hello, you're watching newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in colombo. the headlines: anger amid the anguish. sri lanka's president admits even he wasn't told of prior intelligence on the easter day attacks and promises a shake—up of security services. meanwhile, the grieving say goodbye. the first funerals take place for some of the bombing victims including young children at a sunday school. translation: i didn't expect they would die. i'll never see them again. i can't love children like them anymore. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: it's confirmed north korea's kim jong—un and president putin will hold a summit this week.

the umbrella movement saw scenes like this in hong kong five years ago — nine of the protesters behind it are due to arrive in court for sentencing. it's midnight in london, and 4:30am in the morning in sri lanka, where the first funerals have taken place after easter sunday's suicide attacks on churches and hotels. it's now known that more than 320 people were killed. the authorities have blamed a local islamist group, although the so—called islamic state group has claimed responsibility. the bbc‘s clive myrie reports. 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?

it wasn't just colombo that was attacked. more than 25 people, many of them children, died in the zion church in batticaloa — that's in the east of the country. the bbc‘s rajini vaidya nathan reports. 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 went 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, 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. 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. stay with us here on newsday. coming up: i'll speak with a sri—lankan born professor of religion about the landscape of religious extremism in the country. many thanks for that. let's take a look at some of the day's other news.

a second large tremor has hit samar island in the philippines, after a first earthquake in the northern luzon province on monday caused several buildings to collapse north of manila. rescue operations are under way to free trapped people. officials say at least 16 people are known to have died. china has been celebrating the 70th anniversary of its navy with a huge military parade. it took the chance to show off its military muscle with new guided missile destroyers, nuclear submarines and an aircraft carrier, as president xijinping ramps up the country's presence in the disputed south china sea. president trump will make a three—day state visit to the uk at the beginning ofjune. the president and first lady will be guests of the queen. they will attend a ceremony in portsmouth to mark 75 years since the d—day landings. mr trump is also due to have official talks with the british prime minister, theresa may, at downing street.

north korea's leader kim jong—un is heading to russia for his first ever meeting with president vladimir putin. chairman kim's security and protocol staff have been spotted making final preparations in vladivostok for the upcoming summit. the kremlin has confirmed the two will meet on thursday in the city, which isjust over 100 kilometres away from the border with north korea. the bbc‘s sarah rainsford reports. they have been sprucing up vladivostok, preparing for a summit that russia wants to reflect its status as a serious global player. vladimir putin will host the leader of north korea at this college campus that taught nuclear weapons, among other things. kim jong—un‘s armoured train will roll into this station. a service from pyongyang isn't being announced here and there isn't being announced here and there is no obvious fuss yet among the locals. i7

is no obvious fuss yet among the locals. 17 years ago kim's father made the same journey to see the same man. then vladimir putin was trying to renew an alliance that had flagged after the soviet collapse. now he wants russia to help negotiate an end to its neighbour's nuclear ambitions. two months ago donald trump's efforts to do that collapsed and analysts here argue mr putin is looking to revitalise the diplomatic process, not undermine it. i don't think putin would try to pour fuel into this fire. i think putin wants russia to be a constructive and responsible player. russia... it is not in russia's interests to see another crisis surging on the korean peninsular. seven time zones east of moscow it is hard —— isn't hard to see why. this place is full of visitors from

china and crowds of tourists from south korea. the border with the north is just over south korea. the border with the north isjust over 100 kilometres away as the crow flies. from here in vladivostok, north korea is very close and russia definitely doesn't wa nt close and russia definitely doesn't want a nuclear armed state right on its border, but these talks are important politically too. they are about vladimir putin stepping in and engaging with pyongyang after donald trump's efforts have stalled. people here welcome that, worried about an unpredictable nuclear neighbour. yeah, it is a bit unsettling and it does make me a bit uncomfortable i guess when i think about it. the timing suggest kim jong—un guess when i think about it. the timing suggest kimjong—un is travelling here because he now needs russia to push his case with america. russia has always argued that maximum pressure on pyongyang won't work so this is vladimir putin's chance to explore that first hand.

the sri lankan prime government has been trying to assure the nation and others that the government had been taking the necessary measures to bring the situation under control. ranil wickremesinghe warned there's a possibility of further attacks by suspected radical islamists in the country following the suicide attacks which left more than 320 people dead. for more on this i am joined now by shobhana xavier. she's an expert in global islam and assistant professor at queen's university's school of religion in canada. now, shobhana, we know the attacks we saw on easter sunday were very different from the kind of attacks that were waged during the civil war where it was ethnic strife essentially between tamil and senegalese groups. tell us what's changed. yes, i think the civil war when it ended in 2009, since then

