the but. this is news one from sri lankan officials say several suspects have been arrested after wave of easter sunday bombings killed at least two hundred seventy people seven blasts targeted luxury hotels and churches filled with booster worshippers hundreds of people were hurt and explosion came as police attempted to search a house the defense minister blamed religious extremists will get the latest from

this reluctant capital colombo. after what i would like to express my heartfelt closeness to the christian community attacks that in prayer for. all the victims of such a cruel act of violence. hope francis at the vatican this easter sunday adding his voice to a course of condemnation and sorrow from world leaders reacting to the sri lankan attacks also coming up. comic actor becoming ukraine's next president. casting ballots in today's runoff election incumbent president petro poroshenko faces for the mere selenski comedian played a president on television but can you do it for real treat.

michael okun thanks for joining us in sri lanka a series of easter sunday bombings at luxury hotels and churches filled with worshippers has left at least two hundred seven people dead hundreds more wounded police say most of the eight bombings appear to have been suicide attacks the government has blamed religious extremists but so far no group has claimed responsibility. so hospital in the capital colombo was overwhelmed people brought in victims any way they could to. get that. outside shock and disbelief at the scale of the violence. no one expected easter sunday to end in this way but the explosion and then the roof fell on us we took the children and ran out but when i came to the hospital i saw my brother in law and some on the ground. among the buildings

hit the five star shangri-la hotel in colombo. many had been enjoying a special easter break first when the blast went off. it was one of several luxury hotels and a church targeted in the capital. another blast happened at a church in the town of mocambo north of the capital more than ninety people died here. then shortly afterwards the zion church in the eastern town of batticaloa was devastated by another device. it's the worst act of violence in ten years since the end of the country's civil war the government has blamed truly just extremists and has warned of serious consequences for the nation. i see this as a serious situation as destabilizing the country and the economy i strongly condemn this attack aimed at religious institutions and some hotels in the capital back.

in the aftermath of the carnage a number have arrests have been made and a curfew imposed on the government is back to hunt down all the perpetrators i crossing over now to jamila nash maiden editor of news in asia and journalist in colombo sri lanka do we have any further details jamila about who these suspects are. hi so i received a lot of caps but i think i'm a fan as to which all the nations of the skeptics to be long to actually do have a small thing that they're going because each point in the conflict that they feel is either hard being taken into custody because that stuff been done on the streets and tactical kumble said the funny task a funny thing because at the end that i investigated is going on. or there are

authorities confident that they have now detained all the been the main suspects who are here and ongoing search for additional suspects. i think you guys an ongoing operation feel continuing to lead to greater go all of this going throughout the night and probably into tomorrow as then. was that the police believe that there may be more stock picks which could be arrested so i want to leon keynoting and want to be are seeing if these seven maybe not the one the suspects. are going like you said. understandably the pictures coming in look like chaos on the streets there what is the situation at this hour in colombo . there the situation is that people are shocked and people are extremely scared they do not want to monrovia bring in for them. because there has been and i didn't write curfew which has been imposed all you can see on the street is just

a chilling try polishes who is standing out guarding the whole tale of god being the state institution everything is closed here people are having to stay indoors and not to call them their homes so if it is that six country at the moment you talked about authorities imposing a curfew they've also imposed a social media band could you talk to us a little bit about what they're. yes so basically any random. cut on time that morning. information which is coming out of school social media which is much . easier tariq is looking on and indeed in the same time a show that a lot of misinformation was also being. context president my daughter she seemed to be nice. not to spread misinformation beechwood nine created. in an attempt to prevent misinformation going all going out to be to

accept the crash of the attack on the common my friend go ahead and. facebook and. we've heard about the explosions at churches and tells and even residential areas as far as we know did this attack have a clear target. then we've been to a cup on sunday morning and can attack. the man chosen the items they need to see action once we got. back on the catholic community who were celebrating easter sunday but then moments. and in the afternoon to our bed there was an attack in our housing complex technical colombo so what's the purpose of these attacks and who would be directed in progress thing is yet to be clear. that is jamila national media and journalist joining us from colombo thank you. thank you to have this relaunch attacks

