hello, everyone. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: increased security and a second overnight curfew in sri lanka in response to a wave of anti—muslim violence on monday. we speak to a lawyer who was a victim of the whatsapp cyber attack and track down the company which developed the software in israel. i'm samantha simmonds in london. also in the programme: a prominent philippines journalist is brought before court on libel charges. she says it's because of critical reporting on president duterte. manchester city could face a one—season ban from europe's elite club competition over allegations it broke financial rules.

live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 4:30am in sri lanka, where the authorities have imposed a countrywide curfew for a second night. they want to put a stop to violent attacks on muslim—owned homes and shops in areas north of the capital colombo, in what's believed to be a reprisal for the easter bombings that killed more than 250 people. shuba krishnan has the details. mobs of men armed with sticks take to the streets. they are part of a

growing number of anti— muslim rioters causing havoc in towns north of frankel‘s capital, colombo. this moscatt is windows smashed, while this one was ransacked, its furniture destroyed —— this mosque. this means says his house was tortured and he feared for his safety. translation: became suddenly. they went down the road throwing rocks at houses. then they rotated set fire to the place. we couldn't go out because we were scared they would kill us. i keisel satellite and thrown at this pasztor factory. the owner says his staff were trapped inside. meanwhile, this halal petrol shop was bombed. the prime minister appealed for calm. saying security forces were working tirelessly to apprehend terrorists and ensure the security of the country, but unrest and investigations. sri lanka

cricket land should kumar sangakkara also took to twitter. —— legend. a state of emergency has been in place since the esther sunday bombings as investigations continue. shuba krishnan, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. in an unprecedented statement, iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei has said there will be no war with the united states. and amid rapidly growing tensions between the two countries, the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, on a visit to russia, stated that the us does not want war with iran. tehran until its leadership is prepared to return to the ranks of responsible. not spread instability oi’ responsible. not spread instability or terror. mike pompeo there following up on ayatollah khomeini saying that there would be no war with the united states. that is what we heard from the us secretary of state, stating that the us does not wa nt state, stating that the us does not want war also.

also making news today: the world health organization has published its first ever guidelines aimed at reducing the risk of dementia. the guidelines focus on maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle, because, who experts say, it has now been proven that what is good for the heart is also good for the brain. saudi arabia says there has been an attack on two oil pumping stations by drones loaded with explosives. the saudi energy ministry says the east—west pipeline was targeted and oil pumping has been halted. it comes after a day after saudi arabia said that two of its oil tankers were targeted in what it called a ‘sabotage attack‘. officials in germany say a couple killed by crossbow bolts in a hotel room were medieval combat enthusiasts. a third person was also found dead at the scene. prosecutors say there were no signs of a struggle and there were two wills beside the couple. detectives who searched a flat belonging to the third victim also found the bodies of another two women. san francisco has become the first us city to ban the use of facial recognition technology by police and city agencies. a board of supervisors vote means city departments —

will not be able to make use of the technology, and would need to seek approval for other surveillance measures. and take a look at these pictures: we like to think this unsuspecting californian fisherman was sipping his coffee, gently whiling away the time, when this happened. salmon season in california coincides with the time when humpbacks are returning to feed for the summer. and this whale was making sure everyone knew that it was his territory. a prominentjournalist in the philippines, maria ressa, has been arraigned in court over cyber libel charges and violation of foreign ownership laws. the founder of news site rappler was named one of time magazine's people of the year in 2018. ressa says she's being targeted because of rappler‘s critical reporting on president

rodrigo duterte's drug war. it is clear we won't get intimidated. ii it is clear we won't get intimidated. 11 cases in 14 months. 11 cases and investigations in 14 months. i have posted bail eight times. in this case, all of our board of directors is were included. these are upstanding men and women in our community. they have businesses to run. and to try to intimidate journalists who won't be intimidated, well, that is not a behaviour that we would expect of a democracy. to discuss this further, i'm joined by professor eduardo araral from the lee kwan yew school of public policy's centre on asia and globalisation. professor, thank you forjoining us. you accept the pressure on the media

