violence against children. this is g w news live from berlin a day after the easter sunday suicide bombings in trying to and issue did terrorists succeed because political leaders did nothing to stop them investigators say they believe a domestic terror group was behind the attacks which killed almost three hundred people intelligence chiefs and say they warned the country's president two weeks ago that islam is were planning suicide attacks on churches yet no action was taken

also coming out of the upper house of russia's parliament approves the country's controversial new internet bill it aims to keep more traffic strictly inside the country critics fear it will mean a crackdown on dissent. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us we start tonight in sri lanka where authorities now say that a little known local terrorist group carried out the bombings that killed almost three hundred people on sunday intelligence chiefs warned the country's president two weeks ago that the new group known as national the wheat. were planning attacks and even passed on the names of suspects of that revelation has the country searching for answers tonight after a day of carnage and heartache that could have possibly been averted.

this family's life has been torn apart. a husband a father has been taken from them and they have not just lost a loved one but a breadwinner is the dead man's brother fears. that i. know he's gone i'm worried about the effect it will have on the lives of his wife and his daughter. the real question is what will happen to their future. i mixed dreamily sad that i got. well some stare in shock and disbelief at what has befall in them. many are unable to contain their grief as the scale of the tragedy sinks in. that most of the dead are sri lankan many including at this church north of the capital which children. dozens of foreigners were also killed among them

nationals from the u.s. britain turkey india china portugal and denmark. alongside the sadness there's also a growing sense of outrage. this is a very sad moment this is a very comfortably. it's not just an attack it's a very gross who submitted on humanity. in the aftermath of the carnage sri lanka is a nation in shock and one looking for answers. all right we want to get more now from the capital colombo i'm joined on the telephone by journalist charles medina i mean it's good to have you with us let's talk a little bit about what is happening right now we understand the country is now under a state of emergency and security forces we understand today initiated

a controlled blast is all of this all of that mean that the threat still remains in sri lanka tonight. so as a. country the state of emergency and as you were a correctly set of a evening because we think oh it has. been very because we have a regular with the financial means that the first. went off on funding. i think yesterday there have been seven explosives have been found and. i think. it was the sort of big. funny thing is. that the kind of these are very much still alive and it's really what we know about the groups that has been blamed for this attack we know it's a domestic islam is national so we what we know about this group.

yes so brenda strangles has minister made this announcement today often on leave a big shock and surprise as well because this is not at all the nice patient which we have heard of before but what we are now hearing is that it's a local the central feature has formed in the country the natural tell huge amount and now you're looking into the possibility of fritted this acquittal because had any funny reading may be answered i think. and what about the fact that intelligence had informed the government about possible terror attacks like we saw on sunday and nothing was done i mean in political infighting i think is what we've heard today be held functional is the government interlaken tonight is there going to be political phone. yes actually the country isn't as these states are shock and anger ever since prime minister running to come i think that they

announce that the police have trying to mention about a possible terror attack and nothing has been done or steps have been taken to a why did. the government as us now is obviously continuing to function but the end game has got to the government gaming intelligence office has the saying that report has been handed over to the president the president has yet to make a statement on that we are going to see cause among convening for special session tomorrow that time is running become a single adult position or these are going to make two separate special statements . because he asked me i'm off strong at the moment and the coming two days is going to be extremely crucial for the government to see if they can continuing problem is there a concern that as a result of these attacks and disposable infighting that sri lanka will see now

more. heavy handed ruling are you worried about their. credit want to have. a message to anyone can forget about any kind of story i mean it just give us a oh if we did we as a nation will cop to terrorism once again we thought we had defeated terrorists and ten years ago so we were all on sunday to definitely there's going to be. like. from now on but i mean we are seeing that already happening at the moment but police have become questioning and they have been going into their peers they've been going into houses they've been asking for the documents to short that they have been leaving here going to be getting the freaking. some tycoon we seven to come up and several months to why they voted on if you want information to be free i'm sure we certainly can under stand that. journalist on the phone

