this is bbc news, i'm kasia madera. our top stories: a race against time — president trump urges people as shooting at a synagogue leaves one person dead and several injured. police say a man has been arrested. as the officer placed the 19—year—old man into custody, he clearly saw a radical sitting there. ongoing security fears across sri lanka. cyclone kenneth has entirely wiped out some villages in mozambique, according to the un. thousands are living in makeshift shelters. and easter celebrations in

moscow as eastern orthodox christians mark the holiest day in the church calendar. i poway was injured. the chabad of poway was hosting a path celebration. speaking from close to the scene, the chief of police described how a teenage suspect had been arrested. as this incident was unfolding, a police officer was en route to the scene, he was monitoring the police department dispatch and the sheriff dispatch, he heard the call has started making his way towards this

goal. has he was on the road, he also overheard the scanner as a suspect to report he was involved in shooting and his location, which was read out and as our officer was exiting the freeway, he saw the vehicle, the suspect jumped exiting the freeway, he saw the vehicle, the suspectjumped out of the car and was immediately taken into custody by the san diego police department. as the officer was placing this 19—year—old man into custody, he clearly saw a radical sitting on the front passenger seat of the suspect vehicle. the suspect was taken into custody without any further incident. the incident comes amidst heightened security at synagogue, six months to the day after a gunman killed 11 people at another synagogue in pittsburgh. president trump said there is she did appearto be president trump said there is she did appear to be a hate crime.

people that were affected, the families, their loved ones, by the obviously it looks right now, based on my last conversation, it looks like a hate crime. hard to believe, ha rd to like a hate crime. hard to believe, hard to believe. with respect to the synagogue in california, near san diego, and we are doing some very heavy research, we'll see what happens, what comes up. at this moment, it looks like a hate crime, but my deepest sympathies to all of those affected and will get to the bottom of it. it looks like the person was apprehended, no more danger, and law enforcement have done a fantasticjob. danger, and law enforcement have done a fantastic job. some of those inside the synagogue have also been speaking. this woman is friends with one of those who were shut. my friend, she said, my husband said she is down. they tried to stop the

bleeding but immediately they had to ta ke bleeding but immediately they had to take her to hospital. the bbc's chris buckler is in washington following this story for us. chris buckler is in washington following this story for usm chris buckler is in washington following this story for us. if you can imagine the scene, we are getting some details from other officers about what they were greeted with when they arrived at the synagogue. it was a chaotic scene, a number of people injured, and clearly a lot of people just fleeing from the synagogue, a truly chaotic scene, but he has confirmed that four people were taken to hospital, one of them a girl, also two men and a woman who has now died from her injuries. we also know, of course, that the suspect is in custody. he was fired upon by a border patrol agent, but he wasn't injured and is now being questioned. the focus for the sheriff is to look at exactly what the motivation for

this attack would be. clearly there are already people in poway that are starting to draw their own conclusions because this was an attack on a synagogue, and attack at the end of passover, a time when otherfamilies had the end of passover, a time when other families had got the end of passover, a time when otherfamilies had got together when they were inside that temple, holding a service in celebrating their faith. clearly, holding a service in celebrating theirfaith. clearly, already the mayor of poway, from his point of view, this is a hate crime, this is somebody who attacked a synagogue with hate in their heart. police will try to look for that motivation but certainly synagogues have been ina but certainly synagogues have been in a state of high alerts, they had increased their security in many cases because of the attack in pittsburgh some six months ago. it might be by accident, it might be by design but it is worth pointing out, yet again, that this attack has taken place pretty much exactly six months since the attack in pittsburgh. what did you make about the mayor talking about a harmonious

