this is bbc news. i'm reged ahmad — our top stories: a shooting at a synagogue in california leaves one person dead and several injured. police say a man has been arrested. as the officer was placing this 19—year—old male into custody, he clearly saw a rifle sitting on the front passenger's seat. of the suspect vehicle. ongoing security fears across sri lanka, as church services are cancelled a week after the easter sunday bombings. the most comprehensive assessment yet undertaken on the state of nature: a million species face extinction. cyclone kenneth has ‘entirely wiped out‘ some villages in mozambique — according to the un. thousands are living

in makeshift shelters. singing and — easter celebrations in moscow as eastern orthodox christians mark the holiest day in the church calendar. hello and welcome to bbc news. one person has been killed after a gunman opened fire inside a synagogue in california. three other people were injured in the attack. the chabad of poway synagogue, north of san diego, was hosting a passover celebration at the time of the shooting. speaking from close to the scene, the chief of police described how a teenage suspect had been arrested. as this incident was unfolding, a san diego police officer, k9 officer, was en route to the scene. he was monitoring both the san diego police department's

dispatch and the sheriff's dispatch, heard the call and started making his way towards this call. as he was en route, he also overheard a chp scanner of a suspect who had called into chp to report that he was just involved in this shooting and his location which was rancho bernardo and the interstate 15. as our officer was exiting the freeway, he clearly saw the suspect and his vehicle. the suspect pulled over, jumped out of the car with his hands up and was immediately taken into custody by the san diego police department. as the officer was placing this 19—year—old male into custody, he clearly saw a rifle sitting on the front passenger seat of the suspect vehicle. the suspect, as i said, was taken into custody without any further incident.

the incident comes amid heightened security within jewish communities, six months to the day after a gunman killed eleven people at another synagogue in pittsburgh. president trump spoke about the incident a short time ago. people that were affected — the families, their loved ones, by the obviously, looks right now based on my last conversations, looks like a hate crime. at this moment, it looks like a hate crime but my deepest sympathies to all of those affected and we'll get to the bottom of it. it looks like the person was apprehended. no more danger. and law enforcement's done a fantasticjob. some of those who were inside the synagogue have been telling their stories. my friend was... she said — my husband said, "she's down" and they tried to stop the bleeding but immediately they had to take her to hospital. as far as i know. our washington correspondent, chris buckler is following the story for us. if you can imagine the scene for the police who arrived there and we're getting some details from other officers as well

about what they were greeted with whenever 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 who was off duty who saw him fleeing from the scene but he wasn't injured and he is now being questioned and of course the focus now for the sheriffs is going to be to look at exactly what the motivation for this attack will be. clearly, there are already people in poway that are starting to draw their own conclusions. because this was an attack on a synagogue, an attack at the end of passover, a time when families had got together

and when they were inside that temple, holding a service and celebrating their faith. now, clearly, already the mayor of poway has said from his point of view this as 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 had been in a state of high alert. they had increased their security in many cases, because of that attack in pittsburgh at the tree of life synagogue some six months ago. it might be by accident and 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 that attack in pittsburgh. what did you make of what the mayor had to say? he talked about a harmonious community, about how they would stick together to get through this. clearly, a community in shock. and — you can keep up to date all with the latest on the shooting in san diego on the bbc website. you'll also find analysis of how the attack happend, and a feature on — america's gun culture in ten charts — that's all at bbc.com/news.

exactly a week after the easter sunday bombings, church services in sri lanka have been cancelled, amid fears of further attacks. thousands of troops are searching for the islamist militants still at large. at least fifteen people were killed in a raid on a safe house; it's understood the wife and daughter of the suspected ringleader of last week's atrocities were both wounded. 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. 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, then goes to his room. 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 by security agencies. but with search operations now

becoming more intense, there is also hope that the government will soon get a grip on the situation. yogita limaye, bbc news, colombo. let's get some of the day's other news. reports from sudan say that military leaders and the opposition coalition have agreed, in principle, on a transitional council to lead the country back towards civilian rule. further talks will be held, but negotiators say they're optimistic that progress is being made. pakistan has suspended a nationwide anti—polio campaign following several attacks on health workers. one was killed in baluchistan province, while others have been assaulted elsewhere in the country. the campaign — to give anti—polio drops to almost a0 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, kim jong—un, and the south's presiden,t moonjae in.

the north did not accept the invitation to attend. in his address, president moon said peace remains the ultimate goal. china's ambassador in london has declared that britain can and must work with the chinese technology company huawei in developing its 56 telecoms network. the ambassador‘s intervention, in a british newspaper article, follows a report suggesting that the british government was split over whether huawei was a threat to security. up to one million species are facing extinction due to human influence — that's according to a new draft report from the united nations. loss of clean air, drinkable water and c02—absorbing forests are all given as reasons for a "an imminent rapid acceleration in the global rate of species extinction". 130 countries are meeting in paris from monday to vet that report.

