this is deja news coming to you live from investigators in sri lanka grapple in the aftermath of sunday's bombings. military exercise detonator an unexploded device as if to the islamist extremists they believe killed hundreds at the weekend intelligence chiefs saved a till the country's president two weeks ago the attacks were coming. also on the show time to get serious in the ukraine comedian volume is the lenski wins

a landslide victory in the presidential runoff for the incumbent press reporters saying it's a crushing defeat. and a letter to a survivor of his find out how school students are pledging never to forget the holocaust as those who experience its horrors prepare to leave the stage. either and welcome good to have your company. she learned this is a local islamist group was to blame for the bombings that killed almost three hundred people on sunday intelligence chiefs warned members off of the government two weeks ago that the new group national the hits just lot were planning attacks and even passed on the names of suspects not investigators are scrambling to determine whether they received help from international terrorist groups or obvious

specialists detonated what appeared to be another explosive device in the capital colombo the government has granted the military sweeping emergency powers as the country struggles to come to grips with the aftermath of sunday's attacks the bombing family left families in grief and shock around the country. this woman is being forced to endure what no parent wants to go through she's waiting outside the hospital hoping to hear news of her daughter. the teenager went to one of the churches attacked on easter sunday and hasn't been seen since to taking the bus there before and we kept calling her after we heard of the incident but there was no response we didn't tear from her even in the night that is why we came here first thing in the morning. for others the certainty of knowing brings no relief.

as the scale of the tragedy starts to sink in many are unable to contain their grief. most of the dead are sri lankan many including at this church north of the capital where children. dozens of foreigners were also killed among those who lost their lives on nationals from the us britain turkey india china portugal and denmark. alongside the sadness there is also disbelief and a growing sense of outrage this is a very sad and this is a very. good so it's not just an attack it's a pretty girl who submits. in the aftermath of the carnage

sure lanka is a nation in shock and looking for answers. only i spoke with the editor of news in asia in sri lanka capital colombo i asked you to tell us more about the claims from she done because has ministry that in looking radical group was behind this attack and why it might have such to bomb christian targets has meaning that they've mentioned a short while ago that the local the radical group called the national how he was responsible for the attack and he also said that they were appalled this group had any party and being a local media reports according president might have participated and also said provided go that the president is going to cause pain to learn. that. that demi has been at war in hand behind these attacks i want to be the core. problem being christian and all have to take a watch if there's any sunday nakia by the way obvious that the fact that they

hammered on easter sunday to demand how that was kept requests. but intelligence officials apparently received warnings about these attacks ahead of time on questions being also so why this information was not passed on to the relevant departments and to the prime minister. definitely gave a sense of betrayal because. the prime minister and become i think. night saying that taking intelligence were informed that. that was attractive terror attacks but then nothing had been done in fact he said that testing him says and he's kind enough when he says we're not kept informed so they have a sense of the creole knowledge good evening spread obviously people are a bit angry but the government is looking into it in fact the government ministers and the prime minister himself have said that they're going to launch an investigation into why this information was not cost on to the relevant cabinet

minutes and ain't fact just a short while ago one of the cabinet ministers as the cause for all the sacking off the land was pretty chief of all of these leaks coming in a condition. that was jim you know not being editor of news in asia speaking to us from colombo the duty of the corresponding mission of just one is also global at the site of one of sunday's attacks she sent us this update. here outside the song hotel in colombo one of the places where blasts off on the sunday of easter a different explosions are all across colombo as well as other locations in three long cut behind me you can see the shangri-la you can see the restaurant where the blast ripped through even not able to gain access to one of the main churches which was hit because it has been cordoned off and the city remains tense traffic has started up again there was a core fuel from six pm last evening east to evening up on to six am this morning

and while traffic has resumed locals here tell us that it is far lower than it usually is for this time or for of the day or for this kind of a monday and the streets of course are tense one ministry spokesperson has named a group the group itself has so far not come out to claim responsibility but ministry officials are coming out and saying that another could if you will be imposed tonight from eight pm till four am a national emergency is also expected to set into night and tomorrow is has been declared a national day of mourning at least two hundred ninety deaths have already been reported dozens of these have been ordered to us sri lanka remain stands and the country is in mourning let me now draw in to one party donna she is a south asia region research and with amnesty international welcome to as we said one minister said radical group was behind these attacks in sri lanka has it been

a history of tension between the muslim and christian minorities in the country. not to my knowledge no of there has been a lot of tension between religious communities so that's between the buddhists and the muslims as well as this but it's meaning not all the more you get screenings groups against christians as well especially evangelicals but if it's what appearing now sort of community groups between christians and muslims it's not a miracle that this is the last violence in sri lanka since the end of the civil war ten years ago how much of a setback is this for a country which had only recently begun killing after decades of violence i think. healing is a difficult one because i think successive governments even parliament in the end of the war hasn't been doing sufficient or an acceptable level of course