there has been relative stability, there has been relative stability, there has been tensions between some buddhist communities that tend to be more nationalistic and some anti— muslim sentiment, so we have seen a rise of that on the island, but we haven't historically seen an attack that has been this orchestrated, an attack that has targeted christian communities particularly, and though the majority of the centres that we re the majority of the centres that were attacked in columbo and batticaloa in the east, christianity is the region which crosses those communities, which during the war we saw those divided ethnic lines. that is right, shobhana, because the choice of targets, many experts are saying, are in line with the ideology of so—called islamic state rather than communal violence we have experienced here in sri lanka in the past. do you think is has

something to do with this? as i've been following the news very closely and talking to people, it seems that is has made claims and taken responsibility for this. we haven't seen much further in terms of any of the individuals who are participating in these events. it is either claiming or pledging allegiance as we have seen in other insta nces. allegiance as we have seen in other instances. so i think we are still waiting. but a lot of experts are thinking that because of the mass scale and the way it was organised, it is likely that there could have been individual actors that were localised that perhaps had some international or transnational connections and we are waiting for more of that information to come out in the coming days. now, we know there are many communities here in sri lanka, of course, the muslim community is tiny, there are just really about 10% of the population here. what can you tell us about the community here — they have also been targets in the past, haven't they?

they have been. just a year ago there was growing — as i was referring to — anti— muslim sentiment, muslim businesses and sacred spaces have been attacked, mainly attacked by those that have espoused buddhist nationalistic ideologies that hold sri lanka as a national island that should be predominantly buddhist, this is part of what had also impacted some of the tensions that were with the tamil communities that led to the civil war that we saw. with the muslim community we have similar tendencies emerging again. so for insta nce tendencies emerging again. so for instance the community and batticaloa where one of these ion churches was attacked, that's a predominantly muslim province, and as muslims go on the island they are very diverse, there is the sunni muslim population and different variations of practices. we have a lot of suffis in sri lanka as well that tend to be more pluralistic and practice religious interface by sharing spaces, sharing sacred

spaces, so sharing spaces, sharing sacred spaces, so muslim communities, although small, are immensely vibrant. they are diverse, they are politically involved. the important thing to remember is also muslim is an ethnic marker in sri lanka. those we re an ethnic marker in sri lanka. those were limbs speak tamil, they have chosen to identify as muslims in order to have representation. so this has worked differently from the tamil community who would identify linguistically as being tamil wearers muslims identify as muslims, as ethnically as well. ok. shobhana xavier from the as ethnically as well. ok. shobhana xavierfrom the queen as ethnically as well. ok. shobhana xavier from the queen school of religion in canada, thank you so much forjoining us. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we'll be back in sri lanka finding out more on the suspects and the investigation. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off,

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you're watching newsday on the bbc. i'm kasia madera in london, sharanjit leyl is in sri lanka. as more families are preparing to bury their loved ones, there are more questions about intelligence warnings that weren't passed on. sri lanka's president says prior inteliligence on the attacks wasn't even shared with him and promises a shake up of security services. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post has the details on the parade marking 70 years since the founding of china's navy. it follows beijing beefing up its military presence in the south china sea, much to the alarm of china's neighbours as well as the us. the philippine daily inquirer leads on the latest on the earthquake that struck the main philippines island of luzon on monday. more than 90 people are believed to still be trapped beneath the rubble.

and the international edition of the new york times leads on france's renewed efforts to identify and return artwork stolen during world war ii. french authorities have faced criticism for not doing enough to identify stolen pieces of art in the country's collections. nine leaders of hong kong's 2014's pro—democracy occupy movement are expected to arrive for sentencing at west kowloon magistrates‘ court a little later today. earlier this month the defendants were found guilty of public nuisance and incitement charges, which carry a maximum jail sentence of up to seven years. we're joined now live by the bbc‘s stephen mcdonell who is in hong kong. there will be a lot of interest to see if these defendants do getjail sentences. absolutely. as we can

see, the supporters of these nine pro—democracy protest leaders have already been gathering outside the court complex. in the coming hours they will find out the fate of those who werejudged for they will find out the fate of those who were judged for being responsible for those mass protests in 2014 which became known as the umbrella movement and which lockdown the heart of hong kong in a failed attempt to bring about direct election for the city ‘s leader. the prosecutors here have drawn considerable criticism from the pro—democracy camp for relying on an obscure colonial error law to charge these nine people. because this is these nine people. because this is the sort of cherry picked law to obtain maximum punishment for them and the thinking is, this is to send and the thinking is, this is to send a message to anyone who might be considering having these types of protests in the future. the pessimistic outcome and one that is

probable is that today they are going to receive jail time. it could be for several years. whatever people in hong kong think about the protest movement, the umbrella movement, and its goals and the waitress carried out, i think many people think this is a little harsh for doing something which really is just gathering on the street and calling for democracy. something that many people in hong kong think is crucial to the way of life here. something that makes the city work, u nfortu nately, something that makes the city work, unfortunately, it is slowly deteriorating in recent times. we can see the interest they behind you from west kowloon court, many thanks, willjoin you later. returning to our top story now, and i'm live in colombo, where mass funerals and a three—minute silence have been held across sri lanka.

