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. asked the officer was placing this 19—year—old male into custody, he clearly saw the rifle sitting on the front passenger seat of the suspect vehicle. ongoing security fears across sri lanka, as church services are cancelled a week after the easter sunday bombings. 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 shooting at the habad synagogue, in the city of poway, in san diego county. our north america correspondent, chris buckler has the story. the attack happened as a passover celebration was being held at the synagogue in poway near san diego. it is understood police had issued a warning shortly beforehand and were investigating reports of a man armed with a gun. a police officer, k—9 officer was in route to the scene, he was monitoring both the san diego dispatch and the sheriff dispatch and heard the call, started making his way towards this call. as our officer was exiting the freeway, he clearly saw the suspect in his vehicle, the suspect pulled over, jumped out of his car with his hands up and was immediately taken into custody by the san diego police department. the mayor of the city says one person has been killed and several others injured. the motive for the shooting

is not yet known, but many synagogues in the us had increased their security following an attack in pittsburgh six months ago that left 11 people dead. and you can keep up to date with the latest on the shooting in san diego on our website. you'll also find a feature on — america's gun culture in ten charts — that's all at bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. 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 15 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 look at some other stories in brief. 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 president, moon jae 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. you are watching bbc news. 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 shelves. now stand only shells. corrugated iron roofs contorted by the winds now litter the ground. these homes were ripped apart by the strongest cyclone to ever hit this region. jamaal was just one of so many ravaged by the storm. translation: the wind destroyed the farms and 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. the village is completely flattened. the united nations has described the damage as heartbreaking. these villages have been entirely wiped out. they look like they have been run over by a bulldozer. the people are asking for shelter, they need for shelter, they need water in purification, and they need food. almost 20,000 people are now living in makeshift the placement centres, 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. more heavy rain is forecast for mozambique over the coming days. and with rivers already swollen, the threat of severe flooding continues to loom large. some people hear now face a daunting

reality that the worst could still be yet to come. voters in spain go to the polls today in a fiercely contested general election — the third in four years. among the contenders, the ultra nationalist vox party, whose leaders attack multiculturalism and feminism — the first real resurgence of the far right since the death of the dictator, general franco, in 1975. from madrid, james reynolds reports. a new far right party is rising in spain. it's called vox. at the party's final rally in madrid, its leader santiago abascal attacked multiculturalism and what he called feminist supremacy. i asked his supporters if they wanted to go back in time to the use of spain's 20th—century fascist leader general franco.

the people of the left side wants to revive franco again. not you? you don't want to? no. not me, franco died too many years ago. do you want to go back to the past? no, never, never, and this is not going to the past, for sure. well, i like that vox confirms the spanish identity and also our history. populism and the rise of the far right have shaken up this country. the old two—party system has been shattered into pieces, making this election extremely hard to predict. earlier this week, four of the main party leaders, excluding vox, faced off on tv. the debate was chaired by ana pastor, the only woman on stage in a country long dominated by older men. translation: the women's vote which has been growing as a block

may benefit the left. and i then think, surprisingly, young people, especially first—time voters, will vote en masse for vox. opponents of vox rally around this man, the socialist prime minister pedro sanchez. he portrays himself as a blockade against the advance of the hard right. the fractured parties will now fight for their pieces of this country. each sees a different spain in the same flag. james reynolds, bbc news, madrid. 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 a toxic lake southwest of nicosia. they are searching for bodies after a man confessed to killing seven women and girls. translation: the robotic camera has identified two objects which we suspect may be those we've been looking for. tomorrow morning, we'll begin the process of retrieving them so that we can inspect and identify them. yesterday, a vigil was held for the victims of what's said to be cyprus's first serial killing. there's widespread shock, but also outrage from demonstrators who accused the police of not taking the cases of the missing women seriously because of their foreign descent. the main suspect, whose name has not yet been made public, has appeared in court and remains in police detention. cypriot authorities have called in additional help from british investigative experts in this unprecedented case.

