welcome to bbc news. i'm reghed ahmad. our top stories: sri lanka's security forces say 15 bodies and bomb—making equipment have been recovered in the hunt for those behind the easter sunday attacks. a race against time — president trump urges people to get vaccinated after measles outbreaks force two universities to quarantine staff and students. they have to get the shot, the vaccinations are so important. this is really going around now. they have to get their shots. as spain prepares to choose its next government, protestors say the vox party's divisive message threatens to set the country back. and a new exhibition opens exploring the life and work of maverick cinematic genius stanley kubrick.

president trump has urged americans to get immunised against measles, in breaking news now, coming out of sri lanka in the last hour, at least 15 bodies have been found by the security forces after a battle with suspected islamist militants in the east of the country. six of the dead are thought to be children. the clashes took place on friday night as sri lanka is trying to track down those linked to the easter suicide attacks on churches and hotels, which claimed more than 250 lives. just a reminder of that breaking

news. we are hearing that sri lankan security forces have fought a gun battle with islamist militants, suspected islamist militants, in the east of the country. those clashes took place on friday, south of the coastal town of bata calo, took place on friday, south of the coastal town of batacalo, where one of those suicide bombings to base on easter sunday. we hope to speak to oui’ easter sunday. we hope to speak to our correspondent in south asia as $0011 our correspondent in south asia as 50011 as our correspondent in south asia as soon as we can to get the latest, but we can just show you the live scene in colombo. of course, that investigation has been continuing right around the country in sri lanka, as security forces tried to track down any of the militants who might have been connected to those easter sunday attacks, 250 people killed in those attacks. this is the live scene in colombo. you can see that, you might see some military, some soldiers there, patrolling the

streets. obviously there is a lot of tension in sri lanka, church services have been cancelled, friday prayers were cancelled as well for the muslim community. and of course we hope to speak to our correspondent in sri lanka, in colombo, to bring you the latest on that breaking news when we get it here on bbc news. president trump has urged americans to get immunised against measles, despite previously casting doubt on the vaccination. health officials believe the recent spike in cases of the virus is partly connected to misinformation about the jab. in the latest outbreak, about 270 students and staff have been in quarantine after cases were confirmed at two universities in california. caroline rigby reports. the president's line on measles has not always been consistent. but as the us faces a major resurgence of the disease, he had this message for parents. they have to get the shot,

the vaccinations are so important. this is really going around now, they have to get their shots. a mark change in direction from a man who previously promoted now—discredited anti—vax theories, and suggested inoculations are linked to what he described as "a big increase in autism". his call to arms in the battle against measles comes amid a new outbreak in california, after two infected students attended two separate universities. one visited a campus at the university of california los angeles, potentially coming into contact with 500 people. the other went to a library at california state university, attended by up to 2000 people a day. there is a blanket order and statement, that if you were in this area you would need to be quarantined, notify the health centre, notify your immune status or you will be quarantined. so far this year 700 cases have been

reported across 22 states. that's the highest number since the us declared the disease to be eradicated at the turn of the century. and the outbreak is not confined to the us — the un warns the number of cases around the world has nearly tripled compared to last year. health officials have linked the increase in the us to misinformation about the safety of the measles vaccine, and discredited theories about possible related side—effects. they will hope the president's call to action will encourage more people to get immunised, in turn helping to limit the spread of the disease. at least 15 bodies have been found by sri lankan security forces the chief executive of tesla, elon musk, has effectively been banned from tweeting about his own company as part of a settlement with the us regulator of a financially sensitive comments he made on social media. under the new agreement, mr musk must avoid any reference

to tesla's financial condition, products or possible mergers and acquisitions. the british and irish governments have announced a new attempt to restore a power—sharing government in northern ireland. they say the decision had been prompted by the reaction to the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee, last week. ireland's foreign minister said two years without a government had enabled "voices which do not believe in democracy" to emerge. a 30 year—old russian woman, maria butina, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by a court in washington, after pleading guilty to being a foreign agent. a gun rights activist, butina admitted working on behalf of russia to influence us policy, infiltrating organisations such as the powerful national rifle association. she will be deported back to russia once she has completed her sentence. the damage caused by cyclone kenneth in northern mozambique is being assessed, amid fears that hundreds of thousands of people are going to need humanitarian aid. it's the biggest storm ever

