not return on broke it gets more ridiculous from their. list. and. this is d w news live from berlin and sri lanka a wave of bombings has churches and hotels in the capital colombo and other locations more than one hundred eighty five people have been killed and hundreds more injured police believe suicide bombers carried out at least two of the attacks will get the latest from a witness at one of the targeted also coming up at

a comic actor become ukraine's the next president voting stations are open in today's runoff election incumbent president petro poroshenko faces below the mirrors the lengthy a comedian who played a president on television now can you do it for real. i'm nichelle for life thanks for joining us more than one hundred eighty five people have been killed and some four hundred injured in explosions at churches and hotels and sri lanka in the last few minutes reports have come in of another blast close to the capital colombo previously six explosions have been reported in colombo as well as the town of negaunee bo and bus a coloe and the east of the country the earlier explosions went off simultaneously a church in colombo was one of the buildings hit other targets. or five star hotels

more than thirty foreigners are reported to be among the dead. strongest prime minister has convened his top military officials in an emergency meeting to coordinate a response to the blasts he denounced the attacks on twitter posting i strongly condemn the cowardly attacks on our people today i call upon all sri lankans during this tragic time to remain united and strong please avoid propagating unverified reports and speculation the government is taking immediate steps to contain the situation for more details on this developing story i'm joined now by a knesset kara head of the city of national security studies in colombo sri lanka mr bayard going to sit kara we're getting reports about another blast in or near colombo do you have any information on that. this just reported minutes ago. let's go to the eve of the jews just means that the

number. two will really to. succumb to this. this is the sons not to be. the best of the victims so it's nice if. you witnessed one of the attacks today as you were inside one of the targeted hotels when it's all when it all happened could you tell us about what you saw. i was in michigan others have. some of my family and. it's a good way to celebrate. prince and now the blast went off after only twenty five or so and this was actually time to be restaurant on exactly what everybody wants having actually said so this

is the house and also what we we. see in the stack is. there are so many victims in the world. and then. some to c.n.n. . and others to actually are. actually shooting what's in the songs and it's. not often we got the nucleus instance and needed a single community because it was right next to the chain and there was assistance from. them actually or means you ran why don't you go out of the street was i mean to the board or. glad to hear you say what do you know about the other sites targeted. well there are many sided new christian

science group if these announce a new strategy is one of the most important sites that is to come and they also are leaders of all citizens stories and. or should the texans all over us and and also many sites in one war between the two sides all this insults and this is. quite sad because this is the city where you can start and if you look at the cost of attacks on such a good movie star city have to do something. recent much to talk and seen attack in a lot will. is akin to interest into action. in so many. sums it's quite sad to know that this is

not being single incident since. you don't get ten years in two thousand and nine. me and being b. actually we can't know it's off limits so just list the open seating incident that took place in between his time and it's quite sad and actually our own intelligence and the ins allan's you have studies you have. highlighted the are there not threats from it is that she was was what she had like if i had a function isn't too much inside of func circle cos they also assess on various extremist groups and maybe it could be done to basically and that's the mission and also the. whole finding out problems with investigations that were cut out and not being or skin. to do not

say close relationship yes tax. and there are certain times also an apartment near misses museum. or sometimes also. it's in the middle of it so that was. a police actually say that foreign intelligence agencies warning them about plans for an attack ten days ago could have been avoided. that is a secondary and that's a certain losing year but then we need to redo that terry nation because i'm looking into that because we clearly ready fighting mission on my. letter which was sent to that at least but if you're going to generally phone twenty seventh you need to be of interest and that it's hardly ever that outrageous

but the sins of. war on that not have been so demeaning marshawn in society and muscle for i mean paul knew she didn't need to be much more and because . there has happened in the last ten years been many sorts of nobility also. actions. you cannot discount so you know there is not one of them and me half like them and so they need to convince need to destroy them and people who i think are the ones who are. simply because what they're trying to do we suspect these provisions. media trying to. create a threat. is she not going to use a base. now a lot of respect was wrong because that's what. we need to have done to mrs beeton

and she. was. saying you have identified extremists groups and that extremism is on the rise and sri lanka what's the reason for that we thank you . but if you look at it since there are of course low. percentage of government funded. enough to do so many should just. too selfish and ever many false ones who are going to just. sit and listen when nations or every person. you see on that do not understand this that we have as a nation and we are fighting terrorism. and using a long time and. i think washing understand trumpets that you go on to be going on. and also to use terms operation of the should meet that case now it's

weeks yet that we should not when you can reason and because we project. this is something else and you're going to three months ago didn't insist on doing the eight years that is on the discourse and then. actually it seems that we can't ignore and this is serious issues that. it's a new issue islam being sent. out to these are really good offline and so i don't i didn't move back i'm coming. right now so you get the. it's only seven percent us population are a christian he said of course that this is the worst violence in the country it says the end of the civil war ten years ago had there been other attacks against this religious minority in the past. you know i mean for the last ten years

there's not been. as this i mean there must be some sense of us all that but that has been. attacking religious bases and all that and not not not taking lives and also want to attack. us and if that's what you but out me down the street i have been from what you can see action. as an officer or. great assets on it but that i need to assess that lead to. extremist groups and sort of your own terms inside actually montreux them each alfie and be something like not to dismiss. as we can see. we disagree also so i think you would be able to see

more attacks and you know nice that how would it seem that. most of the sites and. the impossible. find the preachers and we've been listening to i mean because you're not basing this formulation. don't innocent and groups who have or. most interest groups. be watching so we're going to find it and even if we. do it's actions so i thank god they are going to cast from colombo thanks for your analysis. now some of the other stories making news around the world. tripoli's the only working airport has reopened after being hit by air strikes airport had been shut down amid two weeks of fighting for the libyan capital forces loyal to strong men. have been unable to break into the city

defended by libya's internationally recognized government. egyptians are voting for a second day in a referendum that could grant the country's authoritarian leader of the tal c.c. another term in office the proposed changes to the constitution would also give the former army general more power over the judiciary a move heavily criticized by international human rights groups. to ukraine now incumbent president petro poroshenko his job is on the line today in the country's presidential runoff is opponent is the load amir's the lenski 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 showed selenski with a big lead over for shango today's election comes with a conflict in ukraine's eastern donbass region still unresolved after five years of fighting and the war played a big role in the presidential campaign. he'd have to sit down in 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 see next to the lockers and waits for it to stop and listen to it all as much half or more just. videos to put we aren't supposed to pick up anything suspicious because when you turn on the stair it could explode. and kill us the motion which it. never gets held by the ukrainian military the separatists are just two kilometers away the two sides shooting each other daily in the first round 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. women 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. that this is going to still be. playing it at least his promise to end the war that's what we are hoping for the frequent and many will have tuned into the election debate on friday which pitted the president against an inexperienced newcomer and west substance was of little concern just the fact that i am the result of your empty promises and failures and you understand that very well it's about a year that probably would certainly syria have either 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 in via operating theatre to learn to fight. 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 but telling us.