to be relaxed or intensified now that president duterte's al—azhar done well? i don't think the recent election has any bearing on the media. the case against maria ressa is already in the courts and the senate or the congress cannot say anything. so the courts will take the time to hear the case of maria ressa and the philippine president will probably continue to. but it is not only rappler that is under fire. you also have president duterte objecting to the renewal of a famous television network's franchise which will expire in 2020 and which needs the approval of both houses of congress. that was my grade. he complained that this particular media entity cheated him in the last election and did not hear his views. isn't this suppressing freedom of the press in the philippines by not approving the franchise? you could

ta ke approving the franchise? you could take it like that. but it is one of the many outfits. unfortunately it has a problem with duterte with cases, those cases. it is like what he did. if duterte can find holes in your he will go after you. that is the problem. it suppresses freedom of the press in the philippines. what happens now is that his allies dominate both houses of congress. what happens now is that his allies dominate both houses of congresslj think dominate both houses of congress.” think the senate is not allied to duterte. he has allies but they are probably not going to say yes. so the renewal of the franchise, i don't think duterte can easily get what he wants. there are some checks and balances there. it won't be easy for him. all right. let us look at the senate, which could be dominated by president duterte's allies. he has been saying over the past few

yea rs has been saying over the past few years he wants a shift in the style of government from the current bicameral to federalism. do you think this will be pursued? they will try to push through that again. i think this is one of his major items in the last two years for him. but it won't be easy. the committee of constitutional amendments is controlled by the opposition. in your view, is this what is best for the philippines, federalism? gas. there is no—one version of federalism. the reason for that is because two—thirds of the economy is concentrated in two regions. i think the philippines needs more dispersal of economic development in the south in the middle of the country. i think the philippine president is too powerful and that power could be abused to curtail the media and so on. so it has to be reined in and its stronger institutions, stronger courts. internationally, professor, president duterte has been criticised. what keeps him so popular domestically? what you see

is what you get. i think he has managed to project himself as an ordinary person. but on the other hand the opposition has done a very bad job in messaging themselves and they don't have any good alternative to present against tiote. on that note we will have to levet that —— duterte. thank you for your insights. professor eduardo araral from the lee kuan yew school of public policy. thank you, rico. a cyber attack exploiting a vulnerability in facebook‘s messaging service whatsapp is thought to have been carried out using software developed by an israeli company, and there are attempts in israel to stop the firm exporting abroad. however, the company maintains while it sells the software, it doesn't operate it. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has been speaking to a lawyer who says he was specifically targeted by the cyberattack — and he's sent us this report from jerusalem. as somebody who's a lawyer, i'm used to being the person who defends people's rights,

not being the victim myself. this uk—based lawyer has spent months representing people who claim their phones were targeted using nso's software. now, speaking anonymously to protect his privacy, he believes the spyware has been used against him. on sunday, i received two whatsapp video calls and i managed to capture the log. so, these were hacking attempts, you think? yes. the attempts were passed to whatsapp, who started their investigation. nso says its software is to track terrorists, but it's accused of selling it to countries who want it to spy on dissidents. the lawyer helped alleged victims from saudi arabia and mexico. it is scary, in the sense that now we can see that it feels like the wild west, so any rogue actor or a rogue state, or a state with questionable human rights records can very easily acquire the system. secrecy surrounds the sale of the spyware abroad, with no public oversight. that's why this israeli lawyer wants nso stripped of its export licence.

they don't want the israeli public to start a movement against this export licence, so there is total secrecy even in israel and total secrecy means there is no accountability. there is total impunity. israel is a world leader in cybersecurity exports. start—up firms sold their wares at this recent gathering — a tech boom fuelled by experts fresh from army intelligence. it is a source of strength says one former general. we are helping some other countries to acquire similar capabilities, and i personally know of dozens of events where terrible terrorist attacks were intercepted only due to the availability of such intelligence capability. nso claims its software has saved countless lives, and they take every precaution to avoid abuse. this kind of spyware has the power to watch us all.