recorded to hit mozambique. since making landfall it has now been downgraded, although there are warnings of flooding and landslides as a result of several days of heavy rain. our correspondent, pumza fihlani, gave us this update from mozambique‘s capital maputo. operation at the moment is still quite scant. they are still trying to get as many resources out here to mozambique as possible. we knowjust from an update that's come in from the national disaster management team here that they are working with three helicopters and they've got a few hundred humanitarian agencies trying to set up here in mozambique. we do also know that over 2500 families are currently in displacement camps that have been set up across the northern part of mozambique and there they are receiving food aid, water, and hygiene products, to sort of help and avoid the occurrence of disease at this point. the number of areas that authorities

are currently looking into, there's an area called quissanga which has been badly affected as well as pemba, as well as an area called ibo — all of these are further north upcountry. what they are trying to do there — a lot of the houses have been destroyed, some of the homes are very basics — so they are trying to work out how to get aid to people who may not have time to evacuate and they're also trying to get access to health, to medication rather, so they have that on standby for people who may need urgent medical care. we know at this stage that one death has been confirmed but authorities fear that, as the picture becomes clearer over the next few days, that figure could rise. aradna traparty is a professor of atmospheric and earth sciences at the university of california, in los angeles. a short while ago she explained what lies behind the current storms.

having two of these cyclones in a matter of five weeks or so just has not happened since we have had satellites making observations in the 1970s. what we do know is that this just the 1970s. what we do know is that thisjust happens the 1970s. what we do know is that this just happens in the last, in the recent years, in the caribbean, with porto rico and other island nations being devastated by island nations. —— puerto. to see this happening in africa where we have not had these types of storm seasons is really quite remarkable and we know that climate change is happening, with the ocean temperatures warming, including in the indian ocean, that is what is sparking these cyclones, and we are seeing them with a remarkable intensity. that is driven by evaporating seawater, by moisture laden air, which is their fuel, evaporating seawater, by moisture laden air, which is theirfuel, and wind speeds are also going up, with these intense storms. so what this also means is that these storms are unusual because there is even more rain than is typical.

i was going to ask you about how much climate change had to do with this. if climate change is driving these cyclones, is this the new normal for mozambique? i think this is. the current storm is supposed to be a 20— year storm but we just had when just over a month ago and we're to keep seeing more intense storms and longer storm season is. we are seeing globally there has been an increase in the most intense tropical storms with global warming and so i think humanitarian disasters like these unfortunately will be the new normal. something like 40% of the world's population lives within 100 kilometres off the coast. over 2 million people. just briefly, what can a country like mozambique to kind of weatherproof itself for these new storms coming ensuring resources are being invested, particularly in coastal areas, where there are people who are vulnerable due to storm surges. making sure that there are enough food stores and medical stores to get care to people in need

and realising this is going to be happening unfortunately again. i would say the other thing for us to remember is, this burden should not be solely held by citizens of island nations that are not the cause of this. it's actually nations like ours that i responsible for most of the emissions and we are the ones that need to act. we will certainly keep an eye on the cyclones in mozambique. don't forget, we are keeping across oui’ don't forget, we are keeping across our breaking news here on the bbc. we have been hearing that at least

15 bodies have been found by sri lankan security forces after a battle with suspected islamist militants in the east of the country and of course we hope to hear from oui’ and of course we hope to hear from our correspondent, our south asia editor, on that story out of sri lanka. we will bring it to you as soon as we get it. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: waiting for the royal baby. but what name are harry and meghan likely to choose for theirfirst child? nothing, it seems, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government to build better government housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced to

admit the accident. for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12—year war for them. they've taken the capital, which they've been fighting for for so long. it was 7 o'clock in the morning, the day when power began to pass from the minority to the majority, when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white colony. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: sri lanka's security forces say 15 bodies and bomb making equipment have been recovered in the hunt for those behind the easter sunday attacks. president trump urges parents to vaccinate their children against measles, after two universities are quarantined to try to contain an outbreak.

the controversial vaux party has threatened to shake up spanish politics, critics say it's divisive message could set the country back decades. spain's third general election in just four years. with as many as 40% of voters still undecided ahead of sunday's vote, politicians of all colours have been campaigning hard. among them, the far right populist party vox, enjoying a surge of support and hoping to upstage their rivals. but in madrid, activists from feminist group femen, written across their bodies, "this isn't patriotism, it is fascism." anti—immigration, anti—separatist, and anti—women's rights,

vox is one of five parties with a chance of entering government. if it does it, would become the first far—right group to sit in parliament for nearly a0 years. its leader though is keen to brush aside links with spain's fascist past. translation: vox is the only party capable of defending national unity and the freedoms for spaniards that are under attack from socialism, communism and separatism. the party's rise, dubbed an earthquake in spanish politics has clearly shaken that country's socialist prime minister. translation: i ask you all to unite around the only party that can guarantee spain looks to the future and does not go back a0 years, as the right would have it. political tremors have also