community sticking together to get through this? clearly a community in shock. unbelievably so. whenever you listen to other people who have been talking in poway, it is that feeling that it talking in poway, it is that feeling thatitis talking in poway, it is that feeling that it is a place north of san diego in california, it is not in the middle of the city, it is not some way that feels like it would be targeted. sunday church services in sri lanka have been cancelled amid fears of more attacks one week after the easter sunday bombings. thousands of troops are searching for islamist militants still at large. 15 people were killed in a raid ina large. 15 people were killed in a raid in a safe house. and the wife and daughter of the ringleader were both wounded. 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. among them are believed to be the wife and child of this man, zahran hashim — the alleged ringleader, he was one of two suicide bombers at the shangri la hotel. in a separate raid, police found a huge cache 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 said it carried out the easter sunday attacks, was also found. several suspects are still at large. these photos were released 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,

in the morning, he's seen leaving the elevator on his way to the hotel's breakfast restaurant. moments later, he detonates his bomb. people are slowly beginning to piece together what happened at all the attack locations. in this batticaloa church, half of those killed were children — 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. it's the seventh night of curfew here, and tomorrow will be

a week since the attacks. it's a sunday, but no church services are being held because of worries they might be targeted again. there's a sense of disbelief here that such a large network of people was active in the country without being discovered disbelief that they haven't been discovered by security agencies but with search operations coming more intense, there is more hope that the government will soon get a grip on the situation the bbc‘s anbarasan etirajan has been to the site in eastern sri lanka where friday's raid took place and sent this report. this is the house where intense clashes took place between security

forces and suspected islamist militants about 2k hours ago in eastern sri lanka. you can see the signs of clashes and the damage here. the steel gate has been damaged, broken windows and what the police were saying was that after the three militants were killed in the three militants were killed in the shootout and the remaining people inside, they detonated this acute —— suicide vest killing the rest of the members who were staying in this house and that has damaged. it belonged to members of this house, this van. they say that they could have housed explosive devices but they didn't find any. 2a hours after the fighting, most of the neighbours had fled, fearing for their safety. that is why there is an airy silence in the street except for a few policeman guarding this site at the moment. the whole site is desolate and empty and we also see bloodstains on the floor.

suggesting that some injured person was brought from inside the house to this place. police say they rescued two people, a woman and a child. they were both injured in this operation and they believe that they were, the wife and daughter of one of the masterminds of sunday cosmic bombing last week. they think they made a big breakthrough in this case because the militants who were staying in this house, they were planning further attacks and that's why police believe they have made a big rake through and they say operations like this will continue until they find the remaining supervisors of the radical islamic group. the united nations says some villages hit by cyclone kenneth in northern mozambique have been entirely wiped out. after conducting an aerial assessment of the area, a senior officialfrom the un humanitarian agency described the level of destruction as "heartbreaking" and said many people would need assistance

in the coming days. we are on the ground and we have just come back from an aerial assessment where we have seen some of the villages that were hardest hit by the eye of cyclone kenneth. these villages have been entirely wiped out and they look like they have been run over by a bulldozer. the people are asking first for shelter and then they need water and purification and they need food. we are working closely with the government and we are here in support of the people co—ordinating the response to mobilise the supplies to get these people assistance as quickly as possible. the weather is still bad, it is still raining but thankfully the winds have died down. we will do everything in the next 2a hours to get people that supplies they need and make sure we do know the full situation on the ground. our correspondent pumza fihlani is in the mozambican capital maputo and sent this report. 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 even 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, quissanga and ibo island. teams have been deployed to the area. officials say this will determine where help is needed most. one 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. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: clashes and continued protests in france — as the yellow vest movement defies calls to step down.

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: a shooting at a synagogue in california has left one person dead and several injured. police say a man has been arrested. and there are ongoing security fears across sri lanka, with church services cancelled a week after the easter sunday bombings. let's stay with that story. a short time ago i spoke to amarnath amarasingam, an expert on extremism in sri lanka. he told me more about the organisation said to be behind the attacks. this particular organisation, the national thawheed jammath, is a breakaway organisation from the larger group known as the sri lankan thawheed jammath, which in itself is inspired by the broader thawheed movements in southern india. this current one, the nt],

was formed sometime in 2014. what exactly led to the formation of the organisation is not entirely clear but some suspicion is that it was shortly after the 2013 anti—muslim violence where the leadership, zahran hashim, believed that the broader muslim community wasn't kind of dealing with the threat that the muslim community was facing in the country in a radical way, that they weren't willing to respond with violence and that this kind of engaging with mainstream politics wasn't the right answer. but it sounds from what you are saying that the group was on the radar of officials to an extent. what do you make of the link, therefore, between the so—called islamic state group and this organisation? they have said they played a role in these attacks as well.

