this is newsday. i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines: the death toll rises again in sri lanka. more than 350 people were killed in sunday's attacks, as new details about those behind the bombings. —— emerge. a guard of honourfor the north korean leader as he arrives in russia. but will the first ever summit between kim jong—un and vladimir putin be more ceremony than substance? i'm kasia madera in london. also coming up in the programme: prince william takes part in anzac day commemorations in auckland, as new zealand and australia honour their fallen heroes.

and singapore marks the 200th anniversary of the arrival of stamford raffles, but many wonder why the country is celebrating colonisation. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 5.30am in sri lanka, where the government has acknowledged major lapses over the series of suicide bombings on sunday that killed at least 359 people, and wounded another 500. president maithripala sirisena has asked his defence secretary and police chief to resign over the failure to pass on intelligence about the bombings.

eight of the nine attackers have been identified as sri lankan citizens. clive myrie has the latest. mourning for the majority christians who died isn't confined to the catholic church. in the city of negombo, at the grand mosque, prayers have for days included thoughts for the hundreds killed in the local church, murdered in the name of a perversion of islam. the rituals remain the same, but something's changed here now. there's an undercurrent of fear that there might be christian reprisals, that a whole community has been tarred by the barbarity of a few, in a city that's enjoyed so many years of interreligious cooperation. "not in our name", say the trustees of the mosque, denouncing the bombers as enemies of their faith.

translation: maybe they are muslims but we won't accept that, we won't accept them as a muslim. but in this city, in the shadow of a church a suicide bomber desecrated, how can the community heal? go ahead. all around, the living are touched by evidence of the intolerance exhibited. killed in the attack? yes, yes, killed in the attack. three more people who died? yes, three more people here. this street paved with sorrow and lined by grief. so many are still awaiting burial. in this house, a woman in her 70s, her daughter, aged 52, and another woman in her 60s. some of the more than 100 christian lives cut short here. but today, in a spirit of reconciliation, they're mourned by buddhists.

the leader of sri lanka's catholics also paid his respects, and he told me the bombings left him numb. i lost my people, and these were innocent people. they had nothing to do with whatever the struggles of these people who blasted them to pieces. so it was something that i couldn't grasp and understand. i couldn't understand the rationality of what they did. the families of the eight britons killed in sri lanka can't understand either. lorraine campbell from manchester, who was 55, is the last one to be named. ijust want to bring my mum home, and i want to give everyone who knew her, who had the opportunity to spend time with her and get to know her, like we all did, give them the opportunity to come together and celebrate this beautiful woman. lorraine campbell's killer is thought to have lived in this upmarket neighbourhood in colombo.

this is the suicide bomber‘s house, still sealed for forensics. and the family's copper factory is where investigators believe the bombs were built. singing so many died that easter sunday, the funerals are being staggered. there were dozens more today. it's a continuing process of remembrance, in a land where the only viable future for its multi—religious and ethnic population is to try to live in peace. clive myrie, bbc news, in negombo. we will return to the events in sri la nka we will return to the events in sri lanka to hear from we will return to the events in sri lanka to hearfrom a we will return to the events in sri lanka to hear from a security a nalyst a lanka to hear from a security analyst a little later in the programme. for now, let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the chinese telecoms giant huawei has welcomed reports that the british government

will allow it to help build the uk's 5g data network. this is despite warnings from british allies like the united states, who say that huawei could pose a security threat, as jen copesta ke from click explains. the trade—off that you have to ask yourself is that in the future, we're talking about potentially a new cold war, we're talking about two different internets, a chinese led internet and the western american led internet and which side do the five eyes countries want to come down on? when you look at potential human rights abuses in china and other things, this is a big surveillance state, they have things like social credit scores. do the western countries want to work in this sort of environment?, is their worry. also making news today... —— the former us vice presidentjoe biden is expected to launch his bid for the democratic presidential nomination on thursday. the 76—year—old is the frontrunner, holding a solid lead in the polls over senator bernie sanders. the iranian foreign minister, javad zarif, has suggested that nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe could be released from jail in a prisoner swap with iranians detained in the united states and australia.

the british—iranian dual national has been held in tehran for more than three years, facing accusations of spying that she denies. it was on the day that the devonian nuclear deal went into effect that some iranians who in the us were freed in exchange for devonian americans or a few americans who we re americans or a few americans who were in iran, so it is the second time this is coming up. the difference is that prime minister is saying i have authority to do it. so far, the trump administration has rejected that offer. -- is that the foreign minister. tributes have been paid to the murdered journalist, lyra mckee, at a funeral service in belfast. the 29—year—old was shot dead last thursday by a dissident republican group in northern ireland during rioting in the city of londonderry. mourners from both sides of the irish borderjoined the service, as well the british and irish leaders.