the debate now is over who's watching its creators. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. you're watching newsday on the bbc. live from singapore and london. still to come on the programme: it's the home of britain's top football club, but could manchester city now face a ban from europe's elite club competition? we'll have all the details. also on the programme... we meet the former monk who's now dispensing words of wisdom to 25 million online followers. the pope was shot, the pope will live. that was the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism has come to the vatican. the man they called the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french

town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake, the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, garry kasparov. it is the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america! this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. i'm samantha simmonds, in london. our top stories:

there's increased security and a second overnight curfew in sri lanka, in response to a wave of anti—muslim violence on monday. iran's supreme leader rules out going to war with the united states, as president trump denies reports he's planning to send thousands of troops to the middle east. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world: let's look first at the straitstimes, from here in singapore. it's leading with this photograph of chinese president xi jinping and singapore president halimah yacob, who are in beijing ahead of a conference. xi reportedly praised singapore as an example of a multicultural society co—existing in harmony. moving on to the japan times now, whic reports on the ongoing us—china trade war. it has experts predicting beijing's latest retaliation against us tariff hikes could be detrimental to the chinese economy,

leaving little room for manouvre. and finally, a report from the new york times features an lgbt film festival in tunisia, despite the fact that being gay is illegal in the country. it's put on by an organisation which advocates for the decriminalisation of homosexuality. what stories are sparking discussions online? yes, let's looks at what is trending right now. this is a match between two amateur australian rules football teams in victoria. keep an eye on the bottom right of the screen, where a little girl wearing a red jacket is about to make an unexpected entrance. she's two year old pippa biggs and she was in danger of being flattened until one of the players, alex mclead, stepped in. he ignored the ball, picked up the toddler, and carried her to

safety on the sideline. she is now an internet sensation. manchester city could face a season—long ban from europe's elite club competition, the champions league, if found guilty of breaching financial rules. the club is being accused of inflating the value of a multi—million—pound sponsorship deal. city denies the allegations and says reports of a ban are "extremely concerning". our sports editor dan roan has more on the ongoing investigation by the union of european football associations, also known as uefa. they have been examining evidence presented by the german newspaper der spiegel, which claimed manchester city may have broken the financial fair play regulations by inflating sponsorship deals by their principal sponsor, and he had airlines. manchester city issued a strongly worded statement in which

they said they fully cooperated with this enquiry and that they were deeply concerned by the possibility these reports leaked out of uefa a provided evidence that showed they we re provided evidence that showed they were innocent. the panel have concluded, certainly several members of it, that a seasoned bandit would be suitable. the final decision on the punishment rests with the chairman of that panel and he has yet to reach that decision and it should come on later this week. earlier i spoke to dr rob wilson, a football finance expert and professor at the sheffield hallam universtity, about uefa's financial fair play rules and their importance. financial fair play's call was designed to create a rebalancing across european football and the design being clubs more financially sustainable. we have a situation

where clubs routinely go into administration through overspending so the regulations were intended to stop that. what that has also meant is that clubs like manchester city have had multibillionaire owners coming into the game and those owners are limited to the amount they can put into it to ensure they do not have an unfair advantage in the competition. they may or may not have breached those regulations. they could be banned from the champions league next year. what implication could that have for the clu b implication could that have for the club and the competition itself? for the club specifically, you're about a minimum of 60 million euros in terms of the income because you would expect the club to make the latter stages of the competition. financially that is relatively significant. across europe, you have

some super teams, significant. across europe, you have some super teams, and the english tea m some super teams, and the english team which have done particularly well this year, so the rest of europe would be pushing for some bad because it increases the chance for them. with financial fair play, ironically, it has had the opposite effect of making things fairer. that is where they have to have spent some money. other clubs have fallen foul of these rules? they have. there are short—term transfer embargoes. at least reported as being fairly hefty fines but the reality is a large proportion of them would be suspended so it would be relatively small fines. we are

now going back historically to regulations they have signed up to alongside the rest of europe and the most interesting thing about this case they have allegedly sorted too systematically and deliberately break those rules and that is what is most concerning. manchester city say they have not done anything wrong and indeed financial reports would suggest they have complied with them. it is the detail about it. and whether money has come from. and whether that is a legitimate or indeed whether it is not.

sudanese army rulers have agreed to a three—year transition period to hand over power. four people died on monday and dozens were injured. sue done has been ruled by the council since the president was toppled. they have also agreed on a new administration. one minute he was a monk, the next, an award—winning motivational speaker. with 25 million online followers, jay shetty is arguably one of the most influential people on the internet. he sat down with haroon rashid, from the bbc‘s asian network. jay shetty describes himself as a storyteller who makes wisdom go viral and has now stocked hundreds of millions of views on

inspirational videos on lifestyle, relationship and well—being. inspirational videos on lifestyle, relationship and well-being. for the first time i met somebody who made an impact in the world so i spent a lot of time with him over the next four years. when i was 22 i decided to bea four years. when i was 22 i decided to be a monk and lead a life of service. how long did you spend in india and what was your daily routine? i traded my suits for robes. we woke at 4am to meditate for 4— eight hours and i lived there for 4— eight hours and i lived there for three years. was it difficult to come back to london and adapt to normal life? i went back to the corporate world and ended up learning about social media and started to see it as an incredible tool to send messages. i wanted to use all my corporate training and my monk training to see if i could put the two together and share these m essa 9 es the two together and share these messages on line.