at the very least, we can say that there was some network or some communication with somebody inside the islamic state. the reason we can be confident of that is that a lot of the releases that came out from isis itself, from the first claim to the second claim to the photos to the videos to their discussion of the attack in a magazine that they put out all came through isis central channels. so it wasn't that they were just supporters in other parts of the world putting out this content but they are coming out of isis central channels online and therefore usually to get that kind of access you would have to know somebody, you would have to have a trusted intermediary of some kind. i know that you are of sri lankan heritage. putting aside your expertise, looking at this, how are you and fellow sri lankans in the diaspora feeling? i think a lot of us are diaspora feeling? i think a lot of us are heartbroken and devastated. we couldn't believe this happened,

particularly to the christian community where aside from minor events that have happened with this dream is groups harassing evangelical christians, had never taken place at this level before. a lot of us are worried that this will instil a trajectory that is quite harmful for the country and so further divisions and might put the muslim —— community in their way of more attacks. we are hoping that the government deals with it correctly, and kind of deals with it in a way that builds resilience and builds communal harmony but we probably expect the opposite. we are a bit cynical but also hoping that history doesn't repeat itself. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. sudan's military rulers and the organisers of mass protests have both expressed optimism

after their first formal meeting to discuss a return to civilian government. it's expected they will agree the formation of a new body to lead the transition to a civilian government, though military representation on any new council would remain. pakistan has suspended a nationwide anti—polio campaign following several attacks on health workers. the government said it wanted to protect hundreds of thousands of polio workers after one was killed in baluchistan province and others attacked. the campaign — to give anti—polio drops to almost forty million children under five — has been undermined by distrust and the spread of misinformation. a ceremony has taken place in the border village of pan—mun—jom to mark the first anniversary of the ground—breaking summit between the leader of north korea kimjong—un, and the south's president moonjae in. but the north did not accept the invitation to attend. in his address, president moon said peace remains the ultimate goal. voters in spain will be

heading to the polls on sunday for one of the country's most divisive elections in decades. there's a chance the result could lead to a fragmented parliament, in which the far—right could have a sizeable presence for the first time since spain's return to democracy. our correspondent tim willcox has been in madrid speaking to voters, from where he sent us this report. iam i am outside the former post office building bl —— built in 1907. tonight, the eve is what some people are describing as the most important and divisive spanish election since the death of franco in 1945 and the return to democracy. the old 2—party system has fragmented and five parties potentially have a shot at being in power and they have —— include one party that is very much to the hard right. i think the

people are very undecided, she told me, because there are new political parties. the things people are most concerned about is the employment and the cost of housing and what to do with household budgets. we are between two parties. his wife is saying that when she gets up in the morning she will decide with her heart how she wants to vote.|j wouldn't vote for a party that has a coalition with the vox party. four may, catalonia forms a part of spain, andi may, catalonia forms a part of spain, and i don't conceive at spain with autonomous set berated communities. and that goes to the heart of the dilemma facing voters whichever block, left or right, tries to form a government, they will need the support of smaller parties that for many are deeply

unpalatable. now to france, where the so—called "yellow vest" protesters have been marching in strasbourg once again, two days after the french government announced a response to the country's social crisis. protestors took to the streets in the capital, paris, as well. the numbers have reduced from the tens of thousands to a few thousand, but many aren't convinced by the presidential speech, calling his solutions "small measures" . rahuljoglekar reports. the micron government believes it is slowly but surely building a bridge over troubled waters in france, taking control. but that was not to be. this weekend, like many others since november last year, saw the yellow vest protesters out once again on the streets. the numbers have dwindled significantly from the highs of 300,000 last year. but as

