this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 7pm. sri lankan security forces have detained the wife and child of the man believed to be the mastermind behind the wave of bomb attacks on easter sunday. the home office is being investigated after they revoked the visas of 30,000 foreign students over claims they cheated in an english language exam. the labour party is to change its european election manifesto leaflets, saying it may support another referendum on any brexit deal. we would prefer to have a general election, but failing that, if we get that agreement, we're prepared to consider to put it we would prefer to have a general election, but failing that, to a confirmatory vote. but that is a decision the national executives of the party will make on tuesday. northern ireland politicians are being urged to deliver on power—sharing by the priest who received a standing ovation at lyra mckee‘s funeral.

and west ham beat tottenham 1—0 to end their 100% record at their new stadium. we'll have more on this and the rest of the day's action in sportsday. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good evening. sri lanka's security forces have detained the wife and child of the man believed to be the ringleader behind the wave of bomb attacks on easter sunday. they were captured following a gun battle with suspected islamist militants, in which 15 people were killed, including six children. a huge search is continuing for the bombers. from sri lanka, our correspondent yogita limaye reports. the search continues for those behind sri lanka's horror. police have been carrying out raids across the country.

on friday, they followed a tip—off to this house, in the eastern city of sainthamaruthu. armed men were inside, who set off an explosion. a gun battle followed and the house burned down. more than a dozen died. women and children were caught up in the violence. the wife and child of this man, zahran hashim, the alleged mastermind of the bombings, are believed to be amongst them. in another raid in the same area, police found a huge stash of bomb—making material. a discovery that reveals how grave the threat of more attacks still is. this banner of the islamic state group, which has claimed responsibility for the easter sunday attacks, was also found. several suspects are still at large. these photos were put out by the government earlier this week. newly released closed—circuit tv footage shows the bomber

at kingsbury hotel, in colombo, the night before the attack. backpack full of explosives, he checks in at the front desk, then goes off to his room. in the morning, he's seen leaving the elevator on his way to the hotel's breakfast rest room. moments later, he detonates his bomb. perhaps the most inhuman of the bombings was at this church in batticaloa, because children were the target. young boys and girls who were attending sunday school. the bbc‘s tamil service spoke to a pastor, who recalls seeing the bomber. translation: he was wearing a shoulder bag and a camera bag. i wasn't aware of his purpose at that time. many children were drinking water in the entrance of the church after their sunday school class. people and children were entering, that's when the bomb went off. workers have begun to clear the trail of destruction and most

of those who died have been laid to rest, but fear remains. yogita limaye has also given us this update about the police curfew in place across the country. tonight it is the seventh night of cu rfew tonight it is the seventh night of curfew in sri lanka. tomorrow is a week since the bombings, a sunday, but all church services have been cancelled. people have been asked to stay—at—home and pray with their families. so i would say there is a real sense of fear here. it's not a city and locked down in the daytime — you do see people out and cards that i heard cars in the road. but it is far fewer than what would normally be. yesterday, video was released from a safe house in the east of the country showing a huge stash of explosives. also a gun battle in which several people were killed. i think there's a sense of disbelief here as well, that such a large network of people was operating and able to accumulate all

of this material. and the intelligence and security services didn't know about it or did not act about it. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the broadcasterjohn stapleton, and benedict paviot of france 24. an investigation has begun into whether the home office acted fairly when it accused more than 30,000 foreign students of cheating in the english language tests, required to obtain their visas. hundreds were detained and more than 1,000 were removed from the uk. clear evidence of cheating was uncovered by the bbc‘s panorama programme in 2014, but there are claims the government went on to wrongly accuse many people. kathryn stanczyszyn reports. an instructor reads out the answers. the students dutifully write them down. in 2014, panorama found clear evidence of this kind of cheating at two centres where foreign

students sit english language tests. it's one of the assessments they need to pass in order to obtain a visa to study in the uk. the then—home secretary theresa may said it would be urgently looked into. we have done a lot over the last three and a half years, we have rooted out abuse, the number of student visas has gone down and the amount of abuse has gone down, but it is clear people are finding other ways around the system. following the panorama investigation, the home office or dig checks are more than 58,000 oral tests ta ken between 2011—2014. it concluded that 34,000 people had cheated and said other results were questionable. the government cancelled 36,000 student visas and more than 1,000 people removed from the uk. fatima was one of those told her visait would be revoked, but denies doing anything wrong. she's not allowed to work, but not allowed to leave the country either.

