peterson. w. . this is the w. news line from berlin and sri lanka six coordinated bombings hit churches and luxury hotels this easter sunday more than one hundred thirty people have been killed and four hundred injured police believe suicide bombers carried out at least two of the attacks look at the latest from the capital colombo also coming up. could a comic actor of become ukraine's next president voting stations are open in today's

runoff election incumbent president petro poroshenko faces below them years a landscape a comedian who played a president on television now and you do it for real. thanks for joining us more than one hundred thirty people have been killed in explosions at hotels and churches and sri lanka at least six blasts have been reported in the capital colombo the town of no go and go and the eastern town of budget koloa the explosions went off simultaneously a church in colombo was one of the buildings hit other targets were high and hotels several foreigners are reported to be among the dead. and more details on this develop. story i'm joined now by. kara head of the institute of

national security studies in colombo sri lanka mr of a good mystic kara you witnessed one of the attacks today you were inside one of the targeted hotels when it all happened can you tell us about what you saw. the attack was addition. to five first blast went off and this was at the breakfast area on the third floor where the blast went off because it was so many people in. the country there was another blossoms too. to see the founders typing the. wall can up. so my mind to be. to the victims and there were so many victims and. many foreigners also.

from the staircase. that was one of the times. but because the nuclear headquarters is right next to the shangri-la. small of help that came immediately. they rushed to the hospital with. a terrorist group so sad moment and a difficult moment for shock. to hear what do we know about the other side targeted . well there was a mention in church is another. one of. those in sri lanka where many christians were pastured. so i think. the title also lost. six other side so forty six i just more than

one hundred. total. targeting christians. and many others there was another church. to argue session so we will actually look at it. i mean some friends some to the national security team kind of said clearly mentioned in march. should have had a clear shot from which. subsequently we have actually development. that could emerge coming from. fiction. that could be. seen in this country so there was a large number of different us all a few months ago. in one of the areas so that there are connections that

could be connections we actually at this moment looking at. i think. has. been to terrorism for suffer the. loss of. lives and. i think we have come come over this difficult time and it's important that the military intelligence should be in these areas should be. attention because. sri lanka has some if you look at it. this is. a good thing even in pakistan the last attack was in pakistan on twenty seven march twenty sixteen. so many people died at twenty five people killed and one injury and injured that was also attacking the christians. the whole. so

we look into this and. see what are the connections and i think of you come over this difficult time. top officials were reportedly warned about a possible attack what more can you tell us about that. like i said i mean we have to focus we have tried to. actually. be could be attracted to the country. so. i think. now it has to be taken up. the top priority level because like many other countries like. new zealand sri lanka is also longer i mean to them if you look at it many cities have been sort of main target or. one of the most popular tourist destinations now and it's been. fortunate that it's

coming. at a time of the actually. ten years of we have come up in the next next month what we choose from ten years of what we treat from the terrorist groups and this sort of. thing is also happening in the church quite disturbing. and we need to give more much more attention to. to the intelligence services and strengthening them and also cooperation with other countries also. let's talk about the cooperation with other countries because police say that ten days ago they received warnings from foreign intelligence agencies indicating that the national two weeks jim on was planning an attack what do we know about the end and could this attack have been avoided if there were indications of it prior to it happening . i think the litigations are going on so i can't comment on that because right now

even on that particular letter. which. whether that you know this group is behind some other group is behind all that. right now the investigations are going on and i won't be able to comment on that but. it is a target and has been on the extremist radar so we have to take. precautions on the. on the. whatever comes in the near future so we i think the best thing which would have been tougher job is one of them the organization that actually has grown. so many. you know. been many are going to. have. have a fight but then. like i said they would be going on right now and

so we would definitely hyundai's there is down and. has actually have proven that that we we have. a nation which came out very strongly defeating the terrorists will be different we will have those. officers who will be looking. to society to find out what are the. who are the ones who are. going to carry from columbus thank you very much thank you. to ukraine now incumbent president petro poroshenko his job is on the line today in the country's presidential runoff his opponent as. a comic actor who plays a fictional president and a popular t.v. show polling stations will be open until early evening with preliminary results expected a few hours later pre-election opinion polls show the lengthy with