let's return now to the attacks in sri lanka. and we're learning more about the people who carried them out. police have identified eight of the nine bombers, one of whom was a woman. 60 people have been arrested, but the search continues for the man believed to be the ringleader — zahran hassan, a member of an islamist group. earlier i spoke with anne speckhard, the director of the international center for the study of violent extremism. she said there are still risks of further attacks. i think the government should be really cautious because they've arrested, i think it's around 60 people, and it reminds me of when i was in brussels. i was supposed to fly the day they blew up the airport, isis blew up the airport, of arresting salah abdeslam, the last of the paris bombers, who didn't explode himself, and that

cell accelerated their attack plans on the airport and the metro because he had been caught. so it could be the same here, that if they had other plans, the arrests of a lot of people in the cells would make them carry them out more quickly, but it could also be that they have got everybody arrested and the ones that were willing to suicide themselves already have. and the government has already admitted that there was a major intelligence lapse and the president has fired the defence minister and the head of police. is there anyone else to blame here, or are theyjust being used as the fall guys? i always feel really bad when governments criticise themselves. i mean, of course, it would have been good if they had realised what was coming down

the pike, but i know — i was in colombo for a conference and one of the intelligence group told us that they were following one of these groups but the preacher who was inciting hatred, from time to time, just disappeared and they would lose track of him. you have to wait until you have evidence before you can make arrests, and the real blame falls on the terrorists, not the government. now, north korea's leader kimjong—un has arrived in russia for a summit with president putin. the leaders are expected to discuss the future of north korea's nuclear programme in thursday's meeting. it's kim jong—un‘s first visit to the country, and comes after talks with donald trump over dismantling the north korea's nuclear programme broke down. earlier, i spoke to laura bicker in seoul and sarah rainsford in vladivostok. well, i think partly this is about russia stressing that it has a role to play in terms of resolving the crisis with the north korean nuclear programme. it wants a place at the table, it wants to insert itself more forcefully into the dialogue

to resolve that issue. it is, of course, a key global issue of our times and i think russia likes to stress its role as an international player generally, and this is an issue that's right on its border. as you said, we're in vladivostok, where the summit will take place later today, at this university campus behind me. mr putin expected a little later, kim jong—un arrived yesterday afternoon on his armoured train. he's very much getting greeted here as the leader of a neighbouring state, someone that mr putin is going to sit down face—to—face with for the first time. so this is very much about showing that russia is a player, that russia wants a role in resolving one of the biggest issues of current times, the north korean nuclear programme, which is a neighbouring state to russia. let's bring laura in now because you're in seoul,

but of course, with your washington hat on. you will know how infuriated the united states must be with this. first of all, when it comes to washington, kim jong—un appears to be saying that i have other diplomatic options other than relying on any deal from the trump administration. there seems to have been a little bit of a change of mood from north korea, after the collapse of those talks in hanoi in february. certainly, a lot of the messages coming from state media have been a lot harsher, certainly calling for the removal of mike pompeo, the us secretary of state, as chief negotiator. even this morning, state media have attacked the recent exercises held here in south korea between the united states and the south korean forces. so the messages coming from north korea have been a lot harsher of late, and this visit shows they have other diplomatic options. i think the timing of it is certainly raising a few eyebrows here in seoul because just this weekend, they are supposed to be

celebrating the first anniversary of that inter—korean summit, that first moment when moon jae—in met kim jong—un and shook hands, and south korea planning to hold a celebration without north korea. oh, the timing is awkward. sarah, when it comes to the meeting that will take place, of course, president putin, given his long history within the leadership in russia, he has met kim jong—un‘s father previously? yeah, so it's the first meeting he'll be holding with kim jong—un but yes, as you mentioned, kim jong—il, he was in vladivostok 17 years ago meeting putin, a man who has been in power himself for a very long time, as you can tell. the dynamic, the relationship between kim jong—un's father and putin was said to be warm.

in fact, vladimir putin made a point of trying to revive russia—north korea relations soon after he came into power here, it was one of his first actions as president. i think they are now taking it to a new level. russia felt somewhat sidelined up until now in the process of talks on the korean peninsula, it wants to insert itself through this process, and this summit is certainly key to that idea. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... a royal arrival in auckland. prince william takes part in anzac day commemorations, as new zealand and australia honour their fallen heroes. also coming up on the programme... singapore marks the legacy of raffles, but some say he was merely a colonialist and collector. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off,