unsettled the centre—right. led by the main opposition people's party, they are likely to lose votes to vox, or end up depending on them to hold onto power. after the convulsions of the campaign, saturday has been set aside as a day of reflection. but with results expected to be close, and followed by lengthy coalition talks, the calm is not likely to last. let's return to our top story, president trump has urged all americans to be immunised against measles after nearly seven hundred confirmed cases in the us this year. earlier i got some more analysis from dr dean blumberg, who's a infectious disease expert at the uc davis medical center in sacramento, california. what seeing is his out rags

occurring in countries where people have been choosing not to vaccinate all countries where they don't have the resources to vaccinate and then in the us, there introduced in the populations that are separable —— susceptible mostly because people are choosing not to vaccinate. how dangerous is the measles virus? we know it's a problem for very young children but adults at risk as well? certainly children can get it, adults can get it, one out of 1000 people with measles can die and people with measles can die and people that are most at risk would be very young children or older adults. and if someone is vaccinated, are they protected? or is there still a risk if they are about people who aren't vaccinated? there still a small risk of infection, no vaccine works 100% but this vaccine is given appropriately into doses protects about 99% of the time. some vaccinated people still make it infected despite the

immunisation status. we've been hearing a lot about the discredited arab to vaccination message since the measles are rake and this bike hasn't happening in the us and around the wild, how does this situation get turned around? given that message has been out there for so long in terms of telling people not to vaccinate. i think it's going to ta ke not to vaccinate. i think it's going to take a while to turn this message around. this message has been there for over —— for a long time and recently been advanced and multiplied by social media. and so what we are going to need is really consistent, straightforward messaging that the vaccine is safe, it does not cause autism, it protects and it saves lives. i'm going to see a change, just briefly, in government policy that might somehow force people to get vaccinated or strongly encourage them? there might be some tweaks to systems in the us and part of the

states deciding that the scores. in california there is a movement to tighten up the immunisation process for schools. trumper said he will withdraw the us from the international arms treaty. the treaty aims to regulate the national —— international sale of conventional weapons. mr trump said he would ask the us senate not to ratify. undermined ministration we will never surrender american sovereignty to anyone. we will never allow foreign bureaucrats to trample on your second amendment freedom. that is why my administration will never ratify the un arms trade treaty. i hope you are happy. it's 20 years since the american—born, british—based, oscar—winning director stanley kubrick died. for the first time in the uk,

a major retrospective exploring his film—making is being held in london. our arts editor will gompertz reports. you are entering a stanley kubrick experience, a world of single—point perspective and almost obsessive attention to detail. if film—making was the art form of the 20th century, then stanley kubrick was its da vinci. a fine artist with a mechanical eye who produced celluloid masterpieces, from barry lyndon to a clockwork orange. malcolm mcdowell starred in the film. ok, malcolm. the sports car he drove takes the lead in the exhibition. the last time i did this, i think i was in my 20s. oh, my god! what's the matter, will? are you having a problem? my feet are stuck... i'm in. good man, ok. how did kubrick differ to other directors? i asked him, "how do you direct?" he said, "well, i know...

i don't know what i want. but i do know what i don't want." and how, wow, that was true. and i think that's why he did a lot of takes. luckily, with me, he never really did that many takes. on barry lyndon, i heard he went up to 100 takes. the exhibition charts kubrick's near 50 year career. from his earliest days, earning a living as a chess player and a photographer, to the short films he made as a young auteur, in which he did pretty much everything. each of his major movies is given a gallery, telling its story, presenting the processes, props and people with whom kubrick collaborated. this is where most of the show‘s contents have come from. the film—maker's home and h0 in hertfordshire, which was a sort of kubrick studios. ok, so, this library was the screening room. this was a workroom. so, the steenbeck was over there, the control table was over here. what connection was he wanting

to make with the audience? he wanted to tell stories that made people think. he didn't spoon—feed you what you should think about his movie. and that's why, 50 years down the road, people are still discussing and talking about them. the exhibition ends with his oscar—winning sci—fi classic 2001: a space odyssey, complete with a space station v installation, and a range of archive material that brings us as close as we are ever going to get to understanding this master film—maker. will gompertz, bbc news. that's remind you of a breaking news. of these 15 bodies have been found by sri lankan security forces after a battle with suspect it militants in the east of the country. we have been hearing that the country has remained on high alert since those easter sunday