tonight talking with us from colombo the capital of sri lanka thank you controversial new internet legislation in russia today became law of the land after parliament gave its final approval supporters say it will protect the country from cyber attacks by keeping is much internet traffic as trustable on russian servers that critics say is just the latest tool at the kremlin's disposal or stamping out political dissent. about political and social problems in russia he thinks the new little could spell the end of internet freedom. when the law comes into force and all businesses comply with it with our secret services will soon be able to read all our communications although i find that shocking richard spertzel the legislation officially called the lore on the autonomy and stability of the internet aims to isolate the russian internet from the global network information

would only be exchanged via russian service a new government watchdog would be able to monitor that traffic and political act and pleat lee in the event of a major cyber attack if you could we must put a stop to extremist and radical propaganda on the internet and. aside from the official purpose of counteracting cyber terrorism the law also seems to have an economic aspect russian search engines will be better able to compete with google us companies will have to store their data on russian service and either refuse will be banned from the russe net critics fear it will be used as a tool to silence dissident voices. my fear is that the law can easily be used against the wrong target and that we will be caught off the under the claim that we pose an external danger some experts doubt whether the technological capability exists to implement the law as planned in november. well

here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world iran and pakistan have agreed to form a joint force to fight terrorism on their common borders it will act against groups within just down province that seek independence from both countries today's announcement comes days after militants from iran killed pakistani troops in southwestern baluchistan firefighters in the u.k. are struggling to put out a huge blaze on more land in yorkshire in northern england the fire started on sunday at marston more important conservation area and began spreading north it's thought to have been calls by a barbecue. all right to ukraine now where the t.v. actor and comedian of libya's alinsky has won in a landslide victory the country's presidential election selenski took seventy three percent of the vote his income but the trade for his rival the incumbent petro poroshenko managed only twenty four percent it is

a crushing defeat for ukraine's political establishment at the hands of a political newcomer. it was a stunning victory for a political novice. ski has up ended the status quo in ukraine shortly after exit polls delivered him a landslide he addressed his supporters on social media. to what he said hello everyone which follows i wanted to thank 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 not just for you know the next world. the result was a bit of a blow for incumbent petro poroshenko who conceded defeat the divide to stay in politics par shank a had presented himself as an experience pair of hands but it seems many ukrainians were looking for

a fresh approach where one week he says really i think we'll see some changes let's hope there for the better and that ukraine see 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 letting 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 how selenski will either the closeness he's being to political power is playing a fictional president in a sitcom and while his campaign was media savvy it was light on concrete policy ideas. he inherits a country but end by a separatist war in the east rampant corruption and a sluggish economy so let's he has much to prove to voters hoping he'll usher in an era of change. well here in germany thousands of activists have taken part in

annual march is for peace and nuclear disarmament organizers say that good weather and anxiety over the current state of the world led to a strong turnout one march in particular took on new significance this year as tensions between the u.s. and russia continue to roll. no weapons yes to world peace that's the message of peace to march which as the caller organizes it for you near nashville didn't relist in general. to mention how people are scared to be a nuclear war and he would be one of the first targets. realized and i think the concern is spreading. the air base in vishal is believed to have a twenty american nuclear bombs in underground storage bunkers in the event of a war they would be dropped from german tornado fighter jets the german government refuses to confirm or deny their presence since u.s. president tunnel trump and russian president vladimir putin ripped up the i.n.f.

nuclear nonproliferation treaty the fears of these demonstrators have increased. so much i believe nuclear weapons are a great danger and don't want to have american nuclear weapons here in germany it was a. mistake but it's important to come out and show our support for a better peaceful world without nuclear weapons they're a danger to us all. if you don't do anything nothing will change right. at the end of the march the four hundred demonstrators rallied at the entrance to the air base you have to look around you there are a lot of young people here today and that makes me feel optimistic twelve intends to march again next and hopes to see even more young faces in the crowd. or sports news now in the west you. aim of match day thirty and in the german bundesliga frankfurt were denied a crucial day three points against both spoiled both teams shared the spoils in an evenly fault match the deadlock wasn't broken into the seventy eighth minute when

it went on the books men fired home from close range to give frankfurt the week victory looked assured for the eagles blight john evan he books popped up in injury time to level the whole sport and that's how one finished one one the final school . you're watching t w news up next today's biggest business stories you tell me business with stephen is right after the break stick around. i'm scared that if i work that hard and in the end it's a me you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers when lions and. what's your story.

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