my life is actually damaged, it is broken now. whatever i am doing is just staying in the home and counting my time, hoping that one day, everything will be sorted. and i will live my life again. at the time, the conservative government made very public its aim to reduce immigration numbers, something critics claim may have played a part. those students were not even treated like criminals, criminals would have a better chance to defend themselves because you would have to present them with evidence. this is directly linked with this effort to attempt to reduce the numberof migrants, and those students were caught in this. the national audit office says it will now review the government's response to fraud in the student visa system. the home office says it is already cooperating and continues to welcome genuine international students. labour's leader, jeremy corbyn, has this evening given his reaction to a letter signed by around 100

labourmps and meps, which demands the party commits to holding another referendum on any brexit deal. in response to the letter, whose signaturies include a number of shadow ministers, jeremy corbyn said it was not for him to decide, but for the labour party as a whole. the national executive will decide on tuesday what will be in the european election manifesto, and we will reflect the decisions made in last year's labour party conference, which were for a customs union, market access, and rights protection with the european union. and we would prefer to have a general election, but failing that, if we get that agreement, we are prepared to consider putting it to a confirmatory vote. but that is a decision the party will make on tuesday. but will there be a promise of a confirmatory vote? we'll let you know on the tuesday after that, because it is important that the party, which is a democratic party structure, makes those decisions. sadly — or perhaps it's a good thing — i'm not a dictator of the labour party. labour's ruling national executive

will meet on tuesday to finalise the party's manifesto for the european elections, which are due to take place in less than four weeks' time, as our political correspondent susana mendonca explained. we've got a number of mps — around 100 mps and meps on the labour side saying that they want the party to offer a clear commitment that it is committed to having a vote on a brexit deal, and that they want that to be part of the manifesto, ahead of the european elections, which are due to be held on 23 may, provided that we do have european elections, because we know the prime minster hopes that if she can get a deal done before then, it might not happen. in their view, that would make them the only viable alternative to the brexit party. now labour have a real challenge here. within the labour party, there's a lot of controversy over whether they should be going for that clear message on the referendum, or whether they can actually deter labour voters, for people who perhaps voted for brexit in the referendum in 2016. so there are those who think labour

should not be going down that road. clinics offering cosmetic surgery such as botox and fillers have said they'll introduce new checks to ensure vulnerable people are not sold unnecessary or damaging treatment. it follows a warning, from the nhs director of mental health services, that the cosmetic industry is doing too little to stop those with body image obsessions undergoing potentially harmful treatments. richard galpin reports. cosmetic procedures like botox injections and fillers are popular and easily available. notjust in clinics, but also in high street outlets. the nhs is concerned there's a link between young people's mental health and these kinds of procedures. 25% of youngsters are worried about their appearance, 50% are worried about their weight, and we know that the evidence is if you've got those concerns, if you are feeling pressure or bombarded around idealised body image, that you are more

likely to seek procedures, but you are also then more likely to be dissatisfied with the outcome of those procedures. to try to tackle this, the nhs wants all those providing cosmetic procedures to sign up to an online training programme teaching them how to recognise the signs and symptoms of vulnerability and mental ill health, and ensuring they tell customers where to get help if they show signs of being vulnerable. but the course is voluntary and, so far, only 10% of providers have signed up for the training. richard galpin, bbc news. politicians in nothern ireland have been urged to do everything they can to restore power—sharing when they take part in fresh talks next month. the coalition government at stormont broke down in january 2017 and since then, the two main parties — the democratic unionists and sinn fein — have been unable to reach agreement on a range of issues. plans for new negotiations were announced following the shooting

of journalist lyra mckee in londonderry last week. father martin magill, who led her funeral service, stressed the need for peace and a resolution. i get the sense that people want our politicians to move and move now. that means entering into those talks ina way that means entering into those talks in a way that will actually bring a positive result at the end of them. health officials in pakistan say they've suspended a nationwide anti—polio campaign, after a series of deadly attacks on health workers trying to vaccinate children last week. a health worker and two security officers were killed in separate incidents. thousands of parents have refused to allow their children to be given the vaccine. officials are blaming mis—information being spread on social media. cyclone kenneth has become the second powerful storm to hit mozambique in two months. rescue teams are attempting to reach remote villages in the north of the country,

where thousands of people may be trapped. the united nations says some villages have been completely flattened. the storm first hit the comoros islands, killing three people. it then made landfall on thursday in the cabo delgado region, near the tanzanian border. heavy rain has increased the risk of flooding and landslides. 0ur correspondent pumza fihlani is watching from the capital, maputo. it's the worst storm this part of mozambique has seen. the people here were unprepared. days after cyclone kenneth hit, many are still shocked at the force of mother nature. heavy wind of up to 200 kilometres ripped through northern mozambique, destroying homes and uprooting trees. the people of mozambique had barely recovered from another cyclone, which hit the port town of beira just over a month ago, causing death and destruction. the authorities this time around want to move faster.

