this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm: the number of dead after the easter sunday attacks in sri lanka rises to 321 while footage emerges of one of the suspected church bombers. the prime minister says some of the extremists are on the run. people are on the run. so far we have detained many of them. as the investigation gets under way it has emerged intelligence about the attacks might not have been passed on to ministers. us president donald trump will return to the uk injune foran trump will return to the uk injune for an official state visit. applause. change uk the pro remain party which backs another brexit

referendum launches its european election campaign. and at 11:30pm we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers. stay with us for that. the first funerals have taken place in sri lanka after more than 320 people were killed in the easter sunday suicide attacks on churches and hotels. it's been a day of national mourning with three minutes' silence observed across the island. the authorities have blamed a local islamist group, although the islamic state group has claimed responsibility. the country's prime minister says some of those involved in the plot are still on the run and armed. it's emerged that the intelligence services may have been warned of an impending attack which was not passed on to ministers.

ourfirst report comes from clive myrie in colombo. white banners and streamers today greet those entering negombo. in the afternoon breeze, they dance as if heralding a fete or celebration. but in sri lanka, white signifies death. they pray. a meditation on the life of christ and remembrance of the dead. in this house, open caskets contain four members of one family, murdered as they prayed on easter sunday. a mother, two girls and a boy aged seven. then the quiet reflection is broken. she shrieks. "my golden daughter, my small son, why are you like this?" she wails. "get up, get up!" overcome, this grandmother still can't believe two generations of her family are gone.

and next door, another house of sorrow. she shrieks. "i lost my family," says anusha kumari. and all around, her heartbreak is shared. nearby, more bodies. her husband and teenage son. this room is now a shrine. and close by, a 21—year—old daughter, to be laid to rest. so—called islamic state has claimed responsibility and anusha demands that the government gets tough on local extremists. translation: the people of this country are mad. they are fools. we need a strong leader to run this country. sri lanka needs a strong

man for it to rise. it is clear that the sense of shock and grief and loss that this woman is feeling, so many are feeling here in sri lanka is now turning to anger, real anger at the authorities for not protecting them. as he calmly walks past a child, cctv captures the bomber who destroyed anusha's life and so many others. he walks into st sebastian church. it is packed. this is easter sunday. seconds later, he detonates. on this day of national mourning, sri lanka's prime minister warned that some extremists are still on the run and may be returnees from syria. there are a few people on the run, some are on the run so we have to apprehend them... with the explosive. he was asked how many are on the run. i don't know.

back in negombo, excavations for mass burials. the burning question after sunday's barbarity — will the killings bring this country together in grief or see the delicate balance of ethnic and religious fault lines here tear apart? more details have emerged of british national skilled in the sri lanka attacks. emily lindsay, 15, and brother daniel, 19, both from london died in the bomb attack on the shangri—la hotel in colombo on their final day of holiday. eight britons we re final day of holiday. eight britons were killed. the islamic state group says it was behind the attacks although there is little evidence so far to back although there is little evidence so farto back up although there is little evidence so far to back up the claim. the local militant group which has been blamed for the bombings is relatively small

and had not been previously considered a major threat, so could the possible involvement of is account for the sophistication of the attacks and could they have been prevented with better intelligence? gordon corera has been looking at some of the questions. it is one of the most deadly attacks the world has seen in recent years, and a clearer picture of those responsible is now emerging. the attackers, the authorities said from the start, were local men. many coming from national thowheeth jama'ath, a relatively small group, previously best known only for vandalizing shrines. but officials have maintained they must have had help. there seems to have been foreign involvement. they feel that some of them have travelled abroad and come back. there may be more than that, that is what we want to find,

and that's why we've asked for assistance. today we saw the first evidence of where that help may have come from. the islamic state group issued a video, which we are not showing. in it, eight men, all but one masked, pledged allegiance to the is leader. but there are still questions. did they simply pledge allegiance, or did they receive direct support from the group? and did some of the men, as sri lankan ministers have suggested, return from fighting in syria? the targeting of christians on easter sunday, and also tourists at hotels, was much more in line with is ideology than with the traditional types of communal violence seen in sri lanka. it was a step change for the local militants. there was a warning, though, this police report, based on a tip—off from another country, was issued ten days before the attack. it named the leader of the group, and even warned of suicide bombings with churches a target. it says investigations into the suspects were under way. there is now a blame game among politicians about why it was not shared or acted on.