let's speak now to climate scientist dr peter glick, who's president—emeritus at the pacific institute and a member of the us national academy of sciences. thank you for your time. first of all, we're getting a sense of some of the detail this report holds. it's the first of its kind some yea rs. it's the first of its kind some years. what are some of the most startling findings that you think come out of this report? this is a very disturbing report. obviously over the next week, the final wording will be revealed at the figures are already out and what the report suggests is that we are seeing a very rapid acceleration of the extinction of literally up to i million species on the planet, due to all of the things that humans do, due to the way that we have a valid

agriculture and fishing and impact on our water agriculture and fishing and impact on oui’ water resources. agriculture and fishing and impact on our water resources. of course now, human caused climate change was not this is a rate of extinction we have never seen as long as humans have never seen as long as humans have been on the planet, a rate of extinction we probably haven't seen for hundreds of millions of years and it's a very frightening report to me. it's really difficult for a lot of people who don't immerse themselves in this sort of science, to conceptualise these figures. to get a sense of how vast this loss can be. how can people get a sense of how serious this is? it is, it's very ha rd to of how serious this is? it is, it's very hard to wrap our minds around, even for us who work in these fields from day—to—day. the estimate is that on the planet as a whole, there may be 8 million species of different kinds of life, of fish, animals, insects and plants. this report is suggests that as many as a million of those species may become extinct in the coming decades. it's a frightening report. it's basically talking about the devastation of the

ecosystem of the planet in order to ——in orderto ecosystem of the planet in order to ——in order to support humans. we are dependent on that ecosystem, we are dependent on that ecosystem, we are dependent on that ecosystem, we are dependent on those plants and animals forfood, dependent on those plants and animals for food, for dependent on those plants and animals forfood, for medicine, for cleaning ourairand animals forfood, for medicine, for cleaning our air and water, it's one of the reasons why this report is so upsetting. one of the things that sticks out for me is what they are describing as a rapid acceleration of species extinction. i we facing a mass extinction event? is it as bad is that? yes, that's exactly what this report is saying. over time, species go extinct very slowly. but what we're seeing here is human caused extinction. activities of humans driving species to extinction, when we tear down natural ra i nforest extinction, when we tear down natural rainforest and replace it with monoculture to grow food, we

are replacing ecosystems that may support literally tens of thousands of species with an ecosystem that supports only one or two species and that's unseen, basically, he throughout human existence. but what is it going to mean for humans if there's only a few species left? will we see some plants not grow? will we see some plants not grow? will we see food not available? how will it affect people on a day—to—day basis? will it affect people on a day-to-day basis? it's a little hard to know, partly because humans have become very good at manipulating the environment. we will continue to grow food for ourselves but the loss of species means loss of the benefits that those species provide. the clean air that is provided, the food that's provided, the diversity of the ecosystems around us. it's an impoverishment we don't understand but unfortunately we will be experiencing over the coming years will stop what should we do? -- what

should we do? is it too late? there are many things that we should do and what we have to do. one of them is we have to change the way we deal with the natural environment. there is some talk about setting aside a vast amount of the remaining natural ecosystems is protected habitat. that's an important thing we can do. we can change the way we fish and stop overfishing some of these species. we can change the way we use chemicals worldwide that would protect some of these species. a lot of the things we hear about day—to—day in terms of dealing with climate change or environmental problems are the same things we need to do to protect more and more of the species that are vulnerable to human activities. we will certainly keep an eye on that report as more details come about. thank you so much for your time. 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 sri lanka. our correspondent, anbarasan etirajan, has been to the site of friday's police raid. he 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 shootout and the remaining people inside, they detonated this suicide vest killing the rest of the members who were staying in this house and that has damaged the entire the entire building. we also find another van. 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 eerie silence in the street except for a few policeman guarding this site at the moment. the whole town 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's 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 breakthrough and they say operations like this will continue until they find the remaining sympathisers of the radical islamic group. the united nations says many villages in northern mozambique have been entirely wiped out by cyclone kenneth which hit on thursday. the country is still recovering from cyclone idai which killed hundreds of people further south last month. caroline rigby has the latest.