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this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: the death toll rises again in sri lanka. more than 350 people were killed in sunday's attacks, as more details emerge about who was behind the bombings. prince william takes part in anzac day commemorations in auckland, as new zealand and australia honour their fallen heroes. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world: the japan times has the details on the latest security rules being rolled out byjapan‘s nuclear regulator. it's been decided that power companies won't be allowed to operate reactors unless they install sufficient counterterrorism measures. the south china morning post leads on the jail time faced by a group of protest leaders in hong kong. they've ve been sentenced

to between 8 and 16 months in prison for their role in planning the 2014 blockade, which failed to usher in democratic elections in the city. and finally, the international edition of the new york times visits a tiny museum that occupies an abandoned elevator shaft. it can host five visitors at a time and it even manages to fit a gift shop and cafe in the small space. today is anzac day, when australians and new zealanders commemorate soldiers who served and died in wars for their country. services are being held across both nations, as well as in turkey, amid heightened security following the christchurch attacks. turkish authorities have arrested a suspected islamic state member they believe was planning to attack a world war one commemoration at gallipoli attended by hundreds of australians and new zealanders.

the duke of cambridge laid a wreath in auckland as part of commemorations. he attended with new zealand prime ministerjacinda ardern, and will visit christchurch terror attack victims later during his two—day trip. phil mercer is in christchurch at the bridge of remembrance. the prime minister gave a speech earlier. what did she say and how was this important on anzac day? anzac day is arguably the most sombre occasion of the year both here in new zealand and across the tasman sea in australia. the anzac we re tasman sea in australia. the anzac were the australian and new zealand army corps and fought heroically in gallipoli in 1915, suffering with

other allied forces, catastrophic losses and if there is a feeling in both countries that the sacrifice at gallipoli helped to forge the national identity of australia and new zealand. jacinda adern speaking ata new zealand. jacinda adern speaking at a dawn service reminded everybody of that shared humanity which is ill and was reminded of anything wake of the terrible shootings of the two mosques six weeks ago in christchurch. the prime minister of new zealand urging the people of her country to embrace the values of freedom and liberty. it reminds us of our shared humanity. something we have been reminded on again in the wa ke have been reminded on again in the wake of the 15th of march and so, as we come together on the stage, rememberto we come together on the stage, remember to commemorate and give thanks to others, let us also recommit, let us recommit to the simple values of freedom, democracy

and peace. just as we should never ta ke and peace. just as we should never take for granted the loss of life by those of those who served on our behalf so too must we never take for granted those principles. the prime ministerjacinda adern speaking at the dawn service. prince william is due in at the city into the next couple of hours to meet emergency service personnel and members of the police force here in new zealand who responded to the shootings in the two mosques in the middle of march. 0n two mosques in the middle of march. on friday, attention turns to the survivors, the muslim community who will have some private time with prince william he was out to offer words of support. what has been the reaction to the visit of prince william later today? we have heard

from members of the muslim community in christchurch and they say they have acquired enthusiasm for the prince's visit. later this afternoon he will also lay a wreath for victims of the christchurch earthquake. 185 people died in that disaster. prince william was here in the aftermath of that tragedy. he is back again offering his compassion and an act of solidarity as well. a busy time for prince william in christchurch and i would imagine not only the muslim community but the broader community will welcome his visit. an interim ban on the popular chinese video app, tiktok, has been lifted in india. the app was barred due to claims it encouraged pornography and crimes against children. the company, which has over 120 million active users in india, claims it lost half a million dollars every day during the ban.

work life india's devina gupta reports. after almost three weeks of uncertainty, the tiktok users can finally breathe a sigh of relief here in india. the indian court has lifted the ban on download of this app which was first imposed on the 3rd of this month on a petition that accused the app of spreading pornography and also putting thousands of children at risk of online sexual abuse. one of the arguments made in favour of revoking the ban talked about it is not a solution and it infringes on the right of legitimate users. tiktok is immensely popular in india. smartphone boom and ultra—cheap data packs has attracted youngsters to connect on the internet, and that's where they've used tiktok to upload short videos, usually lip—synching to their favourite songs or even dancing to attract followers. and that's where the concerns of online misuse are. tiktok has promised to vigorously monitor

all the objectionable content and now the big question will be if the user's privacy will be compromised. and tiktok is not facing these questions in india alone. the app was earlier banned in bangladesh and recently the company was fined in the us for illegally trying to obtain information about children. so if it wants to continue doing business in one of the world's fastest—growing online market, tiktok needs to ensure that it is following the rules to the tee. singapore is marking the 200th anniversary of sir stamford raffles arriving on the southeast asian island. events are being held to remember the pivotal moment in singapore's development and explore raffles‘ legacy as colonialist and collector. but, as sarah toms reports, many in the city state are questioning why singapore is celebrating the start of colonisation.