they're desperate to get their hands on resources which will make it possible for them to get help to where it's needed most. the operation is dependent on how nimble they are on the ground. torrential rains are expected here over the next few days. this means there's a high risk of flooding and landslides. there are fears thousands of people could be left trapped in remote villages. there are nearly 20,000 people in displacement centres — these are schools and churches that survived the impact. but as a clearer picture emerges of the destruction, more may be needed, local authorities have said. the worst—hit areas include pemba. teams have been deployed to the area. officials say this will determine where help is needed most. 0ne death has been confirmed, but there are fears that figure will rise over the next few days. but for some, life now has become a search for the next meal.

they are relying on aid efforts. it's a desperate time for survivors. rebuilding their lives will be slow and daunting for many people of this poor country. pumza fihlani, bbc news, maputo. the headlines on bbc news. sri lankan security forces have detained the wife and child of the man believed to be the mastermind behind the wave of bomb attacks on easter sunday. the home office is being investigated after they revoked the visas of 30,000 foreign students, over claims they cheated in an english language exam. the labour party is to change its european election manifesto leaflets, saying it may support another referendum on any brexit deal. spaniards go the polls tomorrow in a fiercely—contested general election — the third in the past four years. the controversial far—right vox party is threatening to shake up spanish politics, but critics say its divisive message could set the country back decades.

andy beatt reports. 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's fascism." and the anti—franco slogan, "they shall not pass." 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 40 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 the 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 doesn't go back 40 years, as the right would have it. political tremors have also unsettled the centre—right. led by the main opposition people's party. they‘ re likely to lose votes to vox, or end up depending on them to hold 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. andy beatt, bbc news. donald 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. donald trump'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 marked change in direction from a man who previously promoted now—discredited anti—vax theories, and suggested inoculations were 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 2,000 people a day. there's 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 isn'tjust 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 around 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. caroline rigby, bbc news. it's being claimed that some fitness trackers from leading brands are so inaccurate, they can be out by up to 11 miles when logging the distance of a marathon. the consumer group which? has published analysis of some of the most popular devices from big names in the market. the watchdog used a calibrated treadmill to compare different trackers logging the number of steps and distance travelled. it's warning some simply can't be relied upon. in the uk, around half a million people have a debilitating form of heart failure that doctors know very little about.

the condition stops the heart from relaxing, meaning the muscles become too stiff to function properly. now researchers at four british universities are looking into how to diagnose and treat the condition. here's our science correspondent richard westcott. around 500,000 people have a type of heart failure we know very little about. it's called hfpef. .. if you're ready, we can stop there. and this is a new study to find out what makes it tick. i didn't realise i had a heart condition and i thought, why, i'm so fit? i can't be — i've been a dancer, done so much, gardening, et cetera, i can't believe it. so you are quite good at walking on the flat, but not the inclines? definitely. as well as the physical tests, they will be asking patients about their lives. if i said, could you walk to the shop and back again? no, i couldn't. this is a very interesting patient group that are pretty much left

to their own devices, there are not any evidence—based treatment therapies for them, so it's really interesting to try to find out what would help them. it wasn't long ago that some clinicians doubted hfpef even existed. it might be common, but it's hard to recognise. symptoms can be similar to more well—known types of heart failure, or even other conditions, but there is a key difference. a normal heart muscle needs to be able to expand and contract so it can pump the blood. around half the people with heart failure have a muscle that's too loose, but they know how to diagnose that and treat it. the other half have a muscle that's gone thick and goes too tight, and that's the one they need to find out a lot more about. this is one of the more obvious signs we sometimes see. this blue jet you see here is blood leaking back because this valve should be closing, but it's not, and that can occur because the heart muscle has become thickened.

we know that there are things that we can do for this group of patients and it's just ensuring that there's a systematic way of diagnosing and managing, that people are more aware of it, and that they know, right, if we get the blood pressure controlled, if we control their diabetes, if perhaps we make sure that they're doing more physical activity, that we can actually improve them. researchers will study around 200 patients for a year. well, i hope they find the reason why we go downhill like we are. and i'm quite pleased, actually, that i had that call from faye last year, when she asked me would i come and participate in research? because it must help the future. they will then recommend new ways to identify and look after the hundreds of thousands who suffer. richard westcott, bbc news. although most christians in the world celebrated easter last sunday, more than 200 million eastern orthodox worldwide have been marking holy week under the julian calendar,