that video did i25 that video did 125 million views and it helped a lot of people. people said this gave me permission to talk to my friend, to reach out to my friend. as a teenager, you were bullied for being overweight. what advice you have for children and teenagers who are bullied?m influences responsibility to make sure we do not pass and trickle down these by iss to teens. the other side is to also recognise that there isa side is to also recognise that there is a broad spectrum of people that are is a broad spectrum of people that a re successful is a broad spectrum of people that are successful with different body types and skills. i think you have to start recognising you need to find peace and satisfaction in what you want rather than somebody else

making you want it. with three videos and two pod casts published weekly, jay shetty is making the most of his going on line community. inspirational messages there... you have been watching newsday. i'm samantha simmonds, in london. and i'm rico hizon, in singapore. stay with us. india's politicians have been splashing the cash to capture the attention of voters but not everyone is happy about it. we take a look at concerns over election spending. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures. a camera monitoring wild—life, in far east russia, has captured amazing pictures of a fire in late april. the flames can be seen moving rapidly across a field, below an oriental white stork nest, on top of a power pylon. look closely and you'll see the bird, is tending to four eggs. despite the blaze, the nest wasn't harmed, and just a couple of weeks later, the chicks safely hatched.

the oriental white stork is listed as an endangered species. thank you for watching. see you again soon. we have got another fine sunny day coming up today before the weather begins to change. on tuesday, the warmest spot was against scotland where we had temperatures of 2a celsius by the shores of loch ness. by celsius by the shores of loch ness. by the end of the week those temperatures are on the way down. cooler and cloudier with highs at best of around 18 degrees for friday. you will notice the change in the weather for sure. for the time being, after what has been a warmer day, those temperatures are slower to fold. it will still turn fairly cool across parts of east anglia stop temperatures holding up

a little better than in recent nights. an area of high pressure still with us and it is not going anywhere fast. slipping further northwards. isobars tempting to move apart. less of a wind blowing in east anglia and south east anglia. temperatures cooler on tuesday. again, with the wind circulating in a clockwise a sense, we will get the warmest they pushed up to the north and west of the uk but another one of those days with sunshine from dawn to dusk for many of us. a little bit of cloud bubbling up across the pennines and parts of scotland. the warmest part likely to reach 2a degrees celsius but fairly widely in the high teens and low 20s. looking at the chance towards the end of the week, we start to see some changes. an area of low pressure has been bothering central europe. its sneaks closer. isobars closer together. a stronger easterly

breeze blowing across eastern of scotla nd breeze blowing across eastern of scotland and eastern parts of england. they will not let temperatures down. maybe a few showers dotted around the north and west. otherwise mainly dry. temperatures generally into the high teens rather than the 20s. that trend into slightly cooler weather moves into friday. probably the best of any moves into friday. probably the best ofany dry moves into friday. probably the best of any dry weather and sunshine towards the north and west of the british isles. scotland probably with the best of it. temperatures quite a bit cooler. into the weekend, it looks like it could be an unsettled weekend, cooler and cloudier with some sunshine around but also spells of rain for some at times. that's your latest weather.

this is bbc news. our top story. the authorities in sri lanka have imposed a countrywide curfew for a second night. they want to put a stop to reprisal attacks on muslims in the north of the capital colombo following the easter bombings that killed more than 250 people. a cyber attack exploiting a vulnerability in facebook‘s messaging service whatsapp is thought to have been carried out using software developed by an israeli company, and there are attempts in israel to stop the firm exporting abroad. and this video is trending on bbc.com: a camera in far east russia, has captured amazing pictures of a fire in late april. the flames can be seen moving rapidly, below an oriental white stork nest, on top of a power pylon. despite the blaze, the nest wasn't harmed. that's all. stay with bbc world news.

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