officials say they had no idea an attack of this magnitude was possible. and it is now an urgent priority for sri lanka, and also other countries, to understand how a small local group could be transformed into one capable of violence on such a scale. 28 were killed on the zions attack in batticaloa. children were attending sunday school when the bomb exploded. our correspondent travelled to batticaloa and sent this report. in the town of batticaloa, they're grieving. at almost every corner, pictures hang in memory of the young lives that were lost. forjerusham, who'd just turned 13. forjohn, who loved basketball. for amsika, who was two.

for the other children killed at church. they'd been attending sunday school. this footage was filmed 20 minutes before the bomber struck. after class, some of them had gone outside for snacks before easter service. 12—year—old niruban was one of the children who stayed inside. "suddenly, we heard loud noises," he told me. "we looked out and saw glass and motorbikes flying around, and heard screams and shouts." at least 25 people died in the blast here in zion church. 13 were children. niruban‘s mother, krishanthi, was one of the sunday school teachers. her husband ramesh was at the church, which was packed with worshippers, when he spotted a stranger with a backpack. "the man told my husband he was carrying a camera and wanted to film inside," she told me. "my husband said he couldn't enter and forced him to leave. as i went into the church,

the bomb exploded." ramesh died, but his actions saved lives. niruban and his sister now have to live theirs without a father. i love myjesus only. and for krishanthi, now a widow, her pain is all too familiar. her parents were brutally murdered in sri lanka's civil war. her aunt died in a tsunami. in this small christian community, entire families have been wiped out. this woman lost her son, her daughter—in—law, and her 18—month—old grandson. just around the corner, we found another memorial poster of two smiling children. yesterday brother and sister sharon and sarah were buried.

side by side. they were just 11 and 12. both love to study. still, on the wall in their house, their homework calendar. "i'll never see them again," their mum told me. "since they've been gone, all i can remember are their smiles and laughter. they won't come back again. that's the reality." ten years after the civil war ended, this community is once again burying its dead. these graves have barely been dug, just like the lives lost had barely been lived. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, batticaloa. let's get some of the rest of the news. the government has resumed talks with labour aimed at breaking the deadlock over brexit but there is still no sign of a breakthrough. senior conservative backbenchers have been meeting to discuss

changing party rules so that a challenge to theresa may's leadership can be brought forward amid increasing anger at her handling of brexit talks. here is chief political correspondent vicki young. drumming. it's time for mps to make some important decisions. as they returned to parliament after easter, environmental campaigners were out in force, demanding action. frustrated brexit supporters are doing the same. brexit now! theresa may's urging all sides to fall into line behind her deal. talks with labour resumed today, but so far, there is no sign of a breakthrough. there's got to be a change in the government's approach. they cannot keep on just regurgitating what has already been emphatically rejected three times by parliament. there's got to be a change. one minister is warning mps of dire consequences if they fail to find a way through. the options before us, if they don't get this withdrawal agreement through, is meltdown in our political system. notjust in the conservative party,

but in our whole political system. we need to come together now and vote through the withdrawal agreement. how are the cross—party talks going? any progress? the prime minister told her cabinet today that talks with labour had been serious but difficult and progress needed to be made urgently. should the prime minister step down, mr fox? many conservatives hate the idea of trying to get help from labour. some blame theresa may for mishandling the entire brexit process, and say it is time she quit. but the party's rules say there cannot be another vote on her leadership until december. so behind closed doors, senior tories are discussing whether to rip up those rules to try to get rid of her earlier. we need fresh leadership. and i hope that we are able to persuade theresa may that now is the time to go. beyond westminster, parties are gearing up for european parliamentary elections. launching its campaign in bristol today, change uk, set up by former labour and conservative mps.