with easter falling tomorrow. orthodox christians in europe, africa and the middle east hold to a tradition which calculates easter on the sunday after the jewish passover. as david campanale now reports, the events leading up to the death carrying wooden crosses and singing hymns, orthodox christians held up her session and the old city of jerusalem on good friday. retracing the route jesus jerusalem on good friday. retracing the routejesus christ jerusalem on good friday. retracing the route jesus christ walked jerusalem on good friday. retracing the routejesus christ walked nearly 2000 years ago. theirjourney began at the echo home of convent. then along the via dolorosa, or way of the suffering, where there are 14 stations of the cross to be marked. the first station is where jesus is believed to have been condemned to death. the others include points where jesus is death. the others include points wherejesus is said to have met his mother, fallen several times, been helped in carrying the cross, and met the lamenting women of jerusalem. the last station is the

church of the holy sepulchre. long—standing christian tradition holds that it is the site where jesus was crucified and buried before rising from the dead three days later. then, thousands of worshipers returned to celebrate holy saturday's qualified ceremony. the holy fire is considered a miracle that occurs this day every year. and exactly 2pm local time, the sunbeam is believed to shine through the hole in the ceiling of the church and light a lamp placed in the tomb. the greek orthodox patriarch ofjerusalem lights a few candles with the holy fire, and passes them onto glad worshipers inside the church. in a moscow monastery, russian orthodox believers have also been preparing for the most holy day in the orthodox church calendar. later, they will usher in easter with a solemn they will usher in easter with a solemn ceremony.

they will usher in easter with a solemn ceremony. but before that, they have their easter sweet bread and decorated eggs blessed and sprinkled with holy water. but the most important prayers are still to come. in the early hours of easter sunday when celebrations begin, church bells ring and fireworks and crackers go off to mark christ's resurrection and the defeat of sin and death. david campanelli, bbc news. authorities in cyprus are continuing to search two lakes for victims of a man who's thought to be the country's first serial killer. it follows the confession of a greek cypriot army officer to the murder of seven women and girls. vigils have been held in memory of the victims as isabella allen reports. forensic investigators use robotic cameras to search toxic lakes south of nexium. they are searching for bodies after a man confessed to killing seven women and girls. translation: at the robotic camera has identified two objects which we suspect may be what we've been

looking for. tomorrow morning, we will begin the process of retrieving them so that we can inspect and identify them. yesterday, a vigil was held for the victims of what is said to be cyprus's first serial killing. there is widespread shock but also outrage from demonstrators who have accused the police of not taking the cases of the missing women seriously because of their foreign dissent. the main suspect, whose name has not yet been made public, has appeared in court —— in core and remains in police... in this unprecedented case. isabella allen, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich it's been a turbulent start to the week thanks to storm hanna, with winds up to 80 mph. it's all down to

this, the swerve of cloud here with a deep area of low pressure. however, the area of low pressure is no weakening, also sliding out into the north sea. a harp —— high—pressure starting to build from the west, so things for the second half of the weekend look a good deal calmer. certainly there tonight, those winds will ease. there will still be showers but not as many as we had today. still blustery out there at the moment, wind gusts of up there at the moment, wind gusts of up to more than 40 mph. much of that rain will peter out as the night wears on. still 1— to showers, particularly clipping into eastern england. clear spells developing with most of us holding well above freezing, but a across parts of england, it will get cold enough for a touch of frost. it is a big morning in london, the marathon taking place. for those taking part, this is the forecast with lots of

cloud overhead but predominately dry, just the odd shower. those temperatures are actually fairly co mforta ble temperatures are actually fairly comfortable for those participating, getting up to a high of 13—14dc. through the day across the rest of the uk, 1- through the day across the rest of the uk, 1— to showers clipping into eastern parts of england and this band of cloud bringing patchy rain into northern ireland in the far southwest of england. but in between, lots of sunshine but not nearly as windy as it was today. still breezy in places, but with those later winds and more in the way of sunshine, those temperature is getting up between 12—16dc, feeling a bit warmer than it did today. we start the new working week with high—pressure probably in charge, light winds to start monday which could allow the mist and fog to fall. frontal systems pushing in from the west but not making much progress for the first part of the week. many places will be dry, then week. many places will be dry, then we will see spells of sunshine on monday across scotland. always a bit more cloud with the odd spot of

rain, the best temperature is generally between 13—18dc in parts of scotland, that sets us up for the week. there'll be lots of dry weather around with some rain trying to move into the northwest of uk, and it may just to move into the northwest of uk, and it mayjust turn cooler by the end of the week. but whichever way you slice it, it is certainly quieter than the weather we've had to start the weekend. sri lankan security forces have detained the wife and child of the man believed to be the mastermind behind the wave of bomb attacks on easter sunday. the home office is being investigated after they revoked the visas of 30,000 foreign students over claims they cheated in an english language exam. the labour party is to change its european election manifesto leaflets, saying it may support another referendum on any brexit deal. we would prefer to have a general election, but failing that, if we get that agreement,

we're prepared to consider to put it