suicide attacks on churches and hotels in colombo. more recently, we've been hearing about that fierce gun battle with suspect islamist militants. let's get more on that from our south asia editor. what can you tell us about that most recent gun battle in the body so profound? the police conducted a search in the eastern region following the event, they heard from some of the local people that some suspects were staying in a house which was rented very recently. the security forces have started a raid on the shootout started according to the senior police officers there, and it lasted for a couple of hours last night and i spoke to some of the residents that are very close to that site and they said that the sound of the

gunfight lasted for a couple of hours. and this morning the army took a group ofjournalists to go and visit the site and from the pictures coming out of the area, we can see that there are many burnt out tilting is in that area now. the official saying they found at least 15 bodies and six of them are suspected to be islamist. women and children are among the killed. this follows another raid on the same region, last night where they found more explosives and also a drone in the area. this follows a series of raids being conducted by the security forces following the easter sunday attack. given that they have been a number of raids and we've seen this latest one as well, does it suggest that security forces are closing in on this network and understanding more about it? they started conducting these rates are following the sunday bombings and according to the president, they

think there might be more than 100 supporters of the islamic radical groups and also sympathises of the islamic state group here. that is why they started conducting the searches, they have taken into custody more than 70 people, they've also found explosive devices in different places here in the capital colombo, and raids are going on across the country in different towns. and in this eastern part of jamaica, i was there a couple of days ago and one of the towns from where the radicals are coming from. i went to —— i spoke to them, police up i went to —— i spoke to them, police up conducting raids to find them. thank you very much for that and of course we are seeing by teachers out of colombo as security services

continue to patrol the streets there. much more on the background on the story and all the latest news on the story and all the latest news on our website. hello. it will be a stormy start to the weekend for many parts of the uk. in fact, storm hannah has already brought power outages to parts of ireland. the winds have been escalating through the night and evere gales are expected quite widely around the coast and the hills in the west. this is a deep area of low pressure so late into the season, of course, when the trees are now in full leaf in many areas so we do expect some damage to trees, buildings, power lines and that disruption to transport. there are warnings out there on the website for this storm, mostly for the winds but not entirely because it looks pretty wet as well. we've had one band of rain moving through the night. this next one coming in becomes a slow—moving feature, so with all the cloud around, it's not going to to be a cold start to this saturday morning, but it will be a very windy one.

particularly for england and wales where we're expecting severe gales around the coast and over the hills, but inland we're expecting gales, gusts up to 55 miles per hour, which is pretty unusual anyway, and remember, we are very late in the season now. as well as that we've got this rain which will be persistent across parts of northern ireland, south—west scotland, into northern england, north wales, the midlands, across towards the humber and, with that rain and the wind combined, it is really going to feel quite chilly. temperatures barely reaching nine or 10 celsius. to the south, showery, and to north as well with some good spells of sunshine potentially for western scotland. but some heavy thundery showers around too. and the afternoon may bring a strong wind to northern ireland, south—west scotland and the isle of man as well as north—west england and north wales. it will still continue to blow a gale or severe gale further south. a very windy day, certainly not a day for the outdoors. but the winds do ease through the night, and that's because storm hannah starts to blow out to the north sea. and we get a ridge of high pressure building for the second part of the weekend. it's not plain sailing but i think

for the london marathon probably the day of the two and almost great conditions for the runners because it will stay cool, we think, quite a bit of cloud around, i think there will be some brightness coming through, and temperatures will be doing a little better than saturday. however, you can still see this weather front draped into western parts, so northern ireland and wales and south—west seeing further dank weather. further east we'll have the remnants of our weather front. in eastern areas, a few showers around. a cool northerly breeze will be much lighter. 12—15 looking like our highs. they're a little bit more respectable from the days ahead. then high—pressure starts the new week so it could be a bit chilly first thing monday. could be a little bit of mist and fog around, but as the day wears on, we'll start to see this next weather system winding inself to bring some rain into the west. so generally we keep an unsettled picture into early next week. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: sri lanka's security forces say 15 bodies and bomb making equipment have been recovered in the hunt for those behind the easter sunday attacks. earlier the prime minister said he simply "wasn't in the loop" for a briefing on warnings raised in the weeks before the attack. president trump has urged americans to be immunised against measles, despite previously casting doubt on the vaccination. health officials believe the recent rise in people contracting the virus is partly connected to misinformation about the jab. 270 students and staff are in quarantine after cases were confirmed at two universities in california. severe flood warnings have been issued in mozambique as cyclone kenneth, the second in as many months, moves further inland. there are fears that hundreds of thousands of people will need humanitarian aid.