achieving this much tighter regulation that you're hoping for? 0n add—on treatments in particular and on prices, we're making lots of progress with all of the professional bodies and with the government so every person who works in the sector, all the stakeholders, professionals and

ourselves, have signed a consensus statement recently about the way to offer add—on treatments ethically and we will do the same on price and we will do the same through media opportunities like this to get our message across. that was sally cheshire speaking to me earlier. britons spend close to £5 billion pounds a year on orders for take—away food and online orders now account for more than half of all deliveries. this has prompted the online company deliveroo, whose riders normally collect from restaurants, to get their own premises with kitchens to supply directly for delivery. these so—called dark kitchens have been criticised as a way to get around council rules on takeaways. consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. it's lunchtime at the office and grub's up. deliveroo. in the last year, 773 million deliveries were made to homes

and offices like helena, isabel and martin's. it's quite normal here, isn't it? yeah. every single day, there's a delivery here. i kind of know what i want and by the time i'm looking through it, it will be, "i fancy a chinese tonight" or "i fancy an indian tonight". i wish i did know — ijust go on and see what can come fastest because i'm normally absolutely starving by the time i get to deliveroo. i don't order directly from the restaurant. you'd never pick up the phone? no. and there's no washing up, like you say. i hate washing up. but to keep up with that demand, orders are now coming from surprising places. this is a dark kitchen, or an additions kitchen, as deliveroo call them. they do an amazing burger. then, got chinese as you walk a bit further down. they're all individual sort of pods that each kitchen's based... yeah, no, exactly. so, individual kitchens but then, some of this space in the middle is shared. 0ne warehouse owned by deliveroo handing orders straight to a rider. what the kitchen allows us to do

is to gain access to a market in a much more cost—effective way. the landscape of food is changing anyway — more and more people are sort of ordering online or through the app. but deliveroo have faced criticism. they class their dark kitchens as industrial sites, and not takeaways. but some councils are currently challenging that. deliveroo say they are engaging with councils and residents to ensure that they set high standards. with high—street restaurants facing increasing costs, are dark kitchens making life too difficult for anyone else to compete? it's always better to go to the restaurant than having it delivered to your door. when a customer eats our food, i want it to be as perfect as it can be, and if it's been on a moped for 15 minutes and it gets to the customer's house, it might be cold, it might be soggy, it might have spilt. so, you don't think deliveroo and kitchens like this are a threat to high—street restaurants? the restaurant experience is never going to go away. we absolutely are not looking to replace that. it's still a small part

of our business but certainly it's something that seems to be working really well for everyone, s o, why not continue to expand it? as our appetite for takeaways grows, more are likely to be made in warehouses, rather than restaurants. colletta smith, bbc news, in salford. breaking news regarding migrants intercepted in the three small boats of the kent coast earlier today. confirmation from border force. it was in the early hours of the morning and 11 adult males were picked up. they identified themselves as iranian and iraqi and we re themselves as iranian and iraqi and were taken to dover. the second incident was later this morning and the boat contained 15 people, and they were taken to dungeness. the third incident a short while later, borderforce

third incident a short while later, border force patrols picked third incident a short while later, borderforce patrols picked up ten adults and they were also taken to dover. none of the nationalities have been confirmed. so 36 migrants intercepted in three small boats off the kent coast this morning. the queen's 93rd birthday has been marked with gun salutes in central london. a 41 gun salute took place in hyde park at midday. and within the last half hour a 62 gun salute was performed at the tower of london. although her actual birthday was yesterday, tradition dictates that the salutes never take place on a sunday. it was fine weather for that. louise, how is it looking? it has been an excellent weekend for all of us. if you did have a little cloudy yesterday, what a difference a day makes. absolutely glorious this afternoon. i have not in the

way of hazy sunshine further south, as you can see by this weather watcher picture scenting in hampshire a couple of years ago. it isa hampshire a couple of years ago. it is a little bit of high cloud moving in across the channel as we speak. it is mixed in with a little bit of saharan dust so that is turning the sunshine increasingly hazy. it will continue tomorrow. enjoy the afternoon if you can. it is a very pleasa nt afternoon if you can. it is a very pleasant afternoon with temperatures in the mid 20s across many areas. a little more warmth with the sunshine into western scotland. tonight, we run the risk of a few isolated showers through the channel isles, across the hours of silly and maybe into south—west england. a bit more ofa into south—west england. a bit more of a breeze and not quite as cold with overnight lows of six to eight celsius in the north, perhaps ten to 12 celsius in the west. tomorrow morning, we start with the risk of isolated showers in the south—west. the sunshine turning hazy. the

breeze picking up just the sunshine turning hazy. the breeze picking upjust a touch. the difference would tomorrow's whether is it might not be quite as warm. still pretty promising with temperatures in the low 20s. always cooler on the north sea facing coast. don't complain because it looks as though things will turn increasingly unsettled from wednesday onwards with a low pressure starting to push in. that will ring in outbreaks of rain through the south—west and moving up through the south—west and moving up through wales. the of thunder through wales. the of thunder through the north midlands. it should stay dry in scotland and pretty one with highs of 18 celsius. cooler conditions kicking in behind. you will notice the difference through wednesday. that will be the trend as we move through the later stages of the week. the wind direction coming in off the atlantic, driving cooler and fresher air with it atlantic, driving cooler and fresher airwith itand atlantic, driving cooler and fresher air with it and maintaining a fairly u nsta ble story for air with it and maintaining a fairly unstable story for the end of the week. great news for gardeners and

growers. there will