isabella allen, bbc news. detectives investigating the abduction and rape of two women in north london have released an image of the car they believe was used by the attacker. the women, both in their 20s, were abducted separately in the early hours of thursday, the first from a street in chingford and the second 12 hours later, from edgware. they managed to escape from their attacker following a struggle in osborne road in watford on thursday afternoon. police have released this cctv still of a car, believed to be a silver or grey ford s—max people carrier, with false registration plates and say they are looking for a muscular white man in his late 20s or early 30s, with a bald head or shaved blond hair. they have urged everyone in the area to remain vigilant. the uk's shale gas commissioner, natascha engel, has resigned afterjust six months, saying fracking is being

throttled by rules preventing mini earthquakes. in her resignation letter, the former labour mp accused the government of "pandering" to "myths and scare stories" about shale gas extraction. the snp leader, nicola sturgeon will again warn the government in westminster not to stand in the way of a second independence referendum today. ms sturgeon will tell delegates at the party's spring conference in edinburgh that attempts to block a vote have been weakened, and that there has been a "surge" in support for a yes vote. this is bbc news, the headlines: a shooting at a synagogue in california has left one person dead and several injured. police say a man has been arrested. thus get more on that story. maria arcega—dunn is a reporter from fox five san diego.

she'sjoins us — on the line — from outside the chabad of poway synagogue. thank you for your time. i wanted to asked firstly whether we know more about this gunman and perhaps some of his background. let me give you a little bit of reference so you understand. we are in san diego county, and the city located about 30 miles from downtown san diego. as of now, we know one moment is that, several others injured including a young girl, the three others who we re young girl, the three others who were injured were two adult males and that young girl, they are expected to survive. the rabbi was also shot, he managed to survive but he lost several fingers during that shooting. we are learning more about the suspected shooter. he is in custody and has been identified as 19—year—old san diego man don ernest. they're shooting happened at

the congregation here in poway around 1130 in the morning, officials say the suspect described asa officials say the suspect described as a white male, with an ar 15, walked into the synagogue and began shooting. about 100 people were inside at the time, it is the last day of passover, so as you can imagine, people here worshiping, for people wounded, including a woman who was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later, she is an elderly woman, neighbours and friends identified her as laurie kaye of san diego, the other victims, underage girl and two adult men were being treated at a nearby hospital, all expected to survive. witnesses tell us that the rabbi was one of the victims and medical officials confirmed he was likely lose some of his fingers. but he will likely survived the shooting. john ernest is now being questioned by investigators, the fbi is now working with local authorities to review some sort of manifesto that he posted online, ernest has no

prior prayer criminal record, police are now looking onto rumours there isa are now looking onto rumours there is a possible connection to an arson that took place at a nearby mosque in late march. that attack happened on the last day of passover six months to the day after the deadly shootings at a synagogue in pittsburgh. president donald trump extended his condolences through a tweet, and he said to those affected, god bless you all, law enforcement did an outstanding job. so as of now, they are looking into possible charges and this is being investigated as a possible hate crime was something i looking into that manifesto and several post that john ernest made, this is a developing story, and it is still a live crime scene. the sheriff department and investigators are unseen. thank you. more now on 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 building. we also find another van. it belonged to members of this house, this van. they say that it could have housed explosive devices but they didn't find any.

2a hours after the fighting, most of the neighbours have fled, fearing for their safety. that is why there is an eerie silence in the street except for a few policemen who are guarding this site at the moment. the whole town is deserted 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 now say they rescued two people, a woman and a child. they were rescued — 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 is 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 labour party is to change its european election campaign leaflets to make clear it might support another referendum, under certain circumstances. it came after around 100 mps and meps wrote a letter calling for the party to promise a public vote on any brexit deal. jeremy corbyn has said that labour's ruling national executive will decide the party's position on tuesday. it's important that the party makes the decision. sadly, or perhaps it isa the decision. sadly, or perhaps it is a good thing i am not a dictator of the labor party. our political correspondent iain watson explains why labour has decided to change its leaflets at such short notice. the leaflets were literally about to be posted out and had to be recalled because they made no mention of a referendum out of. this outraged some of the parties most senior mps.

i'm told the leaflets are being changed that labour would back the option of a referendum to avoid what they see as a bad tory brexit deal. but this doesn't go far enough, the 100 mp5 but this doesn't go far enough, the 100 mps and meps have signed a letter saying they want to have a transition from political speech, a referendum on any deal, even one organised byjeremy referendum on any deal, even one organised by jeremy corbyn. referendum on any deal, even one organised byjeremy corbyn. quite frankly, if i was a labour official, i wouldn't quite yet press the print button on any election literature. now, the annual white house correspondence' dinner is under way and it's that to be distinctly more serious than previous years —— and it is sad. —— set. president trump has however kept up his habit of not attending