where families once lived now stand only shells. corrugated iron roofs contorted by the wind now litter the ground. these homes were ripped apart the strongest cyclone to ever hit this region. this man's shop was just one of so many ravaged by the storm. translation: the wind destroyed the farms in the palm trees. the farms don't have anything. we lost everything. here in the village, as you see, 300 houses have been destroyed. the view from above provides some idea of the scale of the destruction. villagers com pletely scale of the destruction. villagers completely flattened. the united nations has described the damages heartbreaking. these villages have been entirely wiped out. they look like they have been run over by a bulldozer. people are asking first four shelter than they need water and purification and then they need food. almost 20,000 people are now

living in makeshift displacement centre set up in schools and churches. so far five centre set up in schools and churches. so farfive people centre set up in schools and churches. so far five people are known to have died as a result of cyclone kenneth. three of them from the island nation of comoros. more heavy rain is forecast over the next few days. and the threat of severe flooding continues to loom large. so people here now face a daunting reality, that the worst could still be yet to come. 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 gain a sizeable presence for the first time since spain's return to democracy. our correspondent tim willcox has been speaking to voters in madrid, from where he sent us this report. a beautiful early summer ‘s evening here in central madrid. i am outside the former post office building that was built in 1907 but tonight, the

eve of what some people described as the most important and divisive spanish general elections since the death of franco in 1975 and the return to democracy. the old 2—party system has fragmented and now five parties, potentially, has a shot at being in power and they include one party which is very much in the hard right. translation: party which is very much in the hard right. translationzlj party which is very much in the hard right. translation: i think the people are very undecided, she told me, because there are new political parties and there are many extremes. the things people are most concerned about is employment in the cost of housing and what to do with household budgets. we are between the popular party and another candidate. he says. his wife is saying that when she wets up in the morning she decides with her heart how she wants to vote. i wouldn't

vote for a party that has a coalition with vox, the hard right party. for me, catalonia forms a pa rt party. for me, catalonia forms a part of spain and i don't conceive of spain with autonomous separated 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. rahuljoglekar reports. the mcconnell government may have thought it is slowly tilting a bridge over troubled waters in france, taking control. but that was not to be. —— the macron government. 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 teargas lifted, a grim 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 announcements. translation: he has done nothing. what has changed? things will change for two or three households, two or three retirees. that is not what it takes. we need real measures, not small ones. reservation mac is announcements we re reservation mac is announcements were empty promises. nothing is based on numbers, nothing is for sure. from strasberg to paris, the man facing the music is france's youngest president. emmanuel macron. he has tried everything, tax cuts, higher pensions, civil service 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 many things but securing the piece on the streets of france, for now, just is not on that list. more than 200 million eastern orthodox christians 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 is 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 sepulchre injerusalem on holy saturday,

the day before easter. it is passed from candle to candle, representing the resurrection of jesus. hello, good evening. you may be pleased to hear that the second half of this weekend is likely to be a lot less turbulent than the first half was. because we say farewell to storm hanna that bought gusts of wind of over 80 miles an hour in north—west wales, significant rainfall as well. you can see the swell of cloud on the satellite picture and a deep area of low pressure that is now, quickly, becoming less deep and threatening as it slides out into the north sea. high—pressure building in from the south—west means a much more settled day on sunday. not completely dry. some showers are around and sunny spells and, crucially, it will be less windy. a quieter start of the day with one or two showers as you can see including close to the london area and it is a big day in london

because the marathon is taking place. there is likely to be a lot of cloud overhead, producing one or two showers at times. it should predominantly be dry with some sunny glimpses and crucially for participants, a comfortable feel. haemorrhages in the afternoon only reaching 1a or 15 degrees. for the rest of the uk, a couple of showers first thing across north—west england, east wales and the midlands. showers continue across eastern england across the day and cloud will try to bring patchy rain into northern ireland, scotland and the far west. good spells of sunshine in between in the wind much lighter than they were on saturday so lighter than they were on saturday so without lighter wind and sunshine it is going to feel quite a bit warmer stop temperatures topping between 12 and 16 degrees. as we go through sunday evening into the night this cloud and project rain will try to move further east that it will not get much further than northern ireland, western parts of wales, devon and cornwall. elsewhere a dry night was clear spells, fog

speu a dry night was clear spells, fog spell starting to develop and with light wind, temperatures will ever way across the eastern areas. some spots could even see a touch of frost. high—pressure very much in charge of the scene as we get into sunday morning. not many isobars, and that is why we will see mist and fog patches. frontal systems trying to put in from the west at this making little progress. most of australia on monday. early fox attends a clear and then we will see some sunny attends a clear and then we will see some sunny spells. always more cloud is the weather franchise to push into northern ireland, west wales in the far north—west. best of the sunshine across scotland where temperatures could get 18, 19 possibly across the north—west highlands all the way up to 20 degrees. plenty of dry weather in the outlook for the week ahead but a lwa ys the outlook for the week ahead but always the potential for some the outlook for the week ahead but always the potentialfor some rain at times, especially in the north and west.

sunday church services in sri lanka have been cancelled with fears of more attacks one week after the easter sunday bombings. the country ‘s president has used new emergency laws to outlaw to islamist groups expected of carrying out the attacks. the un says some villages hit by cycling office for northern mozambique have been entirely wiped out. a senior official described the level of destruction is heartbreaking and said many people would need assistance in the coming days. thousands are living in makeshift