toward a reconciliation in terms of truth in terms of justice getting answers we disappear to girls girls issues and still being carrying on but in the midst of that i think a lot of people have just started to getting what it was like you know were used by them. and this is and the scale of things actually reminding us of what it was like . between before two thousand and nine and it's really shocking and it comes as something that's very surprising. but in fact this some discussion that political tensions within the government between the prime minister and the president led to some communication failures in intelligence ahead of these attacks we heard one correspondent talk about a sense of betrayal that people are feeling what do you make of that. that seems to be what's coming out especially since the prime minister's statement last night

where he said that he has he nor the cabinet ministers going to be in aware of these kits that have apparently been reported earlier but that seems to be a fair assessment and i think the tensions between the president and prime minister have been. coming to. i mean we've been experiencing that since last year and we saw that this is especially in october when the president actually removed the sitting prime minister and appointed it in one so those tensions have been ongoing it's hard to see that play in her role in this but it certainly appears that way. but it ana from amnesty international thank you very much. diabetic look at some other stories making news around the world five people are reported to have been killed after an earthquake hit the northern philippines thousands fled their

offices and homes in the capital money into the quake measuring a magnitude of six point three caused blackouts in some areas. at least seventeen people are reported dead in colombia after heavy rains set off a landslide and blocked the pan-american highway president iran two key has been to inspect the damage in the mountainous southwest of the country rescue workers are still searching for victims of. climate change protesters in london savior willing to stop demonstrating if the government will discuss their demands more than eight hundred protesters have been arrested so far organizers extinction rebellion want the government to declare a climate emergency and eliminate greenhouse gases. opposition protesters in sudan have broken off talks with the ruling military council after defused to hand over power to a civilian led government so don has been on the army control since former

president omar al bashir was forced to resign two weeks ago. turning to ukraine now where the comedian walter mears zelinsky has won a landslide victory in the presidential election with the count almost complete zelinsky has taken seventy three percent of the vote while the incumbent beth reporter sankoh has managed only twenty four percent it's a crushing defeat for you koreans political establishment is specially given that selenski has no political experience. it was a stunning victory for a political novice. selenski has attended the status quo in ukraine shortly after exit polls delivered him a landslide he addressed his supporters on social media. to very simple hello everyone which was i wanted to thing. all of you for joining me on this journey for the four months of important work great work that you did we did it together we

united ukraine we united our people we united our country. you know. the result was a bit of blow for incumbent petro poroshenko who conceded defeat the divide to stay in politics par shank a had presented himself as an experienced paris hands but it seems many ukrainians were looking for a fresh approach where we use is really i think we'll see some changes let's hope there for the better and that ukraine sees some real developments of the eclipse but you know the most important thing is that the war in solution should remain the will you have to move the system we've nothing to lose things can't get any worse than they already are selenski is young and full of energy fighting care if he's an actor and a clown we're going to see some big changes he'll be better than portion one hundred percent. but if you craniums believe fail to solve their problems it's not clear why selenski will either the closeness he's being to political power is

playing a fictional president in a sitcom. and while his campaign with media savvy it was light on concrete policy ideas he inherits a country burdened by a separatist war in the east rampant corruption and a sluggish economy the next he has much to prove to voters hoping he'll usher in an era of change. and this is i'm joined by yeven head of whiskey a political scientist in kiev welcome mr hazlewood scheme what. is the incredible success in this election. well first of all it's the end of the mists of ukrainian nationalism posing significant threat in ukraine actually ukraine and israel are now the only two countries in the world where both the president and the prime ministers are jewish but seriously talking about the poli sci issues it's

a good question well where mr zilinskas going to take his country it's. a very good question what his stands are he was trying to conduct to complain that was focused on. the weaknesses of the incumbent mr bush encore and he was actually a more efficient in. criticizing mr bush unquote than in actually proposing what he is about to do so for many people in ukraine it's a good question what exactly is the future agenda that mr selenski is going to pursue the people have voted him in by a huge landslide a given is the lack of political experience what to do you create means hope to get from the new president. i think this is part of what we see in other european countries as well there's a huge systemic backlash people are voting not for particular

offers on the table but they're actually voting against the existing system in ukraine this issue is excess or baited by the years off to the literary and trauma that people. had accumulated through the last century ukraine was there to fill a tarion rule for a few generations not on their fifteen years like other countries on the european continent so we have to understand that the figure of seventy two percent consists for the large part not only with hopes but also with a lot of pain that people have taken not from the vector of reforms but from the way how reforms work and conduct that but the questions of money. to a billionaire businessman who's shot is made him famous what does the critics fear might happen. zilinskas critics are fearful that actually selenski is

a troyan horse that will bring in the old oligarchs to the nest and basically what that selenski critics are saying that he himself is not actually capable of governing bt he will be a run by some other people who would like to stay on the current tubal and the risk with that is that there will be a significant social protest against this decision of moving towards european integration has been made in the society and if the president would try to reverse it there would be a significant amount of protests in ukraine which in conditions all for war and many people being able to use arms professionally is really troubling and what the incumbent in petro poroshenko he has conceded defeat but he says he is going to stay on in politics how do you see that playing out. has quite a record of achievement of the same time he has accumulated quite