the number of people known to have died in the attacks at churches and hotels on easter sunday in sri lanka has risen to 321. the government says a small dishonest extremist group are held responsible, the so—called islamic state has now claimed responsibility for all of this. to make sense of it all. joining me is bhavani fonseka, a senior researcher at the centre for policy alternatives in colombo. thank you so much forjoining us on what has been a really traumatic week for your country. we know these are all really tragic events and a lot of the sadness is now turning to anger as people questioned by the government didn't do enough with some of the warnings they were given ahead of time. what happened there and what would you suggest? we wake

up and what would you suggest? we wake up today, realising that the president now says he was kept out of the loop. the prime minister himself on sunday a few hours after the incident also said that he and the incident also said that he and the cabinet of ministers were kept out of the loop in terms of intelligence. one question is, is the government in control? the immediate reaction on sunday to the several attacks in colombo and outside was complete shock. sri la nka outside was complete shock. sri lanka had not seen such a scale, such a magnitude of violence for over a decade. after a decade at the end of the war, we were suddenly woken up on easter sunday and what we saw as a complete rift within the government. lack of co—ordination, lack of communication, this is not new what we did not realise the security issues. the implications and the ramifications were so serious. sri lankans us angry and

there are many questions and i hope there are many questions and i hope the government steps up and it's extremely critical that they step up and co—ordinate. extremely critical that they step up and co-ordinate. there is so much disunity within the government so what needs to be done right now to try to tackle the issue? i know it's a big one, if you can answer and 20 seconds. the challenges facing the government has never been this great. the president and the prime minister really need to work together, the need to communicate, the need to have a common plan in place, the security is at most, it's critical. it's also important to give confidence to the dragons, to the minority community that the government is in control. thank you so much for coming today and joining us so so much for coming today and joining us so early in the morning here. we will be keeping you up—to—date with all the latest, more funerals due to ta ke all the latest, more funerals due to take place over the next couple of days as the country remains in morning.

there is a change on the way, it is certainly going to feel a lot cooler not until the end of the week. today, wednesday, it's actually not going to be too bad. temperatures could get up to around 20 degrees but some of us will need allen brothers. there are shy was on the way, they could be some thunderstorms too. a lot of cloud on a satellite image, these are weather fronts, they are heading in our direction and for the rest of the week, we will see a succession of weather fronts approaching us and those will be giving showers. we can stay —— we can still see a lot of orange and yellow that is the temperature of the atmosphere. some

warmth there but the cold current of air across the north atlantic, but won't reach us until probably friday, that's when we will really notice the temperature stumbling. first thing in the morning on wednesday, temperatures of ten and the south, six in the north. shy was going from the word go across cornwall and devon. much of the west country into wales as well. some lodging into the midlands by around lunchtime. but i two or three of the afternoon, the south coast is actually clear of the showers so the sun may come out again. quite a changeable day from showers, back to sunshine. those showers will continue to drift northwards eventually later on in the afternoon. those temperatures still managing to get up to around 20 degrees but we have a cloud and the showers, it's going to feel quite a bit cooler. abbey about 14 or 15 degrees. those blobs of luke, the showers move northwards as we head into wednesday evening. eventually, that warmth or what is left of it

will waft away towards the east and this cold air will reach us. thursday and friday is we ever see those temperatures tumbling away. here is thursday, showers and the forecast, a little bit more widespread and some of us that didn't have the show was on wednesday may get them on thursday. temperatures only ten, 14, 15 degrees. whether you're in the south of the north, may be some sunshine thrown in there. he is fridays weather forecast. breezy as well, showers, could be the odd crack of thunder as well, really feeling quite cool, i suspect the time we get to the weekend some northern areas might be struggling to make double figures. the outlook into saturday and sunday is a showery one. temperatures in the south of around 12— 14 degrees. ten or 11 in the north.

hello, i'm kasia madera, with bbc news. our top story: anguish turns to anger in sri lanka as more details emerge of the prior intelligence the country had on sunday's attacks. even the president says he wasn't briefed about the warnings and has promised sweeping changes to the military and security services. setting off for another summit — this time north korean leader kim jong—un heads to russia, where he'll meet president putin for the first time. and this story is getting a lot of attention on bbc.com. campaigners opposed to president trump say they're planning a major protest when he comes to the uk for his first state visit injune. mr trump's working visit last year also attracted large demonstrations. this time he'll visit buckingham palace as a guest of the queen. that's all. bye— bye.