this is no rebel alliance. this is the home of the remain alliance. these elections are a chance to send the clearest possible message. we demand a people's vote and the right to remain and campaign to remain in the european union. applause the party unveiled its candidates, including racheljohnson, writer and sister of pro—brexit mp boris johnson. here, they're enthusiastic about the possibility of european elections next month, but almost three years after the uk voted to leave the eu, it is certainly not what theresa may had been hoping for. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. buckingham palace has confirmed that president trump will make a three—day state visit to the uk in june accompanied by first lady mullaney a drum. the white house said the visit would reaffirm what

it called the steadfast and special relationship between the us and britain. unlike 2018, dubbed a working trip at the time, this would be an official state visit with the queen as host. john sobel reports. the queen has welcomed president trump before to the uk, even if there were moments last summer when it was hard to discern who was hosting whom as they inspected the troops at windsor castle. but this will be a visit with all the bells and whistles. a state banquet at buckingham palace, a gun salute in green park — it will be full ceremonial. what's unclear is whether he'll be invited to give a joint address to parliament, as president xi of china did on his state visit to london. the speaker has indicated he is opposed to president trump being given that honour, even though the us is britain's closest ally. and there'll be widespread opposition to the visit. many of the things this president has said people find objectionable,

the amplification of tweets from racists, for example, some of his views around people who belong to my faith, some of his views people find objectionable, and one of the great things about living in a democracy is people will make their views known. the key thing, though, is that any protest is peaceful but also lawful as well. the last time the president was in the uk, there were large, good—natu red protests, but donald trump didn't see any of them. he was very deliberately helicoptered from one secure location to another, never coming face to face with the demonstrators. this will be only the third state visit made by an american president to the uk during the queen's long reign. some will say it's too soon for donald trump, others that he's too controversial a figure. but he was never going to turn down the invitation — the pomp and pageantry of a state visitjust before you're seeking re—election will play very well with the american public. jon sopel, bbc news, washington.

the headlines on bbc news: mass funerals take place for the victims of the bomb attacks in sri lanka, as the death toll rises to 321. it's confirmed that us president donald trump will make a three—day state visit to the uk injune. these are pictures from change uk, which has its list of candidates announced to fight at the end of may if the elections take place. they want, of course, a second referendum on brexit. it's confirmed that us president donald trump will make a three—day state visit to the uk injune. it's a trial of what's been called the world's first malaria vaccine to give partial protection to children has begun in malawi. it's taken more than three decades to develop and the research holds a price tag of a billion dollars. the pilot aims to immunise over 100,000 children aged two years and below and over

the next couple of weeks, will be rolled out in ghana and kenya. we can talk now to dr katherine o'brien, director of immunisation, vaccines and biologicals at the world heath organisation. thanks forjoining us. can you tell us more thanks forjoining us. can you tell us more about how this will work? so malaria is a terrible illness that claims the life of one child every two minutes. about 250,000 children die every year in africa from this disease. and today is really an historic day. it's the first day of rolling out, in a pilot programme, ina rolling out, in a pilot programme, in a routine immunisation programme, first in malawi, the first—ever malaria vaccine to reach this stage. why has it taken so long to develop and get to this stage, over 30 years i think? malaria is a really complex disease. it is a parasite that lives in the blood of the bodies of

mosquitoes and is transmitted to humans from a bait. and it's a really complex disease and a complex vaccine to have developed. so it has been a very long and difficult road to develop a vaccine that provides protection to infants and children against this disease. and how will the pilot itself be rolled out and why have these countries been chosen to tested ? why have these countries been chosen to tested? so over 10,000 children have received this vaccine and ——in clinical research studies. past that stage now. what has happened now is the actual use of a vaccine in a routeing programme. in each of the three countries every year we expect about 120,000 children receive the vaccine in this pilot implementation programme, to have a closer look at how exactly the vaccine will perform, what impact it will have, and whether there are any challenges in the programme to actually deliver the vaccine. and how transformative