a lot of criticism for not being the constable enough most hearing the people not hearing the pain from inside the society which basically was one of the reasons why he was voted out but at the same time his twenty five percent of supporters is actually ever very strong core and these twenty five percent of supporters are not about to be demobilized that they are actually planning to stay active and resist should there be attempts to change the direction in which ukraine is moving so that you have a political scientist in can't thank you they much for sharing your thoughts with us and. heading to spain now which is gearing up for a general election next weekend it could be the third in just four years as the country struggles to find a way out of political turmoil than mr better sanches call the election early after

losing the support of lawmakers from gotta lonia now one party that is surging in the post is a smaller far right and euro skeptic walks fati it sees itself as a potential ally in a possible rightwing coalition but vox is a do divisive agenda and rhetoric harking back to the days of the franco dictatorship has alarmed many in spain. it was the most terrible experience of his life really merrill was just nineteen when he was thrown into this prison in madrid . today it's hard to imagine the horrors that took place here during the fascist regime of francisco franco to force mayor to speak the police staged his execution . if you. want but when they point to pistol you and press the trigger with no bullet for this and that split second or two things can happen you can just damn air speechless like i did or you fall apart. or so the robot mayor

fears that right wing populist are gaining support in twenty eighteen the far right box party took eleven percent of the vote and lucy has regional elections now the country is heading into a general election. battle i feel safe today we've but i'm very worried because a political force like vox is yearning for a time in which we lived under a dictatorship of. the far right the box party wants to unseat the socialist the crowd of vox supporters have come to this bull fighting are enough for a rally many have written the slogan spain for the spanish on their flags they want to ban abortion and same sex marriage and they glorify the years under the dictatorship. great. the frank a yes once a band he was the lesser of two evils. of our border ok it was a dictatorship but a homeless one blunder just to me i would guess that if i'm proud of spain's

history thanks to franco spain made progress and became what it is today. for franco's victims and their families sentiments like these are a slap in the face for nine years they've been demonstrating every thursday in the center of madrid. the people here the rants of the far right is a shock. they want to recon ques a recount quest can you believe it this is a disgrace to spain. that's why we're here demonstrating against fascism not for ourselves we're old they're not but for our children our grandchildren. spain's history has divided the country far right box leaders santiago rejects the notion that any form of reckoning or redress is necessary to come to terms with franco's nearly forty year dictatorship but you only look are you going to apologize for our history we should acknowledge its glory its

a darker side draw the best out of it and take pride in it you know your really mayor is dismayed and angry at the spanish left which he says failed to counter the rise of the far right he hopes the radical right won't have a strong showing in the general election and become kingmakers in a new conservative government as they did in and. lets the take a listen to the fees she is not the last survivors of the holocaust in germany ninety five it's getting harder for her to tell a story in public a group of young people have made it their mission to keep the memories alive and those of other holocaust survivors even after they've gone. the flap when i was told how you were separated from your mama i started to cry for me it would be the worst thing in the world to lose my mama and you are so strong and brave for. a

fifteen year old students let search and a difference read by the nesa eyes and heart who has taken on the mission after telling the old lady story. this was one of the hardest things for me at the camp saying goodbye to my mother i knew for sure that she would never leave auschwitz again and are not a freeze was a teen anti semitism was widespread in germany targeting her so to order off a jewish mother. gordon the i have a stall in youth behind me. i had no use at all and thanks to naziism. i'm being subjected to hostile remarks and being excluded and it was horrible especially for a child and for. mr friess back then the number that the nazis had spears and her and the concentration camp were up to her of her identity. to go if i had had

it removed i would have a scar here and that would remind me as well. i just always reminds you that you can't do anything about it. erna difference survived the holocaust but she never saw her mother again the nazis probably murdered her and i was sure it's before they were separated she told anna you must fight you must survive and tell the world what they did to us and she has done that all her life but at ninety five years old it's getting more difficult that's why vanessa eyes and heart has taken over she and other students taking part in the pro checked called second witnesses be taller kostabi overs and tell their stories to others like at this school in silva in germany. she said it was basically a death train they were being loaded into a cattle car she said we stood packed tightly as sardines but less eisen heart also

tells us that and i did for peace worked as a nurse before the war that she wanted to become a doctor that she talks about her family and how sure repeated lee meant plans to emigrate to israel plans that never came to anything. i mean listen listen up stories like these show what happens when you leave room for racism and anti-semitism that if you give it enough space it can no longer be changed back there's so many parallels with the present such as losing your home and that's something that flows through the entire story if you do it in. the sky it was just about to cry but i didn't after all i think or will to survive and tell her story is really great to your sister it's and for most. of us i think that you have to open some people's eyes because they think that something like this can never happen again but i think that some people are still too gullible mention i've run

out of life. in the end these students write letters to and i did freeze personal messages that i've been hard brings to her. still of course it pleases me that they let someone read to them and tell them the story. often people just aren't interested if you have seen. it or not to freeze is happy that her family helped her to make a life for herself after the war now she is counting on the young people who know her story to tell it when she is no longer around. i hope that this somehow stays in people's minds and that it won't be forgotten that. you're watching t.v. news coming up next indeed i mean news asia began just as india's coleus rebels but also one of its most commuted why is it so hard to kenya top.

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