the event and also forbade any of his staff from attending. eric ham is a political analyst, he joins me live from washington. it's good to see you, eric. no comedian this year, it is a historian. is this capitulation or is this perhaps appropriate, given it is quite a worrying and divisive time in politics? actually, i think it isa time in politics? actually, i think it is a little bit of both. last year we saw a lot of the fallout from the event that the place where you had a comedian who really went after not only members of the president's own staff, but also sarah huckabee sanders personally, as she was actually at the event. so we saw my colleague who became the new head of the white house correspondence's association and i think she wanted to go on a different direction and this was something he had been talking about for a few years now. this event might bea for a few years now. this event might be a bit more sombre, a little less glitzy than what we have seen in the past two years, but nevertheless you still have a number

of really great parties that surround the dinner itself. there is still a lot of the glitz and glamour. i was at a pre— party that was hosted by the qatari embassy and it was a really great event. you still have a bit of a balanced taking place in washington this weekend. what is the point of the white house correspondence' dinner for many people who are outside the bubble? sure. the point of the dinner is what has gotten lost over the years. the whole point of the dinner is to be a moment to reflect on the work of the fourth estate but also to provide much—needed scholarships for rising students and journalists who are pursuing careers in the field ofjournalism, that is the whole point of the evening, not only to showcase the careers and the professionalism of those who are journalists, but also to provide and give back to those who are in the

sink without also i think one other reason for the event —— i think, this moment, this dinner is a time when you have members of the white house press along with members of the white house and other officials from the president's cabinet who have time to come together and actually disconnect with one each other doesn't like one another to build relationships that can move forward when you are attempting to try —— that can attempt to come together for issues relating to the public bit in the white house or any of the surrounding cabinets affected by the president. so it is a time for the white house and the press to connect with one another, but what is that relationship at the moment, because i have been reading that there hasn't been a white house media briefing since february? absolutely. right now you are seeing a breasts and a white house relationship that is probably the most contentious then we have seen

in the last 30 years right now. when you have a president who is no longer even connecting or communicating to the press via his press secretary. so, that while it is only getting wider and it is getting increasingly thicker and taller and so the m that is between the fourth estate in the white house is only going to continue to grow andi is only going to continue to grow and i think it will get worse before it gets better always good to talk to you. 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 saviour, 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", the flame brought by plane, from jerusalem, earlier in the day. according to orthodox tradition, the flame is passed from candle to candle, representing the resurrection of jesus. do stay with us on the bbc news. weather now with ben rich. 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. we are saying farewell to storm hannah which brought some very strong winds and really heavy rain in places today. you can see this swirl of cloud on the satellite picture, a deep area of low pressure. this low is becoming less intense and sliding out into the north sea so things are slowly but surely improving. the winds easing through the night. much of the rain easing away as well.

we'll keep one or two showers, particularly across eastern of england, also north—west england, east wales and the midlands. temperatures not dropping too far but parts of northern ireland could scrape a touch of frost. into tomorrow, still showers around, particularly across eastern parts of england and also some cloud into northern ireland and the far south—west and western parts of wales bringing some patchy rain. elsewhere, lots dry weather, spells of sunshine, winds considerably lighter and as a consequence, temperatures a little bit higher — 12—16 degrees. some higher — 12—16 degrees. showers continue across p: of some showers continue across parts of eastern england through the day and cloud will be trying to bring patchy rain into northern ireland, west wales in the far south—west. in between, though, lots of dry weather, some spells of sunshine, the wins mudslides lighter than they we re the wins mudslides lighter than they were does make wins much lighter —— it is going to feel a lot warmer, winds much lighter. into the night,

this cloud and patchy rain will try to move further east, but it won't get much further than northern ireland. elsewhere, a dry night with some clear spells. with light winds, temperatures are going to dip across the eastern areas, some spots could see a touch of frost. high pressure very much in charge of the scene as we get into monday morning, not many white lines on this chart, not many isobars. frontal systems trying to push on from the west at this stage making little progress. most of us try on monday. early fog should sense a clear and then we will see some sunny spells. those cards will pushed into northern ireland, west wales in the far south—west, most places will be dry. temperatures across scotland could reach 18—19, possibly across the north—west highlands all the way up to 20 degrees. there is plenty of dry weather and the outlook for the week ahead but i was the potential for some rain, especially in the north and north—west.

it is 2:30 a:m.. this is bbc news, the headlines: 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 19—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.