an effect could this have if it is successful? well, there's intervention against malaria that is 100% effective. we have a series of imperfect tools including insecticide treated bed nets, including treatment of malaria. so this vaccine is also an imperfect vaccine. it does not provide 100% protection. but it does provide protection. but it does provide protection against some of the most serious forms of require —— malaria, including the requirement forward large transfusions and small children who can become seriously and live threateningly anaemic from malaria. so we expect this vaccine, even though it is an imperfect vaccine, is likely to provide very substantial benefit and protect the lives of many hundreds of thousands of children. are there any downsides to it? are there any risks you will be looking out for facility vaccine has been tested for safety, as i said, in thousands of children already. it has a very good safety

profile. similar to most of the routine childhood immunisation vaccines. there are a couple of safety signals that need some clarification in this pilot implementation phase and we will be looking really carefully at those. 0k, dr looking really carefully at those. ok, dr katherine o'brien, thank you very much for your time. thank you. a 19—year—old neo—nazi has pleaded guilty to two charges of encouraging terrorism, including running a social media account that called for prince harry to be shot for being a ‘race traitor‘. michal szewczuk also admitted possessing five documents that might be useful to terrorists. he was a member of the extreme right wing group, the so—called sonnenkrieg division, which was exposed by bbc news last december. an mp convicted of false expenses claims has been ordered to complete 50 hours unpaid work and fined £1,500. chris davies, the conservative mp for brecon and radnorshire, pleaded guilty to providing false or misleading information for allowances claims back in march. mr davies now faces a recall petition amid calls for his resignation.

the 16—year—old climate change activist from sweden, greta thunberg, has addressed mps in parliament today and told them that her generation's future has been stolen. she insisted that politicians needed to act now to help bring down carbon emissions. the today programme's nick robinson went to meet her. the passion, the pigtails, the shy smile — greta thunberg is the swedish schoolgirl who wants to teach politicians three orfour times her age a lesson they'll never forget. hanging on her every word in the commons today, representatives of all the major parties. we children are doing this to wake the adults up. we children are doing this for you to put your differences aside and start acting as you would in a crisis. we children are doing this because we want our hopes and dreams back. greta was just 15 when she walked out of class and began

the first school strike against climate change. since then, more than a million in countries all over the world have followed suit. their message a simple one — why should we waste time learning when our leaders ignore the facts about global warming? you said something very striking the other day. you said, "we need to panic, we can'tjust have a polite conversation about this any more." what did you mean? as i say, if your house is on fire and you want to keep your house from burning to the ground, then that does require some level of panic. you don't sit talking about insurance claims or rebuilding and renovations. you do everything you can to put out the fire. greta's school holidays are a little different from most kids. she's spoken to crowds in berlin... this is only the beginning of the beginning. ..met the pope in rome... ..got a standing ovation at the european parliament in brussels, before

travelling to london — all by train, of course — to be hailed as a hero... we love you, we love you! ..by climate change protesters blockading the streets. do you occasionally have to pinch yourself and say, "how has this happened?" yes, definitely. it's hard to sort of understand it. you talk about having asberger‘s. and you say that it's a gift, that it helps you in some ways. how? if i would have been like everyone else, i wouldn't have started this school strike, for instance. i think differently. i couldn't believe that everyone could just continue like before, while this was happening. politicians are queuing up to be seen with greta thunberg. they all say they share her concerns. she's living proof that you're never too small to make a difference. nick robinson, bbc news, westminster.