in this tiny country, one man's name pops up wherever you go. working for britain's east india company, stamford raffles secured the island as a british port and set singapore on course to become the global trading centre it is today. now, 200 years later, singapore is looking back to the past, before and after its colonial days, with a a wide range of events over the course of this year. after singapore's separation from malaysia in 1965, the singapore government needed a new framework to look at singapore's past and so they chose to connect singapore with our colonial heritage, our colonial past and raffles being iconic of that, to sell this idea of singapore being modern and prosperous and cosmopolitan and outward—looking. people were living here for hundreds of years before stamford raffles arrived, and he didn't stay long,

but despite some criticism, there are mixed feelings about highlighting the country's colonial past. i wouldn't use the term celebrate, but i would probably say to acknowledge. i think no, you don't have to spend so much money on any celebration. why not? singapore became what it is because of people. singapore is also celebrating its 700—year history, but the focus is primarily on raffles. what we do want to acknowledge is really not just perhaps the not—so—savoury or not—so—positive side of our colonial legacy, but also acknowledge that there was some good. he died of a brain tumourjust before his 45th birthday and his estate barely had enough money to cover his debts. unlike sir stamford raffles, singapore has grown and prospered over the years into a first—world country that he would barely recognise. sarah toms, bbc news, singapore.

you have been watching newsday. thank you for watching newsday. see you later. hello again. uk forecast in just a moment but first of all we are off to mozambique where it looks like we've got another weather—related disaster on the way. another cyclone, this is cyclone kenneth, picking up strength and it's going to make landfall thursday afternoon in northern mozambique and bringing you through five days of forecast here, you can see the problem. once the storm has made landfall, it stops moving and we will see torrential falls of rain in the same area day after day. we could be seeing, getting on for a metre of rain over coming days combined with a storm surge 2—4 metres high which could bring coastal inundation and looks like we will see another round of devastating flooding across mozambique, particularly in the north of the country. here in the uk, our weather has changed.

it's turned a bit cooler, we've got unsettle weather over the next few days with rain or showers but also temperatures have eased over recent days. it will feel cooler as we head into this weekend combined with strengthening winds as well. now, today we'll start off with some reasonable weather around. in scotland and northern ireland, a bit of brightness or sunshine first thing. showers across england and wales from the word go push northwards. in terms of being cloudy, the showers get heavy with hail and thunder mixed in. some of those downpours will be quite lengthy as well as they drive their way northwards. in the south, perhaps turning a bit lighter today, a bit more sunshine, temperatures down on recent days, 13—16 degrees and quite a breezy day coming up, really. going through thursday evening and overnight, further wet weather for scotland, showers working in across parts of western england, and wales, perhaps some lengthier spells of rain through northern ireland through thursday night and into the early part of friday morning. friday, on the face of it, although it's quite unsettled again, there'll be some bigger gaps between the showers and perhaps some

more in the way of sunshine, particularly eastern areas of scotland for a time, but it's not completely dry, you will see some further showers moving in through the afternoon. some of these are likely to be heavy and quite lengthy in places. gusty winds around too. temperatures 13—15 degrees celsius and then through friday night and into the weekend, we see this area of low pressure diving southwards, tightly squeezed isobars, it's going to be a windy spell of weather. the strongest winds of this stage, targeting probably south—west england. gusts 60, 65 miles per hour, something like that. outbreaks of rain, widespread, and it's going to feel quite cold, notjust on account of those strong winds, heavy rain but also those temperatures. we'll be looking at highs of between 10 and 13 degrees. you can forget the 25 we had a few days ago.

i'm kasia madera with bbc news. our top story: the sri lankan government has acknowledged major lapses over sunday's suicide bombings, that killed at least 359 people. the president has asked for the resignation of his defence secretary and police chief. meanwhile, more funerals and mass burials have been held. eight of the nine attackers have been identified as sri lankan citizens. north korea's leader kimjong—un is in russia for a summit with president putin. they're expected to discuss the future of north korea's nuclear programme. and these are the most recent pictures from new zealand. prince william is taking part in anzac day commemorations to honour new zealand and australia's fallen heroes. the prince will also meet the survivors of last month's terror attacks in mosques in christchurch. that's all from me. goodbye.