a big lead over poroshenko. today's election comes with a conflict in ukraine's eastern donbass region still unresolved after five years of fighting the war played a big role in campaigning we have this report on the region. and eastern ukraine for the past five years many have moved away yet children still live here. as i did when i was shooting we go to the changing room in the kindergarten because it has no windows we sit next to the lockers and waits for you to stop and listen to what was washed off or. just don't feel stupid we aren't supposed to pick up anything suspicious because when you turn on the stair it could explode. and kill us the russian. neverland's gets held by the ukrainian military the separatists are just two kilometers away the two sides shooting each other daily in

the first round for the presidential elections a pro russian candidate received the most votes here he didn't stand a chance of a national level but even he wants the separatists areas to return to ukraine pro russian is a relative term the town of donbass now mice want to vote for the linsky are. coming at that things have to change the politics have to change who would have thought five or ten years ago that there could be a war here. this is crucial but. the plane made at least his promise to end the war that's what we are hoping for the fight and what many will have changed into the election debate on friday which pitted the president against an inexperienced newcomer and west substance was of little concern just freaked out i am the result of your empty promises and failures and you understand that very well it's of the years that probably would certainly have suited me that when you take a flight would you get on the airplane if the pilot is still learning to fly. would

you put your life in the hands of a surgeon that comes into the operating theatre to learn do you think. the war was a big topic at the debate both candidates fell to their knees on stage and this election honoring the victims of five years of conflict is part of the spectacle logic of joining us from the ukrainian capital kiev correspondent nick connelly nick president poroshenko is under threat of losing his job to a politically an experience the load of mirrors the landscape what are the landscapes chances well they're looking very good the polls last polls polls we had off from last week there's no polling allowed now in the run up to the election that gave selenski about twice as much support as income of petro poroshenko about seventy thirty and definitely speaking to people here where i am now in front of a polling station in a middle class suburb of kiev you really get the sense that there is a lot of frustration with the incumbent president people maybe not always saying

that they want to vote for selenski specifically saying they need new faces they want something new and seemingly willing to take that risk take that jump to someone who doesn't have experience of politics one of the candidates focused on in their election campaign so petro poroshenko led a very defensive election campaign basically put trained himself as the commander in chief of the army the man who brought ukraine back from the brink back in twenty fourteen when that conflict with a sore about there in the report there and twenty in the us threatened to extend to the rest of the country saying that only he can stand up to russia and so let's he was able to provide a slightly more positive picture portraying himself as the face of a new generation someone who'd shake up the corruption that has made this one of europe's poorest countries and saying basically trust me i don't have any experience but i can bring the people with the expertise into my team and only by really starting from scratch can we change this country that's his message and it's one that seems to be doing very well things are doing pretty well what does

a lengthy when need for ukraine. so this has been the consistent criticism of the lenski that he has been very light on the detail his critics say he's promising all things to all people to try and maximize his appeal but it doesn't seem to be doing him very much harm he has in recent days been speaking to the press more talking a bit more in detail on the big questions joining nato or the e.u. for instance he says he'll put it to the people let them decide in referendums and starts with taking immunity away from members of parliament to try to fight corruption better but the experts that has been quoted expert criticism that it is all kind of fuzzy but this doesn't seem to be something that many ukrainians are too concerned about they seem so concerned about their economic position living standards are still lower now than they were before the war that they're willing to take that risk and to vote for someone who has no track record and hasn't even been in taking part in any elections before but he is

a face that everyone knows from t.v. he's been all over ukraine show business for the last ten years so there is a great familiar our t. know what he does need to explain who he is and that seems to be really paying off and. following your cranium presidential elections for us thank you. you're watching news live from berlin up next as a close up with an in-depth look at cyber crime remember you can always get the latest news on our web site that's w dot com. and for watching. the language course at. any time any.