the haze of tear gas lifted, a grim reality. the anger and thousands of protesters are reality. the anger and thousands of protesters a re here reality. the anger and thousands of protesters are here to stay. despite the government's announcement. he's done nothing. what is changing? things will change for two or three households, for were three retirees, thatis households, for were three retirees, that is not what it takes, we need real measures, not small ones. macron's announcement were empty promises. nothing is based on numbers, nothing is for sure. from strasbourg to paris, the man facing the music is france's youngest president, emmanuel macron. he has tried everything, it seems, tax cuts, higher pensions, civilservice reforms, and a charm offensive on television. the latest proposals come on top of changes announced in december at a cost of 10 billion

euros. money can buy you a lot of things but securing the peace on the streets of france for nowjust isn't on that list. more than 200 million eastern orthodox worldwide are celebrating easter this sunday. this was the scene in moscow, at the cathedral of christ the savior as patriarch kirill gave the faithful the traditional "christ has risen" message. thousands of worshippers packed the cathedral, holding candles lit from the "holy fire" brought by plane, from jerusalem, earlier in the day. according to orthodox tradition, the holy fire is a miracle that occurs every year at the church of the holy sepul—ker injerusalem on holy saturday, the day before easter.

some of russia's top officials attended the vigil at the cathedral, including present mayor —— president vladimir putin. the second half of the weekend promises to be a lot less turbulent than the first half was because we are saying farewell to storm hanna which brought gusts of winds of up to 80 mph in north wales. you can see the swell of cloud on the satellite picture, a deep area of low pressure which is now quickly becoming less deep and less threatening as it slides out into the north sea. high pressure building in from the south—west, this means a much more settled day on sunday, not completely dry, some showers around, some sunny spells, though, and crucially, it will be less windy, so a start to the day. one or two showers as you can see, including close to the london area.

it isa including close to the london area. it is a big day in london because the marathon is taking place. there is likely to be a lot of cloud overhead, there cloud producing one or two showers at times. they will be sunny glimpses and crucially for the participants, a comfortable feel, temperatures even by the afternoon up to 14 or 15 degrees. for the rest of the uk, one or two showers first thing across north—west england, east wales and the midlands. showers continue across parts of eastern england through the day and cloud will be trying to bring patchy rain into northern ireland, west wales on the far south—west. in between, northern ireland, west wales on the farsouth—west. in between, did spells of sunshine, dry weather, the whence much later than saturday. with the lighter winds and sunshine, it will feel quite a bit warmer. temperatures up to 12 and xt degrees. as we go through sunday evening into the night, this cloud and patchy rain will try to move further east but it won't get much further east but it won't get much further than northern ireland, western parts of wales, devon and

cornwall. elsewhere, and by night with clear spells. fog patches starting to develop. temperatures willdip starting to develop. temperatures will dip away starting to develop. temperatures willdip away in starting to develop. temperatures will dip away in eastern areas, some spots can see a touch of frost. high pressure in charge of the scene as we get into monday morning. not many isobars, that is why we will see the mist and fog patches. most of us dry during monday, early fog should tend to clear and then we'll see some sunny spells, always more cloud as the weather fronts try to push into northern ireland, west wales and the far south—west. most places will be dry. best of the sunshine across north scotland. there is plenty of dry weather in the outlook for the week ahead. always the potential for some rain at times, especially in the north and west.

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a woman has been killed and three people injured in california after a man opened fire at a synagogue north of san diego. police said a nineteen year old local man had been arrested. president trump offered his sympathies to those affected and said the shooting appeared to be a hate crime. sunday church services in sri lanka have been cancelled, amid fears of more attacks, one week after the easter sunday bombings. the country's president has used new emergency laws to outlaw two islamist groups suspected of carrying out the attacks. the un says some villages hit by cyclone kenneth in northern mozambique have been entirely wiped out. a senior official described the level of destruction as "heartbreaking" and said many people would need assistance in the coming days.