a 57—year—old woman has been arrested under the terrorism act in connection with the murder of thejournalist, lyra mckee, in northern ireland. she was shot while observing rioting in londonderry on thursday night. the dissident irish republican group, the new ira, has admitted it was behind her killing. in a statement, it offered what it said were "full and sincere apologies" to lyra mckee's family and friends. our ireland correspondent chris page, in londonderry told us about the reaction to the apology. a number of lyra mckee's friends quickly and very publicly dismissed it, branded as cynical, christ, as offensive. they said that paramilitary organisation should not beissued paramilitary organisation should not be issued waiting —— issuing state m e nts be issued waiting —— issuing statements of apology. they should be dismounting. the new ira is thought to be the most active of the dissident republican groups are opposed to the priests —— piece. although there are several hundred members they still pose a severe

threat. here in dairy detectives have said they have had a massive response to the calls for information about lyra mckee. they say they still need more potential witnesses. they are continuing to concentrate their efforts on the dragon area where lyra mckee was fatally wounded on thursday night —— creggan. a57—year—old woman is being detained. the focus will very much turn to lyra's city of belfast, where a funeral be held in the city's largest cathedral. fire crews have spent the day at the scene of a large mountain fire which broke out in blaenau ffestiniog in the heart of snowdonia. it spread rapidly — with a number of properties in the town evacuated. our reporter roger pinney has more. it lit up the nighttime sky. the

threat to property, homes, all too obvious. and in daylight you could see the scale of the fire service operation needed to keep the flames back. among the families forced to move out, charlie and jacqui. they went to a nearby cafe which opened especially. how close to your home did it come? just above the roof. so it is only just did it come? just above the roof. so it is onlyjust over the back. so it is right on the top. they actually just caught it before it got to us. gnabry has been hurt, thank god. but it has been a right mess out here. they have done a very good job between all of them to do what they have done. the alarm first went out at around 8:30pm last night. focus from stations across north wales have been deployed. the steepness of the terrain has been a major challenge. it makes it difficult to put staff and personnel on the mountain to tackle it with beaters 01’ mountain to tackle it with beaters or hoses. consequently we have had to use the to ladder platform to get to use the to ladder platform to get to those places on the rock faces,

because the fire is coming down the mountainside and obviously has been coming close to the properties. our role is to save life and property. there is a stiff breeze here. that has been blowing the flames around the mountain, with the fire service having to effectively chase it. first thing this morning, the main cause of concern was a round a quarter of a mile from you. now hotspots are breaking out on the side of the mountain. it has been awful. my sister lives around the corner. a little girl was absolutely petrified because they don't live farfrom petrified because they don't live far from your. the cost is used. you can see yourself. ——is huge. it is all black. it is black on the hill. and it is black in our hearts. that is what they feel. it is a black day four blaenau ffestiniog. it seems that any immediate danger for people and property has passed. but the risk of a further outbreak remains.

and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers. the political commentator lance price, and steve hawkes from the sun. that is coming up after the headlines at 11:30 hello. if the easter weekend had you thinking summer had arrived, i am here to tell you it has not. it is still only spring. and the weather, giving us a reminder of that through the rest of the week. this is just an example, it is liveable. the temperatures dipping down and struggling to get into double digits for the coming weekend, with some wind and rain at times. it may not surprise you to learn this is down to the jet stream which has been to the north—west of the uk, keeping us dry and warm. as we head deeper into this week the jet stream is diving southwards. by the end of the week it has a strap under the influence ofan area it has a strap under the influence of an area of low pressure, with some pretty heavy rain at times. it

is this weather pattern, as it continues the able progressively colder from the west. during wednesday the changes really gather place. thus make peace. for the midlands, northern england, northern ireland, there is the potential of heavy, thundery downpours to break out into the afternoon, with gusty winds. even further north where it stay largely dry it will be windy. cloudy across the eastern side of scotland. most locations during wednesday probably won't get to 20 degrees. as we go through wednesday night we will see further showers and thunderstorms drifting north. some clear spells in between as well. we're not expecting it to be particularly chilly during the early pa rt particularly chilly during the early part of thursday morning, 6—9d. as we get to thursday, low pressure by this stage very much in charge. systems blundering around the low. on thursday looks like we will see

quite a few downpours drifting northwards