targeted roman catholic churches filled with worshippers celebrating easter at the vatican pope francis went ahead with his easter mass as news of the attacks came when he spoke to worshippers in st peter's square. well. states. and a teacher they get i hurt with sadness at the news of the horrendous attacks which on easter sunday of fruits sadness and pain to some churches and other places in sri lanka the seed of money fist. i would like to express my heartfelt closeness to the christian community and. which was attacked while gathered in prayer. and to all victims of such a cruel act of violence. when i entrust to the lord all who serve tragically time and i pray for the wounded and all those was suffering because of

this dramatic event. now to some of the other stories making news around the world tripoli's 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 strongman khalifa haftar have been unable to break into the city defended by libya's internationally recognized government. egyptians are voting for second day in a referendum that could grant the country's author tearing leader abdel fattah el-sisi 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 his opponent volodymyr the lenski

a political novice who has never before held elective office opinion polls ahead of the vote showed selenski with a big lead over portion. it's all about this man comedian volodymyr zelinsky plays a fictional president on television now he looks set to be elected is the real thing selenski polled twice as many votes as the sitting president in the first round of voting and is on course for a decisive win do it today it will be victory for ukraine the victory of a fair choice we've united the country and now look we've also united the journalists now. many ukrainians are looking for change frustrated by the slow pace of reforms and wearied by the five year conflict in the east of the country with russian backed insurgents as a model they piss i'm voting for the young the candidate of hope the choice is

obvious the war is dragging on and that's awful. we need something new we've had enough of the old faces we've seen them all before the with the passion for poroshenko i respect him and the good things he has done this time for his alleged scheme we can trust him partially because clever but he's corrupt. but i'm very keen for poroshenko he's professional a true statesman of loss that. petro poroshenko has been tarnished by allegations of corruption but he's keen to play up his role in no wider stage. it was literally cheer for me but we made great progress in integration into the family of european nations we have done everything possible to strengthen our transatlantic integration i reforms are not finished yet and we will not allow anyone to stop them from i am a bit of a fish emotionally. after voting the president went on to an easter mass but

perishing because days in office look to be numbered. joining us now from the ukrainian capital kiev correspondent nick connelly nick president bush and co is under threat of losing his job to a political unix periods a lot in near selenski where the opinion polls telling us. well the last poll we have is from the end of last week no more polling was allowed after that on the election rules and that doesn't look good for the incumbent he looks to be trailing a limousine lenski by about two to one selenski all around seventy percent pushing on around thirty percent that's basically the same pattern we saw from the first round so nothing much changing if anything since king creasing his lead in the last few days before that last poll. this is been an election that has really taken everyone by surprise just a few months ago zelinsky wasn't political scene here nelse is kind of to see on new year's eve on live t.v. and now you you see the poor for shaker the incumbent president doing his darndest

to try and talk to people who maybe are disappointed with him who are frustrated about corruption the slow pace of reform and get them to pull back from the brink of the last moment and to go for him as a safe pair of hands because as as the polls have it and as the kind of feeling on the street here and here on this beautiful spring day seem to suggest it's not working there's been some discussion about how the candidates have been light on the issues one of the candidates focused on in their election campaigns. so petra pushing his campaign has been all about positioning himself as the commander in chief of the army. a father of the nation figure a kind of conservative campaign reminding people that he came to power twenty fourteen when russia had just an excuse me and the separatist conflict in the east was just getting going basically telling people had it not been for me that called it would have spread and you would have seen fighting the maybe even here in kiev so really pushing that national security agenda telling people that only he can stand up to russia whereas selenski has really gone for a bit more of

a positive optimistic campaign talking about a change of generation the she she to fight corruption really shake politics up and also talking about people's incomes let's not forget ukrainians incomes are taking a real getting and people still have less money at the end of the month than they did five years ago before the war so that is really something despite the war that is on everyone's minds and corruption fighting corruption as a way of helping people to get a better sense of living is something that seems to be dominating people's agendas . that was the job usenet connally in kiev ukraine and a reminder of the top story we're following for you a wave of easter sunday bombings in sri lanka as killed at least two hundred seven hundreds more wounded the government has called the attacks a terrorist incident and blamed religious extremists several people have been reportedly arrested nationwide crew fuel is in place. you're watching news live from berlin up next

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